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The Official Monthly Newsletter of Song of Health
APRIL 2014

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From The Song of Health Team
at this special Anniversary time,
with great pleasure we thank you all
for being with us
and sharing our endeavors. 

TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE...
GREAT HEALTH - GREAT LIFE!

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IN THIS ISSUE:

WEBSITE CHANGES AND NOTICES:

New food intolerance categories

SUBSCRIBERS SPOTLIGHT:
Stories, Comments, Questions Asked
and Answered

FOOD LABEL QUIZ:
Can you guess the food categories of ingredients listed on this label?

SOAP CORNER:

News & Updates

ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATES FROM THE U.S. EPA:

It's Earth Month! Here's how you can participate online

SHARING EXPERIENCES:
“ 7th ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION”
By Sandra Strom, CEO of Song of Health

RECIPES:

SALADS:  EDAMAME VEGETABLE SALAD

FOOD RESOURCE UPDATE:
APRIL 2014

is an educational opportunity for Naturopathic physicians and students to further their education in the classical methods of Naturopathy, not otherwise taught in the Naturopathic colleges.  This is where physicians and students learn about the Carroll Food Intolerance Evaluation methods, constitutional hydrotherapy and other important methods handed down by Vlassical Nature Doctors.

Song of Health and The Carroll Institute of Natural Healing work together to reach as many people as possible in order to educate and help in understanding the importance of avoiding personal food intolerances, applying Classical Naturopathic methods of healing, and naturally restoring the body to health.

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WEBSITE CHANGES AND NOTICES

NEW FOOD INTOLERANCE CATEGORIES:  New food intolerances have recently become known to our doctors.  Their instances are rare. The categories are now listed on the “Directory of Food Intolerance Categories” under the heading “Uncommon Food Intolerances.”  We will continue to share more as we learn.  Please see the email below on this subject under “Email Correspondence.”

Our progress updating the website to the new php format:  Still working on it!

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	SUBSCRIBERS SPOTLIGHT STORIES, COMMENTS, AND QUESTIONS

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SUBSCRIBERS, PLEASE…help others by sharing your story.  When you allow us to publish it in Dragonfly News and Subscribers’ Testimonials, a dedicated section on the website, you provide the opportunity to reach out to those who still suffer but are not confident that our dietary lifestyle will work for them. By hearing and reading about how our lives were dramatically changed we can help others to step through the door toward wellness. WE WOULD BE HONORED TO INCLUDE YOUR STORY about how you came to follow the Carroll Food Intolerance way of life. We reserve the right to edit for grammar and spelling correctness, however we will not change your story content. So, DON'T BE SHY!

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QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED

Email Correspondence:

Song of Health has been given permission by our Subscribers whose names appear, to share the following with you, so that we may all benefit.  Some have chosen to stay completely anonymous, in which cases you’ll see the name as “Subscriber” or initial.  Other correspondence has been received from outside our membership; however, we feel it is pertinent information to share with you.

From The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, March 12^th:  MILKWEED BY THE MILLIONS.  35 Million Milkweed Seeds Ready to Plant: Can You Help?  The reports of dismally low numbers of monarch butterflies at overwintering sites in Mexico continue to make news headlines, with population numbers now at record lows. While multiple causes of the decline have been identified, scientists consider the loss of milkweeds (the monarch's required caterpillar host plants) due to agricultural intensification and urban development to be a leading factor. Consequently, the need to plant and protect milkweeds is greater than ever.

Xerces' Project Milkweed has been working with native wildflower seed nurseries, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and community partners to produce huge volumes of milkweed seed to meet this challenge. In just three years, this work has led to the production of 35 million milkweed seeds! A key partner in this effort is the California-based Hedgerow Farms, a leader in the production of seed for wildlife plantings. We also partnered with Native American Seed in Texas and Ernst Conservation Seeds, based in Pennsylvania and Florida.

Working with these and other leading native plant nurseries, large-scale Project Milkweed seed production fields are now established in key states along the central and southern migration corridor and in core breeding areas of the West. As a result of this effort, milkweed seed is rapidly becoming more available.

Xerces' work with farmers and the NRCS has led to the establishment of tens of thousands of acres of diverse plantings that include milkweed, across much of the monarchs' breeding range. These types of plantings directly benefit breeding monarchs.

Will you help us continue this effort by planting milkweed?  To make it easy, we are pleased to announce the launch of Xerces' Milkweed Seed Finder, a comprehensive directory of milkweed seed vendors across the country. The Seed Finder provides quick access to locally native seed sources with an easy-to-use drop down menu of all commercially available milkweed species across the United States, and a state-by-state directory of seed companies that offer them.

As more seed becomes available, our goal is to see 100 million milkweed seeds planted across the country in the next two years. Use Xerces' Milkweed Seed Finder to learn more about how to select and purchase the milkweed seed that's right for your area. 

The seed is ready at leading native wildflower nurseries across the county. Will you find a place to plant it?

NEW FOOD INTOLERANCE CATEGORIES:

From Erin L., March 31^st:  Hello, I have had clients receive results from the Carroll Food Intolerance [test] for the following intolerances:

Mint

Rosemary, Lavender and Jasmine

I have [also] just received a client whose result is Walnut Intolerance. Does this eliminate anything other than walnut and all foods made from walnut?

I can't find any information on your website in what foods need to be avoided.  Can you give me some direction here please?  Thank you!

Erin Livers, Nutrition Therapist

Food As Medicine Holistic Health Counseling

www.foodasmedicinecounseling.com

foodasmedicine@comcast.net

Reply from Sandra:  Hello Erin, thank you for contacting me.

Re your first question:  I have an inquiry in to Dr. Tish regarding the herbs you've asked about as food intolerances.  You've thrown me!  Normally, we consider those sensitivities or allergies.  Either way, the patient/client should avoid them.  I've asked Dr. Tish if she is aware of any foods that may contain the herbs while not being listed on the ingredients list.  Without firsthand experience, it is nearly impossible to know what products to be leery of without being evaluated for the hidden ingredients.  Offhand, I'm not coming up with any but I will be sure to keep eyes and ears open for you.  I will also relay any info that Dr. Tish may be able to furnish.  Also, I'm not aware of any of those herbs being called by any other names, nor being used as substitutes, fillers or stabilizers in other foods, which should be helpful in identifying listed ingredients.  Those are usually what additives are used for, especially when not listed.

I would suggest, if there is a specific product that your client is suspicious of, that they submit a sample to be evaluated.  That's the only real way I know of to be absolutely sure, although none of the above are commonly used as hidden, as far as I know.  Again, I will keep you posted on anything I find out.

May I share your email with our fellow SOH members?  It's possible one of them may know of a product to be aware of.  In health, Sandra

Erin:  Sandra, Thanks so much for your email.

I'm happy to have you share my email on your SOH site as the results I received for these clients are from you all as part of the Carroll Food Intolerance “Test”.  It's just been in the last couple of weeks that my clients received the results of Rosemary/Lavender/Jasmine and just today the results were received on walnuts, no other specifics (as in black walnuts).

Because you all issued the test results, I assume these are intolerances rather than sensitivities or allergies and I thought you might have more specific information about foods or food groups that need to be avoided.

Sandra:  Hello Erin, I just got off the phone with Dr. Tish after a lengthy discussion about these rare food intolerances becoming known, and specifically what she and her associate Dr. Potenza have found.

First, I want to emphasize that botanical classifications of plants aren't necessarily aligned with food intolerance categories.  So, even though a plant is classified botanically in the same category, a person won't necessarily react in the same way.  Keep this in mind with the following information:

Since our doctors are having to evaluate the patients directly (on the body) now, instead of just using blood samples, they have been getting special requests for certain foods.  Consequently, new intolerances have been discovered, albeit in rare numbers.  I will be sharing the information on the website, but I will also share with you now so you can be aware in your practice with patients/clients.  Dr. Tish is planning to compile an information list to share with me soon; in the meantime, this is briefly what I know.

MINT FAMILY:  Peppermint, Spearmint.  Not included and patients can have: lemon balm, lemon mint, wintergreen.

WALNUTS:  This includes all walnuts and derivatives, i.e. walnut oil.  Included: English, Black, Blond, etc.

LAVENDER:  This includes rosemary and jasmine.

VINES:  This includes pumpkin, squashes, and cucumbers.

COFFEE

CHOCOLATE:  This includes any cocoa product.

SESAME:  All other grains may not be specifically included.

MUNG BEANS:  All other legumes NOT included.

PALM:  Exclusive; other fruits may not be specifically included.  Includes all palm derivatives (see FRUIT page in CATEGORIES section on website).

HAZELNUTS:  Includes beechnut, chestnut, and water chestnut.

PEPPERS:  Includes bell, hot, cayenne.

GARLIC/ONION GROUPING:  Includes chives, leek, shallot, any other onion; all garlics.

Most of these items will be listed as ingredients on packaging and will be self-explanatory. 

Jasmine is usually only found in tea and will be listed.

Listed items to avoid:  Seasonings and/or spices ~ whether specified as natural or not.  This leaves it wide open as to what the product may contain ~ herbs, garlic, onion, etc.  It's a good idea for all of us to avoid, as often potato, grain, fruit, and other common intolerances will be present.

Hope that helps.  Feel free to ask me as questions may arise.  In health, Sandra

Erin:  Sandra, thank you so much for this information! Very helpful.

I just want to make sure that Mint Family intolerance ONLY refers to Peppermint, Spearmint. There are so many herbs in this family I want to make sure it only applies to these 2 herb members.  Thanks again, Erin

Sandra:  Hi Erin, that is what Dr. Tish specified. I asked her about pineapple mint, if she knows about that one.Her reply was she has never evaluated that one, so doesn’t know if that will affect a Mint Intolerant person.  Complicated!

Erin:  Sandra, thanks again for your help in answering my questions.  I recommend you change the name of the mint family intolerance to peppermint/spearmint intolerance as this more accurately reflects the herbs that are the problem.
Sandra:  Thanks for your suggestion.  It’s not up to me, but I passed it on to our doctors!

Reply from Dr. Tish:  I don't know if you can exclusively say it is only Peppermint and Spearmint so I'm not sure this is accurate.  I would hate to have someone react to a type of mint when we state that they may only have a problem with peppermint and spearmint. 

I can say that the category of culinary herbs or medicinal herbs is way off base.  The mint family is described botanically as a plant with a square stem and alternating leaves coming from that stem.  But, even this can be wrong; as we know from experience that how botanists classify plants can have absolutely nothing to do with how they digest for people with food intolerances to those plants.

We need to simply get more examples of mint plants and test them against mint intolerant people.  This is how a category is built.  It takes time and this is an ever developing process. Dr. Tish

From Erin, April 8^th: Sandra, do you know? If you're egg intolerant, do you need to avoid vaccines because they contain egg?  Thanks,

Erin

Reply from Sandra:  If you are aware a drug is derived from egg, avoid it. It does not matter in what form the food intolerance ends up. The cells are still egg.  Hope that answers your questions.

From Environmental Working Group, April 10^th:  Dear Sandra, an industry front group promoting genetically engineered food is on the march - Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) just introduced a reprehensible new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that could have disastrous consequences.

This bill is so bad we've named it the Deny Americans the Right to Know - or DARK - Act. It would block states from requiring labeling of GE ingredients and even let foods with GE ingredients be labeled "natural."

We need a supernova of opposition right now. Rep. Pompeo and industry lobbyists - for Monsanto, Kraft and others - are actively recruiting other members of Congress to co-sponsor his bill. Take action today - tell your representative to oppose the DARK Act.

Click here to tell your representative that you deserve to know the truth about what you're eating!

The bill was drafted by a group calling itself the Coalition for Safe Affordable Food, which says its goal is to eliminate confusion and advance food safety. But its proposal would make labeling voluntary, pre-empt state requirements for GE labeling and even block the FDA from mandating labeling. If this bill starts moving through Congress, the Coalition might get its wish.

It's estimated that today 75 percent of supermarket foods are genetically engineered or contain GE ingredients. It's time for federal action to let consumers find out what they're eating - instead of keeping us all in the dark.

Will you stand up for your right to know? Your representative needs to hear not just from industry and Big Food lobbyists but from as many American consumers as possible.

Click here to take action right now. Tell your representative to oppose the DARK Act.

Thank you for standing up for your basic right to know.

Sincerely,  
Ken Cook, President, Environmental Working Group

From The Forum:

Editor’s Note:  

Be sure to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to share with your fellow Members (Subscribers)!

FOOD LABEL QUIZ

CAN YOU GUESS THE FOOD CATEGORIES OF INGREDIENTS
LISTED ON THIS LABEL?

As part of my goal to help you in the quest of eating safely in accordance with your personal food intolerances, this section is another way to help you identify suspicious ingredients and … HAVE SOME FUN!

The answers are below the New Recipes section, just above The Food Resource List Updates.        ~~~

THE SOAP CORNER

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~ Each month we bring you articles on a myriad of topics regarding health and environmental issues. The main focus of is to avail you of expert information on the Carroll Food Intolerance dietary methods.  This – DIET - is the first step to getting and staying well.  We feel there are also many other interesting and important issues to be aware of, so we share our findings with you, on what may have a cause and effect on our health and lives.  This month…

ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATES FROM THE U.S. EPA:

It's Earth Month! Here's how you can participate online

04/04/2014

Happy Earth Month from EPA!

April 22 is Earth Day, but we’re celebrating all month, sharing a new tip each day to help you act on climate change.

Below, we've listed many ways you can take action yourself and spread the word to your friends and family. Try one or many, but either way, let’s all #ActOnClimate!

Help us get the message out.

Please help us share a message at noon on Earth Day, along with the link to a page full of things everyone can do to act on climate. We’re using a new system called Thunderclap to coordinate, so a message will go out from everyone at noon on Earth Day. Here’s the catch: we need 500 people to sign up or the message won’t go.

The message is: “For Earth Day, I commit to protect the climate. Take small actions that add up! #ActOnClimate http://epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/ “

We need your help, both to send the message and to invite your friends to send it, too. Join the effort at https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/10319-on-earth-day-actonclimate, or if you want more information about how it works, see our blog post: http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2014/04/we-need-your-help-to-protect-the-planet

Share daily tips through our website and social media.

We’ve created 30 daily tips to act on climate, and we’ll post one each day. Help us get them out there:

Check out all of the tips at http://epa.gov/earthday/actonclimate/ and hit the share buttons below today’s tip. You can also sign up to get one via email every day in April.

    Follow us as we post each daily tip and retweet/share:

        Blog posts: http://blog.epa.gov/blog/category/earthmonthtips

        Twitter: http://twitter.com/epa

        Facebook: http://facebook.com/epa

        Google+: http://www.google.com/+EPAgov

        Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usepagov

        Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/epagov

        Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/epagov/act-on-climate

Join a Twitter chat about climate issues

We’re going to have EPA experts available to discuss various climate issues on our @EPAlive account every Tuesday in April:

    April 8, 2:00pm EDT - What can I do to act on climate?

    April 15, 2:00pm EDT - What is EPA doing to act on climate?

    April 22, 2:00pm EDT - EPA Research and Climate: What does the research show about climate change and what we can do about it.

    April 29, 2:00pm EDT - Why is climate action important for our water?

How can you join the conversation? Just follow @EPAlive and the #ActOnClimate hashtag on Twitter. Ask us a question or share your ideas, or just read along with the conversation. In addition to using Twitter, we’ll publish a blog post for each chat, and you can ask your questions or send your thoughts as comments on the post. Here’s the first one: http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2014/04/lets-chat-about-how-to-act-on-climate/

We look forward to working with you to #ActOnClimate!

SHARING EXPERIENCES:

Remember that eating our food intolerances can have a dramatic effect on our moods as well as other symptoms we discuss, ad infinitum.

7th ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION

By Sandra Strom, CEO of Song of Health

April is our anniversary month at  and, in tradition, time to once again express much gratitude to all of you, all of our physicians, and holistic nutritionists for being the reason why we continue to perform our work and services.  This is also a good time to review the past year, where we are now, and what to look forward to.

Shawn, our superb webmaster, and I (mostly him) have been doing our best to fit in designing the website in a new, more updated web format.  We had planned to have it completed around November of last year; as you can see, still working on it.  There is so much information at , and so many links connecting numerous programs as well as all the pages, that it has turned out to be a far larger task than originally anticipated.  The updates and new programs will include a new and improved forum that I know you’ll enjoy being on.  I can’t wait!  So…in between trying to get our normal every day work done, we will eventually accomplish this hefty task.

If you have joined or renewed within the past 5 months, you know that our payment program is now through PayPal and not Google.  This has been mostly a favorable change for our Members; having an account with PayPal in order to pay for  purchases is an option and not a requirement.  Dealing with discount code options is currently cumbersome and sometimes not available with PayPal, unfortunately, until we move to the new website format.  Then, we will have more flexibility with codes.  We appreciate all of you being so patient and cooperative with us.  One good thing, your discount on purchases of  ^TM soap products is now applied automatically.

 ^TM  ~ What was expected to be a sideline of what we offer at has grown to be a major product line we now offer.  Finally, a safe product for most people, both Members and “outsiders” have expressed much gratitude for this superb quality soap.  Periodically you will see ingredients being changed in some of the soaps, in an effort to continually strive for improved quality.  An example is:  Black Walnut Hull Powder was discontinued from use in all of the soaps.  It was used for coloring until it was discovered that many people react to it. 

Several commercial outlets now carry ^TM, including Windrose Clinic in Spokane Washington.  The soaps are also being distributed worldwide, including New Zealand.  It’s becoming a challenge for me to keep up!  This is why you will see certain soaps out of stock from time to time.  I highly suggest you place orders for desired bars ahead of time in order to assure you receive them in time of need.   If you have a preferred soap that we don’t already carry, let’s discuss it!

The latest update ~ In the past months new food intolerance categories have recently been discovered; found in rare cases.  They have just been included in the Food Categories section; however, our doctors are still researching what these new categories include.  As we continue to learn more we will share the information with you.

I had planned to add a FAQS page to the website last year, however, we turned our focus and energies toward creating the new website instead.  It still may be worthwhile to include in the new changes.

As always, I invite you to share your comments, suggestions, and stories.  Again, thanks a million for joining us in our great endeavor to eat safely and help others to get healthy, for Together We Achieve...Great Health - Great Life!

To All My Relations, Sandra

“Every dis-ease known to humans is created in our digestion system” (Dr. Harold Dick, N.D.)

NEW RECIPES

Each month new recipes are published in the Recipes section at .  In the newsletter they are listed and linked so you can easily go to them in the Recipes section.

 The ingredients for all the recipes are coded for food intolerance items.

Just click on the recipe link to go directly to it in the RECIPES SECTION, or copy and paste the "url". Remember to log in first!

Is there a recipe you would like to have, or need help adapting?  I'm happy to help! Contact me at manager@songofhealth.com.

Warm up with this great soup at holiday time and winter days, using vegetables that our bodies can utilize well in the cold weather.

SALADS:  EDAMAME VEGETABLE SALAD

Check out the Recipes category in The Forum for recipes that fellow Subscribers have been gracious enough to share!  Plus, cooking and baking questions are asked and answered.

*About this month’s picture:  Orange & Purple Violets ~ One of the most cheerful flowers of Spring are the adorable and gorgeous faces of Violets, Johnny-Jump-Ups and Pansies, related to each other.  And they’re edible!  The greens are high in vitamin C; the flowers adorn cakes, add colorful splashes to salads, and can even be steamed.  Let’s honor Nature’s gift to us…Violets!

FOOD RESOURCE LIST UPDATES

THE FOOD RESOURCE LIST ON THE WEBSITE IS AVAILABLE IN PRINTABLE VERSION. JUST GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND CLICK ON "SOH RESOURCE LIST PART 1 OR PART 2" FOR THE VERSION IN .PDF FORM.

Use the codes below to translate the Results Column.

HOW TO READ THE FOOD RESOURCE LIST AND USE THE KEY:

 As items are submitted and analyzed by our staff doctors, they are then added to the Food Resource List on the Song of Health website. We compile the updated lists to email to you as well.

 The items are listed per category.

 By listing the “Date Evaluated” you can be assured of the most recent updates.

 Under the “Evaluated For” column, “ALL” signifies that the product has been analyzed for all food categories included in the Carroll Food Intolerance Evaluation Method.

In some cases, you will see ingredients listed in the “Results” column that are ot included in “Evaluated For.” This is due to: 1) the ingredient has been listed on the packaging; 2) or it is obviously in the stated category; 3) or our doctors evaluated for more than what was asked for. For example, results for milk will be “dairy (D).”

 Under “Purchased At” we no longer furnish where the product was purchased; however, if the product was purchased outside the Pacific Northwest area, the region will be noted.  Sometimes, I will be able to locate a place to purchase a product for you, if requested.

If you have any questions, please contact us at:
manager@songofhealth.com. We are happy to help!

SHOPPING SUGGESTION: Do you have a smart phone? You can log on to Song of Health.com, The Food Resource List, and look up items while you shop!

FOOD RESOURCE LIST
APRIL 2014

TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE...

GREAT HEALTH - GREAT LIFE!

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