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Swollen to ten times their normal size and weighing more than an average man,
these giant pumpkins would not look out of place in a science fiction film.
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August 30 2010A genetically modified (GM) crop has been
found thriving in the wild for the first time in the United States. At
the recent Ecological Society of America conference in Pittsburgh,
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Friday, January 29, 2010 by: Melanie Grimes, citizen journalist(NaturalNews) Vitamin E is a vital nutrient known mainly for its
benefits to heart health. But vitamin E has many other properties that
maintain health and has long been used both inter
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Monday, August 2, 2010
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Last December, I published a major article ( *****2010 Food Crisis for Dummies***** ) explaining why the world was heading towards a major food crisis in 2010. Well, the 2010 Food Crisis IS H
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Swollen to ten times their normal size and weighing more than an average man,
these giant pumpkins would not look out of place in a science fiction film.
By Laura Clout
Published: 2:27PM BST 12 May 2008
Photo: REX FEATURES
And it’s no wonder that they look out of this world, because the seeds from
which these monster vegetables were grown spent two weeks orbiting the earth.
On their return they were cultivated in giant Chinese hothouses producing the
oversized specimens pictured here, along with a host of other fruit and
vegetables.
Scientist hope the pumpkins, as well as two-foot long (06.m) cucumbers, 14lb
(6.3kg) aubergines, and chilli plants which resemble small trees, could
provide an answer to the world’s food crisis.
It is thought the near zero gravity conditions in space result in super-sized
fruit and vegetables with a higher vitamin content.
Crucially, the plants are said to produce harvests which are ten to 20 per
cent higher than normal - offering a rich source of food for the country’s
1.3 billion people.
Struggling for space in giant hothouses at the Guandong Academy of
Agricultural Sciences are 21lb (9.5kg) tomatoes and enormous watermelons.
Researchers fired off a batch of 2,000 seeds into space in 2006 on the Shijian
8 satellite.
After germination the best specimens were selected for further breeding.
Researcher Lo Zhigang said: “Conventional agricultural development has taken
us as far as we can go and demand for food from a growing population is
endless.
“Space seeds offer the opportunity to grow fruit and vegetables bigger and
faster.”
A total of 22 provinces are taking part in the programme, coordinated by the
China Academy of Sciences, and China says its giant fruit and vegetables
have already been sold to Japan, Thailand and Singapore. There has also been
interest from
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Posted By
Dr. Mercola
August 30 2010 A genetically modified (GM) crop has been
found thriving in the wild for the first time in the United States. At
the recent Ecological Society of America conference in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, researchers broke the news that transgenic canola is
growing freely in parts of North Dakota.
GM crops have spread from cultivated land to the wild in several
countries, but they have not previously been found in uncultivated land
in the United States.
The scientists behind the discovery say this highlights a lack of
proper monitoring and control of GM crops in the United States.
"The extent of the escape is unprecedented," says Cynthia Sagers, an
ecologist at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, who led the
research team that found the canola (Brassica napus, also known as
rapeseed).
Sagers says the discovery of plants that are resistant to two major
herbicides shows that "these feral populations of canola have been part
of the landscape for several generations."
Sources:
Nature News August 6, 2010
Dr. Mercola's Comments:
It’s a well-known fact that conventionally-grown crops can
cross-breed with genetically modified (GM) plants, as pollen easily
disperses over large areas by wind, roving wild animals, and insects.
Farmers across the world have experienced this problem, and many have been sued by Monsanto for growing patented crops
without paying the requisite licensing fees – despite the fact that the
farmer didn’t want the GM crop growing in his field in the first place.
And although nature itself can’t
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Friday, January 29, 2010 by: Melanie Grimes, citizen journalist (NaturalNews) Vitamin E is a vital nutrient known mainly for its
benefits to heart health. But vitamin E has many other properties that
maintain health and has long been used both internally and externally.
Vitamin E has been shown to help with the growth of hair as well as
preventing hair loss. The exact mechanism is not known but vitamin E
may prevent hair loss by the same mechanism that it prevents heart
problems. Vitamin E helps with the growth of capillaries. When there
are more capillaries, the circulation improves and it is thought that the improved circulation to the scalp is the trigger for preventing hair loss Vitamin E Grows Hair Because it causes capillary growth, vitamin E can help hair to grow. The increased circulation speeds the growth of hair in many people. The additional nutrition can prevent split ends, help heal hair damaged by excessive use of a hair dryer, and cure dry hair as well. Vitamin E Heals Dry Hair Vitamin
E can be used as a leave-on conditioner for dry and damaged hair. A
small amount daily will treat dry hair and heal the hair shafts. It is
always better to add nutrition to the diet, but for those with very dry
hair and scalp, adding a small amount of vitamin E to the hair after
shampooing will remedy dry hair, if not treat the cause. To treat the
cause, the vitamins need to be taken internally. To make a healing mask
of vitamin E, cut open a number of capsules with a small scissors and
blend into the hair. Completely cover the ends of the hair, so it feels
oily. Leave on for an hour or longer, and then shampoo out for silky, manageable hair. Daily Recommended Dosage of Vitamin E The recommended daily dose of vitamin E is 400 IU a day according to the website www.all4naturalhealth.com.
Doses of vitamin E above 1000 IU a day may be toxic and doses over
10,000 IU a day taken over time have been shown to cause the loss of
hair. The hair will grow back when the
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Monday, August 2, 2010
by Eric deCarbonnel
Last December, I published a major article ( *****2010 Food Crisis for Dummies***** ) explaining why the world was heading towards a major food crisis in 2010. Well, the 2010 Food Crisis IS HERE! Shortages
have driven up prices and we are now entering the next stage of the
food crisis. Some of my long time readers will remember my March
follow-up entry ( *****2010 Food Crisis Taking Shape***** ) in which I laid out the three stage of the food crisis. … What is going to happen next is simple: A) Prices will rise driven by growing shortages. B)
The fear of price collapse in soybeans will fade away and doubts about
the USDA will grow (ie: “if the USDA’s numbers are right, why are
prices still going up?”). As end-users try to get out of their underbought and oversold positions, the price rises will accelerate. C) Panic explodes as faith in USDA numbers collapse. Everyone becomes a spot buyer. Stage
A of the food crisis (shortage-driven price spike) has occurred. Now we
are entering stage B (confusion, growing doubts in government
estimates, accelerating price rises). This is confirmed by Kory Melby, who asks the question I have been waiting for: Where Are the Soybeans? Where Are the Soybeans? 29 Jul 10 Cash soybean bids remain firm in the interior of Brazil. Soybean crushers do not have enough soybeans to make it until November. Soybean crushers are bidding a negative margin to secure cash soybeans. Exciting Stuff Happening In Grain Markets Modbee reports that wheat prices surged in July by the biggest amount in a half-century DROUGHT SENDS WHEAT SKYROCKETING last updated: July 30, 2010 11:05:52 PM Wheat prices surged in July by the biggest amount in a half-century as severe drought in Russia and other former Soviet republics destroyed grain crops. • Wheat prices rose $1.97 a bushel, or 42 percent, this month and are at their highest level since September 2008. … Agweb reports about exciting stuff happening in
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views Many people interested in staying healthy have switched
to agave as a safer "natural" sweetener. They want to avoid well
documented dangerous sweeteners like HFCS (high fructose corn syrup)
but are unaware that most agave is actually WORSE than HFCS.
This expose will offend many hard core natural health advocates
because they have been convinced of the agave hype by companies that
are promoting it.
Some have even criticized me for having “ulterior” motives. But
nothing could be further from the truth. Although I do offer natural
health products for sale on this site, I sell no competing products to
agave.
Rather, I recommend other options such as stevia products. You can
also use xylitol in small amounts or glucose which is sold as dextrose
and can easily be purchased on Amazon for $1 per pound. I do not sell
any of these products.
My only purpose for sharing this information is to help people
understand the truth about health. In case you haven’t noticed, we have
an epidemic of obesity in the US and it wasn’t until recently that my
eyes opened up to the primary cause - - fructose.
I had similar epiphanies about omega-3 fats and vitamin D since I
started this site, but this is the most major health appreciation I
have had since I learned about vitamin D over five years ago. This is
serious business and it is my intention to make the public fully aware
of it and let you make your own choices.
Yes it is all about freedom of choice. It is hard to have freedom if
you aren’t given the entire story, and up until now that has been the
case with agave.
So Just What is Agave?
Blue agave is an exotic plant growing in the rich volcanic soil of
Mexico under a hot tropical sun, boasting a stately flower stem that
blooms only once in its lifetime. "Agave" literally means "noble." It’s
generally recognized as a superstar of the herbal remedy world,
claiming to offer
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by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
(NaturalNews) Can you really heal yourself by eating more
food? It seems counterintuitive, but in this article -- part eleven of
our 15-day self-healing series -- I'm going to share with you how
eating more food can actually be a powerful tool in accelerating your body's own natural healing potential. But there's a catch, of course: It's not about eating more junk
food, processed food or factory-made food. Eating more of that stuff
would only promote more disease of course. It's about eating more of
some specific foods and superfoods I'm going to share with you in
detail right here. The whole point of this "heal yourself by
eating MORE" approach is to chill out and get away from the "avoid
everything" trap that becomes a psychological obstacle for a lot of
people who are trying to improve their health. The demands to avoid
everything can seem intimidating and repetitive: Avoid cheese, avoid
sugar, avoid diet sodas, avoid processed meat, avoid MSG, etc. For many
people, the list of things to avoid becomes so large and confusing that
they just give up trying to be healthier. So I've advocated a totally different approach that's focused on eating more of the right kinds of things and worrying less
about all the other stuff. You might call it a more balanced, relaxed
approach to healthful living for a more mainstream audience. But how does it work? How does eating MORE food actually help heal your body? How eating more promotes real healing Here's how: There's a physical limit of how much stuff you can eat in one day. So by adding
certain healthy foods and aiming to achieve the goal of eating MORE of
those foods, you will automatically end up dropping something else out
of your diet without really trying. For example, one of the action strategies here is to aim to eat three whole fruits per day;
one before each meal. So each day, I want you to consume a total of
three whole fruits such as apples, pear
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Posted: December 12, 2006 1:00 am Eastern
© 2009Â
Read all of Rutz's columns on soy for the whole story:
Soy is making kids 'gay' The trouble with soy – part 2 The trouble with soy – part 3 The trouble with soy – part 4 The trouble with soy – part 5 The trouble with soy – part 6 There's
a slow poison out there that's severely damaging our children and
threatening to tear apart our culture. The ironic part is, it's a
"health food," one of our most popular.
Now, I'm a health-food guy, a fanatic who seldom allows anything
into his kitchen unless it's organic. I state my bias here just so
you'll know I'm not anti-health food.
The dangerous food I'm speaking of is soy. Soybean products are
feminizing, and they're all over the place. You can hardly escape them
anymore. I have nothing against an occasional soy snack. Soy is nutritious
and contains lots of good things. Unfortunately, when you eat or drink
a lot of soy stuff, you're also getting substantial quantities of
estrogens.
Estrogens are female hormones. If you're a woman, you're flooding
your system with a substance it can't handle in surplus. If you're a
man, you're suppressing your masculinity and stimulating your "female
side," physically and mentally.
In fetal development, the default is being female. All humans (even
in old age) tend toward femininity. The main thing that keeps men from
diverging into the female pattern is testosterone, and testosterone is
suppressed by an excess of estrogen.
If you're a grownup, you're already developed, and you're able to
fight off some of the damaging effects of soy. Babies aren't so
fortunate. Research is now showing that when you feed your baby soy
formula, you're giving him or her the equivalent of five birth control pills a day .
A baby's endocrine system just can't cope with that kind of massive
assault, so some damage is inevitable. At the extreme, the damage can
be fatal.
Soy is feminizing, and commonly lea
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Dangerousingredients sabotage your health -- and beauty.
Which of these toxins do yourproducts contain?
Your
skin is your largest organ -- and also the thinnest. Less than 1/10th
of an inch separates your body from potential toxins. Worse yet, your
skin is highly permeable. Just about anything you put on your skin will
end up in your blood stream, and will be distributed throughout your
body. Which is why I'm so fond of saying "don't put anything on your
body that you wouldn't eat if you had to..."
Though
it has been said many times, beauty is more than skin deep.
  Attempting to change your appearance from the outside while
neglecting what goes on inside is a temporary fix at best.
Who's Watching Out forYou?
When it comes to the beauty industry, anything goes…
And
money reigns supreme. Which means that it’s caveat emptor – “buyer
beware”. You need to be the captain of your own ship and know what’s in
the products you use.
If you thought the FDA was watching out for you…
Well,
let’s just let that idea blow off right now. They let the cosmetic
industry, including skin care products, police itself (your tax dollars
notwithstanding). The list of people trying to help you out is
surprisingly small -- almost non-existent.
Currently,
there are estimated to be more than 10,500 cosmetic and personal care
products on the North American market. Of those products, the
Environmental Working Group estimates that 99% of the products contain one ormore ingredients that have never been evaluated for safety .
Who'sresponsible for this Mess?
The cosmeticindustry and their love of loopholes. Some of the biggiesare:
"ForProfessional Use Only" -- This phrase allows cosm
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 by: Kirk Patrick, citizen journalist (NaturalNews) Toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead,
mercury and uranium are pervasive in much of the environment. While it
may not be possible to completely avoid exposure there are many safe,
organic and affordable products that help detoxify and eliminate these
toxins from the body. This article will provide ten such examples. 1) Bentonite (Clay) - Aluminium Phyllosilicate (Montmorillonite) Bentonite
clay is a form of volcanic ash that has the ability to physically
remove from the body up to 25 times its weight in impurities through a
process called adsorbtion . Bentonite has laxative properties
and contains high levels of iron, magnesium and silicon. Available in
two forms (sodium and calcium) bentonite clay is used in cement,
ceramics, acne medication, facial clay, cat litter and to clarify wine.
Higher grades of clay are safe for ingestion while lower grades are for
external use only and thus are of questionable benefit. 2) Bladderwrack (Sea vegetable) - Fucus vesiculosus (Fucaceae) Bladderwrack
is a type of brown seaweed found in both the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. The stem is used medicinally while the thallas (air filled
pods) help the algae float. Containing the active components iodine,
fucoidan, alginic acid and phenols in varying amounts based on the
water where it grew, bladderwrack is used to relieve heartburn and to
stimulate both the immune system and thyroid. Bladderwrack has
antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. 3) Blue Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) - Anabaena sphaerica (Cyanophata) Blue
green algae (along with green algae such as Chlorella) contain
chlorophyll, an antioxidant and deep green pigment. Bacteria such as Fecal Coliform
cannot coexist with chlorophyll, which helps keep fresh water clear.
Algae not only contain nearly every required vitamin and mineral, but
also have the effect of increasing oxygen while reducing nitrogen and
carbon. Ch
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Many
of you have or will eventually suffer from osteoporosis. But the drugs
designed to treat it are dangerous and loaded with side effects.
Fortunately, there are safe, natural treatments you can use instead.
Dr. Mercola's Comments:
Osteoporosis is a very common problem. It’s characterized by porous and fragile bones, which over time increases your risk of fractures, most often your hips, vertebrae and wrists. In fact, it will affect about half of all the people watching this video.
The
following information is important for a number of reasons, because
there’s a lot of confusion about this condition, but I want to
specifically clear up two major misconceptions.
Clearing Up Two Major Myths About Osteoporosis and Its Treatment
The first myth is that osteoporosis is due to a calcium deficiency. As you’ll soon see, that’s not simply the case.
The second misconception is that the treatment for it is to use bisfosphonate drugs
like Fosamax, Actonel, or Boniva. This is one of the worst strategies
for treating this condition, because even though it will increase your
bone density, it is a poison! The reason these drugs work is because
they actually kill certain cells in your bone called osteoclasts. These
are the cells that destroy bone as part of your natural bone
regeneration process.
When
these cells die off, you’re left with only osteoblasts, which build
bone. Hence you get bigger bone that is denser, but NOT stronger. Your
bones actually become weaker, and in the long term increase your risk
of developing a fracture.
Your
bone undergoes a dynamic process, constantly being remolded based on
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This document may not be reproduced except in its entirety, and without
changes. Before trying any of the procedures described in this document,
we advise you to thoroughly read this document several times.
This document was created by a group of people who believe that this
information is of inestimable value to humanity and should be made widely
available as soon as possible. The information here is declared to be in
the public domain and we wish that it not become the sole property of any
individual or group.
Here we describe some simple ways of making ORMUS so that readers can
begin true scientific and intuitive experiments with these materials.
All of these methods are experimental. The following information
is presented to promote scientific research into the nature of these materials.
Although these methods are based on our best knowledge at this time, further
scientific research may prove some of these processes or theories to be
inaccurate.
DISCLAIMER
The processes described here have not all been tested extensively. We do
not guarantee the procedures in this document, nor the results obtained
by using them. To the extent that you use or implement these procedures
or the products thereof, you do so at your own risk. In no event will the
authors of this document be liable to you, anyone else, or any organization
or government, for any damages arising from your use, or your inability
to use these procedures or the product thereof. Apply these procedures
at your own risk.
VERIFICATION
The material made by some of these methods has been tested by an independent
lab using X-ray fluorescence and photo spectrometry to identify the emission
spectra of m-state materials. (The lab prefers to remain anonymous).
The m-state spectral emissions signature was a broad, flat band rather
than discrete lines. The test also showed a significant amount of
calcium and magnesium, but no toxins were evident in well-washed material
made from
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By Mary Sparrowdancer
c. 2004-2005 by Mary Sparrowdancer
www.sparrowdancer.com
12-30-4
"Many doctors are sceptical about megadose vitamins,
arguing that a healthy diet meets most people's needs."
(From "EU Rules Threatening to Sweep Away Vitamin
Pills" - The Observer 12/27/04)
As the EU moves to regulate or limit public access to vitamins and mineral
supplements, once again the same tired and worn phrase is heard: "a
healthy diet meets most people's needs." Once again, vitamins and
mineral supplements are reduced to the status of unnecessary nonsense sought
only by the common, the uneducated and the very silly public.And, once
again, the stodgy inference is made that a "healthy diet" is
always (in these modern times of ours) within our fork's range.
The truth however, is that the majority of the world (including the United
States) does not have easy access to a "healthy diet," due in
part to the fact that very few people know what a healthy diet actually
is. Public officials have been misleading the public as well as the medical
community for a number of years regarding what constitutes "a healthy
diet."
We are now reaping the consequences of what amounts to a near-global false
advertising campaign.
In the United States, where the entire country is currently struggling
with an epidemic of epidemics, the epidemics of obesity and diabetes have
been blamed on laziness, poor habits, computers, etc.The blame has been
assigned to everything except one of the real culprits - the fraudulent
Food Pyramid.
Switched before birth, the original Food Pyramid was one designed for optimal
health.The real Pyramid was designed to promote the consumption of a
diet based primarily upon vegetables and fruits - not starch.
Luise Light, Ed.D, a nutrition expert, was teaching at New York University
and broadcasting a popular weekly nutritional radio program in New York
when she was recruited (repeatedly) by the USDA
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by James Khan
What kind of water are these health experts drinking?
Why would these world renowned experts be so excited by a water purification system?
Dr Ray Kurzweil
Dr Terry Grossman
Dr Gabriel Cousins
Dr Susan Lark
Dr Robert & Shelley Young
Dr Sherry Rodgers
Tony Robbins
Dr Theodore Baroody
Sang Whang
Daniel Reid
Dr William Kelly
Dr Hidemitsu Hayashi
Deepak Chopra
Herald Tietze
David Miller
Dr. Ingfreid Hobert
They all drink Ionized Alkaline Water as produced by a Water Ionizer.
Most
of these and many other health experts have written books, papers or
given lectures explaining why alkaline ionized water is the simplest,
most effective way to Alkalize, Hydrate, Detoxify and Mineralize the
body.
What is Alkaline Water and why are
so many cutting edge health experts so excited by it, drinking it and
asking you to drink it?
Well, they love
the taste. Ionized water is great tasting water, but great
taste doesn't explain why people like Dr Ray Kurzweil who has been
awarded 12 Honourary Doctorates and honoured by 3 US Presidents
(including Bill Clinton) have decided to write books and papers about
the benefits of drinking ionized water.
This page explains why.
What is Alkaline Wate
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by Dr. Mercola
A widespread and silent killer that’s worse for your health than
alcohol, nicotine and many drugs is likely lurking in your kitchen
cabinets right now. [1]
“It” is monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavor enhancer that’s known
widely as an addition to Chinese food, but that’s actually added to
thousands of the foods you and your family regularly eat, especially if
you are like most Americans and eat the majority of your food as
processed foods or in restaurants.
MSG is one of the worst food additives on the market and is used in
canned soups, crackers, meats, salad dressings, frozen dinners and
much more. It’s found in your local supermarket and restaurants, in
your child’s school cafeteria and, amazingly, even in baby food and
infant formula.
MSG is more than just a seasoning like salt and pepper, it actually
enhances the flavor of foods, making processed meats and frozen dinners
taste fresher and smell better, salad dressings more tasty, and canned
foods less tinny.
While MSG’s benefits to the food industry are quite clear, this food
additive could be slowly and silently doing major damage to your health.
What Exactly is MSG?
You may remember when the MSG powder called “Accent” first hit the
U.S. market. Well, it was many decades prior to this, in 1908, that
monosodium glutamate was invented. The inventor was Kikunae Ikeda, a
Japanese man who identified the natural flavor enhancing substance of
seaweed.
Taking a hint from this substance, they were able to create the
man-made additive MSG, and he and a partner went on to form Ajinomoto,
which is now the world’s largest producer of MSG (and interestingly
also a drug manufacturer). [2]
Chemically speaking, MSG is approximately 78 percent free glutamic acid, 21 percent sodium, and up to 1 percent contaminants. [3]
It’s a misconception that MSG is a flavor or “meat tenderizer.” In
reality, MSG has very little taste at all, yet when you eat MSG, you
think the food you’re eati
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You already know that you
should eat fresh, unprocessed, natural whole foods. But the importance
of raw foods often goes unnoticed. Here’s what you should know about
raw foods, cooked foods and enzymes.
Dr. Mercola's Comments:
One of the most important aspects of a healthy diet that is most frequently overlooked is the issue of eating your food uncooked, in its natural raw state .
Unfortunately, as you may be aware, over 90 percent of the food
purchased by Americans are processed foods. And when you’re consuming
these kinds of denatured and chemically altered foods , it’s no surprise we have an epidemic of chronic and degenerative diseases.
It is no mystery that you are what you eat.
Ideally you’ll want to eat as many foods as possible in their unprocessed state; typically organic, biodynamic foods that have been grown locally, and are therefore in season .
But the challenge is, even when you chose the best foods available you can destroy most of the nutrition if you cook them.
I believe it’s really wise to strive to get as much raw food in your
diet as possible. I personally try to eat about 85 percent of my food
raw, including raw eggs and meats . And there are a number of reasons for this.
Raw Food is Alive!
The primary reason for making sure you get plenty of raw food in
your diet is due to what’s called ‘biophotons.’ It’s a term you may not
have heard of before, but in Europe, Germany in particular, there’s a
lot of research in this area. Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt has also discussed it in some detail in one of his expert interviews for my Inner Circle program.
Biophotons
are the smallest ph
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Linn Cohen-Cole
March 19, 2009
Wisdom says stop a bill that is broad as everything yet more vague even than it is broad.
Wisdom says stop a bill that comes with massive penalties but allows no judicial review.
Wisdom says stop a bill with everything unspecified and actually waits til next year for an unspecified "Administrator" to decide what's what.
Where we come from, that's called a blank check. Who writes laws like that? "Here, do what you want about whatever you want and here's some deadly punishments to make it stick."
Wisdom says know who wrote that bill and be forewarned.
Wisdom says wake up.
Here's the bill. Let's use our imaginations and extrapolate from the little bit it reveals and from the reality we know.
SEC. 206. FOOD PRODUCTION FACILITIES.
(a) Authorities - In carrying out the duties of the Administrator and the purposes of this Act, the Administrator shall have the authority, with respect to food production facilities, to --
(1) visit and inspect food production facilities in the United States and in foreign countries to determine if they are operating in compliance with the requirements of the food safety law;
(2) review food safety records as required to be kept by the Administrator under section 210 and for other food safety purposes;
(3) set good practice standards to protect the public and animal health and promote food safety;
(4) conduct monitoring and surveillance of animals, plants, products, or the environment, as appropriate;
(5) collect and maintain information relevant to public health and farm practices.
(b) Inspection of Records - A food production facility shall permit the Administrator upon presentation of appropriate credentials and at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, to have access to and ability to copy
all records maintained by or on behalf of such food production
establishment in any format (including paper or electronic) and at any location, that are necessary to assist
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Isaac Eliaz, M.D., M.S., L.Ac.
EcoNugenics@mail.vresp.com
You've probably seen the commercials all part of a frenzied
campaign on behalf of the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) to persuade
you that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is perfectly safe. s natural
and made from corn, they say. And like sugar, it's fine in moderation.
As a doctor, I can only advise you not to be fooled. The truth is,
there are a lot of reasons to avoid high-fructose corn syrup and
shocking new research has just added one more to this list.
Let's begin with what we already know: A processed alternative to
sugar, HFCS is a favorite of the food industry for its ability to
provide maximum sweetness at minimal cost. But while HFCS might be
cheap to manufacture, you only need to look at statistics to see that
its widespread use over the last 25 years has come at a very high price
to consumers.
Fructose doesn't trigger satiety hormones like other types of
glucose do- one reason why it's been targeted as a prime suspect in the
rising obesity epidemic. But that's not all: Studies have also linked
HFCS to elevated triglycerides, insulin resistance- and even increased
risk of colon cancer.
Finally, when you consider yet another fact - that you'll find HFCS
hiding in a seemingly endless number of processed foods, from yogurt to
soup to salad dressing - moderate intake of this particular ingredient
proves to be a major challenge. In fact, the average total consumption
of HFCS is approximately 13 teaspoons per day - likely even higher
among certain populations, including children and teens.
Andthat's precisely what makes this next piece of recent research sodisturbing.
This past January, a study published in Environmental Health
revealed that nine out of twenty samples of commercial HFCS contained
detectable levels of the heavy metal mercury - presumably, the result
of contamination with "mercury-grade" caustic soda during the HFCS
manufacturing process. Even more
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Now You Can Easily Transform Your Drinking Water into the Cleanest, Healthiest, and Most Refreshing Water Imaginable...
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If
you have studied health for any length of time likely appreciate that
drinking pure water is an essential element of staying healthy.
Unfortunately
most people believe they can obtain their water requirements from
sodas, coffee, highly processed fruit juices, and superficially healthy
options like Gatorade.
While drinking these fluids
will clearly keep you alive, there is a huge gap in what they will do
to your or your family's health.
Pure Water is Your BESTChoice!
I have been helping people improvetheir health for over thirty years and have treated tens of thousands ofpatients.
It
is my strong opinion that for the bulk of the population, replacing
these junk fluids with pure water is simply one of the most powerful
lifestyle changes one can make to start improving their health.
Drinking
pure water regularly is so important that I put it at the TOP of my
recommended choices to make to get healthy. Fortunately many people are
realizing this and they are choosing water over junk fluids. However
many are using tap water which is loaded with chlorine, fluoride, drugs
flushed down the toilet, arsenic, and even rocket fuel.
The Bottled Water Myth
Drinkingbottled water is a major improvement over junk fluids and tap water.
However,
in these challenging economic times, it makes more sense to find a more
cost effective and environmentally sustainable option than bottled
water.
Here'swhy...
Up to 40% of bottled wa
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According to new research, produce in
the U.S. not only tastes worse than it did in your grandparents' days,
but also contains fewer nutrients. In fact, the average vegetable found
in today's supermarket is anywhere from 5 percent to 40 percent lower
in minerals such as magnesium, iron, calcium and zinc than those
harvested just 50 years ago.
Today's vegetables are larger, but do not contain more nutrients.
Jumbo-sized produce actually contains more "dry matter" than anything
else, which dilutes mineral concentrations.
An additional problem is the "genetic dilution effect," in which
selective breeding to increase crop yield has led to declines in
protein, amino acids, and minerals. Breeders select for high yield,
effectively selecting mostly for high carbohydrate content. And
finally, as a result of the growing rise of chemical fertilizers and
pesticides, modern crops are being harvested faster than ever before,
meaning that produce has less time to absorb nutrients either from
synthesis or the soil.
Sources:
Time February 17, 2009
The Journal of HortScience February 1, 2009
Dr. Mercola's Comments:
I’ve
published numerous articles about the superior health benefits of
organic and locally-grown fruits and vegetables, and these findings
further support what is becoming obvious to even those hiding under
rocks.
It’s a sad state of affairs when more than three billion people
around the world suffer from malnourishment – including in the U.S. –
and yet most ‘
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