Welcome to Sott.net
Wed, 27 Oct 2021
The World for People who Think

Health & Wellness
Map

Rose

Could nurturing your green thumb help you live to 100?

Jamie Feldmar
BBC
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 13:03 UTC
Work hard. Nicoyan centenarian
© Enchanting Costa Rica
Work hard. Nicoyan centenarian
Dan Buettner has studied five places around the world where residents are famed for their longevity: Okinawa in Japan, Nicoya in Costa Rica, Icaria in Greece, and Loma Linda in California and Sardinia in Italy.

People living in these so-called "blue zones" have certain factors in common - social support networks, daily exercise habits and a plant-based diet, for starters. But they share another unexpected commonality. In each community, people are gardening well into old age - their 80s, 90s and beyond.

Comment: Blue Zones: Lessons for living longer from centenarians across the globe

      Read More...
Health

Multimillion $ industry: Colonoscopy found to be far more 'dangerous and potentially deadly' than previously thought


Get Holistic Health
Sat, 29 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC
Colonoscopy
The procedure known as colonoscopies as a prophylactic for colon cancer is a multimillion dollar industry. Every year, over 14 million perfectly healthy individuals age 50 and up, submit themselves to this invasive procedure hoping to detect colorectal cancer. But is it really effective?

It's a Painful and Dangerous Procedure

It's actually far more dangerous-and potentially deadly-than they'd like to admit. According The Annals Of Internal Medicine's report on colonoscopies, an estimated 70,000 (0.5%) will be injured or killed by a complication related to this procedure. This figure is 22% higher than the annual deaths from colorectal cancer itself - the very disease the device was designed to prevent.

According to the Telemark Polyp Study I, colonoscopies actually increase mortality by 57% . For every person saved by a colonoscopy, 56 people suffer serious injury. A person can live for decades with colon cancer, but if the doctor punctures a hole in your intestine, you can die in a hurry.

It is very possible, and clinically proven, that you can be infected by HPV (Human Papilloma Virus); HIV; Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Helicobacter pylori,; Hepatitis B and C; Salmonella; Pseudomonas and Aeruginosa; Flu Viruses and other common bacteria such as, E. Coli O157:H7 and Creutzfeldt- Jakob Disease.
      Read More...
Life Preserver

Acupuncture's largest and most all-encompassing channel is stimulated by a popular yoga pose

Sara Calabro, L.Ac.
Greenmedinfo.com
Sat, 29 Dec 2018 20:02 UTC
down dog
Downward-facing dog is the most ubiquitous pose in yoga. Interestingly, the ancient Chinese art and science of acupuncture can help explain why.

This popular yoga pose is the one we see in advertisements and movies, on yoga DVDs, and the covers of health and fitness magazines. Downward-facing dog is taught in beginner yoga classes and returned to again and again by the most advanced yoga practitioners.

Almost everyone who has tried yoga, no matter their skill level, is familiar with downward-facing dog. Even people who have never set foot on a yoga mat can visualize the pose, known in Sanskrit as adho mukha svanasana.

So why is downward-facing dog the media darling of yoga poses? What keeps people coming back to this pose? Why does downward-facing dog make us feel so good? And what the heck does this have to do with acupuncture?

Comment: Modern science confirms yoga's many health benefits

      Read More...
Donut

Dr. David Perlmutter: A high-carb diet may lead to brain inflammation

Derek Beres
bigthink.com
Wed, 26 Dec 2018 20:21 UTC
carbs
© PhPierre Gui on Unsplash
Celebrating five years since Grain Brain was published, David Perlmutter doubles down on his warnings.

Sustainability and prevention are counterintuitive to human biology, which likely explains why we tweet out screeds against climate change from smartphones that are, themselves, contributing to climate change. Is it hypocrisy if we're ignorant to all of the mechanisms behind our folly? When contemplating the bigger picture, absolutely, yet every animal leaves a planetary imprint. Some are just larger than others.

We think in years, not generations, centuries, or epochs. More to the point, we think in seconds. The fact that those seconds add up to hours (and so on) often eludes us in the moment. We're not designed to consider eras even if our imaginations entertain them.

Comment: Read more from Dr. Perlmutter:

      Read More...
Info

Blue light is causing the human eye to attack itself

Mike McRae
sciencealert.com
Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:04 UTC
Blue light
Excessive exposure to blue light isn't great for our eyes, contributing to a slow loss of vision over the course of a lifetime.

Scientists from the University of Toledo in the US now understand precisely how this toxic effect works, which could be good news for anybody at risk of degenerative eye conditions.

For the rest of us, it's just one more reason to give serious thought to limiting our exposure to the cool glow of a screen long after the Sun goes down.

Comment: Blue Light: Is it making you sick?

      Read More...
Mail

Peter C. Gøtzsche: My dismissal is scientific judicial murder


nogracias.eu
Wed, 26 Dec 2018 14:17 UTC
Peter C. Gotzsche
It is a full-blown scandal that Rigshospitalet will dismiss me. It is a clear attack on both independent research and freedom of expression.

Peter C. Gøtzsche Professor and Suspended Director, Nordic Cochrane Centre

You would not believe that this could happen in a country like Denmark. That Rigshospitalet fires an official without prior service warning who co-founded the Cochrane Collaboration 25 years ago, created the Nordic Cochrane Centre out of nothing and made it a world-class research centre.

Comment: The House of Cards is Falling: The shake up at Cochrane

      Read More...
Syringe

Are doctors actually giving patients any up-to-date vaccine safety information?

Children's Health Defense
Collective Evolution
Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:44 UTC
doctors
In 1986, Congress passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA), a carefully crafted piece of legislation that gave vaccine manufacturers their dream come true: blanket immunity from liability for injuries resulting from childhood vaccines. Throwing a bone to the safety concerns of consumers, the Act also mandated that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (via the CDC) develop and distribute educational materials to inform vaccine recipients and/or their parents about a given vaccine's risks and benefits.

The NCVIA stipulated that doctors give out the appropriate materials-currently called Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) "prior to every dose of specific vaccines," including before "each dose of a multi-dose series." Early on, government documentation emphasized the importance of giving VISs every time a vaccine is administered because "the health status of the child could have changed" and as an example of changes in health status, the CDC cited children with "evolving neurological disorder[s]."
      Read More...
Health

Skin tags: Early warning sign of insulin resistance


Dr Mark Vanderpump
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 00:01 UTC
skin tags
Skin tags - soft and fleshy protrusions - typically occur in folds where the skin rubs against itself. So around the neck, within the armpits, around the groin, under the breast. They can also occur on eyelids or under the folds of the buttocks.

Skin tags vary from person to person, they can be smooth or irregular; flesh-coloured or darker than the surrounding skin; they can be attached by a short thin stalk known as a peduncle or can sit squat on the surface of the skin (sessile)

Skin tags are made up of loose collagen fibres and blood vessels encased in skin and can develop equally in men and women but seldom in children. They tend to occur in:
  • older people - in 46% of people over 40, growing to 59% by 70
  • obese people -where excess folds of skin chafe against each other
  • pregnant women due to hormonal changes

Comment: Because symptoms like skin tags often show up before other overt signs of disease, it's important not to treat them lightly and get yourself checked out. Although skin tags can be removed, one shouldn't treat them as a cosmetic inconvenience.

See also:

      Read More...
Christmas Tree

How to recover from holiday feasting: Holiday fasting

Megan Ramos
Intensive Dietary Management
Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:00 UTC
Christmas party
It took a few years, but my friends and family are very supportive of my diet and fasting. In fact, most of them try to watch their intake of refined carbs and fast here and there throughout most of the year. Notice how I say MOST of the year. They rarely stick to it during the holidays, which makes it difficult for me when I'm trapped in a house full of gingerbread on Christmas Day.

Regardless of how supportive (or unsupportive) our family members are during the holidays, we are still bombarded with temptation. I often feel like my mother's home is a crack house on Christmas Day, and I'm a recovering crack addict. Just replace the crack with crackers in my case. It can be really tempting to go off the deep end with carbs during this time of year when we're surrounded by all these treats.

My biggest issue over the years has been the "all or nothing" syndrome. I either eat ALL the processed carbs or NONE of the processed carbs. Note how I say processed carbs. I've ever eaten enough brussels sprouts to kick me out of ketosis (fat burning).

Comment: For more on the benefits of fasting, see:

      Read More...
Attention

Study shows gluten-free foods found to contain more arsenic and glyphosate than wheat


Get Holistic Health
Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC
Gluten free
The gluten-free diet trend is taking millions of consumers for a ride, says the Weston A. Price Foundation.

A non-profit organization dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the American diet, the board members of WAP have never been fans of the gluten-free "craze." But a recent study and testing by the Canadian government have just given them two more reasons not to like gluten-free foods: heavy metals and glyphosate.

Heavy Metals

A recent study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that people on gluten-free diets had significantly higher levels of arsenic, mercury, lead, and cadmium in their bodies.

Out of nearly 4000 participants the 32 participants adhering to a strict gluten free diet had twice as much arsenic in their urine and 70 percent more mercury in their blood than those eating a standard diet.

The Weston A Price Foundation's board members believe this is primarily because of the standard gluten-free dieter is heavily dependent upon rice. Even if they aren't steaming it up every night, many of the packaged gluten-free baked goods use rice flour as a primary ingredient.
      Read More...
Amazon Smile
Revolt! T-shirts