Sunday, September 20, 2015



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Friday, September 20, 2013

Cod Liver Oil Controversy

If you want to understand the Cod Liver Oil controversy, you may have to take some time to read all these original articles and responses in chronological order.  Unfortunately you'll find a very ugly and sad family squabble and possibly some conflict of interest on both sides.  You may be confused and not truly get to the bottom of the issue as there are so many questions, egos and conflict of interest at play.  

Our recommendation is to read all the articles and check back for updates before coming to any conclusions.  

Sally Fallon, Chris MasterJohn, Chris Kessler and Dave Wetzel’s Response

·         September 10, 2015 The Health Cloud - Is Green Pastures FCLO rancid? Report analysis

·         September 1, 2015 A– Dave Wetzel - My Thoughts In Looking Back Over Last Week’s Controversy

·         August 29, 2015  Christopher Masterjohn - Weighing in on the Fermented Cod Liver Oil (FCLO) Controversy

·         August 28, 2015 Sally Fallon - Questions and Answers About Fermented Cod Liver Oil (FCLO)

·         August 25, 2015 Chris Kresser  - Important Update on Cod Liver Oil 

·         August 24, 2015 Dave Wetzel - REVISED - Response to Questions on Fermented Cod Liver Oil

·         February 3, 2015 – WAPF Concerns About Fermented Cod Liver Oil


Kayla Daniel, Ron Schmid, and David Gumpert’s Take


Tuesday, July 30, 2013

3RD ANNUAL SANTA BARBARA FERMENTATION FESTIVAL

SANTA BARBARA, CA. The 3rd Annual Santa Barbara Fermentation Festival will be held at Fairview Gardens Center for Urban Agriculture in Goleta, California. The festival will showcase local and regional experts on the history, benefits and how-to's of fermented foods. This all-ages experiential one-day festival provides the opportunity to learn, taste and experience the art of making ferments and empowers you to take home and apply your newfound knowledge.

The festival will be held on Saturday, August 24th 2013 from 11am-5pm. Tickets are available at the Isla Vista Food Co-op, Isabella Gourmet Foods or online at 


Adults $16
Children 3-12yrs $6
Family 4-Pack $34. 

A limited number of tickets will be available on the day of the event.

Festival highlights include well-known fermentation experts Donna Gates, author of the Body Ecology Diet, Jenny McGruther, author of Nourished Kitchen, a famous traditional foods blog, Mark McAfee, owner of Organic Pastures Raw Dairy, Hannah Crum, the Kombucha Mamma, and many more. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn how to make a variety of fermented foods and beverages such as sauerkraut, kombucha, sourdough bread, ginger brew, root beer, fruit sodas, coconut kefir, dairy ferments, and elixirs. 

A cultured petting zoo will provide children and adults a chance to touch and learn about fermentation starters. Local and regional food, beverage and fermentation supply vendors will be on hand to answer questions, offer samples and sell their products. A locavore lunch will be provided by SOL Food Kitchen, Nimita’s Cuisine and Sugar & Salt Creamery.

Proceeds from the 3rd Annual Santa Barbara Fermentation Festival benefit Fairview Gardens Center for Urban Agriculture. Fairview Gardens is a non-profit educational farm that builds critical connections between community, agriculture and education by innovating and producing safe, organic, locally-grown foods in a sustainable manner, serving as a community-based educational resource, advocating for appropriately scaled, healthy food systems, and providing engaging, hands-on experience with farming. Fairview Gardens envisions a sustainable world for future generations where knowing the source of food is common knowledge and being connected to nature is common practice.

For additional information, please contact Katie Falbo at Cultivate Events at 805-722-5324.

Special thanks to Fairview Gardens, our 2013 SB Fermentation Festival host and benefactor.

Saturday, June 1, 2013



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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Root Canals, Implants and their Consequences in Disease

Santa Barbara Central Library - Faulkner Gallery
January 13, 2012 - 2pm

Lecture by Hal Huggins

More information here - RSVP not required.  All events free and open to public 

Dr. Weston Price, head of organized dental research, and Dr. Leonard Rosenow of the Mayo Clinic, discovered that extracted root canal teeth implanted in rabbits could transfer diseases that the human had; onto the rabbit.  Mayo’s examined and reported 11,000 such transfers – Price – 60,000.  What was found in those tests that are of value today?  The basis of current DNA research that has not only confirmed their original root canal research, but expanded to include the consequences of cavitations from wisdom tooth extractions and the current dental practice of bone grafts and implants.
How often do x-ray confirm sterility of root canals?  What does DNA say about sterility and the consequences of contamination?  Are antibiotics the answer?  Are there pathological consequences to these new practices?  What treatments are best for abscessed teeth?
Bone grafts and implants are the most prestigious and financially rewarding items in dentistry today.  DNA analysis helps us evaluate the consequences of this new exciting industry.  You deserve to be informed of the findings of the most sophisticated and accurate DNA analyses of potential consequences of receiving these procedures.
Detoxification can be REtoxification.  How much can your body do on its own?  When are chemical aids too overwhelming?  DNA has those answers as well.
Come listen to Hal A. Huggins DDS, MS. Hal is the world's most controversial dentist because of his stand on trying to convince dentistry to stop the use of mercury in fillings. He has been in practice since 1962, fifty years. He received a post–doc Master's at the University of Colorado with emphasis on immunology/toxicology in 1990. He successfully pioneered treatments for autoimmune diseases caused by dental toxins and has personally treated over 5,000 toxic patients.
He has lectured professionally 2,500 days in 46 of the U.S. states and 14 foreign countries. He has authored several books, written over 50 articles and given over 1,000 radio/TV interviews, including 60 Minutes Australia (1989) and 60 Minutes New Zealand (2007).
He is currently a consultant worldwide for multi-disciplined centers and founder of the Multi-Discipline Alliance of professionals who practice the Huggins Protocol for recovery of autoimmune diseases.