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Dr. Mark Sircus: New form of Medicine replaces the old

Dr. Mark Sircus
drsircus.com
Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:19 UTC
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In my Transdermal Magnesium Therapy book I start out with the words, "The book that you hold in your hands could save your life. It certainly contains information that can extend your physical existence and save you and your loved ones from a considerable amount of pain." I wrote those words before I had full developed my Natural Allopathic Medicine protocol.

Magnesium in oral and topical form is powerful and useful and makes surgery much safer for patients to undergo. Now years later, after going beyond the use of magnesium as a standalone therapy, I can safely say, no shout from the rooftops that I have developed a revolutionary form of medicine that is safe, easy to learn, highly effective in saving lives and incredibly low in cost compared to modern pharmaceutical and surgical medicine.
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Farm dirt arms kids for allergens

Rachel Feltman
Valley News
Sun, 06 Sep 2015 15:24 UTC
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People who grow up on farms — especially dairy farms — have way fewer allergy and asthma problems than the rest of us. Now one research team thinks they've brought science closer to understanding why.

In a study published Thursday in Science, researchers report that they were able to pinpoint one possible mechanism for the allergy protection in mice they studied. Surprisingly, the protein that they fingered as the likely allergy-preventer doesn't actually affect the immune system — it affects the structural cells that make up the lining of the lung.

The research is related to something called the hygiene hypothesis, where a lack of exposure to microbes as a tyke leads to more allergy and asthma.

Comment: The Hygiene Hypothesis - Can being too clean harm your health?
The immune system learns how to fight illness and disease by being exposed to it; it then builds defenses. When we don't allow our immune systems to have any exposure to these micro-organisms, it doesn't know how to fight them—leaving us vulnerable.

Further supporting the hygiene hypothesis, in a research project entitled the Human Microbiome Project, researchers show that bacteria and microbial bodies are actually much more beneficial than they will ever be detrimental. Not only do bacteria keep people alive and healthful by helping to strengthen the immune system, but they also explain in a broad sense why people are so different when it comes to vaccinations and diseases.


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Too little or too much sleep associated with low-grade inflammation


Science Daily
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 00:00 UTC
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People who sleep fewer than 6 hours or more than 10 hours per night suffer from low-grade inflammation more often than people who sleep 7-8 hours per night. This was observed in a University of Eastern Finland study focusing on the health and lifestyle habits among middle-aged men.

"Earlier studies have found a relation between reduced sleep and low-grade inflammation," says Maria Luojus, MHSc, one of the study researchers.

Furthermore, low-grade inflammation occurs in overweight, depression and diabetes.

The study is the first to analyse the association between sleep duration and serum micronutrient concentrations in a large sample, and it found a link between high serum copper concentration and long sleep duration. Serum micronutrient concentrations are affected by many factors, including an individual's general health and diet.

Comment: Sleep deprivation and health - most of us are the 'walking dead'

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Elderly with low levels of Vitamin D experience accelerated cognitive decline, impaired performance


Science Daily
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 00:00 UTC
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Vitamin D insufficiency among the elderly is highly correlated with accelerated cognitive decline and impaired performance, particularly in domains such as memory loss that are associated with Alzheimer's disease and dementia, researchers with the UC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center and Rutgers University have found. The effect is "substantial," with individuals with low vitamin D declining at a rate three times faster than those with adequate vitamin D levels.

The researchers said their findings amplify the importance of identifying vitamin D insufficiency among the elderly, particularly high-risk groups such as African-Americans and Hispanics, who are less able to absorb the nutrient from its most plentiful source: sunshine. Among those groups and other darker-skinned individuals, low vitamin D should be considered a risk factor for dementia, they said.

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Could tobacco help cure cancer?

Lizze Parry
Daily Mail
Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:55 UTC
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Etoposide is a chemotherapy drug used to treat tumours in the lung, ovaries, testes as well as lymphoma
The tobacco plant could be modified to produce a cancer-fighting drug, scientists believe.

Etoposide is a chemotherapy drug used to treat tumours in the lung, ovaries, testes as well as lymphoma.

There is currently no way to produce etoposide without one of its key ingredients, a compound called podophyllotoxin, which is found naturally in the rare Himalayan mayapple plant.

But now, scientists at Stanford University in California, believe they have managed to genetically engineer nicotiana benthamiana - the tobacco plant - to create a new extract that outperforms one of the key ingredients needed to create etoposide.

Comment: Why does the tobacco plant need to be 'genetically manipulated' to express new genes? In addition why mislead readers with the 'big promise of synthetic biology...to engineer pathways that already occur in nature'? Whenever you read or hear the term synthetic biology, remember that it is a euphemism for extreme 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."
Apart from etoposide, tobacco also contains cembranoids, nicotine and solanesol, which have proved as medicinal in many conditions that cause death and suffering. Just have a look at the following studies:

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Has science just settled the "Low-Fat vs. Low-Carb" debate for weight loss?


Alliance for Natural Health
Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:58 UTC
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The Los Angeles Times says yes, and low-fat won—which will make some big advertisers happy. Unfortunately, the Times made a hash of the actual study.

Here's the headline: "For fat loss, low-fat diets beat low-carb diets handily, new research finds." Unfortunately not a word of this is true. The article, which was published in the science section, should instead be under fiction.

Let's look more closely at the study, which was conducted by the National Institutes of Health. The researchers monitored two groups (one on a low-carb diet, one on a low-fat diet) under close clinical supervision for two weeks. This made it possible to know exactly what they ate. Both groups lost weight—and the low-carb group lost a pound more than the low-fat group.

Comment: More articles about the benefits of a low-carb diet detailed below:

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A Sour Deception: Mass produced Citric Acid comes from GMO black mold

Aaron Dykes
Nutritional Anarchy
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 14:47 UTC
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Just what is your food made of, anyway? Try industrial synthesis, genetically modified mold secretions, hydrochloric acid, mercury-contaminated caustic soda, ferrocyanide... and, of course, lots of GMO corn.

If common ingredients like "citric acid" and "ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)" sound normal and familiar enough that you practically conjure up an image of the flourishing orchard they were grown in - then think again.

Picture instead an industrial factory, carrying out protocols developed in a lab, produced with enough winding nozzles, tanks, valves, pipes and other thinga-ma-jiggers to create a meandering and disorienting Dr. Seuss story. Because, after all, these common - nearly ubiquitous - ingredients don't come from where you might assume (i.e. simply, citrus fruits).
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Chronic Lyme Disease: A silent epidemic the government chooses to ignore

Carolanne Wright
Wake-up World
Sat, 15 Aug 2015 15:42 UTC
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Lyme Disease Symptoms
A silent epidemic is spreading across every continent on the planet, one that is difficult to diagnose and mimics a spectrum of diseases. It's mistaken for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, autism, Crohn's disease, attention deficit disorder (ADD), Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS), colitis, thyroid disease, chronic inflammation, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Food sensitivities, insomnia, depression, anxiety and a host of other psychological disorders may accompany the affliction.

It's taken root as climate changes and damage to the natural world have become more prominent. Considered the most common vector-borne disease in America, it's believed there are upwards of 420,000 new cases each year in the United States. It destroys lives and families, while decimating finances. Treatment can take years.

Comment: Why Can't I Get Better? Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease - Dr. Richard Horowitz

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Sierra Leone health authorities quarantine 700 after new Ebola death


France 24
Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:25 UTC
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Health authorities in Sierra Leone said Tuesday they had quarantined almost 700 people as they battled to contain a new outbreak of Ebola which killed a 16-year-old girl.

The teenager died Sunday in a rural suburb of the city of Makeni, in a northern province that had not recorded a single case of the deadly virus in nearly six months.

"Over 680 people in the village of Robureh are now under a 21-day quarantine," Amadu Thullah, a spokesman for the local Ebola response centre told AFP.

The centre said those locked down included her parents, close relatives and classmates.

"They are classified as high risk although they have not exhibited any signs and symptoms of the disease," added health ministry spokesman Seray Turay.

"The surveillance team of the Ebola response centre have intensified their investigations and is working to nip the issue in the bud."

The girl's death came two weeks after a 67-year-old food trader was killed by the tropical fever in the neighbouring district of Kambia, but the two outbreaks are not linked.

The National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) said 1,524 people were in quarantine across the two districts.
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Truvia: Chemically processed sugar substitute

Haroon Siddique
The Guardian
Wed, 09 Sep 2015 13:42 UTC
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The Truvia sweetener ad containing the phrases ‘natural deliciousness’ and ‘from nature for sweetness’: British Sugar gave assurances it would not repeat the claims.
Food giant British Sugar has withdrawn an advertisement extolling the natural virtues of its sugar substitute after a member of the public complained that it was misleading.

The controversy is the latest to surround Truvia, which was developed by Coca-Cola and Cargill and contains extract from the stevia leaf - although this accounts for less than 1% of the finished product.

Comment: Any 'natural' product Coca-Cola and Cargill promote is highly suspect!

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