GALACTAGOGUE STUDY: GREEN PAPAYA

BENEFITS: GREEN, UNRIPE PAPAYA IS GOOD AT PROMOTING OXYTOCIN, ANTIOXIDANTS HELP WITH INFLAMMATION AND BOOSTS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, RICH IN FOLATE AS WELL AS AN ENZYME CALLED PAPAIN WHICH REINFORCES THE BODY’S ABILITY TO REPAIR

“Couple of years ago, I asked the council to stand on the issues of personal assistance. Althought it was a linchpin issue when we started independent living, it still has not been well-addressed by us as a nation. In my opinion, the best source of personal assistance dollars for people with significant disabilities is in the Medicaid program. It’s the only program that pays for it. But because of income caps and asset limits, when you reach a certain income, you autmoatically lose that, so you either have to choose between getting out of bed everyday through personal assisstance, or working.Then many people can’t afford the cost of hiring attendants.”

Colleen Kelly Starkloff, Co-Founder of the Starkloff Disability Institute on the Heumann Perspective Podcast with disability activist Judy Heumann