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Do millions of Americans really have bipolar disorder?

Dr. Kelly Brogan
kellybroganmd.com
Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:49 UTC
bipolar disorder
"I have Bipolar disorder"

...say 5.7 million Americans.

These patients have been labeled, categorized, and offered an understanding of themselves as diseased, sick, and permanently broken.

Considered one of the more severe mental illnesses, perhaps because it presents almost as an amalgamation of psychosis and depression in particularly volatile form. In my training, I was taught to medicate these patients, often with multiple medications, and often against their will.

Poetically, these patients, desperate to understand who they are in a system that condemns them to a life of struggle and suffering, will be vindicated by modern science.[1]

Comment: Mood, Food and Bipolar Disorder

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Researchers find links between Helicobacter pylori infections and Parkinson's disease

James Anderson
Reliawire
Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:00 UTC
h pylori, helicobater pylori
A common bacteria that infects the human stomach has significant links with worsened symptoms of Parkinson's disease, researchers have found.

Researchers at the University of Malaya analysed a small group of Parkinson's disease patients with and without a common infection of the stomach lining caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. Their results showed that those with the infection, around a third of the total, tested worse in motor problems related to Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's disease is the world's second most common neurodegenerative disorder, causing tremors and decreasing motor coordination. Causes are elusive and doctors currently can only treat its symptoms.

Patients whose infection could be treated and eradicated showed fewer Parkinson's disease symptoms in motor performance tests, while those who stayed infected had further declines in their test results.

Over 50% of the world's population carries H. pylori, with the highest infection rates in Asian countries. It affects mucous membranes in the gut and causes chronic infections, often contracted during childhood.

H. pylori can cause a range of digestive tract disorders and can linger indefinitely unless treated, although some subjects show few symptoms.


Comment: The many faces of Helicobacter Pylori: H. pylori is a widely prevalent microbe with nearly 50% of the Western world and over 80% of those living in developing countries infected. The bacteria has an amazing ability to persist in infected individuals for decades and has been linked to autoimmune diseases, skin diseases and endocrine disorders. The infection has also been associated with depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, cognitive decline, other neurological diseases, gastrointestinal motility disorders, lymphoma, and vitamin and nutrient malabsorption.

3 natural H. Pylori 'cures' that are clinically proven

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Vaccines: Science in the Authoritarian state

Elliott Freed
The Vaccine Reaction
Wed, 18 May 2016 15:45 UTC
Authoritarian state
The common conception of vaccines is that they have saved millions of lives by eradicating deadly diseases and that they are mostly if not totally safe. The public debate hinges on and legislative decisions are made based on these assumptions. Neither of them holds up to the barest scrutiny. A cursory look at government data shows that the death rate from infectious diseases, both generally and for the specific data these vaccines target, had already reached record lows before the vaccines were introduced.

Further, the government and industry, as well as independent, peer reviewed science confirm what countless parents and children have experienced: vaccines can and do injure children. Those injuries can lead to major health issues throughout a person's life and can even kill infants, children and adults. All of this is well documented.

Comment: Are you ready? The Vaccine Culture War in America
Rational thinking has been the first casualty in this 21st century equivalent of a 17thcentury witch hunt 43 led by defensive doctors in government, industry, academia and media, who are fed up with parents asking them questions about vaccine risks and failures they can't answer. 44 45 46 47 Assisted by communication conglomerates 48 and Astroturfers, 49 50 51 52 53 they piously wave the science flag and call parents "anti-social" if they don't vaccinate 54 but completely ignore parents with vaccine injured children talking about how their vaccinated children are never healthy anymore. 55 Some of the most vicious attacks have been on families consciously choosing to stay healthy a different way 56 57 and on doctors caring for families whose children are unvaccinated or receive fewer vaccines on an altered vaccine schedule. 58 59


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Industry pressure: Another vaccine documentary pulled from film festival


Man Made Epidemic
Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:00 UTC
vaccine safety, man-made epidemic film
Vaccine safety documentary pulled from East End Film festival amid outside pressure

"Man Made Epidemic" by German filmmaker Natalie Beer has been pulled from London's East End Festival. The film had originally been chosen to premiere at the festival on the 25th of June. The festival director decided to withdraw the film last Friday after a hefty discussion on their Twitter account had arisen. This is the second film dealing with vaccine safety being pulled from a film festival within a few months. Earlier this year Robert de Niro bowed to outside pressure and pulled the documentary Vaxxed from the Tribeca Film Festival.

On Twitter the East End Film festival states: "We believed Man Made Epidemic was well-balanced. However, further exploration of the film's presentation has led us to withdraw it."

Filmmaker Natalie Beer is taken by surprise: "I am disappointed. Why would they suddenly change their mind? Nothing changed since they first saw the film weeks ago. I get the feeling that one can't even talk about vaccine safety any more, which I find truly disturbing." Natalie Beer mother of a two-year-old is not anti vaccine. "What I wanted with this film is to get parents to ask the right questions and then make their own decisions." The film describes her own journey as a mother of a young child who embarks on the prescribed vaccination schedule but then starts asking questions about the safety of some of the vaccines particularly the MMR vaccine and it's potential link to autism.


Comment: The 'authorities' don't want people asking questions or making their own decisions about vaccines lest they come to understand that the risks outweigh the benefits and that there is likely a more sinister agenda behind the push for mass vaccinations.


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What it feels like to be in a place without wi-fi or cell towers

Truthstreammedia
Daily Sheeple
Wed, 08 Jun 2016 00:00 UTC
transmissions
In the comment section of one of our recent videos, some of you asked what it was like to be in a place where wi-fi and most radio transmissions are legally prohibited. A place with no cell phone towers on every street corner, no sitting in 27 wi-fi hot spots at any given moment, no smart meters on every house.

Yes, there was definitely a noticeable difference. Here's what it was like to spend a few hours in the National Radio Quiet Zone.
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Zoopharmacognosy: How other primates self-medicate

Sophia Daoudi
Alternet
Fri, 03 Jun 2016 18:06 UTC
primates
Many species including chimpanzees make use of the natural resources in their habitats to self-medicate and improve their own health.

Despite our advances in technology and medicine, we seem to be fighting a never-ending battle against a number of diseases and ailments. As viruses become more complex and bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, it seems that the lab-made drugs we have become so dependent on may no longer provide the cures we need. Perhaps this is why we are now turning to nature in the hope that there may be a remedy tucked away somewhere in a remote tropical rain forest.

It could be that our closest living relatives, non-human primates, hold some of the answers we seek. Many species including chimpanzees make use of the natural resources in their habitats to self-medicate and improve their own health. This behaviour, known as zoopharmacognosy, typically involves ingestion or topical application of plants, soils, insects or even psychoactive drugs in order to treat and prevent diseases.
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Are you eating meat glue?


Alliance for Natural Health
Wed, 08 Jun 2016 17:44 UTC
Meat Glue
There's a good chance the premium cuts you're buying and eating at restaurants are actually cheap cuts stitched together with "meat glue."

If you needed one more reason to only eat beef that is grass-fed and locally raised, consider the prevalence of "meat glue" in industrial meat.

The "glue" is actually an enzyme called transglutaminase, which is either synthesized from the cultivation of bacteria or made from the blood plasma of pigs and cows. Companies use it to bind together scraps of meat that can then be sold as handsomely portioned cuts. Strips of cheap meat are bound with the glue, refrigerated, and then sliced. The company that makes the meat glue, Ajinomoto, even illustrates how this can be accomplished to sell imitation "filet mignon."

Comment: Yuck! A common ingredient in the American diet? It's been there for years!
Meat glue is banned in the EU, but in the US, the FDA classifies it under GRAS (generally recognized as safe). Transglutaminase is not required to be posted on the ingredients list.


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Alzheimer's: Is it an infectious disease?

Cris Kresser
chriskresser.com
Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:45 UTC
Alzheimers
The incidence of Alzheimer's disease is rising sharply, but our understanding of this devastating condition remains incomplete. In an effort to develop more effective treatments, researchers have begun to explore new theories of what causes Alzheimer's. One of the latest and most promising of these is that Alzheimer's is an infectious disease, caused by pathogenic microbes like fungi, bacteria, and viruses.

What is Alzheimer's disease?

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a crippling, chronic, and progressive neurodegenerative disease that is conventionally understood to be irreversible. It is characterized by memory loss, dementia, cognitive impairment, and the presence of amyloid plaques in the brain (1, 2). Approximately 5.1 million people over the age of 65 in the United States are diagnosed with AD, along with another 200,000 under age 65. This estimate is predicted to increase by 10 million in the next 35 years (3).

Comment: Researchers explore fungus' role in Alzheimer's

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Dr. Hyman: Helpful ways to increase your metabolism

Dr. Mark Hyman
EcoWatch
Fri, 27 May 2016 17:56 UTC
metabolism
No matter what I do, I can't seem to lose weight," writes this week's house call, who is also an Eat Fat, Get Thin challenge participant. "I think I'm cursed with a slow metabolism."

I hear this often among patients and the good news is that no, you're not cursed and yes, you can fix your metabolism.

It's important to remember that you are unique: Everyone was born with a different biochemical make-up. You have trillions of little energy factories called mitochondria that provide the fuel to run everything in your body. If you can remember high school biochemistry class, you know mitochondria convert the oxygen you breathe and the food you eat into energy for your body to use.

Comment: More helpful information about metabolism:

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Monkey Wrench

Big food industry influence? Anti-obesity campaigners resign over low-fat diet report


theguardian.com
Thu, 02 Jun 2016 18:57 UTC
resignation
© foodnavigator.com
Two leading figures in Britain's leading anti-obesity campaign have resigned after it published a report which suggested that urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having "disastrous health consequences".

The National Obesity Forum's clinical director, Dr Matt Capehorn, and Sangeeta Agnihotri, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, quit the NOF board as a result of the 23 May report, Eat Fat, Cut the Carbs and Avoid Snacking to Reverse Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes. The NOF is a charity set up in 2000 to raise awareness of obesity and promote ways to tackle it through "achievable and manageable lifestyle changes".


Comment: Additional articles about the National Obesity Forum's May 23 report

An NOF spokesman said he had had two confirmed resignations and "expects" at least one more. He said:
"The publication went out without their knowledge or having seen a draft of anything. In a democratic organisation, that is not what you do. It has caused a huge amount of problems. They feel they were not consulted or shown any of the drafts of the document."

Comment: Low-fat diets are having "disastrous health consequences". The resignation seems suspect, what harm could releasing such a document really do other than informing the public with the truth!

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