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Vitamins have led to 0 deaths over the past 27 years. In contrast, pharmaceutical drugs were responsible for 3 million deaths, topping the death toll from traffic-related incidents.

Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?

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Whole Food Vitamins Don’t Kill

TRUE

The statistics come from the Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS), and the findings go against the claims of most mainstream doctors and medical officials, who assert that pharmaceutical drugs are the only 'science-backed' method to 'treating' illness. However, the report highlights the fact that pharmaceuticals oftentimes lead to death and countless other side effects. In fact, the number of hospitalizations and side effects were not documented by the report. While the report only detailed the 3 million deaths as a result of drug use, countless other adverse health effects have been linked to popular pharmaceuticals such as cold and allergy medications.

Tens of thousands of Americans have a degenerative health condition called ASD. What is it?

A. Experts believe that ASD is a subset of the Gulf War Syndrome. Gulf War soldiers experienced aspartame poisoning after drinking diet soft stored in often high temperature conditions. This artificial sweetener breaks down at roughly 85 °F (29.5 °C) into, among other things, methanol, formaldehyde, diketopiperazine and formic acid.

C . ASD, or autoimmune system disorder can make the body unable to tell the difference between self and nonself. When this happens, the body makes autoantibodies that attack normal cells by mistake.

B. ASD is a term used to encapsulate symptoms of recurring headaches, unbearable migraines, depression, anxiety, muscle pain, arthritis flare ups, buzzing or ringing in the ears, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, inflammation and acid reflux. Symptoms can change overnight, depending on source and quantity of exposure - some combinations are especially toxic. Consumers can go from a migraine headache to vomiting or from vision problems to an upset stomach. Many people experience central nervous system disorders, cramping, nervous twitches and abnormal reflexes.

D. ASD, or Artificial Sweetener Disease is a combination of A & B

Cure for ASD is FREE

A & B ASD stands for Artificial Sweetener Disease. The belief that

there is not enough artificial sweetener in any specific product to cause health concerns is false, especially now that in 2011 there are synthetic sweeteners in over 25% of all food, drink, gum and candy available. This cumulative effect has created ASD… In fact, over 70 percent of reported cases of fibromyalgia, chronic depression, IBS and acid reflux are caused by consuming chemical agents which have been approved by the FDA for consumption.

The cure for Artificial Sweetener Disease is absolutely free and involves no doctor, no health insurance co-pays, and has zero side effects: throw away your sugar free gum and candy, and then trash all foods and drinks you have that are labeled "light" and "zero." Read the labels on everything, so you can filter out all artificial sweeteners from your products, including aspartame, sucralose, sorbitol, acesulfame-k, aspartic acid, and saccharine.

Pet birds die from vapors released from Teflon pans.

TRUE? FALSE?

True

Nonstick or “Teflon” pans is made out of Perfluorooctanoic acod (PFOA), a likely human carcinogen. When heated, nonstick coating releases small amounts of PFOA particles and gases into the air. Pet birds have an acute response to these vapors and often die when Teflon pans are used in the home. PFOA has been found to cause cancer, organ damage, and birth defects in animals. The manufacture, use, and disposal of PFOA products had been shown to pose an environmental and health risk because these long-lived toxic chemicals continue to build up in our bodies, the environment, and in wildlife overtime.

To reduce risk, the Toxic-Free Legacy Coalition recommends stainless steel, cast-iron, or enameled cast-iron cookware.

True or False?

Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) reduces the odds of recurring breast cancer.

Background: Women, who are diagnosed with cancer in one breast, often decide to have both breasts removed in a procedure known as CPM.

False

CPM have been offered to women as a kind of insurance; supposedly, it will greatly reduce the odds they will not get breast cancer again. Although the rates of this surgical procedure are soaring (a whopping 150 percent increase in recent years), the real proof of whether it is worthwhile has been lacking. However, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have just announced the results of research showing CPM provides little significant benefit…

There is chicken poop in your burgers and McDonalds doesn’t like it and have been pushing for legislation to curtail this practice.

True or False

USDA regulations allow chicken feces to be used as feed for cows. According to the FDA, farmers feed their cattle anywhere from 1 million to 2 million tons of chicken feces each year. To avoid eating burgers and meat made from cows fed fecal matter, always purchase grass-fed meats.

TRUE

True or False?

How are you doing so far?

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) worked hand-in-hand with GlaxoSmithKline, maker diabetes drug Avandia, to downplay Avandia's dangers, effectively preserving billions of dollars in yearly revenue for GSK from the sale of the "blockbuster" drug despite the drug being linked to, according to FDA scientists, “83,000 heart attacks.”

True

The FDA intentionally dismissed safety concerns found by the agency's own scientists – data that showed Avandia was associated with 83,000 heart attacks. According to a statistical analysis in the report, if all the diabetics currently taking Avandia were put on a "safer" drug, it would avert 500 heart attacks and 300 cases of heart failure every month in the United States alone.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) the maker of Paxil, Wellbutrin, Advair and Levitra illegally paid doctors to promote dangerous drugs, including Avandia, manipulated scientific data to get dangerous drugs approved and deliberately hid evidence about the dangers of its diabetes drug Avandia . In a recent settlement, GSK will pay the US Goveremnt $3 billion; GSK generated $43 billion in revenue in 2010.

Milk thistle is stout thistle that grows in dry, sunny areas and reaches a height of 5 - 10 feet and is considered by some, a weed. The milky white sap that comes from its crushed leaves have been found to effectively cure…

A. Coughs B. Cancer. C. Cramps

The milky white sap that comes from its crushed leaves have been found to effectively treat wound development in lung cancer cells by halting the disease and preventing metastasis. Researchers from the University of Colorado publishing in the journal Molecular Carcinogenesis found that treatment with silibinin, a major component of milk thistle, effectively treated wound development in lung cancer cells by halting the disease and preventing metastasis. Long known for its rejuvenating effects on the liver, milk thistle is now emerging as a viable therapy to help prevent and reverse the damage caused by years of cellular breakdown in lung tissue.

* Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) has been used for 2,000 years as an herbal remedy for a variety of ailments, particularly liver, kidney, and gall bladder problems.

Cancer *

Who said this?

“The world today has 6.8 billion people... that's headed up to about 9 billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent."

Bill Gates American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft the software company

Janet Napolitano the third and current United States Secretary of Homeland Security, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama

Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA is the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. As America’s Doctor, she provides the public with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and the health of the nation.

Bill Gates

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET0UAdzQkpQ&feature=related

Fact or Fiction?

FACT

Thimerosal, a widely used vaccine preservative that metabolizes to ethylmercury, contains close to 50% mercury by volume—and mercury is a well-known neurotoxin. Based on the amount of mercury in a standard flu shot, you have to weigh over 265 pounds in order for this exposure to mercury to be safe according to EPA guidelines Getting your flu vaccination at a local pharmacy compounds the risks to your health, as most pharmacists are not trained or equipped to respond to acute adverse events that may occur after vaccination or follow-up on people they have vaccinated and report vaccine reactions to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) The flu vaccine may pose an immediate risk to your cardiovascular system due to the fact that vaccines provoke an acute inflammatory response in the body that can become chronic in some individuals The inflammatory response is a MAJOR concern in pregnant women, as stimulating a woman’s immune system during pregnancy can increase health risks for the pregnant woman and some researchers think that it increases risks that the baby will develop neurological dysfunction anywhere from 7 to 14-fold! Other adverse perinatal health outcomes also have an inflammatory component, including preeclampsia and preterm birth.

A deficiency in this can cause the flu

Flu Shots

Vitamin D2

Vitamin D3

Vitamin D3 (which is technically a hormone and not a vitamin)

Vitamin D3 actually works by increasing your body's production of 2-300 different antimicrobital peptides that are actually far more effective than any synthetic antibiotic or antiviral. They do this at a fraction of the cost and at virtually no toxicity

Resource: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/02/23/vitamin-d-deficiency-part-one.aspx

A new study has confirmed that vitamin D plays an important role in activating your immune defenses against infectious diseases like the flu.

Vitamin D deficiency has already been linked to a wide spectrum of diseases including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, depression, autoimmune disease and many others.

The new study discovers that activation of T-cells to fight infections needs definite help from vitamin D. When a T cell recognizes foreign invaders like bacteria or viruses, it sends activating signals to the vitamin D receptor gene. The VDR gene then starts producing DVR protein, which binds vitamin D in the T cell.  Then the vitamin D bound and activated DVR produces PLC-gamma1 protein -- which allows the T cell to get started fighting the infection.

Dr. John Cannell has also reported that vitamin D helps produce antibacterial peptides that help protect against the flu. That is why in winter, when there is little sunshine, people are more prone to vitamin D deficiency and getting infected with flu viruses.

Guess the Product

Hint…it’s in 75 to 80 percent of conventional processed food in the U.S., according to the Grocery Manufacturers Association.

It killed about 100 Americans and caused another 5-10,000 to fall sick or become permanently disabled.

It causes in animal studies “serious health risks … including infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis, insulin regulation, cell signaling, and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, spleen and gastrointestinal system.”

It killed thousands of sheep on an Indian farm within five to seven days after ingestion.

It’s now banned in Europe, Japan and Austria.

GMOs by Monsanto

For more information a must read is:

www.responsibletechnology.org/

GMOs are genetically modified organisms, where genes are taken from one species, like bacteria or viruses, and forced into the DNA of other species, like soybeans and corn plants. Irrespective of what particular gene you insert, the very process of creating a GMO results in massive collateral damage in the plant, which can increase toxins, allergens, carcinogens, and anti-nutrients. The company responsible for this technology is Monsanto.

Non organic corn (including corn syrup), soy beans, cotton, canola, some sugar beets; sugar cane, rice, some Hawaiian papayas and commercial milk are GMO derived.

Despite voluminous evidence to the contrary, the FDA’s policy of 1992 “The agency is not aware of any information showing that foods derived by these new methods differ from other foods in any meaningful or uniform way,” still stands today. In fact, the man in charge of this FDA policy, Michael Taylor was Monsanto’s former attorney, and later their vice-president. The White House under George H. W. Bush had instructed the FDA to promote the biotechnology industry, and so the FDA created a new position for Michael Taylor. As a result of the policy that he oversaw, if Monsanto and others want to put a GM crop on the market, they don’t even have to tell the FDA. GM companies do participate in a voluntary and highly superficial consultation process with the FDA, in which they offer just summary data and their own conclusions of safety. The Obama administration has re-installed Taylor at the FDA, as the US Food Safety Czar.

Who just bought 500,000 shares in Monsanto?

Warren Buffet Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The World Health Foundation Nancy Pelosi

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation assets are being used for such things as …purchasing 500,000 shares of Monsanto…

Monsanto is the company responsible for the creation of Agent Orange, which after being used in the Vietnam War led to over 150,000 being born with birth defects. Over 3 million Vietnamese adults were also negatively impacted. Monsanto also created Posilac, which is more commonly known as bovine growth hormone. This artificial growth hormone synthetically led to higher volumes of milk production in cows, in addition to destroying the animal's health. However, the damage done was not only limited to animals. In humans Posilac was found to lead to elevated risks of developing a tumor, due to increased levels of IGF (Insulin-like growth factor). Monsanto is now the largest biotechnology company in the world, responsible for genetically modifying a large portion of the world's food supply.

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On August 30, 2010, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation purchased 500,000 shares of Monsanto stock. This company has driven thousands of Indian farmers to kill themselves after they were unable to pay mass amounts of debt back to the company. Additionally, the suicide was so prevalent among farmers in the area that it has been dubbed the "suicide belt" of India. Farmers who were promised increased revenue by the biotech giant were soon overcome with debt and regret. Some farmers drank the very insecticide they were given to use on their crops.

If the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation were truly attempting to "reduce extreme poverty," like their mission statement claimed, then why would they support an organization like Monsanto?

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/030940_Bill_Gates_Foundation_genetics.html#ixzz1hkkKfXHA

Guess the name of the “seasoning.”

What “seasoning” did the US begin manufacturing subsequent to WWII after learning that rations for soldiers on the opposing side included this substance?When the FDA “generally regarded as safe” (GRAS) standard for food additives was established in 1958, what substance was grandfathered in without any testing to verify its safety?What food additive, so omnipresent in fast food restaurants that even salads often contain it, has been linked to obesity as well as depression, migraines, mental confusion, dizziness, anxiety or panic attacks, stiffness, joint pain, loss of balance, slurred speech, diarrhea, blurred vision and ADHD?What chemical substance do food manufacturers love to use so much that they have developed a long list of aliases to hide its presence from consumers?

MSG

Monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavor enhancer that’s known widely as an addition to Chinese food, but that’s actually added to thousands of the foods you and your family regularly eat, especially if you are like most Americans and eat the majority of your food as processed foods or in restaurants. MSG is one of the worst  food additives on the market and is used in canned soups, crackers, meats, salad dressings, frozen dinners and  much more. It’s found in your local supermarket and restaurants, in your child’s school cafeteria and, amazingly, even in baby food and infant formula.MSG is more than just a seasoning like salt and pepper, it actually enhances the flavor of foods, making processed meats and frozen dinners taste fresher and smell better, salad dressings more tasty, and canned foods less tinny.

Why is MSG dangerous?

Take a guess or two!

A. Don’t be silly – it’s not dangerous! It certainly does not affect me…

B. MSG excites cells to death.C. MSG causes heart attacks.D. MSG causes brain damage – to varying

degreesE. MSG causes short term reactions like

drowsiness, headache, tingling, difficulty breathing, numbness, burning sensation, weakness, headache, nausea…

F. Regular consumption of MSG leads to obesity, eye damage, headaches depression, fatigue and disorienation

MSG is dangerous

B, C, D, E One of the best overviews of the very real dangers of MSG comes from Dr. Russell

Blaylock, a board-certified neurosurgeon and author of “Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills.” In it he explains that MSG is an excitotoxin, which means it overexcites your cells to the point of damage or death, causing brain damage to varying degrees -- and potentially even triggering or worsening learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease and more.

Part of the problem also is that free glutamic acid is the same neurotransmitter that your brain, nervous system, eyes, pancreas and other organs use to initiate certain processes in your body.[4] Even the FDA states: “Studies have shown that the body uses glutamate, an amino acid, as a nerve impulse transmitter in the brain and that there are glutamate-responsive tissues in other parts of the body, as well. Abnormal function of glutamate receptors has been linked with certain neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's chorea. Injections of glutamate in laboratory animals have resulted in damage to nerve cells in the brain.”[5].

According to Dr. Blaylock, numerous glutamate receptors have been found both within your heart's electrical conduction system and the heart muscle itself. This can be damaging to your heart, and may even explain the sudden deaths sometimes seen among young athletes.

He says: “When an excess of food-borne excitotoxins, such as MSG, hydrolyzed protein soy protein isolate and concentrate, natural flavoring, sodium caseinate and aspartate from aspartame, are consumed, these glutamate receptors are over-stimulated, producing cardiac arrhythmias.

When magnesium stores are low, as we see in athletes, the glutamate receptors are so sensitive that even low levels of these excitotoxins can result in cardiac arrhythmias and death.”[6]

What’s another name for MSG?

Check all those that apply

 Autolyzed Yeast   Calcium Caseinate Gelatin    Glutamate Glutamic Acid Hydrolyzed Protein    Monopotassium Glutamate Monosodium Glutamate  Sodium Caseinate    Textured Protein Yeast Extract    Yeast Nutrient   Yeast Food           

These ingredients OFTEN contain MSG or create MSG during processing:[10] Flavors and Flavorings Seasonings  Natural Flavors and Flavorings  Natural Pork Flavoring Natural Beef Flavoring   Natural Chicken Flavoring Soy Sauce  Soy Protein Isolate  Soy Protein  Bouillon   Stock  Broth  Malt Extract  Malt Flavoring  Barley Malt   Anything Enzyme Modified Carrageenan  Maltodextrin  Pectin  Enzymes   Protease  Corn Starch  Citric Acid  Powdered Milk  Anything Protein Fortified    Anything Ultra-PasteurizedTIP: Buy whole, living foods and organic products to avoid most MSG.

ALL contains MSG

Do you know what this is?

•What popular sweetener, present in most soft drinks and “sports drinks,” is manufactured via a process which makes use of glutaraldehyde, an embalming chemical?•What sweet-tasting ingredient, found in such diverse products as McDonald’s Baked Hot Apple Pies, children’s vitamins and commercially prepared salad dressings is frequently contaminated with mercury because of the method by which is it prepared in factories?•What food additive delivers calories yet chemically fails to satisfy hunger, causing people to eat more than necessary? Because this substance does not stimulate insulin secretion or reduce the hunger hormone ghrelin, people continue to eat while the body converts what they consume into fat.

There is a lot of disinformation the food manufacturers, the government and the mainstream health establishment have put out about HFCS being harmless. Those crafty television commercials that claim high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is basically the same thing as conventional sugar have gotten the Corn Refiners Association (CRA), the group responsible for creating them, in a heap of trouble. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) reports that the sugar industry has now sued CRA for making these and other unproven claims about HFCS that are inaccurate and misleading to consumers.

HFCS or corn sugar

Fast Food Ingredients

Which of the following fast foods does NOT contain dimethylpolysiloxane, an anti-foaming agent also used in caulks and sealants and Silly Putty:

a) McDonald's Chicken McNuggetsb) McDonald's Fish Filet Pattyc) Wendy's Natural Cut Friesd) KFC BBQ Baked Beanse) KFC Biscuitf) None of the above

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/034314_fast_food_nutrition_facts_ingredients.html#ixzz1hlC2UpeL

F – None of the above

What is the optimal range for Vitamin D3?

400 IU per day?

1200 IU too much?

Vitamin D3, even when taken in low daily dosages, has been found to slash your risk of developing the flu by 42%. If optimal ranges of vitamin D intake were utilized, the percentage would most likely climb much higher

Optimal Range for Vitamin D3

Research conducted by Canada’s Public Health Agency

 Children between the ages of 5 and 10 should be taking 2,500 IUs per day.

Adults should be taking 5,000 IUs daily. It is important to keep in mind that these

are typical standardized doses, and only through a blood test will you be able to properly analyze your vitamin D levels. The correct test you should receive is 25(OH)D, also called 25-hydroxyvitamin D. You will want to ensure that you are in the optimal vitamin D level range. The optimal range is 50-70 ng/ml, though anything over 100 is in excess. In contrast, 50 ng/ml or below is in the deficient range.

Most Americans are in the deficient range.

To remain within "safe" limits, you'd have to use such a small amount of fluoridated toothpaste that one tube would last you several years.

True or False

According to the research literature, you should brush with no more than one-quarter of a milligram of fluoride, and call Poison Control if you swallow that amount… When you see a toothpaste ad, that long swirl of toothpaste is actually more than one month's worth!

True

China does NOT allow water fluoridation because it's too toxic and causes damage, according to their studies. Instead, the waste product from their phosphate fertilizer industry is shipped to the United States, where we add it to our water supply! This is a very important point: the fluoride added to your water is NOT pharmaceutical grade. It's a toxic industrial waste product, which is also contaminated with lead, arsenic, radionucleotides, aluminum and other industrial contaminants.

True or False

About 75 percent of Americans get fluoridated water, and just over 65 percent have artificially fluoridated water with hydrofluorosilicic acid; the toxic waste product from phosphate industries

True

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, degenerative disease of the nerves in your brain and spinal column, caused by the destruction of myelin, the insulating substance around the nerves in your central nervous system. When the myelin is damaged by an autoimmune disease or self-destructive process in your body, the function of those nerves deteriorate over time, resulting in a number of symptoms, including: muscle weakness , imbalance, or loss of coordination; astigmatism and vision loss , tremors. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke there is no cure for MS. True or False?

True or False

False…according to

Dr. Terry Wahls who reversed multiple sclerosis after seven years of deterioration on the best conventional treatments available -- simply by changing her diet!

Dr. Wahls discovered that, for some unknown reason, in addition to the commonly known symptoms, MS patients' brains also tend to shrink. This roused her curiosity, and led her to research other diseases that have similar brain shrinkage, namely Huntington's, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease. One common denominator is poorly functioning mitochondria. Mitochondria are like little 'batteries' in your cells that manage the energy supply to the cell, and unless you consume the correct nutrients, eventual mitochondrial malfunction is the obvious result.

She discovered that three nutrients in particular are essential for proper mitochondrial function:

1.Animal-based omega-3 fat 2.Creatine 3.Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) or better yet the reduced version known as Ubiquinol

Just by adding those three to her diet, her decline began to slow. But she wasn't improving, so she continued sleuthing through the medical research in search for an answer. When she discovered the Institute for Functional Medicine, Dr. Wahl began to find more clues.

DIET reversed the Dr’s MS

As mentioned earlier, myelin is an insulating, waxy substance that sheathes the nerves in your central nervous system. Your myelin also needs specific nutrients to function properly, such as:•Vitamin B1 •Vitamin B9 •Vitamin B12 •Animal-based omega-3 fat •Iodine Furthermore, the neurotransmitters in your brain need sulfur and B6 for optimal functioning. Eventually, Dr. Wahls designed her own eating plan, based on the nutrients she now knew she needed for optimal mitochondrial-, myelin-, and neurotransmitter function, because while your body can create some nutrients, others must be provided through your diet.

A Paleo Diet Success StoryThe majority of Americans eat high amounts of processed foods, which are loaded with high fructose corn syrup, grains, and harmful chemical additives of all kinds, such as MSG, and artificial sweeteners like aspartame. Unfortunately, this kind of diet is a near-foolproof prescription for chronic disease… Not only are you getting lots of what you don't need, you're quite simply not getting enough real nutrients! While two-thirds of American adults are now either overweight or obese, many if not most of them are also, simultaneously, malnourished. According to Dr. Wahls , less than half of all Americans get enough vitamin B6 and magnesium in their diet. More than 70 percent do not get sufficient amounts of iodine, and a whopping 80 percent do not get enough omega-3 fat from their diet. In comparison, ancient peoples and natives around the world who have not significantly altered their diet over time, consume anywhere between two-fold to 10-fold the amount of today's recommended daily allowances (RDA) of nutrients! Dr. Wahls altered her diet to reflect the Paleo-style diet of the hunter-gatherers of old as follows:•3 cups daily (equal to one dinner plate, piled high) of green leaves, such as kale, which are high in vitamins B, A, C, K, and minerals •3 cups daily of sulfur-rich vegetables from the cabbage- and onion- families, mushrooms and asparagus •3 cups daily of brightly colored vegetables, fruits and/or berries, which are a good source of antioxidants •Wild fish for animal-based omega-3's •Grass-fed meat •Seaweed for iodine and selenium •Organ meats for vitamins, minerals and CoQ10

She eliminated processed foods, grains, and starches (which includes potatoes and corn). Amazingly, she began to notice significant improvement in just three months, and at the nine-month mark of her new diet, she was able to go on an 18-mile bike ride! This is astounding when you consider that over the past seven years her condition had deteriorated to the point that she had to sit in a reclined zero-gravity chair and could only walk short distances using two canes.That is the power of nutrition! For more info: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/12/23/overcoming-multiple-sclerosis-through-diet.aspx

True or False

"Our study suggested that low levels of fluoride exposure in drinking water had negative effects on children's intelligence and dental health and confirmed the dose–response relationships between urine fluoride and IQ scores as well as dental fluorosis."

Quote: Everyone drinking fluoridated water on a regular basis is getting less intelligent across the board…

True

Consider switching to a non-fluoridated toothpaste. For an even fresher mouth – mix with baking soda.

There are no less than 23 more studies from four different countries indicating that even moderate exposure to fluoride lowers IQ in children.

As recently as December 2010, a study reporting an association with exposure to fluoride and lowered IQ in children was pre-published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials.  According to the authors:

"Our study suggested that low levels of fluoride exposure in drinking water had negative effects on children's intelligence and dental health and confirmed the dose–response relationships between urine fluoride and IQ scores as well as dental fluorosis."

Does fluoride need to be swallowed in order to prevent tooth decay?

Yes or No

Most dental researchers now concede that fluoride’s main benefit comes from direct contact with the outside of  teeth (a "topical" effect), and not from ingestion (a "systemic" effect). There is no need to swallow fluoride to prevent tooth decay.

No

TRUE OR FALSE?

All water filters remove fluoride.

False

Most water filters will not effectively remove fluoride. For instance, Brita filters will NOT remove fluoride. The two types of filters which will reliably remove more than 90% of the fluoride are reverse-osmosis filters and activated alumina filters. Thus, if you are looking for a filter to remove fluoride, make sure it uses "reverse-osmosis" or "activated alumina" technology.

Highly Recommended:

https://www.ewater.com/

Whole Foods sells reverse-osmosis water…order a few 5 gallon glass containers on-line…and enjoy almost-fluoride free water!

What is the average cancer survival success rate?A. 50%B. 24%C. 5%

Chemotherapy

You may be surprised to learn that, despite its reputation as the go-to cancer treatment, chemotherapy has an average 5-year survival success rate of just over 2 percent for all cancers, according to a study published in the journal Clinical Oncology. (Tracking cancer patients in remission stops after year 5, thus if this person dies of the disease anytime after year 5, they are still considered “cured” according to cancer statistics.)

C. 5 %

“The majority of the cancer patients in this country die because of chemotherapy, which does not cure breast, colon or lung cancer. This has been documented for over a decade and nevertheless doctors still utilize chemotherapy to fight these tumors,” said Dr. Allen Levin, MD, author of The Healing of Cancer.

Preventing Cancer

Check all those that apply

1.  Reduce or eliminate your processed food, sugar and grain carbohydrate intake. Yes, this is even true for whole unprocessed organic grains, as they tend to rapidly break down and drive your insulin and leptin levels up, which is the last thing you need to have happening if you are seeking to resolve a cancer.

2.  Control your fasting insulin and leptin levels. This is the end result, and can be easily monitored with the use of simple and relatively inexpensive blood tests.

3.  Normalize your ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fats by taking a high-quality krill or fish oil and reducing your intake of most processed vegetable oils.  4.  Get regular exercise. One of the primary reasons exercise works is that it drives your insulin levels down. Controlling insulin levels is one of the most powerful ways to reduce your cancer risks.

5. Normalize your vitamin D levels by getting plenty of sunlight exposure and consider careful supplementation when this is not possible. If you take oral vitamin D and have a cancer, it would be very prudent to monitor your vitamin D blood levels regularly.

6. Get regular, good sleep.

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Preventing Cancer

Check all that applies

Eat according to your nutritional type. The potent anti-cancer effects of this principle are very much underappreciated. When we treat cancer patients in our clinic this is one of the most powerful anti-cancer strategies we have.

8. Reduce your exposure to environmental toxins like pesticides, household chemical cleaners, synthetic air fresheners and air pollution.

9. Limit your exposure and provide protection for yourself from radiation produced by cell phones, cell phone towers, base stations and WiFi stations.   10.  Avoid frying or charbroiling your food. Boil, poach or steam your foods instead. 11. Have a tool to permanently reprogram the neurological short-circuiting that can activate cancer genes. Even the CDC states that 85 percent of disease is caused by emotions. It is likely that this factor may be more important than all the other physical ones listed here, so make sure this is addressed. One of the best approaches and my particular favorite tool, as you may know, is the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).

12. Eat at least one-third of your food raw. (Dr. Mercola’s goal is 85% raw)

“Relatively simple risk reduction strategies can help you to VIRTUALLY ELIMINATE your cancer risk, and radically improve your chances of recovering from cancer if you currently have it. You won’t read or hear much about these techniques elsewhere either, because they have not been formally "proven" by conservative researchers. However, were you aware that 85 percent of therapies currently recommended by conventional medicine have never been formally proven either? That’s something to think about. “ Dr. Mercola

All are great preventative strategies to adopt.

Intermission:A radical stance by Mike Adams

“I find it absolutely appalling if not downright ridiculous that the people in our country who are responsible for health don't understand the fundamentals of nutrition. That med schools don't teach nutrition is I think one of the strongest statements yet about the sad state of conventional medicine. These people need to be taught nutrition.

It was Hippocrates himself who said, "Let thy food be thy medicine." And in fact, the history of medicine is steeped in the use of plants for health and healing. The very word pharmaceutical means "medicine from plants." And yet today, conventional medicine has not only ignored plants and nutrition, it has actively sought to discredit it. This is one reason why, in my mind, physicians have little or no credibility whatsoever when talking about health and disease prevention. They are, technically, ignorant. Dr. Andrew Weil, author of Spontaneous Healing and many other books on health and healing, even calls conventional doctors, "nutritionally illiterate."

Medical schools have no credibility either, because they are basically conduits for teaching the use of drugs, pharmaceuticals, chemotherapy, and surgical procedures to an army of doctors who, in practice, are often little more than glorified drug dealers. So if we are going to adopt nutritional strategies and actually prevent disease in the United States, we're going to have to start teaching our doctors about foods. This crucial knowledge has been ignored thanks to the dominance of this highly corrupt industry we now call "conventional medicine."

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/002706_health_care_costs_reform.html#ixzz1iF7UssW7

Mike Adams founder of The NaturalNews Network , a non-profit collection of public education websites covering topics that empower individuals to make positive changes in their health, environmental sensitivity, consumer choices and informed skepticism. See next page for bio.

Bio on Mike Adams

Mike Adams is no stranger to traditional Western medicine. The son of a Pfizer contractor and a clinical trial tester for some of America's biggest pharmaceutical companies, Mike grew up using prescribed pharmaceuticals, trusting doctors and believing what the FDA reported was safe and in the best interests of the country. All that would change when Mike was faced with his own personal health emergency, and the pillars of medicine he once trusted came crumbling down before him.

Mike began his mission as the Health Ranger as a response to his own failing health.  At the age of 30, he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a disease brought on by poor diet and severe lack of exercise.  As a high-powered software executive, extreme levels of stress and cholesterol, depression and chronic back pain were common features of Mike's past.

Searching for answers to his health woes, Mike dove into research; he devoured thousands of books on nutrition, pharmaceutical drugs, wellness programs, the politics of food - anything he could find. 

Mike has now made it his life mission to share the most remarkable discovery he made on his quest: the vast majority of all diseases can be easily prevented and even cured without drugs or surgery. 

And that’s exactly what Mike did.  He cured himself of diabetes in a matter of months and transformed himself into the picture of perfect health in mind, body and spirit. 

Bio on Mike Adams

Emboldened by his own experience of health transformation, Mike continues to explore and share the truths of natrual nutrition, disease, health and healing. Over the last several years, he has spent more than 10,000 hours studying the true causes of disease vs. health. With the help of his extensive private research library, Mike Adams has authored more than 1,600 articles on health, interviewed today's greatest pioneers in alternative medicine, and completed dozens of books and special reports on the subject.

Carrying the torch Since then, Mike has founded NaturalNews.com, an online news source covering all areas

of personal and planetary wellness from nutrition to renewable energy.  Here, he’s written thousands of articles and built a following of over 800,000 people across the globe. 

Mike has also founded a non-profit organization, The Consumer Wellness Center, an online retail center, Better Life Goods, and the popular publishing company, Truth Publishing.  Mike speaks frequently at national and local gatherings like the Amazon Herb Summit and the Raw Foods Challenge in Los Angeles.

Speaking from personal experience and extensive research, Mike has touched the hearts and changed the lives of thousands of people around the world.   Adams is a raw foods enthusiast, an organic gardener, and a holistic nutritionist. He eats no processed foods, dairy, sugar, meat from mammals or food products containing additives such as MSG.

Adams has been called "the best health and natural products writer on the scene today" and has openly recommended hundreds of health and green living products without any compensation

In 2005 the state of California actually sued potato chip makers for failing to warn California consumers about the health risks of cancer-causing acrylamide in their products

True or False

True

Acrylamide, a cancer-causing and potentially neurotoxic chemical, is created when carbohydrate-rich foods are cooked at high temperatures, whether baked, fried, roasted or toasted…

According to a 2005 analysis, ALL potato chip products tested exceeded the legal limit of acrylamide by 39 to 910 times, and baked chip products oftentimes contain more acrylamide than their fried counterparts.

A settlement was reached in 2008 when Frito-Lay and several other potato chip makers agreed to reduce the acrylamide levels in their chips to 275 parts per billion (ppb) by 2011, which is low enough to avoid needing a cancer warning label.

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) data on acrylamide levels in foods, baked chips may contain more than three times the level of acrylamide as regular chips!

True or False?The American Cancer Society has admitted that the benefits of breast cancer screening have been overstated.

…but they continue to push the idea that mammograms save livesAside from unneeded treatments that may result from improper diagnoses, women screened for breast cancer using mammography undergo tremendous exposure to ionizing radiation every time they are screened. Exposure to this radiation is often implicated in causing the very malignant cancers that are meant to be detected. Continual exposure to excessive levels of radiation due to receiving annual mammograms greatly increases a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.

Mammograms have about a 70 percent failure rate, routinely detecting non-existent tumors. Consequently, many women undergo invasive biopsies needlessly.

Women with a continued interest in breast cancer screening would do well to choose thermography rather than mammography. Thermography utilizes digital infrared imaging, a safe detection method that analyzes body heat levels in and around the breasts. By analyzing blood vessel circulation and metabolic changes that typically accompany the onset of tumorous growths, thermography is arguably the most effective, accurate, and safest breast cancer detection method.

True

A new study in elderly people shows specific nutrients may prevent Alzheimer's.

TRUE or FALSE

True

Diets high in trans fats -- which are found in packaged, fast, fried and frozen food, and margarine spreads -- were more likely to have shrinking brain tissue that's linked to AD. They also scored lower on thinking skills and memory tests than people with diets low in trans fats

According to new research just published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, those who eat foods rich in several vitamins and in omega 3 fatty acids are far less likely to have the brain shrinkage associated with Alzheimer's disease than people whose diets are not high in those nutrients.

What's more, people who eat foods loaded with omega 3 fatty acids (found in cold water fish like salmon and certain plant sources, including walnuts) and in vitamins C, D, E and the vitamin B (from fruits and vegetables) also have sharper cognitive abilities. The bottom line is that seniors who consume plenty of B,C and E vitamins as well as omega 3s score far better on mental thinking tests than people with diets low in those nutrients.

You need to avoid direct sunlight or lather your body with sunscreen to avoid skin cancer

True or False

False

Sloppy science says you must deprive yourself of sun bestowing vitamin D3 that helps to prevent cancer and boost the immune system while slathering your body with carcinogenic sunscreens that don't even block UVA rays. Makes no sense, does it?

Skin cancer can only be caused when UV exposure is combined with chronic nutritional deficiencies that create skin vulnerabilities. To create skin cancer, in other words, you have to eat a junk food diet, avoid protective antioxidants, and then also experience excessive UV exposure. All three of those elements are required.

There are two basic types of ultra-violet (UV) rays from the sun that affect us: UVA and UVB. Ultra-violet A (UVA) rays have little or no benefit, and can cause some skin damage that initially shows as sunburn and eventually dries and ages the skin. UVA rays are steady throughout the day. Most sunscreens do not block harmful UVA rays. But most of them contain toxic and carcinogenic ingredients.

Natural lotions and many European sunscreens are more beneficial and less toxic. This requires some serious label reading. Simply using coconut oil, sunflower oil, jojoba (hoHOba) oil, eucalyptus oil, or shea butter is easier for preventing sun burn if you're concerned.

Glass windows and windshields do not filter out UVA rays. But they do manage to block UVB rays. UVB rays are involved with the beginning of a body's vitamin D3 production. And UVB rays peak during mid-day and are strongest during summers and nearer the equator. They are not the same throughout the day as UVA rays are.

Sunshine is GOOD

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Any honest talk about sunscreen must acknowledge the simple truth that the chemicals you put on your skin get absorbed into your skin, and that most sunscreen products are made out of a chemical cocktail of cancer-causing substances.

This is the truth about sunscreen that both the sunscreen industry and the cancer industry doesn't want you to hear. It's the dirty little secret of sunscreen: The more you use, the more you CAUSE cancer in your body! (And the more money the cancer centers make "treating" your cancer with yet more deadly chemicals known as chemotherapy.)

So buyer beware. Sunscreen products are a minefield of lies, fraud and disinformation designed to keep you ignorant of the importance of sun exposure as well as the health risks associated with using cancer-causing chemicals on your skin.

Stick with truly natural sunscreen products (when needed) and try to build up a healthy tan while consuming large quantities of superfoods and antioxidants in your diet. Consider taking astaxanthin or other fat-soluble nutrients on a regular basis. Engage in daily juicing of fresh fruits and vegetables which are loaded with living nutrients. Time your sun exposure to build up a healthy tan so that you don't need sunscreen at all. Contrary to all the misinformation we've all been fed, a healthy tan is actually a good sign that you're achieving adequate vitamin D synthesis in your own skin.

Arsenic in US chickens?

Chicken meat sold in the USA contains arsenic, a cancer-causing toxic chemical that's fatal in high doses. And, it's added to the chicken feed on purpose!

True or False Conventional chickens

FDA says its own research shows that the arsenic added to the chicken feed ends up in the chicken meat where it is consumed by humans. Chicken litter containing arsenic is fed to cows in factory beef operations. So the arsenic that's pooped out by the chickens gets consumed and concentrated in the tissues of cows, which is then ground into hamburger to be consumed by the clueless masses.

True

Media reports state that the flu vaccine is 60 percent effective. Are they right or wrong?

Right or Wrong?

WRONG

A new study revealed that the flu vaccine prevents type A or type B influenza in only 1.5 out of every 100 vaccinated adults … but the media is reporting this to mean “60 percent effective” -- the difference is due to a semantic sleight-of-hand: confusing the meaning of relative vs. absolute risk reduction

Media reports that the flu vaccine is 60 percent effective does not mean that 60 out of 100 people who get the flu shot will be protected against influenza; separate research shows 100 people must be vaccinated to prevent one case of type A or type B influenza.

Vaccine-acquired immunity is temporary, which is why even though the influenza viruses included in this season’s flu vaccine are the same viruses that were selected for the 2010-2011 influenza vaccine, the CDC is still recommending you get vaccinated again, even if you got the vaccine last year. The immunity you get by recovering from influenza naturally is qualitatively superior and longer lasting.

Lifestyle changes will generally be far more effective at preventing type A or type B influenza or other types of flu-like respiratory illnesses than the flu vaccine.

For more informaiton: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/12/26/media-deceive-facts-regarding-flu-vaccine.aspx

A glass of conventionally produced milk can contain a cocktail of up to 20 painkillers, antibiotics and growth hormones, scientists have shown.

True or False

True

Homogenized milk has been linked to heart disease and atherosclerosis.

True or False

True

Modern milk does not do a body good.

Milk straight from the cow contains cream, which rises to the top. Homogenization is a process that breaks up the fat globules and evenly distributes them throughout the milk so that they do not rise. This process unnaturally increases the surface area of fat exposing it to air, in which oxidation occurs and increases the susceptibility to spoilage. Homogenization has been linked to heart disease and atherosclerosis.

We have all been led to believe that milk is a wonderful source of calcium, when in fact, pasteurization makes calcium and other minerals less available. Complete destruction of phosphatase is one method of testing to see if milk has been adequately pasteurized. Phosphatase is essential for the absorption of calcium.

Pasteurization – True or False

True

Modern Milk is not safe.

Pasteurization is a process of heat treating milk to kill bacteria. Although Louis Pasteur developed this technique for preserving beer and wine, he was not responsible for applying it to milk. That was done at the end of the 1800s as a temporary solution until filthy urban dairies could find a way to produce cleaner milk. But instead of cleaning up milk production, dairies used pasteurization as a way to cover up dirty milk. As milk became more mass produced, pasteurization became necessary for large dairies to increase their profits. So the public then had to be convinced that pasteurized milk was safer than raw milk. Soon raw milk consumption was blamed for all sorts of diseases and outbreaks until the public was finally convinced that pasteurized milk was superior to milk in its natural state.

Today if you mention raw milk, many people gasp and utter ridiculous statements like, "You can die from drinking raw milk!" But the truth is that there are far more risks from drinking pasteurized milk than unpasteurized milk. Raw milk naturally contains healthy bacteria that inhibit the growth of undesirable and dangerous organisms. Without these friendly bacteria, pasteurized milk is more susceptible to contamination. Furthermore, modern equipment, such as milking machines, stainless steel tanks and refrigerated trucks, make it entirely possible to bring clean, raw milk to the market anywhere in the US.

Not only does pasteurization kill the friendly bacteria, it also greatly diminishes the nutrient content of the milk. Pasteurized milk has up to a 66 percent loss of vitamins A, D and E. Vitamin C loss usually exceeds 50 percent. Heat affects water soluble vitamins and can make them 38 percent to 80 percent less effective. Vitamins B6 and B12 are completely destroyed during pasteurization. Pasteurization also destroys beneficial enzymes, antibodies and hormones. Pasteurization destroys lipase (an enzyme that breaks down fat), which impairs fat metabolism and the ability to properly absorb fat soluble vitamins A and D. (The dairy industry is aware of the diminished vitamin D content in commercial milk, so they fortify it with a form of this vitamin.)

What is real milk? A, B, C or D

A. Real Milk--full-fat, unprocessed milk from pasture-fed cows--contains vital nutrients like fat-soluble vitamins A and D, calcium, vitamin B6, B12, and CLA (conjugated linoleic acid, a fatty acid naturally occurring in grass-fed beef and milk that reduces body fat and protects against cancer).

B. Real milk is a source of complete protein and is loaded with enzymes

C. Real milk contains beneficial bacteria that protects against pathogens and contributes to a healthy flora in the intestines.

D. Real milk is illegal in most states.

Visit the realmilk.com website to locate your source of raw milk. Yummy.

PS. Illegal to drink in many states thus often sold as “pet” milk.

A, B, C, D – are all true of raw milk.

FDA caught using KGB-style infiltration and spying techniques to entrap raw milk distribution hub

Conspiracy Theory or Truth?

FDA used spy cameras, secret infiltration techniques and other traps to gather evidence before raiding Rawesome Foods at gunpoint, then destroying $50,000+ in food in front of astonished witnesses.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/03/rawsome-raid-_n_917540.html

Truth

Fact or fiction?

One of the most prominent vaccine scientists in the history of the vaccine industry -- a Merck scientist -- made a recording where he openly admits that vaccines given to Americans were contaminated with leukemia and cancer viruses. In response, his colleagues break out into laughter and seem to think it's hilarious. They then suggest that because these vaccines are first tested in Russia, they will help the U.S. win the Olympics because the Russian athletes will all be "loaded down with tumors."

FactYou can hear this interview at:http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=13EAA...

What is this product?

A. Fentanyl

B. Mescaline

C. Aspartame

D. Ritalin

 

This product is 11% methanol (wood alcohol), which the human body quickly turns into formaldehyde via the ADH enzyme, concentrated in many tissues: liver, kidney, brain, retina, skin, prostate, breast,womb, muscle — forming cumulative micro lesions and a wide variety of symptoms.

The EPA has listed it as a possible dangerous chemical to children’s brains.

It cause a reversal of the phenylalnine/tyrosine ratios in the human brain. This has profoundly bad implications for the human being, including dopamine and serotonin synthesis inhibition, causing depression, appetite changes, mental inabilities, increased susceptibility to seizures and a host of neurohormonal problems.

C. Aspartame

According to researchers and physicians studying the adverse effects of aspartame, the following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting of aspartame: Brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, parkinson's disease, alzheimer's, mental retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes.

One common complaint of persons suffering from the effect of aspartame is memory loss

More info go to http://aspartame.mercola.com/

True of False

To date, the efficacy of HPV vaccines in preventing cervical cancer has not been demonstrated, while the vaccine risks remain to be fully evaluated.

Current worldwide HPV immunization practices with either of the two HPV vaccines (Gardasil or Cervarix) appear to be neither justified by long-term health benefits nor economically viable, nor is there any evidence that HPV vaccination (even if proven effective against cervical cancer) would reduce the rate of cervical cancer beyond what Pap screening has already achieved

True

Use your parental rights – opt out!

The Annals of Medicine, a peer reviewed medical journal, recently published a startling article which questions whether HPV vaccine policy and evidence based medicine are, in fact, at odds.

The key messages published with this article are a scathing rebuttal to the vaccine industry’s hollow claims of the safety and efficacy of Gardasil and Cervarix, the two HPV vaccines being relentlessly and aggressively pushed on our young adolescent girls and now even boys. In California, a new law stipulates that children as young as 12 can accept the HPV jab without parental consent!

The list of serious adverse reactions related to HPV vaccination includes deaths, convulsions, paraesthesia, paralysis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, transverse myelitis, facial palsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, anaphylaxis, autoimmune disorders, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolisms, and cervical cancers!

Where did this happen?

Solvania, Russia

Detroit, USA

London, England

Punjab, India

* Health Freedom at stake?

In 2011, “the government” said they would take M’s daughter because she refused to keep drugging her with psychiatric drugs. When the state cops came to forcibly kidnap her daughter at gunpoint, M said no so the cops brought in the equivalent of a SWAT team for a 12-hour standoff. M was charged and jailed and her teenage daughter was taken away, where she was then raped by “state” employees and infected with a sexually-transmitted disease.

Detroit mom Maryanne Godboldo had a hellish year in 2011; all charges were eventually dropped against Maryanne and her daughter was returned to her….

Detroit, USA

Does salt do a body good?

A. Low salt diets are heart healthy

B. Low-salt diets increase risk of stroke and heart disease

Researchers from McMaster University in Ontario looked at data from drug trials involving nearly 30,000 individuals who already had heart disease or diabetes. Participants in these trials had their sodium intake measured through urine analysis and were followed for an average of four to five years to record the incidence of heart-related hospitalizations and deaths.

After adjusting for factors like medications, weight, smoking and cholesterol levels, researchers found that …

A or B (look to your left)

B. Too little salt doing harm… …researchers found that too little salt is doing harm instead of good. Those who consumed between 4,000 and 6,000

milligrams of sodium per day--more than double the current recommendations--were at the least risk for heart disease and stroke.

People who ate a diet lower in salt didn't experience less risk, but more. Researchers found that people who consume 2,000 to 3,000 mg of sodium per day were actually 20 percent more likely to experience death or hospitalization related to heart conditions, compared to those consuming between 4,000 and 6,000 mg daily.

But don't take this as advice that salt intake should be completely unlimited. Moderation appears to be key because consuming too much salt puts you at even higher risk. Those who consumed more than 8,000 mg of sodium per day were 50 to 70 percent more likely to have a stroke or heart attack, or to be hospitalized or die from heart disease.

Results from this study indicate that people who already consume a moderate amount of sodium do not benefit from lowering their salt intake. In fact, it may even harm them.

Dr. Martin O'Donnell, lead author of the study and associate clinical professor of medicine at McMaster University, says, "When you take people at more moderate intake levels, there is emerging uncertainty as to whether there are long-term benefits of reducing sodium intake further."

The new report, published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, contradicts what many of us have been told about salt. The research team involved urges officials to recommend a safer range of sodium intake rather than to set a single rigid limit.

Even better, of course, would be a recommendation to choose a natural salt like sea salt instead of highly refined commercial salt, which often contains harmful additives and lacks a balanced (Unrefined sea salt – try REAL SALT brand that is unrefined and has more than 60 naturally occurring trace minerals. Himalayan Sea Salt is beyond excellent as well. If your salt is WHITE…then it’s refined and stripped of vital trace minerals).

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/034528_salt_intake_diet_stroke.html#ixzz1iEjVuaSh

The U.S. spends more than twice the amount on health care as other developed nations, we rank 49th in life expectancy worldwide —lower than a dozen other developed nations!

True or False

True

The latest study published in Health Affairs revealed that the United States now ranks 49th for male and female life expectancy worldwide, a ranking that has fallen sharply from fifth place in 1950. At the same time that life expectancy has been declining at faster rates than many other industrialized nations, per capita health spending has been on the rise.Specifically, U.S. per capita health spending rose at nearly twice the rate of other developed countries between 1970 and 2002, which means the U.S. spends more than twice the amount on health care as other developed nations.What's more, three of the "big killers" -- obesity, traffic accidents and murder -- cannot explain the United States' dismal life expectancy data, as other countries have similar death rates from these factors. (continued)

American Medical Care

American medical care is the most expensive in the world, and for this "price" Americans get:•A maternal mortality rate that is 13.3 maternal deaths for every 100,000 births -- over four times the U.S. government's 2010 goal of 3.3. •A premature birth rate that is higher than that of most other developed nations, and rose 36 percent between the early 1980s and 2006. •Ranked second-to-last out of rich countries for measures of child well-being. •Ranked 30th in global infant mortality rates, behind most European countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and Israel. •Falling life expectancy rates relative to 12 other countries over the past 30 years.

In August of last year, the Bureau of Investigative Journalists also shed some much needed light on the vast corruption within the the x industry. A large number of x companies are guilty of fraud, cover-ups of fatal side effects, and huge kickbacks paid out. A total of 19 x companies also made AllBusiness.com's Top 100 Corporate Criminals List for the 1990s. Charges run the gamut from international price-setting, illegal marketing, false claims, hiding serious problems and, in one case obstruction of justice and eight counts of persuading employees to destroy documents in a federal investigation.

What is “x”?

X = Pharmaceutical Corporations Pharmaceutical Corporations Top the Corporate Criminals

List In August of last year, the

Bureau of Investigative Journalists also shed some much needed light on the vast corruption within the pharmaceutical industry. A large number of pharmaceutical companies are guilty of fraud, cover-ups of fatal side effects, and huge kickbacks paid to doctors. A total of 19 drug companies also made AllBusiness.com's Top 100 Corporate Criminals List for the 1990s. Charges run the gamut from international price-setting, illegal marketing, false claims, hiding serious problems with their drugs and, in one case (Ortho, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson), obstruction of justice and eight counts of persuading employees to destroy documents in a federal investigation.

Between those three sources alone, there's no longer a shred of doubt that the pharmaceutical industry is officially the most crime-infested and crooked industry on the planet—at least in terms of criminal activities that are actually being caught, pursued and prosecuted. (For a running list of the most recent news on False Claims Act cases, see the Taxpayers Against Fraud site.)

Yet toxic drugs designed, manufactured, and peddled by these top criminals are what the medical industry and government health agencies try to pass off as the "best" route to good health… despite the fact that pharmaceutical drugs, taken as prescribed, are also directly responsible for the death of at least 106,000 people annually, on top of everything else.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/12/31/drug-industry-more-criminal-than-other-industry.aspx

True or False?

Is treating symptoms with a one-size-fits-all approach like mainstream medicine does cost effective?

A Kansas-based wellness clinic was surprised to learn recently that its employee insurance premiums would be decreasing by 25 percent next year, rather than increasing eight percent-or-so like they would be for most other companies, thanks to its integrative nutrition and wellness approach to employee health care.

True in Wichita, Kansas

For nearly 40 years, the Riordan Clinic in Wichita, Kansas, has been helping improve people's lives through nutrition, vitamin and mineral supplementation, and natural therapies.

Rather than merely treat symptoms with a one-size-fits-all approach like mainstream medicine does, the Riordan Clinic has been customizing wellness plans for individuals for decades -- and this approach has had the unexpected benefit of improving its employees' health as well, which has made providing health care perpetually less expensive.

If you have never heard of the Riordan Clinic before, be sure to check out their website to learn more about their approach to healthy living (http://www.riordanclinic.org).

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/034530_health_insurance_premiums_nutrition.html#ixzz1iF6gcRnu

You can get all the nutrition you need from three balanced meals a day.

True or false?

Today's foods are nutrient depleted, and they come from depleted soils. Processed and manufactured foods would have to be eaten at the rate of 10,000 calories a day just to meet minimum RDA requirements for basic nutrition. The only way to get adequate nutrition is to supplement with superfoods or whole food concentrates (vitamins, whole food powders, supplement capsules, etc.) along with eating healthy meals. Organizations like the AHA, however, insist that nutrient supplementation is actually bad for your health.

False

Prescription drugs will make you healthier.

True or False

Prescription drugs only mask symptoms. They do nothing to correct the underlying biochemical causes of disease. Simultaneously, most prescription drugs cause nutritional deficiencies which lead to further progression of chronic disease. For more information: http://www.naturalnews.com/001352.html#ixzz1iF9ZXBDo

False

True or False

Many of the articles that appear in medical journals purportedly written by well-known academics are actually written by unacknowledged ghostwriters on Big Pharma payroll.

True

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/05/18/how-corrupted-drug-companies-deceive-and-manipulate-your-doctor.aspx

Consider the example of Parke-Davis and their drug Neurontin. Parke-Davis contracted with a “medical education communication

company,” or MECC, which is a company paid almost exclusively by pharmaceutical companies to write articles, reviews, and letters to editors of medical journals to cast their products in a favorable light.

In this case, MECC was paid $13,000 to $18,000 per article. In turn, MECC paid $1,000 each to friendly physicians and pharmacists to sign off as authors of the articles, making the material appear independent.

This was also done by Pfizer as a strategy for marketing Zoloft. A document was written that included 81 different articles promoting Zoloft’s usefulness for everything from panic disorder to pedophilia.

The only problem was, for some articles, the name of the author was listed as "to be determined," even though the article was listed as already completed. They weren't helping out an existing team of scientists who happened to be talentless at writing -- Pfizer wrote the article, and then shopped around for scientists willing to claim authorship, to give it a veneer of credibility.

Wyeth-Ayerst employed a similar ghostwriting tactic to promote its “fen-phen” diet drug, Redux.

What is PLU beginning with 8?

A. PLU stands for Price Look Up. The codes identify exactly what the item is with its current pricing. An “8” on a PLU code indicates genetically modified items.

B. PLU code is a tracking number supermarkets use to track volume of sales. The 8, in this case refers to Kraft brand products.

C. PLU code are generated by the distributer and have no relevance to shoppers.

PLU stands for Price Look Up. The PLU codes are for input into electronic cash registers to determine prices for bulk items, such as apples and cabbage. The codes identify exactly what the item is with its current pricing, while giving the consumer a handy tag for identifying GMO produce.

Each PLU code has five digits. If the first digit is a 9, the item is organic. If it is an 8, it is GMO!

Among the population children are the “most likely to be adversely effected by toxins and other dietary problems” related to GM foods. He says without adequate studies, the children become 'the experimental animals.'"

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/027226_food_GMO_foods.html#ixzz1iLTzABnP

A Biologist David Schubert of the Salk Institute:

World renowned biologist Pushpa M. Bhargava goes one step further. After reviewing more than 600 scientific journals, he concludes that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are a major contributor to the sharply deteriorating health of Americans.

Complete the sentence.

Foods that have their enzymes in them are known as____ foods because they produce and support ____. Foods that lack____ are known as ____foods and support death.

Work choices (some can be used twice):

“photo” denselivingphotosynthesisrawenzymes, lifefiberdead

Cancer diet

If you put a food in the ground and it wont grow, don’t put it in your body. Foods that have their enzymes in them are known as live foods because they produce and support life. You can put the seeds of these foods into the ground and you will have a tree or plant growing. Foods that lack enzymes are known as dead foods and support death.

Hippocrates Health Institute (HHI) in West Palm Beach, Florida discovered key essentials to help the body heal itself of cancer. Two of the most common suggestions are to eat live foods with their enzymes intact, and include a highly-green, chlorophyll-rich diet. Keep in mind that cooking destroys all enzymes in foods and a person trying to heal from cancer should consume a 100% raw, live-food diet.

Sugar found in fruit can cause health problems, particulary in cancer patients.

True or False

True

“If food has to go through the car window, it definitely shouldn’t be in your body,” Dr. Leonard Coldwell

Most people are aware that processed sugars are not healthful, but knowledge is lacking in regards to natural sugars, such as those found in fruits.

Regardless of the type of sugar consumed, too much sugar can cause problems. It leads to fermentation in the body that feeds and promotes yeast growth and negative bacteria. Overeating sugary foods causes constipation and gas, and this gas can back up into the bloodstream. This is where most diseases originate–from candida to cancer and everything in between. If you want to be healthy, you must learn to cut back on sugary and starchy foods.

 

The very hormone therapy drugs given to men to fight their prostate cancer actually spur some cancer cells to grow.

True or False?

True

When men with advanced prostate cancer are treated with hormone therapy, the cancer usually stops growing for a year, maybe two. But then the disease often begins to grow again, and mainstream doctors have few if any options left to try to help.So why did the hormone treatment work for a while and then stop? According to findings recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the explanation may be unexpectedly simple: the very drugs given to men to fight their prostate cancer actually spur some cancer cells to grow.The new study, headed by Chawnshang Chang, PhD, director of the George Whipple Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and colleagues, suggests the androgen receptor, through which male hormones like testosterone work, turns out to be far more versatile than scientists realized. Specifically, a common form of hormone therapy for prostate cancer works by blocking the androgen receptor. And Dr. Chang’s team found that it was true that depriving the male body of testosterone this way can at times stop cancer in the short term by preventing some cells in the prostate from growing. But, unfortunately, they also discovered that blocking the receptor can actually cause a revving up of other prostate cell growth and can lead to a proliferation of cancer cells down the road.

What is the machine called?

Dr. Michael Love, head of the X-ray lab at the department of biophysics and biophysical chemistry at Johns Hopkins, publicly stated that “statistically someone is going to get skin cancer from these X-rays”. What is the name of the machine?

Dr. David Brenner, head of Columbia University’s center for radiological research, discovered in a study conducted last year that the machines are likely to lead to an increase in basal cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer affecting the head and neck. What is this machine?

Prominent Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety, who warned in a report that the x increase the risk of cancer and birth defects and should not be used on pregnant women or children. And Bloomberg reported, “Frequent exposure to low doses of radiation can lead to cancer and birth defects, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency”. What is x?

Full body scanners

Found at most airports…

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