Jennifer Lanier:  

Life Hello classmates! I can't believe it's been 15 years! I moved out west in 1997. And I've adapted to the desert climate and city life here in Las Vegas, but the Gulf Coast will always be my heart's home. After getting my Associate's Degree in Computer Science, I stopped short of my BS to pursue other interests. Since 2002, I've loved my job managing a health-related website. And I've also been studying nutrition and holistic healing. In the summer, I like to swim, hike, rollerblade, and sail. And I spend a lot of my time writing, playing piano, tutoring kids, and painting. And as my mind has an endless thirst for knowledge, I'm always reading, anything from chakras, astrology & numerology to physics, black holes & global ecology. I am mostly involved, however, in the arts of healing. People tell me I can't save the world, but I'm determined to make a difference. And there's no wrong time or place to improve a life, so if you've got a minute, read on.. I find myself distraught at the widespread oblivion to our own demise. And I can't relate to the people at the top who fill innocent people's heads with fatal lies. I'm talking about the FDA, USDA, Big Pharma, many doctors, etc. People put their lives in the hands of strangers because it requires no effort, plus "everyone else does" so it must be alright. (Everyone else is also dying prematurely of preventable disease!) Part of me feels sorry for victims of malpractice, disease, and abuse. On the other hand, I have a hard time accepting the indifference, ignorance, & laziness of it all because there's really no excuse. Cow's milk does NOT do a body good (unless you're a baby cow). And the US RDA of Vitamin C is barely enough to prevent scurvy, and far from enough to protect every cell. A woman's body does not thrive on hormones extracted from horse urine. And your head does NOT hurt because of an aspirin deficiency. Antibiotics are ha...Expand for more