Over time, regulations and guidelines change, ongoing research produces new results, and manufactures and retailers implement new practices. Unlike many publications, A Voice for Choice Advocacy is committed to keeping our articles up-to-date, so even if an article was written months or years ago, it includes the most current information available.
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: It wouldn’t be the first time you sat down to enjoy a food or beverage you were sure was “healthy,” only to stumble upon questions challenging what you thought was true. In the case of tea, a variety of elements are at play that influence the quality...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: How many times have you noticed an ingredient on a food or cosmetic package label, and not knowing what it was, “threw caution to the wind” and ingested it or used it topically regardless? Research has shown this preservative—citric acid—is...
“Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didn't even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago.” ~Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005), American politician, environmentalist, and...
Your Health Data, Your Choice: Medical Records, Data Sharing, and How to Opt Out. What Health Information Exchanges Are, How They Work in California, and Your Privacy Rights What Is a Health Information Exchange (HIE): Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are digital...
“I have few absolutes in my routine, but one of them is this: I honor my circadian rhythm. The pleasure I get from consistently sleeping well trumps anything that would disrupt it.” ~ Mark Sisson, American fitness author, food blogger, and a former distance runner,...
Data is increasingly collected, shared, and stored across public and private systems. One area where Californians now have a clear, centralized tool is consumer data held by data brokers. What Is the DELETE Act: California’s DELETE Act, which took effect January 1,...
Ensure Access to All your Child's Medical Records! With the passing of SB 1419, beginning January 1, 2023, representatives of minors, age 12 years and older, will be prohibited from inspecting minors’ patient records that relate to sensitive medical services the...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Lace up, dress for the weather, and open your front door. Put one foot in front of the other, push, and go. Perhaps this age-old activity called walking is even more joyful if you have a canine companion, music piped through headphones, or lush...
Long Awaited Lawsuit Filed to returnReligious Rights over Vaccines to CA Schools!Support AVFCA's Legal Team with a Generous Donation TODAY! December 22, 2023: A Voice for Choice Advocacy’s lawyers filed a lawsuit on behalf of three plaintiffs claiming the...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: It’s not uncommon to gauge the quality of your existence by other people’s standards, and this includes your vitality. After all, you’ve likely been taught to believe the man or woman in the white coat knows all—has some sort of secret code to the...
“Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart.” ~Natalie Goldberg, American author and speaker By Tracy Reilly It’s no secret that screen time has gotten out of control for adults and kids alike. The pandemic exacerbated what was already a shift to...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: It doesn’t matter whether you’re in the “yes bacon” camp, or on the “no way, bacon go away” team. If you or those you care about eat processed meats—turkey, salami, chicken, hot dogs, or beef jerky, etc.,—cured or not—knowing the role that nitrates...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Having a sufficient level of magnesium in your body is clearly beneficial, while depletion can be detrimental to your health. You can eat it or pop it, or do both. Consuming minerals (and vitamins and enzymes) from whole food sources first, sets a...
A Voice for Choice Advocacy gets hundreds of emails each year from patients and family members whose doctors have been negligent, have not fulfilled their oath to do no harm, don’t believe their patients, writing off their concerns as mental health issues,...
“Solid wastes are the discarded leftovers of our advanced consumer society. This growing mountain of garbage and trash represents not only an attitude of indifference toward valuable natural resources, but also a serious economic and public health problem.” ~...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Whether you came from the baby boom, Generation X, or millennial time period, from your first days to today, you’ve likely been consuming fluoride, in your water supply, your food, and in your toothpaste without your consent. Touted as prevention...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: Within the medical freedom community, there is judgment. It’s no wonder, as personal bias pushed onto other people is a tendency of the human race. To step out of this vicious cycle, you must catch the behavior in yourself, and do the work to retrain...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: There’s a tendency to attach yourself to past beliefs—what seemed morally “right or wrong” then; what made sense previously. The thing is … that way of thinking doesn’t allow for the way life’s nuances evolve. Research in the fields of mental and...
For background information on the CDC’s public health surveillance tool, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), v-safe, the Vaccine Safety Datalink, the National Vaccine Information Compensation Plan (VICP) and the Countermeasures Injury Compensation...
EDITOR’S SUMMARY: It’s a human tendency to label, categorize, and make judgments. Living in a paradigm of good vs. bad, right vs. wrong, and positive vs. negative, etc., keeps you operating in a realm of duality. The missed opportunity with this perspective lies in...