“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” ~ Rumi

By Catherine Austin Fitts

It is my pleasure to introduce our new series: the Solari Health Series. This coming week, we publish my interview with host Jennifer Walters, BSN-RN, PHN, MFA.

Jennifer and I have been talking about the “aha” moments in our life when we realized that we had to take charge of our health—and we had to become exceptionally discerning users of a health care system in which therapies are increasingly dictated by the government and the pharmaceutical and insurance industries. I asked Jennifer to share some of her most important “aha” moments, including the story about when her son’s vaccine injury years ago set her on a much more independent path.

Jennifer is a registered nurse with experience working in hospitals and with a wide variety of patients, including in the areas of labor and delivery, home health care, and patient advocacy. A review of her resume tells you that this is a person who is literate in everything from the full gamut of homemade kitchen remedies to the most sophisticated procedures and lab testing that medicine can offer. Most importantly, Jennifer is a mother responsible for family nutrition and her children’s health.

Whether we are learning to take better care of ourselves or how to navigate the medical war zones in our lives, staying healthy has become an exceptionally important but complicated task. The more we can learn about how to do so—and, as much as possible, take care of our health in ways that are practical and economic—the better.

I and the Solari team are very grateful that Jennifer has agreed to take this task on. Please take this opportunity to welcome her to our team and give her your ideas and feedback on what you would like her to cover in the Solari Health Series.

This is the last week of the month, so there is no Money & Markets or Ask Catherine this week. E-mail your questions for Ask Catherine or post at the Money & Markets commentary for the following week here.

Talk to you Thursday!

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125 Comments

  1. Thank you to Catherine & Jennifer! This was…I’m speechless and still processing. I guess “profound” is the right word. I thank God everyday that my poor sharecropping grandmother and grandfather could not afford healthcare and had home remedies. It gave my mother a significant distrust in the medical system except for emergency services. My now 22 year old son never completed his scheduled vaccines because of my skepticism. I began his vaccination at 2years of age because I had read Dr. Oz’s alternative vaccination schedule which was quite popular when my son was born. Due to his severe allergies and asthma at age 2, I did not pursue vaccines for him after his first MMR. After months of multiple medications for asthma and allergies, my 2 year old son, with dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep and oxygen said to me, “I just feel sad, I feel sad all day.” It broke me. I threw out every medication he had been prescribed and never looked back. My bulldog attitude toward research and my innate sense that God did not put my baby on this earth to suffer and struggle to breathe seems similar to those moms who saw their children regress with vaccine injury. I sought out Chinese herbalists, acupuncturist, I moved from New Jersey to Texas. Turns out it was the heavy toxic mold exposure in our damp NJ basement that was the culprit (I hope you’ll cover how common and deadly mold is and it’s link to chronic inflammatory disease at some point on your health series—Dave Asprey’s ‘Moldy’ documentary was eye opening for me.) My son was thriving in Texas/Oklahoma and only had seasonal episodes with allergies. Many years later, he had reoccurring mold issue in his college dorm his freshman year. It presents, among other things, as depression for him. I found a truly wonderful functional medicine doctor close to where I live. She doesn’t take insurance and her office is chock full of supplements, vitamins, and minerals; many that I’d never heard of. She ran a myriad of blood & urine tests and most importantly talked to us for an hour taking notes on his entire medical history. We began bentonite clay tablets, activated charcoal, B & C vitamins and high magnesium. Between that and dry sauna to get my son sweating and lots of exercise. He was the happiest 19 year old again within two months over summer vacation. Brain fog was gone, depression was gone, and he was thriving again. It’s simply remarkable how debilitating mold can be for some. I’m so grateful for my functional medicine doctor! I look forward to this health series and I hope Catherine & Jennifer both realize how much confidence this type of series brings to subscribers. In a field that has seemed so beyond our control and how long and often the medical community has made patients feel inadequate and incapable of taking charge of their own health, it bolsters and empowers us to be armed with information and ‘actionable intelligence’ to treat ourselves. I feel stalwart now! This is wonderful! Thank you both so much!

    1. Yes, mold is a serious problem that sneaks up on so many people. Great idea for a Solari Report!

      1. David Asprey from “BulletProof” has done extensive research on Mold poisoning. He is a deep well to drink from.

    2. Adisha, I am so proud of you! My son (and entire famliy) live on vitamins, charcoal and magnesium! YES, YES, and YES! Mold has horrific side effects to health. The doctors I worked with said the mold/fungus/yeast is there for a reason, usually to eat up other toxins (of course) and since the other types of molds and bacterias are not there to contain it naturally (due to toxins that killed them), it just grows out of control. For my son, the same thing happened in his gut just like overgrowth in a damp basement. Ugh. Getting a handle on yeast was a huge part of my son’s recovery and still can be a ‘yeast beast’ to this day if sugar shows up to the party. 5G and other EMF’s can grow mold as well. Yuck. I remember that documentary! I will watch it again and add Mold to my list. Thank you for you kind words and fabulous ideas. Hug your son, and give yourself a pat on the back, YOU are one smart Mama!

  2. I chose to stop paying for health insurance at $1000 a month. I’m retired and my options were narrow for health care. My non-profit United Methodist organization told me I wasn’t able to purchase their health care insurance in my state of Oklahoma (after 30+ years of service and being a paying member for those years) so when I learned the exorbitant cost of finding a health care option, I chose to opt out and find a doctor on my own. I need help with this choice and want to know the ramifications of being “outside” the health care system.

    2. BIll- The ramifications? I guess that would be that you are on your own, your own boss. Not sure that is a ramification…I find that like everything to do with health, what you plan to do is a personal choice. What do you need and want? For example: My oldest sister has seizures due to a birth injury in 1955, she has medicare now at 65 but the doctors are terrible, so she has the medicare as a “backup for hospital stays” it pays 80% in hospital. Next, she has a “concierge” doctor, she pays a monthly fee and that includes all care, he even has privileges at the local hospital and will meet us there in case of a Grand Mal seizure or broken hip (God forbid, but we save for rainy days and hospitals are great with payment plans)). As for medications, we use a coupon service (GoodRx.com is one of them) and it makes her medication less expensive than under her medicare plan. For her brain scans we call around for the best price to all the MRI places, you would be surprised how many like to get paid cash or even cash “on time” instead of the headache of a insurance payment. I had foot surgery in a cash-pay surgery center, it was nice, everything was discussed up front, I got to go home to recover, I had a nurse for 6 hours till my husband came home. I paid for it all in a matter of 3 months payment plan. Even with that I still saved money from the health plan I dumped. It’s just an example of what we do, I am not giving medical advice. Be sure to read Catherine’s Blast from the Past on Health Insurance, it will get you started on the planning for Trauma care and looking into Share-Care plans like MediShare.com or Samaritan Ministries. “Our plan” at The Solari Health Series is to give you lots of ideas and sources to navigate the system. I have to say, dumping our HMO was the best decision ever. It doesn’t mean you are dumping the doctor/patient relationship, I think it means you are saving it. Stay tuned. I hope that helped. -Jennifer

    3. Bill, I am looking into Medishare etc…also AAA .. if you find any other options you think I should look at, lmk. appreciate you opening this up as a topic…. as we are deep into this new era..
      thank you,

  3. This will be a wonderful series by some so competent and genuine. Looking forward to all of them.

    1. Ulrike, I am thrilled that you enjoyed the interview. I had to pinch myself 100 times to make sure I wasn’t dreaming during the interview. I can’t tell you how many times I bring up your name in conversation, watch your videos and read your articles. Thank you for all that you do. : )

  4. I was listening to this as I was driving home and hearing your story, trying not to ugly cry. While unique, it reminded me of so many other similar stories I have heard. Thank you for sharing that.
    I worked for an old battle axe medical malpractice attorney, who said that most doctors practice “odds medicine”. If you can add to the doctor’s explanation, “odds are you have” (insert diagnosis), followed by no tests and a prescription. Anyway, it might be good to have an interview with someone adept of sniffing out medical BS versus real quality medical care. Perhaps things to listen for and watch for when interacting with a hospital or doctor.
    Thanks again for doing this and for your sharing. God bless.

    1. Matthew, That is amazing! “odds are doctors” are the bad guys. That “battle axe” attorney hit the nail on the head. What a wonderful way to phrase exactly what we are looking for, quality care instead of stepping in medical BS. Thank you for the story, I will do my best to put together some BS-less information. Have a wonderful weekend. -Jennifer

  5. It’s my understanding, Dr. Rashid Buttar in North Carolina (he has a medical clinic outside Charlotte) also had a vaccine injured son. He was diagnosed as autistic…Dr. Buttar developed a protocol for his treatment and has treated other autistic children worldwide…his son is now in his 20’s and has no signs of autism. Thinking part of his protocol was chelation therapy to remove heavy metals…don’t know what else. Might be something/someone for Jennifer to investigate?!

    1. Thank you for the thoughtful comment! Oh yes, we love Dr Buttar! We started going to a doctor under the DAN protocols, Defeat Autism Now, a few years after Dr Buttar was healing his son. We tried the IV Chelation but my son had a weird reaction, he was almost 3, very small, so we decided to do Low Dose Cutler Chelation, along with a lot of other protocols, supplements and therapies. The chelation was the key to how well he is now, but healthy diet, physical exercise has been a God send as well. My son, now 15years old, is doing so much better since his injury at 1yr old. It has taken years, a lot of hard work from him and us, but he is on his way to recovered. He is very smart, funny, laughs, runs, jumps and plays, everything Kaiser and the other therapists told me he would never be able to do. We were told he would end up in an institution, too tall or strong for us to handle him when he grew up. Ugh. He is taller than me now and heading for over 6ft for sure, but his outburst and other violence hasn’t come back “knock-wood” since we removed certain allergens from his diet. Low-Dose Chelation was the key for us (see Fight Autism and Win book I spoke about in the interview and is linked above) but there are so many different ways to find recovery protocols out there, it all depends on what works for the child/adult/family. We found what works for us. After his vaccines Bryan’s brain swelled and he was toxic, but after years of hard work he lost his autism diagnosis around 5 or 6, went to regular school (we homeschool now due to vaccine laws & crappy school systems) and now is just a lanky silly kid with some immune dysfunction the doctors call PANDAS Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Related to Strep. Dr Buttar’s son and the kids I know of that are recovered are the lucky ones (lucky doesn’t mean they didn’t work and sacrifice for years to get back their health). There are some that no matter what the parents or doctors do or try the kids never recover their speech or their ability to go a few minutes without a seizure and can never potty train completely. Diapers and helmets are the future for the severely injured, I know a few families with that outcome and it’s hell on earth, but that doesn’t stop any of those parents or kids from trying to recover their health or joy in life. The lockdowns were the hardest on them, they were abandoned by therapists and programs with their sometimes violent adult-kids that bite/punch/kick etc… it was an ugly time for those parents-usually single due to divorce. But there are positives that happen in our community as well. Recently, JB Handley, a father of a non-verbal 17yr old kid, just found out his son is a genius by using a non-verbal way of communication training called S2C, Spelling to Communicate. It’s wonderful exciting story you can read about in the book “Underestimated An Autism Miracle” by JB and Jamison (that’s his kid) Handley. I think Catherine has a review on it? I know Children’s Health Defense does. All I know is I was in tears the entire time reading it. The hope we have for our kids recovery and the guilt we feel from causing those issues knows no bounds. I don’t consider Bryan fully recovered because we can’t go a day without a special diet, supplements or a plan for any health issue that may pop up or a behavior that could sneak back into our lives due to his body’s reaction to a food allergy or a toxin exposure. “Walking on egg shells” or “waiting for the poop to hit fan” is how my dad used to explain the lifestyle with a vaccine injured kid. I do consider Bryan to be on the road to recovery (getting closer everyday) and hopefully someday he can live a happy life and contribute to others, maybe holding a job, having friends or even a family. For now, we take vaccine injury recovery one day at a time. It’s a lot more complicated that it seems because one recovery treatment doesn’t work for everyone. I am so grateful for the Solari family. I am one interview into getting to know everyone and already a great recommendation for a fabulous doctor! Just think how far we can go together on this journey to find great health care ideas. Thank you so much Dianne. Have a wonderful weekend, Jennifer

      1. Jennifer, so glad you are aware of Dr. Buttar. Am sure you are also aware then of Ty and Charlene Bollinger, founders of The Truth About Cancer and The Truth About Vaccines. I’ve personally benefited from natural medicine BUT find many of my friends (including my spouse) prefer the dictates of Big Pharma…sad…but I can’t fix it…can only try and educate or re-educate as the case may be. :-). Best wishes on your continued journey…hopefully changes will be made to mandated vaccine protocols for children.

  6. Bravo!!!! Jennifer and Catherine, thank you so much for doing this series. Jennifer is absolutely perfect for this and I can’t wait to see her future reports. Jennifer, as a “reformed” medical device executive who was vaccine injured myself due to “mandatory” vaccines for the job (I’m healed/healing now after a long path), and as the daughter of an old school best of the best cerebrovascular neurosurgeon, and as the wife of a surgeon (who was also vaccine injured from a “mandatory” vaccine for surgical “privileges” at the hospital), and finally as the daughter of one of those beloved battle-axe nurses that really are the best in the field of healers/nurses, you are someone I have enormous respect and affection for (especially now that I know your personal and professional story). I found myself very emotional listening to all three of your stories…. the story of your beautiful son and your Motherly instinct that took over (aka ‘Tag you’re it’), the story of the body-snatched, brainwashed medical professionals you once thought you knew well (‘Avoid the zombie traps’), and the story of knowing that the remedy and the Divine appointment to find the real healers/healing has always been in your hands (‘Medical system literacy -Know where the real healers are in the maze’). I feel so profoundly grateful to God for the awakening that you, me and many others have been divinely blessed with. In 2018, upon asking for a prescription to take to the local Walgreens to get myself caught up on Prevnar, Pneumovax and a flu shot (I was brainwashed by other medical professionals due to declining health that I needed these), an enormously brave MD pulled me out of the abyss from which I was about to jump. He insisted that I needed to study vaccine policy. He knew enough about me to know that if he could get me to do it, I would study the you-know-what out of it. Because of my enormous respect for this doctor, I started studying (Fall 2018) and I have never stopped. His bravery saved my life, the lives of my 82 year old retired nurse Mom (my Dad passed in 2015), my husband, my step-kids, and anyone who will listen to me. As you know, it’s a really lonely road at times, but one from which none of us would ever stray. You’re story resonates so massively with me and I’m confident you will be making an enormous impact with whatever you present to Solari’s entire community. Please add me to your list of friends who ‘get it’. I know how lonely this walk is. You were selected on a spiritual level to teach countless people and your impact will be endless. I’m certain of it. I would personally love to know more about the resources you have found to help in the detox process and chelation protocol. Thank you so much for this interview and your recommendations at the end. I can’t wait to dive in to more learning. I hope one day I have an opportunity to talk to you live or better yet, meet in person. God bless you both and thank you so much for this! Holly

    1. Holly! I am thrilled that you are part of our Solari family. I can’t tell you how my heart jumped into my throat when you said you were getting an Rx “to go to Walgreens for the pneumo, Prev and Flushot” I had to stop for a minute to catch my breath…I am so glad you ran into a health pro that knew you would study the heck out of the injection policies and find the truth, which I know saved your life. This is a lonely place to be, but after Covid hit I have found so many more leaving “mainstream” or “old health care” and joining us in the trenches. Everyday is a lesson in immune health vs immune damage in my house. Our oldest being injured by the vaccines, his baby brother, now 10, is vaccine free. I can tell you it is amazing to see how our immune systems are supposed to work. My heart breaks for my Bryan that I destroyed his health & development that God gave him. It is joyful and painful to see how easily his brother Christopher learns and heals compared to Bryan’s daily struggle. Our bodies are amazing just the way He made them. I am so excited Catherine asked me to be a part of this. I kept pinching myself during the interview lol. Thank you for your kind reply, you have made my day. Give your Mom and yourself a huge hug from me!

  7. Jennifer: I have enjoyed your posts on health and look forward to your presentations. Best wishes to you as you prepare.

    1. Donna, I am so happy to be a part of the Solari family. Thank you for your support. : )

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