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Aspartame: Toxicology


Heroin and Cornflakes Blog
Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:21 UTC
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The "Pandora's box of chameleon-like toxins and tumor agents"

Aspartame was never and cannot be proven to be safe. It is not and cannot be a diet aid because the formaldehyde (from the breakdown of the 10% methanol) gets stored in the fat along with some water. The National Soft Drink Association developed a 30-page protest (in the '80s) that mentioned the fact that aspartame in a beverage was unstable, and that it reduced the levels of serotonin (a substance that gives one that "full" feeling), which can induce a craving for carbohydrates.

Comment: For more information about the serious health effects associated with Aspartame consumption and how the FDA suppressed studies about said negative heath effects read the following articles carried on SOTT:

The Deadly Neurotoxin Nearly EVERYONE Uses Daily (VIDEO)
America's Deadliest Sweetener Betrays Millions, Then Hoodwinks You With Name Change
Aspartame: The Politics of Food
A Dangerous Spin On The Cancer Risks Of Sugar-Free Sweeteners
Searle, Monsanto and Ajinomoto: Three Corporate Miscreants in the Toxic Junk Food Additive and Aspartame Business
ASPARTAME - The Silent Killer
FDA Hid Research That Damned Aspartame: Fatal Studies Should Have Blocked NutraSweet Approval

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Drug Recalls Surge

Parija Kavilanz
CNNMoney.com
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:01 UTC
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Drug recalls hit a new record in 2009, with one company accounting for more than 1,000 of them.
Recalls of prescription and over the counter drugs are surging, raising questions about the quality of drug manufacturing in the United States.

The Food and Drug Administration reported more than 1,742 recalls last year, skyrocketing from 426 in 2008, according to the Gold Sheet, a trade publication on drug quality that analyzes FDA data.

One company, drug repackager Advantage Dose, accounted for more than 1,000 of those recalls. Even excluding Advantage Dose, which has shut down, recalls jumped 50% last year.
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Could Estimating Environmental Risk Soon Be A Click Away?

Adelina Voutchkova
Environmental News Science
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:30 UTC
Researchers from Europe propose a new computer model to predict the risk of toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulation of new and existing chemicals. While promising, the approach has limitations.

A new computer model may be a significant step forward in predicting the cumulative environmental risk of new and existing chemicals, say researchers who developed it. The model uses a compound's chemical structure to classify its toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulation - three major traits regulators use to flag a chemical's potential environmental hazards.

The benefits are significant: working computer models could minimize the need for animal testing, identify highly hazardous compounds already in use and tag the most harmful ones before they are manufactured or introduced to the market.
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Big Pharma Scores Big Win: Medicinal Herbs Will Disappear in EU

Heidi Stevenson
Gaia Health
Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:00 UTC
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It's almost a done deal. We are about to see herbal preparations disappear, and the ability of herbalists to prescribe them will also be lost.

Big Pharma has almost reached the finish line of its decades-long battle to wipe out all competition. As of 1 April 2011 - less than eight months from now - virtually all medicinal herbs will become illegal in the European Union. The approach in the United States is a bit different, but it's having the same devastating effect. The people have become nothing more than sinks for whatever swill Big Pharma and Agribusiness choose to send our way, and we have no option but to pay whatever rates they want.

Big Pharma and Agribusiness have almost completed their march to take over every aspect of health, from the food we eat to the way we care for ourselves when we're ill. Have no doubt about it: this takeover will steal what health remains to us.

If you want to skip the text and find out what you can do, click here.

It Begins Next April Fools Day

In the nastiest April Fool's Joke of all time, the European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products (THMPD) was enacted back on 31 March 2004.(1) It laid down rules and regulations for the use of herbal products that had previously been freely traded.
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Boosting Your Happy Brain Chemistry with 5-HTP

Dr. Gabriela Segura
Health Matrix
Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:32 UTC
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Many of us suffer from a variety of symptoms that we disregard as part of our personality or karma. You might think that it is just how things are, so you may as well accept it and deal with it as best as you can. Or perhaps it gets so tough, that you just can't deal with it!

For instance, do you often...

* Have problems falling asleep or staying asleep?
* Find yourself edgy, irritable or angry?
* Lack motivation or feel depressed most of the time?
* Prefer to be left alone?
* Have ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) in your head?
* Worry, get anxious and find it difficult to concentrate or make decisions?
* Have feelings of low self-esteem and lack of confidence?
* Feel self-critical and guilty?
* Tend to be shy or fearful?
* Tend to be obsessive, inflexible, a control freak, or a work addict?
* Particularly dislike the dark weather?
* Have PMS or menopausal moodiness?
* Have a sweet tooth or crave carbs and starchy snacks or alcohol?
* Are all achy and/or have jaw pain?
* Find some relief of all of these symptoms when you exercise...if you happen to get around it?
* Do you have a family history of fibromyalgia and/or treatment with SSRIs (serotonin boosting antidepressants)?

These are all manifestations of serotonin deficiency. If you felt identified with some or all of them, then 5-HTP - an over the counter and natural supplement - can change your life forever.
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MSG Lurks As A Slow Poison In Common Food Items Without Your Knowledge


PreventDisease.com
Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:18 UTC
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The food additive "MSG" is a slow poison which hides behind dozens of names, such as natural flavouring and yeast extract. Currently, labeling standards do not require MSG to be listed in the ingredient list of thousands of foods.

MSG is not a nutrient, vitamin, or mineral and has no health benefits. The part of MSG that negatively affects the human body is the "glutamate", not the sodium. The breakdown of MSG typically consists of 78% glutamate, 12% sodium, and about 10% water. Any glutamate added to a processed food is not and can not be considered naturally occurring. Natural glutamate in plants and animals is known as L-glutamic acid. Our normal digestive process slowly breaks down this natural or "bound" glutamic acid and it is then delivered to glutamate receptors in our body and brain. Broken down this way, it is harmless. In a factory, however, the bound glutamic acid in certain foods (corn, molasses, wheat) is broken down or made "free" by various processes (hydrolyzed, autolyzed, modified or fermented with strong chemicals, bacteria, or enzymes) and refined to a white crystal that resembles sugar.
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U.S. Retailers Launch First National Non-GMO Month


Organic Consumers Association
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:28 UTC
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As Concerns about Food Safety and GMOs Intensify, Retailers Launch First National NonGMO Month

This October, more than 580 natural food stores nationwide will take part in the first ever Non‐GMO Month, celebrating consumers' right to choose food and products that do not contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Organized by the non‐profit Non‐GMO Project, the event coincides with the launch of the "Non‐GMO Project Verified" seal on retail products.

The process of genetic modification, which takes place in a laboratory, typically merges DNA from different species, creating combinations of plant, animal, bacteria and viral genes that cannot occur in nature or in traditional crossbreeding. Virtually all commercial GMOs are bred to withstand direct application of herbicide and/or to produce an insecticide. None of the GMO traits currently on the market offer increase yield, drought tolerance, enhanced nutrition, or any other consumer benefit.
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The China Study, Wheat, and Heart Disease; Oh My!


Rawfoodsos.com
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:04 UTC
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(Not only is this woefully, frustratingly, absurdly belated, but it's also not yet finished. But I hate being a blog tease, so here's part one!)

If you've been following along with the previous China Study entries (and the wild drama that ensued), you know that I've been promising an entry on wheat for a while now, mostly because this little snippet snagged so many eyes:

Correlation between wheat flour and coronary heart disease: 0.67

That's a value straight from the original China Study data. Could the "Grand Prix of epidemiology" have accidentally uncovered a link between the Western world's leading cause of death and its favorite glutenous grain? Is the "staff of life" really the staff of death? Bwah ha ha.

Damning as it seems, a single unadjusted correlation isn't enough to make that leap. Actually, nothing in this post will be enough to make that leap, because A) it's epidemiological data and not a controlled study, and B) correlation isn't causation anyhow. You know the drill.
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Coca-Cola: Pollution in a Bottle?


Heroin and Cornflakes Blog
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:15 UTC
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Coca-Cola currently offers more than 400 brands in over 200 countries or territories, and sells 1.6 billion servings each day with estimated global sales for Coca-Cola and all of its bottling partners of $60 billion. (1)

The company has operated a franchised distribution system dating from 1889. They produce a syrup concentrate which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who add water and sugar to the secret concentrate and turn it into soda, distributing it in cans and bottles.(2)

The first person to bottle Coke was Joseph Biedenharnin in Vicksburg, Miss., in 1894. In 1912 he bought a bottling franchise in Monroe, Louisiana and moved to Monroe to establish the plant in 1913.

In July, 2010, Coca-Cola Enterprises announced it will cease its bottling production in Monroe in September at the historic Ouachita Coca-Cola plant. A Coca-Cola Enterprises spokesperson said the company will continue to employ 180 at the Monroe facility, which will operate as a distribution and sales center. The facility currently produces 2-liter and 20-ounce plastic bottles of Coke.(3)
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Silent Celiac Disease Causes Premature Death


Gluten Free Society
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:56 UTC
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The following article is being cited from Dr. Peterson, author of The Gluten Effect, and Physician at Health Now Medical Center

Research Cites Dramatic Increased Incidence of Celiac Disease

Dr Joseph Murray, a Mayo Clinic specialist in gastroenterology led a study which spanned 5 decades and included over 9,000 participants. It was presented in the journal Gastroenterology July 2009. The study found that subjects who were unaware they had celiac disease were almost four times more likely than non-celiacs to have died during the 45 years of follow-up the study spanned.

Dr Murray reports that celiac has become much more common in the last 50 years. He also remarked that undiagnosed or 'silent' celiac disease may have a significant impact on survival. He felt that putting together the increased prevalence with the impact on mortality made celiac a significant public health issue.
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