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Fast for longevity and health

Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:37 UTC
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The types and quality of food you eat influences more than how much you weigh. Food has an effect on your metabolism, insulin production, leptin release and a myriad of other hormonal and chemical balances.

Scientists are also examining the way fasting affects cellular and mitochondrial function, and longevity.

They've found the cells in your body react to fasting in much the same way as they do to exercise. In other words, when placed under stress — be it exercise or fasting - the reaction creates changes at the cellular level that helps extend your lifespan.1

For starters, fasting shifts your body from using glucose as its primary fuel to fat, and being an efficient fat-burner benefits your health beyond weight loss.

Comment: For more on fasting see the following articles:

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Vaxxed premiers In New York City, full review

Luke Rudkowski
Activist Post
Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00 UTC
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Producer of Vaxxed Del Bigtree, at its premiere at Angelika Film Center
In this video Luke Rudkowski goes to the premier of Vaxxed in NYC and gives his full review of the film. We show you how many people showed up to the premier and what happened inside. The controversial film was pulled from the Tribeca film festival by Robert De Niro after a media backlash, but was able to premier at another theater. The film is currently playing in limited theaters in NYC to find out more check out http://www.vaxxedthemovie.com/

Comment: For more background about this front line battle in the war of vaccine information see:


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Gut microbes and the Thyroid: What's the connection?

Chris Kresser
Chris Kresser
Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00 UTC
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While there are many factors that influence thyroid function, recent research suggests that gut health may be a key player. The trillions of microbes that reside in your gut have a profound influence on the production of hormones in the body—including thyroid hormones. Read on to find out if a disrupted gut microbiota might be contributing to your thyroid problem, and learn how healing your gut could improve your thyroid function.

A central principle of functional medicine is addressing the underlying cause of a disease, as opposed to just treating symptoms. In a previous article on the blog, I discussed the connection between overall gut health and the thyroid. In this article, we'll focus on the microbes themselves and the many ways in which they are connected to thyroid function.

Comment: Maintaining and improving gut health can go a long way towards improving one's health, both physical and mental/emotional, overall. Iodine is actually a powerful tool to aid in this process, since it's critically essential not only for the thyroid, but for every cell in the body, and it's a potent anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, and anti-parasitic, so it can help eliminate SIBO and other pathogens of the gut. Considering that 96% of people tested for Iodine test low, it's highly likely that almost everyone needs more iodine. For more information, see Iodine - Suppressed knowledge that can change your life

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5 genetic mutations that can be helped by adopting a paleo diet

Mark Sisson
Mark's Daily Apple
Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:00 UTC
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As I mentioned earlier this year, our personal ancestry can help determine how we respond to certain dietary, behavior, exercise, and lifestyle patterns. The big question remaining is this: does going Primal mesh with some of the more common polymorphisms? Yes. The Primal Blueprint is a living document. Its foundation rests on pre-agricultural human evolution, but by remaining flexible and offering ample room for personalization, it acknowledges the fact that evolution has continued to occur.

Let's take a look at five genetic mutations and how the Primal way of eating, living, and moving can help mitigate their downsides.

Comment: Whether you suspect you have one of these genetic mutations or not, adopting a paleo diet can provide numerous health benefits by getting the nutrients that your body needs, while avoiding the toxins and inflammatory foods that damage your body.

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Magic Mycellum: The healing power of mushrooms

Dr. Joseph Mercola
Wake Up World
Sat, 02 Apr 2016 15:25 UTC
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There is, perhaps, no other food source surrounded by such magic and mystery as mushrooms. In the videos embedded below, leading mycologist Paul Stamets offers a glimpse into some of the roles medicinal mushrooms play in health, such as activating your immune system, naturally fight flu viruses and other diseases, and potentially fighting cancer. Mushrooms may even help to save our environment by restoring habitat that's been devastated by pollution, and creating sustainable fuel.

Mushrooms are actually the fruit of mycelium, which is a "filamentous, cobweb-like cellular network." As Stamets explained:1 "The cobwebby mycelium exudes enormous suites of enzymes, antimicrobial agents, antiviral compounds, as it grows in the ground beneath our feet and in the forests around us. Mycelium is the cellular foundation of our food webs, creating the rich soils so necessary for life.

"Mycelium is a digestive membrane that also destroys many environmental toxic wastes, and has spawned a new science - called 'Mycoremediation'... Partnering with mycelium improves environmental health - outside and inside our body."

When mycelium produces its fruits, the resulting mushrooms last only a few days, which adds to the excitement for wild mushroom hunters.
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Coconut oil -- that's some really good stuff

Jeremiah Johnson
Ready Nutrition
Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:16 UTC
coconut oil
Well, why not mention something that can help you out on a daily basis? Yes, Coconut oil is some really good stuff! Its uses and benefits are tremendous. The books that have been written about it are too numerous to count, but we are going to skim over a few of the basics to give you some knowledge about it. Coconut oil is taken from the meat of the mature coconut, and technically it is an edible oil. It has a shelf life of around 6 months to a year if kept at a temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit or below, and it is not prone to any kind of rancidity or spoilage.

There are two types of it, virgin and refined. The latter is usually used for cooking or other applications and doesn't even remotely taste akin to a coconut. It is the former, the virgin coconut oil that you are looking for regarding consumption. The primary difference between the two types lies in the extraction method; although each method involves pressing, the refined also adds heat to extract the oil. When this is done, a host of impurities come out into the oil that lead it to be further refined.

Comment: For more on the benefits of coconut oil see:

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1 in 5 people will be obese by 2025, says WHO


RT
Fri, 01 Apr 2016 15:41 UTC
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© Finbarr O'Reilly / Reuters
In the most wide-ranging population weight study ever performed, researchers found that 266 million men and 375 million women were obese worldwide in 2014, and that these figures will get rapidly worse over the next decade.

With help from the UN-backed World Health Organisation (WHO), Imperial College London used more than 700 researchers to collect the weight of more than 20 million people, for a study that is to be published in The Lancet medical journal.

They found that obesity in men has more than trebled from 3.2 percent in 1975, to 10.8 percent in 2014. In women, it has more than doubled from 6.4 to 14.9 percent. Graphs show that the process is accelerating since the turn of the millennium, and by 2025, 18 percent of men and 21 percent of women will be obese. A 6'00" person weighing over 104 kg would be considered obese, using the WHO-prescribed body mass index table.

Comment: Toxins may also play a part in the worldwide surge in obesity.

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Injections of high dose vitamin C shown to annihilate cancer

Erin Elizabeth
Healthnutnews.com
Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:05 UTC
high dose vitamin C
Groundbreaking new research on the cancer-fighting potential of vitamin C has made the pages of the peer-reviewed journal Science Translational Medicine. A team of researchers from the University of Kansas reportedly tested the effects of vitamin C given in high doses intravenously on a group of human subjects and found that it effectively eradicates cancer cells while leaving healthy cells intact.

Building upon earlier research pioneered in the 1970s by the late Linus Pauling, a chemist from Oregon State University who today is recognized as the world's foremost proponent of therapeutic vitamin C, the new research involved injecting high doses of vitamin C into human ovarian cells. The tests were conducted in vitro in a lab, as well as directly in both mice and a group of 22 human subjects.

Comment: Dr. Linus Pauling: Revising his work on vitamin C
Follow up research now evidences three vital roles that vitamin C plays in the fight against cancer. Firstly, it inhibits tumour growth by regulating proper cell tissue integrity, secondly it greatly enhances the immune system when ingested in sufficient quantities, and finally it has cytotoxic properties, which means that, in combination with other natural substances, it can kill cancer cells without damaging the healthy ones. In other words it acts as a kind of non-toxic chemotherapy.

Final proof that Linus Pauling was right after all is slowly coming, but in the meantime and despite the continuing efforts of much of the medical establishment to the contrary, we should be insisting that anyone either embarking upon or currently undergoing a course of cancer therapy should at the very least be offered a course of substantial doses of vitamin C alongside whatever other treatment they are being offered.


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Infants born prematurely show less interest in others, are at more risk for autism


Medical Express
Thu, 31 Mar 2016 00:00 UTC
babies born prematurely
© Eiri Ono/Kyoto University
Japanese researchers found evidence that babies born prematurely are less interested in other people compared to infants born full-term, when tested at 6 and 12 months of age. The study adds further insight into recent reports about the links between premature birth and autism.
Attention to other people is a fundamental role for social cognitive development in the early stages of life. However, infants born prematurely show a different attentional pattern.

In a new study, a Kyoto University team found evidence that such babies are less interested in other people compared to infants born full-term, when tested at 6 and 12 months of age. This new study brings light to the links between premature birth, development of social communication skills, and ultimately autism.

Recent studies illustrate that infants born prematurely are at more risk of autism.

"Autism occurs from a mix of genetic and environmental factors. Preterm infants get a tremendous amount of stress in the early days of birth, because the environment is profoundly different from that of the womb," says Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, who heads the team. "This make them much more prone to developmental difficulties, even if they seem perfectly fine when they leave the hospital."

Comment:

The brain, interrupted

Pre-term births are extremely common. According to WHO statistics from 2012, more than one in 10 babies are born prematurely each year. Other studies have also shown that many pre-term babies have neuro-developmental problems, and the effects seem to continue into adulthood with many having moderate to severe cognitive deficits, short attention spans, and as a group they tend to underachieve academically and career-wise.

Toxic exposure & preterm births: "Insidious, invisible" impacts on baby health

Scientific evidence is emerging that particulate matter, lead and other pollutants - especially in combination may play a role in the approximately 15 million babies born preterm every year around the world, and can have grave effects on pregnancy and a child's development.

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FDA sued over approval of genetically engineered salmon


RT
Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:08 UTC
salmon
© Lucas Jackson / Reuters
The US Food and Drug Administration is being sued by a coalition of environmental, fishing and consumer groups for its approval of genetically engineered salmon - the first such animal to ever be sold for commercial consumption.

The lawsuit announced Thursday challenges the FDA's power to approve the salmon, which can be grown twice as quickly as natural salmon. The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for Food Safety and by Earthjustice, argue that the agency doesn't have the power to approve and regulate genetically engineered (GE) animals as "animal drugs" under federal law.

"Those provisions were meant to ensure the safety of veterinary drugs administered to treat disease in livestock and were not intended to address entirely new [genetically engineered] animals that can pass along their altered genes to the next generation," said Earthjustice.

Comment: See also: Is your food on crack? Salmon test positive for 81 different drugs

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