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Diet Drinks: Helpful or Harmful to Kick the Sugar Habit?

Dr. Mark Hyman
drhyman.com
Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:15 UTC
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If you saw the recent 60 Minutes segment by Dr. Sanjay Gupta on the dangers of sugar you might be scared off the sweet stuff for good. It causes heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer and it makes super bad, super dense, super dangerous cholesterol particles. The data is pretty strong on this. Scientists even locked kids in a hospital, fed them sugar and measured their blood every 30 minutes. It didn't take long for things to turn bad inside.

But if you are thinking that diet soft drinks or artificial or even natural sweeteners are the answer for getting off sugar, think again. Diet drink consumption has increased 400 percent since 1960. It may or may not cause cancer, but the evidence is mounting that it leads to weight gain rather than weight loss. Those who consume diet drinks regularly have a 200 percent increased risk of weight gain, a 36 percent increased risk of pre-diabetes or metabolic syndrome, and a 67 percent increased risk of diabetes. A study of 400 people found that those who drank two diet sodas a day or more increased their waist size by five times.
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Sherlock

Food Ingredients Most Prone to Fraudulent Economically Motivated Adulteration


Science Daily
Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:41 UTC
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© Elena Schweitzer / FotoliaA variety of foods. Researchers found that the top seven adulterated ingredients were olive oil, milk, honey, saffron, orange juice, coffee, and apple juice.
In new research published in the April Journal of Food Science, analyses of the first known public database compiling reports on food fraud and economically motivated adulteration in food highlight the most fraud-prone ingredients in the food supply; analytical detection methods; and the type of fraud reported. Based on a review of records from scholarly journals, the top seven adulterated ingredients in the database are olive oil, milk, honey, saffron, orange juice, coffee, and apple juice.

The database was created by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), a nonprofit scientific organization that develops standards to help ensure the identity, quality and purity of food ingredients, dietary supplements and pharmaceuticals. USP's food ingredient standards are published in the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) compendium. The new database provides baseline information to assist interested parties in assessing the risks of specific products. It includes a total of 1,305 records for food fraud based on a total of 660 scholarly, media and other publicly available reports. Records are divided by scholarly research (1,054 records) and media reports (251 records). Researchers are Drs. Jeffrey C. Moore (lead author) and Markus Lipp of USP, and Dr. John Spink of Michigan State University.
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Syringe

Experts warn millions of lives are at risk as world's most effective malaria drug loses its potency


Daily Mail
Sat, 07 Apr 2012 10:22 UTC
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Tests revealed that the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum has undergone a genetic change making it resistant to one of the most popular drug treatments
Millions of lives are at risk as one of the best drugs used to treat malaria is losing its potency, say experts.

Resistant strains of the deadliest and most common form of the disease have been confirmed on the border of Thailand and Burma.

Experts now fear if it cannot be defeated thousands more lives could be lost to the disease, as drug-resistant strains of the virus could potentially spread across India and Africa.

Lead researcher, Professor Francois Nosten, director of the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit in Thailand, said: 'This is very worrying indeed and suggests that we are in a race against time to control malaria in these regions before drug resistance worsens and develops and spreads further.

'The effect of that happening could be devastating. Malaria already kills hundreds of thousands of people a year - if our drugs become ineffective, this figure will rise dramatically.'
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Can Low Cholestrol Cause Cancer?

Dr. John Briffa
drbriffa.com
Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:28 UTC
While cholesterol remain possibly the most vilified natural and essential body constituent, and we are encouraged to put constant downward pressure on our cholesterol levels, it should perhaps not be forgotten that low levels of cholesterol are associated with enhanced risk of death. Low cholesterol is associated with an enhanced risk of specific health issues including haemorrhagic stroke (stroke caused by bleeding of rather than blockage in blood vessels) and cancer. This last association has been quite consistently found in studies [1-3].

Recently, the American College of Cardiology held a scientific meeting during which data relating to cholesterol levels and cancer was presented. The research assessed LDL-cholesterol levels and risk of cancer for an average period of almost 19 years prior to a diagnosis of cancer being made. The researchers found that throughout the course of the study (even many years before cancer was detected), lower levels of LDL-cholesterol were associated with enhanced risk of cancer.

Just because low cholesterol and cancer are associated does not mean low cholesterol causes cancer. Some scientists have suggested that the relationship is the other way round and the result of what is known as 'reverse causality' i.e. that chronic conditions such as cancer can cause lowered cholesterol, rather than the other way round. This idea is sometimes referred to as 'Iribarren's hypothesis'.
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Attention

'Pink slime' is also used in cheese, reveals meat industry under fire for using caustic cleaning chemical

Rob Waugh
Daily Mail
Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:11 UTC
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© dailymail.co.ukThe caustic cleaning chemical is also used widely in cheese and similar chemicals are used in baking products.
  • Caustic cleaning chemical is also used to turn milk to cheese
  • Similar chemicals used in chocolate and baked products
  • Kraft admits chemical is used in some of its foods
The controversy over ammonia-treated beef - or what critics dub 'pink slime' - broadened this week as it was revealed that the caustic cleaning chemical is also used in cheese.

Related compounds are also used in baked goods and chocolate.

Ammonia, known for its noxious odor, became a hot topic with the uproar over what the meat industry calls 'finely textured beef' and what a former U.S. government scientist first called 'pink slime'.
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Syringe

Insanity! Babies Sleep Better If They Are Drugged And Vaccinated In The Afternoon

Christina England
Vactruth.com
Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00 UTC
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© Mostly MuppetBabies are given powerful medications to suppress the body's natural response.
Babies are now being drugged with powerful medications to reduce potential pain and fever before being vaccinated with multiple vaccinations. This is said to aid sleep which according to experts maximizes the vaccines response.

Linda Franck and her colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco (1) discovered that by drugging and vaccinating 8 week old babies with multiple vaccinations in the afternoon helps them to sleep better. Linda Franck the leading author of the study which was carried out at the university said:

"Sleep is important after getting shots, because sleep is a sign of a vaccine response, and it's important to maximize that response."

Originally the researchers were not studying vaccinations they were studying whether babies slept better if they were given the medication Tylenol before vaccinations or not at all. Apparently it is standard practice to give babies a dose of the drug acetaminophen brand name Tylenol before vaccinations to reduce any increase in temperature supposedly making them more comfortable.

According to the original report published in the journal of Pediatrics (2) 25 of the 70 babies being studied were given a dose of Tylenol before the vaccinations. However, due to fever or discomfort many of the remaining babies in the study were also given the medication either at the time of vaccination or afterwards.

All of the babies were vaccinated with the following vaccinations pneumococcal, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DPT), Haemophilus influenzae type b, poliovirus and hepatitis B vaccines.

It is hardly surprising that these poor 8 week old babies slept for so long in what is in my opinion an appalling and abusive study. Not only were they vaccinated with no less than 7 doses of vaccines containing all the chemicals, toxins and viruses known to man but they were also drugged during their ordeal. This study is another example how the pharmaceutical companies use innocent children as guinea pigs in sick and perverse medical experiments.

Comment: As the side effects of vaccines increase, it's becoming harder to hide the fact that vaccines are causing the diseases they are professed to prevent, and are actually creating additional diseases.

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Health

Doctors Seek End to 5 Cancer Tests, Treatments

Sharon Begley
Reuters
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00 UTC
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The nation's leading association of cancer physicians urged doctors to stop offering five common tests and treatments for cancer patients, a move that threatens to further inflame concerns about the rationing of medical care.

The recommendations emerged from a two-year effort, similar to a project other medical specialties are undertaking, to identify procedures that are routinely done but do not help patients live longer or better or may even be harmful.

As much as 30 percent of health-care spending goes to procedures, tests and hospital stays that do not improve a patient's health, according to a 2008 analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

"Our goal was to improve care and improve the value of the care we deliver," said Dr. Lowell Schnipper, a cancer physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center who led the task force assembled by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The task force of more than 200 oncologists released the list of five tests and treatments in a report in ASCO's Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Eight other medical specialty groups, from cardiologists to nephrologists to radiologists, are also identifying five tests or treatments from their own fields that are commonly ordered but do not benefit patients. It is part of the national "Choosing Wisely" campaign, organized by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and Consumer Reports magazine.
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Attention

How giving up sugar can take 20 years off your looks

Lucy Elkins
The Daily Mail
Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:49 UTC
The biggest compliment anyone can pay Wendy Powell is to call her a liar. The mother of two absolutely adores it when people refuse to believe she is all of her 40 years.

'Better still is when I bump into people who I haven't seen for a long time,' she says. 'It's not unusual for them to say "wow you look better than you did 20 years ago", which is wonderful.'

And the reason for this sudden turning back of the years? It's not weight loss, expensive cosmetic surgery or the glow of a new and exciting love affair.

Wendy, a personal trainer and mother-of-two from Truro, in Cornwall, puts it all down to cutting sugar from her diet. She swears it has helped rejuvenate her skin more effectively than any so-called miracle cream ever could.
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Bacon

"Demonized" LDL Cholesterol May Protect Us Against Cancer


Alliance for Natural Health
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00 UTC
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LDL cholesterol is demonized, but we've told you the other side of the story. Now a new discovery adds to the growing list of health benefits.

There may be a link between low levels of "bad" low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol - that is, not enough of it - and increased cancer risk, according to new research. Scientists at Tufts University looked at 201 cancer patients and 402 cancer-free patients. They found that cancer patients who never took cholesterol-lowering drugs on average had lower LDL cholesterol levels for an average of about 19 years prior to their cancer diagnosis. In other words, they were "healthier" according to the LDL demonizers in today's medicine.

Previous studies, which looked at patients who did take cholesterol-lowering drugs, also suggested a strong link between low LDL cholesterol levels and higher cancer risk.
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Bad Guys

Organic Food Industry Bought Up by Corporations Like Coca-Cola

Anthony Gucciardi
NaturalSociety
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:39 UTC
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You may be wondering why some supposedly 'healthy' and 'environmentally conscious' companies deceive unknowing consumers into purchasing products with hidden additives and fillers. Perhaps one of the main reasons is that a large number of these pseudo-organic brands are owned by their very unhealthy 'competitors', such as Coca-Cola and General Mills. In fact, some of your favorite "All Natural" and organic companies may be owned by a corporate giant.

Companies like Honest Tea and Odwalla may appeal to health conscious shoppers, but they are actually owned by Coca-Cola - the very same company that is currently fuming over the requirement to change their recipes in order to avoid a cancer warning label. Another popular 'health' brand is Kashi, owned by the Kellogg corporation. It should come as no surprise that Kashi cereals have been found to contain a copious amount of GMOs and pesticides, according to an explosive report from the Cornucopia Institute. Kashi's 'Heart to Heart Blueberry cereal' was found to contain grains coated in the residue of many pesticides such as phosmet, carbaryl, azinphos methyl, malathion, chlorpyrifos methyl, chlorpyrifos. What's more, the company's products were found to oftentimes contain 100% genetically modified ingredients.

This information has been known for quite some time. Here's a really revealing image from Michigan State University that reveals who really owns your favorite company. See if yours is owned by a corporate giant (click for full size):
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