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A new study has found that pesticide exposure may lead to abnormal sperm development


Beyond Pesticides
Tue, 10 Nov 2015 01:19 UTC
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Exposure to organochlorine chemicals, such as DDE and PCBs, is linked to increased rates of sperm abnormalities that may lead to fertility problems, according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. This is the latest study in a long line of research implicating endocrine (hormone)-disrupting chemicals in reproductive diseases.

Researchers investigated this issue by observing the blood serum and sperm quality of 90 men, aged 22-44, participating in health studies in the Faroe Islands, an archipelago under Denmark's control that is located between Iceland, the UK and Norway. Faroe islanders consume a high seafood diet that often consists of pilot whale, integral historically as a food source for the Faroese people. However, this practice exposes the Faroese to higher than average levels of environmental contaminants. For the study, data on umbilical cord blood and blood serum at age 14 was available for 40 of the participants, allowing a researchers to measure lifetime impacts.

Comment: Further research on exposure and effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals:

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U.S. Marine Veteran uses alternative healing practices - Homeopathy, cell salts & flower essences

Lance Schuttler
The Mind Unleashed
Thu, 26 Nov 2015 19:46 UTC
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Homeopathy, cell salts and flower essences...for a Marine veteran? Yes, that is correct. As second in command of an Infantry Company of 260 marines during the Iraq war in Fallujah in late 2004, Stan Deland has witnessed and endured some very dramatic experiences.

After returning to the U.S., Stan began seeking out different healing modalities to help him process all that occurred during his time overseas.

Shortly after seeing an acupuncturist, Stan began using homeopathic remedies, cell salts and flower essences.

Comment: Considering the fact that Americans spend $34 billion on Alternative Medicine
it isn't surprising that Veterans are now turning to alternative healing modalities to deal with physical, mental and emotional trauma.
The Defense Department "is dedicated to supporting evidence-based approaches to medical treatment and wants to support the use of alternative therapies if they are proven efficacious."
It is obvious that War causes mental illness in soldiers, and prescription drugs aren't helping remedy the problem. Many returning soldiers are guinea pigs for big pharma and military suicides have hit epidemic levels. Veterans like Stan are seeking different healing modalities like Homeopathy, flower essences and cell salts because they are efficacious. To learn more about several different 'alternative healing modalities' listen to the following show: The Health and Wellness Show - Alternative Medicine Overview

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Grilled meat: Cancer causing danger, or deliciously nutritious?

Mark Sisson
Mark's Daily Apple
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 00:00 UTC
Grilled ribs
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There's nothing like charcoal-grilled meat. It's not just the food itself, although that's amazing. It's the entire experience: being outside in fresh (albeit smokey) air, the sizzle when you slap that meat down on the hot grill, the smell of the smoke. Even the tools we use when grilling are bigger and savager and more rewarding than the dainty implements used inside. We don't gently flip the steak. We grab it with huge metal tongs and throw it down. There's less precision and more art. And the flavor can't be found anywhere else. The smoke, the flame, the char, the grill marks, the color, the dripping fat—they are irreplaceable.

But is it healthy? Is that perfect sear costing you years off your life? Are those BBQ ribs adorning your colonic interior with pre-cancerous polyps?

Comment: Most of these supposedly scientific studies are a total joke: feeding unimaginably huge quantities of the supposedly carcinogenic HCAs to rodents while also feeding them toxic (and probably already rancid) corn and soy oils, along with giving them other known carcinogens, then blaming the HCAs is just plain nonsense. Based on this data, it would appear that the only link that these "scientists" established is between consumption of vegetable oils and cancer.

Considering the fact that humans have been eating meat cooked over a fire for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years, it seems pretty safe to say that the HCAs generated by grilling meat do not pose any kind of significant health risk to humans, if there's any health risk at all.

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Coffee

Big Pharma does not want you to know the health benefits of coffee enema therapy

John P. Thomas
Health Impact News
Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:56 UTC
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Why does Big Pharma hate coffee enema therapy? The answer is that coffee enemas are a powerful liver detoxification tool, a pain relieving therapy, and a therapy for cleansing and healing the colon. Retention coffee enemas are a key part of successful alternative cancer treatment protocols, because they rid the body of toxins that cause cancer and eliminate the toxins released by dead and dying cancer cells. Coffee enemas do all this and more without side effects and at minimal cost.
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Vaccine mandates: Are they creating a class system in the workplace?

Patrice La Vigne
The Vaccine Reaction
Thu, 19 Nov 2015 00:53 UTC
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Christiana Care Health System, the largest private employer in Delaware, pins workers with “I’m vaccinated” badges to outcast unvaccinated workers. Vaccinated workers also receive credit toward an annual bonus, while those who opt out of vaccination must wear face masks during any patient interaction.
As we are nearing 2020, it's a fair question to check in on how close the nation is to reaching the targets set by Healthy People 2020. Perhaps the more important question is how these goals may be creating a discriminatory class system separating the vaccinated versus the unvaccinated in the workplace.

Comment: Profits, Not Science, Motivate Vaccine Mandates

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'Next generation' GMO imports must be stopped by regulators & retailers

Dr. Helen Wallace
The Ecologist
Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:02 UTC
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A new wave of 'next generation' GM crops resistant to multiple herbicides, may be approved for import into the European Union, writes Helen Wallace, even though the health impact of the herbicide combinations is unknown. Regulators and retailers must refuse to authorize these GMOs or allow their use in any part of the food chain.

The European Commission's Standing Committee on Plants, Animals and Food met this week to consider three applications for import into the EU of genetically engineered soybeans, for use in both human food and animal feeds.
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The remedy for true health & the true origin of vaccines

Christina Sarich
The Mind Unleashed
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:37 UTC
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© ihmj.nlm.gov (accessed Jan. 7, 2010)
1802 painting of smallpox vaccine inventor Dr. Edward Jenner vaccinating a room full of people who then sprout cows from their bodies. The painting illustrates popular 17th century fears about vaccination. The caption reads “The Cow Pock – or – the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation.”
Source: National Library of Medicine History of Medicine Collection, “The Cow Pock – or – the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation,”
As America struggles with a 'legal' drug addiction like no other nation, are we missing something fundamental about how the body realizes true health? If we look at ancient teachings - those which have been around since well before the fairly new invention of 'modern,' allopathic medicine, which has only been in existence really since the 19th century, and the dawn of 'germ theory, ' instead of relying on the advice of an industry which has grown swollen with greed, might we not discover simple, profound measures to heal the body, once and for all?

Since the rise of western medicine, influenced by the ancient teachings of Greece, but somehow divorced from the more insightful teachings of that time, we have tried to sanitize the world to pieces. We remove limbs and organs with multiple surgeries, blast cells with radiation and chemotherapy, and treat our natural immune system like a four letter word. We give more vaccines than ever, yet somehow various 'germs' and 'super bugs' have taken over. We now have the first generation in history that will likely not outlive its parents.
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Question

Are you the cause of your physical pain & disease?

Michael Forrester
Prevent Disease
Tue, 24 Nov 2015 14:29 UTC
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Yes, you. Not the environment, your mother's genes or your junk food diet. Everything in your body that you see manifested as form and phenomena comes from the vibrations within your body which then give rise to either health or disease. What we feel - our emotions coordinate our biochemical, cellular and complete physiological states our entire lives. In other words, the cause of all disease is not tangible at all. Our outlook on life and how we feel about ourselves may be the most relevant health predictor of all.

Many people are already familiar with the fact that emotional stress can lead to digestive issues, irritable bowel syndrome, tension and headaches, but many may not be aware that can also cause other physical illnesses such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and even symptoms of severe chronic pain.

Comment: Dr. Gabor Maté: "When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection"

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The Health & Wellness Show: Death - No One Gets Out of Here Alive

Sott Editors
Sott.net
Fri, 06 Nov 2015 15:00 UTC
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Death is everywhere, yet no one talks about it. Violent video games, constant death in the news, fear of disease and dying. Why are we so afraid of talking about death openly?

Today on the SOTT Talk Radio Health and Wellness Show, we look into the subject of death.

What are the top five regrets of the dying? What about reincarnation and near death experiences? What about the physical process of dying?

All this will be explored and more as we explore the subject of death here on the Health and Wellness Show.

Running Time: 01:29:00

Download: MP3

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Bug

Parasitologists discover new form of tick-borne bacterium that may be transmittable to humans


Phys.org
Fri, 27 Nov 2015 00:00 UTC
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© Philipp Berger/Vetmeduni Vienna
Bacterium Candidatus Neoehrlichia might be transmitted by ticks.
Ticks can transmit various diseases to people and animals. Some well-known diseases spread by ticks include tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Lyme disease. Researchers at the Vetmeduni Vienna are hot on the trail of pathogens carried by ticks. The parasitologists recently discovered a new form of the bacterium Candidatus Neoehrlichia in a red fox from the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The pathogen might also be transmittable to humans. The results were published in the journal Parasites & Vectors.

Adnan Hodžić from the Institute of Parasitology at the Vetmeduni Vienna is searching for pathogens transmitted by ticks. He is especially interested in wild carnivores (foxes and wolves) which could be a possible reservoir and source of infection for humans and other animals.

One special pathogen, first discovered in 1999 in Ixodes ricinus ticks, is the bacterium Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis (CNM). The first case of CNM causing illness in a person was identified in the year 2010 in Sweden. Since then, the bacterium has been found several times in humans as well as in animals such as dogs, hedgehogs, shrews, bears, badgers, chamois and mouflons. In people, an infection with CNM bacteria causes fever, muscle and joint pain, and a higher risk for thrombosis and embolisms. Older and immunocompromised people are especially at risk.

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