Homstead Health

07/31/2025

https://imahealth.org/dr-kirk-moore-and-the-ethics-of-mandates/

Dr. Kirk Moore shares his incredible story of facing 35 years in federal prison for refusing COVID vaccine mandates—and his stunning vindication when all charges were dropped mid-trial. Join host Dr. Kat Lindley for a powerful discussion on medical freedom and standing for principle.

07/08/2025

https://imahealth.org/hospital-covid-protocols-grace.../

The tragic death of 19-year-old Grace Schara during the COVID pandemic sparked the first COVID-era hospital negligence trial in America. Discover the shocking communication failures, medication errors, and lessons about patient advocacy from leading critical care doctors.

07/08/2025

Here is the thought, the link will follow, skill set is still navigating...for some reason the link keeps disappearing. Here is the back story: This is shocking, however not isolated. I hesitated about posting this and think the procedures outlined should be heeded by all of us, and done for each family. Our distrust is warranted and it is up to us to be prepared and vigilant, including 24/7 advocates on scene. Now the link with the speakers pictures shows up above this.

07/03/2025

After the news that a school banned a child with autism from attending a field trip, I feel the need to write this. There are boys and girls that no one invites to birthdays for example. There are kids that want to be a part of a team, but don't get selected because it's more important to win than include those kids. Kids with special needs are not rare or weird, they just want what everyone wants: to be accepted!! ❤️ Can I ask a question?? Is anyone willing to copy and paste this post to their wall without sharing, like I did?? 🧩from Louise Homstead

06/14/2025

here is a small study that frames what is going on with humans. All mammals are pretty similar. Don't dismiss it. We are seeing dramatic increases in unfortunate health issues...https://www.thefocalpoints.com/.../breaking-covid-19-mrna...

04/23/2025

"chronic diseases aren't random biochemical malfunctions requiring technological and pharmacological fixes, but, predictable consequences of violating our fundamental biological needs... (Ari Whitten)

03/29/2025

As Susan Jacoby so well remarked, "the new anti-intellectualism...owes its existence...to renewed religious fundamentalism...(and) the widespread failings of American public education and the scientific illiteracy of much of the media."
In the 16 years since Jacoby's book was published, it seems that we can not simply brush aside the deterioration of our ability to read and speak well. Nor can we easily defend the idea that humans evolved and mated with other early hominids.
[(The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby. Revised edition, 2009) from an op ed by Susan Wozniak, in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, 28 March 2025]
I would add that this has been festering for a long time, generations, perhaps Centuries. I would also ask to discuss, clarify, the mating idea... Thank you Susan.

03/16/2025

Bill of Rights Reader, #5:

“The reader will find in this book close to four score cases, all but several decided by the Supreme Court. They deal with different aspects of the Bill of rights (by which we mean bit only the first eight or ten amendments, but also the Civil War Amendments and some of the provisions of the original Constitution, like those prohibiting bills of attainder and test oaths—in brief, all provisions incorporating civil and political liberties wherever they may appear in the Constitution).
..the opinions of Justices Murphy, Rutledge, Black, and Douglas that speak with a special urgency and relevance. With this experience before us, we may anticipate that the next generation will select the opinions of Justices not yet named to the Court Yet there is continuity; but it is the continuity of the living: men stand upon the shoulders of their forefathers, and see further; and if not further, at least differently—but being men, stand upon the shoulders of their forefathers they must.”

(from: the Bill of Rights Reader, Milton Konvitz. Cornell University Press. Preface to the First Edition, June 18, 1954. 2nd ed. 1960) We need his strength now.)
Sidebar # 1—Justice Douglas wrote several excellent books that are worth reading.
# 2-- the vernacular of gender may be bothersome to some readers, which is not uncommon for the era in which written. Another great book guilty of that is Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich. Modernizing it changes it, think of the difference with the King James vs. modern Bibles—way different. Moral of the story is keep reading. There is so much value in a book, which I discovered at the end of a semester when I chose not to read my texts.

03/15/2025

Bill of Rights Reader, part 4:
"We can take our choice which side to believe. Even in the Supreme Court sides are being taken: Justices Black and Douglas, as will be seen from their dissenting opinions in this volume, have repeatedly cried out against what they consider a whittling down process to which the Bill of Rights has been subjected; and Justice Jackson has noted a constriction of freedom as congenial to the temper of the times.
But to use the Constitution, as a sword or as a shield, one must know what it contains--and what it lacks. There is much evidence that only a small fraction of American citizens have any knowledge of the Bill of Rights--what our constitutional freedoms are, why we have them, why they are important to us. More often than not, our minds are filled with slogans and with ragtags of fact and sentiment.
As a contribution to the education of that mythical character, the average, educated American who is interested in the great issues and the great debates of his day, this book of leading constitutional cases on the Bill of Rights has been prepared." (The Bill of Rights Reader, 2nd ed. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, NY. 1960. Excerpts from the Preface to the First Edition)

Right.!!! And he thought they had problems then. The stats on how smart and educated we are these days are shockingly bitter to acknowledge even tho the signs have been very obvious for a long time. Electronic devices may have a huge contribution to this, akin to willful planning and engineering. I talked a bit with the hostess of the 110 Grille tonight. She is a senior studying political science. we talked about her studies of the Constitution, BOR, and other materials, and the huge case at hand. What an example--for life. I was impressed with her awareness and her future...It is really a failure of our education system that this material is not studied in depth. Perhaps if it was we would not be in the deep yogurt that we are in now.

03/15/2025

A PSA is on my mind, for a change-found in the City Clerk's Office: "Did you know that there are about 47,000 dogs in the Pioneer Valley, and that together, they produce about 17.5 tons of animal waste each day?

Dog waste does not act as an effective fertilizer. Stormwater runoff can wash dog waste into ponds, lakes, streams and drinking water supplies, causing outbreaks of E.coli and other bacteria harmful to both people and wildlife. It can contaminate parks, athletic fields and places where children play.

We all need to pick up and properly dispose of our pet's waste in the trash can. Join all the dog owners in your neighborhood who are showing they care and take the PUP (Pick up P**p) Pledge at:

PUP Pledge Help ensure that your pet’s waste does not wash with the next storm into drain pipes that flow to a nearby stream, river, or lake. Take the PUP (pick up p**p) pledge! By taking this pledge, you agree to join others in your community to help keep waters Blue. I pledge to: clean up after ...

03/14/2025

Bruce Homstead, Homstead Health

Right now, at the end of winter, our bodies are experiencing the lowest levels of Vitamin D for the whole year. Latino and dark skinned people have the lowest levels due to adaptive absorption in our climate and latitude. Why is a deficiency of vitamin D important?—deficiency may lead to chronic fatigue syndrome, Parkinson’s, MS, muscle and joint pain, compromised immune function, heart disease, difficulty in controlling weight, poor blood sugar control, and much more (see Dr. Michael F Holick’s The UV Advantage ; Dr. James Dowd The Vitamin D Cure. These are older references but are foundational). There is compelling evidence that D offers some protection from C19. The point is being argued by some scientists but I think the see saw is on the D side.

Off the shelf supplements can vary from 9% to 130%, and more, of the potency declared on the label. This includes variance between lot(batch) numbers, and in an individual bottle. Buy only from trusted manufacturers that you have vetted regarding safety and efficacy. You have to call them and ask how they do this. Poor, or no answer, guess what? Next. Or ask me for sources and the amount you should take daily. Why? One example is 50,000 units weekly, of Vitamin D2 for 16 months only brought a woman’s D level from 18 to 30. We like to see a higher blood test level, which is supported in the literature. Until I experienced this myself, where it took two years or so to get my D3 level to above 50 Ng/dl, I thought I was doing well with my dosage and choice of product. There may be multiple reasons for this, and in the case of the previously mentioned woman where ability to absorb nutrients being one variable, along with the quality of the supplement, et al.

You will want to test twice a year for two to three years to see how you are doing—25 OHD3. Vitamin D3 supplementation may be the least expensive thing you can do for your health. Combine the D3 with a separate Omega 3 fatty acid, better known as EPA/DHA with other Omega’s, concentrated, pure, sustainably sourced, same high quality standards as the D. There may be only two brands that fit this. The reason for this combination? Thirty different very significant results in disease prevention and reduction. (See NEJM 2018/11/vital-results_D-03-benefits.pdf)

What else can we do?:
• Use only a Vit D3 product that can guarantee potency, every bottle, every tab/capsule, every batch meeting the quality test
• Test appropriately
• Take a high quality complete, comprehensive MVI/Min daily, per label recommendations
• See Bruce for recommendations. Prevention is far easier than trying to fix things after they break. 413.527.7524. Text and FB messenger works also.

03/11/2025

The Bill of Rights Reader, part 3:

In this engagement the Constitution of the United States is both a sword and a shield—for all combatants-- on either side. Without freedom of speech and the press, there would be no forum from which our freedoms could be threatened; but without freedom of speech and the press, how could we protect ourselves and our liberties? And our liberties include much besides freedom of speech and the press: freedom of religion, for instance, and the many rights that give us a sense of personal security.

It has been responsibly asserted that our basic freedoms are being threatened. In these days it is sometimes declared that if the Bill of Rights were pending in Congress today, it could not be passed. On the other hand, we are told that the threats to our freedoms are highly exaggerated and that there is no witch hunting and no hysteria.
(Bill of Rights Reader, preface to the first edition. Milton R. Konvitz, 2nd ed, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. 1960).

The First Edition was in 1954. It is interesting to me that we had then, and used above, and perhaps longer ago (the 1600’s) the now commonly used and misused phrase “witch hunt”. Seems we don’t change much, or learn much. “These are the times that try men’s soles.” Thomas Paine once said. Tonite we will not negate our better halves “These are the times that try many soles.” I stop here not wanting to create a hot mess. Robert Reich had a good message tonight about how the economy and peoples’ feelings about it have not been heard and how the major corporations have been royally screwing us without a kiss with high prices and obscene profits. He outlines how this could be altered. We have more than a few things to fix. Does anyone know where the constructive action that is moving the needle is happening? Let us know. I think many are willing to be there. B