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The Dangers of Soy Are Real - and Much Worse Than You Might Think


naturalhealthstrategies.com
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:49 UTC
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Promoting soy foods as health foods while ignoring the dangers of soy and soy derivatives should be considered a crime against humanity. If you think this statement is too extreme, read this article to the end, and then see what you think!

The dangers of soy are thoroughly documented in the scientific literature, which makes it hard to believe that many health and fitness communities and counselors, and most health food stores, still promote soy products as ultra-healthy foods.

Hopefully this harmful misrepresentation of soy foods will begin to change as the dangers of soy become better known.

Comment: For a more in depth look at The Truth about Soy read the following articles:

Soy: Dark Side of a "Health Food"
95% of Soy Products May be Damaging Your Health
Not Soy Fast
Is Soy the Ticket to Good Health or Infertility? Here's the Scoop
Confused About Soy?: Soy Dangers Summarized
The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare

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People

Best of the Web: Monsanto™ Roundup Ready Crops Leading to Mental Illness, Obesity

Mike Barrett
Activist Post
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:17 UTC
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It seems that the good bacteria found in your gut may actually be destroyed with every bite of certain food that you eat.

While antibiotics typically hold first prize in depleting the body's gut flora levels, there may be a new culprit looking to take the spotlight which you may know as genetically modified food.

Monsanto's Roundup Ready Crops Leading to Decreased Gut Flora

A formula seems to have been made to not only ruin the agricultural system, but also compromise the health of millions of people worldwide.

With the advent of Monsanto's Roundup Ready crops, resistant superweeds are taking over farmland and public health is being attacked. These genetically engineered crops are created to withstand large amounts of Monsanto's top-selling herbicide, Roundup. As it turns out, glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is actually leaving behind its residue on Roundup Ready crops, causing further potential concern for public health.
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Ambulance

Anti 'detox' stance is unscientific and defies common sense


DrBriffa
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:40 UTC
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I came across this story today. It's based on an article written by Professor David Bender - a nutritional biochemist. His article, which appeared in the journal The Biologist, apparently debunks detoxification regimes. They're worthless and unscientific, apparently. The body, we're assured, already has efficient detox systems (including the liver) that efficiently eliminates toxins and keeps us from harm.

But hang on a moment, if the body's detox system is to brilliant, how come a few thousand milligrams of paracetamol can lead to liver failure and death? Let's see how far our liver gets us if we decide to down a bottle of antifreeze? How come poisons are called 'poisons'?

Let's try a foodstuff, and an example that I think even Professor David Bender would have difficulty dismissing out-of-hand - alcohol. Drink enough alcohol, regularly enough, and it can damage the liver. As a result, the liver can fail to do its job properly, which can lead to the build-up of potentially toxic substances that effectively 'poison' the body. Liver failure due to alcohol can kill, too. There's nothing contentious about any of this, in that all this is utterly accepted by the medical profession.
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US, Maryland: Parents Sue After Teen Dies During Wisdom Tooth Surgery

Katie Moisse
ABC News
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00 UTC
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The parents of a Maryland teen who died earlier this year during wisdom tooth surgery have sued the oral surgeon and the anesthetist for medical malpractice.

Jenny Olenick, a 17-year-old junior at Marriotts Ridge High School in Woodstock, Md., died in April from complications during the outpatient procedure performed on 5 million Americans each year.

"It's so hard," Cathy Garger, Olenick's mother, told ABCNews.com. "She was the only one we had."

The civil suit, filed in Howard Country Circuit Court, claims the oral surgeon, Dr. Domenick Coletti, and the anesthiologist, Dr. Krista Michelle Isaacs, were negligent and failed to resuscitate Olenick after her heart rate and blood oxygen level dropped.

Garger and Olenick's father, John, declined to comment on the pending case, but a spokeswoman for the family said they hope to highlight the surgery's risks and the need for better emergency training among dentists and oral surgeons.
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Arrow Up

Is your neck alignment causing heart disease?


Infinity Spine Center
Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:58 UTC
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Diagram representing the upper cervical misalignment and its association with heart health.
If you follow college football I'm sure you were shocked to learn of the recent death of a Division I college football player. The 19 year old football player was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy - a disease of the heart that causes abnormal enlargement of the walls of the heart.

While in chiropractic school, I did some in-depth study of the upper cervical region, specifically the nerves of the region and how they affect different tissues. One organ that I gave particular attention to was the heart. Two of the most important nerves that control your heart are the vagus nerve and the sympathetic chain. Both of these nerves are in very close proximity to the upper cervical spine (top two bones in the neck). The vagus nerve controls the "rest and digest" (parasympathetic activity), whereas the sympathetic chain provides the "fight or flight" (sympathetic activity) regulation of the heart.

In light of recent news stated above and my passion to help people in their journey to optimal health, I have revisited the nerves in the upper cervical region and how they may affect the function of the heart and other vital organs.
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Penis Pump

France Facing Crisis After Discovery That Tens of Thousands of Women May Have Been Given Industrial Silicone In Breast Implants

Jonathan Turley
jonathanturley.org
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:48 UTC
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France is experiencing a massive tort scandal after it was discovered thousands of women were given breast implants containing industrial silicone rather than medical silicone. We have seen in "Vassallo v. Baxter Healthcare Corp"., 696 N.E.2d 909 (Mass.1998), a court looked at the liability of one such company under an implied warranty of merchantability for failure to warn or provide instructions about risks.

The appellate court Defendant did have actual or constructive knowledge of such cases in the United States of faux doctors using industrial silicone purchased from auto and home repair stores. Nothing, however, comes close to the French scandal. Over 30,000 women in France (as well as some in Spain and the UK) may have had the defective products from Poly Implant Prosthesis (PIP).

The women are generally low income individuals, who (like the women in the United States) were attracted by the cheap cost of the cosmetic surgery.

PIP is one of the world's leading producers of the implants and reportedly saved €1 billion a year by using industrial silicone instead of medical-grade fillers. The company has now closed after women developed cancer and other illnesses. One surprising fact is that between 400,000 and 500,000 women in France have breast implants.
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Attention

Should I Give My Pets Human Medication, Idiots Wonder

Davis MacMillian
Minyanville
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:18 UTC
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Pet websites and magazines have exhaustive lists of foods that are safe and unsafe for animals to eat. Everyone knows that dogs can't eat chocolate, but yogurt is perfectly fine, as are flax seed and pumpkin, according to Modern Dog Magazine.

Of course, Ibuprofen is one thing that pretty much everyone should know is unsafe for dogs. But, apparently, many people don't. Earlier today, the Daily Telegraph reported on a growing number of pet owners who treat their pets with cheap human meds. Unfortunately, many human medicines cause severe side effects in animals.

Ibuprofen, the active ingredient in Advil, can cause serious ulcers and kidney problems. The drug paracetamol, about which many vets receive concerned phone calls, can cause irreversible liver and kidney problems. And, the obviously terrible -- but not uncommon -- idea to give hyperactive pets anti-depressants leads to vomiting, lethargy and violent seizures.

The report covers British pet owners, who are suffering acutely from the effects of the recession. Even as their economy has slowed, veterinary fees have increased at twice the rate of inflation.
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Syringe

UK: Flu Jab Gave 6 Year Old Narcolepsy - He Slept for 19 Hours a Day

Claire Bates
Mail Online
Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:59 UTC
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Josh, 6, at home during a narcolepsy attack with his mother Caroline. His school now has an area where he can nap
Our son 'was like he was a puppet whose strings had been cut'

GlaxoSmithKline deny a 'causal link' between narcolepsy and Pandemrix

The parents of a schoolboy who was struck down with narcolepsy after receiving a flu vaccine, said the Government should have carried out more tests before issuing the drug.

Josh Hadfield, 6, lost muscle control and started sleeping for up to 19 hours every day just three weeks after getting the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix.

He would fall asleep up to every five minutes - even when he was walking, eating and swimming - and suffer sudden bouts of cataplexy (loss of muscle tone) when he laughed.

Now nearly two years later his mother Caroline, 41, said he was still suffering from the after effects of the controversial jab.

Comment: As the side effects of vaccines increase, it's becoming harder to hide the fact that vaccines are causing the diseases they are professed to prevent, and are actually creating additional diseases.

Warning to Parents: This Vaccine Linked to Sudden Infant Death
60 Lab Studies Confirm Cancer Link to a Vaccine You Probably Had as a Child
H1N1 Flu - The Truth About The Vaccine
Expert casts doubt on flu vaccine
Conclusive link now admitted: swine flu vaccine causes chronic nervous system disorders

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Heart

Florida, US: Woman Gets Kidney After Posting Craigslist Ad


NBC News
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:30 UTC
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Miami - A woman is recovering in a Miami hospital after receiving a new kidney after posting a plea for help on Craigslist.

Selina Hodge posted a plea online in July asking for someone to donate a kidney. The 28-year-old then turned to Craigslist.

She told WPTV she "didn't know where else to turn."

Hodge received more than 800 responses from all over the world from her Craigslist ad. One came from 23-year-old Stephanie Grant, who lived just a few miles away from Hodge in Palm Beach Gardens.

The two drove together to the University of Miami Medical Center Campus several times to complete the evaluations. After months of waiting, the women underwent transplant surgery Tuesday.

The women's families tell the TV station that both patients are doing fine after surgery.
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Attention

Are You Eating, Drinking & Breathing Monsanto's New Agent Orange?

Sayer Ji
GreenMedInfo.com
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:37 UTC
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New Study: Monsanto's Herbicide May Be Poisoning The World's Drinking Water

In a groundbreaking study published in the Annals of Bioanalytical Chemistry last month, researchers found that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide "Roundup," is flowing freely into the groundwater in areas where it is being applied. The researchers found that 41% of the 140 groundwater samples taken from Catalonia Spain, had levels beyond the limit of quantification - indicating that, despite manufacturer's claims, it does not break down rapidly in the environment, and is accumulating there in concerning quantities.

Why Is Groundwater Contamination An Important Finding?

Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface, that supplies aquifers, wells and springs. If a chemical like glyphosate is mobile enough to get into the groundwater and is intrinsically resistant to being biodegraded (after all, it is being used to kill/degrade living things - not the other way around), significant environmental exposures to humans using the water are inevitable.

Keep in mind that glyphosate is considered by the EPA as a Class III toxic substance, fatal to an adult at 30 grams, and has been linked to over 20 adverse health effects in the peer-reviewed, biomedical literature.

This groundwater contamination study adds to another highly concerning finding from March, published in the journal of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, where researchers found the chemical in 60-100% of all air and rain samples tested, indicating that glyphosate pollution and exposure is now omnipresent in the US. When simply breathing makes you susceptible to glyphosate exposure, we know we are dealing with a problem of unprecedented scale.
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