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A balanced diet including meat can help alleviate depression in vegetarians


CBS Philly
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 20:29 UTC
depression, pessimism
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Vegetarians are almost twice as likely to suffer from depression as those who consume a conventional balanced diet, according to a new study.

The new Bristol University study of almost 10,000 from southwestern England found that vegetarians were more likely to develop depression due to vitamin and mineral deficiencies that can negatively impact their mental health.

The 350 committed vegetarians who participated in the study had a higher average depression score when compared to the meat-eaters, according to the study, which was published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

The vegetarians' diet tended to feature lower vitamin B12 consumption, as well as greater intake of nuts that contain omega-6 fatty acids, which have been linked with an increased risk of mental health problems.

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Question

Is the Hepatitis B vaccine safe for your newborn?

Kelly Brogan, MD
kellybroganmd.com
Wed, 25 Dec 2013 18:40 UTC
vaccines
The day has come and your little bundle is here. The wonder of it is overwhelming: this human grew out of two cells, inside you, and despite those last couple of days feeling like a year each, all of this happened in 9 months, without your doing much but standing by. If you are in a hospital, your baby is likely to be snatched away from you upon entry into the world, and subjected to all manner of empirical interventions aimed at damage control for all of his weaknesses and lurking dysfunctions - antibiotics in his eyes, vitamin K in his blood, a good scrubbing with some 1, 4-dioxane and formaldehyde-containing baby wash, and, since 1991, the Hepatitis B vaccine.
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SOTT Focus: The Health & Wellness Show: All About Acupuncture with Elizabeth Ross


Sott.net
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:00 UTC
acupuncture
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Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years around the world with more than 3 million Americans receiving it each year. While much of acupuncture's effectiveness remains a mystery to mainstream science, stimulating the bioenergetic pathways of the body has been proven to reduce inflammation, improve the flow of energy, relieve pain, reduce high blood pressure and alleviate the symptoms of chronic and serious disease.

Join us for this episode of the Health and Wellness Show where we were joined by Elizabeth Ross, a Registered Acupuncturist and a Nationally Certified Diplomate of Acupuncture. She received her Masters in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MSOM) from the World Medicine Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii where she studied Taoist and Traditional Chinese styles of acupuncture, as well as Qi Gong and Chinese Herbal medicine. (https://www.facebook.com/pg/lizrosslac/).

Running Time: 01:37:31

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Microscope 1

Stem cells being used for the first time to treat diabetes

Andy Coghlan
New Scientist
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 21:54 UTC
stem cells
Two people with type 1 diabetes have received stem cell-derived implants to treat their condition for the first time.

About 10 per cent of the 422 million people with diabetes worldwide have type 1. This is caused by the immune system destroying the islet cells in the pancreas that make insulin. For more than 15 years, researchers have been trying to find a way to replace these using stem cells.

Now Viacyte, a company in San Diego, California, is about to find out if it has succeeded. The firm's credit card-sized implant contains progenitor cells derived from stem cells. Once inside the body, they mature into islet cells. The implant sits just below the skin, in the forearm, for example, and is intended to compensate for the lost islet cells, releasing insulin when blood sugar levels get too high.
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Brick Wall

Research evidence: One of EPA's most successful clean air rules based on fabricated data

Michael Bastasch
The Daily Caller
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 09:06 UTC
experts lineup
© AFP/Getty ImagesClimate change experts: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, US President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the world climate change conference.
One of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) longest and most successful air pollution standards is based on a taxpayer-funded study plagued by "data fabrication and falsification," according to a veteran toxicologist.

Toxicologist Albert Donnay says he's found evidence a 1989 study commissioned by EPA on the health effects of carbon monoxide, which, if true, could call into question 25 years of regulations and billions of dollars on catalytic converters for automobiles.

"They claimed to find an effect when there wasn't one," Donnay told The Daily Caller News Foundation (TheDCNF). "They even fabricated the methods they used to get their results. They were spinning this to give EPA what they wanted and commissioned," Donnay said. "They reported results that could not have come from human beings."

Comment: Mr. Donnay is experiencing 'kill the message'. If that doesn't work, we can guess stage two. One mustn't rewrite profitable and manipulative history with truths.

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Life Preserver

Landmark discovery for pregnant women: Vitamin B3 supplement could prevent miscarriages and congenital birth defects

Peter Dockrill
Science Alert
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:39 UTC
Vitamin b3 prevent miscarriages birth defects
Researchers have identified a deficiency in a developmental molecule called NAD that can keep a baby's organs from forming properly in the womb – but the shortfall could be addressed by pregnant women taking vitamin B3, which may prevent a range of birth defects.
A simple vitamin supplement could have the potential to prevent miscarriages and birth defects, according to a 12-year study by scientists in Australia.

Researchers have identified a deficiency in a developmental molecule called NAD that can keep a baby's organs from forming properly in the womb - but the shortfall could be addressed by pregnant women taking vitamin B3, which may prevent a range of birth defects.

It's the first time that NAD (aka nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) has been linked to congenital abnormalities, identifying a previously unknown cause of birth defects - along with the supplement that might treat the problem.

"The ramifications are likely to be huge," says developmental geneticist Sally Dunwoodie from the Victor Chang Institute.

"This has the potential to significantly reduce the number of miscarriages and birth defects around the world, and I do not use those words lightly."

Comment: More about the beneficial effects of niacin:

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Smoking

Curious: Nonsmoker lung cancer sees an uptick in United Kingdom

Dave Pearson
Health Imaging
Tue, 08 Aug 2017 00:00 UTC
lung cancer
The annual frequency of never-smokers developing lung cancer in Britain has more than doubled over the last seven years, from 13 percent to 28 percent, according to a study set to run in the October edition of the European Journal of Cancer.

The researchers note that most of these cancers turned up in patients presenting with non-specific symptoms and were detected on incidental imaging, "a modality that is likely to play an increasingly important role for early detection in this cohort that does not have any observable clinical risk factors."

Maria Elena Cufari, MBBS, and colleagues at London-based Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, the largest-volume provider of lung-cancer surgery in the U.K., retrospectively analyzed data from a prospectively collected database of 2,170 patients who underwent surgery there between March 2008 and November 2014.

Comment: Bit by bit, the old 'smoking causes lung cancer' programming meme is being deconstructed and corrected for all who are open to new information:

See: A comprehensive review of the many health benefits of smoking Tobacco

as well as:

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Arrow Down

Unwitting GMO guinea pigs: AquaBounty GMO salmon now in Canadian stores


RT
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 09:16 UTC
GMO Salmon
GMO Salmon
Food safety activists and environmentalists are concerned over the potential risks from a new US brand of genetically-modified salmon, which has just hit Canadian shelves. Some believe Canadians are being used as guinea pigs for potentially harmful technology.

After trying for two decades, AquaBounty Technologies' GM salmon was finally approved for sale in Canada in 2016, which led to the most recent developments.

The company's GM salmon can grow twice as large as conventionally-farmed Atlantic salmon, according to the Guardian. The accelerated growth means the fish will reach adult size in 18 months rather than the typical 30 months. This process is established by modifying the firm's Atlantic salmon with a growth hormone gene taken from Chinook salmon. The company also claims that their salmon consume 20 to 25 percent less food per gram of new flesh.

Comment: Is genetically engineered salmon safe?

There are massively disturbing ethical, environmental, and health concerns that make the introduction of Frankenfish highly controversial. AquaBounty insists that their creation poses no threat to wild salmon populations. But research found that a release of just sixty GE salmon into a wild population of 60,000 would lead to the extinction of the wild population in less than 40 fish generations. Every year, millions of farmed fish escape from fish farms into the wild. As to sterile fish, at present, there is no guaranteed method to produce 100% sterility.

And as for safety, the FDA concluded the fish is as safe as that of other farmed salmon. However, compared to wild salmon, studies have found farmed salmon to have significantly higher concentrations of contaminants, including PCBs, dioxins, dieldrin, and toxaphene. In addition, the genetic makeup of the fish is a new creation, and there have been no long-term studies conducted on humans actually consuming genetically engineered salmon.

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Biohazard

The 'Poison Papers': New documents expose the extent of EPA collusion with Monsanto and others

Kalee Brown
Collective Evolution
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:00 UTC
EPA and Monsanto
The collusion between the EPA and the companies they are supposed to regulate goes back for decades
The Environmental Protection Agency's mission statement reads: "to protect human health and the environment." Ironically, while the EPA has done some strong work in the past, the agency has also helped corporations destroy the environment and threaten human health through pesticide usage and adding neurotoxins to our drinking water. These are only two of many examples of the EPA doing an inadequate job of protecting human health and the environment.

The EPA is known to hold strong ties to oil, gas, and chemical corporations, enforcing extremely lenient regulations that allow these companies to profit at the expense of our health and the environment. The Bioscience Resource Project and The Center for Media and Democracy recently teamed up to expose some of this corruption by publishing the Poison Papers, which contains thousands upon thousands of EPA, government, and chemical company documents.

Comment: To understand the extent of this collusion and how the average person suffers because of it, read through some of the links to the documents in the article. It's criminal behaviour!

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Brain

Infant gut microbiome may play role in cognitive development

Christopher Bergland
Psychology Today
Tue, 18 Jul 2017 02:35 UTC
brain gut connection
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Your gut is home to an ecological community that harbors over 100 trillion microorganisms. Both "good" and potentially harmful microbes begin residing within human intestines shortly after birth to create the gut microbiome, which consists of different strains of intestinal microbiota. In the past month, two new human studies on the "gut-brain axis" are helping us better understand the link between specific microbiome colonies, brain structure, and emotional-cognitive function in both infants and adults.

In recent years, countless animal studies have provided compelling evidence that microorganisms in the gut play a role in neurodevelopment. More specifically, altering intestinal microbiota in rodents has been found to impact their cognitive, communicative, and exploratory behaviors. However, until recently, very few human studies have been conducted on the relationship between different types of gut microbiome colonization and brain development.
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