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Consolidation of seed companies leading to corporate domination of world food supply
Post Date: 2011-07-27 15:42:16 by James Deffenbach
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(NaturalNews) Throughout the history of agriculture across the globe, farming has always been a diversified sector of the economy. Small, self-sustaining, family farms were the order of the day in most cultures. Even as small farms grew larger and more specialized over time, many of them still saved seeds or purchased them from other farmers, which kept control of farming in the hands of the people. But today everything has changed, as large chemical and agribusiness firms have acquired or merged with seed companies and other agricultural input companies. They have successfully gained a foothold on genetically-modified (GM) crops with transgenic traits. These primary factors and several ...
How to Keep Nutrients in Veggies Step by Step
Post Date: 2011-07-27 08:02:35 by Tatarewicz
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1Rinse fresh veggies well just before using. Even those with skins need to be washed to remove bacteria, insects, and as much pesticide as possible. Never soak your veggies, as that can remove key nutrients, like vitamin C. 2To preserve water-soluble vitamins and minerals, cut veggies into large pieces or cook them whole. Baked potatoes, for example, keep more nutrients than mashed potatoes. 3As a general rule, keep cooking time, temperature, and the amount of liquid to a minimum. That’s why steaming is one of the best ways to cook vegetables. 4Studies show microwaving broccoli can preserve up to 80% of its vitamin C. In fact, microwaving seems to be a good choice for most common ...
Keeping You Safe From Walnuts (and Cherries)
Post Date: 2011-07-26 23:28:25 by James Deffenbach
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Dear Reader, Let go of that stem and back away from the cherry. It's for your own good. You see, that cherry is officially an unapproved drug, at least according to the Einsteins at the FDA. Obviously, that makes no sense. But it lead me to ask: If cherries are unapproved drugs, what does that make potato chips? Also compliments of the geniuses at the Food and Drug Administration: Heart healthy, of course! Fortunately, there may be a way out of this government-inflicted insanity. Cherries contain antioxidants and other anti-inflammatory components. The scientific evidence behind that statement is irrefutable. But when owners of cherry orchards made those claims and backed them up ...
Peer pressure causes people to literally alter their memories of recent events
Post Date: 2011-07-26 01:58:00 by christine
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Humans are highly social animals and for many years, psychologists have observed a variety of both positive and negative effects resulting from a human tendency called "memory conformity." When groups of people are exposed to a similar experience, their recollections of the experience, as well as their feeling and values related to the event, tend to reshape over time in order to conform to those of their peers. Empirical evidence of memory conformity and social compliance have been suggested by classic physiological studies conducted since the 1950s. Famous experiments and studies have been conducted in school, prison and workplace settings. But earlier this week, the Journal ...
Bottled Water in Your Car is Dangerous
Post Date: 2011-07-26 01:45:16 by christine
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Bottled water in your car is very dangerous! On the Ellen show, Sheryl Crow said that this is what caused her breast cancer. It has been identified as the most common cause of the high levels of dioxin in breast cancer tissue. Sheryl Crow's oncologist told her: women should not drink bottled water that has been left in a car. The heat reacts with the chemicals in the plastic of the bottle which releases dioxin into the water. Dioxin is a toxin increasingly found in breast cancer tissue. So please be careful and do not drink bottled water that has been left in a car.. Pass this on to all the women in your life. This information is the kind we need to know that just might save us! Use ...
The Cancer You Can Beat Today
Post Date: 2011-07-25 11:29:32 by Jethro Tull
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When Eric Adams, a senior editor here at Men’s Health, tells stories about his mother, we all listen. She had, hands down, the coolest job of any Mom I know: She was a U.S. spy. Bonnie Adams worked for a secret government agency whose nickname—"No Such Agency"—riffed off its true acronym. She started there in the 1980s as an analyst monitoring communications within the Soviet Union, and was eventually promoted to internal affairs, where she became a field agent sniffing out "security risks." She possessed a gun, a badge, and a lot of stories she could never tell her son, no matter how much he begged. She was tough, but not quite tough enough. The ...
Hospital-infections riskier than flying
Post Date: 2011-07-25 05:13:24 by Tatarewicz
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Staphylococcus aureus, the most known bacteria behind hospital infections Hospital-acquired infections and medical errors are more life threatening than flying an airplane, the World Health Organization (WHO) experts warn. "If you were admitted to hospital tomorrow in any country … your chances of being subjected to an error in your care would be something like 1 in 10. Your chances of dying due to an error in health care would be 1 in 300," said Professor Liam Donaldson, the WHO's envoy for patient safety. The number of individuals who lose their lives due to medical errors and infections is far beyond those dying in an air crash, which is about 1 in every 10 million ...
Forensic evidence emerges that European e.coli superbug was bioengineered to produce human fatalities
Post Date: 2011-07-24 12:08:05 by Lilith
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(NaturalNews) Even as the veggie blame game is now under way across the EU, where a super resistant strain of e.coli is sickening patients and filling hospitals in Germany, virtually no one is talking about how e.coli could have magically become resistant to eight different classes of antibiotic drugs and then suddenly appeared in the food supply. This particular e.coli variation is a member of the O104 strain, and O104 strains are almost never (normally) resistant to antibiotics. In order for them to acquire this resistance,they must be repeatedly exposed to antibioticsin order to provide the "mutation pressure" that nudges them toward complete drug immunity. So if you're ...
Health Ranger Mike Adams on C2C Sunday night
Post Date: 2011-07-23 23:29:06 by Tatarewicz
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Food & Health Date: 07-24-11 Host: George Knapp Guests: Mike Adams, James Colquhoun The food we eat is not what it used to be. It is controlled every step from the farm to the dinner table by huge corporations. It doesn't taste the same, isn't as healthy, and has turned farmers into indentured servants. How did it get this way and what can you do about it? Mike Adams, editor ofNaturalNews.com and James Colquhoun, director of the film Food Matters, join George Knapp to offer insight on why food companies purposely make you addicted to their food and how eating the right things can cure virtually any disease. Website(s): naturalnews.com foodmatters.tv Video(s): Food Matters
Vitamin D Supplementation: An Update
Post Date: 2011-07-23 04:27:39 by Tatarewicz
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Abstract and Introduction An estimated 1 billion people worldwide, across all ethnicities and age groups, have a vitamin D deficiency.[1–3] This is mostly attributable to people getting less sun exposure because of climate, lifestyle, and concerns about skin cancer. The 1997 Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) values for vitamin D, initially established to prevent rickets and osteomalacia, are considered too low by many experts.[4] DRI values are 200 IU for infants, children, adults up to age 50 years, and pregnant and lactating women; 400 IU for adults aged 50 to 70 years; and 600 IU for adults older than 70 years. Current studies suggest that we may need more vitamin D than ...
Ohio Leads List of Top 20 US States With Toxic Air
Post Date: 2011-07-23 04:20:22 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) Jul 21 - People living in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida are most at risk in the United States from toxic emissions spewing from coal and oil-fired power plants, two leading American environmental groups said in a report on Wednesday. Electricity generation and chemical processing were the top culprits for dangerous emissions, which can lead to or worsen ailments such as asthma and cancer, according to the report by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Physicians for Social Responsibility. While Ohio topped the list of 20 states most affected by toxic air pollution, Kentucky and Maryland were ranked fourth and fifth. Next were Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, ...
Vegetarian diet prevents diverticulitis
Post Date: 2011-07-23 02:13:17 by Tatarewicz
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People who follow a high-fiber and meat-free diet are in much lower risk of common bowel disorder called diverticular disease, a new study says. Oxford University researchers found that those who follow vegetarian diets are about 30 percent less likely to develop diverticular disease than their meat-eating peers. Diverticular disease occurs due to development of pouches or diverticula in the intestine, usually the large intestine or colon. The condition is more common in countries such as the US and the UK where people's diet is generally low in fiber. Diverticula usually cause no symptoms but when becoming inflamed, they are called diverticulitis and may cause symptoms such as ...
Chinese medicine can help treat Parkinson's
Post Date: 2011-07-23 02:00:23 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese medicine may be effective in relieving some Parkinson’s symptoms and reducing side effects from levodopa, a drug used to treat the disease, according to AFP’s report. Guoteng, a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, proved to be useful in helping patients communicate and sleep better, and treat their depression to some extent, according to a study conducted by researchers at Hong Kong Baptist University. "There is no cure for Parkinson's right now, but the study showed Chinese medicine can help treat the disease," a university spokesman said. Parkinson’s disease, also known as Parkinson’s, is a progressive ...
STRANGE DAYS STRANGE SKIES
Post Date: 2011-07-22 14:22:32 by Itistoolate
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17 Hospitals Ranked as Nation's Best
Post Date: 2011-07-22 07:29:05 by Tatarewicz
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July 19, 2011 -- Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore ranks first in the U.S. News and World Report 2011-2012 "honor roll" of top hospitals in the U.S. The list is based on performance statistics in 16 medical specialties in 94 metropolitan areas. "These are referral centers where other hospitals send their sickest patients," says Avery Comarow, editor of U.S. News Health Rankings. "Hospitals like these are ones you or those close to you should consider when the stakes are high." Only 17 hospitals made the national honor roll, including two that tied: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. ...
Walnuts Are Drugs, Says FDA
Post Date: 2011-07-22 06:53:11 by Ada
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Seen any walnuts in your medicine cabinet lately? According to the Food and Drug Administration, that is precisely where you should find them. Because Diamond Foods made truthful claims about the health benefits of consuming walnuts that the FDA didn’t approve, it sent the company a letter declaring, “Your walnut products are drugs” — and “new drugs” at that — and, therefore, “they may not legally be marketed … in the United States without an approved new drug application.” The agency even threatened Diamond with “seizure” if it failed to comply. Diamond’s transgression was to make “financial investments to educate the ...
Tall people 'more likely to develop cancer
Post Date: 2011-07-22 06:32:41 by Tatarewicz
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Being tall has been linked to a greater risk of 10 common cancers by University of Oxford researchers. For every four inches (10cm) above five feet a person was, the researchers said they had a 16% increased cancer risk. The study of more than one million women, published in The Lancet Oncology, suggested chemicals that control growth might also affect tumours. Cancer Research UK said tall people should not be alarmed by the findings. The study followed 1.3 million middle-aged women in the UK between 1996 and 2001. It linked 10 cancers to height - colon, rectal, malignant melanoma, breast, endometrial (uterus), ovarian, kidney, lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and leukaemia. Those in ...
Attack of the Urban Mosquitoes
Post Date: 2011-07-21 12:00:46 by Prefrontal Vortex
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Attack of the Urban MosquitoesAggressive and Hard to Kill: Two Asian Cityslickers Swarm the East Coast By AATEKAH MIR The latest scourge crossing the country has a taste for the big city. The Asian tiger mosquito, named for its distinctive black-and-white striped body, is a relatively new species to the U.S. that is more vicious, harder to kill and, unlike most native mosquitoes, bites during the daytime. It also prefers large cities over rural or marshy areas—thus earning the nickname among entomologists as "the urban mosquito." "Part of the reason it is called 'tiger' is also because it is very aggressive," says Dina Fonseca, an associate professor of ...
Lifestyle Changes May Prevent Alzheimer's
Post Date: 2011-07-21 06:35:49 by Tatarewicz
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July 19, 2011 (Paris) -- Up to half of Alzheimer's cases worldwide could be prevented through lifestyle changes and treatment of chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, researchers report. A modest reduction in seven modifiable risk factors for dementia, including smoking, obesity, sedentary lifestyles, and midlife high blood pressure, could have a huge impact, says Deborah Barnes, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. Even a 25% reduction in the seven risk factors, which also include depression, diabetes, and low education, could prevent 3 million cases of Alzheimer's disease worldwide and nearly half a million in the U.S. ...
Pharmageddon: Prescription drugs are killing America's youth
Post Date: 2011-07-19 19:54:07 by Original_Intent
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(NaturalNews) No parent wants to lose a child, but when one dies from something that should be very preventable, the heartbreak and tragedy is compounded. Such is increasingly the case with prescription drugs - they're killing our youth.Sarah Shay and Savannah Kissick, of Morehead, Ky., best friends since high school, were both victims of what experts and the White House are describing as an epidemic of prescription drug deaths. Sarah died in 2006 at the tender age of 19; Savannah just three years later, at 22.Since the medications they were using were prescribed by physicians, some experts believe they carry some sort of legitimacy. But the fact is they are being abused by young people ...
Enjoy Saturated Fats, They’re Good for You!
Post Date: 2011-07-19 13:04:33 by christine
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This article is taken from a talk I gave at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness in Albuquerque last week, on the controversial subject of saturated fats. Some of the slides that I used for this talk are put in here. The medical establishment and government health authorities say that consumption of saturated animal fats is bad for us and causes heart disease. According to the lipid hypothesis – the label used for the diet-cholesterol theory of heart disease – saturated fats raise serum cholesterol levels, and high blood cholesterol causes obstructive plaques to form in arteries, called atherosclerosis. This pathologic process causes coronary heart ...
Combatting ageing
Post Date: 2011-07-19 07:51:45 by Tatarewicz
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I didn’t think we’d see some of the developments that have come to pass in the past months for many, many years. Transformational breakthroughs have taken place across the scientific spectrum. But the most remarkable and important are in medical biotechs. Many of the breakthroughs I’m talking about will have a direct and dramatic impact on your healthy life span, or your “health span,” as well as your portfolio. One breakthrough that stands out is a nutraceutical that contains anatabine citrate, a naturally occurring food substance found in solanaceous plants. It directly addresses auto[innate]immune disorders associated with chronic low-level inflammation. ...
Antioxidants boost sperm health
Post Date: 2011-07-19 06:31:54 by Tatarewicz
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Researchers at The University of Western Australia and Monash University have discovered dietary antioxidants can help maintain male fertility. Dr Maria Almbro and Winthrop Professor Leigh Simmons, from UWA's Centre for Evolutionary Biology, and Dr Damian Dowling, from Monash University's School of Biological Sciences, studied crickets and found that a combination of antioxidants provided the best weapon to boost the health of the male ejaculate. The study was published today in the prestigious journal Ecology Letters. Professor Simmons said highly reactive molecules, known as free radicals were waste products of the cellular processes that fuel the body's activities. ...
FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful
Post Date: 2011-07-19 04:57:57 by wudidiz
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Alzheimer's cases cut in half by leading healthy lifestyle: study
Post Date: 2011-07-19 04:32:54 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Lifestyle changes such as exercise, eating healthily and not smoking could reduce the chances of having Alzheimer’s disease by half, researchers said in a study quoted by news reports Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands of patients could potentially avoid the devastating illness by simply changing bad habits, according to the study published in the journal Lancet Neurology For the first time, scientists have calculated the extent to which certain lifestyle traits -- including lack of exercise, smoking and obesity -- all contributed to the disease. Researchers found that in the Western world, an inactive “couch potato” lifestyle was the most ...
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