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Gluten-free common sense: 'Gluten-free' products in stores does NOT mean that they're free of gluten

Dr. Osborne
Gluten Free Society
Thu, 04 Jul 2013 00:00 UTC
I was recently featured on Fox News to discuss gluten free foods and the gluten free aisle in the grocery store. The interview included one of the most common questions I get asked - What is safe to eat on the gluten free aisle in the grocery store? Please take a minute to listen to the discussion below.

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Psychiatrist admitted on his death bed that ADHD was a fictitious disease


Intellihub
Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00 UTC
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On his death bed, this psychiatrist and autism pioneer admitted that ADHD is essentially a "fictitious disease," which means that millions of young children today are being needlessly prescribed severe mind-altering drugs that will set them up for a life of drug addiction and failure

If you or someone you know has a child that has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), chances are the child is actually just fine. At least this is what the "father" of ADHD, Leon Eisenberg, would presumably say if he were still alive.

As explained by The Sons of Liberty host Bradlee Dean, who also writes for The D.C. Clothesline, ADHD was merely a theory developed by Eisenberg. It was never actually proven to exist as a verifiable disease, despite the fact that Eisenberg and many others profited handsomely from its widespread diagnosis. And modern psychiatry continues to profit as well, helping also to fill the coffers of the pharmaceutical industry by getting children addicted early to dangerous psychostimulant drugs like Ritalin (methylphenidate) and Adderall (amphetamine, dextroamphetamine mixed salts).

Comment: Many children are wrongly being labelled hyperactive and given controversial drugs to stop anxious parents thinking they are to blame for unruly behaviour. Unfortunately there are serious consequences to drugging children with dangerous pharmaceuticals:
New Research Fuels Skepticism (and Questions) About ADHD Diagnoses
Ritalin Linked With Sudden Death of Children
Children 'wrongly given' Ritalin

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Cancer in a can: Pringles are mostly a mix of toxic ingredients

Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00 UTC
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To understand the nature of Pringles and other stackable chips, forget the notion that they come from actual potatoes in any recognizable way.

The Pringles Company (in an effort to avoid taxes levied against "luxury foods" like chips in the UK) once even argued that the potato content of their chips was so low that they are technically not even potato chips.

So if they're not made of potatoes, what are they exactly?

The process begins with a slurry of rice, wheat, corn, and potato flakes that are pressed into shape.

This dough-like substance is then rolled out into an ultra-thin sheet cut into chip-cookies by a machine.

According to io9:
"The chips move forward on a conveyor belt until they're pressed onto molds, which give them the curve that makes them fit into one another.

Those molds move through boiling oil ... Then they're blown dry, sprayed with powdered flavors, and at last, flipped onto a slower-moving conveyor belt in a way that allows them to stack.

From then on, it's into the cans ... and off towards the innocent mouths of the consumers."
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Strange condition causes 'frostbite' at 50 degrees

Rachael Rettner
LiveScience
Wed, 03 Jul 2013 16:00 UTC
Frostbite?
© The New England Journal of Medicine ©2013A woman's autoimmune disease caused her to develop skin lesions (shown above) that look like frostbite.
A woman in Germany developed what looked like frostbite on her nose, ears and legs, even though she had not been exposed to extremely cold temperatures, according to a new report of her case.

Her skin developed black regions, made up of damaged skin tissue, which appeared over several days.

The heating system in her house had failed for a few days, and outside temperatures dropped to 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius), the report said.

Doctors diagnosed the woman with a type of autoimmune disease that is triggered by cold temperatures.

The woman had high levels of antibodies called "cold agglutinins" in her body. Most people have low levels of cold agglutinins, which help the body respond to infection.
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People power! Anti-smoking police hired by Scottish hospitals ignored by smokers

Lindsey Archibald
Daily Record, UK
Tue, 02 Jul 2013 06:11 UTC
All three wardens walked away from the job at Gartnavel Hospital in Glasgow in just one week after being intimidated and verbally abused by smokers outside the building.

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Three wardens hired to stop people smoking outside hospitals have quit in disgust over the levels of verbal abuse.

All three walked away just days after starting the £12,000-a-year job, blaming intimidation from smokers.

The wardens were hired as part of an NHS drive to stop people flouting no smoking rules outside hospitals.

It was hoped they would encourage people to stop lighting up as doctors have warned the fog of smoke at hospital
doors could harm the health of visitors and patients.

The three wardens began work last week at Gartnavel Hospital in Glasgow, which is also home to the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre.

But they quit within days, citing unbearable intimidation and verbal abuse from people they caught smoking in the grounds. NHS Glasgow and Clyde rolled out the scheme at 11 hospitals, employing 17 full-time wardens.

The scheme has seen them rebrand hospital entrances with red warning signs and giant no smoking zones.

Comment: "Smoke from cigarettes can get into the hospital and harm patients."

Insanity!

Smoking is healthier than fascism. No wonder these anti-smoking police were run out of town!

Fewer and fewer people smoke, and fewer and fewer people are exposed to tobacco smoke, yet the hospitals continue to fill up with more and more sick people... coincidence?

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Long-term cannabis use may blunt the brain's motivation system

Sam Wong
Imperial College
Mon, 01 Jul 2013 14:28 UTC
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Long-term cannabis users tend to produce less dopamine, a chemical in the brain linked to motivation, a study has found.

Researchers found that dopamine levels in a part of the brain called the striatum were lower in people who smoke more cannabis and those who began taking the drug at a younger age.

They suggest this finding could explain why some cannabis users appear to lack motivation to work or pursue their normal interests.

The study, by scientists at Imperial College London, UCL and King's College London, was funded by the Medical Research Council and published in the journal Biological Psychiatry.
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Painkiller overdose deaths increase 400% in women

Rachael Rettner
LiveScience
Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:47 UTC
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The percentage of U.S. women overdosing on prescription painkillers has increased sharply in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Between 1999 and 2010, the proportion of deaths from painkiller overdose increased 400 percent among women, while rising 265 percent among men.

"Prescription painkiller deaths have skyrocketed in women," Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, said at a news conference today (July 2). "Mothers, wives, sisters and daughters are dying of overdoses at rates we have never seen before," Frieden said.

While men remain more likely to die of a prescription painkiller overdose, deaths among women have increased at a higher rate, and are catching up to those of men, Frieden said.

In 2010, more than 6,600 women died from prescription painkiller overdose, which is four times the number of women who died from cocaine and heroin overdoses combined, the CDC says. Most of these deaths are accidental. The death rate was highest among women ages 45 to 54.

There were also more than 200,000 emergency department visits for opioid abuse among women in that year.
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Harvard and USC scientists show how DHA resolves inflammation

Cody Mooneyhan
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Mon, 01 Jul 2013 14:03 UTC
New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that fish oil DHA is used to create Maresins, which cause macrophages to 'turn off' inflammation.

Chronic inflammation is a major factor in a wide range of problems from arthritis to cardiovascular disease, and DHA (found in fish oil) is known to temper this problem. A new research report appearing in the July 2013 issue of The FASEB Journal, helps explain why DHA is important in reducing inflammation, and provides an important lead to finding new drugs that will help bring people back to optimal health. Specifically, researchers found that macrophages (a type of white blood cell) use DHA to produce "maresins," which serve as the "switch" that turns inflammation off and switches on resolution.

"We hope that the results from this study will enable investigators to test the relevance of the maresin pathway in human disease," said Charles N. Serhan, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass. "Moreover, we hope to better understand resolution biology and its potential pharmacology so that we can enhance our ability to control unwanted inflammation and improve the quality of life."
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McDonald's transparency campaign revealed 17 ingredients in their French fries


Prevent Disease
Mon, 01 Jul 2013 21:23 UTC
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The transparency campaign initiated by McDonald's last year was intended at marketing a more health conscious image of McDonald's Corp. - and at using social media more effectively, but instead of talking about their love for the brand, the hashtag became a forum for people to talk about how disgusting they believe the food is. The ingredients in their french fries went viral. Instead of the basic two ingredients-potatoes and oil, consumers found out McDonald's french fries contain 17 ingredients.

The campaign isn't brand new. Launched by McDonalds last June using a YouTube video to answer a consumer's question about why their food looks so drastically different in commercials than in the restaurant, the "Our Food, Your Questions" premise opened McDonalds' kitchen doors, lending the brand to a supposed more honest and transparent feel.

By prompting consumers to ask their questions on Facebook or Twitter, McDonalds hoped to build trust and credibility in a marketplace where bad press has followed them in the form of viral videos and unappetizing images.

McDonald's eventually began disclosing the secret behind how the fast food chain's fries are made. They produced a video answering a series of questions about McDonald's fries: where the potatoes come from, how they are processed, what kind of oil they're fried in, and why there is so much salt on them.
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Ketogenic diet, calorie restriction and hyperbaric treatment offer hope for non-toxic cancer treatment and alleviation of multiple health issues

Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
Sun, 30 Jun 2013 00:00 UTC
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Cancer is now so common it affects about one of two of us and most will face it at some point in their lives, either personally or through a friend or relative. Compelling research indicates that the answer to our burgeoning cancer epidemic could be far closer than previously imagined, in the form of a ketogenic diet.

Personally, I believe this is an absolutely crucial facet of cancer prevention and treatment, for whatever type of cancer you're trying to address, and hopefully, some day it will be adopted as a first line of treatment by mainstream medicine.

A ketogenic diet calls for eliminating all but non-starchy vegetable carbohydrates, and replacing them with high amounts of healthy fats and low to moderate amounts of high-quality protein.

The premise is that since cancer cells need glucose to thrive, and carbohydrates turn into glucose in your body, then lowering the glucose level in your blood through carb and protein restriction literally starves the cancer cells to death. Additionally, low protein intake tends to minimize the mTOR pathway that accelerates cell proliferation and lowers the amount of one particular amino acid, glutamine, which is also known to drive certain cancers.

This type of diet is what I recommend for everyone, whether you have cancer or not, because it will help you convert from carb burning mode to fat burning, which will help you optimize your weight and prevent virtually all chronic degenerative disease.

Comment: For more information read:
Solve Your Health Issues with a Ketogenic Diet
Is the Ketogenic Diet the cure for multiple diseases?
Eat Less, Live Longer? Gene Links Calorie Restriction To Longevity

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