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GMO-derived Impossible Burger uses deceptive marketing to promote it's product at the world's largest 'natural food' trade show

Ken Roseboro
non-gmoreport.com
Tue, 02 Apr 2019 22:11 UTC
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Natural food industry representatives and consumer advocates denounced Impossible Foods, maker of the GMO-derived Impossible Burger, for promoting their product at Natural Products Expo West, saying they were engaging in deceptive marketing.

Impossible Foods served patties of their burger to attendees at the world's largest natural food trade show - but there was no mention that the product was genetically engineered at the company's exhibit booth or in their marketing literature.

"We're disappointed that the company is using a 'natural products' show to promote its certainly not-natural product," said Frank Lampe, vice president of communications and industry relations, for the United Natural Products Alliance. "The halo effect of being perceived as natural by its presence at the show does not serve the natural products industry or its consumers and is a disingenuous move by Impossible Foods."

Comment: The Impossible Burger: Vegan GMO burger that 'bleeds' hits hundreds of fast food locations including 'Organic' ones

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How industrial seed oils are making us sick

Chris Kresser
chriskresser.com
Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:01 UTC
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Industrial seed oils have no place in a healthy diet.
Experts have presented several dietary culprits as possible explanations for the rapidly rising rates of chronic disease in industrialized nations, including sugar and saturated fat. However, one commonly consumed food found in the diets of millions has received surprisingly little attention-industrial seed oils.

Contrary to what we've been told, industrial seed oils such as soybean, canola, and corn oils are not "heart healthy" or otherwise beneficial for our bodies and brains; in fact, plenty of research indicates that these oils are making us sick. Read on to learn about the history of the industrial seed oil industry, the adverse health effects of consuming these oils, and what dietary fats you should eat instead.

Comment: See also:

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Study finds one-third of 'gluten-free' foods had detectable levels of gluten


Science Daily
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC
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Even tiny amounts of gluten in foods are troublesome for people with celiac disease, and restaurants may be the hardest places to avoid the protein, finds a study by Benjamin Lebwohl, MD, MS, Celiac Disease Center at NY-Presbyterian Hospital and assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology at Columbia Mailman School. More than half of gluten-free pizza and pasta dishes in restaurants tested positive for the presence of gluten; about one-third of supposedly gluten-free foods had detectable gluten. Results are published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

"Patients have long suspected that gluten contamination in restaurant foods is a frequent occurrence, and these results support that," said Lebwohl. "Our findings suggest that pizza, pasta and foods served at dinner were more likely to have a problem."

Lebwohl used data uploaded by users of the portable device Nima Gluten Sensor which restaurant patrons use to test foods. The manufacturer supplied 5,624 food tests by 804 users over 18 months. The research showed 32 percent of tests revealed detectable gluten in dishes that were supposed to be gluten-free.

Comment: There are many more reasons to be wary of gluten free foods. Most of them are highly processed, contain GMO ingredients (which promote autism, gastrointestinal issues and inflammation) and are generally full of sugar which is toxic for your metabolism, gut and brain.

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The original nanomedicine: Compelling facts, figures, and scientific studies about Homeopathic medicine

Dana Ullman
greenmedinfo.com
Thu, 09 Nov 2017 21:45 UTC
homeopathy
According to a 2013 article in the Washington Post, the subjects of Jesus Christ and homeopathy are the most controversial subjects on Wikipedia in four leading languages (English, German, French, and Spanish). Sadly, strong evidence of bias against homeopathy (and many other alternatives to Big Pharma) at Wikipedia is significant, and this evidence is provided here.

Not a single one of the 12 stories below are even discussed at Wikipedia, or they are misconstrued and mis-reported with a spin as though representatives from Big Pharma wrote about them in the Wikipedia article. It is no wonder that a significant number of college professors disallow reference to Wikipedia as a "reliable" source of information.

Most of these stories are surveys in many countries throughout the world, are totally non-controversial, and are simply factual. Despite these impressive facts of significant popularity of homeopathy throughout the world and the notable satisfaction from users, the strong anti-homeopathy bias at Wikipedia makes certain that little positive information on homeopathy is provided.

Comment: Homeopathy: Modern Medicine's First Target

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Soaring insulin prices in the US are costing Medicare billions

Yuval Rosenberg
The Fiscal Times
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 23:04 UTC
Insulin Needle
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Insulin prices have sparked outrage in recent months, with Congress holding hearings on the issue and launching bipartisan investigations into why the cost of the hormone used to treat diabetes - discovered nearly a century ago - has soared over the past two decades.

The House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee held a hearing on insulin prices this week and will hold another next week. Executives from the three companies that dominate the global insulin market - Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi - are expected to testify at the upcoming hearing.

"We want to know why the cost of this life-saving drug has skyrocketed in recent years, and why they're not offering more lower-cost alternatives to patients," Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), who chairs the subcommittee, said this week.
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Bug

Does it really pay to spray? The battle against bugs - it's time to end chemical warfare

Lizzy Lowe, Cameron Webb, Manu Saunders & Tanya Latty
The Conversation
Sun, 17 Feb 2019 12:54 UTC
Does it really pay to spray?
Insects are important wildlife often overlooked in urban habitats. What we do notice are the cockroaches, ants and mosquitoes in and around our homes. All too often we reach for the insect spray.

But not all insects are pests - a wide variety of them help keep our cities healthy. They pollinate plants, feed other wildlife, recycle our rubbish, and eat other insect pests. Insects are vital to our well-being.

Unfortunately, like many other wild animals, insects are under threat. A recent study warned that 40% of the world's insect species face the prospect of extinction, amid threats such as climate change, habitat loss, and humanity's overenthusiastic use of synthetic chemicals.
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Syringe

Are western doctors compelled to support the vaccine industry?

Richard Enos
Collective Evolution
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:48 UTC
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If we take a broad overview of the structure of conventional medicine in our Western societies, we are left with an inescapable conclusion: it is set up as a business, where profit is most highly valued and human health and safety is secondary. The evidence for this is overwhelming and is discussed in greater detail in many of our articles on the subject listed at the end of this article.

This is absolutely not to say that there are not loving, upstanding people who are doctors, researchers, or otherwise as part of the Western medical establishment. Not at all. I believe most of them are. However, when it comes specifically to the family doctors and pediatricians who are trusted by their patients to make recommendations for their patients' health and well-being, there is a limit to how far they can push the boundaries of the highly controlled business structure they find themselves in.
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The Body Electric: Ancient wisdom, Modern science

William Tucker
Wake Up World
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:38 UTC
healing
Over the last few millennia wise men in just about every great civilization held life to be a bio-electrical or vibrational energy phenomenon. Their great healers both spiritual and physical instinctively knew that there was a life energy, and that to be well and healthy, this had to be kept in balance.

This bio-electrical or vibrational energy has gone by different names; Elan Vital, Ki, Prana or simply Life Energy. But healers and wise men throughout the ages knew it was a circulating energy and that good health, vigor and happiness depended on a free flow of this energy through one's body.

Each of these cultures core healing arts are based on the concept of balanced or free energy flowing through distinct channels within the human body;
  • Thai Healers call these channels Sen lines.
  • Ayurvedic practitioners call these channels Nadi.
  • Traditional Chinese and Japanese call these channels

Comment: The electric body: How your body's voltage can help you heal

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Info

Measles Madness: Five things you need to know before freaking out

Brandy Vaughan
learntherisk.org
Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:33 UTC
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There's been a lot of drama around these measles "outbreaks" lately. 30 people in Washington, a couple dozen in New Jersey, one person in Oregon... wow, these numbers really sound scary don't they?! The media does their best to heighten the drama using targeted scare tactics...but why?

Many think it may be a new attempt at customer satisfaction. The pharmaceutical industry, which makes and sells childhood vaccines, is a powerful player in the media advertising world accounting for at least 8% of direct-to-consumer advertising. Latest stats say the pharmaceutical industry now spends $25 BILLION a year on advertising.

Comment: Measles scare tactics hurt us all
This attempt at marginalizing and diminishing perfectly reasonable concerns expressed by doctors, scientists and parents, as well as vilifying anyone who questions the wisdom of the current vaccine program is not only unwarranted and unjustified, it is also remarkably stupid and unscientific. The only people profiting from such an approach are those making money from a market projected to be worth $50.42 billion by 2023.

The idea that we know everything there is to know about the immune system and the consequences of an ever increasing vaccine schedule is one few would actually agree with. Let's bear this in mind as we move forward on this issue, and let's learn how to spot the propaganda when we see it. Only then will true scientific method prevail.


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Scientists at Mayo Clinic see major anti-aging breakthrough as 'magic bullet' targets 'zombie cells'


RT
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 18:02 UTC
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Scientists at the Mayo Clinic have seen 'highly significant and dramatic' results from anti-aging drugs trials on both mice and humans. The studies were so successful, in fact, the drugs may be on the market in the next two years.

In tests on mice, the researchers extended the animals' lifespan by 36 percent or the equivalent of 30 human years while keeping their fur glossy and eyes bright.

In human trials on patients with the debilitating condition idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in which the lungs become scarred, greatly restricting breathing, researchers reported "highly significant and dramatic" results.

Patients who typically never see any improvement in their condition, were able to move faster and further than before after just nine doses over the course of three months.
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