Well, it’s getting to be that time of day (night 🙂 when I get to feeling I’ve had enough fun for one day and should be heading towards the ole sack, but I thought I’d leave y’all with this little true story that happened to me a few years back having to do with FrankenFoods.

At one time I was a promoter of Soy Protein Powder as a source of protein especially for some body builders I had as clients, and one day I was queried by one of them as to whether or not it was Genetically Engineered or not. GE had not been talked about very much up to that time and my knowledge on the subject was a bit scarce back then, but I thought I’d better investigate it. One of my friends had done some research on GE foods in general and the findings sent to me were shocking, outrageous, and downright scary.

To be on the safe side, I then decided to investigate this source that all my muscle builders were using, and proceeded to trace back the data trail as to how pervasive this GE thing was and whether or not there was any risk to my personal clients.

I went to our biggest local healthfood store in Clearwater called Nature’s Food Patch and asked the bulk food manager whether or not his Soy Protein Powder was GE or not. He emphatically told me that the Food Patch did NOT sell anything that was Genetically Modified. Absolutely Not! I then asked him what the name of the product was and who was its supplier. He told me it was called Supro 440 and they got it from NOW Foods. Wellllll, I thought this was a good start, as I do business with NOW (still do) as I feel they have the best Vitamin E and COQ10 on the planet at the best price (only a few of the products made by someone else that I am willing to trust and endorse which is why they are on my product and price list).

I then called NOW Foods and asked one of the technical advisors there if the Supro 440 that they were selling was Genetically Engineered. “Absolutely NOT! No way in hell would they sell anything that was GE. Ridiculous!” Welllllll, OK this sounded good so I asked him who the manufacturer was who supplied them with the stuff. He told me it was a company called Protein Technologies and readily gave me their number.

I’m feeling all right and making good headway here, so I next call up Protein Technologies and asked to speak to a technical supervisor there as I had some questions to put to him. I get him on the line and I ask, “Is your Supro 440 a Genetically Engineered product?”. —- Long pregnant pause, and then he returned with, “Well, what exactly do you mean by Genetically Engineered?”. All of a sudden, I wasn’t having a good day and I was starting to feel a little apprehensive. I returned with, “GE, you know, GMO, Genetically Modified Organism???”. He said, “One moment please, and I’ll let you speak to our Head Chemist”. After a wait of about 30 seconds (my apprehension is now building), the Lead Chemist from Protein Tech comes on the line and I ask my question again. He tells me proudly, “Wellllllll, yessss the Supro 440 is GE and most of our soy products are”. I’m feeling a little queasy at this stage and I ask, “do you have any Soy Protein Powder which is Organic and non-GMO?”. He then told me that they did but he had to confess that they used the same machines to process the Organic as they did the GE/GMO and that they did not clean the machines after each usage. The bottom of my stomach dropped about 40 feet but I had one more question, “Is Protein Technologies a solely owned company or is it a subsidiary?”

He said, “The parent company is Dupont.”!

I couldn’t talk for a bit and slowly just hung up the phone, I don’t even remember saying “goodbye” to the man.

I called back NOW Foods, and to their credit, they had the product off the shelf within a week. I then called back the Bulk Foods Manager at Nature’s Food Patch and told him the story. His response was, “Impossible, we sell NO GE/GMO foods in this store”.

Oh well, there are ostriches in this world and he never would believe me or even call up and verify it one way or the other. I then had the realization that one could lose many freedoms through complacency.

And the moral of this bed time story?

LOOK!!! DON’T LISTEN!!!

Yours in Knowledge, Health and Freedom,

Doc Shillington

PS. Since I originally wrote this article back in 2001, the amount of Genetically Engineered Soy products sold in the American marketplace has grown to more than 90%. It is also my conviction that the other 10% is contaminated.  The same goes for all corn products.  You and your family are far safer if you avoid all soy and corn products altogether.  Unless you grow it yourself, or unless you personally know the farmer who’s growing it, ALL SOY & CORN PRODUCTS AND BYPRODUCTS SHOULD BE SHUNNED!

Ian “Doc” Shillington N.D.

1. Have your Total Nutrition (click here for recipe to make your own), Udo’s Oil, and one or two raw, organic eggs every day (I call this the Green Dragon Recipe). This “highest grade fuel” gives your body the necessary building blocks so that it will start correcting itself. It will help you create and maintain excellent health.
2. Keep your intestines cleansed and purified. Intestinal cleansing will not only detoxify your body, it will also ensure there are no stoppages in the surrounding organs.  It is important to keep your body’s flows moving efficiently, and the place to start is the bowel. This is vital.
3. Eat only organic foods, especially when it comes to meats. Commercial meats are loaded full of hormones, antibiotics, and steroids. Commercial vegetables are saturated with pesticides and due to modern day fertilizing and growing practices have very little nutrition in them. Use only organic body care products on your skin and hair.
4. When it comes to grains, seeds, nuts, and beans, eat only those products that have been sprouted!  All other methods of preparation leave you with enzyme inhibitors that will make you fat and unhealthy. Stay away from all soy. Until this industry cleans up its act, it is best to drop it from your diet altogether.
5. If you don’t own a juicer, buy one and use it daily. Juicing is an excellent tool to aid in detoxing and for putting concentrated nutrition into your body. Get a slow juicer.
6. While keeping all the above in, and until you reach a state of excellent health, you should do my entire Total Body Cleanse Program at least twice a year. Three times is best if you can manage it.
7. Exercise every day! The best exercise I know of is running (Running Without Knee Pain). The next best is rebounding on a mini trampoline. Both of these workouts will exercise every cell in your body. This is absolutely essential to keeping the flows going. Start off with walking if that’s all you can handle, but eventually work up to a minimum of forty-five minutes of hard exercise each day. Work up a real sweat.
8. Stop watching television and reading newspapers. You don’t eat garbage. Why allow it into your  mind? TV is one of the main causes of juvenile delinquency and low personal production.
9. Wear cotton, silk, hemp, and other all-natural fibers. Synthetic clothes can prevent your skin from breathing properly and can toxify your body.
10. Cook your food only in stainless steel, cast iron, or glass. Never cook in aluminum!
11. Drink only distilled water or purified water from a top notch purifier.
12. Start each day by acknowledging to yourself what a great person you are.
13. Help someone else every day. Help a child.
14. Do your part. Take responsibility for the earth by helping to keep it clean and toxin free. Recycle!
15. Create a garden and grow some flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Plant a tree once a month.
16. Put all your possessions in order and permanently get rid of those things you don’t need or want. Do a complete cleaning and reorganization of your living space so that it is neat and orderly.
17. Connect with your favorite groups and get involved. Continue learning new things and expanding your horizons. Make some new friends.
18. Laugh and have fun.
19. And last, but not least, LOVE!

Recommended Reading:

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The idea of personal responsibility in regards to health is not fashionable. And yet, responsibility is probably the greatest issue that needs to be faced when it comes to attaining a state of excellence in any aspect of life—including personal health.

Too often, people are willing to be victims. They are overly agreeable when it comes to leaving their physical, mental, and even spiritual health up to others. They are awfully eager to place their wellbeing and that of their families in the hands of conventional medical doctors, psychiatrists, and the government.

It may seem completely unreasonable to claim that you are absolutely, 100% responsible for the condition you are in, but it has been my experience that any other way of looking at this issue leads to failure, illness, and death. How can one be responsible when there is so much conflicting information regarding health and healing? By learning all you can about health and filtering out the untruths as they apply to you and your family. The key here is to look and decide for yourself. You have to decide what works for you. When my friends and clients are spinning around looking for answers, I like to ask them what they were doing when they felt their best. More often than not, they tell me they were eating well, exercising, and enjoyed what they were doing in their lives. Well? What does this tell you? When they go back to doing these things, they once again are successful, become even more educated, and do some serious cleansing. Wow! Then they really see results! And believe me, if these people are ever told by a medical doctor that they have a serious disease, they already know how to handle it. Many wouldn’t dream of letting an M.D. touch them or a family member.

Get the knowledge you need to be healthy now! This information will serve you well, should you, a friend, or a family member be told they have a serious, incurable disease. A time of crisis isn’t the optimum time to start learning about the body, how it works, and how best to fight disease. Knowing ahead of time what you need to do and how to get started is the best “life insurance” policy available. There is no substitute for personal knowledge.

Many people complain to me that organic foods are expensive. I think ignorance, illness, and going to conventional medical doctors is much more costly. So, I recommend spending your money on education, organic food, cleansing, and exercising instead. This allows you to be in a position of full responsibility for your life. It is the best investment you can make toward living a long, healthy, and productive life. You owe it to yourself and to your loved ones.