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U.S. Pushing Drugged, Vaccinated, Chlorinated Chickens on the World

Rady Ananda
Global Research
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:43 UTC
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On August 31, thirty US Senators sent a letter to Russia's ambassador asking for a full lift of the ban, but failed to mention the chlorine issue. Instead, profits were stressed. [9]

Until 2008, the European Union also banned chlorinated poultry. Greenpeace condemned the procedural maneuver that removed public debate on the issue. [10]

But the global market for US poultry more than made up for Russia's hesitancy. June was a phenomenal month for US exports - marking a 20-month high. In its latest export report, the US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) wrote: [11]

"Increases in shipments to Mexico (26%), the Baltic States (60%), Newly Independent States (including Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) (155%), Philippines (310%), Korea and Hong Kong (174%), and Japan (181%) all rose beyond last June's shipment volumes.

In a single month, the Ukraine increased imports from one million pounds of poultry to almost 30 million.
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Phoenix

Vagus Nerve Controls Intestinal Inflammation

Dr. Art Ayers
coolinginflammation.blogspot.com
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:11 UTC
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Macrophages release inflammatory signals (TNF, IL-1, IL-6, IL-18) that result in tissue inflammation. Nicotine is anti-inflammatory by acting on the acetylcholine receptors normally responsive to acetylcholine released by the vagus nerve. Acupuncture is anti-inflammatory by stimulating the vagus nerve-mediated effects on macrophages.

The relationship between the nervous and immune systems has been accepted as a reality, but has been elusive. Numerous examples in alternative medicine appear to show that a variety of treatments have immunological impacts, but explanations based on cellular biology have been slow to materialize. Here I will discuss some of the recent experiments that reveal obvious connections between nerves and macrophages that may explain in medical terms at least part of the efficacy of acupuncture.
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Phoenix

Vagus nerve's role in regulating inflammation


news-medical.net
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:03 UTC
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) successfully treats a wide variety of ailments, which is why people are having implants placed inside their body to artificially stimulate this important nerve. There is a far more cost-effective (and safe!) way to achieve even better results... pipe-breathing! Check out EEbreathe.com to find out more about this revolutionary technique for retaking control of your health.
It used to be dogma that the brain was shut away from the actions of the immune system, shielded from the outside forces of nature.

But that's not how it is at all. In fact, thanks to the scientific detective work of Kevin Tracey, MD, it turns out that the brain talks directly to the immune system, sending commands that control the body's inflammatory response to infection and autoimmune diseases.

Understanding the intimate relationship is leading to a novel way to treat diseases triggered by a dangerous inflammatory response.
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Sun

Vitamin C Rapidly Improves Emotional State of Acutely Hospitalized Patients, Study Suggests


ScienceDaily
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:41 UTC
Treatment with vitamin C rapidly improves the emotional state of acutely hospitalized patients, according to a study carried out by researchers at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital (JGH) and the affiliated Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI).

In a double-blind clinical trial, patients admitted to the JGH were randomly assigned to receive either vitamin C or vitamin D supplements for seven to ten days. Patients administered vitamin C had a rapid and statistically and clinically significant improvement in mood state, but no significant change in mood occurred with vitamin D, the researchers discovered. Their results were published recently in the journal Nutrition.

"Earlier studies, both in our hospital and in other centres, demonstrated that the majority of acutely hospitalized patients have subnormal levels of vitamins C and D in their blood," said Dr. L. John Hoffer, MD, PhD, an investigator at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research.
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Health

The World's Oldest Man Shares His Advice and His Memories

Robert Quigley
GeekoSystem
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:08 UTC

This video interview with Walter Breuning, the world's oldest man, is nothing short of remarkable. Breuning, who celebrated his 114th birthday on Tuesday, has lived in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, and his mind is still sharp. He can remember the early days of the automobile, when you had to change your tires every five miles; he remembers the stock market crash of 1929; he remembers the inventions of radio and television as some of the most significant, although he also notes the importance of the computer - as it appeared in the 1960s, when it changed the face of business.
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Psychologist Shows Why We "Choke" Under Pressure - and How to Avoid It

William Harms
University of Chicago
Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00 UTC
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Using brain scans and other research, University of Chicago psychologist Sian Beilock studies reasons why especially talented people fail at critical moments, or "choke."
A star golfer misses a critical putt; a brilliant student fails to ace a test; a savvy salesperson blows a key presentation. Each of these people has suffered the same bump in mental processing: They have just choked under pressure.

It's tempting to dismiss such failures as "just nerves." But to University of Chicago psychologist Sian Beilock, they are preventable results of information logjams in the brain. By studying how the brain works when we are doing our best - and when we choke - Beilock has formulated practical ideas about how to overcome performance lapses at critical moments.

Beilock's research is the basis of her new book, Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting it Right When You Have To, published Sept. 21 by Simon and Schuster, Free Press.

"Choking is suboptimal performance, not just poor performance. It's a performance that is inferior to what you can do and have done in the past and occurs when you feel pressure to get everything right," said Beilock, an associate professor in psychology.

Comment: To learn more about how meditation can help relieve the stress of everyday life and to help prevent "choking," visit the Eiriu Eolas - Stress Control, Healing and Rejuvenation Program website here.

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Target

Genes Related to Body Mass Discovered


ScienceDaily
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00 UTC
Johns Hopkins scientists who specialize in unconventional hunts for genetic information outside nuclear DNA sequences have bagged a weighty quarry -- 13 genes linked to human body mass. The experiments screened the so-called epigenome for key information that cells remember other than the DNA code itself and may have serious implications for preventing and treating obesity, the investigators say.

"Some of the genes we found are in regions of the genome previously suspected but not confirmed for a link to body mass index and obesity," says co-lead investigator Andrew Feinberg, M.D., M.P.H., King Fahd Professor of Molecular Medicine and director of the Center for Epigenetics at Johns Hopkins' Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences. "Meanwhile, others were a surprise, such as one known to be associated with foraging behavior in hungry worms."

Starting with DNA samples extracted from Icelanders' white blood cells banked in 1991 and 2002 by scientists there as part of the AGES-Reykjavik study of individuals in the general population, the Hopkins team used a customized, genome-wide profiling method dubbed CHARM (comprehensive high-throughput arrays for relative methylation) to look for regions that were the most variable, all chemically marked by DNA methylation.
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Health

The Cure-All Properties of Ginger

Meredith Melnick
Healthlandtime.com
Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:56 UTC
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Ginger is a well-known home remedy for pregnant women, patients undergoing chemotherapy, and travelers with weak stomachs, who all use the root to curb nausea. But now a new study in The Journal of Pain finds that two types of chemical compounds found in ginger - gingerols and phenols - can be used as an analgesic as well.

To treat muscle pain, 74 healthy adults regularly took 2 g of either cooked or raw ginger, or a placebo each day for 11 days. They all participated in the same series of exercises, which were aimed at creating inflammation and muscle pain in and around the elbow, and were then evaluated by researchers from the department of kinesiology at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Ga.
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Arrow Up

GUMC Researchers: Vitamin D Protects Against Obesity-induced Endometrial Cancer


Eurekalert.org
Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:28 UTC
The study in mice suggest that vitamin D supplementation is a good idea for high risk women

Washington, D.C. - Findings from an animal study suggest that obese women can reduce their increased risk of endometrial disease if they take vitamin D supplements, say researchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The scientists report in Cancer Prevention Research published online today that 25 percent of obese mice fed a vitamin D supplemented diet developed endometrial cancer, while 67 percent of obese mice not treated with the vitamin developed cancer. They also report that vitamin D offered no protective effects for normal weight mice; whether or not they used the vitamin, about 60 percent of these mice developed cancer.
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Red Flag

Corn Gluten Damages Celiac Patients


Gluten Free Society
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:10 UTC
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Many gluten free products use corn as an assumed safe grain substitute. Are you buying into this myth?

A Study published in the journal Gut identified that corn gluten caused an inflammatory reaction in patients with celiac disease.

"The observation that corn gluten challenge induced an abnormal NO reaction in some of our patients with CD is intriguing as maize is considered safe and is recommended as the substitute cereal in a gluten free diet."

Source:

Gut. 2005; 54:769-774.
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