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SOTT Focus: The Health & Wellness Show: Some of my best friends are germs


Sott.net
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:00 UTC
microbes
The human body is teeming with billions -- nay, TRILLIONS -- of microbes with over a thousand different species populating the gut alone. We are covered with bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites from the top of our heads to the bottom of our feet, inside and out. How did we come to be populated with such a vast array of these little beasties and what's their purpose? What influence do they exert on our physical and mental health and, more importantly, what can we do (and what can we avoid doing) to keep our microbial community happy and in balance?

Join us on this episode of the Health and Wellness Show as we take a look at the role these microbiota play from infancy to adulthood, in sickness and in health. Learn how to create poo you can be proud of and a microbiome that works in your favor. Cause -- let's face it -- germs are here to stay!

Stay tuned for Zoya's Pet Health Segment and learn about probiotics for your pets.

Running Time: 01:32:55

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Syringe

SOTT Focus: Is the CDC implementing a medical police state?

Doug DiPasquale
Sott.net
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:55 UTC
Vaccine Syringe
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If you were reading the Health and Wellness section of SOTT over the past week, you probably saw a few things that were shocking to say the least. And I'm not talking about magnetic particles from traffic exhaust entering your brain (although, granted, that's pretty shocking). I'm talking about the articles covering the push we see from the Powers That Be toward a healthcare police state, complete with forced vaccinations and quarantining of populations. Sound a tad dramatic? Read on.

Last month the Centers for Disease Control in the U.S. quietly announced their plans to grant themselves the power to apprehend and detain people deemed "reasonably believed to be infected with a [quarantinable communicable] disease in its qualifying stage and (A) moving or about to move from a state to another state; or (B) to be a probable source of infection to individuals who, while infected with such disease in a qualifying stage, will be moving from a state to another state". The details are laid out in a long Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the August 15, 2016, Federal Register to amend federal public health law. The full document is here.
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Health

Exposure to BPA and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to reduced levels of vitamin D


Science Daily
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:02 UTC
vitamin d
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Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may reduce levels of vitamin D in the bloodstream, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

The study is the first to find an association between EDC exposure and vitamin D levels in a large group of U.S. adults.

EDCs are chemicals or mixtures of chemicals that can cause adverse health effects by interfering with hormones in the body. The Society's Scientific Statement on EDCs examined more than 1,300 studies that found links between chemical exposure and health problems, including infertility, obesity, diabetes, neurological problems and hormone-related cancers.

"Nearly every person on the planet is exposed to BPA and another class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals called phthalates, so the possibility that these chemicals may even slightly reduce vitamin D levels has widespread implications for public health," said the study's first author, Lauren Johns, MPH, a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor, MI. "Vitamin D plays a broad role in maintaining bone and muscle health. In addition, low vitamin D levels have been implicated in outcomes of numerous conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer."

Comment: As adequate levels of vitamin D are critical to maintaining overall health, its important to follow a consistent detoxification protocol to eliminate toxins and get sufficient sunlight exposure or supplement with Vitamin D:

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Attention

Chromium-6: The chemical Erin Brockovich warned about is in water all over America

Sara Jerome
Take Part
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:09 UTC
Erin Brockovich
© (Photos: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images; Eric Paul Zamora/‘The Fresno Bee’/Getty Images)Environmental activist Erin Brockovich in 2007; tainted water in California.
Thousands of Americans drink tap water poisoned by unsafe levels of a cancer-causing heavy metal, and government authorities are doing little to stop it, according to a new report from clean water activists.

The chemical hexavalent chromium, also known as chromium-6, gained notoriety as the carcinogenic water contaminant that Erin Brockovich sued a utility over in California—and the new report from advocacy organization Environmental Working Group finds that it shows up in the water systems of major cities all over the country.

The data estimate that water supplies serving 218 million Americans—more than two-thirds of the population—contain more chromium-6 than California scientists have deemed safe. The group estimated that if nothing changes, chromium-6 in tap water will lead to more than 12,000 excess cases of cancer by the end of the century.

The findings are one more sign of a broken state and federal regulatory system that enabled crises in Flint, Michigan, and Hoosick Falls, New York, among other cities where dangerous contaminants in tap water threatened public health, advocates say.
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Brain

How electrons affect our lives: Dr Jack Kruse

Moritz Von Der Borch
Your Functional Medicine
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 18:08 UTC
Dr Jack Kruse
Dr Jack Kruse
Change of perspective:

If there had been one person in the last couple of years that had influenced me the most with his opinion - it had to be Dr. Jack Kruse. He actually was one of the reasons I felt the need to create a website with accessible informations in German. A few years ago my whole understanding about health and fitness was based on food and heavy weights - as for a lot of you guys out there maybe still, too.

How would you react, if a neurosurgeon would step into your life, telling you that every foodstuff you put into your body ends up fundamentally as electrons and that other things like the correct usage of light and circadian rhythmicity have way bigger effects on health, body composition and much more? My reaction was as expected:

"This cannot be!"

Comment: For more information on the topics Dr Jack Kruse covers, you can also listen here: The Health & Wellness Show: A conversation with Dr. Jack Kruse

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Are Fluffy and Spot being over-vaccinated?

Catherine J. Frompovich
Activist Post
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 17:01 UTC
dog vaccine
Most of the vaccine safety questioning and advocacy issues have been about vaccinations for children, but very little media attention has been focused on our beloved pets, who also get inordinate amounts of vaccinations with resulting adverse side effects.

In my research networks, I'm very lucky to have a most vaccine-intelligent veterinarian who shares vaccine research information affecting both animals and humans, and for which I am truly grateful. Just the other day, Dr Patricia Jordan, DVM, sent information that prompted this article.

Probably readers may never have thought about the damage vaccines can do to Fluffy the cat, Spot the dog, or a favorite stallion you saddle up to enjoy a nice leisurely jaunt in the woods.

Comment: SOTT Exclusive: Natural Pet Health: Should you vaccinate your pet?

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Alarm Clock

Feelings change but the body doesn't: A sobering look into transgenderism and medical malpractice

Walt Heyer
The Federalist
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 18:16 UTC
transgender
Socially indoctrinating young children toward accepting transgenderism is rampant today in public schools. In Washington state, public schools will begin teaching gender expression to kindergarteners in fall 2017, under newly approved health education learning standards. The gay advocacy network GLSEN received a grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control in 2011 for $1.425 million over five years to promote the LGBT agenda in public schools at taxpayers' expense.

By infiltrating the curriculum in our nation's public schools, LGBT activists can groom the next generation of participants. Young people are questioning their gender identity at an alarming rate that seems to be increasing, and are encouraged by educators and medical professionals to experiment with gender transition. Unfortunately, experimentation can cause even more confusion.

Feelings Change, Bodies Don't

The problem with taking the steps to transition physically—cross-gender hormones and surgeries—is that physical changes are likely permanent, but the feelings driving the desire may change, especially for young people. I recently received an email from a man now in his thirties that demonstrates this reality:

Comment: See also:

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Pirates

Corrupt Disaster Center: The CDC falling short of achieving their motto of "Savings lives. Protecting people."

Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:19 UTC
center for disease control
In 2013, a Gallup poll on public perceptions of U.S. agencies found Americans are most positive toward the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).1Sixty percent of those polled believed the CDC was doing an excellent or good job while only 8 percent rated them poorly.

There is clearly a disconnect between the CDC's perceived image and the actual state of the agency. While their website claims the "CDC works for you 24/7," they have fallen far short of achieving their motto of "Savings Lives. Protecting People."2
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Health

Does your doctor know what he's doing? Half of all standard medical treatments have 'unknown effectiveness'

Joe Battaglia
Prevent Disease
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:32 UTC
confused doctor
Once medical treatments have been dubbed 'standards of care' they tend to persist regardless of their efficacy. Preventing untested practices from becoming standard care seems simple - just test them first. But even when studies are conducted early on, what they actually measure can be part of the problem. Because it's simpler and faster, researchers often look at "surrogate outcomes", not actual end points which has created hundreds of medical practices with unknown effectiveness at best.

The calibre of evidence can depend on who is paying for it. There are the perennial issues that plague medical research: the pressure on researchers to publish new and impressive findings, and medical journals' tendency to publish positive results more than negative. But increasingly, the pharmaceutical and medical device industries - rather than public bodies - are funding clinical trials. Not only do they have vested interests in the initial outcomes needed to get drugs or devices approved, but once they are approved, little incentive to do the expensive, large-scale studies that could potentially upend their initial findings and hurt their bottom line.

The current medical mentality on pain management has spurred a multibillion-dollar industry for Big Pharma. However, studies show that long-term use of seemingly "harmless" over-the-counter pills, such as ibuprofen, can actually weaken your joints over time, and prescription pain pills have a well-established track record of causing serious damage and even death. You may recall the tragedy that unfolded around the FDA-approved painkiller Vioxx, which claimed as many as 55,000 lives (and possibly up to 100,000) before the FDA banned it.
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Question

When does crony medicine become fascist medicine - when the attorney general of California tries to stop medical exemptions for vaccines


Alliance for Natural Health
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:34 UTC
medical tryanny
The California law requiring 100% compliance with the government vaccine schedule (including what, when, and how the child receives the vaccine) in order to be allowed to enroll your child in public or private school, and even daycare (depending on the child's age when enrolling) became effective on January 1, 2016. When passed, the law abolished any philosophical or religious exemption. The sponsor of the bill, state senator Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), promised that the only remaining out—the medical exemption—would not be tampered with. Apparently Sen. Pan was lying.

Dr. Bob Sears, a Southern Californian pediatrician, now faces charges of gross negligence from the attorney general of California, who is representing the California Medical Board, for daring to write a letter recommending that a two-year-old be excused from vaccinations based on the mother's description of serious adverse reactions to previous immunizations. The mother told Dr. Sears that her child experienced a "shutdown [of] stools and urine" and became limp "like a ragdoll" for 24 hours after the last shot.

The California Medical Board, however, is alleging that Dr. Sears failed to back up his recommendation with sufficient evidence, and did not provide an "evidence-based recommendation for future immunizations." The board is also claiming gross negligence because Dr. Sears did not keep a copy of the letter exempting the child from future vaccines.

Comment: Step by step medical tyranny and vaccine extremism is spreading across the U.S.
The American Academy of Pediatrics last week issued a dramatic statement to its members: It's OK to stop seeing families who refuse their shots.

The Academy also urged states to repeal laws that have allowed parents to use religion as an excuse for not getting their children inoculated.


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