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Forgotten knowledge: Ancient cultures were fully aware of ten different senses of the human body and used them accordingly


Ancient Code
Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:00 UTC
Forgotten human senses
Our ancestors were fully aware of the different senses of the human body and used them accordingly. Modern society appears to have forgotten it, as we hold on to the belief we only have five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing.
Our ancestors were fully aware of the different senses of the human body and used them accordingly. Modern society appears to have forgotten it, as we hold on to the belief we only have five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing.

Far from what is popularly believed, the human senses are more than just five. In addition to sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, our body has many other senses that have been cast in the shadows as mainstream society evolves.

In this article, we bring you ten extra senses that you probably did not know about.

These ten senses were widely used and recognized by ancient cultures around the globe, but have become depopularized throughout the years as modern society becomes 'colder,' and hence senseless due to numerous different reasons. We have forgotten the immense capabilities of our body, and have become less connected to our surroundings, mostly because many of us have become distant from our environment, distant from our senses.
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The relationship between the modern western diet & Alzheimer's disease

Amy Berger
Alternet
Sun, 03 Sep 2017 21:54 UTC
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Alzheimer's may ultimately be the result of metabolic disturbances similar to those seen in type 2 diabetes.

The following excerpt is adapted from Amy Berger's new book The Alzheimer's Antidote: Using a Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet to Fight Alzheimer's Disease, Memory Loss, and Cognitive Decline (2017, Chelsea Green Publishing).

Alzheimer's disease is frightening. It instills fear because other than generally striking older individuals, there seems to be little rhyme or reason to it. Families face economic strain due to the expenses of assisted living, long-term care, or abandoning careers to provide fulltime caregiving for affected loved ones, but these financial burdens pale in comparison to the emotional, psychological, and physical tolls Alzheimer's exacts from afflicted individuals and their caregivers. There are currently no effective treatment strategies for this most dreaded condition. Every pharmaceutical drug developed to date for it has failed to have an appreciable impact on disease progression. It's time to stop waiting for a silver bullet discovery or "magic pill" in the fight against this formidable disease. It's time for a new approach.

Comment: Sugar harms your brain health and drives the Alzheimer's epidemic

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Depression is a physical illness? More doctors and scientists agree on the link between inflammation & depression

Alex Pietrowski
Waking Times
Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:26 UTC
depression
For those looking for a way out of depression, recent research offers a totally different approach than is what is being offered by most doctors and psychiatrists. It centers around the findings in a host of new research which suggests that many cases of depression may be physical in nature, rather than rooted in a chemical imbalance or psychological disturbance.

Some 13 million Americans suffer from some form of depression, and some 350 million people worldwide are thought to have it. Typically, medical treatment centers around the restoration of certain chemicals in the brain which are believed to be required for happiness, even though it has already been acknowledged that this link has not been clearly identified.

Comment: Depression: Physical or mental?

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Despite toxicity Chlorpyrifos is still in use

Rosanna Keyes
Honey Colony
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 21:35 UTC
insecticides
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) March decision not to ban the organophosphate insecticide Chlorpyrifos (despite conclusive findings within its own department that it poses serious risks to children, adults, and the environment) was a blow to environmental groups and the general public, though not really all that surprising, given the current administration's penchant for slashing important Obama-era regulations. In his announcement regarding the decision, Scott Pruitt, the current EPA director, cited the need to use "sound science" when making determinations on whether to ban chemicals such as Chlorpyrifos, as if the numerous studies done by both the EPA and independent research institutions that prove the toxicity of the insecticide are somehow untrustworthy.

Comment: Multiple independent studies have documented that exposure to chlorpyrifos impairs children's IQs, and EPA scientists' assessments of those studies concluded that levels of the pesticide found on food and in drinking water are unsafe. Read more about the 'small but measurable effects' of chlorpyrifos pesticides:

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Is 50 the new 60? UK's public health service warns one in 10 men has a heart a decade older than their actual age

Sarah Knapton
The Telegraph
Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:01 UTC
cardiovascular disease
Public Health England is urging people to take the test and change their lifestyle accordingly
Fifty is the new sixty for ten per cent of middle aged men whose poor lifestyle has left them with a heart that is a decade older than their actual age, Public Health England has warned.

In 2015 the NHS launched its Heart Age Test to help people discover if they were at risk of heart attack and stroke.

New analysis of the results from 1.2 million middle aged men who took the test showed that one in 10 50-year-olds has the heart of a 60-year-old man, suggesting they could die a decade earlier than they should.

The problem is worse for men than women. Of those found to have hearts which were 10 years older than their actual age, only 36 per cent were women. The majority, 64 per cent, were men.

Every month, 7,400 people die from heart disease or stroke. A quarter of deaths are of people under 75 but most of those could be prevented by lowering cholesterol and blood pressure, and living a healthier lifestyle.

Comment: Decades of bad advice from the medical establishment which has touted low-fat, high carb diets and replacement of healthy saturated fats with dangerous vegetable oils is the primary reason for the current rates of heart disease:

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Leading world health expert claims UK has worst life expectancy rate in Europe


RT
Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:32 UTC
Old man
© Luke MacGregor / Reuters
The UK is poised to become the EU's "sick men and people" as its life expectancy has stalled, a leading world health expert has claimed.

Women in the UK are expected to live until the age of 83, making them the group in the EU with the slowest growth in life expectancy, lagging behind countries such as Spain and France by three years.

British men languished just above the EU average of 79, though seven EU countries expected men to live until the age of 80.

Sir Michael Marmot, director of the Institute of Health Equity at University College London (UCL), called on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to open an inquiry into why life expectancy rates in Britain are not at the same level of other countries across Europe, saying" austerity is an obvious candidate."
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New study shows that 'magic mushrooms' or psilocybin greatly relieves anxiety and depression in cancer patients

Amelia Kinney
True Activist
Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:00 UTC
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© WikiCommonsResearchers assist a patient in dosing with psilocybin.
Just one dose of psilocybin helped 80% of participants.

Up to 40% of cancer patients suffer from chronic mood disorders caused by their condition. Two important recent studies showed that the mushroom strain psilocybin helped relieve depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer.

Comment: See also:

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Oncologists don't like baking soda cancer treatment because it's too effective and is easy on the pocketbook

Erin Elizabeth
Health Nut News
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:00 UTC
Baking soda
Have you heard about using baking soda as a treatment for cancer? Read on...

There are doctors, AND patients, who have first-hand knowledge that even the most aggressive cancers- even those which have metastasized- can be reversed by using the baking soda cancer treatment. While chemotherapy is toxic to all cells, it represents the only measure that oncologists employ (because doctors and pharmaceutical companies make money from it- not because it's effective, decreases morbidity, mortality or diminishes any specific cancer rates) in their practice to almost all cancer patients. But sadly, chemotherapy boosts cancer growth and long-term mortality rates and oncologists know it.

Comment: For more information on the many benefits of baking soda:
The Health & Wellness Show: Treatment Essentials with Dr. Mark Sircus
The many uses and benefits of baking soda

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The Detox Project: A short history of glyphosate


Sustainable Pulse
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 20:38 UTC
glyphosate
The Detox Project and Sustainable Pulse has created and published the first 'Short History of Glyphosate', which identifies some important dates during the scandalous history of the World's most used herbicide.

1961: Glyphosate was patented in the U.S. as a Descaling and Chelating Agent by the Stauffer Chemical Co.

Due to its strong metal chelating properties, glyphosate was initially used as a descaling agent to clean out calcium and other mineral deposits in pipes and boilers of residential and commercial hot water systems.

Descaling agents are effective metal binders, which grab on to Calcium, Magnesium and heavy metals to make the metal water soluble and easily removable.

Comment: Read more about Professor Seralini and Monsanto's ongoing tactics to downplay the documented safety concerns of glyphosate:

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Case study in how the health risks of GMOs have been systematically misrepresented

Steven Druker
Independent Science News
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:11 UTC
GMO false statements
For more than twenty years, many eminent scientists and scientific institutions have routinely claimed that genetically modified foods are safe. And because of the perceived authority of their pronouncements, most government officials and members of the media have believed them. But when the arguments these scientists employ to support their claims are subjected to scrutiny, it becomes clear that important facts have invariably been misrepresented - either deliberately or through substantial negligence. And when these facts are fairly considered, the arguments collapse (1).

Comment: Distorting the facts to defend GMOs

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