b'home recently said that anxiety is offeryone understands that activism comes the charts in her practice, yet she wasat a cost.completely unaware of the RactopamineHow did you become a health-free-and Zilpaterol contamination of meat. dom activist, or do you simply enjoy I am sure you would be furious toobeing a part of our community know-to discover this garbage polluting youring you are supporting the health-free-precious offspring and covertly at thatdom work of NHF? consumer label deception at its finestHow do you express your activism compounded by uninformed consent.and share NHF with others? Queen Elizabeths horses were disqual- In 2022, I received this email from ified for doping after drugs were foundTami Mize, I am putting together a in their urine, Olympic athletes eatinghistory of my great aunt, Doris I. Hill at the local diner could equally be im- (1906-1999). She was a huge health ad-pacted as, unbeknownst to them, theyvocate from the 1920-1930s when she were consuming illegal drugs at dinnerAdvisory Boards involvement is too vo- curedherselfofTBwithanall-raw as well. This activism, born of fury andluminous to list in detail here, but theirdiet. She lectured on health and ran a protectiveness, led to my career in healthactivism is profound. health food store after that in Warren, freedom and thousands being impactedDr. Phil Burbutes buys boxes of backOhio. She worked closely with Victor because of Scott Tips article creatingissuesofHealthFreedomNewsandE. Irons, who helped originally found ripples that spread around the World. then shares them with his patients in Ar- the National Health Federation, and One article, one act of activism, cankansas. His quarterly donation checksserved on the Board of Governors for change not only your life but many lives.say, Love in Action in the memo line.years.Iknowthatshewasveryin-IhavetakenuncensoredactivismtoNHF member, Todd Malfa hands outvolvedwiththeNHFandattended Morton, Washington where the officesHFN in front of the Whole Foods Mar- mostlikelyeveryconference.Ihave of the National Health Federation andketinCambridge,Massachusetts.Infound only one mention of her so far, in its sister organization, the Foundationfact, I was surprised to receive a phonean NHF Bulletin of September 10, 1960, for Health Research, are located aftercall from Tom, a new NHF member,noting that she was appointed co-direc-our post-COVID-19 move from Cali- who had received a back issue of ourtor of nutrition for NHF at their [then] fornia. We have Health Freedom Newsmagazine from Todd Malfa and joinedrecent conference.(HFN) magazines available as well asNHF because of Todds dedicated ac-brochures about NHF. Leveraging ourtivism. Todd has sent checks for boxes voice on social media widens the localof magazines on a regular basis as wellYour stories of impact. NHF has many internationalas signing up family and friends with anddomesticmediasitesthatreflecta complimentary guest membership inactivism our commitment to uncensored truth.NHF. Tom, too, wanted a box of backare compelling, Several other health-care practitionersissues mailed to him to explore the old-do the same as in-office activism is beingest health freedom organization in theinspiring, reproduced in many professional officesWorld more deeply. So, the ripple ex-around the World. pands outward. heartwarming, Dr.AllanSpreen,longtimeNHFMany NHF members send donations member,curateshealthnewsdaily,on a regular basis. Respecting privacy,and sharing it with a large e-list. Addition- I wont mention them by name; but we ally, he has donated time and again tofeel such gratitude knowing some of thecourageous.NHF causes. NHF Board member Dr.gifts are sacrificially given and some out Gary Kohls hosts a health group withof great abundance.My mother, Marcelle Osmer, was his daughters, sharing NHFs magazine,As we approach our 70th year in aclose to her Aunt Doris, and I grew up and has authored and amassed an enor- few months, having the foundation asattending the NHF conventions when-mous collection of Duty to Warn arti- the very first health-freedom organiza- ever they were held anywhere near Los cles that he has shared with NHF. Thetion in 1955, our members have beenAngeles. I still remember being at the same with NHF Board member Michaelour sole source of keeping our financesV.E. Irons booth at probably 8 or 10 Levesque, writing his vital Medical Free- free of debt and adequate to move ouryears old, helping explain to people the domAmendmentandfundingNHFactivism forward, year after year, inimportanceofcleansingyourcolon. projects. Our Board of Governors andeconomically good times and bad. Ev- Dad is 98 and still takes V.E. Irons H ealtF reedomN ews / pri2024 15H ealtHHF reedomN ews /ss priNNgg2024'