Full Transcript for THROWBACK THURSDAY: Herbs for Radiation and Healing from Exposure w/ The Herbal Prepper

--> 00:04:04.830 then we had, unfortunately, Fukushima, And that sort of renewed 70 00:04:04.870 --> 00:04:09.969 the interest. And now we've got renewed tensions with Russia. 71 00:04:10.030 --> 00:04:14.039 We're all aware of what's going on in the Ukraine 72 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:18.639 and Crimea. And, of course, we've got countries like Iran 73 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:23.040 that are continually trying to get nuclear power, though they're 74 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:25.959 probably more of a threat for ENT. North Korea, the 75 00:04:25.980 --> 00:04:28.079 same thing. I mean, I know that they've failed and 76 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:31.319 failed and failed and failed, but they keep trying. They've 77 00:04:31.379 --> 00:04:37.910 tried to design one. They've tried to smuggle them in. 78 00:04:37.970 --> 00:04:45.470 There was the nuclear missile that was found several months back. 79 00:04:47.050 --> 00:04:54.209 It's disturbing. They found it being smuggled, I think, through Panama. 80 00:04:54.230 --> 00:05:00.480 If they don't design one themselves, they're going to They're 81 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:03.639 going to get it from somewhere else. So, I mean, again, 82 00:05:03.660 --> 00:05:05.699 I think that's more of an EMP threat, but you 83 00:05:05.740 --> 00:05:08.149 never know. If they keep trying, eventually they're going to 84 00:05:08.189 --> 00:05:12.750 get it right. Accidents, you know, Fukushima, but we've also 85 00:05:12.810 --> 00:05:18.459 got aging nuclear plants right here in the U.S., I 86 00:05:18.500 --> 00:05:20.819 live not too far from one, and that doesn't make 87 00:05:20.860 --> 00:05:23.870 me too comfortable. I live far enough that I wouldn't 88 00:05:24.170 --> 00:05:30.670 be in the black zone, but, yeah, I'm looking forward 89 00:05:30.689 --> 00:05:37.089 to relocating. Also, accidents on roadways. I learned last week 90 00:05:37.189 --> 00:05:40.930 from my co-host on the Medic Shack that there's a 91 00:05:40.970 --> 00:05:44.850 lot of nuclear waste being transported through the country on 92 00:05:44.889 --> 00:05:48.600 trucks that are unmarked so that they're not targets. I 93 00:05:48.660 --> 00:05:51.339 didn't know that. I was kind of unsettled by that fact. 94 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:56.240 But certainly you could have an accident, you know, with that. 95 00:05:56.800 --> 00:05:58.810 And then there's also all kinds of just radiation in 96 00:05:58.889 --> 00:06:02.050 our environment, our devices, our cell phones, our cell towers, 97 00:06:02.970 --> 00:06:05.750 low levels of radiation that we're exposed to over time. 98 00:06:05.790 --> 00:06:09.410 And certainly if you're around a lot of medical equipment, 99 00:06:09.529 --> 00:06:13.639 if you've had cancer treatments, you have, you know, radiation 100 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:18.819 is not... it's not the safest thing. Um, so, you know, 101 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:22.990 when you go for, um, cancer treatment, there's, I think, um, 102 00:06:23.129 --> 00:06:24.810 I think there's arguments to be made that they do 103 00:06:24.910 --> 00:06:29.310 as much harm as they do good. So that's why 104 00:06:29.829 --> 00:06:33.379 I've had some interest in doing a show on, um, 105 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:37.899 sort of radiation basics and how to, you know, how 106 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:40.259 to react to it and what you can do to, 107 00:06:40.420 --> 00:06:45.040 you know, before and after an event, um, And a 108 00:06:45.850 --> 00:06:48.089 couple of things you need to keep in mind are distance, shielding, 109 00:06:48.129 --> 00:06:51.029 and time. And the more distance you can get between 110 00:06:51.089 --> 00:06:56.389 you and the fallout particles, obviously that's in your benefit. 111 00:06:56.430 --> 00:06:58.250 You want to be as far away as possible, get 112 00:06:58.290 --> 00:07:01.189 as far away as possible. And you're looking mostly for 113 00:07:01.250 --> 00:07:06.750 underground shelters, basements. They're better than being near a roof 114 00:07:06.790 --> 00:07:09.569 where particles are going to accumulate. But be careful of 115 00:07:09.610 --> 00:07:12.670 the windows around the basement because, you know, the particles 116 00:07:12.689 --> 00:07:15.399 are going to accumulate on the ground as well. If 117 00:07:15.420 --> 00:07:17.720 you're in a big building, try to get into the 118 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:19.720 middle of a high rise into a room that doesn't 119 00:07:19.740 --> 00:07:25.220 have any windows. Shielding, heavy dense materials give you more 120 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:30.079 protection than something thin. So anything that you can do 121 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:37.329 to put up against the walls, if you're thick walls, stone, concrete, earth, bricks, books, 122 00:07:37.649 --> 00:07:40.269 if you're in an office and you've got lots of 123 00:07:40.350 --> 00:07:43.050 filing cabinets that are filled with paper, you know, put 124 00:07:43.069 --> 00:07:47.250 them up against the walls or just try to get 125 00:07:47.290 --> 00:07:52.410 away from the windows if possible. Time, that's the other thing. 126 00:07:52.490 --> 00:07:56.050 Assuming that the source is not an ongoing issue, the 127 00:07:56.089 --> 00:07:59.129 source of the radiation is not an ongoing issue like 128 00:07:59.250 --> 00:08:08.029 Chernobyl was or Fukushima is, radioactive fallout poses the greatest 129 00:08:08.370 --> 00:08:11.329 threat to people during the first two weeks. And it 130 00:08:11.379 --> 00:08:18.399 takes about two weeks for it to basically decline to 131 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:24.560 about 1% of its initial radiation level. The fallout from 132 00:08:24.579 --> 00:08:27.019 a nuclear explosion can be carried in the wind, so 133 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:30.970 obviously you don't want to be caught in that. So 134 00:08:31.009 --> 00:08:32.830 you need to be aware of the wind currents, and 135 00:08:32.850 --> 00:08:37.190 they can travel for hundreds of

miles. If the right 136 00:08:37.230 --> 00:08:40.769 conditions exist, So you need to have some way of 137 00:08:40.850 --> 00:08:43.309 monitoring this, and I will be the first to admit 138 00:08:43.330 --> 00:08:46.789 that I don't really understand how lots of these gadgets work, 139 00:08:46.850 --> 00:08:48.629 but I do know that you can get a little 140 00:08:48.740 --> 00:08:52.019 one for your keychain. It's about $ 100. It's not cheap, 141 00:08:52.179 --> 00:08:57.000 but it will give you the heads up if there's 142 00:08:57.019 --> 00:08:59.980 an increase in radiation in the area. So probably worth 143 00:09:00.019 --> 00:09:03.850 happening if this is something that you're concerned about. You 144 00:09:03.870 --> 00:09:08.009 should have a plan in place in your emergency supply 145 00:09:08.090 --> 00:09:12.169 kit you know, already set beforehand, you know, a plan 146 00:09:12.190 --> 00:09:15.509 of where to go, where to meet, you know, whatever 147 00:09:15.549 --> 00:09:18.710 is going to work for your family. For some people, 148 00:09:18.750 --> 00:09:20.629 they'd be staying in place. For some people, they would 149 00:09:20.649 --> 00:09:23.710 be relocated. You know, plan your evacuation routes, whatever is 150 00:09:23.730 --> 00:09:26.259 going to work for you. But if you are caught 151 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:31.120 in the fallout, don't look at the flash. You don't 152 00:09:31.139 --> 00:09:33.480 want to get blinded. Get on the ground, protect your head, 153 00:09:33.580 --> 00:09:38.320 and as soon as possible, get to a safe place. Again, 154 00:09:38.379 --> 00:09:41.120 preferably in the basement, interior room with no windows and 155 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:44.419 so on. You are going to need to decontaminate as 156 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:46.700 fast as possible. The first thing you're going to need 157 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:50.610 to do is remove your clothing, which will remove about 158 00:09:50.610 --> 00:09:57.509 90% of the radioactive material. If possible, contain the clothing 159 00:09:57.549 --> 00:09:59.970 in some type of a plastic bag, seal it up immediately. 160 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:03.500 if that's possible, if that's feasible. And as soon as possible, 161 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:05.779 you need to take a shower with lots of soap 162 00:10:05.820 --> 00:10:08.860 and water. Shampoo your hair, but don't condition it because 163 00:10:08.899 --> 00:10:11.840 you'll just trap that in. You don't want it to 164 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:14.220 bind to the radiation. I assume you do the conditioner. 165 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:18.500 So you get to wash your hair, wash your body thoroughly, 166 00:10:18.539 --> 00:10:22.399 but Don't walk so hard in a panic that you 167 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:24.860 scratch your skin or break your skin in any way 168 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:27.799 because you're just giving yourself now a wound for it 169 00:10:27.860 --> 00:10:31.500 to get in. Wipe down your eyes, your eyelashes, your 170 00:10:31.610 --> 00:10:35.350 ears with wet cloth. If you can, blow your nose. 171 00:10:35.389 --> 00:10:38.429 Get everything out of, you know, we're talking eyes and 172 00:10:38.450 --> 00:10:41.669 your nose, you're talking mucous membranes and so on. You 173 00:10:41.710 --> 00:10:45.490 want to make sure that you don't have, you know, 174 00:10:45.529 --> 00:10:48.429 you're not letting it get into your body in any way. 175 00:10:49.929 --> 00:10:52.330 If there is no shower available, if you can just 176 00:10:52.470 --> 00:10:55.929 wipe down the skin that was exposed with a wet cloth, 177 00:10:55.970 --> 00:10:59.649 you're still better doing that than doing nothing. If you can, 178 00:10:59.809 --> 00:11:04.620 like I carry a package of baby wipes with me everywhere. Granted, 179 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:06.960 my kids are a little, you know, they're older now. 180 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:10.200 They don't really need that, but they're just so handy 181 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:12.639 that I have them on me all the time now. 182 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:16.809 So having some disposable wipes, I think, would at least 183 00:11:16.889 --> 00:11:20.990 help if you can't get to a shower. Now, the 184 00:11:21.370 --> 00:11:24.309 heaviest fallout is going to be limited to the area 185 00:11:24.330 --> 00:11:30.149 of the event or downwind, whether this is an explosion 186 00:11:30.210 --> 00:11:34.350 or an accident. And that's where most of the fallout 187 00:11:34.370 --> 00:11:38.289 is going to be for the first 24 hours. But again, 188 00:11:38.330 --> 00:11:41.889 you've got about two weeks before the radiation has gone 189 00:11:41.929 --> 00:11:45.429 down to about 1%. So you need to think about 190 00:11:46.049 --> 00:11:48.539 what kind of supplies you would need for that amount 191 00:11:48.580 --> 00:11:50.980 of time. And a lot of people rush to buy 192 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:55.139 potassium iodide. And there's nothing wrong with doing so. But 193 00:11:55.179 --> 00:11:59.009 when there's a threat going on, people tend to rush. 194 00:11:59.049 --> 00:12:01.509 I remember the last time that there was a shortage 195 00:12:01.549 --> 00:12:04.830 of potassium iodide, people were selling it on eBay for 196 00:12:04.850 --> 00:12:11.330 like 90 bucks for the package. That's a lot. And 197 00:12:11.370 --> 00:12:13.289 the only thing that it does is it gives you 198 00:12:13.330 --> 00:12:17.820 some measure of protection for your fibroid if you take 199 00:12:17.940 --> 00:12:22.830 it before the exposure. So, I mean, it's good. It's 200 00:12:22.870 --> 00:12:26.809 good for that, but it has its limitations. And, you know, 201 00:12:26.830 --> 00:12:28.830 some kids may not be able to swallow them. You 202 00:12:28.850 --> 00:12:32.080 can paint the iodine on the skin to get the liquid. 203 00:12:32.659 --> 00:12:36.320 But it still only just protects the thyroid if you 204 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:41.639 use it

before the exposure happens. One of the things 205 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:44.220 I think is going to complicate problems here is that 206 00:12:44.299 --> 00:12:49.519 the U.S. population is already chronically deficient in iodine. And 207 00:12:50.059 --> 00:12:53.559 assuming that you are not allergic to iodine, because then 208 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:56.820 things become a bit complicated. But as long as you're 209 00:12:56.860 --> 00:13:00.720 not allergic to iodine, a better way, in my opinion, 210 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:04.100 to address this is to make sure you're consuming iodine 211 00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:07.860 and potassium in your diet already. You can supplement with 212 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:10.799 things like nettle, like I spoke all about last week, 213 00:13:10.820 --> 00:13:14.340 because it's very high in iodine. But two things that 214 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:17.460 I want to bring your attention to are blue-green algae, 215 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:22.399 like spirulina and chlorella. Now, I'm going to be the 216 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:27.559 absolute first to admit that these taste horrible. There's no 217 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:30.860 joke about this. They do not taste good. You cannot 218 00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:33.940 just put these on a teaspoon and mix it in 219 00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:39.080 some water and drink it, and it's not good. But 220 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:41.399 there are many ways that you can get this in. 221 00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:45.299 so that you can hide the flavor or you can 222 00:13:45.330 --> 00:13:49.789 take it in capsules. And the capsules are, for me, 223 00:13:50.210 --> 00:13:54.470 they're more convenient than trying to blend it in a shake. 224 00:13:54.509 --> 00:13:59.159 But you can blend it in a shake with a banana. Bananas, 225 00:13:59.460 --> 00:14:03.039 there's your potassium. But they're also really, really good at 226 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:08.039 masking the taste of the algae. And You can then 227 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:11.759 mix in cocoa powder and honey and cinnamon or whatever 228 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:13.620 have you. It's just then you have a blender that 229 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:16.629 you have to watch afterwards. So for me, the capsules 230 00:14:16.690 --> 00:14:18.549 that you can make at home with a little capsule 231 00:14:18.570 --> 00:14:22.330 machine is more convenient. But you can certainly do the 232 00:14:22.370 --> 00:14:26.309 whole shake thing, and like I said, the bananas will 233 00:14:26.330 --> 00:14:29.820 give you the potassium, and it'll mask the taste of 234 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:33.970 especially the chlorella. Spirulina is a little stronger. So you 235 00:14:33.990 --> 00:14:35.710 might need to put in a little bit more cocoa 236 00:14:35.750 --> 00:14:39.049 powder to hide that one. But for my kids to 237 00:14:39.090 --> 00:14:41.889 take it, and I get them to take it, I 238 00:14:41.950 --> 00:14:45.480 hide the chlorella because it's less offensive than the spirulina taste, 239 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:48.179 in my opinion. I hide it in a homemade chocolate 240 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:51.539 syrup that I make with cocoa powder and honey, and 241 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:54.059 I'll put it over homemade yogurt, and they don't have 242 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:55.720 a clue. They have no clue that it's in there. 243 00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:59.549 So if it'll pass the kid test, it'll pass any 244 00:14:59.610 --> 00:15:02.379 adult test as far as I'm concerned. And in my 245 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:06.820 emergency kit for this, I have a sealed plastic bottle 246 00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:09.700 that we use to bottle up our honey. We have 247 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:11.539 these dripless plastic lids. And I know a lot of 248 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:13.460 people don't like plastic. They want to get away from it. 249 00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:19.259 But they're just so convenient that we use them for 250 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:23.019 our honey sales. And when we put the lids down, 251 00:15:23.100 --> 00:15:27.240 it automatically seals it. And it's a dripless bottle. So 252 00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:30.779 I have no concerns about this. being in my kit 253 00:15:30.940 --> 00:15:35.100 or squirting everywhere or a glass bottle breaking. And I 254 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:40.080 fill one of these bottles up with the chocolate sauce 255 00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:42.759 that I make. And if I absolutely have to, to 256 00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:46.860 get extra chlorella into my kids, if there were to 257 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:49.509 be some type of event, if I had to, I 258 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:51.529 could just squirt this right in their mouth. I don't 259 00:15:51.549 --> 00:15:53.629 know a single kid out there that is going to 260 00:15:53.649 --> 00:15:56.769 refuse having chocolate sauce squirt right in their mouth. They 261 00:15:56.809 --> 00:15:59.309 don't know that they're getting iodine. They don't know that 262 00:15:59.330 --> 00:16:01.149 there's chlorella in it. They don't know what that is. 263 00:16:01.230 --> 00:16:07.309 So that's in my kids' kits, to be precise. So 264 00:16:07.570 --> 00:16:09.379 if I need to use it, it's there. But what's 265 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:12.639 great about these two algae is not only do they 266 00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:16.639 protect the thyroid, not only do they have iodine, but 267 00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:19.840 they also help to detoxify the body and to actually 268 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:24.350 remove the harmful particles and other environmental toxins from the body. 269 00:16:24.370 --> 00:16:26.850 So not only can you use this ahead of time, 270 00:16:27.850 --> 00:16:33.090 to supplement to protect the thyroid beforehand, but afterwards you 271 00:16:33.129 --> 00:16:39.350 can use these to help remove any exposure to these 272 00:16:39.409 --> 00:16:43.090 radioactive particles that you've had. And you can go, don't 273 00:16:43.110 --> 00:16:46.220

take my word for this, go on to PubMed.gov and 274 00:16:46.289 --> 00:16:51.460 look up spirulina and you can see the studies that 275 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:55.049 were done after Chernobyl because Chernobyl gave us a lot 276 00:16:55.090 --> 00:16:59.840 of really good examples of what to do and what 277 00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:03.340 not to do, and there are studies showing, you know, 278 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:08.180 the outcomes of people who supplemented with these algaes. And 279 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:11.240 it is clear, it is absolutely clear that they had 280 00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:16.329 better outcomes, better lifespans, fewer complications, that they recovered faster 281 00:17:16.710 --> 00:17:20.589 when they took them. And, you know, these are available... um, 282 00:17:21.049 --> 00:17:23.589 all over. And I mean, you can get them at 283 00:17:23.670 --> 00:17:28.990 almost any health food store. I order mine from nuts.com. And, um, 284 00:17:29.789 --> 00:17:32.220 I think that they just have this, I mean, they, 285 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:34.880 they deliver products like within like two days. I have 286 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:37.119 no idea how they ship things all over the country, 287 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:40.640 but they get them there really, really fast. So I've 288 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:44.720 been very happy with everything I've ordered from nuts.com. So, um, 289 00:17:45.089 --> 00:17:48.170 so I trust that as a source of getting them. So, um, 290 00:17:49.029 --> 00:17:51.390 Not only are they good for prevention, but they're also 291 00:17:51.450 --> 00:17:57.299 good for after your exposure of clearing that from the body. 292 00:17:57.460 --> 00:18:01.140 Bentonite clay is another way you could go for that, too. 293 00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:04.579 It also pulls toxins from the body, and there are 294 00:18:04.619 --> 00:18:06.900 claims that are made about it that it would help 295 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:11.690 in this type of a scenario. And you can pick 296 00:18:11.829 --> 00:18:18.509 up pre-liquefied bottles of bentonite clay from Amazon and And 297 00:18:19.009 --> 00:18:21.009 the reason why I would suggest this as opposed to 298 00:18:21.069 --> 00:18:23.569 just buying the clay, if you've ever tried to mix 299 00:18:23.650 --> 00:18:27.349 this stuff, it clumps. And if you have to drink this, 300 00:18:27.369 --> 00:18:28.670 because that's what you would have to do, you'd have 301 00:18:28.690 --> 00:18:33.910 to drink it, and then it would absorb the toxins 302 00:18:33.950 --> 00:18:37.150 inside of you. If you're going to drink this, it's 303 00:18:37.210 --> 00:18:41.119 already got kind of a bizarre sort of flick. Well, 304 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:45.660 it's clay. It's got a strange taste. The last thing 305 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:50.500 you want it to be is clumpy. So The pre-liquified 306 00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:53.339 one that you can get on Amazon works just fine. 307 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:56.000 And I've got that. It's sealed. It's in my kit 308 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:58.369 for all sorts of things because you can use that 309 00:18:58.450 --> 00:19:02.390 also for... It's in my first aid kit, not just 310 00:19:03.009 --> 00:19:08.670 a nuclear-specific kit or a radiation-specific kit, but it's in 311 00:19:08.710 --> 00:19:10.450 my first aid kit because you can use this for 312 00:19:10.509 --> 00:19:16.079 fungal skin infections, to food poisoning, and then also for 313 00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:22.630 detoxing from... environmental contaminants and radioactive particles. Activated charcoal can 314 00:19:22.650 --> 00:19:25.970 be taken for the same reasons as bentonite clay. Green 315 00:19:26.029 --> 00:19:29.390 walnut oil tincture is another really, really good source of iodine, 316 00:19:29.809 --> 00:19:33.809 especially if you are nervous about some of the other 317 00:19:34.230 --> 00:19:38.490 obvious sources of iodine like seaweeds. A lot of people 318 00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:42.119 don't want to risk taking seaweed because of Fukushima. All 319 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:45.279 I can say is that it's not like it's spread 320 00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:49.430 out from Japan and stays in this one place. There 321 00:19:49.450 --> 00:19:52.920 are current and it will continually move it doesn't stay 322 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:58.369 in one place so I personally don't have any concerns 323 00:19:58.430 --> 00:20:01.670 about getting seaweed that's come from the East Coast or 324 00:20:01.809 --> 00:20:04.789 from Iceland I mean eventually it'll make its way all 325 00:20:05.309 --> 00:20:09.380 around the planet but I I personally at this moment 326 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:12.279 don't have any concerns about those. However, if you do, 327 00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:17.720 you might want to try green walnut hull tincture. And 328 00:20:17.769 --> 00:20:22.710 also I would say that spirulina and chlorella are not 329 00:20:22.750 --> 00:20:26.369 grown in the ocean. They're algae, but they are grown 330 00:20:27.109 --> 00:20:31.569 most of the time now indoors or in protected facilities. 331 00:20:31.869 --> 00:20:37.170 So that's generally not a concern with those two. Oh, 332 00:20:37.269 --> 00:20:40.390 let's see, where am I now? Green walnut, I already 333 00:20:40.470 --> 00:20:45.000 spoke about that. So medicinal mushrooms. Medicinal mushrooms, we're talking 334 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:52.539 about reishi, chaga, shiitake, mayatake, all of these. If you're 335 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:55.650 not familiar with them, I mean, you should really take 336 00:20:55.690 --> 00:20:57.990 a look at them because mycology or the study of 337 00:20:58.230 --> 00:21:02.670 mushrooms is just fascinating. This can be a really crucial 338 00:21:02.809 --> 00:21:07.369 element to support your immune system. and prevent long-term damage. 339 00:21:08.069 --> 00:21:11.329 I do not know enough about mycology to make my 340 00:21:11.390 --> 00:21:14.930 own

supplements yet. That's one of many things on the 341 00:21:14.950 --> 00:21:18.279 big list of things I have the skill to learn. 342 00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:22.380 But I do stock up on a brand called Fungi Perfecti. 343 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:28.200 You can generally find this on Amazon and usually for sale. 344 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:30.380 You can find it other places too, but this is 345 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:34.990 where I found the best prices for things. The onset 346 00:21:35.009 --> 00:21:40.529 of symptoms from radiation poisoning really depend upon the level 347 00:21:40.569 --> 00:21:44.839 of exposure, how long you've been exposed, how close you were, 348 00:21:44.970 --> 00:21:50.500 and so on. It can start between a couple of hours. 349 00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:53.359 It might be a little longer before it sets in. 350 00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:56.599 It can continue for up to a couple of months. 351 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:00.799 If you've got low levels of exposure, though, let's say 352 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:05.529 it's not from... a nuclear event, not from a bomb 353 00:22:05.569 --> 00:22:10.009 and it's not from an accident from a nuclear plant, 354 00:22:10.069 --> 00:22:12.930 nothing like that, but low levels of exposure, let's say 355 00:22:12.990 --> 00:22:18.269 from years of exposure to cell phones and cell towers 356 00:22:18.430 --> 00:22:22.190 and medical equipment and so on. Sometimes you can also 357 00:22:22.269 --> 00:22:25.619 have symptoms of radiation poisoning show up, but it may 358 00:22:25.670 --> 00:22:29.380 take a number of years before symptoms present. And ultimately, 359 00:22:29.450 --> 00:22:35.730 cancer is the big concern here. And in looking at this, 360 00:22:35.750 --> 00:22:39.029 you've got to take that into consideration too when we 361 00:22:39.049 --> 00:22:43.009 talk about radiation. I think there's a lot of information 362 00:22:43.049 --> 00:22:45.710 that we don't have yet on what all these different 363 00:22:45.789 --> 00:22:50.890 forms of radiation from all of our devices might possibly 364 00:22:50.950 --> 00:22:52.690 be doing to us. I don't think there have been 365 00:22:52.730 --> 00:22:55.880 any real studies because this is one of those things of, yeah, 366 00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:59.259 maybe the radiation from your phone individually might not do anything, 367 00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:02.240 but what if you combine that with your phone, and 368 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:06.440 your laptop, and, you know, all the other various things 369 00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.829 that are out there. Because it's not like you can 370 00:23:07.930 --> 00:23:10.329 see this. It's not like you can smell this. I mean, 371 00:23:10.369 --> 00:23:15.250 you can't sense radiation with your senses, except for, like, 372 00:23:15.309 --> 00:23:17.910 let's say, if you're holding your laptop in your lap 373 00:23:17.950 --> 00:23:20.109 and all of a sudden your leg gets really hot, well, 374 00:23:20.170

--> 00:23:23.769 you know, probably you don't want to necessarily cook your 375 00:23:23.809 --> 00:23:27.970 leg there. So, you know... You try to get some 376 00:23:28.009 --> 00:23:30.009 distance from these things. Try not to have them right 377 00:23:30.049 --> 00:23:33.410 up against you. But because we are sort of bombarded 378 00:23:33.430 --> 00:23:36.369 with all of this and because there's that potential that, 379 00:23:36.750 --> 00:23:39.720 you know, tensions are heating up in the world, something 380 00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:43.440 could happen. If this is a concern of yours, another 381 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:46.920 remedy that you might consider would be rosemary tincture. And 382 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:49.839 the reason why I say this is because two compounds 383 00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:53.380 in rosemary, let's see if I can get the chemical 384 00:23:53.420 --> 00:24:01.420 names pronounced here correctly, carnosic. and rosmarinic. Rosmarinic, yes, that's 385 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:07.559 how it's pronounced. I've been practicing these. Oh, sometimes the 386 00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:10.400 scientific terminology, it looks so simple on the page, but 387 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:13.130 when you go to say it, it's not quite that simple. 388 00:24:13.170 --> 00:24:19.450 So rosmarinic acids. These two acids actually naturally deter radiation poisoning. 389 00:24:19.470 --> 00:24:28.950 It deters radiation poisoning of all sources. So there are 390 00:24:29.009 --> 00:24:31.559 studies that back this up. The British Journal of Radiology, 391 00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:35.940 February 2nd edition, scientists in Spain reported finding that nothing 392 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:40.599 fights radiation damage from all sources to micronuclei as well 393 00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:47.690 as rosemary. And Gail Faith Edwards, that's her name, I'm sorry, 394 00:24:47.710 --> 00:24:49.750 it took me just one second there. Gail Faith Edwards, 395 00:24:50.289 --> 00:24:54.910 she's an herbalist in Maine. Wonderful website that she has 396 00:24:55.490 --> 00:24:58.619 She recommends 30 drops of rosemary tincture one to three 397 00:24:58.660 --> 00:25:02.200 times daily in a little bit of water for all 398 00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:07.359 sources of radiation to help protect the body. Margie Flint 399 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:10.440 is another herbalist that is not that far away from me, 400 00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:12.390 maybe about an hour and a half away, and she 401 00:25:12.430 --> 00:25:16.210 recommends yarrow tincture and yarrow in general, any way that 402 00:25:16.230 --> 00:25:21.569 you can get yarrow for radiation exposure. Arthur Haynes is in... 403 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:26.940 a botanist and herbalist and bushcrafter from up in Maine. 404 00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:32.650 And he recommends pine pollen, particularly white pine pollen, to 405 00:25:32.690 --> 00:25:36.390 protect the body from radioactive particles. And on my website, 406 00:25:37.509 --> 00:25:41.309 I posted a couple of his videos where he goes 407 00:25:41.390 --> 00:25:44.910 out and harvests the pine pollen and discusses the whys 408 00:25:44.950 --> 00:25:48.829 and the hows of how to protect yourself using pine pollen. 409 00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:52.200 There was a study done in India published in the 410 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:57.099 2008 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology that found that 411 00:25:57.140 --> 00:26:02.119 foods rich in caffeic acid prevent damage to the DNA 412 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:05.630 from radiation. Where do we find this? Well, last week 413 00:26:05.690 --> 00:26:08.730 I spoke about one that's loaded with caffeic acid, which 414 00:26:08.789 --> 00:26:11.529 is metal. So, you know, there's that metal tea again. 415 00:26:12.450 --> 00:26:17.250 The Braska family, so cabbage and broccoli, anything that's in 416 00:26:17.289 --> 00:26:21.970 that family, and apples. These all have lots of caffeic acid. 417 00:26:21.990 --> 00:26:24.990 So load up on these now. Store them up for 418 00:26:25.230 --> 00:26:28.869 after a potential exposure. And the other thing I want 419 00:26:28.890 --> 00:26:31.049 to mention about metals, metals are also a great source 420 00:26:31.130 --> 00:26:33.990 of potassium. So there's that potassium element in there again. 421 00:26:35.069 --> 00:26:40.329 Various seaweeds, if you're comfortable with that, including kelp and bladderwrack, 422 00:26:41.509 --> 00:26:46.210 very good for iodine and helping to support the immune 423 00:26:46.230 --> 00:26:49.750 system and support thyroid function. You want to be giving 424 00:26:49.809 --> 00:26:52.730 your liver extra support. If you feel that there is 425 00:26:53.549 --> 00:26:56.730 a risk here that you want to protect yourself from, 426 00:26:56.910 --> 00:27:00.559 you're going to want to stock up on liver-supporting herbs. 427 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:05.059 I spoke about that already with the liver and the 428 00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:08.779 allergy podcast or the broadcast that we did here. And 429 00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:12.940 just as a reminder, you'd be looking for something like dandelion, burdock, 430 00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:17.069 milk thistle, tinctures, those would all help support your liver 431 00:27:17.089 --> 00:27:19.210 to help everything that's filtered through the liver. So if 432 00:27:19.250 --> 00:27:22.890 you are exposed to fallout, you definitely want to help 433 00:27:22.950 --> 00:27:28.009 support your liver. Now, American ginseng, this has been proven 434 00:27:28.089 --> 00:27:30.829 to protect the body from radiation. If you want more 435 00:27:30.869 --> 00:27:35.269 information on that, again, go to, look up Gail Faith 436 00:27:35.430 --> 00:27:40.309 Edwards' website. She's got a lot of information on American ginseng. 437 00:27:41.369 --> 00:27:43.670 I believe that was, yeah, that's the site that I 438 00:27:43.670 --> 00:27:46.789 got that from. American ginseng, and then I

did some 439 00:27:46.809 --> 00:27:51.230 additional research after that on protecting the body from radiation 440 00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:55.359 in general. This would be something you take along with 441 00:27:55.420 --> 00:28:01.519 the rosemary tincture. Cancer, big concern with long-term exposure. If 442 00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:07.640 your bone marrow is a concern from long-term exposure, curcumin, 443 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:10.180 which is found in turmeric, there are some studies, and 444 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:13.960 you can look them up on PubMed also, that can help. 445 00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:17.779 or I should say it may help. Again, if you 446 00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:20.619 take these things as preventative, you've got a lot better shot. 447 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:24.039 It's always easier to prevent something than to try to 448 00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:28.029 address it after it's already set in. But something else 449 00:28:28.049 --> 00:28:31.029 you might want to add to your food storage would 450 00:28:31.049 --> 00:28:35.750 be miso soup because it's basically kelp and mushrooms. And, 451 00:28:35.789 --> 00:28:37.829 you know, it's dried. It's going to have a long 452 00:28:37.890 --> 00:28:40.769 shelf life. You can store this up. The perfect survival 453 00:28:40.809 --> 00:28:43.910 food for this type of situation is All you need 454 00:28:43.950 --> 00:28:46.549 to be able to do is to heat up some water, 455 00:28:47.329 --> 00:28:51.730 and it's the perfect thing to keep on hand, you know, 456 00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:56.619 to feed yourself in a crisis like this. For nausea, 457 00:28:56.759 --> 00:29:01.440 you know, if you've got radiation poisoning, it's going to 458 00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:03.799 be very difficult to stop the nausea, but, you know, 459 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:07.740 things like ginger and chamomile and peppermint, get them down 460 00:29:07.829 --> 00:29:12.269 when you can in between bouts of bouts of vomiting 461 00:29:12.369 --> 00:29:15.190 and it'll give you at least some comfort measures. Treat 462 00:29:15.250 --> 00:29:17.549 burns as you would any other kind of burn. Be 463 00:29:17.589 --> 00:29:20.750 very careful in washing the burn first. Same goes for 464 00:29:20.829 --> 00:29:23.009 any kind of wound. You don't want to push the 465 00:29:23.049 --> 00:29:26.029 particles in further, but you need to be thorough. So 466 00:29:26.170 --> 00:29:28.650 flush as much of this as you can. So while 467 00:29:28.750 --> 00:29:31.250 I'm talking about flushing here, we're going to talk about 468 00:29:31.289 --> 00:29:36.829 water really briefly. Water, if you want to be sure 469 00:29:37.089 --> 00:29:39.789 that there are no radioactive particles in the water, the 470 00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:43.519 only filter that I know of that has been tested 471 00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:47.119 for such is the Seychelles. And, again, you can go 472 00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:49.380 on Amazon and find it. I don't know where

else 473 00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:51.980 it is available, but I'm sure it's available in many 474 00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:55.930 other places. But Seychelles, I believe, has been tested to 475 00:29:56.349 --> 00:30:01.759 remove 100% of radioactive particles. I wouldn't use this as 476 00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:05.619 your everyday filter. I would save this for this kind 477 00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:08.690 of emergency. I would use something else for everyday stuff, 478 00:30:08.730 --> 00:30:13.410 like we have a Berkey. I've inquired to several Berkey 479 00:30:13.430 --> 00:30:16.970 dealers as to whether or not the Berkey will filter 480 00:30:17.289 --> 00:30:20.230 out radioactive particles, and the only answer I get back 481 00:30:20.269 --> 00:30:24.769 is it's never been tested for that. So this is 482 00:30:24.809 --> 00:30:27.329 why I would just keep one of these Seychelles water 483 00:30:27.369 --> 00:30:32.000 filters around, just in case. and then use it, you know, 484 00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:36.529 for these types of situations. Now, there's a lot of information. 485 00:30:36.589 --> 00:30:39.210 You don't have to employ each and every one of 486 00:30:39.269 --> 00:30:42.730 these remedies. You don't have to have every single one 487 00:30:42.750 --> 00:30:46.190 of these things. Just consider all of them and figure 488 00:30:46.210 --> 00:30:48.619 out what's going to work for you. If you don't 489 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:50.720 have kids, you don't necessarily need to be making a 490 00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:53.920 chocolate syrup to hide chlorella in. You know, you can 491 00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:56.240 make capsules and swallow them. I mean, just try to... 492 00:30:57.779 --> 00:31:02.960 see how this is going to work best for your kits, 493 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:07.900 your emergency kits, your bug out location, your basement that 494 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:12.000 you've set up, whatever is part of your plan. And 495 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.920 I know that this is a lot of information. I 496 00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:17.960 did get a message asking if I could make my 497 00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:21.160 show notes available. I actually don't have a script that 498 00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:23.619 I read from. I don't have a transcript. It would 499 00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:27.150 just be a lot of bulleted points. So what I 500 00:31:27.190 --> 00:31:29.430 think might be the easiest thing to do would be 501 00:31:29.470 --> 00:31:34.210 to chop these topics down into smaller articles, standalone articles, 502 00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:36.880 and I'm just going to post them on my website 503 00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:41.160 so that you can refer to them after the fact. 504 00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:44.079 And I've been really slacking on my article writing as 505 00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:46.619 I've been putting so much time into the burn care class, 506 00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:48.940 but I need to get back to writing regular articles. 507 00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:52.769 So I think that that should... help to clarify because 508 00:31:52.789 --> 00:31:54.769 there is a lot of information in one hour so 509 00:31:54.849 --> 00:31:57.539 that we can go back and look at snippets of it. 510 00:31:58.250 --> 00:32:00.910 So we are just about at the end of the 511 00:32:00.950 --> 00:32:07.170 show here. Next week on Sunday, May 4th, 2014, this 512 00:32:07.210 --> 00:32:10.759 will probably be a recorded show because I will most 513 00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:14.359 likely be out of town at our cabin and future 514 00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:17.279 homestead site in Maine. However, there is a chance it 515 00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:20.029 will be a live show because Unfortunately, we had to 516 00:32:20.069 --> 00:32:23.750 replace some bees, some packages of bees, because a couple 517 00:32:23.769 --> 00:32:26.349 of our hives didn't make it over the winter. And 518 00:32:26.509 --> 00:32:30.059 the delivery of the packages is delayed due to weather. 519 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:33.279 And the rescheduled date has fallen right in the middle 520 00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:36.220 of the week. And with the weather towards the end 521 00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:38.019 of the week, I'm not sure that we're going to 522 00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:40.990 get a whole lot of actual construction done. So it's 523 00:32:41.049 --> 00:32:42.690 up in the air whether we're going to be gone 524 00:32:42.730 --> 00:32:45.450 or not. But I've got to show... ready and recorded 525 00:32:45.490 --> 00:32:48.450 for you just in case. And the topic is going 526 00:32:48.470 --> 00:32:51.799 to be diabetes in a post-collapse world. And I'm going 527 00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:54.799 to be talking about both type 1 and type 2. 528 00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:57.619 What's the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, 529 00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:02.359 managing type 2 through diet, through exercise, the plant origins 530 00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:08.650 of metformin, and is there hope for insulin-dependent diabetics? Yes, 531 00:33:08.710 --> 00:33:12.349 there is. There's actually more that you can do than 532 00:33:12.369 --> 00:33:14.519 you might have thought. I know that when this topic 533 00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:16.559 comes up, this is usually one of those things where 534 00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:18.240 people just sort of throw their hands up in the 535 00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:21.460 air and say, well, when insulin runs out, can't do anything. 536 00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:25.829 That's not necessarily the truth. And I'm not saying that 537 00:33:25.869 --> 00:33:28.670 anybody's misleading you. It's just they're not aware of some 538 00:33:28.710 --> 00:33:31.450 of the other options that are out there. We're going 539 00:33:31.470 --> 00:33:34.369 to talk a little bit about adjusting long-term food storage. 540 00:33:35.250 --> 00:33:39.029 Because if you are, you know, you store what you 541 00:33:39.109 --> 00:33:44.279 eat and you have your food storage based upon you know, 542 00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:47.930 the standard guidelines of, you know, lots of grains and 543 00:33:48.230 --> 00:33:53.109 hundreds of pounds of wheat and rice and corn and 544 00:33:53.150 --> 00:33:56.599 so on and so forth, you may be setting yourself 545 00:33:56.690 --> 00:34:00.799 up for developing type 2 diabetes down the road, and 546 00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:05.500 that kind of is counterintuitive to long-term survival. So talk 547 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:08.760 a little bit about that. So, you know, just as 548 00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:12.139 a reminder before I wrap up the show here, the 549 00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:14.639 statement made here has not been approved by the Food 550 00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:18.469 and Drug Administration. These statements are not intended to diagnose, treat, 551 00:34:18.570 --> 00:34:22.210 or cure or prevent any disease. This notice is required 552 00:34:22.250 --> 00:34:25.329 by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. If you 553 00:34:25.429 --> 00:34:27.510 like what you've heard, connect with me by following me 554 00:34:27.550 --> 00:34:30.789 on Facebook, Twitter, or by subscribing to my blog or 555 00:34:30.809 --> 00:34:33.409 my YouTube channel. Follow me on Pinterest, and please do 556 00:34:33.510 --> 00:34:36.150 share this The link to the network and all the 557 00:34:36.170 --> 00:34:39.409 wonderful archive shows that are here with your friends and family. 558 00:34:39.449 --> 00:34:43.010 It's a huge resource. 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Thank you for spending your time here. 570 00:35:25.969 --> 00:35:27.610 I hope you got something out of it. This has 571 00:35:27.670 --> 00:35:30.639 been Kat, the herbal prepper, with the Herbal Prepper Live, 572 00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:54.489 and we will see you again next week. We'll be 573 00:35:54.550 --> 00:36:05.869 right back. © transcript Emily Beynon