“The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.” (Prov. 18:17)

We (Janny & Samantha) are back at it again with our favorite topic: vaccines. This time, from a biblical perspective. Few subjects cause more controversy than vaccination - even in the church. While some church leaders have stepped out in support of vaccination, voices of opposition or concern are often ignored on the basis that "the science is settled."

We believe such a complex issue warrants further discussion among believers and non-believers alike. However, regardless of where you land on the topic of vaccination, we are calling on the body of Christ to publicly support the religious freedoms that allow Christians to live in accordance with the guiding of the Holy Spirit in their lives. The freedom to opt out of all or some vaccines is one such issue.

We hope this episode will provide some much needed context for this issue and prompt you to discuss this with other believers.

Episode topics:
3:00 - Summary of four takeaways for this episode
8:45 - Immunity (natural vs artificial)
12:30 - Vaccines as a contributor to decline in infectious disease
14:20 - A note on the immunocompromised
17:10 - Vaccine adverse event reporting
19:10 - Clinical trials and placebo studies
25:40 - Herd immunity
30:45 - Autism, vaccine court, and the National Vaccine Injury Act (1986)
41:15 - CDC whistleblower and Andy Wakefield
45:25 - Aborted fetal tissue (ethical and health implications)
55:45 - Should Christians be skeptical of the CDC, HHS, or vaccine manufacturers?
1:01:20 - Christians and the common good
1:06:45 - Vaccines as "God's gift," moral responsibility
1:14:10 - Closing words, action items

welcome Zach Bush, MD to the Very, Very, Quite Contrary podcast today! I know many of you have listened to the mind blowing dialogue shared on the Rich Roll Podcast because I couldn’t shut up about it when it came out, and I’ve been doing my own deep dive into all the information I can gather from Zach including joining his Intrinsic Health Series Biology Basecamp. 

If you aren’t familiar with Zach Bush, yet, the last several minutes of today’s podcast he’ll summarize in a nutshell the current state of our health and how it all comes back to the soil and microbiome and how the work with Farmer’s Footprint will be making massive strides to accomplish the goals.

Meanwhile, the meat of this podcast, we chatted about other health specifics like: 

• What comes first, the inflammation or the damaged cells?
• Is the chronic disease boom stemming from the same thing? Are we all experiencing the same damage and just expressing it differently?
• How does emotional trauma fit into this picture?
• The importance of vaginal mucous at birth and how our microbiome changes soon after
• Oh and how did Zach Bush’s career start?
• For those familiar with RESTORE/ION, you’ll be happy to know there’s a gift with purchase available for those buying the 32 oz ION BIOME will receive a free travel size when you use the code JANNYO at checkout
• For those not familiar, I encourage you to check it out here!

Read the transcript for this episode here.

"Public good can have private shortfalls, and sometimes what edifies the group decimates the individual."

Joining me today is Sarah Bridges, mother to Porter, whose lifelong vaccine injury was awarded compensation through the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

This conversation is the story of Porter's injury and a look behind the curtains of Vaccine Court, as we've come to call it, and the difficulties in fighting a system set up for your failure.

The audio transcript is available on my blog post here.

Mentioned in the podcast:

• Sarah's memoir about Porter's vaccine injury and struggle with the government system: A Bad Reaction
• Children's Health Defense
• Physicians for Informed Consent

Kimberly Van Der Beek, well-respected mama of five, joins the podcast to share some of what she's learned along the way and what she wished she'd known with her first child.

Kimberly shares invaluable insight yet we hardly scratch the surface of newborns! Perhaps we'll have her back for more beyond the birth and newborn stages, but even if you're not in, or preparing for, that stage of parenting, I bet you'll learn something here that you'll pass along to someone who could benefit from the info!

You can find Kimberly on instagram regularly as @vanderkimberly, where you can also find her famous Newborn Highlights (part 1 and part 2) referenced in the episode!

Also referenced in the podcast:

• Holistic Mama Guide Part 1 (Pregnancy & Prep)
• Holistic Mama Guide Part 2 (The Birth)

Making the transition to non-toxic cookware; it can be a daunting task. My friend Molly from MaisonPur and I wrote a blog post about the concerns with different types of cookware along with our recommendations for healthier choices and decided to do an audio version of the post.

We know this can be overwhelming, but we hope to present options in a good, better, best format to help you feel comfortable with your choices from a health and budget perspective.

• Cookware:
  • My heirloom Cast Iron brand
  • Budget friendly Cast iron (re-season with non-gmo oil): 
  • 100% Ceramic Pots & Pans (Discount with code JANNY10)
  • Glass food storage
• The article  about microwaves is available here!
• The information about lead/cadmium, California Prop 65 and XRF testing can be viewed here.

Boss Sauce Recipe (Via Whole Sisters)

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups raw cashews
• ⅓ cup roasted red peppers
• 2 tablespoon lemon juice
• ¾ cup water
• 1 ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup nutritional yeast (this one is my favorite)
• ½ teaspoon chili powder
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• pinch of turmeric

Instructions

1. Place all the ingredients into a high-powered blender, process until smooth.
2. Transfer to a sauce pan, heat Boss Sauce up on medium low on your stove top until warm. If you feel the sauce is too thick, just add a little water.
3. Use in any recipe that calls for cheese sauce. Excellent over potatoes and steamed vegetables.

Elisabeth Bennett of @enneagram.life joins the podcast to discuss the personality typology taking over the internet: The Enneagram. In this episode we discuss:

• What IS the Enneagram and where did it come from?
• Attributes of each number
• How to best love each type
• Description of wings
• How your type is “assigned”
• Why is The Enneagram so popular within faith-based communities
• Is The Enneagram a good tool to use with our children?
• Connect with @enneagram.life on instagram and sign up for their newsletter here to get the welcome e-mail mentioned in the podcast
• Book mentioned in the Podcast: Road Back to You
• Blog post with audio transcript

Continuing the theme of PCOS, Dr. Young joins this episode to discuss my most recent struggle: food. Historically, food hasn't been a source of stress for me as I tend to eat intuitively and focus on ingredient quality instead of scouring the nutrition label.

Unfortunately for me, I have a genetic tendency toward diabetes so we've kept an eye on my blood sugar levels and insulin resistance which were getting worse. Today we're talking about why that happened to me and how we began to address it.

Dr. Young is also sharing tips on how to find a doctor to best serve you, and even offers the ability to help those who perhaps need a doctor to listen, run the proper labs and develop a strategy to address health concerns from the root level.

Audio transcript available here: http://www.jannyorganically.com/blog/2019/3/3/dr-young-pcos-food

If you follow along on instagram, you probably need no introduction to Dr. Courtney Kahla. My dear friend agreed to help me launch the "why" behind this podcast and how similar we are with our values and how we choose product endorsements to how we differ personality wise. 

She's the transparent soul sharing vulnerable parts of her life and a believer in our bodies' innate ability to heal...and she's a little crunchier than me!

You can find the audio transcript of this podcast and all products/codes mentioned on the blog post here: http://www.jannyorganically.com/blog/2019/2/2/a-crunchy-convo-with-dr-courtney

Today, we're talking about childhood cancer and chemotherapy, specifically mandated chemotherapy for children in remission, where there is no such requirement for adults. My guest is Jeff Witzeman, director of the film Flipping the Script: When Parents Fight Back, and he is going to share the how and why behind the U.S. medical system's mandates; something most people aren't aware of. I know I wasn't.

Before you say this doesn't apply to you, because you don't have cancer, you don't have kids, you don't have kids with cancer, believe me, you'll still get priceless information out of this podcast; I cannot tell you how much more empowered and informed I feel should this happen to me or my family.

The blog post with a transcript of our conversation is here: http://www.jannyorganically.com/blog/2019/2/16/jeff-witzeman-flipping-the-script