Health & Wellness
Researcher Jeroen Raes, featured in the TED Talk, discovered that you might even belong to one of a few "microflora types" - which are similar to blood types. Research into the human microbiome is in its infancy, and there is much we do not yet understand.
That said, there are some facts of which we are already certain. It is becoming increasingly clear that destroying your gut flora with pharmaceutical drugs, harsh environmental chemicals, and toxic foods is a primary factor in rising disease rates.
Recent research suggests intestinal inflammation may play a critical role in the development of certain cancers. Until we begin to appreciate this complex relationship, we will not be able to prevent or intervene effectively in many of the diseases that are devastating people's lives today.
In order for true healing and meaningful prevention to occur, you must continuously send your body messages that it is safe, not under attack, and that it is well nourished, supported, and calm. This article will focus on exactly how you can send your body these messages and why caring for your personal microbiome is so critical to every aspect of your health.
Types of stress
Sources of positive stress exist as do sources of stress that cause the body distress. Heart palpitations, a queasy stomach, clammy palms and a headache are signs of such distress.
There are four main types of stress:
- Physical - Physical stress can be caused by an injury, surgery, intense physical work, environmental pollution, pathogens, dehydration, substance abuse, nutritional deficiencies and food allergens.
- Psychological - Psychological stress consists of emotional stresses, such as fear, anger, grief, sadness, frustration; mental stresses, such as worry, the need for perfectionism, jealousy, anxiety, a sense of a loss of control; and perceptual stresses caused by beliefs, attitudes and world views.
- Psychosocial - Psychosocial stresses are caused by relationship issues with family and friends, a lack of social support and isolation.
- Psycho-spiritual - Psycho-spiritual stress occurs when one has a crisis of purpose, meaning or values, including at work.
My follow-up blog , HPV Vaccine Harms Have Japanese Demanding No More HPV Vaccinations, was published on March 31, 2014. Please see SaneVax's Press Release regarding that historic event in Japan regarding the HPV vaccines.
One of the most important actions taken by the Japanese government as a result of that symposium, according to the Los Angeles CityWatch, is that
Japanese medical institutions are now required by law to inform young girls or their parents that the government does not recommend the vaccines any longer because of their associated adverse effects. [1] [CJF emphasis added. Shouldn't EVERY health agency and government on the face of the globe do that too?]
Comment: Scientists explain why HPV vaccines are unsafe:
No benefit to Gardasil vaccine
Gardasil: New study brings more safety questions to light
Deaths Associated with HPV Vaccine Start Rolling In, Over 3500 Adverse Affects Reported
Lead developer of HPV vaccines comes clean, warns parents & young girls it's all a giant deadly scam
Why is the CDC ignoring explosion of Recorded HPV Vaccine injuries, as other countries move to take protective action?
Study Reveals Serious HPV Vaccine Problems: Fainting, Blood Clots, Death Among Risks
Phthalates are also:
- Proven to decrease sperm counts in extensive laboratory studies on rodents; reduce fertility in both males and females; and cause testicular atrophy, birth defects (including skeletal malformation and cleft palate), "small or absent reproductive organs," developmental delays, and miscarriages;
- Proven endocrine disruptors, as admitted by the FDA, that have been shown, in humans, to have reproductive and developmental toxicity resulting in birth defects and low sperm counts;
- Detectably present in 95% of Americans' urine;
- Banned, by Congress, from children's toys;
- Identified by the European Commission as reproductive toxicants and banned from cosmetics produced in the EU;
- According to the American Chemistry Council, a lobby group for phthalate manufacturers, "totally safe;" and
- Used as a plasticizer in coated, extended-release prescription pills, as a recent article in Dr. Robert J. Rowen's Second Opinion newsletter reminded us.

“Producers of the film said military suicide rates among active duty soldiers and veterans also have soared to record numbers and the documentary counts as the first to expose psychiatry’s role in the devastating effects upon the armed forces.”
Still, the most pressing question remains as to why the military cannot defeat its most insidious enemy: suicide.
"Suicide is now the leading cause of injury death in the United States and, among young adults, it ranks as the second or third leading cause of death," said Silvia M. Dutchevici, president and founder of the Critical Therapy Center in New York and a member of the National Association of Social Workers in Northeast Washington, D.C.
Comment: They are not only chemically lobotomizing the military, but the population at large too, including the babies... See
SOTT EXCLUSIVE: 10,000 2-3 year olds are on psychotropic drugs for 'ADHD'.
For some real and proved effective solutions, see: Mass nervous breakdown: Millions of Americans on the brink as stress pandemic ravages society.
For more information, see:
-Honey, they shrunk my brain - Study confirms antipsychotics decrease brain tissue.
-The Total Failure of Modern Psychiatry
-SOTT Talk Radio: Good Science, Bad Science - Psychology and Psychiatry (transcript available).
-WWII veterans lobotomy story: Tragic but not scandalous?

Dr. Susanna Visser presented a CDC report Friday to the Georgia Mental Health Forum in Atlanta on the drugging of young children for ADHD.
"It's absolutely shocking, and it shouldn't be happening," said Anita Zervigon-Hakes, a mental health consultant for children from the Carter Center. "People are just feeling around in the dark. We obviously don't have our act together for little children."
In interviews with the New York Times and NBC, Dr. Lawrence H. Diller, a behavioral pediatrician in California, thought the news was outrageous:
"People prescribing to 2-year-olds are just winging it. It is outside the standard of care, and they should be subject to malpractice if something goes wrong with a kid."According to Diller the U.S. uses 70 percent of the world's Adderall and Ritalin even though we only make up 4 percent of the world's population.
"We're giving Adderall to 2-year-olds? I mean, that's nuts," said Diller. "There's no evidence that it works. There's no evidence that it's safe. These are desperate measures."

Triclosan is in roughly 75 percent of antibacterial soaps and body washes.
Minnesota is the first state to ban triclosan, which is currently being reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration.
The ban, which was approved by the Legislature with broad bipartisan support, has drawn the ire of the D.C.- based American Cleaning Institute.
ACI spokesman Brian Sansoni argues research on triclosan hasn't shown that the agent has any negative health impact on humans.
"For members of the public who want to choose these products, they should certainly be able to have access to them," Sansoni tells us. "This particular chemical has been in use for over 40 years, primarily in health care and then in the consumer space, and it has been safely used. We use it to wash our hands and in other applications too, and it continues to be safely used, and it's been more researched than just about any other ingredient that's used in consumer products."
Comment: Read more about the growing concerns of antibacterial products with triclosan:
The Dangers of Triclosan: A Common Anti-Bacterial Ingredient
Scientists: Chemical in antibacterial hand soaps poses health risks
Freaky Clean: Chemical in antibacterial soap weakens muscle function
Why You Don't Want to Use Antibacterial Soap Anymore
Triclosan May Be Harmful to Health, Says FDA
Yet patients who show up to clinics or emergency rooms with bronchitis still receive antibiotics about 70 percent of the time, according to a new review of prescribing data published in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. And the rate even increased slightly between 1996 and 2010 despite efforts to educate doctors and establish guidelines against antibiotics.

These are mature nerve cells generated from human cells using enhanced transcription factors.
The nerve cells generated by this new method show the same functional characteristics as the mature cells found in the body, making them much better models for the study of age-related diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, and for the testing of new drugs.
Eventually, the technique could also be used to generate mature nerve cells for transplantation into patients with a range of neurodegenerative diseases.
By studying how nerves form in developing tadpoles, researchers from the University of Cambridge were able to identify ways to speed up the cellular processes by which human nerve cells mature. The findings are reported in the May 27th edition of the journal Development.
Stem cells are our master cells, which can develop into almost any cell type within the body. Within a stem cell, there are mechanisms that tell it when to divide, and when to stop dividing and transform into another cell type, a process known as cell differentiation. Several years ago, researchers determined that a group of proteins known as transcription factors, which are found in many tissues throughout the body, regulate both mechanisms.
The study - which is published in the journal Midwifery - found that women who went to the midwifery unit in labour were significantly more likely to experience one-to-one care and have the same midwife with them throughout their labour. They were also more likely to report that staff were kind and understanding and treated them with respect and dignity.











Comment: As the author writes, stress is normal and indeed a fact of every day life, problems arise when there is too much stress too often, or prolonged chronic stress. An excellent method for reducing stress is by naturally stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system using controlled breathing exercises. The Éiriú Eolas program, available here for free, is an excellent way to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system naturally!