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Informed choice: Parents right to question need for vaccines and potential dangers

Sandy Gottstein
Anchorage Daily News
Mon, 26 May 2014 07:27 UTC
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In "Vaccination is a duty we owe to others," The Washington Post's Michael Gerson wrote a convincing piece - that is, if one is unaware of certain facts.

Gerson states "...vaccines have a very small risk of serious side effects..." mostly based on his wholesale dismissal of adverse events reported to VAERS, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System instituted and maintained at a great cost by the CDC and the FDA. As of May 4, 2014, the CDC website had processed 37,433 serious vaccine-related adverse events. Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler once stated that only 1 percent of serious adverse events are reported in a passive reporting system such as VAERS. A vaccine manufacturer testified to an Institute of Medicine Committee that under-reporting of passively followed adverse vaccine events was 50-fold.

It is unknown what percentage the 37,433 reported serious events actually represent, but to assert that the administration of multiple vaccines and vaccine combinations only results in a very small risk of serious side effects is scientifically unfounded.

Comment: Read more about the serious concerns regarding vaccines and the importance health freedom:

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First, GMO human embryos - Now a living GMO organism with artificial DNA!


Alliance for Natural Health
Tue, 27 May 2014 01:01 UTC
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If that weren't disturbing enough, the FDA is using terms like "manufacturing."

In February 2014, the US Food and Drug Administration held a public meeting outlining the creation of genetically modified human beings. Now, researchers have announced the creation of an organism with completely artificial DNA.

All life on earth stores genetic information the same way, with DNA made up of four chemical bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T). These bases partner up to form units called base pairs. A always pairs with T, and G always pairs with C.

Until now, that is.

Scientists have successfully created two new bases, which they call X and Y, that pair up with each other. And they've used this unnatural base pair to create a brand new GMO bacterium "based on a genetic structure found nowhere on earth."

Researchers did this by "tricking" E. coli bacteria into assimilating and reproducing the unnatural X-Y base pair - which was automatically passed on from one generation to the next.

Floyd Romesberg, the lead researcher on the project, claims his discovery will usher in a new era of better antibiotics and cancer drugs. To this end, the next phase of his project will be to use artificial genes based on this unnatural DNA to "make proteins that have never been made before," and to turn these proteins into self-producing, "living" drugs.


Comment: As always, this has the potential to backfire more than anything else. It is not a good idea to mess around with Mother Nature!

New Light on the Black Death: The Viral and Cosmic Connection.

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Health

Physical activity helps maintain mobility in older adults


ScienceDaily
Tue, 27 May 2014 14:10 UTC
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Older adults complete walking exercises at the University of Florida as part of the UF-led LIFE study. The study, released May 27, examined how physical activity affects the mobility of adults aged 70-89.
It's something we've all heard for years: Exercise can help keep older adults healthy. But now a study, the first of its kind to look at frail, older adults, proves that physical activity can help these people maintain their mobility and dodge physical disability.

A new University of Florida study shows daily moderate physical activity may mean the difference between seniors being able to keep up everyday activities or becoming housebound. In fact, moderate physical activity helped aging adults maintain their ability to walk at a rate 18 percent higher than older adults who did not exercise. "The very purpose of the study is to provide definitive evidence that physical activity can truly improve the independence of older adults," said principal investigator Marco Pahor, Ph.D., director of the UF's Institute on Aging.

What's more, moderate physical activity not only helped older adults maintain mobility but also helped prevent the occurrence of long-term mobility loss. Co-principal investigator Jack Guralnik, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, said there was a 28 percent reduction in people permanently losing the ability to walk easily.

"The fact that we had an even bigger impact on persistent disability is very good," said Guralnik, who also holds a faculty position at UF. "It implies that a greater percentage of the adults who had physical activity intervention recovered when they did develop mobility disability."

The results will be published in the May issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association and will be presented on May 27 at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Orlando.
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China will destroy 5,000,000 cars this year to battle air pollution


RT.com
Tue, 27 May 2014 09:06 UTC
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Cars drive on the second ring road amid the heavy haze in Beijing
China is going to make air cleaner by taking 5.33 million ageing cars off its roads, according to a government document. The move is part of a broader campaign for battling deep environmental crisis that's gripped world's second-biggest economy.

The vehicles in question are so-called 'yellow label' cars that do not meet Chinese fuel standards and are thus meant to be 'eliminated' this year, the Chinese State Council document published on Monday and cited by Reuters, says.

Chinese authorities, spurred by overwhelming public outcry, have lately boosted efforts for tackling the growing ecological crisis, a byproduct of decades of massive economic growth amid neglect for environmental protection.

The plan for cutting the number of old vehicles is part of a broader action plan to cut emissions over the next two years. Chinese authorities say the country had not been able to catch up with its pollution reduction plan for 2011-2013 period and now had to come up with some tougher measures.
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The mainstream media declares: Gluten sensitivity a myth - who cares?

Sayer Ji
Greenmedinfo.com
Tue, 20 May 2014 08:17 UTC
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A profound change in worldwide consumer behavior has taken hold around the issue of wheat's status in the human diet (to the tune of a burgeoning multi-billion dollar 'gluten free' products industry), and lately, a battery of mainstream articles have come out claiming that the only population legitimately entitled to identify wheat as a cause of their malaise are those with classically defined and diagnosed celiac disease - albeit, an increasingly expanding population.

With articles titled, "Study: Gluten "sensitivity" may not exist," "Study says non-celiac gluten sensitivity may not be real," "Gluten Sensitivity Probably Not a Real Condition, Study Says," proliferating wildly, what is the truth?

The study referred to in the above articles was published in 2013 in the journal Gastroenterology and was lead by an Australian professor of gastroentology who first identified an expanded category of gluten sensitive disorders labeled 'non-celiac gluten sensitivity' (NCGS). His original study, published in the American Journal of Gastroentology in 2011, found that gluten caused significant gastrointestinal distress in patients without celiac disease (CD), and was lauded as strong evidence that gluten avoidance may benefit a larger population than those suffering with CD.
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Scientific virus experiments risk decimating mankind

L.J. Devon
Natural News
Mon, 26 May 2014 17:32 UTC
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Is a viral pandemic capable of emerging from a laboratory? New Harvard and Yale research suggests that a new viral outbreak is inevitable within the next 10 years, and it may accidentally be derived from laboratories. As scientists experiment with viruses to develop new vaccines, it may only be a matter of time before the inevitable occurs.

Scientific communities around the world are racing against the clock to alter and even create virus strains, as they study viral evolution and immunology. Two studies released in 2012 basically published a recipe for mutant bird flu, which can be passed from ferrets to humans. This brings up the possibility that viruses may one day fall into the wrong hands and be intentionally released onto groups of unsuspecting people. Devious scientists may want to see how these new mutant virus strains spread in real time.
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Eliminate junk food cravings for good

Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
Mon, 26 May 2014 14:58 UTC
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Americans' reliance on processed foods and snacks is undoubtedly one of the primary factors driving our skyrocketing obesity and disease rates. Even many people who "know better" have trouble keeping their hands out of the Doritos.

In 2005 alone, Americans spent a staggering $60 billion on snack foods!1 Sugar and salt cravings are often blamed for snack attacks, but how can you stop them?

The truth is, processed foods contain carefully orchestrated flavors and other sensory factors designed to be as addictive as possible. This is in stark contrast to whole foods, the taste and consistency of which was created by nature and therefore work with your body to satiate hunger and nutritional cravings.

As discussed in a previous article, junk food manufacturers have taken flavor science to extraordinary levels, and the artificial ingredients used to produce that sought after "bliss point" can seriously confuse and befuddle your body's metabolism.

For example, the sweetness from non-caloric artificial sweeteners tends to disrupt your metabolic response to real sugar,2 thereby exacerbating obesity and diabetes. Your body simply isn't fooled by sweet taste without calories, so it keeps signaling your brain to keep eating, as the point of satisfaction has not yet been reached.
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Biotechnology industry peddles more propaganda plans to get us to swallow 'synthetic biology'

Dana Perls
Friends of the Earth
Thu, 22 May 2014 13:48 UTC
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Synthetic Biology is a burgeoning technological field that builds artificial genetic systems and programmes lifeforms for industrial use.
Two Mondays ago, I sat in a room of some of the most powerful agribusiness, food and synthetic biology companies in the world. The goal of this industry meeting was to discuss how to get the public to accept synthetic biology, a new and unregulated set of genetic engineering methods, as the "foundation for the future of sustainable food." It was meant to be a closed door and off-the-record industry meeting, in contrast to the open public forum on synthetic biology in our food which I helped organize the week before. But after some of the companies caught wind that Friends of the Earth was going to expose the leaked meeting information, we were cordially urged to attend by the meeting organizers.

Although there is no agreed upon definition of synthetic biology, it is a term that encompasses a variety of new, and many would say, "extreme" genetic engineering approaches, including computer generated DNA, directed evolution, and site specific mutagenesis. It's faster and uses more powerful methods to engineer new genetic sequences than "traditional" genetic engineering. Engineers can even create entirely new DNA and organisms that do not exist in nature.

Comment: What exactly is food made from Synthetic Biology?
  • Synthetic Biology: Rebranding extreme genetic engineering
  • Synthetic Biology: The next generation of Genetic Engineering
  • Synthetic Biology: Genetic Engineering on Steroids
In the past 5 years, the science of genetic engineering has made giant strides. Starting from scratch using lifeless chemicals, scientists are now able to create viruses, such as the polio virus. Technically, viruses are not "alive" because they require cells to survive. But soon - perhaps some time this year - scientists expect to create bacteria, which are definitely alive. From there, it will be a short step to manufacturing new forms of life that have never existed on Earth before. This startling new enterprise is called "synthetic biology."


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Beaker

Excitotoxin alert: New artificial sweetener approved by FDA 'Sweetest' yet

Heather Callaghan
Activist Post
Sat, 24 May 2014 08:03 UTC
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Just like its five previously approved counterparts, advantame is said by the FDA to be low-calorie and doesn't generally raise blood sugar.

The FDA gave the green light to the new artificial sweetener on Monday.

It is a white crystalline that dissolves in water, and does not break down under heat.

Advantame is 20,000 times sweeter than regular table sugar, gram per gram, according to LA Times.

Whoa - why so intense? According to the FDA, advantame can serve as a replacement for aspartame. Also, it looks like it circumvents a phenylalanine warning (for those with phenylketonuria [PKU]) since so little is needed. It does, however, contain phenylalanine. Although not meant for meat and poultry it does look like it was intended to sweeten many things based on the FDA statement.
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Health

Curing cavities naturally

Sarah C. Corriher
The Health Wyze Report
Fri, 23 May 2014 07:18 UTC
Weston A. Price
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While traveling to some of the most remote regions and cultures of the world, Dr. Weston A. Price discovered that some groups which had no access to traditional medicine had extremely low incidences of cavities. He discovered that the cultures which consumed foods that were high in fats and minerals had the best dental health. Some of those groups did not even brush their teeth.

When people are malnourished, dental problems are often the first indicator. Most people from the Western world believe that teeth naturally decay with age, so everyone will inevitably get cavities. Popular consensus is that teeth self-destruct. However, a person's diet primarily determines his dental health. The myth that people have no control over the deterioration of the teeth is one of the justifications for the fluoridation of water supplies, because it is tacitly contended that human teeth disintegrate without help from the chemical industry. In truth, cavities and dental malformations occur as a result of malnutrition, which is actually exaggerated by chemicals, such as pharmaceuticals and fluoride. Western foods are not only deficient in vitamins and minerals, but they also contain chemicals which impair the utilization of nutrients in the body. Tooth decay is more common in pregnant and nursing women, because these women have greater nutritional needs.
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