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What's wrong with that banana?

William Davis
wheatbellyblog.com
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 15:59 UTC
banana
Once you've eliminated the ugliest, smelliest, rottenest, most foul carbohydrate of all, wheat, why do we restrict other carbohydrates in the diet on the Wheat Belly lifestyle?

Wheat Belly, of course, exposes the disastrous effects of widespread consumption of this genetically-altered grain. Remove all modern wheat from the diet and weight plummets, blood sugar drops, arthritis reverses in many people, chronic sinus infections improve, asthma improves, acid reflux disappears, cramps and diarrhea of irritable bowel syndrome are gone . . . on and on.

So why bother to limit carbohydrates after wheat?

Because the overwhelming likelihood is that, if you live in the U.S., Canada, Australia, or Western Europe, you are diabetic, pre-diabetic, or what I call pre-pre-diabetic. That includes just about everybody. Only rare exceptions fall outside of this group . . . and they are mostly slender, pre-menopausal females who exercise at high levels.

Comment: Want to reverse diabetes? Ditch the ADA guidelines and go low-carb

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Rose

6 hormone balancing powers of red clover

Margie King
Green Med Info
Wed, 12 Apr 2017 01:57 UTC
Menopause can seem like torture. Women at midlife suffer with mood swings, stubborn weight gain, hot flashes, and low energy. At the same time they can develop anxiety, depression, and trouble sleeping. This natural remedy may provide a perfect solution...

red clover
The problem is hormones run amuck.

The ancient Celts had a natural solution - red clover (Trifolium pretense). They considered red clover magical and sacred. It wasn't just superstition.
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Syringe

Infant vaccine schedule endangers the immune system - White paper summarizes over 60 peer-reviewed (PubMed) studies

Cindy Stolten & Rita Hoffman
Fearless Parent
Mon, 10 Apr 2017 23:52 UTC
Vaccine White Paper
Over the past 30 years the vaccine schedule for infants has greatly increased. Babies born in 2017 can receive as many as 36 doses of 14 vaccines by the time they reach 15 months of age starting with the Hepatitis B vaccine at birth.

Untested schedule, knowledge severely lacking

The quantity and combination of vaccines in this schedule have never been tested. The infant vaccine schedule is one size fits all. Babies' immune systems are not tested and family histories of autoimmune or allergic conditions are not considered prior to vaccinating.

This started with the first round of childhood vaccines given in the late 1960s, as reported on page 8 of the Merck MMR II package insert:
Routine administration of DTP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) and/or OPV (oral poliovirus vaccine) concurrently with measles, mumps and rubella vaccines is not recommended because there are limited data relating to the simultaneous administration of these antigens.

The CDC failed to take advantage of significant changes in vaccine formulation to justify testing of the schedule, even though these changes were specifically made due to serious safety concerns:
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USA

America's worst drug crisis ever displayed in maps and charts

German Lopez and Sarah Frostenson
Vox
Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:16 UTC
opioid crisis
© Hiroko Masuike / The New York Times
America is in the middle of its deadliest drug crisis ever.

With all the other news going on, it can be easy to lose track of this fact. But it's true: In 2015, more than 52,000 people died of drug overdoses, nearly two-thirds of which were linked to opioids like Percocet, OxyContin, heroin, and fentanyl. That's more drug overdose deaths than any other period in US history — even more than past heroin epidemics, the crack epidemic, or the recent meth epidemic. And the preliminary data we have from 2016 suggests that the epidemic may have gotten worse since 2015.

This situation did not develop overnight, but it has quickly become one of the biggest public health crises facing America. To understand how and why, I've put together a series of maps and charts that show the key elements of the epidemic — from its start through legal painkillers prescribed in droves by doctors to the recent rise of the highly potent opioid fentanyl.


1) Drug overdoses now kill more people than gun homicides and car crashes combined
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Question

Munchausen syndrome, malingering or psychopathy: Why would someone fake having cancer?

Korin Miller
Yahoo News
Fri, 07 Apr 2017 19:57 UTC
Kelly Schmahl and friends
© Facebook/ Kristen SchellhaasKelly Schmahl and friends
A student at Northern Kentucky University is facing legal trouble after she was accused of lying to her sorority sisters and parents about having stage III stomach cancer.

Fox 19 reports. Authorities are currently investigating where that money went." Kelly Schmahl, 20, received thousands of dollars that was raised in her name when she pretended to be ill between June 2016 and March 2017, Fox 19 reports. Authorities are currently investigating where that money went.

Police say that Schmahl used her cellphone as a forwarding service to receive and answer phone calls and text messages while pretending that a physician was on the other end. She also shaved her head and used a wheelchair.

Schmahl's sorority, Delta Zeta, hosted several fundraisers, including Kelly's Klassic, which was put together to help raise money for her medical bills. "I have never been one to ask for much, especially when it comes to money and material things, but when I was diagnosed last September, financial support from those around me has become pivotal in my battle," she wrote to promote the event.

Police say Schmahl received at least $7,500 to help with her illness.

Comment: Arizona woman who faked cancer for free abortion found guilty of cheating veterans' organization of $25,000

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Syringe

Jacobson v. Massachusetts: Will this outdated vaccine law ever become obsolete?

Catherine J. Frompovich
Activist Post
Mon, 10 Apr 2017 15:09 UTC
vaccine america
Over a century ago (1905), when vaccines were still 'new', one independent 'anti-vaxxer' Pastor Henning Jacobson and his wife resisted mandatory vaccination against smallpox and mumps when made mandatory by Massachusetts. Pastor Jacobson refused vaccinations claiming "he and his son had had bad reactions to earlier vaccinations. Because of his refusal of the vaccination, Jacobson was fined $5 and appealed to the Supreme Court." [1]

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the authority of the states to enforce compulsory vaccinations laws [1] and that case law has been the foundation of forced vaccination laws ever since, I offer.
The Court's decision articulated the view that the freedom of the individual must sometimes be subordinated to the common welfare and is subject to the police power of the state. [1]
That common welfare apparently gave rise to what's become the 'herd immunity' theory, now being reclassified as "community immunity," "population immunity," or "social immunity." However, there seems to be a qualitative and technical difference arising legally insofar as vaccines originally were promoted and mandated against the spread of infectious diseases, e.g., smallpox and mumps in the 1905 case, but numerous vaccines since then have come into the marketplace to prevent non-infectious diseases.
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Attention

Dissolvable stents create arterial thrombosis


Science Daily
Thu, 06 Apr 2017 16:52 UTC
absorb stent
In a New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) editorial published last week, Debabrata Mukherjee, M.D., provides expert commentary on bioresorbable stents, an alternative to the traditional stents used in patients with cardiac conditions. In his editorial, Dr. Mukherjee encourages cardiologists to continue using conventional drug-eluting stents, instead of the newer bioresorbable option.

Conventional stents have had their drawbacks for years. Made of stiff metal, the round, tubular structure is inserted into a narrowed artery to open up the pathway and improve blood flow. The drug-eluting stent is a step above this bare-metal structure; it's a device coated in an anti-tissue growth medication that's slowly released into the bloodstream upon insertion, preventing any recurrence of blockage.

"If you think about it, stents are pieces of metal that are permanently placed into the heart and people were not born with metal in their hearts; it's not normal and it may sometimes cause problems," Dr. Mukherjee explains. "Just by being there, the stent will affect the blood vessel lining."

Blood clots and scar tissue are more likely to form where a stent has been placed. There's also a possibility that the stent will fail and the artery will become blocked again at the same location, an effect known as restenosis.
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Ambulance

Hawaii confirms nine cases of rat lungworm infections; researchers call it 'epidemic'

Brigette Namata
Khon2.com
Tue, 11 Apr 2017 06:00 UTC
rat lungworm
Researchers are calling it an epidemic: a big spike in the number of people infected with rat lungworm disease in Hawaii.

The Department of Health says so far there are nine confirmed cases of the disease. Four are Maui residents, two are visitors who contracted it on Maui, and three live on Hawaii Island.

State officials are also looking into three possible cases on Maui, and one on Hawaii Island.

The Department of Health adds 11 cases were confirmed on Hawaii Island in 2016.

The disease starts out as a parasitic worm that invades the human brain. The worm is carried by rats, then spread through snails or slugs that crawl onto fruits or vegetables.
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Health

The amazing benefits of cold water therapy


Health Tips
Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:52 UTC
shower head
Cold splashes, showers, and baths apparently can be anti-inflammatory, majorly mood boosting, and all-round wonderful. When practiced on a regular basis, immersion in cold water benefits are numerous for your body's immune, digestive circulatory, and lymphatic systems. In fact, it enhances the overall quality of your life.

Conditioning your body and your brain to accept, embrace and endure immersion in cold water may be challenging, but the cold water benefits in both the short- and long-run are really worth it.

By turning the temperature down to freezing cold at the end of your shower you will be able to activate the natural healing powers of your body, to properly support your mental and physiological state of being, and perhaps begin to simply feel happier and healthier.

So, the results can be dramatic even if you begin with a quick, cold shower.

Comment: See also:

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Info

The Primal approach to skin care

Mark Sisson
Mark's Daily Apple
Thu, 09 Mar 2017 16:21 UTC
Primal Blueprint 101
© Primal Blueprint 101
By next year, Americans are expected to spend nearly 11 billion dollars on skin care annually. By some estimates anyway, the biggest share of this market goes to "anti-aging" products. Anti-aging... As I noted in an offhand way a few years back, there's a certain enjoyment in looking good naked (or just looking good), and there's nothing wrong with that. Looking "good" is largely a reflection of optimum inner health—nothing un-Primal about that. Great health is what we're all here for. The "extra" rewards that come with it aren't anything to shake a stick at—or to be sheepish about.

But the health ambition isn't really what's behind the statistics above. At their best, anti-aging products boost the body's natural processes (or at least don't undermine them with toxins). At their worst, these products promise a way to cheat effort as well as time. While taking care of your skin is part of basic hygiene, too often the claims have more in common with a hat trick than genuine wellness. But which is which?
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