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FDA effectively declare that chemotherapy is ineffective

The chemo fraud exposed

The cancer cat's out of the bag now: An FDA panel has accidentally admitted that chemo is completely and utterly ineffective.

OK, so they didn't actually come right out and put it that way - but read between the lines here, and it's hard to reach any other conclusion.

The panel was actually asked to rule on a new device that's supposed to treat recurrent glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer that's a death sentence for most people.

The device is called the NovoTTF, and it looks like a shower cap packed with electrodes attached to a portable power pack. It goes with you everywhere... and for 18 hours a day, it sends waves of electricity right into your brain.

Bacon

Fat Head: Big Fat Lies

"If you could pack all of human history into 1 year, we've only been farming and eating grains since, about yesterday, which is when we became shorter and fatter. We only started consuming, processed vegetable oil, about 10 minutes ago, which is when heart disease became our number 1 killer.."


Clip from the documentary "Fat Head." Guess what? Fat and cholesterol don't cause heart disease. The theory was based on bogus science from the very beginning.

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Food allergy risk poorly grasped in restaurants

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© Jacquelyn Martin/Associated PressBryce Blaylock, who has a peanut allergy, eats popcorn inside the peanut-free suite section of Nationals Park, at a Philadelphia Phillies versus Washington Nationals game in Washington last July. Few restaurants and retailers are knowledgeable about the risks of food allergies, a British study finds.
People with food allergies need to be vigilant when dining out because few restaurant workers are knowledgeable about the risks, a study finds.

The British study in the journal Clinical and Experimental Allergy showed there is no relationship between a restaurant worker's knowledge of food allergy and his or her confidence in being able to provide a safe meal to a customer with a food allergy.

"There's a huge need" for better awareness and training, said Marilyn Allen, a consultant on food safety and food labelling with Anaphylaxis Canada.

Estimates are that food allergies affect as many as five to six per cent of young children and three to four per cent of adults, according to Health Canada.

Many children with food allergies have grown up and are now in the three to four per cent of adults, Allen said.

"They're people who do need to go out and eat. We live in a society that needs to frequent food service operations as part of their life."

Allen is developing an allergy course for food service and retail handlers in conjunction with TrainCan, which already offers food hygiene and sanitation courses.

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The TRUTH About Bacon

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When people today think of bacon, they think of clogged arteries, love handles and sin. They also think of Homer Simpson...

That's right: eating bacon means that you're destined for heart disease, a fat belly and a lifetime in Satan's dungeon-Doh!

But, thinking this way is a terrible misconception. In truth, bacon is a very good addition to your diet and should be something enjoyed more often than you indulge in pancakes and syrup or crepes with brown sugar.

Pancakes and syrup may look good to some people, but it is not good for you at all...

Bacon is not an unhealthy food when choosen correctly. By reading this article your're going to learn why and how to properly add bacon to your diet, and you're going to start doing it now.

Comment: For more information regarding the truth about eating meat and fewer carbohydrates and their effects on the body, see this link:

"Life Without Bread"


Evil Rays

The Dangers of Microwave Radiation Cannot be Ignored

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An experiment conducted at home for a high school science fair five years ago has verified the dangers of microwave ovens not only to humans, but even to plants and other organic matter. The experiment showed that microwaved water given to a plant causes the plant to wither and die within days; however, another identical plant given water that was boiled on a conventional stove grew normally during the same time period.

Many studies conducted throughout the world have repeatedly highlighted the deleterious effects of microwave ovens on human health. In fact microwave ovens are so dangerous that they were banned in Russia from 1976 to 1987. Twenty years of thorough research by Russian scientists convinced them that the dangers of the devices outweighed the benefits in cooking time. This experiment further verifies their findings.

In the home experiment, filtered water was divided into two parts. One part would be microwaved and allowed to cool before being given to the plant, while the second part would be heated on a conventional stove top and given to an identical plant. Results were observed over a nine day period. By the third day it was already clear that the plant given the microwaved water was not faring as well as its counterpart.

By the ninth day the microwaved plant was virtually nonexistent in its pot, having literally shrunk in size to just a few inches above the soil. The second plant was growing beautifully.

View pictures of the experiment here.

Comment: For more information about the effects microwave radiation has on your food and your health read Dr. Mercola's article: Is This Common Kitchen Appliance Harming Your Health?


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Ginger's Health Benefits: Fighting Pain, Inflammation and Arthritis

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Fragrant herbs and spices such as ginger are some of the most powerful weapons we have to help combat inflammation from a nutritional perspective.

Inflammation causes or contributes to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and many types of cancer, as I wrote in a recent review that appeared in Nutrition in Clinical Practice.

Aromatic ginger is a superstar of traditional medicine in Asia, where it has been treasured for thousands of years for its amazing flavors and impressive health benefits.

Ginger Used as Painkiller for Arthritis

Ginger contains dozens of the most potent inflammation fighting substances known, phytonutrients called gingerols.

Japanese researchers writing in the Journal of Medicinal Food explain that red ginger (Zingiber officinale var. Rubra) is used in Indonesian traditional medicine as a painkiller for arthritis.

Learn more about fighting pain and inflammation in my article: Natural Anti- Inflammatory Foods and Supplements That Help Arthritis

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Frankenfoods in Your "Natural" Foods Store: Whole Foods or Whole Hypocrisy?

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"The reality is that no grocery store in the United States, no matter what size or type of business, can claim they are GE-free. While we have been and will continue to be staunch supporters of non-GE foods, we are not going to mislead our customers with an inaccurate claim... We have advocated for mandatory labeling of GE foods since 1992..."
- Whole Foods Market Internal Company Memo 1/30/2011
"Whole Foods claim they support mandatory labeling of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms). Well, where are the labels on the vast array of non-organic foods in their stores that contain genetically engineered soybeans, corn, canola, cottonseed oil, or sugar beets? Where are the labels on their so-called "natural" meat, eggs, or dairy products, reared on GMO grains and animal drugs?"
- Protester in front of a San Francisco Whole Foods Market, April 11, 2011

After two decades of biotech bullying by Monsanto and Food Inc., a grassroots movement of organic consumers and farmers is rising up across the United States. Inspired by the success of their European counterparts in driving genetically engineered crops and foods off the market, not through an EU ban, but through mandatory labeling, several thousand protesters took to the streets on March 26, 2011 in 30 different cities, under the banner of "Rally for the Right to Know," and "Millions Against Monsanto."

Comment: To learn more about the issue of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's) in 'Natural' food products read the following article:

The Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto: What Now?


Attention

Award-winning journalist Christopher Bryson: Fluoride Deception Parts 1 and 2

In this video, award-winning journalist Christopher Bryson examines one of the great secret narratives of the industrial era; how a grim workplace poison and the most damaging environmental pollutant of the cold war was added to our drinking water and toothpaste.


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Medicine doesn't work properly in space

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Here's one more unexpected challenge for space travel: drugs crucial for treating everything from a mild headache to a serious infection don't work properly in the radically different environment away from Earth...and yes, radiation might be part of the problem.

On Earth, medicine can generally remain effective for about two years, as long as it's stored correctly. Proper storage generally involves keeping it away from direct sunlight and in a cool, dry space. But there are plenty of conditions that we take for granted on Earth that are nothing like those we find in space, where "radiation, excessive vibrations, microgravity, a carbon dioxide rich environment and variations in humidity and temperature" are all potential issues.

To figure out what effect all that might have on medicine, the researchers sent up four boxes of drugs containing 35 different medications up to the International Space Station. At the same time, they kept the same set of drugs in ideal conditions at the Johnson Space Center. The space drugs came back at different times - some just a couple weeks later, some more than two years later - but they all consistently showed reduced effectiveness at much faster rates than if they had remained on Earth.

Bizarro Earth

US: Mystery illnesses plague Louisiana oil spill crews

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© Agence France-PresseAccording to a key roster a total of 52,000 workers were responding to the Gulf oil spill as of August 2010
Jamie Simon worked on a barge in the oily waters for six months following the BP spill last year, cooking for the cleanup workers, washing their clothes and tidying up after them.

One year later, the 32-year-old said she still suffers from a range of debilitating health problems, including racing heartbeat, vomiting, dizziness, ear infections, swollen throat, poor sight in one eye and memory loss.

She blames toxic elements in the crude oil and the dispersants sprayed to dissolve it after the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the coast of Louisiana on April 20, 2010.

"I was exposed to those chemicals, which I questioned, and they told me it was just as safe as Dawn dishwashing liquid and there was nothing for me to worry about," she said of the BP bosses at the job site.

The local doctor, Mike Robichaux, said he has seen as many as 60 patients like Simon in recent weeks, as this small southern town of 10,000 bordered by swamp land and sugar cane fields grapples with a mysterious sickness that some believe is all BP's fault.

Andy LaBoeuf, 51, said he was paid $1,500 per day to use his boat to go out on the water and lay boom to contain some of the 4.9 million barrels of oil that spewed from the bottom of the ocean after the BP well ruptured.