some new info on morgs

[paddel]

Morgellons Disease

Morgellons Disease is characterized by the disturbing sensation of crawling, stinging, and biting just under a person’s skin, as well as, in some cases, non-healing skin lesions. The lesions manifest highly unusual structures, described as fiber-like or filamentous, and are the most striking feature of this disease. Medical Science states that there is no known cause or cure.

We here at Terrapin Therapy have found that our clients who test for Morgellons also test for a latent Chicken Pox infection and an allergy to Cochineal/Carminic acid food coloring. We are not saying that the combination of Chicken Pox and Cochineal/Carminic acid food coloring is the cause of Morgellons. However, those clients energectically cleared of those aspects do find that their Morgellons will subside.

Cochineal/Carminic acid food coloring is in many food items, including some sodas and candies, in some yogurts. And yes, it is indeed produced by the smashed bodies of adult beetles. If you google Cochineal, you’ll see this from the Wikipedia site:

“The juvenile beetles move to a feeding spot and produce long filaments. Later they move to the edge of the cactus pad where the wind catches the wax filaments and carries the cochineals to a new host.”

The filaments produced by the juvenile beetles and the filaments of Morgellons are similar and more than an interesting coincidence. These filaments in humans are epigenetic epidermal growths.

We believe that the Cochineal/Carminic acid food coloring is safe, just as peanuts are safe. However some of us have an allergic reaction to peanuts, some of us to Cochineal/Carminic acid.

Our therapy for Morgellons energectically clears the Chicken Pox pathogen and dismantles the vibrational form of all aspects of the Cochineal beetle, including the filamentations. Like most vibrational therapies, there is no need to be here in person. Therapy is administered to you by way of a spot of your blood that you mail in to us from a pricked finger. The cost of the therapy is $495.00 and will be tailored uniquely to you. We are in Alameda, New Mexico, just south of Santa Fe. Please contact me through this link: ed@terrapintherapy.com

[Kritters]

OMG Paul.... I'm thoroughly grossed out! I never knew what the problem was with red dye #2 that people were allergic to!!! OMG OMG OMG!

This is so disgusting I cannot believe it. I clicked on the link at the bottom of the article from CSPI Newsroom and agree with what the writer said. If you want more color, add more of the fruit!!!What about using beets like they did in the old days and I believe other countries still do today? I'm livid.


From the definition: Cochineal based dyes and derivatives (Blue 2 also known as Indigo Carmine [sometimes used in nylon sutures]) E120, carmine, caramine, carminic acid, crimson lake, Ponceau, E124, Cochineal Red A) are known to cause reactions in no more than 1 in 10,000 consumers. The Center for Science in the Public Interest has called on the FDA to remove insect-based dyes from the approved list of dyes.

SOMETIMES USED IN NYLON SUTURES!!!HAVE ANY OPERATIONS, LATELY???

"We here at Terrapin Therapy have found that our clients who test for Morgellons also test for a latent Chicken Pox infection"

CHICKEN POX!!!! (HERPES VIRUS!!!)

This will all make a great book someday we will all write together!!

Kritts

[faithinacure]

OMG is right! I never knew about the controversy behind dye #2 either. That is so beyond disgusting, but it makes sense. I remember now, some time ago learning that some potato chips companies use insects as "natural flavoring" especially BBQ flavor...
That cured me of eating potato chips. I wish I had learned more at the time. How many foods are these insects in, I wonder? What products and brands? We really have the right to know, cause it's not "natural flavoring". Cheerios is banned, but allow us to unknowingly eat ground beetles? I don't think most people will take kindly to being put in the dark with this news.

The weird thing is I always had a revulsion to "gummy bear" type candy and had this feeling that the ingredients were akin to a combination of eatable plastic and an organism. My family laughed, but maybe there was some truth there, now that we know more now about the science behind producing food for the planet.

Interestingly, following dental work, I immediately developed Shingles and wasn't all that old at the time. It did happen at a time I had previously a positive diagnosis for Lyme. All of us are exposed to herpes. It's in the environment, all around us and hangs out in the ganglia of the nerves and waits for the opportunity to attack the vulnerable immune system. Lysine Plus caps at the health food store is a common treatment for prevention of shingles, herpes, etc.

Maybe the food industry should have open disclosure and warning labels on all foods regarding beetle/insect ingredients.

Thanks Kritts and Paddel for this vital information!

Love, Faithxoxoxo

[jonsi]

Paddel,

I should call you first before posting this but it is way past your bed time! I should spank you! Don't post something unless you have experience with something you post!!!!!!!!! I will apologize later if I am wrong.

Let me check out this site first, I live in New Mexico, an hour away from Alameda and I don't think this helps us "Morgies". I remember reading about this guy over a year ago.

"However some of us have an allergic reaction to peanuts, some of us to Cochineal/Carminic acid." Terrapin Station,

YouTube - Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station 3-18-77

I love the dead and saw them back in 1977, 1983, 1984, but still.....

Definitely in the white light, what a long, strange trip its been , your mountain hippie chick sister,
~jonsi

[carla]

The cost of the therapy is $495.00 and will be tailored uniquely to you.

[spotted dog]

Cochineal has always been used in lipstick,thats why its called

Beetle Blood....spots....

[Venetia]

If there is any truth to the theory- the Cochineal/Carminic theory that is, then those who participated in the UV/Red Dye 'Trial' could be in trouble.

Remember that? Last year, around this time:

I particapated In Martin's Clinical Trial

Basically, you applied the red dye to your body and some essential oils then sit/lay under
the UV lamps.

Anyone here on that therapy?

V

[Kritters]

Originally Posted by faithinacure

The weird thing is I always had a revulsion to "gummy bear" type candy and had this feeling that the ingredients were akin to a combination of eatable plastic and an organism. My family laughed, but maybe there was some truth there, now that we know more now about the science behind producing food for the planet.

Interestingly, following dental work, I immediately developed Shingles and wasn't all that old at the time. It did happen at a time I had previously a positive diagnosis for Lyme. All of us are exposed to herpes. It's in the environment, all around us and hangs out in the ganglia of the nerves and waits for the opportunity to attack the vulnerable immune system. Lysine Plus caps at the health food store is a common treatment for prevention of shingles, herpes, etc.

Faith,
I never liked gummy bears but LOVE strawberry twizzlers (although I stay away from sugar now) (there's even a new flavor....pina colata...yummm) but think of all the red dye in those!!!

I hope you participated in my "have you had any surgery prior to Morgellons" (or something like that) poll
xoxoxo
Kritts

[Sadsack]

These are excerpts from the article referenced:

"FDA establishes food defect action levels (DALs) for various food products and various types of insects. For instance, the permissible level of certain insect fragments in 50 grams, or about two cups, of flour is 75 parts. (This is the uppermost level at which fragments pose no health hazard in the product.)"

"But there are times when a product is considered contaminated even if the number of insect fragments it contains falls below the DAL. "Certain fragments come from what we classify as filth insects — such as certain types of flies," Brickey explains. "They inhabit filthy areas, often feeding on garbage. Some feed on sores and cuts. They can carry microorganisms. We're not held by defect action levels with these. We'll take action."

Insect Fragments in Food

Now what do we eat???

SS

[Sadsack]

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Insects as Food

Insects as Food for Humans

C. H. Curran, one of the better known earlier researchers on the taxonomy of Diptera (flies), while visiting friends for dinner found some splendid examples of fly larvae in the spinach being served, but ate them without speaking of their presence to his hosts. This incident is an example that combines fortitude, knowledge and manners. The term for eating insects is entomophagy. Throughout the history of mankind, eating insects has actually been a common idea. In the United States, the population has been rather guarded, however, of utilizing this valuable commodity. This causes some amusement when one considers that honey is a common product, but actually has been regurgitated by insects in its production. Parts of insects are consumed by humans more commonly than generally expected. It is impossible to perfectly eliminate all forms of insects when harvesting and processing some crops, thus allowances are set in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration to permit certain numbers of insects or their parts in processed foods. As one would expect, when insects are eaten (in other parts of the world) they are usually those that may be gathered in large numbers. Examples are social insects, such as ants, and especially termites, and locusts that migrate in hordes of millions of individuals. Some human societies actually utilize insects as a major source of protein.
Locusts (actually grasshoppers) are used by various African groups consistently as food. The locust individuals are gathered in the early day before they are active, then boiled before being cleaned and salted. Even the legs are used by grinding and combining them with peanut butter and salt. Locusts are also becoming a food item in South Korea where rice farmers are starting to gather and sell them to supplement their income from rice production.
Termites, with large colonies easily found in arid regions of Africa and Australia, are an available food that has been popular with human societies in those regions. The large queen castes of termites, sometimes three inches in length, are the most desirable individuals. Termites are high in protein, but also contain a high level of fat, and thus have a strong caloric value. In Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), termites are lightly fried and sold in marketplaces to eat by hand. Termites are also converted into a colorless oil for frying. Protein content of termites is on the same level as dried saltfish taken from the same area, and is much higher than in beef.
Caterpillars and other insect larvae have been eaten by humans in various areas of the world. Caterpillars of the Giant Skippers in Mexico are considered a delicacy, and are collected from the fleshy leaves of the maguey plant. Sold fresh in markets, they are then fried before consumption. They are also sold in cans in stores. Although beetles have hard exterior skeletons when adults, they are excellent food in the grub stage. In Africa, the Goliath Beetle, a type of scarab, is pursued with zeal among the roots of the banana tree. The developed larva may reach a length of five and a half inches. Native Americans in the western United States commonly ate the pupae of a small Shore Fly, Ephvdra hians, which they termed Koo-tsabe, due mostly to the enormous numbers of these insects which accumulated from wind along the shores of brackish lakes at certain seasons of the year.
Sadly, an establishment in Washington, D. C. known as The Insect Club no longer exists. It was a popular restaurant and bar in the early 1990's, and served items that included crickets and mealworms combined and served in delicacies.
Military survival manuals clearly state that insects should be eaten as a perfect alternative when other food sources are not available. The success of this suggestion was widely publicized in 1996, when Lieutenant Scott O'Grady lost his plane to enemy forces in Bosnia, then survived in the forests by eating ants.