Health & Wellness

Asthma attacks can be controlled by Vitamin D

Z News
Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:30 UTC

An Israeli research has found that asthma flare ups can be helped by boosting the level of Vitamin D in deficients asthmatics.

Dr Ronit Confino-Cohen from University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine, said that Vitamin D has significant immunomodulatory effects and is believed to have an effect on asthma - an immunologically mediated disease.

Between 2008 and 2012, 307,900 people were measured with levels of Vitamin D.

In Israel out of some 21,000 asthma pateients studied, 25 percent were those with a Vitamin D deficiency were more likely than other asthmatics to have had at least one flare-up in the recent past.

The medical records of nearly four million members of Clalit Health Services, Israel's largest health care provider, were analysed by Dr Confino-Cohen and her team.

Wheat & cow's milk disrupt DNA expression & antioxidant status

Sayer Ji
Greenmedinfo.com
Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:59 UTC

Could two of the Western world's most popular foods - wheat and cow's dairy - be depleting you of your antioxidants and altering your DNA expression in a harmful way?

A fascinating new study sheds much needed light on the topic of why a diet free of wheat gluten and the cow's milk protein known as casein have commonly been reported to have such a wide range of health benefits, particularly when it comes to gastrointestinal distress and neurological disorders; Or, said oppositely, the study reveals why the centerpiece of the Western dietary pattern - a gluten and casein-rich diet - may participate in an extraordinarily wide range of health problems, many of which we have been documenting extensively on our open access database: gluten harms and casein harms. We also featured the neurotoxicity of gluten and casein in three previous articles you can review below for a more in depth perspective on their intrinsically harmful nature:

Think your insurance company will cover you for Ebola? Think again

Christina Sarich
Natural Society
Tue, 28 Oct 2014 13:07 UTC

Remember the promise of universal health care with Obamacare, with no refusal for 'pre-existing conditions'? It looks like your insurance company may not have to cover you if you get Ebola. U.S. and British insurance companies have begun writing Ebola exclusions into standard policies to cover hospitals, event organizers, and other businesses vulnerable to local disruptions.

While it is estimated that expenditures to treat the original Dallas Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, were approximately $100,000 an hour (though he passed anyway), it looks like insurance companies won't be footing the bill.

President Obama originally refused to set up travel restrictions in and out of West Africa, too, even though the governments latest scare tactics and the CDC's ineptitude have resulted in insurance companies creating new policies which exclude Ebola care. Renewals will also become costlier for companies opting to insure business travel to West Africa or to cover the risk of losses from quarantine shutdowns at home.

Comment: Wouldn't it be better to avoid Ebola altogether? See:

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All of the profits, none of the risk: Big Pharma seeks legal immunity from damage due to emergency Ebola vaccines

Ethan A. Huff
Natural News
Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:18 UTC

The same drug manufacturers that stand to profit immensely from the sale of Ebola vaccines say they require full legal immunity from any potential lawsuits that might arise when people are harmed by various adverse effects from these "emergency" drugs.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) CEO Andrew Witty told World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan that his corporation, which is currently leading the way in producing Ebola vaccines, shouldn't have to shoulder any of the burden of responsibility for their safety.

Witty maintains, in other words, that GSK should be allowed full access to the financial benefits associated with selling Ebola vaccines to the public, but with absolutely none of the risk. And his company and others will likely get what they want, since they hold remarkable sway in the political realm.

Study finds milk consumption linked to bone fractures and increased mortality

Dana Dovey
Medical Daily
Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:30 UTC

A recent report from Sweden has not only added proof to the growing consensus that drinking milk doesn't help our bone strength at all but also suggested that it may be compromising our lives. The study even found a correlation between high milk consumption, bone fracture occurrences, and increased mortality risk. Although at this point cause and effect cannot yet be proven, the findings may still be enough to get you to decrease your daily milk consumption.

Mankind's relationship with milk post-infancy is still relatively new. In fact, two-thirds of the human population still lack the enzyme needed to break down the lactose in milk and will most surely end up with the monster of all stomach aches if they drink too much. Still, for those of us who are able to drink milk without too much of a discomfort, we've drank with the idea that we were somewhat improving our bone health.

However, many scholars have noticed that when it comes to osteoporosis and milk consumption, the numbers just don't add up. The countries with the highest rates of osteoporosis, such as the United States and countries in the European Union, are some of the biggest global milk consumers, Slate reported. Could it be that milk actually doesn't do all that much for bone health after all?

Comment: Studies have shown that countries with lowest rates of dairy and calcium consumption (like those in Africa and Asia) have the lowest rates of osteoporosis. In addition, studies of calcium supplementation have showed no benefit in reducing fracture risk. Vitamin D appears to be much more important than calcium in preventing fractures. Dairy products - including all milk products, milk, cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, kefir, ice-cream, etc. - are related to all kinds of diseases including cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases, cancer, allergies, asthma, digestive diseases, thyroid problems, neurological diseases among others.

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Low carb, high fat diets may reduce seizures in tough-to-treat epilepsy

ScienceDaily
Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:00 UTC

Diets high in fat and low in carbohydrates, such as the ketogenic or modified Atkins diet, may reduce seizures in adults with tough-to-treat epilepsy, according to a review of the research published in the October 29, 2014, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Epilepsy is a nervous system disorder in which the nerve cells in the brain work abnormally, causing seizures. About 50 million people have epilepsy worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

"We need new treatments for the 35 percent of people with epilepsy whose seizures are not stopped by medications," said study author Pavel Klein, M.B.,B. Chir., of the Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center in Bethesda, Md., and a member of the American Academy of Neurology. "The ketogenic diet is often used in children, but little research has been done on how effective it is in adults."

The ketogenic and modified Atkins diets include items such as bacon, eggs, heavy cream, butter, leafy green vegetables and fish. The ketogenic diet consists of a ratio of fat to protein/carbohydrates of three or four to one by weight. The modified Atkins diet has a one-to-one fat to carbohydrate/protein ratio by weight.

Scientists reviewed five studies on the ketogenic diet with a total of 47 people included in the analysis and five studies on the modified Atkins diet with 85 people included.

Beauty myths: The 'Certified Organic' deception

Samantha Sargent
Wake Up World
Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:41 UTC

Natural and organic cosmetics and skin care products are becoming more and more popular, as more of us are addressing our state of wellbeing. Whilst I feel this is a wonderful shift in culture, it can also be quite confronting, confusing and deceiving. If you have recently jumped on the wellness train, and gone through the process of detoxing your bathroom cabinet, then it's highly likely you've come across words such as organic, natural, biodynamic, certified organic, vegan, wild crafted and naturally derived.

But, what do all these words mean?

And then there's the BDIH, ECOCERT, USDA, ACO (Australian Certified Organic), OFC (Organic Food Chain), NATRUE, Soil Association and many more. Which certification stamp is the best?

It's no wonder you may be confused, reading contradictory information on the internet, and wondering which beauty product is best. If you've been hoodwinked in to thinking that your certified organic brand is better (in terms of purity and performance) than the non certified organic brand that you were contemplating, you're not alone. But please take a moment to think about what your deciding factor was. Was it the certification stamp that gave you instant assurance? Or did you do your research?

Perhaps your certified organic product is better. But then again, it may not be. Those certification stamps are not as straightforward or trustworthy as you've been led to believe.

Comment: Know Thyself: Skin care products can be more toxic than food:

Virus might be the cure for deadly honeybee disease

Richard Farrell
Discovery News
Mon, 27 Oct 2014 05:15 UTC

For honeybees losing their babies to a deadly disease, help may soon be on the way in the form of a virus that attacks bacteria and self-replicates until the job is done.

The disease is called American Foulbrood, a bacteria that kills bee larvae and is highly contagious. Its presence in a hive doesn't harm adult bees, but they can still spread it from hive to hive. Over time, as larvae die and bee populations can't replenish themselves, the whole colony can collapse.

Losses to the beekeeping industry to this disease can run into the hundreds of millions of dollars and its presence drastically cuts the number of bees that are able to pollinate plants.

Beekeepers can try to cure the hive with antibiotics, but that's not a perfect solution: The bacteria can and often do come back stronger, more resistant to the treatment. When that happens, the beekeepers have to seal up the hive and burn it.

Or, they may be able to try sending phages on search and destroy missions to eradicate American Foulbrood.

The bacteriophage, or phage, is a virus that tracks down specific bacteria. Bryan Merrill, an undergraduate at BYU, got the idea to treat American Foulbrood using phages after enrolling in a class that dealt with phage identification exclusively.

He approached Sandra Burnett, BYU professor of microbiology and molecular biology, who agreed to supervise Merrill on his research into a natural way to get rid of American Foulbrood.

"Phages are the most abundant life form on the planet and each phage has a unique bacteria that it will attack," explained Burnett in a release. "This makes phage an ideal treatment for bacterial disease because it can target specific bacteria while leaving all other cells alone."

Comment: What viruses are beneficial to humans? Certainly we must be able to utilize phages for some of the "illnesses" to which we are afflicted.

Phages are the most abundant organisms on Earth and thrive wherever bacteria grow, constantly evolving to keep up with mutating bacteria strains. They are a normal part of the human environment and are commonly consumed via foods and drinking water. Phage therapy applications (in research and development) will include food safety, vet applications for bacterial infections that cause animal morbidity/mortality, environmental sanitation especially for hospitals, and human therapeutics for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Phage therapy was first used in Paris 90 years ago but abandoned by Western medicine for antibiotics. The advantages to phages are: specificity, exclusive locality, no side effects, bacterial resistance is futile, and the development process is rapid. Antibiotics target all microorganisms, do not concentrate at the site of infection, produce multiple side effects, have multi-resistant strains with no effect, and development of new antibiotics is expensive and takes several years.

Only six clinics in 5 different countries offer phage therapy. Hopefully it will make its way into mainstream treatment, but big pharma is running the show and they will squeeze every penny out of the antibiotic cash cow for as long as possible.

Laughter: Better than pharmaceuticals & affects the body like exercise

Mae Chan
Prevent Disease
Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:40 UTC

It's no secret that laughter is good for you and, even when indulged in liberally, is gloriously free of side effects. Laughter is a simple stress reducer, a kind of natural Valium, but is also allows us to connect to other people in such unique ways, that it cannot be duplicated through any other method. A body of evidence shows that laughing not only works better than medication, but stimulates hormonal levels in ways similar to exercise.

One pioneer in laughter research, William Fry, claimed it took ten minutes on a rowing machine for his heart rate to reach the level it would after just one minute of hearty laughter. He wasn't kidding. There is no doubt that laughter improves health.

Norman Cousins first suggested the idea that humor and the associated laughter can benefit a person's health in the 1970s. His ground-breaking work, as a layperson diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, documented his use of laughter in treating himself -- with medical approval and oversight -- into remission. He published his personal research results in the New England Journal of Medicine and is considered one of the original architects of mind-body medicine.

Comment: Laugh your way to better health:

Regular strength training enhances cognitive performance and helps fight dementia

Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:00 UTC

The fear of losing cognitive ability tends to overshadow the fear of physical disability; 60 percent of American adults say they are "very worried" or "somewhat worried" about memory loss.¹

Chances are, you're among this majority. The good news is that your brain is a dynamic organ, constantly adapting and changing, for better or for worse.

While some activities, such as lack of sleep, can have a detrimental effect on your memory and brain function, a healthy lifestyle will support your brain health over the long haul, and can even encourage your brain to grow new neurons - a process known as neurogenesis or neuroplasticity.

This phenomenon was not known when I was in medical school. Back then, we were taught that the loss of brain cells was an irreversible condition and there was nothing you could do to change it.

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Health & Wellness

Asthma attacks can be controlled by Vitamin D

Wheat & cow's milk disrupt DNA expression & antioxidant status

Think your insurance company will cover you for Ebola? Think again

All of the profits, none of the risk: Big Pharma seeks legal immunity from damage due to emergency Ebola vaccines

Study finds milk consumption linked to bone fractures and increased mortality

Low carb, high fat diets may reduce seizures in tough-to-treat epilepsy

Beauty myths: The 'Certified Organic' deception

Virus might be the cure for deadly honeybee disease

Laughter: Better than pharmaceuticals & affects the body like exercise

Regular strength training enhances cognitive performance and helps fight dementia

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