Health & Wellness

A scientific excuse for not making your bed first thing in the morning

April McCarthy
Prevent Disease
Tue, 29 Sep 2015 21:02 UTC

The headline may catch many Moms off guard and the average 12-year old will be dying to forward this article to their parents, but there's an excuse backed by science to leave your bed undone in the morning.

If you immediately make your bed with the sunrise, the tight sheets will trap millions of dust mites that live on your bed, feeding off your dead skin cells and sweat and potentially contributing to asthma and allergy problems. An unmade and open bed, however, exposes the creatures to fresh air and light and will help dehydrate and kill them off.

Can a low-carb, high-fat diet help fight diabetes?

Shari Rudavsky
Indystar.com
Sun, 27 Sep 2015 20:19 UTC

The morning that Bob MacEachron went to meet his new weight-loss doctor, the one he hoped would help him shed some of his 370 pounds, he sat down to what he thought would be a breakfast of lasts. The last time he would eat three jumbo eggs fried in butter. The last time he would enjoy bacon. He poured heavy cream in his coffee, girding himself for what he feared would be the last time he would whiten the drink with anything other than skim milk.

And then he met his doctor, who asked what he had eaten at his last meal.

"Perfect breakfast!" responded Dr. Sarah Hallberg to MacEachron's surprise.

Hallberg, medical director and founder of the medical weight-loss program at Arnett IU Health Lafayette, is a big proponent of low-carb, high-fat diets. But not just for weight loss. She also believes this diet can treat Type 2 diabetes, a disease affecting almost 10 percent of American adults.

Comment: Diabetics appear very interested in low-carb eating

America's multi-billion ton toxic legacy: Coal ash

Ben Whitford
The Ecologist
Tue, 29 Sep 2015 19:39 UTC

America's coal-fired power plants produce 140 million tons of ash a year, reports Ben Whitford, most of it dumped in open storage ponds that contaminate drinking water with arsenic and heavy metals. And now Presidential candidate Jeb Bush is promising to scrap 'new and costly' (actually feeble) EPA regulations before they have even been implemented.

Danielle Bailey-Lash, a 40-year-old customer service representative from the sleepy lakeside community of Belews Creek, NC, never used to get sick.

Growing up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, she got plenty of exercise, never smoked or drank, and took pride in looking after herself.

But in 2010, Bailey-Lash was rushed to hospital with agonizing headaches that radiated from her neck to the top of her head. Doctors conducted a scan, and found a tumor the size of a juice box growing on the right side of her brain. She was told she had just a few months to live.

Comment: More disturbing information about North Carolina's coal ash ponds

Ingredients found in GMO crop dust pose serious health risks to farmers

Howard Vlieger
Farm and Ranch Alliance
Sat, 11 Apr 2015 00:00 UTC

In addition to the considerable questions about the safety of GMOs and their effects on mammals, what about other potential side effects to crop producers of GMO crops and their use?

Dust is a common factor that all of us in crop production must deal with. Whether it comes from a country road or a combine harvesting a crop, dust is present in many places in rural America.

A crop farmer in northwest Iowa had some keen observations in regards to dust and decided to do some testing. This gentleman, who we will call John, noticed a significant amount of dust in the hog building where he custom feeds hogs. John gathered a sample of the dust from inside the hog building and placed it in a zip lock bag and identified it as hog dust.

John noticed an unusually large amount of dust around the combine when harvest was in progress in his brother's Liberty Link corn field. Liberty is an herbicide with the active ingredient of glufosinate which is a nonselective herbicide similar to Roundup, Roundup contains glyphosate as the active ingredient. John collected a sample of the dust from the combine in the Liberty Link corn field and placed it in a zip lock bag and labeled it.

Comment: The Worlds Largest Human Experiment: GMOs, Roundup, and the Monsanto Monstrosity

New study: Mammography screening should be abandoned, very few benefit while many are harmed

Sayer Ji
GreenMedInfo
Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:21 UTC

With Breast Cancer Awareness Month just around the corner, a new study promises to undermine the multi-billion dollar cause-marketing orgy that shepherds millions of women into having their breasts scanned for cancer with x-rays that themselves are known to contribute to breast cancer.

If you have followed GreenMedInfo.com for any length of time, you know that we often report on the adverse effects of mammography,of which there are many. From the radiobiological and psychological risks of the procedure itself, to the tremendous harms of overdiagnosis and overtreatment, it is becoming clearer every day that those who subject themselves to screening as a "preventive measure" are actually putting themselves directly into harms way, unnecessarily.

Comment: Despite these new revelations providing additional evidence of the adverse effects of cancer screening, it is doubtful that this will reach mainstream awareness. Cancer is a billion dollar business, and your health is no concern to the corporations raking in the profits at your expense.

One can of fizzy drink daily 'can increase heart attack risk by a third'

Laura Donnelly
The Telegraph
Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:51 UTC

Just one can of fizzy drink a day can increase the risk of heart attack by a third and dramatically raise the chance of diabetes and stroke, the largest ever study has found.

The research by Harvard school of public health found that regularly drinking sugary drinks increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by a quarter (26 per cent), the risk of heart attack or fatal heart disease by a third (35 per cent) and the risk of stroke by a sixth (16 per cent).

The study - the most comprehensive review of evidence of health effects of sugary drinks to date - follows new official UK advice which says adults should restrict their sugar intake to just 30 grams - seven teaspoons - a day.

Comment: For more information, see: Sugar health risk cannot be compared to smoking, says ignorant former secretary Andrew Lansley

Ginger: 10,000 times stronger than chemo (taxol) in cancer research model

Sayer Ji
The Sleuth Journal
Sun, 27 Sep 2015 00:00 UTC

A new study reveals ginger contains a pungent compound that could be up to 10,000 times more effective than conventional chemotherapy in targeting the cancer stem cells at the root of cancer malignancy.

A new study published in PLoS reveals a pungent component within ginger known as 6-shogaol is superior to conventional chemotherapy in targeting the root cause of breast cancer malignancy: namely, the breast cancer stem cells.

Cancer stem cells are at the root of a wide range of cancers, not just breast cancer, and are sometimes referred to as "mother cells" because they are responsible for producing all the different "daughter" cell types that makeup the tumor colony. While cancer stem cells only constitute between .2 and 1% of the cells within any given tumor, they have the seeming "immortal" ability to self renew, are capable of continuous differentiation, are resistant to conventional chemotherapeutic agents, and are tumorigenic, i.e. are capable of "splitting off" to create new tumor colonies. Clearly, the cancer stem cells within a tumor must be destroyed if cancer treatment is to affect a lasting cure.

The new study titled, "6-Shogaol Inhibits Breast Cancer Cells and Stem Cell-Like Spheroids by Modulation of Notch Signaling Pathway and Induction of Autophagic Cell Death," identified powerful anti-cancer stem cell activity in 6-shogaol, a pungent constituent of ginger produced when the root is either dried or cooked. The study also found that the cancer-destroying effects occurred at concentrations that were non-toxic to non-cancerous cells - a crucial difference from conventional cancer treatments that do not exhibit this kind of selective cytotoxicity and therefore can do great harm to the patient.

Comment: Both ginger and curcumin (tumeric), according to research, have the magic properties that target cancer stem cells, believed to be the root cause of tumor formation and malignancy. We need to implement more natural intervention strategies that are compatible and beneficial to our bodies, instead of main stream medicine's "if it doesn't kill ya, I can bill ya!" blast-all approach...the wellbeing of the patient be damned.

Plastic and fibrous debris found in one quarter of fish sold in California and Indonesian markets

UD Davis
Thu, 24 Sep 2015 00:00 UTC

© Dale Trockel
UC Davis researchers found plastic and fibrous debris in 25 percent of the fish sold in Indonesian and California markets.

Roughly a quarter of the fish sampled from fish markets in California and Indonesia contained man-made debris — plastic or fibrous material — in their guts, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, and Hasanuddin University in Indonesia.

The study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is one of the first to directly link plastic and man-made debris to the fish on consumers' dinner plates.

"It's interesting that there isn't a big difference in the amount of debris in the fish from each location, but in the type — plastic or fiber," said lead author Chelsea Rochman, a David H. Smith postdoctoral fellow in the Aquatic Health Program at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. "We think the type of debris in the fish is driven by differences in local waste management."

Comment:

Conventional ground beef more likely to contain antibiotic-resistant fecal bacteria than grass-fed beef

Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
Wed, 09 Sep 2015 15:51 UTC

Consumer reports recommends you avoid conventionally raised beef from feedlots and instead eat 100% grass-fed beef

Factory farming methods produce a number of side effects that can threaten your health and even your life. Contamination with disease-causing fecal bacteria is one of them.

To combat foodborne illness, the food industry has created solutions that further worsen matters — sterilization methods such as high heat, chemicals (chlorine-based or lactic acid washes, for example), and/or radiation are all common industry attempts to "sterilize" your food before it reaches the store.

Yet the central issue remains unaddressed, which is the lack of hygiene standards in the raising, slaughtering, and processing of the animals.

A large percentage of meat products become contaminated when the animals' intestines are punctured and stool spills onto the meat being processed.

This is the real problem — not undercooking, as properly processed healthy meat will not harm you if it's undercooked because it will not be contaminated with fecal bacteria.

Comment: The Differences Between Grass-Fed Beef and Grain-Fed Beef:

Sitting too much? Fidgeting might help counteract the damage

Fiona Macdonald
Science Alert
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:10 UTC

Finally, a good excuse for all your annoying foot-tapping.

If you've been living under a rock for the past five years, we have some bad news for you: sitting down for the majority of the day is bad for you. And we're talking really, life-shorteningly, scientifically verified bad for you. But a new study of more than 12,000 women in the UK suggests that by fidgeting in our seats, we might be able to counteract some of those harmful health impacts - without having to go out and invest in a standing desk.

The research followed women aged between 37 and 78 over a 12-year period, and collected information on their diets, exercise regimes, health, and, on a scale from one to 10, how much they fidgeted. The results showed that the women who sat for 7 hours a day or more were 30 percent more likely to die during the study than their more active peers - but not if they were rampant fidgeters.

Comment: Sitting for too long can do harm to your body

With mail in voting likely to become a thing, does it really matter any more? Stick a fork in us...this country is done.

Bezel Bub

Other comets coming sooner, although not quite as big. E.g. "Leonard" this December https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2021_A1_(Leonard)

Tsidkenu

Tornadoes here in Aus too, as I reported here [Link]

Tsidkenu

Small tornado also struck Armidale. We had another tornado hit farmland near Bathurst last week. This summer will be the summer of floods, hail...

Tsidkenu

What mandate? There still is no "mandate" [Link]

Tsidkenu

Health & Wellness

A scientific excuse for not making your bed first thing in the morning

Can a low-carb, high-fat diet help fight diabetes?

America's multi-billion ton toxic legacy: Coal ash

Ingredients found in GMO crop dust pose serious health risks to farmers

New study: Mammography screening should be abandoned, very few benefit while many are harmed

One can of fizzy drink daily 'can increase heart attack risk by a third'

Ginger: 10,000 times stronger than chemo (taxol) in cancer research model

Plastic and fibrous debris found in one quarter of fish sold in California and Indonesian markets

Conventional ground beef more likely to contain antibiotic-resistant fecal bacteria than grass-fed beef

Sitting too much? Fidgeting might help counteract the damage

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