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Britain faces drink, drugs and obesity health crisis

Randeep Ramesh
The Guardian
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:01 UTC
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One in four Britons is now officially regarded as obese compared with one in six in the mid-nineties
Figures show large jump in obesity as well as drink and drug-related deaths, although life expectancy continues to rise.

Britain appears to be in the midst of a health crisis with soaring levels of obesity and sharp increases in deaths from drink and drugs, according to figures released today by the Office for National Statistics.

In the latest edition of the ONS's Social Trends report, researchers show that while life expectancy at birth in Britain is expected to continue rising and reach 81.5 years for men in 2021, much of the population faces major health issues.

Although as a country we eat more fruit and vegetables and consume less sugar, there has been a large jump in obesity - with one in four Britons officially regarded as obese compared with one in six in the mid-nineties.

Comment: Eating a good diet of wholesome food and detoxing is wholly encouraged by Sott; but it's also worth remembering there's a whole industry that thrives on further 'stressing' society by 'shaming' them to lose weight, lest we forget all that money going to big pharma.....
Thin was always in. But now, the social and public-health message is that fat is not simply a sign of sloth. It kills. The obesity epidemic is the greatest health crisis of the age. According to various health statistics (which are never consistent), between 17 per cent and 25 per cent of Canadian adults are obese. Thirty-six per cent of the adult population is overweight, or maybe two-thirds. Whatever. It's a catastrophe.

But is it? A new study based on Statistics Canada population data reaches an exceedingly awkward conclusion: People who are overweight live longer than people who are classified as "normal" weight. Not only that, people who are classified as significantly overweight also live longer.

The study, led by Statistics Canada's Heather Orpana, was devised to estimate the relationship between body mass index and mortality in Canadian adults. The database was nearly 12,000 people. The authors of the Canada-U.S. joint study adjusted for age, gender, smoking, physical activity and alcohol consumption. They found that the link between weight and mortality is relatively weak. The strongest finding was that underweight men are at greater risk than any other group.

But being overweight was associated with a 25-per-cent lower risk of dying. Being obese was associated with a 12-per-cent lower risk of dying. The risk for the most morbidly obese (who account for less than 3 per cent of all Canadians) was statistically the same as the risk for people of "normal" weight. The findings were published online in the research journal Obesity.

"Overweight may not be the problem we thought it was," said David Feeny, a senior investigator at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Oregon, almost apologetically. "Overweight was protective." He added that agencies such as Health Canada might want to rethink the way they classify people's weight.


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Finally Deet Exposed as a Neurotoxin

David Gutierrez
Natural News
Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:54 UTC
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New research shows that the insect-repelling chemical deet actually functions in the same way as deadly nerve gases and dangerous pesticides, by attacking the nervous systems of both insects and mammals."These findings question the safety of deet, particularly in combination with other chemicals," said researcher Vincent Corbel of Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement in Montpellier.

The chemical known as deet (for N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) is found in nearly every commonly used mosquito repellent in the world, and eight billion doses have been applied since its introduction to the consumer market in 1957. The chemical was originally developed as an insect repellent by the U.S. Army in 1946, following experience with jungle warfare in World War II.
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Health

Pregnant women 'must take vitamin D supplements'

Caroline Parkinson
BBC News
Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:44 UTC
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Experts disagree on routine supplement use
Pregnant women in the UK should be told to routinely take vitamin D supplements, researchers say.

The team at University College London Institute of Child Health says official bodies currently offer conflicting advice.

Writing in the British Journal of Nutrition, they say there is a "strong case" for a daily dose of vitamin D in pregnancy.

But one leading expert said more evidence was needed.

The Department of Health advises pregnant women to ensure they receive a certain level of vitamin D - 10 micrograms per day. The researchers say this in effect endorses use of supplements, because diet and the sun provide too little.
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Dinner And a Movie: Experts Say Bedbugs Favor Feasting on Moviegoers in Cushy Theater Seats

Simone Weichselbaum
New York Daily News
Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:00 UTC
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Experts say bedbugs need people to be steal in order to get a good meal, that's why they're likely to pop up in movie theaters.
Playing now in a city theater near you: Attack of the Bedbug.

Experts warned Sunday that cushy theater seats pose a far bigger bedbug threat than racks in clothing stores - despite last week's news of bedbug infestations at two Manhattan shops.

"In a movie theater, you are sitting in one spot for two hours. They have the opportunity to feed on you," said Jennifer Erdogan, director of Bell Environmental Services, a pest control company that fumigates movie theaters, offices and stores.

"Bedbugs need people to stop moving to get a blood meal."

Shoppers are still scratching from reports that bedbugs shut down Hollister in SoHo and its sister store Abercrombie & Fitch in the South Street Seaport.
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Family

Hundreds of Gulf swimmers complain of illness


Microsoft National Broadcasting Company
Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:03 UTC

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Swimming in Gulf waters can cause "respiratory failure"

Kristine Galvan
My Fox Houston
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:47 UTC
Houston - In the Gulf, disaster response crews are sucking up the oil from the water's surface. On land, they're collecting what's washed ashore.

And at hospitals in Louisiana, doctors and nurses are manning decontamination tents.

"We usually get a phone call ahead of time when patients are coming in, who have been exposed to some sort of chemical. whether it be from the oil spill or something else. We wash them off to be safe."
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Evil Rays

Not lovin' it: U.S. chicken McNuggets 'contain SILLY PUTTY chemical'


Mail Online
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:47 UTC
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Transatlantic tastes: McDonald's Chicken McNuggets contain more calories, fat and chemicals than their British counterparts
Chicken nuggets sold in U.S. branches of McDonald's contain a chemical used in Silly Putty.

'McNuggets' sold to American fast food lovers contain dimethylpolysiloxane, an anti-foaming agent used in Silly Putty.

They also have more calories and fat than those sold in the chain's British restaurants, according to a CNN study.

Four American McNuggets total 190 calories, 12 grams of fat and two grams of saturated fat. The equivalent portion in Britain clocks in at 170 calories, nine grams of fat and one gram of saturated fat.
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66,000 Pounds of Bison Meat Recalled


CNN
Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:14 UTC
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A federal agency is concerned that some consumers may still have recalled bison meat in their freezers.
A Colorado company is recalling about 66,000 pounds of ground and tenderized steak bison meat that may be contaminated with a potentially deadly strain of E. coli, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Five cases of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Colorado from June 4 to June 9 are believed to be associated with the products, officials said Friday. The meat was distributed to retail establishments nationwide and to food service distributors in Utah and Arizona.

The products, produced between May 21 and May 27, are being recalled by Rocky Mountain Natural Meats of Henderson, Colorado.

Although the sell-by dates on the products have passed, the Food Safety and Inspection Service said some consumers might have frozen the meat before using it, "and there is concern that some product may still be frozen and in consumers' freezers."
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Bulb

Scientists discover what makes us live longer

Steve Connor
The Independant
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:58 UTC
Seven Ages of Man
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Seven Ages of Man. Artwork depicting a male human at seven stages of development
A genetic test has been developed that can predict whether someone is likely to live an extremely long life, but scientists have warned that society is still not ready for such predictions.

The test is based on a scan of a person's entire genome; so far it can predict whether someone is likely to live to 100 with an accuracy of 77 per cent. However, refinements to the test will improve its precision, raising the prospect that it could one day be used to predict whether someone is genetically predisposed to extreme longevity.

Commercial organisations are likely to market the test within a few years. But the scientists behind the research warn that there should be a public debate on the ethical implications behind such testing.
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What Mainstream Media is Not Telling You About the Gulf Oil Cleanup

Paul Fassa
NaturalNews
Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:00 UTC
What surface oil dispersant for oil spills is so toxic and ineffective it has been banned in England for a decade? The one that British Petroleum (BP) is using now in the Gulf of Mexico. It's loaded with 2-butoxyethanol, which kills marine and wetland wild life while causing serious lung problems to humans!

It is more toxic than the oil it purports to clean, and it simply sends the newly formed toxic globules of dispersant and oil further into the depths where it forms underwater plumes. It's like pouring paint thinner on spilled paint and letting it drip out onto the lawn and garden, except the underwater plumes of thinned oil and toxic dispersant spread onto the shore lines, wetlands and coral reefs and into the Atlantic via the Gulf Stream and beyond.

Yet there are many less toxic, even 100% green, oil spill solutions available that are more effective.
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