Health & Wellness

132 people in 11 US states sickened by foodborne Cyclospora outbreak

Lauren F. Friedman
Consumer Reports
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 12:00 UTC

© CDC/ DPDx - Melanie Moser
The parasite Cyclospora can cause intestinal illness. Above, an image taken with a microscope showing Cyclospora eggs (red) in a stool sample.

A food poisoning outbreak tied to 132 cyclospora illnesses in 11 states was likely caused by fresh basil imported from Mexico by Siga Logistics de RL de CV, the Food and Drug Administration announced late Thursday. Four people have been hospitalized.

The investigation is ongoing, but the agency has requested a voluntary recall, and Siga Logistics has agreed. The FDA is working with the company to facilitate the recall.

Cyclospora is a parasite that spreads when people eat food (or drink water) that has come into contact with contaminated feces. Illnesses that are part of this outbreak have been reported in Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. In Florida, Minnesota, New York, and Ohio, some people were exposed to cyclospora at restaurants. The FDA did not name the restaurants.

Comment: Stories of illness caused by contaminated food seem to be in the headlines more often these days:

Also check out SOTT radio's: Objective:Health #24 - Cootie Invasion - Strange Disease and Infection Outbreaks

Fascia: The cobweb of your body

spinalsymmetry.com
Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:13 UTC

When we talk about our bodies, we have a way of dividing it up into different parts, different tissues and different systems. We tend to forget that our body is in fact in one piece, and that every crease and corner of it is connected.

When it comes to wellness and function, as well as pain and dysfunction, it is important to remember this fact, and it may help you understand the dynamics of your treatment here at Spinal Symmetry.

When something hurts it is very rare that the source of the pain is in the same spot.

We ask ourselves "what is dysfunctional in order to cause strain in the painful spot?". And what we find is usually a dysfunctional chain, rather than a single dysfunctional joint or muscle.

Comment: Read more about fascia and it's web-like structure present throughout the entire body:

'Don't ask don't tell' approach to new GMOs proposed by the USDA

Pat Thomas
Organic Consumers Association
Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:25 UTC

Our right to know if it's GMO is officially under attack — again.

On June 6, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed to overhaul longstanding regulations governing genetically modified organisms (GMO). The proposed new rule would revise the agency's current method for regulating genetically modified plants, and would exclude newer so-called "gene-edited" GMOs.

In a statement, the USDA said the new rule came "in response to advances in genetic engineering."

A week later, in the political equivalent of a one-two-punch, President Trump bolstered the USDA's proposal by signing an executive order directing the USDA, as well as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to "streamline" GMO regulations in the U.S. for agricultural biotechnology, including for genetically modified livestock and seeds.

Study suggests: Spike in Autism may be linked to preservative in processed foods

Robert Glatter, MD
Forbes
Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:03 UTC

Researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) just announced intriguing findings which describe cellular changes that develop when neuronal stem cells are exposed to elevated levels of a chemical typically found in processed foods.

The study serves as an example of the importance of the food pregnant women eat, and how it may potentially affect development of the fetal brain.

The study describes how elevated levels of the preservative, propionic acid (PPA)-used to extend shelf life and reduce mold in packaged foods, breads and cheeses — can adversely affect the development and differentiation of neurons in fetal brains in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

The research was published June 19 in the journal, Scientific Reports.

Rare virus spread by mosquitos that can cause personality changes found in NY & Massachusetts

Insider.com
Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:28 UTC

If you needed another reason to use bug spray this summer, here it is: A rare virus that causes brain damage has been confirmed in mosquitoes in New York and Massachusetts, health officials reported last week.

Oswego County officials said the eastern equine encephalitis virus, or EEE, was discovered in two mosquito pools from a swamp about 20 miles north of Syracuse in a town called West Monroe, according to Syracuse.com.

The Boston Globe reported the virus has also been confirmed in mosquitoes south of Boston — in Easton, Freetown, and New Bedford. No human infections have been reported yet in either state this season.

Comment: Of late there has been a surge in the number of related stories coming out of the US that includes: water-borne, brain eating amoeba, severe meat allergies from tick bites, mass food poisonings, rising anti-biotic resistant STD's, along with a plethora of other outbreaks:

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Objective:Health #24 - Cootie Invasion - Strange Disease and Infection Outbreaks

Sott.net
Sat, 27 Jul 2019 00:00 UTC

Anyone reading headlines regularly can't help but notice a number or strange disease outbreaks popping up in various regions, seemingly out of nowhere. Flesh-eating disease on the East coast of the US, typhus and tuberculosis in Los Angeles, syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea making a comeback in Europe, treatment-resistant fungal infections, chronic Lyme disease around the world... it makes one wonder - what the heck is going on here?

Join us on this episode of Objective:Health as we profile some of the strange outbreaks happening of late - some weird new infections and some old 'favorites', previously thought eradicated, making a comeback. We speculate on some of the reasons we may be seeing what we're seeing and ways that one can protect themselves from falling victim to the cootie invasion.

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Botanicals: The benefits of plant-based ingredients

Laura Hanson
Wanderlust.com
Sat, 27 Jul 2019 11:16 UTC

We've all heard to avoid harmful chemicals when it comes to skincare - but what are the benefits of botanicals, and how can you include them in your daily routine?

It's everywhere. The notion of swapping out toxic chemicals has permeated the entire consumer goods industry, ranging from beauty products to mattresses, and everything in between.

But with this increased awareness of what's in the products we use every day, comes an even greater responsibility for consumers to be able to decipher the ingredient list on their labels. Many synthetic organic chemicals and their replacements are disguised within hard-to-pronounce words like "dibutyl phthalate" and "propylparaben" — and we've heard the advice to avoid the ingredients we don't recognize. So what should we be looking for in our products?

Enter plant-based ingredients.

Brain-eating amoeba kills man after North Carolina water park visit

CBS News
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 13:41 UTC

Naegleria fowleri

A North Carolina man has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a manmade lake at a water park, officials said Wednesday. The state Department of Health and Human Resources said in a news release that the infection was caused by the amoeba naturally present in warm freshwater during the summer.

The man-made lake at Fantasy Lake Water Park in Hope Mills, Cumberland County, North Carolina, is pictured in a promotional image from the park's website. Fantasy Lake Water Park

The unnamed person became sick after swimming in Fantasy Lake Water Park in Hope Mills in Cumberland County on July 12.

Comment: The rise of flesh-eating bacteria and other deadly infections are likely correlated to extreme temperatures, over prescription of anti-biotics, a population whose health is in general decline, pollution, but there are likely other compounding factors. And perhaps the explosion in algae blooms, fish die offs and outbreaks of other kinds could help shed some light on the situation.

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Strength training might come at the expense of endurance muscles

University of Basel
Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:00 UTC

© University of Basel, Biozentrum
The neuromuscular junction (NMJ): innervation of the acetycholine receptors (green) on the muscle fiber by the motor neuron (red).

The neurotransmitter brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) acts in the muscle, so that during strength training endurance muscle fiber number is decreased. Researchers at the University of Basel's Biozentrum have more closely investigated this factor, from the group of myokines, and demonstrated that it is produced by the muscle and acts on both muscles and synapses. The results published in PNAS also provide new insights into age-related muscle atrophy.

Fitness clubs are booming: New gyms are springing up like mushrooms. More and more people are striving to build up and strengthen their muscles. But what exactly happens in the muscle during training? In their recent work, Prof. Christoph Handschin's research group at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has more closely studied strength muscles and the myokine brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which plays an important role in the formation of strength muscle fibers.

Comment: See also:

Also check out SOTT radio's: The Health & Wellness Show: Exercise Schmexercise: What the hell are we running from?

Don't let vegetarian environmentalists shame you for eating meat. Science is on your side

Bjorn Lomborg
USA Today
Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:19 UTC

Around the world, we're being told to stop eating meat. Headlines, think tanks and activists all ask us to change our diet to combat climate change.

The Washington D.C.-based World Resource Institute suggests that resource management will require Americans to cut their average consumption of beef by about 40%, and scientists from Manchester University just claimed that "a typical summer barbecue for four people releases more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than an 80 mile car journey." One of the professors points out that "the production of a 100g medium-sized beef burger releases enough greenhouses gases to fill more than 60 balloons."

The scientists propose a solution: we all need to replace our burgers with "veggie sausages," swap the cheese for half an onion and replace the butter with "vegetable spread". Voila: half the emissions.

Comment: You know an ideology is bad when even members of the elite class (vegetarians) are telling you you've got it all wrong. The carbon model of climate change is a farce and the vegan solutions offered are nothing more than gas-lighting. And the pipe-dream of renewable energy wrong on so many levels it ultimately makes things much much worse.

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Health & Wellness

132 people in 11 US states sickened by foodborne Cyclospora outbreak

Fascia: The cobweb of your body

'Don't ask don't tell' approach to new GMOs proposed by the USDA

Study suggests: Spike in Autism may be linked to preservative in processed foods

Rare virus spread by mosquitos that can cause personality changes found in NY & Massachusetts

Objective:Health #24 - Cootie Invasion - Strange Disease and Infection Outbreaks

Botanicals: The benefits of plant-based ingredients

Brain-eating amoeba kills man after North Carolina water park visit

Strength training might come at the expense of endurance muscles

Don't let vegetarian environmentalists shame you for eating meat. Science is on your side

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