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Cow

Veganism backlash? These women swear by a meat-based diet

Alice Smellie
Daily Mail
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 01:02 UTC
meat-based ladies
A beautiful woman in her 40s sits in a restaurant. It's a late summer evening, and the air is scented with garlic and herbs.

Suddenly, there is a commotion in the kitchen, as staff jostle at the door to peer at her. Surprisingly, it's not for her striking looks, but her food order. A huge steak and nothing else 'for the lady' is surely one of the strangest requests they've had.

But for Jill Gardner, 44, the lady in question - a petite, size 10 one at that - it's something she's grown used to over the past year. She shrugs off raised eyebrows from waiters and amused comments from dining companions over her unorthodox eating habits.

Comment: When mainstream media publications start to at least give some airtime to the benefits of meat-eating, one has to wonder if a backlash against veganism is gaining momentum. Of course, there's always the requisite parade of 'experts' offering their uninformed opinions, parroting "studies" with tenuous correlations. But if someone reading these articles is inspired to do some more research to get to the bottom of a serious health condition, it's worth the smear.

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Evil Rays

Britain's first court case against 5G wireless technology — And the people won


Humans Are Free
Wed, 31 Oct 2018 06:00 UTC
5G protest court case
Mark Steele, a 5G campaigner, has been highlighting the dangers of a secret 5G rollout by Gateshead council where residents are complaining of increased illness and Cancer in the affected area.

There's enough evidence to conclude the new smart 5G arrays on the top of new LED lampposts emit Class 1 Radiation frequencies and should be treated as a danger to the Public.

Gateshead council ignorantly rebutted clear evidence and created false allegations on social media posts and printed leaflets stating that Mark Steele is spreading Pseudo Science and that the arrays are not dangerous or 5G: "Please be assured that there is no scientific basis or credible evidence for any of these scare stories about street lights causing cancer and other illnesses."

Comment: The mega-5G rollout is truly problematic when one starts to look into the health effects. If half of what the alarmists are saying is true, we'll likely see massive increases in disease as a result of 5Gs widespread adoption.

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Pills

Despite opioid epidemic intensifying, FDA approves painkiller 1,000X more powerful than morphine

Sayer Ji
Green Med Info
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:45 UTC
Rx drug overdose

In an extremely irresponsible move,* the FDA just approved a painkiller 1,000 times stronger than morphine, despite the fact that the U.S. is already experiencing a deadly opioid drug crisis that takes over 100 lives a day.

On Friday, Nov. 2nd, U.S regulators approved a fast-acting, extremely potent opioid tablet 10 times more powerful than Fentanyl called Dsuvia, developed as an alternative to IV painkillers. This decision comes with a backdrop of reports of tens of thousands of annual deaths caused by overdoses from pharmaceutical opioid-type painkillers throughout the United States. According to a NY Daily News article, "The drug's manufacturer, AcelRx, said the drug will be marketed with the name Dsuvia and cost between $50 and $60 per dose."

Lawmakers and consumer advocacy groups have expressed deep concern about this decision. For instance, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., released the following statement on Friday: "There was no public health need to approve this formulation of supercharged fentanyl in the face of these questions, opposition from one FDA advisory committee chair, and without the full participation of another advisory committee devoted to drug safety."

On the same day Public Citizen released a statement titled, "FDA Makes Wrong Call; Super-Strong Opioid Medication Will Be Abused and Kill People," which describes how the FDA rigged the committee vote to ensure a positive recommendation.

Comment: As if the public really needs an opioid even more powerful than the already extremely addictive fentanyl. This pretty much proves the FDA has absolutely no care for the American public and only wishes to profit (as if we needed more proof on that front).

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Attention

Canola oil acts like battery acid on your heart - Here are some good alternatives

Meadow Clark
The Organic Prepper
Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC
canola oil
Canola oil is a popular food ingredient used mostly for frying and baking that doesn't belong on anyone's plate or in any snack bags. It's an ingredient not meant for human consumption and shouldn't be in any preppers' pantries! Yet, this cooking oil is touted as a healthy alternative to saturated fats. Sadly, most health food stores are soaked in this oil.

Nope, it's not the new enemy of mainstream, coconut oil!

No-No-No!

We're talking about...

Canola oil.

Canola oil is the darling of the medical community, fast food industry, Big Food and sadly, even health advocates.

Not only is Canola a genetically engineered crop, but it is known to be sprayed with glyphosate - the active ingredient in Monsanto's toxic weedkiller - as a pre-harvest desiccant. That is, a glyphosate formula to dry crops faster for harvest.

But even if the Canola crops weren't sprayed with glyphosate, it would still be far too toxic to eat. Even if it weren't a GE food, you'd want it banished from your diet forever. (By the way, most Canola is genetically engineered.)

Here's why you should banish canola oil forever...

Canola oil is like battery acid to your heart.

There is no such thing as a "Canola" plant or seed, per se. It's actually a variety of rapeseed that was manmade. The name is actually this acronym: Can-O-LA.

It stands for Canada Oil Low (erucic) Acid. Another source says the "ola" part of the name was based on similar oils like Mazola brand ("maize oil").

Comment: Much more on the ubiquitous and highly detrimental Canola oil:

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Cow

The health benefits of organ meats

Dr. Joseph Mercola
Mercola.com
Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:01 UTC
organ skewers
For thousands of years, people across the globe have eaten meat not only as a tasty food but to boost energy and vitality. Especially where plentiful, not only have tender fillets, roasts and juicy steaks been consumed, many have actively opted for organ meats such as liver, heart and kidney. They may not have realized it in earlier epochs, but there's a good chance that their reliance on such "primitive" fare may have provided them with the energy, vitality and overall health to survive.

Some experts contend that the hunter-gatherers of past generations had a "nose to tail" approach to using everything they could from the animals they either hunted or raised for food. In other words, they used not just the muscle meats but the organs and nearly every other portion. Some parts, especially by today's standards, might seem unsavory and unsanitary.

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Flashback Vegetarians are 'less healthy and have a lower quality of life than meat-eaters', scientists say


Independent
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:45 UTC
cabbage skull
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Controversial study suggests non-meat eaters are more at risk of physical and mental illness, despite leading healthier lifestyles

Vegetarians are less healthy than meat-eaters, a controversial study has concluded, despite drinking less, smoking less and being more physically active than their carnivorous counterparts.

A study conducted by the Medical University of Graz in Austria found that the vegetarian diet, as characterised by a low consumption of saturated fat and cholesterol, due to a higher intake of fruits, vegetables and whole-grain products, appeared to carry elevated risks of cancer, allergies and mental health problems such as depression and anxiety.

The study used data from the Austrian Health Interview Survey to examine the dietary habits and lifestyle differences between meat-eaters and vegetarians.

Comment: This study came out 5 years ago, yet it seems people still consider the vegetarian diet to be healthier than diets that include meat.

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Brain

New meta-study suggests testosterone therapy helps relieve depression in men

Rich Haridy
New Atlas
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 01:56 UTC
depression men
© DarioStudio/DepositphotosA meta-study has confirmed testosterone may be helpful in treating depression in men, however experts are calling for more rigorous and specific trials.
A new meta-analysis of 27 existing studies has concluded that testosterone treatment seems to be effective in reducing depressive symptoms in men. While a relationship between testosterone and depression has been hypothesized for many years, experts suggest more specific and rigorous trials are still needed.

Testosterone is an important hormone for both men and women. Some hypothesize that the prominence of testosterone in men is one of the reasons women tend to more frequently suffer from depression, osteoporosis and sleep problems. Any link between testosterone levels and depression still hasn't been confidently verified, and while a small body of evidence seems to be growing suggesting it could be a viable depression treatment, it still isn't recommended as a genuine therapy.

This new meta-study, from a small team of European researchers, gathered together data from 27 separate placebo-controlled trials, with the primary goal of examining whether testosterone helped reduce symptoms of male depression. The conclusions were relatively clear, finding those men who underwent testosterone treatment did display significant reductions in their depressive symptoms relative to the placebo cohorts.

Comment: Despite the fact that many are blaming testosterone for 'toxic masculinity', whatever that means, it is clear that the hormone is vitally important for both men and women. Scientists are still discovering the ins and outs of this hormone, and it may be a little premature to be supplementing it without a clear understanding of its benefits and side-effects, but men making efforts to keep their testosterone levels in the normal range is a good practice.

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Your tax dollars at work: Canadian government invests $150 million in vegan protein development

Lauren Wills
Livekindly
Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:01 UTC
Justin Trudeau
© Wikimedia Commons
The Canadian government is showing its support for vegan protein once again by signing on to a nearly $153 million investment in the Prairie-based Protein Industries Canada Supercluster.

Protein Industries Canada is a nonprofit value chain group of small-to-large institutions involved in food manufacturing, agriculture and food-related services, research and development, and technology; it seeks to make Canada a world leader in the booming plant-based protein market.

The agreement was announced this week by the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development. He said that the $153 million will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the private sector.

Comment: As an investment strategy, this is actually pretty smart, given that more and more people are buying into the vegetarian myth every day. The vegan products industry is certainly a big profit venture. But one can't help but sense an agenda behind this move, wrapped up in the global warming myth, the vegetarian myth and the increasing push of behavior modification through guilting the public into veganism. One can only hope that more people will wake up to the folly of veganism and embrace healthful meat consumption, leaving the Canadian government with little return on their investment.

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Smoking

University of Toronto to implement total smoking ban on campuses

Premilda D'Sa
The Star
Fri, 09 Nov 2018 20:59 UTC
University of Toronto smoking ban
© Nakita Krucker/Toronto Star (file photo)
The University of Toronto is banning smoking on campus starting next year.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, smoking tobacco, cannabis and vaping will not be permitted on its three campuses, the university announced Nov. 9.

"We wanted to extend and update our smoking policy to ensure that we have a healthy campus and part of that was to ensure that we didn't have any smoking on the campus," said Kelly Hannah-Moffat, the university's vice-president of human resources and equity. "The policy that we currently have is decades old."

The ban does not apply to Indigenous ceremonies or medical accommodations.


Comment: Just tell them it's part of your religion to smoke. In fact, this being the University of Toronto, tell them you identify as a smoker and are standing up for your right to be recognized as such...


The university's smoking policy was last updated in 1995.

Comment: It's no coincidence that the mania for banning tobacco smoking was the opening act in the cultural war. First they came for your ciggies to soften you up for totalitarianism; then they implemented the 'war on terror' to repeatedly shock you; then they 'unveiled' their nouveau realité of permanent identity politics war...

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Coffee

New research makes the weak claim that coffee reduces diabetes risk


RT
Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:03 UTC
pouring coffee
© Global Look Press/ Jan Haas
You love coffee but are afraid to indulge because of its supposed health risks? Then the latest research on the effects of coffee will reassure you as it claims coffee helps reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes.

Coffee is actually beneficial to your health in its ability to slash the risk of developing what is now deemed the world's most common long-term health condition, according to a report by the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC).

In what will come as incredible news to those who worship the world's most common psychoactive drink, you don't need to stick to just one cup a day. In order for caffeine to effectively reduce your risk of developing diabetes by 25 percent, you must drink between three and four, the study claims. It doesn't discriminate between men and women. And even if you prefer decaf you're still ok.

Comment: We should be used to this by now: Goofy "study" comes out using epidemiological (questionnaires asking people to remember how often they consume a product) data that researchers use to make a weak association (not causal) to whatever health outcome they choose. The media laps it up and the public gets bombarded with headlines for a few days but no real clarity is gained on the subject. Rinse and repeat.

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