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New Scams Are Being Invented All The Time – Older Health Scams Are Often Trusted – I’d Like To Give Some Protection For My Readers Against Some Of Them.

Published on Leave a comment on The Wisdom of Balanced Whole Foods: Ancient Grains, Jersey Dairy, Live Ferments, and Safe Kitchens

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Some Assistance

After examining the commercial traps of Keto and the metabolic pitfalls of extreme dietary fads, a fundamental truth remains: true wellness is never built on extreme restriction, manufactured powders, or aggressive internet hype.

Our Creator provided a rich, intentional variety of whole food groups for a reason. Real, lasting health comes from returning to the timeless, unadulterated nourishment that sustained previous generations—combining gentle ancient grains, authentic pastured dairy, vibrant live ferments, and non-toxic cooking methods that honor the human body.

Reclaiming Gentle, Nourishing Ancient Grains

One of the greatest tragedies of modern diet trends—whether Keto, Carnivore, or strict Grain-Free Paleo—is the absolute demonization of all carbohydrates. While refined white flour, high-fructose corn syrup, and ultra-processed junk foods should certainly be avoided, sweeping away real whole grains deprives your body of crucial restorative fuel, soluble fiber, and essential micro-nutrients.

The Mediterranean, Biblical, and traditional Ancient Food frameworks have relied on whole, organically grown grains for millennia. Incorporating moderate portions of gentle, organically grown ancient grains offers immense benefits:

  • Spelt & Khorasan (Kamut): Highly digestible ancient wheat varieties that have retained their original genetic structure, offering rich, nutty flavors, gentle gluten profiles, and abundant trace minerals.
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Published on Leave a comment on Consumer Warning: How to Spot Phantom AI Health Recipe Books and Kindles Online

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Some Assistance

When you or a loved one are managing a Serious Health Condition—whether it is Barrett’s Esophagus, Severe GERD, SIBO or Advanced Renal/Kidney Disease—finding Trustworthy, SAFE, and Soothing Dietary Guidance is Essential.

It's upsetting to have to let you know that Digital Marketplaces have become Flooded with Churned-Out, "Ghostwritten" and AI-Generated Health Books and Recipe Books for Serious Health Conditions, created purely for Mass Profit. Also, these books have heaps of Errors in them and the Market is not Sufficiently Policed - Authors with names like Leslie Stewart, Helen Blackfoot, and Kaia Westmore publish dozens of books targeting vulnerable people Seeking Fast Relief.

Worst of all, because these books are compiled using automated templates without human clinical review, their recipes frequently contain severe dietary triggers—such as raw garlic, bulb onions, black pepper, tomato pastes, citrus, or heavy processed oils—in books explicitly marketed as "Reflux Safe" or "Esophageal Healing"!

Here is how to protect yourself and your family from these Mercenary Publications.

It is incredibly dangerous when low-quality, scraped, or Ghostwritten content targets people managing serious medical conditions like Barrett's Esophagus or late-stage kidney disease.…

Published on Leave a comment on Some Videos On Supermarket Food Items: The Bad and The Good Ones – The Cautions and The Recommendations

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs

Here are some Videos that are Covering some of the Most Misleading and Most Outrageous "Food Products" Dodgy Companies are getting away with, and the Australian Government does Nothing about. It has been that Way for Years. In Australia, we are supposed to have Protective LAWS about Misleading Advertising but they are very Lax about them. In fact, Manufacturers are allowed to get away with certain Loopholes like they do in the USA. These Manufacturers are CRIMS making such Outright Dishonest Products, marketing them with Picture Illusions and Bold Faced LIES!

I have had enough of This! So I am "Lifting the Lid on these Rogues"
BANG, BANG!

Genuine Dairy Companies in Australia Owned who have Not Sold Out to Corporates like Others have.
(Corporate Companies who have taken over Trusted Names in times gone buy Adulterated Milk and Mild Products in ways that are Not good for us)
GOOD AUSSIE DAIRIES
ORGANICS & BIODYNAMICS Paris Creek Farms HERE Barambah Organics HERE Schulz Organic Dairy HERE Maleny Dairies HERE JERSEY MILK Fleurieu Milk Co HERE Gippsland Jersey HERE

Other Foods Covered too on this Page 18th - 20th Sept 2026

7 Aussie Butter Brands to AVOID (And 5 That Are 100% Real Dairy!)…

Published on Leave a comment on Alzheimer’s Trial To Test A Drug On People Without Symptoms To See If It Can Be Prevented – This Is NOT Good!

DON’T YOU THINK WE’VE HAD ENOUGH OF BIG PHARMA’S “EXPERIMENTS?”

Healthy middle-aged people deemed to be at higher risk of
developing condition among those eligible to participate.

I really don’t recommend trying it. They’re trying a few ways of Targeting people about Alzeimer’s in recent times – Just for PROFIT like their Nasty STATINS that give Innocent Trusting People More Trouble than Enough. Many of you reading this Know what I Mean!

Friends, they know people fear that Disorder. As we learnt from the Covid Outbreak, they have Ways of “Playing on Your Fears” and if you’ve ever been a Victim of one of their Dodgy MEDS and cropped a Nasty Pseudo Medical Induced Disorder like I did Years ago, and countless others, you will be saying
“Help No! Not Me. Count Me Out!” Indeed you will say “NO!”

The Article Reads:

People without memory loss will be offered an experimental Alzheimer’s drug that could stop the development of the condition before dementia symptoms emerge.

Healthy middle-aged people deemed to have a higher risk of developing the condition will be eligible to participate in the trial, which is being run by an NHS trust as part of an international clinical trial aiming to prevent dementia.…

Published on Leave a comment on Air Purification Wonder or Blunder? Exposing the “Jake Hoe” Dust Scam – Toxic Beguiling Promises – Such an Evil Demise!!!

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Assistance from AI (Guided and Selective)

HIGH ALERT!!! THIS IS NASTY, FOLKS, YOU REALLY HAVE TO READ THIS! IF NOT FOR YOURSELF, AT-LEAST FOR OTHERS YOU KNOW. AS A RESEARCHER and HEALTH ADVOCATE, I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS, REALLY UPSET, BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THEY "RIP-OFF-MERCHANTS" ...... THIS CAN ACTUALLY MAKE YOU DESPERATELY ILL IF YOU HAVE ASTHMA OR ALLERGIES (Any kind of Respiratory Disorder) SENSITIVITY TO CHEMICALS Etc AND LITTLE KIDS! AND IT'S REALLY BAD FOR PETS SENSITIVE NOSES!

TELL ME, WHY ARE THESE THINGS NOT TRACKED DOWN AND BANNED FROM MANUFACTURE? IT'S BEYOND ME! EXCEPT TO SAY THAT GOVERNMENTS IN WESTERN COUNTRIES AT-LEAST, ARE APATHETIC and LETHARGIC WHEN IT COMES TO "POLICING" THINGS LIKE THIS and THEY DON'T. IT'S ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL. VERY! THIS IS THE LATEST VIRAL SCAM. PLEASE READ ON.

Multi-Functional Air Magic Box -
These ROGUE Manufacturers Win The Lottery for CRUELTY

In my Professional Opinion, this is by far the Worst Viral SCAM Since "Derila Pillows"
and really, I don't think the people who Make this CREEPY Device have an Ounce of Mercy in their Heart or Brain.…

Published on Leave a comment on Ditch the “Lifeless” Industrial Supermarket Loaf: Why Modern Bread is Wrecking Your Gut (And How to Go Natural)

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Some Assistance

If you walk down the commercial bread aisle of any major Australian supermarket, you aren’t looking at bread. You are looking at highly processed, fast-tracked food science designed for shelf-life, not human health.

For decades, we’ve been told that bloating, sluggish digestion, and brain fog are just the price we pay for eating carbs. But it’s not the grains that are the problem—it’s what modern industry has done to them.

If you want to protect your long-term health and feed your gut microbiome what it actually craves, it is time to step away from the commercial white slice and return to nature.

The Silent Culprit: Modern Hybrid Wheat

Most commercial loaves today are made from modern dwarf wheat strains, aggressively hybridised over the last several decades to produce maximum crop yields.

While these crops are great for commercial profits, they are terrible for human digestion. Modern wheat contains highly complex, resilient protein structures that our digestive enzymes struggle to break down. When you pair this hard-to-digest gluten with ultra-fast commercial yeast processing (which bypasses traditional fermentation entirely), you get a loaf that causes widespread gut inflammation, bloating, and metabolic dysfunction.…

Published on Leave a comment on Intro Post: The Corporate Oil Conspiracy – How Industrial Seed Oils Blind Your Eyes, Starve Your Brain, and Destroy Your Gut

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Some Assistance

The Great Dietary Deception

For over half a century, global public health policies, mass-media marketing campaigns, and corporate food giants have sung the praises of "heart-healthy" industrial vegetable and seed oils. We were told to discard the traditional fats our ancestors thrived on for millennia—stable, nutrient-dense fats like organic ghee, grass-fed butter, and cold-pressed fruit oils—and replace them with highly processed canola, soybean, corn, and cottonseed oils.

The results of this massive, uncontrolled dietary experiment speak for themselves. Instead of becoming healthier, the Western world is trapped in an unprecedented epidemic of chronic, degenerative diseases.

As independent natural health researchers have long suspected, this crisis is not a failure of human genetics or an inevitable consequence of aging. It is a direct result of biological poisoning by design.

The Biological Ticking Time Bomb

When we consume modern industrial seed oils, we flood our bodies with unstable Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs). Unlike stable saturated fats, these fragile lipids are highly vulnerable to heat, light, and oxygen.

Inside the body, they trigger a catastrophic chemical chain reaction known as lipid peroxidation, creating a highly toxic, mutated aldehyde called 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE).…

Published on Leave a comment on Part 1: The Kitchen Betrayal – How Corporate Oils Tear Your Gut Barrier

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Some Assistance

The Illusion of "Heart-Healthy" Oils

For over fifty years, industrial food manufacturers have flooded our supermarkets with highly processed, industrial seed oils (canola, soybean, corn, sunflower, and cottonseed oils). Marketed aggressively as "heart-healthy" alternatives to traditional saturated fats, independent research has finally exposed the truth: these modern industrial lubricants are a direct driver of systemic inflammation.

Unlike stable, traditional saturated fats, seed oils are primarily composed of Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs). Because these fats contain fragile double-bonds in their chemical structure, they are highly sensitive to heat, light, and oxygen. During industrial extraction, they are blasted with chemical solvents and high temperatures, causing them to turn rancid and oxidise before they even reach the supermarket shelf.

The Science: How Lipid Peroxidation Destroys Your Microbiome

When you consume these fragile, oxidised oils—especially when subjected to high-heat modern appliances like air fryers or commercial deep fryers—they undergo a destructive process called lipid peroxidation. This structural breakdown creates highly toxic, mutated by-products, most notably a lethal aldehyde called 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE).

When 4-HNE enters your digestive tract,
it triggers a catastrophic domino effect:

  • Strips the Mucus Shield: The reactive free radicals in oxidised seed oils act like a harsh chemical detergent, stripping away the delicate mucosal layer that guards your intestinal lining.
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Published on Leave a comment on Low Cholesterol and Its Psychological Effects – Cautions Against Statins…Phew!

By Dr James M. Greenblatt M.D - Psychology Today 2011

HERE'S A GOOD ARTICLE TO STRENGTHEN THE ARGUMENT THAT Cholesterol Is Our Friend, Not Our Enemy AND STATINS AREN'T SUCH A GOOD IDEA LIKE THEY'RE PURPORTED TO BE. IN FACT, THERE ARE SEVERAL ARTICLES ON THE NET THAT REPORT THEM TO BE A MEDICAL SCAM AND Big Pharma's Biggest Cash Cow! FOR MOST PEOPLE, WE NEED NOT BE CONCERNED ABOUT CHOLESTEROL, YET BIG PHARMA KEEPS PRESSING FOR MORE and MORE "Patients" TO BE ON THEIR STATIN DRUGS With Very Uncomfortable and sometimes Serious Side Effects. PLUS, DID YOU NOTICE THAT BIG PHARMA KEEPS Lowering The Bar, What They Say Our Cholesterol Should Be, In Recent Years? So Obvious. A NATURAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL COULD SERVE YOU BETTER. YES REALLY!

Low Cholesterol is Linked to Depression, Suicide, and Violence

Mark, a 43 year-old executive, saw his doctor for his Annual Physical. Reviewing his laboratory tests, the doctor noted that Mark's total cholesterol level was for the first time over 200mg/dL.

As a preventative measure the doctor prescribed a Statin, a class of Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs. His cholesterol levels declined, and so did his Mood.…

Published on Leave a comment on The Corruption In FDA and WHO and TGA Due To Conflict of Interest That Goes On – The FACTS

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Guided and Selected AI Assistance

YOU WILL ALL DO WELL TO READ REAL FACTS ABOUT THESE 3 GOVERNING BODIES BECAUSE OF THE EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM. SORRY TO TELL YOU THE THIRD ONE (TGA) IS ACTUALLY AUSTRALIAN. ALL THESE THINGS GO ON "Behind Our Backs" SO IT'S FOOLISH TO PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN THEM. OK?

My Search Questions are in RED to stand out for your Convenience.

I would like to have a List of Natural Health Advocates
who Caution people about the FDA as being Corrupt, thanks.

Prominent figures and health organizations frequently criticize the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These critics argue that the agency has deep systemic corruption, regulatory capture, and conflicts of interest with major food and pharmaceutical corporations.

The primary natural health advocates, independent researchers, and consumer watchdogs who publicly caution the market about the FDA include:

Natural Health Advocates & Independent Authors

  • Dr. Joseph Mercola: A prominent natural health advocate and osteopathic physician who runs one of the most visited alternative health websites. He frequently publishes articles accusing the FDA of operating as a "rubber stamp" for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
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