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Subway threatens Canadian Broadcasting Company over 'soy chicken' report


RT
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:15 UTC
subway sandwiches, soy chicken
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The restaurant chain Subway is threatening the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) with a suit seeking $210 million in damages over the "factually incorrect" report that Subway's chicken was loaded with soy filler.

"Despite our efforts to share the facts with the CBC about the high quality of our chicken and to express our strong objections to their inaccurate claims, they have not issued a retraction, as we requested," Subway said, according to the Toronto Star. "Serving high-quality food to our customers is our top priority, and we are committed to seeing that this factually incorrect report is corrected."

CBC's marketplace, a consumer watchdog program, aired a segment on February 24 called "The Chicken Challenge" and found Subway's oven-roasted chicken contains a mere 53.6 percent chicken, and its chicken strips contain about 42.8 percent, according to DNA tests.


Comment: DNA test results show Subway's oven-roasted chicken only 50% actual chicken


Rival fast-food sandwiches contained far more poultry, CBC reported, citing tests conducted by Trent University in Ontario. Wendy's grilled chicken sandwich scored 88.5 percent, and Tim Horton's chipotle grilled chicken wrap had 86.5 percent, according to the tests. Chicken bought in a grocery store is generally 100 percent actual poultry, according to the report.

Comment: It's entirely possible that both lab tests are accurate. There could have easily been a lot of chicken which got too much filler and that was the one tested, or the chicken provided to Subway's labs was knowingly of a higher quality than that you get in their stores. A lot of possible explanations, but at the end of the day our readers should know that fast-food is never a good choice for your health.

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SOTT Focus: The Health & Wellness Show: Real Time and Fake Time


Sott.net
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:00 UTC
Daylight savings time
Daylight Saving Time gained worldwide acceptance -- or was forced onto people, depending on your view of things -- around WWII. It was initially proposed as an energy saving measure and a way to boost the economy. Turns out it did neither and it ended up causing some serious health repercussions to the citizens of nations that engaged in this idiotic practice. Accidents, heart attacks and increased rates of depression and suicide along with sleep disturbances and general confusion all follow 'springing forward and falling back'.

On this episode of the Health and Wellness Show we'll explore the topic of Daylight Saving Time and how it effects the human body.

Running Time: 00:40:36

Download: MP3

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Brain

Watching porn negatively effects the brain


Sputnik
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 14:32 UTC
explicit material porn
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Today, with pornography only ever a few clicks away, a multitude of attitudes to sex imagery abound. Regardless of what porn aficionados have to say, Swedish researchers maintain that excessive porn consumption affects the brain.

Like every other gratifying experience, watching sexual images releases high levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is often referred to as the "happiness drug" and is a key ingredient in the brain's reward system. It is known to create vivid memories and spur a strong desire to relive the same stimulation again.

Neuroscientist Predrag Petrovic, an associate professor of psychiatry at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, has long studied the brain's reward system and maintains that high consumption of pornography affects the brain in a similar way to other habits.

"This is the very purpose of the reward system. So it is no surprise if some images get stuck, especially when it concerns such strong instincts as sex and reproduction. Pornography is also widespread to such an extent today, that it may no longer be regarded as a 'natural' stimulus," Predrag Petrovic said, as quoted by the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter.

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Pills

Rare moment of sanity at FDA as advisory panel concludes new opioid painkiller carries too high a risk for abuse


RT
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 14:11 UTC
Opana ER opioid FDA evaluation
© Amir Cohen / Reuters In an 18-8 vote, the joint panel concluded the benefits of Opana ER did not outweigh the risks. Among people who reported abusing Opana, the percentage who injected it roughly doubled after the reformulation, from 17 percent to 38 percent.
Opana ER, an opioid painkiller redesigned in 2012, still carries too high a risk of abuse despite its potential health benefits, said a joint Food and Drug Administration advisory panel. Despite its reformulation, drug users began using it intravenously.

The 27 voting members from the Drug Safety and Risk Management (DSaRM) and Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products (AADP) advisory committees had to evaluate Opana ER's safety compared to other products, its risk-benefit profile, and possible consequences to patients if the FDA imposed regulatory action on the drug.

In an 18-8 vote, the joint panel concluded the benefits of Opana ER did not outweigh the risks. One member abstained from voting.

"It seems clear that the abuse-deterrent characteristics of the produce have resulted in unintended consequences," said Jane Acri, chief of medications discovery and toxicology branch at the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), according to NPR. The drug was one of several opioids available for the treatment of chronic pain, so there were alternatives, Acri said.

Comment: How the US government's collusion with Big Pharma is driving the opioid epidemic

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Attention

Wal-Mart supplier recalls frozen pizzas from 11 U.S. states over possible listeria

Tom Polansek and Nandita Bose
Reuters
Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:19 UTC
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A Wal-Mart Stores Inc supplier has recalled frozen pizzas available in 11 U.S. states due to concerns about possible listeria contamination, according to the retailer and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

About 6,700 pizzas sold under Wal-Mart's Marketside brand were affected by the recall, a representative of the supplier said on Thursday.

RBR Meat Company recalled about 21,220 pounds of Marketside Extra Large Supreme Pizza that were shipped to retail distribution centers in California, Nevada, Utah and Washington, the USDA said on Wednesday. The product carries the code 20547.
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Hearts

Kangaroo care and premature infants: Keeping baby closer is better for everyone

Lena Corner
Mosaic Science
Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:14 UTC
kangaroo care baby
© Juliana Gómez
Carmela Torres was 18 when she became pregnant for the first time. It was 1987 and she and her now-husband, Pablo Hernandez, were two idealistic young Colombians born in the coastal region of Montería who moved to the capital, Bogotá, in search of freedom and a better life. When Torres told her father she was expecting, so angered was he by the thought of his daughter having a child out of wedlock that they didn't speak to each other for years.

Torres remained undaunted. Her pregnancy was trouble-free and she had a new life in Bogotá to get on with. But one December afternoon, suddenly, out of nowhere, her body began to convulse with sharp contractions. It was more than two months before her due date. She called Hernandez and together they rushed to the Instituto Materno Infantil (Mother and Child Hospital) in eastern Bogotá. Not long after arriving she gave birth naturally to a baby boy weighing just 1,650 grams (3 lb 10 oz).

Before she had a chance to hold him, her baby was whisked off to a neonatal intensive care unit. Torres was simply told to get dressed and go home. "I didn't even get to touch him," she says. "They said I could come back and see him but the visiting times were very restricted - just a couple of hours a day. When I did visit I was allowed to look but not touch."

On the third day she was at home preparing for her next visit when the phone rang. "It was the hospital," she says. "They called to say my baby was dead. They didn't tell me the cause of death or give me any diagnosis. Just that he was dead. I hadn't even named him yet."

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Pills

Older women taking statins face a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes


Science Daily
Wed, 15 Mar 2017 00:00 UTC
statins diabetes risk
Women over 75 faced a 33 percent higher chance of developing diabetes if they were taking statins, new Australian research shows. The risk increased to 51 percent for those on high doses.
Older Australian women taking cholesterol-lowering statins face a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes, according to a University of Queensland study.

UQ School of Public Health researcher Dr Mark Jones said women over 75 faced a 33 per cent higher chance of developing diabetes if they were taking statins.

The risk increased to over 50 per cent for women taking higher doses of statins.

"We found that almost 50 per cent of women in their late seventies and eighties in the study took statins, and five per cent were diagnosed with new-onset diabetes," Dr Jones said.

"Statins are highly prescribed in this age group but there are very few clinical trials looking at their effects on older women.

"The vast majority of research is on 40- to 70-year-old men."

Comment: Statins are cellular poison. Accelerated aging, diabetes, heart attacks, muscle fatigue, liver damage, nerve damage and memory loss are among their numerous side effects. Worse, the very theory on which statins are based - that lowering 'bad' LDL cholesterol cuts heart disease - is 'fundamentally flawed'. Studies have found no link between high LDL-cholesterol and heart deaths among those over 60, while numerous other studies have linked high cholesterol levels with increased longevity in the elderly.

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Info

Monsanto wants to take over the Omega-3 fatty acid market

Kristina Martin
Organiclifestylemagazine.com
Wed, 08 Mar 2017 23:02 UTC
fish oil
What's the next phase in omega-3 fatty acid supplementation? If biotechnology and agricultural trading giants like Monsanto, Dow Chemical, and Cargill have anything to say about it, the future is soy and canola.

There is no way to meet the demand we currently have for fish oil. Peru, the world's leader in fish oil and fish meal production, had a banner year in 2016, getting the highest recorded average price per metric ton. But those record numbers come at a time when production levels have declined 61% from the previous year. The production levels aren't likely to improve either, as the United Nations reports 90% of the world's fish are fully or partially overfished. Farm-raised fish are unlikely to be a good source of Omega-3s as they themselves are frequently fed other fish oils to boost their health. We are approaching the point where a big source for Omega-3s, wild-caught fish, will no longer be available, and farm raised fish currently require supplementation instead of providing it.
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Attention

Chronic illness, fatigue, depression and anxiety are linked to mercury in dental amalgams

Brandon Turbeville
Natural Blaze
Tue, 07 Mar 2017 23:59 UTC
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It might seem surprising to some but in 2017 there is still debate in the medical community as to whether or not dental mercury amalgams are safe.

Despite voluminous amounts of evidence suggesting that mercury fillings are incredibly toxic, many dentists and medical doctors maintain that there is no major side effects from their usage. However, an article published in Neuroendocrinology Letters back in 2014 shows that the mercury filling hold outs are standing in stark opposition to the evidence.

The researchers for the article set out to review the evidence surrounding a possible link between mercury exposure from dental amalgams and certain chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, anxiety, depression and suicide.

Studies had already previously shown that chronic mercury exposure is directly associated with a variety of health issues, especially depression, anxiety and fatigue. Interestingly enough, these are some of the main symptoms associated with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Other studies have shown that the [careful, staggered] removal of dental amalgams have shown an improvement in these symptoms.

Comment: Mercury Dental Fillings: What the FDA and the ADA Are Not Telling You

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California attempts to cover up the dangers of cell phone radiation

Dr. Mercola
mercola.com
Wed, 15 Mar 2017 21:03 UTC
Cell phone radiation
Cellphones have become commonplace. Users are able to call, text and use the Internet, all from the convenience of a piece of equipment that fits in a pocket. According to Pew Research Center, 91 percent of adults in the U.S. have one.1

Pew fou nd the number of people embracing the use of cellphones have made this device the most quickly accepted consumer technology in history. The latest survey found those over 65, living in rural areas and women, are less likely to own a cellphone, although this pattern has not been evident in previous surveys.

Pew attributes the quick rise in popularity of the device to the development of smartphones. Unfortunately, this connection to technologyplaces you in danger of disconnecting from what's real and really important. Use and overuse may lead to addiction. The New York Times observes:2
"The near-universal access to digital technology, starting at ever younger ages, is transforming modern society in ways that can have negative effects on physical and mental health, neurological development and personal relationships, not to mention safety on our roads and sidewalks.
As your usage increases, so does your exposure to electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation and, with it, your risk for developing cancer.
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