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"Until he extends the circle of compasssion to all living things, man will not find peace". Dr. Albert Schweitzer
Foal Destined For The Slaughterhouse finds Freedom Angel, a PMU foal learns to trust her new handlers after being rescued from a slaughterhouse destiny. Health Action Network Magazine Interview
A Horses Prayer - Author Unknown
Alternatives to Premarin®
 A Conversation with Dr. Ray Kellosalmi, M.D.
A medical doctor answers questions about estrogen, menopause, women’s health…and horses. Read more…
Click here if you are interested in Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy, and taking a Menopausal Type Questionaire. Check out this link if you are interested in an all natural product line to support your hormone balance, naturally.
 From the Voice of a Child
Whitney Watson-Wilson shares with her fellow 4-H Members, Parents and Judges panel her thoughts on PMU mares, their foals and the HRT industry. Thanks to Whitney for sharing her wisdom with Voice For The Horse. Their is nothing more powerful than a truth shared from a young heart, one that recognizes the beauty in all of life. Click here to read Whitney's Story.
Little 'Cherub' Alexa Renee Middelaer died surrounded by love. Suspected drunk driver behind wheel in Delta tragedy.
As a horse lover from the time I made my entry into this world, I can relate with the experience Alexa had with Horsey Love. Although It was far too soon for Alexa to leave her loved ones, I hope to offer as a condolence to her family and friends, that she gained much wisdom and compassion from the time she did spend with Horsey Love. Horses are amazing teachers, especially for us people today. Alexa and Horsey Love communicated in a way that may be difficult for us to understand, however there relationship was of shared simple truths and love, that was all very real. I know this as I am still blessed everyday to share the time I do with two of my own horses that have taught me so very much. To read more about the life of this sweet angelic cherub click on the following link A Perfect Day, A Perfect Life
 Angel was pulled off a feedlot in Manitoba last fall by a kind soul and sent out to a friend of mine in Vancouver this past January. When I first met her(which was totally unplanned by the way) I just happened to have a few extra bucks in my pocket and I said I would take her. It just felt like the right thing to do. Angel is just nine months old and is still abit wild. Angel loved the Lavender Essential Oil I introduced her to and when it was time to leave, she was yawning and going to sleep, just the way I like it!
 On October 31st, 2006 a herd of horses was stranded by rising water levels on a small plot of land in the Netherlands after a heavy storm. As the days stretched on people feared for the lives of more than one hundred horses! See this dramatic video footage of their daring rescue by four woman.
Budweiser Yearling in Training! Budweiser Superfan! Budweiser Team - Tribute for 9/11
Wild Horses Horses Even Horses Fall I Am-Horses
Wild Horses Budweiser Snowball Fight!
March 11, 2008 - Our New Budweiser Horse "Angel" (on the left) and Her Friend Enjoy the Snow!! (Angel is actually a cross between a Clydesdale/TB and Paint Horse as most PMU foals are cross breds). Angel has the Eyes of a Paint, Legs of a TB and the Presence of a Clydesdale...She is Beautiful!
♥ March 11, 2008 ♥
Vernon meets Angel for the first time and I think it was love at first site! I now believe it to be true that the best way to a man's heart is through a love that is completely unconditional as Angel demonstrated this special day! Angel was a by-product of pharmaceutical drug companies that produce Premarin; estrogen derived from a pregnants mare urine which is used in hormone replacement therapy for women. Angel was rescued from a feedlot in Manitoba in Dec. 2007. Her next journey would have been off to slaughter as she was an unwanted foal. Thanks to the kind soul that purchased her from the feedlot, Angel was given a second chance at life, one that will be lived with a special purpose and lots of love!
Premarin And Hormone Replacement Therapy
Prior to July 2002, there was a one size fits all answer that apparently solved all the problems women faced as they attempted to age gracefully. PremPro was the answer; a mixture of two hormones, Premarin, a synthetic estrogen isolated from pregnant mare urine thus the name Premarin, and Provera; a synthetic progesterone. This single solution PremPro was claimed to be not only the answer to menopausal symptoms but it would also protect the heart from age related heart disease and offer protection from breast cancer, uterine cancer and a decreased risk of osteoporosis.
Findings at the Women's Health Initiative on July 9, 2002 astounded many. Women were now told that the risks outweighed the benefits of PremPro and HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy). Previously found benefits were found not to be benefits at all. PremPro did not appear to protect the heart, brain and breast but it was associated with an actual increase risk for heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer and blood clots.
Important Premarin Timelines
- 1942 - Hormone Replacement (HRT) Therapy begins.
- 1974 (approx) - Link between HRT and endometrial cancer is revealed
- 1997 - The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) begins a 15 year study to test the effects of HRT on the prevention of coronary heart disease and osteoporosis on 16,000 women.
- 1999 - The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) release a new study "linking HRT after menopause to increased risk of uncommon forms of breast cancer that have good prognoses".
- 2002 - National Institute of Health (NHI) abruptly halts 15 year study after only 4 years when on July 9, 2002 NHI publishes its shocking findings: combination hormone replacement therapies were putting women at increased risk of multiple serious diseases. These risks include (and are not limited to):
- 26% increase in breast cancer
- 41 % increase in stroke
- 29% increase in heart attacks
- 100% increase in blood clots
- 22% increase in heart disease
- 2005 - In July, JAMA reports results of a study that shows that "more than half of the women who began hormone therapy to stop uncomfortable hot flashes and night sweats experienced those symptoms again once they stopped taking the drugs. The researchers advised doctors to explore alternative ways to treat menopause symptoms"—Marc Kauffman; The Washington Post.
Overview of the Women's Health Initiative Study
A Natural Approach to Hormone Shifts
By Neal Barnard, M.D.
Many physicians now treat menopause like a disease and prescribe hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women. There is a better approach. Hormonal shifts at any life stage, including menopause, are much less intense on a low fat, high fiber diet. High fat diets increase estrogen production before menopause, thus the shift at menopause becomes a roller coaster ride. This is aggravated by the lack of fiber in most high fat diets. The body gets rid of excess estrogens, pulling them out of the blood and sending them into the digestive tract, where fiber carries them away with wastes. Since animal products contain no fiber at all, a meat eater’s digestive tract does not contain enough fiber to carry waste hormones away effectively. They end up reabsorbing their own waste hormones.
Low fat, high fiber diets decrease estrogen production, both before and after menopause, and the net effect appears to be a much smoother change. The key, though, is not just to eliminate animal products, but also to keep vegetable oils to an absolute minimum.
Osteoporosis is one of the main reasons doctors prescribe estrogen replacement, but it now appears that the principle contributors to Osteoporosis are animal proteins - which leach calcium from the bones - sedentary lifestyles with a lack of weight-bearing exercise, alcohol, and tobacco.
A low-fat, vegan diet is ideal: high in fiber, low in fat, and no animal protein. It provides calcium in the form of green vegetables, beans, peas, and lentils, or, if you prefer, fortified orange juice. Add daily exercise, and you've filled your own prescription for a healthful lifestyle.
MESSAGE FROM THE SPIRIT OF THE HORSE
You seeth not what stands before the eyes,
It is time that you spoke for us,
We need your voices,
We take heart that many are awakening to our needs.
We are united as one.
We sing the song of the spheres.
We ground your beings into the earth
And through us we connect you to the stars.
You wonder why you feel good when you touch us - lean into us.
It is because we connect you to the stars.
See us - we sacrifice ourselves to your blindness,
And never give up hope that you will awaken,
And we will be released from our suffering.
Our ancestors had more hope.
Some of you see the sunrise when you ride us - feel the trees.
But how many of you feel the stream of light that flows
Between us when we carry you on our backs?
Our connections breathe life into your lifeless bodies.
See us once again as brothers.
We are here to serve as mirrors - so that you, mankind
can find your way back to the stars.
to the source that serves for us all.
Our molecular structure is one.
Know your power, mankind.
When you see us as one with you,
then you will know your strength.
We love you - We are one with all beings,
We are a vehicle for that knowingness of Oneness.
Hear ye the cries of the rooster,
Mankind must awaken,
He may no longer sleep.
- Linda Tellington Jones
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