The Last Update for this Blog

It's taken me awhile to feel ready enough to post this update and I'm sure I'll get very emotional while typing it.  Ziggy passed away on May 12, 2014 of an abdomenal tumor.  He would have been 13 years old today.

I still struggle every day with the guilt of not having this health issue checked more carefully.  Every vet would tell me 'wow he's a fat boy, he needs some exercise'.  But his abdomen was always extended on one side and he would have shortness of breath easily when I would try to push him a little beyond our little daily outings.

Even in the weeks leading up to his passing, we made an emergency visit to the clinic which required an overnight stay and cost over $1000, and we saw a cardiologist at Blue Pearl's recommendation which cost another $500.  They looked at his chest and lungs to try and find out why he was having breathing difficulties but never looked far enough to find this giant tumor getting ready to burst.

It breaks my heart that in spite of all that I did for him... the healthy food, the homeopathy, etc., he still died a frightening death (drowning in your own internal bleeding is not a pleasant way to go) and I could do nothing to help his suffering.  Here I am crying now, I knew this would happen.

I blame so many for his suffering.  The puppy mills who crank out sick animals for profit, the vets who pushed antibiotics, steroids and vaccines for years which only band-aided the symptoms but caused his health to worsen.  The pet food companies that create the junk food (if you can even call it 'food') that is not even remotely biologically appropriate for pets.

I had to educate myself in so many areas of health in order to care for this dog in the way that he deserved.  He was so gentle and sweet and did not deserve the pain and suffering that plagued him for most of his life.  No animal deserves that.

The good thing that came out of this experience was learning about what is really in the mainstream food supply.  Not just pet food but ALL food.  It's horrifying that we are being sickened and poisoned with artificial ingredients, GMO's, growth hormones, antibiotics, pesticides and so many other things not intended for the human body so that the food companies can profit and control what people eat by causing food addictions.  This is why the US has the highest rates of cancer, obesity, autism, ADHD, depression, etc in the world.   It's like people don't even have the basic right to be healthy.

If you really want to be healthy, you have to seriously go out of your way to educate yourself because the food industry hides this information and most doctors won't inform their patients because A: They are not trained in nutritional health, and B: They get kickbacks from the pharmaceutical companies to prescribe drugs to keep you on the merry-go-round of illness so they can make selfish, greedy profits.

No one is going to look after your health but you.  No one.  Fortunately, there are a quite a growing number of advocates out there now who are standing up against the establishment and making their voices heard and working tirelessly for YOUR health rights.  They should be supported and appreciated for what they are doing for you.  The first one I have to mention is Vani Hari, aka "The Food Babe".  She is quite the force to be reckoned with and has already successfully convinced companies such as Kraft, Subway and Chik-Fil-A to remove dangerous chemicals from some of their products.  At the very least, you can visit her website (www.foodbabe.com) and see what she is doing for you (and maybe even show some appreciation).

With almost 10 years of research, I have been able to get my own health on the right track.  When I started learning what is being put into our food, I was appalled and disgusted.  Once it sunk in, I started thinking "how dare they poison me without my consent!".  Everyone should be saying this and everyone should be fighting back and taking control.  No one has the right to take control over your body and your health.  And your children are helpless because they eat what the adults feed them.  They cannot make their own choices.  Everyone has the right to good health and should not have to be suspicious of the food that they eat.

So now I choose to take control and let my own voice be heard on a bigger platform.  I am still working on the details of a plan but eventually I will join the advocates because some of us must take a stand and be brave enough to speak out against this tyranny.  The more voices that speak, the louder we will become and the more we will be heard.  Will you stand up for your rights?

In closing, I will say that Ziggy was a shining light in my life and inspired me to be a leader and not a follower.  He will always be alive in my heart.

Annestacey