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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(naturalnews) When we look at the word "raw", we associated it with the preservation of important vitamins, minerals and enzymes. Just as raw vegetables are preferable because of their nutritional content, the same is true of honey. Raw honey is honey that has not been heated, pasteurized or processed in any way. The differences between raw and pasteurized honey are substantial. Raw honey is an alkaline-forming food that contains natural vitamins, enzymes, powerful antioxidants and other important natural nutrients. These are the very nutrients that are destroyed during the heating and pasteurization process. In fact, pasteurized honey is equivalent to and just as unhealthy as eating refined sugar.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raw honey has anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal properties. It promotes body and digestive health, is a powerful antioxidant, strengthens the immune system, eliminates allergies, and is an excellent remedy for skin wounds and all types of infections. Raw honey's benefits don't stop there. Raw honey can also stabilize blood pressure, balance sugar levels, relieve pain, calm nerves, and it has been used to treat ulcers. Raw honey is also an expectorant and anti-inflammatory and has been known to effectively treat respiratory conditions such as bronchitis and asthma.<br /><br />Raw honey purchased from a local source is an excellent way of treating seasonal allergies. Local honey is preferred for treating allergies because the likelihood is great that it will contain small amounts of the specific pollens an individual may be allergic to.<br /><br /><b>Raw Honey is an effective natural remedy for a variety of conditions:</b><br /><br />For centuries, honey has been used to treat all sorts of ailments. It can be applied topically to heal wounds and rashes, or it can be taken internally to treat infections and address other health concerns. Although there are numerous remedies, the following are popular remedies for common everyday conditions.<br /><br />For skin burns, rashes, and abrasions, place a honey poultice over the affected area.<br /><br />Raw honey is also an effective treatment for acne. A small amount placed on blemishes and acne nightly will often clear the skin in a short period of time. Washing your face with honey will also leave you with sparkling, clean, soft skin.<br /><br />Raw honey's antibiotic properties are effective in treating colds and sore throats. Raw honey coats the throat and reduces irritation. For blocked sinuses, mix a teaspoon of honey in a pot of hot water, put a towel over your head, and just inhale the steam.<br /><br />To treat allergies, take a teaspoon of raw honey a couple of times a day starting a few months prior to allergy season.<br /><br />The many varieties of honey:<br />There are many varieties of honey, some of which are used to treat specific health conditions. Manuka honey has strong anti-bacterial properties and is used to treat a variety of conditions which include colds, sore throats, indigestion, stomach ulcers, and acne.<br /><br />Acacia honey cleanses the liver, promotes intestinal health, and reduces inflammation in the respiratory tract.<br /><br />Buckwheat honey, a strong tasting and dark honey, has strong antioxidant properties. Unfortunately, Buckwheat Honey is very scarce, especially in the United States. An alternative would be Red Gum Honey that also has strong antioxidant properties.<br /><br />Eucalyptus honey can be used to prevent colds and headaches.<br /><br />Heather honey has been used since ancient times for its medicinal properties. This honey contains a high level of protein.<br /><br />Linden honey is known for its sedative and antiseptic properties. It is used to treat anxiety, insomnia, colds, coughs, and bronchitis.<br /><br />Neem honey is highly esteemed in Ayurveda for its medicinal properties. Neem Honey is used to treat high blood pressure, diabetes, skin conditions, periodontal infections, throat infections and allergies.<br /><br />When looking to buy raw honey, look for a product from a local producer, preferably one you know or know of. Local honey offers particularly great protection from seasonal allergies.<br /><br />Please note that pediatricians caution against feeding honey to children under one year old.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><b>It is important to note that not all honey sold is real honey. </b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mystery product sold as “honey” BUT ISN'T! Not all honey is created equal. In fact, not all “honey” is real honey. Honey is one of the most commonly mis-labeled foods. Last year, Food Safety News found that 75% of store-bought honey was ultra-filtered and did not contain pollen. Without pollen, it is impossible to identify the honey’s source. The US FDA states that any “honey” that no longer contains pollen cannot technically be considered honey.<br /><br />Even more concerning, a third or more of all “honey” in the US was found to have been smuggled in from China or India, and tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. According to Food Safety News, millions of pounds of honey deemed unsafe and banned from dozens of foreign countries is being imported and sold in the US.<br /><br />Additionally, a number of ingredients are added to “honey”, and even sometimes constitute the main ingredient. These include sucrose syrup, sugar syrup, partial invert cane syrup, corn syrup, glucose syrup, beet sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, as well as artificial sweeteners. Any “honey” that contains these ingredients is therefore not real honey, but a blend. Furthermore, some of these ingredients, such as high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners, pose a particular threat to the health of consumers. On my trip to the grocery store, I picked up this little honey bear whose main ingredient was high fructose corn syrup. It was the cheapest honey available, and though I hate to waste, I threw this little guy in the trash after photographing him (I see right past that cute little face of yours, honey bear…).<br /><br /><b>Sources</b>:<br /><a href="http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/raw-honey.html" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/raw-honey.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.carlislehoney.com/allergies.htm" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.carlislehoney.com/allergies.htm</a><br /><a href="http://www.drgrotte.com/honey-medicine.shtml" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.drgrotte.com/honey-medicine.shtml</a><br /><br />About the author:<br />Luella May is a natural health advocate helping people to heal naturally.<br />Source: <a href="http://naturalnews.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">NaturalNews.com</a><br />Article Source: <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/buw8wgp" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.tinyurl.com/buw8wgp</a><br /><a href="http://facebook.com/dave.sommers1" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Dave Sommers</a><br />tag✔share✔ like-comment✔ repost✔</span>EducateInspireChangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319976504746623219noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798637146063301851.post-74119463367793075812013-12-08T08:47:00.001-08:002013-12-08T09:07:55.948-08:0016 Great Reasons To Have Daily Sex<div class="pw-widget pw-counter-vertical">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stressed, burdened with life's difficult problems and fear that your health is declining? Then sex is the answer to happiness, longevity and a healthy body. You don't agree? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Well, here is a list of the health benefits of sex, so do it daily to experience complete pleasure. These are 16 reasons to have sex today!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. De-stress Sex helps you reduce stress. When deep breathing exercises fail to de-stress you, sex will do the needful. During sex your body produces dopamine, a substance that fights stress hormones, endorphins, aka "happiness hormones" and oxytocin, a desire-enhancing hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. In a study, published in the Public Library of Science journal, three neuroscience researchers conducted a test on male rats and found that the sexually active rats were less anxious than rats with no sexual activity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Great Form of Exercise Making love is a form of physical activity. During intercourse, the physiological changes in your body are consistent with a workout. You must have noticed that the respiratory rate rises, which means you get tired. Hence, you burn calories. If you have sex three times a week for 15 minutes (but we know you can do better than that) you'll burn about 7.500 calories in a year. That's the equivalent of jogging 75 miles! Heavy breathing raises the amount of oxygen in your cells, and the testosterone produced during sex keeps your bones and muscles strong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 3. Lowers high blood pressure Hugs and sex can improve your blood pressure. Sex reduces diastolic blood pressure, that is, the bottom number while reading blood pressure. Researchers with the University of Paisley conducted an experiment on the same. They concluded that sex improves blood pressure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 4. Builds your immunity Trying to fight the sniffles? Sex is the answer to fight cold and other health problems; sex can boost your immunity. Immunoglobulin A, an antigen that fights the flu increases when the frequency of sex increases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Makes You Look Younger Making love three times a week can make you look 10 years younger, claims a Scottish researcher. "It's good for you to have good sex," says David Weeks, a clinical neuropsychologist at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, whose study on the effects of sex on aging appears in his book, Secrets of the Superyoung.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Healthy heart Sex helps you burn calories but it can also improve your heart. Sex will take care of stroke and heart attacks, you just have to enjoy the moment. Scientists with New England Research Institute examined the effect of sex on the heart. The study concluded that men are 45 percent less likely to experience cardiovascular diseases. But the study fails to study the effect of sex on a woman's heart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Pain relief Pleasure is the measure to beat out the pain. Do you experience migraines and body pain? Well sex is the answer. But if you experience back pain, it is best to consult a doctor. Dr. George E. Erlich, an arthritis specialist from Philadelphia conducted a study on the link between arthritis and sex. He narrows down that patients who engaged in sex experienced less pain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Builds trust and intimacy The act of sex spikes the hormone oxytocin; this hormone is responsible for your happiness and love. If your feel your relationship is falling out, there is trust or you're worried that your partner will stray away, then sex will dispel these doubts. The hormone oxytocin builds trust and brings couples closer, and cupid too</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Less chances of cancer Regular ejaculation reduces your chances of developing prostate cancer. In an Australian study men who ejaculated 21 times a month were least likely to develop cancer. It is further supported by other researches that sexual intercourse reduces the risk of prostrate cancer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Stronger pelvic muscles Sex involves the use of several muscles; hence regular sexual intercourse can help you develop stronger pelvic muscles. Further, since the act of sex involves a range of muscles, it also helps strengthen these muscles - for ex: quads, your core, and the upper back. Through regular sex, you can also maintain a strong bladder and bowel function. Strong muscles, calorie burner, improves heart health - sex seems to take care of you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11. Prostate Protection Most of the fluid you ejaculate is secreted by the prostate gland. If you stop ejaculating, the fluid stays in the gland, which tends to swell, causing lots of problems. Regular ejaculation will wash those fluids out and ensure the well being of your prostate until old age. Problems may also occur when you suddenly change the frequency of ejaculations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12. Induces sleep After that great, lovely workout you are bound to get good sleep. But guess what? Sex works the same way as exercise. The increased heart rate leads to increased post-coital relaxation. Sex could be the next thing for insomniacs! So what really happens: - Sex can relax you, hence if you are already tired, the act of sex will induce sleep. - When men ejaculate they become lethargic, this can make them sleepy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13. Regular periods Apparently sex can improve your menstrual cycle. Sex regulates hormones, which in turn regulate the menstrual cycle. Sex reduces stress, which is one of the reasons women miss their periods. Sex seems like a better option than pills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14. Prevents Erectile Dysfunctions Fifty per cent of men older than 40 suffer from erectile dysfunctions and all young men fear the moment when they won't be able to get it up any more. The best medicine against impotence is...sex. An erection keeps the blood flowing through your penile arteries, so the tissue stays healthy. Plus, doctors compare an erection to an athletic reflex: the more you train the more capable you are to perform. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15. Live longer A healthy heart, stronger muscles, increased circulation of oxygen and happiness are some of the factors that add life to the years and as a result - years to your life. A study published in the British Medical Journal reveals that men who engaged in sex often live twice as those who rarely had any action. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16. Healthier semen If you're trying to conceive, you increase the volume of semen if you have sex regularly. Regular sex replaces old sperms from the testicles. If there is a natural build of sperms it can lead to DNA damage. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #161514; font-family: Verdana;">Source: <a href="http://preventdisease.com/news/12/123012_16-Reasons-To-Have-Daily-Sex.shtml">Prevent Disease </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">From farmers’ markets and Community Supported Agriculture, to urban farms and rooftop gardens, to produce delivery services, more and more people across the U.S. are embracing farm-fresh food.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">And for good reason: Locally grown produce tends to be better for the environment and for local communities than its store-bought counterparts. Growing food at home also ensures that growers know exactly where their food comes from and how it was grown (no need to worry about deceptive food labeling). If you’re not whipping out the pruning shears yet, consider this: Learning new skills is good for our brains.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Luckily, you don’t need to be a farmer (or even live near a farm) in order to reap the benefits of home-grown produce. If you have a sunny window (or two, or five) and a bit of extra time on your hands, then you’re capable of growing your own food right at home. Read on for our roundup of 16 easy, healthy plants to cultivate indoors — and how to get them growing! </span><br /><br /><b>GENERAL GROWING TIPS</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Before you get started, here are a few tips that will be handy to keep in mind no matter which of the plants from this list you choose to grow.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">All of these plants require well-draining soil, which means you will either need to use a pot with holes in the bottom or pile up some stones in the bottom of your pot before adding soil (so that the water can drain through the stones). If you choose to use a pot with holes in the bottom, be sure to put a shallow drainage container under the pot so the water doesn’t drain onto your floor, shelf, or windowsill.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">For each of these plants, feel free to purchase potting mix at a garden center or make your own (You can also choose whether or not you want to stick with organic soils). Each plant grows best in a slightly different soil environment, but </span><a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/how-to-make-your-own-potting-soil.aspx#axzz2aBBp1w1N" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>this general potting mix recipe</b></a><span style="background-color: white;"> will help get you started. </span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Many of these plants grow best in areas that receive lots of sunlight and remain fairly warm throughout the day. Sunny windows are extremely helpful for growing plants indoors. However, if you don’t have sunny windows (or if the area is a low temperature), grow lights will be your new best friend — they help maintain optimal light and temperature conditions for plants regardless of outside weather or indoor conditions.</span><br /><br /><b><br /></b><span style="background-color: white;"></span><b>1. Avocados</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Why They’re Healthy: Avocados are chock full of healthy fats in addition to vitamins E and B6 and carotenoids, which are high in vitamin A and have been linked to a reduced risk of cancer, heart disease, and eye degeneration. No wonder these fruits are one of our favorite superfoods!</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Grow: It’s possible to grow an avocado tree from an avocado pit, but doing so may not yield edible fruit. If you want to eat what you sow, it’s best to purchase a dwarf avocado plant (varieties that yield the larger green-skinned fruit or the more common black-skinned fruits are equally good) . To tend for your tree, add some sand to the bottom of a large, well-draining pot before filling it with regular potting mix and planting your tree. Water the tree regularly but make sure the soil is never soggy — avocado roots don’t take well to being waterlogged. Prune the shoots regularly, and be sure to place the tree in an area with high ceilings — even dwarf trees can grow higher than 10 feet!</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Harvest: Green varieties are ready to harvest when the fruits’ skin turns slightly yellow, while darker varieties are ready when their skins have turned almost black. Ripe fruits can be left hanging on the tree for a few weeks, but any longer than that and they’ll start to lose their flavor and texture.</span><br /><br /><b>2. Carrots</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Why They’re Healthy: Carrots are a good source of a variety of vitamins and minerals, including thiamin, niacin, folate, manganese, potassium, and vitamins B6, A, C, and K. They also supply carotenoids, which are a big boon for eye health [1].</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Grow: Purchase carrot seeds and a pot or window box that’s at least a foot and a half deep and wide, with drainage holes at the bottom. Fill the container to within an inch of the top with a humus-rich potting mix. Water the soil before planting the seeds. Plant the seeds one inch apart in rows that are six inches apart from each other, pressing the seeds gently into the soil and covering them with a thin layer of soil. Water. Place the container in an area that receives tons of light. Keep the soil moist, but not soaked. To help preserve moisture, soak some peat moss in water overnight and then spread it on top of the seeds. Expect the seeds to germinate (i.e., start sprouting) in about two weeks.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Harvest: Carrots are ready for harvest when they’ve grown to about ¾ of an inch across the top (just below the green stem). If you can’t see the carrot itself, gently brush aside some soil around the stem so you can size it up (Note: Though it may be tempting to see how big carrots can get, they’ll start to lose their sweetness and flavor once they surpass their peak size.). To pick the carrots, grab them firmly at the root and wiggle them around a bit, then pull straight up. If you find that the soil is quite hard, water it and then wait an hour or so before retrying the harvest. Once the carrots have been pulled from the soil, remove the greens immediately, wipe off any excess dirt, and let them dry before storing them in the fridge.</span><br /><br /><b>3. Garlic Greens</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Why They’re Healthy: Pungent garlic is a member of the cancer-fighting allium family [2]. It’s also a Greatist-approved superfood that’s been linked to improvements in high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, and certain types of cancer.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Grow: Note: Growing actual garlic bulbs indoors is a bit tricky, but you can easily grow garlic greens, which can be used just like scallions. Start by purchasing a few garlic bulbs with small cloves, and don’t be afraid to buy a shattered bulb (i.e., one that’s started to burst or is fully pulled apart). Select a four-inch pot with drainage holes at the bottom (a quart-size yogurt container with holes poked through the bottom will also work) and a small bag of potting soil. Fill the pot with soil to about half an inch below the top of the container. Break the bulbs into individual cloves (leave the peel on), and push each individual clove about an inch into the soil, pointy end up. Plant about 12 cloves close together. Water well and place the container in a sunny spot. Water regularly, making sure that the soil remains moist but not soggy. Green shoots should appear in about a week.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Harvest: Once the shoots are 8-10 inches tall (this will take a few weeks), clip off whatever you need with scissors. When the cloves start putting up more sprouts, compost the contents of the pot, fill it back up with fresh potting soil, and plant new cloves (Each clove only sprouts good greens once; to have a constant supply, you need to keep re-planting).</span><br /><br /><b>4. Lemons</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Why They’re Healthy: A Greatist superfood, lemons are packed with vitamin C and antioxidants, which could help decrease heart disease risk, reduce inflammation, and fight some cancers [3] [4] [5].</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Grow: If you want the option of harvesting fruits right away, purchase a two-to-three-year-old dwarf tree at a nursery. Choose a clay, ceramic, or plastic pot slightly larger than the root ball of your tree, and make sure it has several holes in the bottom. Fill the drainage dish with stones to allow air to circulate. Use a potting soil specifically formulated for citrus trees, or choose a slightly acidic, loam-based potting mix. Place the plant in an area that will receive eight to 12 hours of sunlight each day and will ideally maintain a temperature between 55 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Water regularly, but be sure not to over-saturate the soil (it should be moist, not sopping wet). Citrus trees like moist air, so regularly misting the leaves with a spray bottle will help keep the leaves perky.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Harvest: Most lemons will ripen in six to nine months. Test for ripeness by looking for full color and gently squeezing the rind — a slight “give” indicates that the lemons are ready for eating.</span><br /><br /><br /><b>5. Mandarin Oranges</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Why They’re Healthy: These sweet little fruits are a decent source of antioxidants, calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, and fiber.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Grow: Purchase dwarf mandarin orange trees for the best chance of growing fruits successfully indoors. The trees will grow best in spacious pots with drainage at the bottom, and in rich soil. They also require a sunny location (rotate the plant regularly to ensure that it receives light evenly on all sides). Water regularly, allowing the soil to dry out slightly between waterings. The trees can grow up to six feet tall, and their root system grows along with them — when the roots begin to grow back on themselves or out of the drainage holes, it’s time to re-pot in a container that’s at least 2 inches larger in diameter.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Harvest: Mandarins need to be harvested as soon as they turn orange in order to preserve their flavor. When the fruits turn orange, clip or carefully twist and pull the fruit from the tree, making sure that the “button” at the top of the fruit remains intact.</span><br /><br /><b>6. Microgreens</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Why They’re Healthy: A big bowl of leaves can be a stellar source of vitamins A, C, K, and folate. And microgreens (a.k.a. seedlings of herbs and vegetables) might have even more nutrients than their full-grown counterparts [6].</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Grow: Start by purchasing a variety of seeds, such as radishes, kale, Swiss chard, beets, basil, and dill. Fill a shallow tray (no more than 2 inches deep, often called “seedling trays”) or a shallow pot with a drainage hole and fill the tray to the top with potting mix. Moisten the soil with water, making sure that it’s damp but not wet. Sprinkle the seeds evenly over the soil (they should be close to each other but not touching). Sift a thin layer of soil over the top to cover the seeds. Using a spray bottle, lightly mist the soil. Place the tray on a sunny windowsill in a room that’s between 60 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Mist or lightly water the soil daily so it remains moist; don’t let the soil dry out, but also make sure that it isn’t waterlogged. In about three to five days, the seeds will likely germinate — once they do, make sure they get 12-14 hours of light every day. Keep the soil moist at the roots, but avoid soaking the leaves.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Harvest: Once the seedlings have grown to one or two inches in height (expect this to take three weeks or more) and have about two sets of leaves, they’re ready to eat! To harvest the greens, hold them at the stem and use a pair of scissors to cut off the leaves, making sure not to cut into the root (by leaving the roots intact, you ensure that your greens will yield multiple harvests). Eat the microgreens right away or store them in a plastic bag in the fridge for up to five days.</span><br /><br /><b>7. Mushrooms</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Why They’re Healthy: Mushrooms aren’t just flavorful; they’re also a good source of fiber and vitamin C as well as antioxidants and cancer-fighting compounds [7].</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Grow: The easiest way to grow mushrooms indoors is to purchase a kit or grow them in a laundry basket. If you’re looking for a more labor-intensive option, follow these instructions.</span><br /><br /><b>8. Salad Greens</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Why They’re Healthy: Just like microgreens, salad greens (which include iceberg, spinach, romaine, red leaf, and arugula) are chock full of vitamins A, C, and K, and also contain folate and iron.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Grow: Begin by purchasing starter plants or seeds from a local nursery (You can also order seeds online). Choose a planter box that has drainage holes in the bottom and fill it with potting soil. Use your finger to poke holes into the soil about four inches apart.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">If using seeds: Sprinkle a few of them into each hole, then pat the soil back over the hole to cover them up.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">If using starts: Massage the roots before placing each start in a hole, filling in around them with soil.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">After planting seeds or starts: Water the soil. When plants start to appear (if growing from seed), pull out all but the largest, healthiest shoots. Water the soil regularly, making sure that it always remains moist to the touch.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Harvest: To harvest mixed greens, pull off only the outer leaves to allow the plants to keep growing, and be sure not to disturb the roots.</span><br /><br /><b>9. Scallions</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Why They’re Healthy: Like garlic, scallions are part of the allium family of vegetables, which has been associated with cancer prevention and may help protect the body from free radicals (by-products of cellular processes that can cause cellular damage) [2].</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Grow: No seeds required! To cultivate your own scallion crop, simply buy a bunch of scallions, wrap the bulbs together with a rubber band, and place the whole shabang (greens, bulbs, and all) in a glass with an inch of water. Change the water daily. When new green shoots appear and the roots have doubled in length (in about seven to 10 days), plant the scallions in a shallow pot or other container (not too big). Keep the plants evenly watered (i.e., don’t let the soil get too dry before watering) and in full sun.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Harvest: Snip the green tops (leaving at least an inch or two of the plant in the dirt) as needed. To use the white part of the scallion, harvest the plants when they’re six inches tall. Gently pull the white clump from the soil. Washed and trimmed scallions should keep for a week in the refrigerator (To maximize freshness, wrap them in a moist paper towel and store them in a plastic bag.).</span><br /><br /><b>10. Tomatoes</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Why They’re Healthy: Tomatoes contain lycopene, which has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and may help prevent coronary heart disease [9] [10].</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Grow: Start by selecting one six-inch pot (for one plant) or a larger pot (approximately 12 inches) if you’d like to grow two plants. For a continuous supply of tomatoes, start one or two new plants from seed every two weeks. Fill the container(s) with starter potting mix and plant seeds about ¼ inch deep. Water, keeping the soil moist but not soggy. Place the container in an area that receives substantial sunlight, turning the pot(s) occasionally so all sides have even access to the sun. Expect the seeds to germinate in five to 10 days. When the seedlings are about three inches tall, transplant them from the starter mix to potting soil. About two weeks after transplanting, add an organic fertilizer to the mix. Water the plants thoroughly; again, keep the soil moist but not soggy. As the plants grow larger, they may need to be staked to avoid broken stems. When plants bloom, tap the main stem and larger side branches with your finger — this will help to encourage pollination.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">How to Harvest: Tomatoes grown indoors will not grow to be as large as outdoor tomatoes, but they’ll still be full of tomatoey taste. When the fruits are red and firm, but with a slight “give” to the touch, they’re ready to eat. Either clip or gently twist and pull the fruits from their stems.</span></span>EducateInspireChangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319976504746623219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798637146063301851.post-15214455791840331472013-12-04T20:50:00.000-08:002013-12-08T09:08:40.633-08:00This Simple Test Could Predict How Long You Will Live<div class="pw-widget pw-counter-vertical">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s a question we often ponder, especially as we age: How many years do I have left?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, thanks to Brazilian physician Claudio Gil Araujo, there’s now a simple test you can perform right at home, in just a few seconds, that could predict how many years you have left to live, according to Discover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Araujo came up with the test after noticing that many of his patients,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">especially older ones, often have difficulty with simple feats of balance and strength, such as picking up something off the floor or getting up out of a chair. Since balance and conditioning problems are known to increase the risk of dangerous falls and accidents (and can also harm cardiovascular health), he wondered if a patient’s flexibility, balance and strength could be used as a measure of life expectancy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His idea was that patients might be more motivated to get in better shape if they had a more tangible way of conceptualizing how their overall health was being affected by their conditioning. If a patient is simply told to get in shape, they’re not likely to change their behavior. But if they’re told “if you don’t get into better shape, you could be dead in five years,” they’re apt to take notice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, the test also needed to be simple. If it required expensive equipment or measuring devices, the test probably wouldn’t be accessible to many people. So Araujo and colleagues developed the sitting-rise test, or SRT. It requires no equipment whatsoever and can be performed in seconds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In fact, you can grab a friend try the test out yourself right now. It’s recommended that you wear loose or comfortable clothing. Begin by standing upright in the middle of a room. Without using your arms or hands for leverage, carefully squat into a cross-legged sitting position. Once you’re comfortable, attempt to stand back up from the sitting position — again, without using your arms for help. A simple illustration (above), provided by Discover, can help you to visualize the steps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The test is scored on a point scale between 1 and 10 (5 points for sitting, 5 more points for standing back up). Each time you use an arm or knee to help in balancing during the test, you subtract one point from 10 possible points. Half a point is subtracted each time you lose balance, or when the fluidity of the feat becomes clumsy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seems like a pretty rudimentary test of conditioning, but Araujo found that it could predict life expectancy with alarming accuracy. He tested it on more than 2,000 of his patients aged 51 to 80, and found that people who scored less than 8 points on the test were twice as likely to die within the next six years. Those who scored three points or less were five times more likely to die within that same time period. Overall, each point achieved in the test accounted for a 21-percent decrease in mortality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Araujo’s study was only performed on patients older than 50, so the results won’t mean the same thing for younger individuals taking the test. But regardless of your age, the test should provide a useful benchmark for your overall health. If you’re younger than 50 and have trouble with the test, it ought to be a wake-up call. The good news is that the younger you are, the more time you have to get into better shape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source : <a href="http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/this-simple-sitting-test-could-predict-how-long-you-will-live">www.mnn.com</a></span><br />
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The lower your income is, the more difficult it is to be particular about what you feed your family.</div>
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This probably isn’t an earth-shattering revelation to anyone, but if you feel like experimenting, try to buy a week’s worth of healthy food for a family on a budget of, say, $50-75. Food manufacturers that <a href="http://truthstreammedia.com/lower-income-grocery-store-features-items-with-even-more-gmos/" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">target lower income shoppers</a> with more affordable products tend to include more GMOs and toxic ingredients in their offerings.</div>
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It just isn’t possible to stick to my usual food restrictions. Generally speaking I avoid:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Non-organic dairy because of the hormones and antibiotics as well as the GMO feed given to the animals</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Non-organic meat because of the hormones and antibiotics as well as the GMO feed given to the animals</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anything containing<a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/killer-corn-12212012" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> corn</a>, soy, or canola in any form because it is almost certain to be GMO</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anything with chemical additives like artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anything that is likely to have been doused in pesticides</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anything containing neurotoxins like MSG, fluoride, or aspartame (along with other artificial sweeteners)</li>
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It is a matter, then, of weighing the pros and cons, and figuring out what things, for you, are the most important, while also deciding which standards can be sacrificed. These decisions will be different for everyone, based on their personal health concerns, their genetic propensity for certain diseases, and the members of the family for whom they are buying the food.</div>
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Sometimes, when you’re looking at someone else’s situation while you are comfortably backed by a loaded pantry, it’s easy to be judgemental and tell them what they “should” do. The thing that we must all remember is that when times are tough, a person may be down to these two options with a two week grocery budget:</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1.) Buy strictly healthy organic foods and feed your family for perhaps 8 out of the 14 days.</em></strong></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></em></strong><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2.) Carefully select which standards you will relax to keep the tummies of your family full throughout the wait for the next paycheck.</em></strong></div>
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Very few people are going to choose option one.</div>
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Usually, I have an enormous stockpile of non-GMO dried foods and a flourishing garden to serve as a back-up for whatever non-toxic items are being offered at a reasonable price that week. Because I’ve recently moved and am<a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/the-pantry-primer-how-to-build-a-one-year-food-supply-in-three-months-08042013" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> rebuilding my pantry</a> from the ground up, I have no such stockpile right now. I am at the mercy of the food manufacturers.</div>
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When your budget is extremely limited, the normal healthy eating suggestions of shopping only the perimeter of the store or visiting the farmer’s market will not suffice to feed a family. As much as you may want to dine only on locally grown, fresh organic produce, a $50 farmer’s market spree will only get you through a few days if you are totally reliant on only this food.</div>
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The Lesser of the Nutritional Evils</h2>
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So what is a broke, but health-conscious, shopper to eat?</div>
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After strongly considering the list above, I decided not to cut corners on the organic dairy, neurotoxins, or the GMOs. I have a growing child and these things are at the top of the toxic pyramid for her development. This isn’t to say that the pesticides aren’t harmful, or the preservatives are not a chemical minefield. In a perfect world, I’d avoid all of it, and you should too.</div>
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If you are in a situation where you have to feed your family and don’t have a lot of money to do it, you need to do your research well before looking at those brightly colored packages with the false promises of nutrition within. While this list isn’t comprehensive, here are some things to consider about conventional grocery store offerings.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">GMOs:</strong> Genetically modified foods have not been tested for long-term effects on humans. There is a great deal of evidence to indicate the GMOs can cause a host of illness. Peer reviewed studies implicate GMOs in the development of grotesque tumors, premature death, organ failure, gastric lesions, liver damage, kidney damage, severe allergic reactions, a viral gene that disrupts human functions…you can read more <a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/gmos-not-even-in-moderation-02072013" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hormones and antibiotics: </strong>Livestock animals that provide meat or dairy products are tainted with growth hormones, antibiotics, and GMO feed. These items pass through the food chain to the consumer. <a href="http://www.sustainabletable.org/258/hormones" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Growth hormones can cause</a> opposite sex characteristics in developing children, early puberty, the development of cancer, and infertility. Furthermore, the world is quickly becoming immune to the effects of antibiotics because of constant exposure through the food supply, which means that there is the potential for things that should be easily treated to become deadly due to<a href="http://undergroundmedic.com/the-antibiotic-timebomb/" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> antibiotic resistance</a>.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pesticides:</strong> The use of pesticides in conventional farming is rampant. <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong>Even the hijacked the<a href="http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/food/risks.htm" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> Environmental Protection Agency </a>has to admit that the ingestion of pesticides can cause health problems. They warn of the risk of “birth defects, nerve damage, cancer, and other effects that might occur over a long period of time.” (Keep in mind, however, that despite this warning, the <a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/despite-irrefutable-evidence-of-toxicity-and-death-monsantos-friends-at-the-epa-raise-allowable-glysophate-levels-06192013" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">EPA just RAISED the acceptable limit of </a><a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/despite-irrefutable-evidence-of-toxicity-and-death-monsantos-friends-at-the-epa-raise-allowable-glysophate-levels-06192013" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">glyphosate</a> at the behest of Monsanto.) Especially at risk of harm from pesticides are prepubescent children and fetuses.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Neurotoxins</strong>: Our water supply is spiked with <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/08/12/fluoride-and-the-brain-no-margin-of-safety.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">fluoride, a neurotoxin</a> that lowers IQs, causes infertility, has been linked to cancer and causes hardening of the arteries. Nearly every packaged food on the shelf is seasoned with MSG in one of its many names, and many lower calorie foods and diet drinks are sweetened with aspartame. Both of these are <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/rr-blaylock.html" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">excitotoxins</a><a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/rr-blaylock.html" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> that cause brain cell death</a> instantly, causing decreased IQs, headaches, depression, and seizures.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Assorted chemical cocktails</strong>: The length of the ingredients list in your food is often a direct indicator of the unhealthiness of the item. When an item contains a host of additives, colors, flavors, and preservatives, you can safely bet that most of the nutrients are gone. These highly processed foodlike substances are <a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/use-your-noodle-the-importance-of-whole-foods-in-the-preppers-pantry-04202013" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">very difficult for the body to break down</a> so that the few remaining nutrients can be used. If you can’t picture what an ingredient looked like in it’s natural state, it probably isn’t something you really want to eat. When is the last time you saw a tertiary butyl hydroquinone grazing in a field, or a calcium propionate growing in the garden?</div>
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What should you eat when you’re broke?</h2>
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Here’s a little primer on those confusing meat labels:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Antibiotic-free:</em> Because of poor and stressful living conditions, factory-farmed animals are very susceptible to illness. Antibiotic-free means they were not prophylactically treated with antibiotics. This does not, however, mean that the animal is hormone-free.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Grass-fed</em>: Grass-fed cows are allowed some access to the outdoors and are not fed grains or corn. This does NOT mean they are organic, because the grass they are grazing on may have been chemically fertilized and sprayed. Unless you have actually seen them roaming around the farm, keep in mind their access to the outdoors may not be the lovely rolling pastures that you have in your mind, but a crowded corral with hundreds of other cows.</li>
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Your best options, if you can’t afford organic meats, are to go for the hormone and antibiotic free options as a supplement to vegetarian protein sources like local eggs, beans, and organic dairy products.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fruits and vegetables:</em></strong> If organic produce is not an option, look for the items with the lowest pesticide loads. (<a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/the-top-14-fruits-and-veggies-to-buy-organic-05032013" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">This list</a> by the Environmental Working Group is based ONLY on pesticide loads – some of the items they recommend could be GMOs). Fruits and vegetables that can be peeled often subject you to less pesticides than thin-skinned items. If you must buy conventional, wash the produce carefully and peel it if possible. Look to these stand-bys:</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Dairy products</strong></em>: Conventional dairy products are absolutely loaded with hormones. Dairy cattle are given high levels of female hormones to make them produce a greater quantity of milk. This makes little boys develop female characteristics and makes little girls hit puberty at a far younger age than normal, which is the reason you see 4th graders with large breasts and hips. These hormones can also trigger obesity in both genders. Because of the public outcry, some dairies have pledged not to use rBST, the most commonly used of the growth hormones. Do your research to discover if there are any such brands available to you. The <a href="http://community.safeway.com/t5/Our-Blog/Lucerne-rBST-Free/ba-p/4728" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Lucerne brand</a> from Safeway is guaranteed to be hormone free. (It’s interesting to note that Monsanto, the company that pushes rBST, wants the FDA to disallow dairies to put this on their labels, and that the FDA forces those who label their products rBST-free to also put the following disclaimer on the containers: “No significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rBST-treated and non-rBST treated cows.” (<a href="http://www.non-gmoreport.com/articles/may07/misleading_rBST-free_labeling.php#sthash.ntlDkxBh.dpuf" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">source</a>) )</div>
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Organic dairy is still better, because the cattle are fed a healthier diet and are free from antibiotics. If you can’t swing it, at the very least, search for rBST-free dairy products. For products, you can save loads of money by making your own from untainted milk. Learn <a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/making-yogurt-experiments-1-4-02162013" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how to make yogurt</a>, <a href="http://readynutrition.com/resources/yogurt-cheese_30072013/" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how to make yogurt cheese</a>, and <a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/how-to-make-cottage-cheese-01132013" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">how to make cottage cheese</a>. Plain yogurt can also be used as a healthy substitute for sour cream.</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Water:</em> If you are on city water, chances are, <a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/huh-it-must-be-something-in-the-water-01082013" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">your water is loaded with chemicals</a>, from fluoride to ammonia to chlorine. I won’t drink this water, and I won’t let my children drink it either. The large 5 gallon jugs provide the least expensive way to buy water. Also look for sources of spring water to fill your own containers. (This<a href="http://www.findaspring.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> interactive map</a> can help.)</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Build your pantry</strong>. It’s hard to think about building a pantry when you have barely enough food in the cupboard to make it between paychecks. But if you can purchase one bulk item per shopping trip, in a few months you will have a pantry that will allow you to make higher quality grocery purchases on your weekly trips. At that point, you can start going to <a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">the farmer’s market</a>, which in many locations is very reasonably priced, buying in enough bulk to preserve your foods, and have the occasional splurge. Go <a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/20-ways-to-build-a-whole-foods-kitchen-on-a-half-price-budget-05132013" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">HERE</a> to learn more about building a whole foods kitchen on a half price budget.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Be scrupulous about food hygiene.</strong> Wash your produce very thoroughly and soak it in a baking soda bath. Also remember to careful wash your beans and rice. (Click <a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/the-dirt-on-rice-literally-12162012" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">HERE</a> to see some photos of the dirt that comes off of a cup of rice!)</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Get growing</strong>. Even if it is the off season, you can sprout some seeds on your counter to add fresh nutrients. You can grow some salad greens and herbs in a sunny windowsill. Invest a few dollars each week in some seeds and you will soon be able to supplement your diet with nutritious, organic, home-grown veggies. Go <a href="http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/garden-rebels-10-ways-to-sow-revolution-in-your-back-yard-05072013" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">HERE</a> to get more ideas for growing your own food on any budget, in any location.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Visit outlet stores</strong>. Sometimes places like Big Lots or grocery clearance centers have organic options at good prices. You might be able to pick up canned goods, cereals, and crackers at a fraction of the normal grocery store price.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Forage for freebies</strong>. In many locations, <a href="http://readynutrition.com/resources/sustainable-in-the-city-want-to-forage-in-your-city_08082013/" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">even the city</a>, there are free delicious foods just waiting for you to pick them. Dandelions, wild berries, nuts, and nutritious leaves abound. Just be very sure you know what you’re picking and then enjoy your wild foods. Check out this <a href="http://www.commonsensehome.com/wildcraftingweekly-weeder/" style="border: 0px; color: #c40707; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">excellent guide to the nutritious goodies</a> that may be in your backyard masquerading as lowly weeds.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Plan on at least one extra frugal meal per day.</strong> Have peanut butter and crackers, a bowl of oatmeal, or soup for one meal per day – not every meal has to be made up of protein, veggies, and grains.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Don’t give up.</strong> If you are feeling financially defeated, it is sometimes easy to say, “*bleep* it!!!” and just get some Ramen noodles or macaroni and cheese and call it a meal. Don’t do it! Do the very best you can with the resources you have available. Remember, if you can’t afford good food, you definitely can’t afford bad health – it’s even more expensive.</div>
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There are a lot of things that readers may find to pick apart in this article – and that’s good! By thinking critically and discussing these things, sometimes we can come up with solutions that may not have occurred to us previous to the conversation. I’m not some expert that shouldn’t be questioned – I am just a mom on a budget. Some of the suggestions here were gleaned from the comments sections of previous articles.</div>
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Do your research and do the best that you can with what’s available given your resources. Create a plan to provide better options in the future. Don’t go down that toxic trail laid out by Big Food without fighting, kicking, and screaming.</div>
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<br /></div>EducateInspireChangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319976504746623219noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798637146063301851.post-91988982683082479982013-12-02T08:05:00.001-08:002013-12-02T10:51:26.022-08:00Pet owners increasingly using medical marijuana to help their pets beat pain.<div class="pw-widget pw-counter-horizontal">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">(</span><a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/043071_medical_marijuana_pet_owners_sick_animals.html" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">NaturalNews</a><span style="background-color: white;">) As the social stigmas and taboos about marijuana that largely emerged during the "Reefer Madness" generation continue to be stripped away from the public consciousness, an increasing number of people are beginning to look at this all natural herb with fresh eyes, recognizing its incredible potential for healing. This includes a growing number of pet owners who are now using the plant and its essential oils to safely and effectively treat their ailing pets.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">CBS New York reports that veterinary cannabis use is on the rise across all segments of society, and particularly among pet owners whose pets have severe or even terminal illnesses that do not respond to conventional treatment. Major conditions like cancer, many pet owners are finding, respond quite well to cannabis use when nothing else does. And unlike conventional treatments, cannabis treatment does not cause any harmful side effects.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">One such success story is "Luna" Capers, the beloved dog of Rowyn Capers who reportedly gained her quality of life back after being given a non-psychoactive cannabis oil extract for late-stage lymphoma. When chemotherapy left the dog gravely ill and on the verge of death, Rowyn began to administer the natural therapy instead, which produced incredible results.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">"Her lymph nodes were like golf balls and she was coughing constantly and she couldn't breathe, and I just thought it's time to say goodbye," said Rowyn to CBS News about Luna's condition before the cannabis. "The first time I dosed her [with cannabis] I was so scared. We were looking at her all night. [But the] more I increased her cannabis dose the less side effects that she had. The vomiting stopped, the diarrhea stopped."</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Similar success was achieved by Mary Lynn Mathre, the owner of a 13-year-old golden retriever who was also diagnosed with cancer. After learning about cannabis, Mary Lynn began to give all of her dogs a daily cracker topped with cannabis-infused butter, which not only helped the sick one but also helped improve the health of all her dogs, including one with a strange bald spot on its leg.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">"There was no hair on a circle that it would lick and lick," stated Mary Lynn to CBS New York, noting that both dogs experienced dramatic improvements as a result of the cannabis.</span><br /><br /><b>Cannabis helps pets with low energy, cancer, and epilepsy</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Al Byrne's three dogs, who range in age from three to 13, have also responded positively to marijuana. Besides noticeable increases in energy among all the dogs, Al says each of his furry family members now has a shinier coat and a "shine in their eyes" that was not there before.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">"When you see them enjoying life and feeling better and not being sick, you know you've hit something," says Darlene Arden, a certified animal behaviorist who is a strong advocate for veterinary cannabis use. "I think we can now see marijuana for exactly what it is and what it can do. [It's not] a street drug but a legitimate medication to be used under proper supervision."</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Many CBS New York commenters with pets seem to agree with these sentiments, as some of them posted their own stories about how medical cannabis helped their pets. One woman recounts how her three-year-old dog almost died from epilepsy but experienced a dramatic and immediate recovery after being placed on a regimen of medical cannabis.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">"As a last ditch effort after her last bout of seizures and being unable to come out of her postictal state, despite being administered a heavy sedative by our vet, we tried marijuana we had received from a friend of ours (it's legal in our state)," writes the commenter. "Within less than 15 minutes, our dog came fully out of its postictal state, laid down, and napped for (about) 2 hours before waking up and wanting to play tennis ball and tug. It was beyond anything I had seen before with this dog."</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Sources: </span><a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/043071_medical_marijuana_pet_owners_sick_animals.html" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">naturalnews.com</a><br /><a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/11/22/seen-at-11-medical-marijuana-for-your-furry-friends/" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">newyork.cbslocal.com</a><br /><a href="http://science.naturalnews.com/Cannabidiol.html" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">science.naturalnews.com</a></span>EducateInspireChangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319976504746623219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798637146063301851.post-17050912420731398712013-11-29T18:48:00.000-08:002013-11-29T18:48:51.142-08:00Bees Have Been Trained To Sniff Out Cancer in Humans <div class="pw-widget pw-counter-horizontal">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Portuguese designer Susana Soares has developed a device for detecting cancer and other serious diseases using trained bees. The bees are placed in a glass chamber into which the patient exhales; the bees fly into a smaller secondary chamber if they detect cancer.</span><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.inscentinel.com/technology/sniffer-bees/" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Scientists have found</a></b><span style="background-color: white;"> that honey bees - Apis mellifera - have an extraordinary sense of smell that is more acute than that of a sniffer dog and can detect airborne molecules in the parts-per-trillion range.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Bees can be trained to detect specific chemical odours, including the biomarkers associated with diseases such as tuberculosis, lung, skin and pancreatic cancer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">The system is definitely not foolproof, but could be used as a low-cost alternative to current early detection methods that require expensive medical machinery. Find out more on </span><a href="http://www.susanasoares.com/index.php?id=52" style="border: 0px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Soares’s website</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">. </span></span><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the greatest health myths of all time is that a vegan or vegetarian diet does not provide the body with the necessary nutrients it needs to function. This couldn’t be farther for the truth, vegetarian and vegan diets are associated with many health benefits. Vegan diets tend to contain less saturated fat and cholesterol with more dietary fiber. Vegans tend to have lower blood pressure, and have a lesser risk of heart disease. Sure, eliminating meat from your diet can increase the risk of certain nutritional deficiencies, but there are ways to get those nutritional benefits without eating meat, which eliminates the dangers that are associated with meat.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many studies, published in top peer-reviewed journals point away from meat and milk as the building blocks for a healthy diet, and more towards whole plant-based foods with little or no added oil, sugar or salt. <strong>(1)(2)(3)</strong> In human population studies, rates of heart disease and certain cancers are strongly associated with animal-protein based diets.<strong>(1)</strong> Plant based foods have plenty of protein and calcium along with far greater amounts of other essential nutrients like antioxidants and complex carbohydrates that you won’t find in meat and dairy products. Higher protein diets using meat increase the risks of cancer, cardiovascular diseases and other ailments.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Historically, the primary health value of meat and dairy has been to their protein content. Not many people realize that a plant based diet contains a large amount of protein, and that the protein from a plant based diet can be more nutritious than the protein from a meat based diet. <a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2011/11/12/10-protein-packed-plants/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear; color: #0088cc; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s linear;">Here</a> is a list of 10 protein packed plants if you’re interested. Casein (the main protein of cow’s milk) has long been associated with increased cholesterol levels and early heart disease. It’s also associated with other animal proteins in general, which have also shown to enhance cancer growth in experimental animals studies.<strong>(1)</strong> While we are on the subject of Casein, it’s important to note that it is the most relevant chemical carcinogen ever identified.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basically, when it comes down to it there is information on both sides of the argument. Either way, it’s good to make sure your food is completely organic without any added additives or hormones. The main point I’m trying to get across is that you don’t have to eat meat, you can make the choice to be a vegan and be just as or even more healthy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You wouldn’t ask a gorilla where it gets its protein from, would you? It’s all from a plant based diet.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below is a video of vegan bodybuilder (one of many) Frank Medrano. He joins a growing number of athletes and bodybuilders who’s peak physical performance is powered only by plants. A growing number of people are becoming aware of the fact that we can live healthy lives without harming animals, and that it’s possible not just to live, but to thrive on a plant based diet. There is a large body of scientific evidence demonstrating that a vegan diet eating plant based foods, instead of animal based foods can have significant health benefits. In 2009, the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the foremost authority of diet and nutrition recognized that humans have no biological requirements for animal products.<strong>(4)</strong></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is no biological need to consume animal products, it’s a choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(1) <a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390444184704577587174077811182" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear; color: #0088cc; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s linear;">http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390444184704577587174077811182</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(2)<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19562864" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear; color: #0088cc; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s linear;">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19562864</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(4)<a href="http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/48/3/712" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear; color: #0088cc; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s linear;">http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/48/3/712</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, it's true. The yellow powder that will stain (almost) everything it touches is the secret ingredient in giving you the brightest whitest teeth possible. Yesterday I came across an article on Examiner.com called "Whiten Teeth Safely with Turmeric" and since turmeric is one off my all time favorite culinary/medicinal herbal cross-overs, I was intrigued. We already know that turmeric is a superstar for cooling inflammation and protecting the brain against aging, as well as being a powerful antiseptic and antibacterial agent, so I wouldn't put it past this great herb to do something else miraculously.<br /><br />As a side note, turmeric has other beautifying properties as well, and can be taken orally or topically as a mask to shrink the pours on the face, and is used by Indian brides before their wedding day for just this reason.<br /><br />Anyway, using about a half tablespoon dried organic turmeric powder and a bit of water to make a paste, I gave it a go. You do have to be very careful because anything not inside of your mouth that comes in-contact with it will be dyed bright yellow (including the toothbrush). But, as you might have guessed, it works like a miracle to whiten teeth.<br /><br />Turmeric would also be great for oral hygiene, not just tooth whitening, because it is such a strong anti-inflammatory, which is good for the gums--since 90% of people over the age of 30 have gum disease, and is also a strong antimicrobial, so it kill all those bag germs causing tooth decay and gum disease (and be sure to take your vitamin K2).<br /><br />Directions: use 1/2 tablespoon dried organic turmeric root (bulk in any health food store), add just a bit of water to make a thin paste. I use a small--real small--cup for this. Scoop it up with the bristles of your toothbrush (which will become irreversibly stained), and brush like normal. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pallet House. Reclaimed pallets can be used for constructing shelters, cabins, and homes. Building a pallet house from reclaimed pallets is an inexpensive way to build your off grid home or cabin. Get out there, get some pallets, build something!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he Pallet House prototype designed by I-Beam Design was featured in HRH Prince Charles’ Royal Gardens as part of an exhibition on sustainable design, organized by Prince’s Charities, Start, along with The Earth Awards, The Financial Times and IBM. The interior was decorated by Wallpaper magazine.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The inspiration for the Pallet House Project came from the fact that 84% of the world’s refugees could be housed with a year’s supply of recycled American pallets. With one and a half year of pallet production in the US alone, 33 million refugees can live in a Pallet House.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nearly 21 million pallets end in landfills each year which can house over 40,000 refugees. Pallets are specifically designed for transport and delivery – so cost is negligible when carrying shipments of food, medicine and other types of aid to refugees. A 250 square foot ‘Pallet House’ requires 100 recycled pallets nailed and lifted into place by 4-5 people using hand tools in under a week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This pallet home could easily be built using your own plans, however I-Beam offers a how to guide for $75 which can be found at i-beamdesign.com/products/pallethouse, if you want to build this exact one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://i-beamdesign.com/projects/refugee/refugee.html">i-beamdesign.com</a> via <a href="http://offgridworld.comhttp//www.offgridworld.com/awesome-pallet-house-built-for-500/" target="_blank">offgridworld.com</a></span>EducateInspireChangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319976504746623219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798637146063301851.post-70745625999162847882013-11-26T12:23:00.000-08:002013-11-26T12:26:16.973-08:00Flu Shot Death? Mother Claims Flu Shot Is Responsible For Teenage Sons Death<h1 style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="background-color: white;">by Dave Mihalovic – <a href="http://preventdisease.com/news/13/112613_Doctors-Prohibited-From-Speaking-Out-On-Death-Teen-Caused-By-Flu-Shot.shtml" style="border: 0px;" target="_blank">Prevent Disease</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">A 19-year old who received a flu shot during a routine physical became violently ill, suffering from vomiting and headaches, eventually slipping into a coma and then succumbing to his injuries. While his mother is claiming that the influenza vaccine is responsible for the death of her son, doctors claim they could not confirm the cause and they are now legally prohibited from speaking about his case.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Chandler Webb received the shot on October 15 during a routine physical, after he had decided to go on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The day after the exam, Chandler became extremely ill — suffering from vomiting and headaches. A little more than a week later, Chandler slipped into a coma and spent nearly a month on life support at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">While at the hospital, Chandler underwent a variety tests, but his doctors were not able to ascertain the source of his illness.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Eventually the family made the very difficult decision to remove life support and Chandler died on November 19, 2013, 28 days after his illness began. His mother, Lori Webb, said that his direct cause of death was swelling of the brain — something she believes was the result of an adverse reaction to the influenza vaccination.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Mrs. Webb says this was her son’s first ever flu shot. He had received it the day before he became ill as part of a routine physical in preparation for missionary work for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">According to the mother, her son’s death was due to brain swelling. “We’re angry,” she says “because we believe it’s the flu shot that [caused] it.” She refused to have an autopsy performed, however, saying that she believes a brain biopsy will provide the answers that they need. Webb says she believes that experts from outside the state are examining her son’s brain biopsy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">While Chandler Webb was at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, a team of six neurologists did every possible test searching for the cause of his illness, she says, including tests for Lyme disease, the West Nile virus and even sexually transmitted diseases. No cause was found, however.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The Utah Department of Health released a statement on the case last Friday evening (November 22) stating that, “Our epidemiology staff have commented that although they have no evidence of a flu vaccine, or any other kind of vaccine, causing this type of reaction/outcome, they take these reports very seriously and they are thoroughly investigated by the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">“What attacked his brain happened so quickly within 15 hours,” Webb said. “From one CT scan to the next, there was so much pressure and swelling on the brain that it crushed his brain stem.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Tom Hudachko, a spokesman for the Utah Department of Health, said: “Like with other medical procedures, there can be side effects and adverse reactions,” he said. “In the vast majority of those cases the side effects are not very severe — soreness at the injection site, low fever, achiness. Occasionally, yes, there are more severe side effects from receiving the vaccine.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Webb said before getting the shot, her son was very healthy and had a very positive outlook on life. She maintained she isn’t trying to discourage others from getting the flu shot, but she hopes people will educate themselves about the possible side effects of the vaccine.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">“[Chandler] didn’t deserve this,” Webb said on Fox and Friends. “His last words before he crashed into his coma was, ‘Doctors, save me.’”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The reason Doctors were unlikely able to save Chandler was likely due to the effect of synergistic toxicity in the influenza vaccine formula he received. As I reported earlier this year, Despite Thimerosal (Mercury) Ban Imposed By The FDA, 60 Percent of All Flu Vaccines Still Contain This Deadly Neurotoxin. Some people react far more than others, however any susceptibility to the toxins will inevitably kill those cells.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Factually, Thimerosal is a mercury-containing compound that is a known human carcinogen, mutagen, teratogen and immune-system disruptor at levels below 1 part-per-million, and a compound to which some humans can have an anaphylactic shock reaction. It is also a recognized reproductive and fetal toxin with no established toxicologically safe level of exposure for humans.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In 2009, eight out of ten H1N1 vaccines had thimerosal. Last year’s 2011/2012 flu vaccine season saw three out of five FDA approved vaccines containing thimerosal. The 2012/2013 season offered three out of six flu vaccines which contained thimerosal and all were FDA approved.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">This year thimerosal, is now used as a preservative in four (4) out of the seven (7) FDA approved flu vaccines for the 2013/2014 flu season.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Note that for every single flu vaccine, the carcinogenic or mutagenic potential has not been evaluated, or for impairment of fertility. . This means that none of the carcinogenic excipients (inside every vaccine) are ever studied and their effects on the human body are unknown. This declaration also indicates that there is no responsible authority that can state to a parent, that their son or daughter will not become infertile as a consequence of receiving the influenza vaccine.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Another remarkable fact is that although all pregnant women are encouraged to receive the flu vaccine by health and medical authorities, the safety and effectiveness for pregnant women or nursing mothers has also not been established. Perhaps this is why studies show many spontaneous abortions and stillbirths after pregnant women are vaccinated.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">100 percent of influenza vaccines are a crap shoot in terms of effectiveness for any given population since they only estimate the probable strains.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">With more than 200 viruses known to cause influenza-like illness (ILI), a person can get a flu shot and still become sick with what is described as “the flu”. According to CDC data, in the past 11 years, 86% of all influenza-type illnesses were NOT caused by the influenza virus, thus influenza viruses are ONLY active 14% of the time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The proportion of ILI caused by influenza viruses varies by year, and even varies within a specific year over the course of the winter.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Therefore, under a hypothetical scenario that influenza vaccines work 25% of the time (which is marginally high percentage for flu vaccine effectiveness), that means the maximum effectiveness of the flu vaccine would be 3.5% on influenza viral strains and nil for ILI.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">A recent report which is again being highlighted by the alternative media is a remarkable study published in the Cochrane Library which found no evidence of benefit for influenza vaccinations and also noted that the vast majority of trials were inadequate.</span></div>
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Salt has a lot of surprising uses in a survival scenario. The most common uses of salt are as food flavouring, for food preserving and baking. But here’s 35 more reasons to store salt – and lots of it!</h2>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1. Rust remover.</b> Make paste out of 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 6 tablespoons of salt, apply to rusted area with cloth. Rub thoroughly then rinse and dry.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2. Improve coffee flavor.</b> Adding a pinch of salt in your ground coffee before turning the coffeemaker on will reduce the beverage’s acidic taste.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3. Eliminate bad odors.</b> Pour 1/2 cup of salt into the garbage disposal then run it according to manufacturer’s directions. Get rid of fish odor from your hands by rubbing them with a lemon wedge dipped in salt and then rinse with water. For smelly wooden cutting boards, remove the bad odor by gently rubbing a generous amount of salt over the surface using a damp cloth. Wash it with warm, sudsy water afterwards.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4. Salt soothes sore throats.</b> A mild sore throat can be remedied by gargling several times a day with a mixture of 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 cup warm water.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">5. Test egg freshness with salt.</b> Add 2 teaspoonfuls of salt to a cup of water. Put the egg in the cup of water; if it sinks, it is fresh. If it floats, throw it away.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">6. Clean greasy pans with salt.</b> Greasy iron pans are no match to salt; simply use a bit of the substance on the greasy surface then wipe with paper towels.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">7. Remove coffee or tea stains on cups </b>by rubbing them with salt.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">8. Calm that rogue BBQ fire.</b> Sprinkle some salt on flames from food dripping in barbecue grills to minimize the flames and smoke without cooling the coals. Also, throwing salt on a kitchen fire will extinguish it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">9. Remove pinfeathers easily from a chicken</b> by rubbing the chicken skin with salt.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">10. Prevent mold on cheese</b> by wrapping it in a cloth dampened with saltwater before putting it in the fridge.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">11. Keep milk fresh</b> longer by adding a pinch of salt to milk. (Great if you don’t mind your milk a tad salty)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">12. Make it easier to scale fish</b> by soaking the fish in salt water first before descaling it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">13. Make non-stick pancakes </b>by first rubbing salt on your pancake griddle.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">14. Cut flowers can be kept fresh</b> by adding a dash of salt to the water in the vase.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">15. Kill weeds</b> by spreading salt on the ground near the roots of the weeds. This is an easy and effective way to get rid of unwanted weeds on your rock garden, patios and driveways. However, be careful not to sprinkle too much salt because this substance in excess can ruin the soil.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">16. Kill poison ivy</b> by mixing 3 pounds of salt with a gallon of soapy water then spray the mixture to the leaves and stems.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">17. Deodorize your canvas shoes</b> by sprinkling it with a little salt occasionally. The salt will reduce moisture and remove bad odor.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">18. Relieve bee stings</b> by immediately wetting the stung area and covering it with salt.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">19. Discourage ants </b>from invading your home by sprinkling salt in places where ants can sneak in such as doorways and window sills.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">20. Clean your teeth with salt</b>. Mix 1 part fine salt with 2 parts baking soda, dip your toothbrush in the mixture and brush your teeth. The baking soda also helps whiten teeth.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">21. Saltwater mouthwash</b> will treat sore gums, canker sores and bad breath. Just add 1 teaspoon salt with 1 glass warm water and you have a very effective oral hygiene treatment.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">22. Melt ice </b>by sprinkling salt over it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">23. Salt removes soot.</b> Loosen soot from the chimney by throwing a handful of salt on the flames in your fireplace. The salt also makes a bright yellow flame.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">24.</b> Soak pecans and walnuts to make them <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">easier to shell.</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">25. Lessen the starch content of potatoes</b> by soaking them in salt water before using them. Saltwater also keeps potatoes and apples white.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">26. Freshen the air in your house</b> by cutting an orange in half and sprinkling both halves with salt.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">27. Fix small holes in plaster</b> using salt and cornstarch paste. Mix up to 2 tablespoons of salt and cornstarch and add enough water to make a thick paste.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">28. Brighten your curtains and rugs</b> by pouring ½ cup of salt into your washing machine along with the curtains or rugs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">29. Keep windows from becoming frosty</b> during the winter by rubbing a rag dampened with saltwater over them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">30. Dry clean your dog with salt.</b> Sprinkling salt on your dog’s fur and then brushing the salt out will easily remove dirt and fleas.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">31. Exfoliate your skin with salt.</b> Add salt to some baby oil then gently rub on skin. Rinse well after.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">32. Make an antiseptic saline solution</b> to use both internally and externally on sores and minor lacerations. Dilute 1 teaspoon of salt diluted in one cup of warm water (best to use natural sea salts) and you have an excellent antiseptic solution.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">33. Make salt soaks</b> that can offer relief in times of duress and bodily pain. Salt soaks can be applied to cramped and aching hands and feet or used as a whole body bath.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">34. Reduce boiling time</b> (especially in high altitude) by adding a dash of salt to the water.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">35. Sanitize sponges with salt.</b> Sponges can be a breeding ground for bacteria. Remove some of the germs by sudsing up the sponges, rinsing them thoroughly and then soaking them in cold, heavily salted water for up to 2 hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">International outrage against Monsanto and GMOs by activists and concerned citizens at large is paying off once again. Just days after Mexico announced a complete ban on the growth of GMO corn, Los Angeles lawmakers have now gone on record in setting up Los Angeles to be the largest GMO-free region in the United States. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Specifically, L.A. politicians are responding to the call for a ban on the cultivation, sale, and even distribution of GMOs at large. In other words, an entirely ‘GMO-free’ zone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This would be one of the most powerful pieces of legislation to pass in the fight against Monsanto that has ever been seen — especially in the Monsanto-owned United States, where even the USDA has given Monsanto’s genetically modified creations special ‘speedy approval’ access to their regulation techniques. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But even despite Monsanto’s tentacles being locked deep inside the political system, we are now seeing politicians who are forced into taking action by their supporters. This appears to be the case with Los Angeles City Councilmen Paul Koretz and Mitch O’Farrell, who are responsible for introducing the motion and subsequently addressing the demands of the population. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And thanks to activism and the high-powered spread of information on the subject of Monsanto and GMOs, we are seeing this kind of action on a much more frequent basis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In fact, the number of politicians now driven to fight against Monsanto in order to retain support is climbing to the point where my prediction of Monsanto’s economic downfall within the next few years may indeed become a reality thanks to enraged voters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just look at how much information is being launched into the mainstream even in major media reports on the Los Angeles initiative, with City Councilman Kortez stating: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“A growing number of problems are being traced to GMOs,.. the evolution of ‘superbug’ insects which are growing immune to the pesticides engineered within GMO crops” and ”‘seed drift’ (for example the recent finding of GMO-pollinated wheat growing in an Oregon farmer’s field).”</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are the facts we have been telling you for years, and it is a major victory to see them now reaching millions more around the globe. If Los Angeles is able to push through the GMO ban into city wide regulation, it would be a direct blow to the beast that is Monsanto and the biotech industry at large. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Detoxing can be hard on your body and cause a wide variety of alarming side effects. After all, the substances being removed are usually pretty horrible, consisting of toxic chemicals from pesticide residues, by-products of GMO foods, pharmaceutical drugs, chemotherapy residue, free-radicals, heavy metals, aluminium, radiation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">There are numerous detoxing agents and methods available — some more costly than others — and some producing very intense experiences with potentially dangerous side effects. We advise choosing a more natural method.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">However, there are several ways to remove these noxious substances gently, with kindness to your system. These techniques may take a bit longer to achieve completion that some the harsher detox programs; however, if you take your time one or more of these natural methods should work for you.</span><br /><br /><b>Pectin</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Fruit pectin is probably the most gentle method of detoxing contaminants. Pectin comes from the fibrous portion of the fruit and is most commonly found in the pith of limes, lemons and other citrus fruit as well as in apples. Other sources of pectin are bananas, grapes, carrots, and cabbage. Pectin helps to release heavy metals, chemicals and other substances into the blood stream, where it binds to them and flushes them from the body. Simply eating fruit high in pectin will help to cleanse your system, or you can add a pectin product to a glass of water, organic grape juice or fresh veggie juice to speed the detox process. Beware of pectin sold in grocery stores, as some brands may contain MSG. Check health food stores for the best products.</span><br /><br /><b>Cilantro</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">The delicious culinary herb cilantro, happens to be one of the most effective and gentle detoxifiers of mercury, heavy metals and other toxic contaminants. You can buy cilantro juice at health food stores or simply include the fresh herb in your diet as pesto or seasoning to control the amount consumed and limit unwanted side effects. It’s inexpensive and works without the addition of man-made chemicals. Cilantro also possesses antibacterial and anti-fungal properties, quickly reducing infection and inflammation as it works to clear your system.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Detoxing can be hard on your body and cause a wide variety of alarming side effects. After all, the substances being removed are usually pretty horrible, consisting of toxic chemicals from pesticide residues, by-products of GMO foods, pharmaceutical drugs, chemotherapy residue, free-radicals, heavy metals, aluminum, radiation.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">There are numerous detoxing agents and methods available — some more costly than others — and some producing very intense experiences with potentially dangerous side effects. We advise choosing a more natural method.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">However, there are several ways to remove these noxious substances gently, with kindness to your system. These techniques may take a bit longer to achieve completion that some the harsher detox programs; however, if you take your time one or more of these natural methods should work for you.</span><br /><br /><b>Pectin</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Fruit pectin is probably the most gentle method of detoxing contaminants. Pectin comes from the fibrous portion of the fruit and is most commonly found in the pith of limes, lemons and other citrus fruit as well as in apples. Other sources of pectin are bananas, grapes, carrots, and cabbage. Pectin helps to release heavy metals, chemicals and other substances into the blood stream, where it binds to them and flushes them from the body. Simply eating fruit high in pectin will help to cleanse your system, or you can add a pectin product to a glass of water, organic grape juice or fresh veggie juice to speed the detox process. Beware of pectin sold in grocery stores, as some brands may contain MSG. Check health food stores for the best products.</span><br /><br /><b>Cilantro</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">The delicious culinary herb cilantro, happens to be one of the most effective and gentle detoxifiers of mercury, heavy metals and other toxic contaminants. You can buy cilantro juice at health food stores or simply include the fresh herb in your diet as pesto or seasoning to control the amount consumed and limit unwanted side effects. It’s inexpensive and works without the addition of man-made chemicals. Cilantro also possesses antibacterial and anti-fungal properties, quickly reducing infection and inflammation as it works to clear your system.</span><br /><br /><b>Chlorella</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Chlorella is a single cell algae sea vegetable that grows in fresh water. Some of the best cholrella reserves have come from Japan; however, use caution when buying Japanese chlorella due to possible exposure to radiation from Fukushima. Chlorella is an easy-to-digest superfood best known for being able to remove mercury and other heavy metals from the cells. Too much chlorella can produce side effects — mostly in the digestive tract — where it works best to bind to mercury, eliminating it. Start with the lowest quantity and work up slowly for a gentle detox.</span><br /><b><br /></b><span style="background-color: white;"></span><b>Wheatgrass</b><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Juicing fresh produce and grasses such as wheat or barley grass provides an excellent way to remove toxins from the system. Wheatgrass is high in nutritional content, and provides vitamins, minerals and all nine essential amino acids. Wheatgrass can be a powerful detox, so start slowly with only a small amount of juice to keep it gentle — 1/2 ounce a day — and work up to avoid symptoms.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Using gentle detoxing products requires that you repeat treatments over a period of time until all symptoms have cleared. Side effects may include nausea, vomiting, muscle aches and pains, dizziness and fatigue. Additionally, detoxing can cause a flare-up in your condition temporarily. It’s just the toxins leaving your system and should pass shortly. If side effects are severe, reduce the quantity of whatever you’re using to detox. If the symptoms continue, stop and consult your natural health practitioner for further instructions.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Source: </span><a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/036920_superfoods_detox_chemtrails.html#ixzz2VILwSA1i" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153) !important; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Natural News</a></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /></span>EducateInspireChangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319976504746623219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798637146063301851.post-4844670303790412412013-11-23T17:41:00.000-08:002013-11-23T17:45:34.814-08:00Johnson and Johnson Admits: Their Baby Products Contain Cancer-Causing Formaldehyde<div class="pw-widget pw-counter-horizontal">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There’s a very lively public discussion going on about the safety of ingredients in personal care products,” said Susan Nettesheim, VP for product stewardship and toxicology for Johnson & Johnson. Lively discussion? If someone was selling you shampoo for your baby that had cancer causing agents hidden in it, I hardly think the discussion with that person would be “lively”. About the known cancer causing (as listed on the US EPA carcinogen list) chemicals, Ms Nettesheim says, ““…as a scientist I will sit here and tell you these things are perfectly safe.” I wonder what shampoo she uses on her kids? To J & J’s credit, they are also going to phase out other harmful chemicals like pthalates and parabens which have estrogen-like properties and are suspected to be linked to hormone related cancers. They plan to phase these chemicals out in their adult brands as well. Johnson & Johnson also operates under squeaky clean names like Neutrogena, Aveno, and Clean & Clear. Hopefully this will have a domino effect and other big names will follow. I would score this as a victory for everyone who wants to wash their kid’s hair without risk of exposing them to carcinogens. I would advise you to wait to use the new J & J products until you see the big bright labels that say “No more carcinogens!” As The Savvy Sister says ” Your skin is a carrier…NOT a barrier!” </span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the United States, there are approximately 87,000 dentists and, tragically, most of them never learn about the dangers of amalgams (mercury-based filling). Nearly half of these dentists still place highly-toxic mercury fillings in the mouth of unsuspecting people – it’s time to speak out about this crime against humanity.</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dental amalgams dump around 30 tons of mercury into the air</b>, water and food supply – every year! Boyd Haley PhD, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at University of Kentucky, has called mercury a ‘biochemical train wreck in your body’. Mercury fillings can cause brain damage; neurological disorders plus many other </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Obviously, not everyone will notice a negative effect from mercury fillings but, make no mistake about it, this toxic heavy metal is bioaccumulative within the body. The longer you live with mercury – the more toxic you get. And, don’t ever consider removing mercury fillings – unless done by a holistic dentist trained in the proper safety protocols for extraction.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In February, 1998, a group of the world’s top mercury researchers announced that mercury from amalgam fillings can permanently damage the brain, kidneys, and immune system of children. Numerous studies reveal that <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/mercury_fillings.html" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">mercury fillings</a> cause gastrointestinal problems, sleep disturbances, concentration issues, memory loss, chronic fatigue, bleeding gums plus a host of other mouth disorders.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The average mercury filling releases about 34 micrograms of <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/mercury.html" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">mercury</a> daily. This toxic vapor permeates every cell of our body – eventually breaking down the immune system. On the next NaturalNews Talk Hour, Jonathan Landsman and Leonard Fazio, D.D.S. talk about how to safely remove dental amalgams.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First of all, and I say this respectfully, if your <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/dentist.html" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">dentist</a> is willing to take out your mercury fillings (quickly) without regard to proper safety precautions – for you and the dentist – it’s time to find another dentist. We know that exposure to mercury causes brain damage and if your dentist doesn’t protect you, during the extraction process, then that dentist is not thinking clearly. Naturally, before the actual procedure, it would be a great idea to follow a healthy diet – loaded with antioxidants like vitamin C – for weeks (if not months) – depending upon your individual health status.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Through my own research, I was blessed to have met Leonard Fazio, D.D.S. (my personal dentist) – who taught me a lot about: the proper way to determine which amalgam to extract first – through ‘electrical testing’; the importance of room ventilation and oxygen procedures; charcoal rinsing – to minimize the threat of mercury exposure during the drilling process plus much more.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the next NaturalNews Talk Hour – Jonathan Landsman and Leonard Fazio, D.D.S. talk about the dangers of mercury and provide a step-by-step guide to the safe removal of <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/dental_amalgams.html" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">dental amalgams</a>. Don’t miss this life-saving program.</span></div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This week’s guest: Leonard Fazio, D.D.S., an expert in mercury-free, holistic dentistry</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dr. Leonard T. Fazio graduated from New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York in 1988. He has been practicing mercury free, and metal-free dentistry since 1993, and he is dedicated to the philosophy of holistic, integrated dentistry.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He was personally-trained by the renowned Hal Huggins, DDS, and continues to expand his knowledge on this subject, as well as any / all complimentary therapies and protocols designed to promote optimal oral and overall health.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mercury poisoning destroys the immune system.</b> Dental amalgams are 50% mercury causing massive damage to the kidneys, brain and central nervous system. The <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/dangers.html" style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">dangers</a> (and truth) about mercury fillings is being systematically suppressed by government health agencies and ‘modern’ dentistry. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Agriculture giant Monsanto has announced acquisition of the Climate Corporation, a climate data research company, expecting that its info will help farmers maximize crop yields with fewer resources.</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The $930 million cash purchase is set to give the company an upper hand in the quickly expanding field of scientific weather data, something that would put vast amounts of climate information at farmers’ fingertips.</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Monsanto said in a press release that the Climate Corporation <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“has a core set of support tools to benefit farmers. These include products that help them boost yields on existing farmland and better manage risks that occur throughout a crop season.” </i></span></h2>
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<i style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The company added that the merger of crops with big data presented a possible $20-billion profit increase across the entire industry.</i></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Monsanto’s chairman and CEO Hugh Grant said that <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“the Climate Corporation is focused on unlocking new value for the farm through data science… everyone benefits when farmers are able to produce more with fewer resources.”</i></i></div>
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Grant’s counterpart, David Friedberg of The Climate Corporation said that farmers today are challenged to make key decisions for their farms <i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“in the face of increasingly volatile weather conditions.” </i></div>
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<i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Because of this we believe there is a real opportunity and value in working with farmers to manage the risks that affect them every year,”</i> Friedberg added.</div>
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What makes Climate Corporation special is its array of tools for predicting extremely local events with high precision. Those tools, when incorporated with Monsanto’s software, are expected to greatly improve farmers’ work with field maps, soil data and seeds. Being able to use such software on the move gives farmers an added benefit.</div>
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Farmers will be able to access FieldScripts – Monsanto’s satellite-based science software – from their mobile devices while sitting in their tractors. Data received from Monsanto then automatically installs the most favorable settings for planting.</div>
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At the moment, the trial version of the software is being tested by around 160 US farmers across 40,000 acres of land, according to the Financial Times.</div>
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Other companies aside from Monsanto are also joining the ranks of growers with hi-tech toys. Rival DuPont Pioneer, for example, also has an online hub giving famers instant access to soil, weather and other information – called Field 360. It launched this summer.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">And the marriage to big data could be a timely one for Monsanto, as the company has just passed its historically weakest quarter, and done so with a larger loss than forecast. In the three quarters preceding August, the company lost $249 million – exactly 20 million more than the same time last year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">While being an industry leader, Monsanto has been the subject of a great number of lawsuits from farmers and social discontent revolving around its development of genetically-modified seeds, as well as policies that take away from farmers’ pockets.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Jeffrey M. Smith, a GMO researcher from the Institute for Responsible Technology in an interview with RT accused the company of trying to take full control of the world’s seed supply to bolster profits, while hiding the effects of GMO on the ecosystem and human health.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“The world’s experts at feeding the world and eradicating poverty actually have the report, called “I-Stat” sponsored by the UN and the World Health Organization – and it concludes that GMOs in their current form have nothing to offer in feeding the world or eradicating poverty. There has been a promise to get people to try and promote the technology, accept the technology, but it doesn’t in fact even increase average yield, it reduces yield on average, according to independent science,”</i> Smith explained.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In March of this year, the US House of Representatives quietly passed a last-minute addition to the Agricultural Appropriations Bill for 2013 – including a provision protecting genetically modified seeds from litigation in the face of health risks.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">However, food safety advocates rejoiced a week ago after the controversial provision was removed from the Senate version of the bill.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Germany, the antiviral effects of lemon balm are well-documented, and creams made from the herb are prescribed for herpes outbreaks and cold sores. Lemon balm is very easy to grow in your garden – a little too easy, in fact, as it tends to take over if not contained.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lemon balm makes a very good tea, and can be drunk to combat all sorts of viral infections, such as colds and flu. The tea or a cream can be applied to cold sores or other viral lesions, such as shingles or chickenpox.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This lesser-known immune enhancing herb is known as huang qi in Chinese medicine. The root is sweet, not unlike licorice, to which it is related. It has been shown to be a very effective antiviral herb, particularly in the prevention of colds and flu, and may even be effective against the Coxsackie B virus (this virus can cause an inflammation of the heart).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can simmer slices of the root in water to make a healing decoction, or you can use the commercially-available tincture. It is generally agreed that astragalus should be taken as a preventative rather than once the illness is in full swing, so if you think you’ve been exposed, or you experience the very first twinges of illness, you can start taking astragalus.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No discussion of antiviral herbs would be complete without mentioning garlic, an herb that is antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal. It’s not expensive, and you can use the whole herb or take capsules. However, many experts agree that “deodorized” garlic may not be as effective as the unaltered herb.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can simmer minced garlic in chicken broth and sip it to stave off colds and flu. Raw, minced garlic can be sprinkled over salads and tossed with pasta. Be careful with consuming too much of it raw, though, as it can cause severe nausea when taken in this form.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long ago, ginger was considered a “warming” herb that would prevent nausea from a “chilled stomach,” which was said to occur when large amounts of cold water were consumed in hot weather. We now know that ginger has powerful anti-nausea action, and it is also anti-viral.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teas made from fresh ginger are palatable and spicy. You can sweeten them with raw honey for added germ-fighting benefits and flavor. When you feel the very first stages of a cold or flu, try drinking some of this tea several times a day. You can even drink it as a preventative if you think you may have been exposed to any viruses. Ginger is considered quite safe, although it is not recommended for pregnant women.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The world is slowly waking up to the fact that, when you give the body what it needs, it can heal things we previously thought were impossible. A fine example of what is often deemed as an incurable health problem is <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/042204_cavities_natural_healing_tooth_decay.html#" id="FALINK_2_0_1" style="color: #0299ff; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">dental cavities</a>, but extensive research is now becoming more public about the true nature of tooth decay and the fact that there are proven remedies that can remedy it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">According to the American Dental Association, the reason we have tooth decay is as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">“[Tooth decay] occurs when foods containing carbohydrates (sugars and starches) such as milk, pop, raisins, cakes or candy are frequently left on the teeth. Bacteria that live in the mouth thrive on these foods, producing acids as a result. Over a period of time, these acids destroy tooth enamel, resulting in tooth decay.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">There are a few problems with this theory, including:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">• Groups of indigenous people who had fermentable carbohydrates stuck on their teeth all the time that did not brush or floss were mostly or completely free of tooth decay.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />• Bacteria do not consume processed sugar or flour because of the lack of nutrients in them.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />• Foods that bacteria like to eat, such as milk, vegetables, meat, fish and fruit, are not commonly implicated in causes of tooth decay.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">So if the modern explanation of tooth decay is not accurate, what is actually the cause of tooth decay?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Tooth decay, as researched by Dr. Weston Price and other dental pioneers, boiled down to three factors:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">• Not enough minerals in the <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/042204_cavities_natural_healing_tooth_decay.html#" id="FALINK_3_0_2" style="color: #0299ff; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">diet</a>.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />• Not enough fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) in the diet.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />• Nutrients not being readily bioavailable, and your intestinal system not properly absorbing them. The presence of phytic acid largely influences this factor.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Over a period of time, if your diet lacks vitamins and minerals from a poor diet and/or contains high levels of phytates (from grains, seeds, nuts, and legumes), the blood chemistry and the ratio of calcium and phosphorous become out of balance, which results in minerals being pulled from bones, causing tooth and <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/042204_cavities_natural_healing_tooth_decay.html#" id="FALINK_1_0_0" style="color: #0299ff; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">bone loss</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">So, the long-standing belief that sugar causes <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/tooth_decay.html" style="color: #0299ff; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">tooth decay</a> is true, but as a result of it depleting nutrients from the body, not because bacteria eat it and produce acid that ruins your teeth.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In order to restore the ratio of calcium and phosphorus in our blood, and to enable minerals to bond to our teeth, it is not enough to just avoid eating too many sweet or processed foods. We must also eat health-building foods, containing copious amounts of minerals and vitamins that will build a glassy hard tooth structure.</span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Foods to focus on are:</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">• Coconut oil, grass-fed organic dairy (especially butter), grass-fed meats, seafood and bone broths.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />• Organic cooked vegetables (soups with bone broth are ideal).<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />• Organ and gland meats, like liver.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Limit foods that are high in phytic acid, like grains, beans, nuts and seeds, as well as limiting processed <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/food.html" style="color: #0299ff; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">food</a> intake full of processed flours and sugars that upset blood sugar balance.</span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Supplements to consider are:</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">• Fermented cod liver oil – very high in fat soluble vitamins A, D and K.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />• Magnesium – required to use calcium and phosphorous effectively.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />• Gelatin – if you don’t have time to make bone broth, this is a good alternative and is great for gums and digestion.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Now go get your pearly white smile back.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The USDA has announced its intention to allow China-grown chicken meat to be imported into the USA. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that China is eligible to export processed, cooked chicken to the United States,” says <a href="http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/newsroom/news-releases-statements-transcripts/news-release-archives-by-year/archive/2013/faq-china-08302013" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">an official announcement on the USDA website</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The announcement goes on to <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ridiculously</span> claim that the USDA “has determined that China’s poultry processing inspection system is equivalent to that of the United States, and cooked chicken imported from China would be processed under equivalent conditions as in the United States.”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This statement holds about as much water as Obama’s claim that “you can keep your health plan if you like it.” It’s a lie, in other words, and everybody knows it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s also a disastrous policy. If put into action, it will not only further destroy the economic base of U.S. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">farmers</span> and chicken growers, it will also <b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">wildly contaminate the chicken supply across the U.S.</b> with China-grown chicken laced with arsenic, mercury, lead, cadmium and toxic chemicals.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How do we know this? Because China is the most polluted industrial nation in the world, and it routinely and consistently produces <b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the most heavily contaminated food products</b> anywhere on the planet. It has already been caught killing babies with melamine in infant products, <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/042646_jerky_treats_dead_dogs_fda.html" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">killing dogs with toxic dog treats</a>, counterfeiting meat products and far worse. Natural News Forensic Food Lab tests have confirmed that food products produced in China are consistently the most polluted in the world.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We need to get toxic chemicals and heavy metals OUT of the U.S. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">food</span> supply, not increase their prevalence in our foods. The FDA, after all, just recently <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/042679_conventional_chicken_arsenic_fda.html" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">pulled approval of the arsenic-based drug <i style="border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Roxarsone</i></a> from agricultural use, finally eliminating one of the most prominent sources of toxic arsenic in commercial poultry. If the USDA turns <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">arounds</span> and opens up the U.S. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">food</span> supply to China-grown chicken, we are all suddenly going to be inundated with cheap, contaminated chicken from China that will eventually bankrupt U.S. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">poultry</span> producers who, believe it or not, actually produce cleaner chicken products.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">USDA <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sticking</span> head in the sand on <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">food contamination epidemic</span></span></h1>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The problem with the USDA is that it <b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">pretends food is never contaminated with heavy metals</b>. That’s why the USDA “organic” certification program utterly ignores the presence of mercury, cadmium, arsenic and lead in organic foods. Any food can contain unlimited quantities of these toxic elements and still be certified “organic” under the USDA.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will contaminated chicken produced in China also be certified organic and sold at retailers like Whole Foods even though it might contain deadly concentrations of mercury or lead? That’s the path the USDA <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sems</span> to be laying out for America under its absurd “equivalence” policy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then there’s the animal welfare angle. Although poultry production in the USA is far from what most people would consider “humane,” the factory farming operations in China are nothing short of abhorrent. If you thought chickens were abused in domestic poultry operation, just wait until you see <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">secret video</span> one day of the disgusting and cruel chicken production operations in China.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You have to remember: China is a nation that has outlawed all religion, and with that has come the complete abandonment of any sense of wrong vs. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">right</span>. China is a nation where the mistreatment of animals is not merely widespread but actually embraced by the culture. All across China, virtually all animals are assumed to have no feelings, no experience, no consciousness, no feelings of pain and so on. Thus, Chinese culture sees nothing wrong whatsoever with subjecting animals to extreme confinement or raising them under conditions that are outrageously cruel and painful to the animals.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the USDA opens up the U.S. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">chicken market</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">to</span> poultry from China, it will unleash <b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a wave of new animal cruelty and food contamination</b>, all while destroying the U.S. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">economic</span> activity currently association with domestic chicken production.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the record, I raise chickens on a ranch in Texas. This means I have daily interactions with chickens, and I can attest without hesitation that although chickens are by no means highly intelligent creatures, they do have memories, experiences and even personalities. Chickens are not simply mechanical mindless biological robots. Like other animals, they have awareness, they engage in simple decision-making, they can experience fear, joy and a long list of other emotional states.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is for these reasons that I don’t eat the chickens I raise. I only harvest their eggs, not their flesh. On the rare occasions when I do eat meat of any kind, I make sure it comes from truly free-range animals who — unlike confined animals mass-produced in meat factories — at least got to experience something resembling a pleasant existence before being slaughtered. In my mind, this is important because <b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">what we eat determines the experiences of other conscious creatures</b>. When we buy low-cost meat, we are voting for animal cruelty. When we instead <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">choose truly</span> free-range meats, we are voting for the more humane treatment of animals. And when we choose to eat more plants and less meat, we thereby spare many animals from the experience of being slaughtered altogether.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The USDA seems to have no recognition whatsoever that animals are conscious beings with memories, social lives, experiences and goal-oriented behavior. The agency simply pretends that “all animals are mindless animated matter” and every USDA policy and regulation flows from that delusion.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why does the USDA embrace this delusion? Because, of course, the myth that animals are not conscious beings just happens to fit nicely with the profit motives of the meat-producing industries. And the USDA caters to the interests of those industries. In fact, the USDA is best described as the “marketing branch” of U.S. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">agricultural</span> giants. That’s why the USDA is pro-Monsanto and has actually <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/031139_GE_alfalfa_deregulation.html" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">conspired with the chemical company to run <b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">open-air GMO experiments</b></a>. It’s why there are no limits of heavy metals contamination <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">for</span> certified organic foods. It’s also why the USDA is now looking to allow chicken to be imported from China — because big business interests stand to make a fortune by mass-producing <b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">cheap, low-grade contaminated chicken meat</b> which can be used in the U.S. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">marketplace</span> as school food, prison food or even factory processed into chicken nuggets, dog food or other high-protein foods.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember: There’s always more money to be made from low-grade contaminated food produced in a way that utterly lacks any enforceable environmental standards, ethical standards, health standards or nutritional standards. In a nutshell, that’s China!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Essentially, what the USDA is saying with this potential policy is that <b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the American people should be fed worse than dogs</b>. I wouldn’t even feed my dog chicken meat from China, much less a fellow human being. Laboratory tests of chicken produced in China are likely to show alarming levels of contaminants, toxic elements, banned pesticides and toxic synthetic chemicals. Is this what the USDA wants Americans to be eating?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well why not? The USDA already wants Americans to eat deadly GMOs that burn holes in stomach linings and may even cause toxic transgenic effects in humans. Why stop at merely one threshold of mad Frankensteinian food experimentation on the American people? Why not go all the way and allow the importation of <b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Made-in-China Soylent Green</b> produced from the bodies of former Falun-Gong members whose organs have been harvested for the global elite like Steve Jobs?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of you think I’m actually making that up, by the way. I’m not. <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/organ_harvesting.html" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Organ harvesting is routine in China</a>. And where do you think the “waste bodies” are sent after the organs are taken from them? They are almost certainly <b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">processed into animal feed</b> and fed to factory-produced hogs and chickens. So if we start importing chicken meat grown in China, don’t be surprised if what you’re actually eating is <b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">second-hand organ harvesting byproduct protein</b> fed to the chickens along with toxic heavy metals, melamine, PCBs, DDT and every other deadly environmental chemical you can imagine.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lick it up, America! The USDA is under orders to kill you all before you reach the age at which you might collect social security and therefore worsen the national debt. That’s the new plan at the highest levels, no doubt: make sure nobody lives long enough to cost Medicare too much money, or to even figure out how to enroll in Obamacare at Healthcare<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">gov</span>.</span></div>
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About 10,000 years ago, ancient people discovered a product that would change lives forever. Wine had been around for a while, but after some was allowed to oxidize, vinegar was born. It became an immediate hit. The Babylonians used vinegar as a preservative, as did Ancient Greeks and Romans. Some peoples, including the Chinese, believed that vinegar was a tonic that would give them strength and vitality, as well as bestow healing properties. Legend has it that Hannibal only succeeded in crossing the Alps because his armies heated mountain boulders and doused them with vinegar, causing the rocks to crumble and clear the path.</div>
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Vinegar’s magic ingredient is acetic acid, which comprises about 5 percent of the finished product. Vinegar has been produced commercially for about 2,500 years, making it one of the oldest products in use by humans. There are many different types of vinegar out there, all produced by the oxidization of alcohol into acetic acid, but white vinegar is the most useful and the most versatile by far.</div>
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White vinegar has dozens of household applications, and the best part is that it’s green. It’s enjoying a newfound popularity as many people try to avoid toxic or harsh cleaning chemicals around their pets and children, as well as save money by making their own cleansers. Not to mention that vinegar is cheap, it’s versatile, and it doesn’t irritate allergies like some fragranced cleansers. Chances are, whenever you run into a household funk, vinegar is your answer.</div>
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1. Adding a few tablespoons of white vinegar to the water when poaching eggs helps the whites stay formed. Add a few tablespoons to the water when boiling eggs, and if any shells crack, the whites won’t leak out.</div>
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2. If your leafy veggies are wilted, soaking them in cold water with a little vinegar can perk them right up.</div>
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3. After chopping an onion, you can eliminate the odor from your hands by rubbing them with a bit of white vinegar.</div>
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4. When cooking any vegetables from the cabbage family (like broccoli or cauliflower), adding a little vinegar to the water will perk up the taste and reduce the gassiness they can induce. This also works when cooking beans, making Mexican food a far more attractive option.</div>
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5. Clean and deodorize the garbage disposal by mixing equal parts vinegar and <a href="http://wakeup-world.com/2012/05/07/51-amazing-uses-for-baking-soda/" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0299ff; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="51 Amazing Uses for Baking Soda">baking soda</a> and putting it down the drain. After letting this fizzing mixture sit for a few minutes, flush out the drain with warm water for a clean and stink-free sink.</div>
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6. The steam from a boiling a bowl of vinegar and water can loosen caked-on food.</div>
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7. One of my favorite vinegar remedies and my personal weapon against fruit flies is to set out a small dish of white vinegar and some smashed fruit, covered with plastic wrap with some holes in it–the flies crawl into the trap, but can’t get out.</div>
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8. If your stemware is cloudy from the dishwasher, wrap the glasses in paper towels soaked in vinegar, let them sit, and the cloudy deposits will rinse right off.</div>
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9. There’s no need to use bleach on tile grouting when you can let vinegar soak on it and then scrub with a toothbrush.</div>
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10. Bring lightly scuffed or dirty DVDs back to life by wiping them down with some vinegar on a soft cloth.</div>
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11. If you have water condensation marks on your wood, just rub the piece of furniture with equal parts vinegar and vegetable oil to remove them. Make sure to rub with the grain, and then invest in a set of coasters.</div>
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12. If a child has an “accident” on a mattress, clean it with a solution of vinegar and water. Afterwards, pour some baking soda onto the mattress, and brush or vacuum the residue once it’s dry.</div>
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13. Spraying vinegar onto deodorant-stained shirts before the wash can remove the discoloration. It’s also great for fighting mustard, tomato sauce, or ketchup stains.</div>
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14. Adding a cupful of vinegar to the <a href="http://wakeup-world.com/2012/06/13/8-toxins-lurking-in-your-fabric-softener-6-natural-alternatives/" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0299ff; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="8 Toxins Lurking in Your Fabric Softener & 6 Natural Alternatives">rinse cycle</a> of your washing machine can freshen up bright colors and give you cleaner laundry. Acetic acid won’t harm fabrics, but it dissolves the soap residue that can dull dark clothing. It also acts as a fabric softener, a static reducer, and a mildew-inhibitor.</div>
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15. Vinegar will also loosen chewing gum stuck to car upholstery, rugs, and carpeting.</div>
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16. If your car still sports a bumper sticker from two elections ago, remove it by spraying the decal with white vinegar to saturate the area, and the sticker will peel off in a few hours. (You might need to spray it a few times.)</div>
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17. Wiping down your car windows and windshield with a three-to-one vinegar-water mixture can keep them frost-free in the wintertime.</div>
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18. <a href="http://wakeup-world.com/2012/05/08/vinegar-kills-weeds-naturally-give-monsantos-roundup-the-heave-ho/" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0299ff; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Vinegar Kills Weeds Naturally. Give Monsanto’s Roundup the Heave Ho">Kill weeds</a> and crabgrass growing in sidewalks and driveways by pouring vinegar onto them. A half-and-half solution of vinegar and water can even kill garden slugs if it’s sprayed directly onto them.</div>
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19. To extend the life of cut flowers, add a few tablespoons of vinegar to the water in their vase, along with a teaspoon of sugar.</div>
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There’s no need to use chemicals near pets when vinegar can handle most cleaning and bathing tasks.</div>
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20. Wipe out itchy ears with undiluted vinegar to keep dogs and cats from scratching at them.</div>
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21. Cats avoid vinegar, so to keep them from scratching furniture or sitting on certain areas, spray a vinegar solution onto the spot.</div>
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22. For outdoor areas, soak a sponge in vinegar and place it in the forbidden area to keep cats away. If kitty likes to mark his territory, spraying the area with vinegar can help eliminate the smell and deter recurrences.</div>
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23. Vinegar also gets rid of skunk odor. Soak the animal with a half-and-half vinegar and water solution, and then rinse with fresh water.</div>
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Vinegar can disinfect, deodorize, and de-gunkify just about everything. From shower curtains to sofa cushions, there’s not much that it can’t do. As an alternative to expensive and harsh cleaning chemicals, vinegar is something you can feel good about keeping in your cupboards. White vinegar and baking soda can even remove product buildup from hair and leave it soft and manageable. A product that can clean you, the dog, your car, and your house is what I’d call a good, green buy.</div>
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<a href="http://asheepnomore.net/http://wakeup-world.com/2012/07/23/23-ingenious-uses-for-white-vinegar/" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0299ff; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="SOURCE: Wakeup World"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">SOURCE: Wakeup World</strong></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New research published in the <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology </em>found that “ginger may be a promising candidate for the treatment of breast carcinomas.”[i] This is a timely finding, in so far as breast cancer awareness month is only days away, and one of the primary fund-raising justifications is the false concept that a low-cost, safe and effective breast cancer treatment is not yet available. Could ginger provide the type of cure that conventional, FDA-approved treatments have yet to accomplish?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new study was performed by researchers at the Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, who discovered that a crude extract derived from the medicinal plant ginger (Zingiber officinale) inhibited the proliferation of breast cancer cells, without significantly affecting the viability of non-tumor breast cells — a highly promising property known as<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">selective cytotoxicity</strong>, not found in conventional treatments.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The researchers outline the serious problems with present breast cancer therapies thusly:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite significant advances toward targeted therapy and screening techniques, breast cancer continues to be a chronic medical problem worldwide, being the most common type of cancer in women and the leading cause of death [1]. Typically, the treatment of breast cancer involves hormonal therapy with tamoxifen or other selective estrogen receptor (ER) modulators [2–4]. However, almost all patients with metastatic disease and approximately 40% of patients that receive tamoxifen experience relapse that ends by death [5]. In addition, the clinical utility of ER antagonists is often limited by side effects [2, 3, 6] and is largely ineffective against ER-negative breast cancer [2, 3]. Furthermore, despite the fact that many tumors initially respond to chemotherapy, breast cancer cells can subsequently survive and gain resistance to the treatment [7]. Thus, identification of novel agents that are relatively safe but can suppress growth of both ER-positive and ER-negative human breast cancers is highly desirable.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They described their interest in investigating crude extracts of ginger in the following manner:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite knowledge about the potent anticancer activity of the ginger, the molecular mechanisms underlying this activity are not currently well known in breast cancer. Based on the previously mentioned reported scientific data and considering the fact that in some cases herbal extracts are showing more potency than the purified components [21, 22], the present study was undertaken to investigate the impacts of crude extracts of ginger on growth of breast cancer cell lines.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They discovered that ginger was capable of positively modulating a surprisingly wide range of molecular mechanisms <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">simultaneously</em>, such as:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is not the first study to confirm ginger’s anti-breast cancer properties.[ii] In fact, a ginger compound known as [6]-Gingerol has recently been shown to have anti-metastatic properties in breast cancer. [iii] Nor is ginger’s anti-cancer activity limited to breast cancer. Ginger and its constituents have been studied to inhibit the following cancers:</span></span></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prostate Cancer [xiii] [xiv] [xv]</span></span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571428571rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skin Cancer [xvi]</span></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ginger is an archetypal example of a food-medicine – that is, something we ingest that both nourishes us, and helps alleviate pain and suffering. Today, it is consumed as a delicacy, spice and medicine by hundreds of cultures throughout the world. Modern science now confirms that ginger has over 100 distinct health benefits.[xvii] It’s use stretches back <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">thousands</em> of years – something no existing FDA-approved drug can lay claim to – and is believed to have originated in southern China, spreading to the Spice Islands and other regions of Asia, and eventually to West Africa, the Caribbean, finally to India, its largest producer.[xviii] There is also recent evidence that ginger was traded in Greece, as far back as 3<span style="border: 0px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">rd</span> century BC.[xix]</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.714285714;"><strong style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.714285714; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span><em style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.714285714; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Source: <span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://rawforbeauty.com/blog/research-ginger-selectively-kills-breast-cancer-cells.html" target="_blank">Raw For Beauty </a>&</b></span> <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/research-ginger-selectively-kills-breast-cancer-cells" style="border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">HTTP://WWW.GREENMEDINFO.COM/BLOG/RESEARCH-GINGER-SELECTIVELY-KILLS-BREAST-CANCER-CELLS</a></em></span></span></div>EducateInspireChangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319976504746623219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798637146063301851.post-69859197730320213622013-11-18T06:29:00.000-08:002013-11-18T15:34:47.177-08:00Is Your Computer Screen Damaging Your Eyes?<div class="pw-widget pw-counter-horizontal">
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In today's world many of us spend 10-12 hours of our day in front of glowing computer screens. Computers are used for doing almost everything, they improve productivity by making complex calculations simple, but have your wondered if staring at the screen for long periods of time can significantly damage your eyes? When we look at the computer screens for long periods it can cause pain and strain to your eyes which in some cases may become Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CVS is not a single specific eye disorder, its a group of eye-related problems including strain ad pain in eyes. Statistics show between 50-90% of computer users experience some kind of eye problem. Working adults are not the only ones who are prone to this problem. Kids who play video games on computers, especially games that require high concentration, are liked to experience eye-related problems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Research shows people who use computers a lot have little to no difficulty focusing on things near to them, however far sight becomes blurry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The most common symptoms of CVS are redness in eyes, irritation or dryness, burning sensation in the eyes, double or blurred vision, shoulder and neck pain, and headache.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we cannot avoid looking at computer screens, here are some guidelines that can be effective in avoiding the symptoms of CVS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.) <b>Get your eyes checked regularly</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We often tend to ignore headaches and strain in our eyes which is an unhealthy practice. If you feel any symptoms of CVS post prolonged exposure to a computer screen, have your eyes examined by an eye specialist to check what is best for your eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.) <b>Adjust the computer</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The screen of your computer should neither be too close nor too far from your eyes. The ideal distance between your eyes and the screen should be an arm's distance. Place your monitor so that its center lies 4-8 inches below your eyes. Doing this will allow your neck to relax while you read or type something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you are working on a computer its important to rest your eyes periodically. Take a break every 20 minutes and look at and focus on something far from you. Do no keep your eyes too close to the monitor and stretch your back and neck regularly. It your eyes are feeling excessive fatigue, try to avoid looking at the computer and take a breather.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Various studies show that as we work on computers we reduce our blink rate which causes problems like dry eyes, burning sensation, and the sensation of gritty eyes. Our average blink rate is 12 blinks per minute. Statistics show that while using computers this rate goes down to 5 blinks per minute. Lower blink rate leads to dehydration of the cornea which causes dry eyes. Blinking more improves focus along with reduction in pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your eyes are red and feel strained wash you eyes with fresh water. Doing this will eradicate all the dirt from your eyes and cool them off. It will also hydrate your eyes which will take away fatigue and make you feel re-energized.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Proper lighting also influences the pain that our eyes bear wen we work in front of screens. Its recommended to have a light source behind you when you work., Light should not be too dim while your work. Placing light right in front of your computer or bright overhead lighting adds to the strain. </span></div>
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Nutrition is full of nonsense. You will find bold health claims for all kinds of foods, most often based on zero evidence. </div>
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<span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Here are the top 11 “health foods” that are actually very harmful.</span></div>
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1. Fruit Juices</h2>
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The fruit juices you find at the supermarket aren’t always what they seem.</div>
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They may have small amounts of real fruit in them, but often they are little more than water, artificial flavor and<span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/9-reasons-to-avoid-sugar/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">sugar</a>.</span></div>
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But even if you’re drinking real fruit juice, it is still a bad idea.</div>
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Fruit juice is like fruit with most of the good stuff removed.</div>
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All that is left is the sugar and a few vitamins. Orange juice, for example, contains <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1971/2" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">the same amount</a> </span>of sugar as Coca Cola.</div>
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There’s no fiber in it, no chewing resistance and nothing to stop you from downing massive amounts of sugar in a short amount of time.</div>
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Eating too much sugar is associated with all sorts of diseases. These include obesity, type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease and many others (<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673600040411%20" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/upload/2013/3/1/journal.pone.0057873.pdf" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/89/4/1037.short" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">3</a>).</div>
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It is much better to avoid fruit juices and eat real fruits instead.</div>
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Bottom Line:<a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/video/11987-sugar-can-soda.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;"><span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal !important;"> Most fruit juices </span></a>contain the same amount of easily digestible sugar as<a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/video/11987-sugar-can-soda.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;"><span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal !important;"> sugar-sweetened soft drinks</span></a>. It is best to eat whole fruits instead.</div>
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2. Whole Wheat</h2>
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It is true that whole wheat is healthier than refined wheat.</div>
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But this does NOT mean that whole wheat is healthy.</div>
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It’s kind of like saying that because filtered cigarettes are healthier than unfiltered cigarettes, everyone should be smoking filtered cigarettes. It’s flawed logic.</div>
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There are plenty of good reasons to <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/why-is-bread-bad-for-you/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">avoid wheat</a>…</span> both the refined and the whole variety.</div>
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For example,<a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/11764-hidden-gluten.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;"><span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal !important;"> wheat is the main source of gluten</span></a> in the diet and<span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/12/gluten-sensitivity-celiac-disease-is.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">a large part</a> of the population may be gluten sensitive (<a href="http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i1/146.htm" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">4</a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292448/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">5</a>, <a href="http://www.nature.com/ajg/journal/v107/n12/full/ajg2012236a.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">6</a>).</div>
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The immune system of susceptible individuals attacks the gluten proteins in the digestive tract. This can cause damage to the lining of the digestive tract, pain, bloating, tiredness, stool inconsistency and other nasty symptoms (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1954879/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">7</a>, <a href="http://www.nature.com/ajg/journal/v106/n3/full/ajg2010487a.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">8</a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6111631" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">9</a>).</div>
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One study shows that wheat fiber can make you <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/9-reasons-to-optimize-vitamin-d-levels/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;">Vitamin D</a></span> deficient, making you burn through your stores of this important vitamin much faster (<a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=846684" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">10</a>).</div>
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Another study shows that whole wheat raises small, dense LDL (the truly “bad” cholesterol) by a whopping 60% (<a href="http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/76/2/351.short" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">11</a>).</div>
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<span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Bottom Line</span>: Whole wheat is rich in <a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/11650-is-gluten-wreaking-havoc-on-your-gut.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;"><span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal !important;">gluten and can cause digestive problems</span></a> and various symptoms. It may also cause Vitamin D deficiency and elevated small, dense LDL cholesterol.</div>
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3. Agave Nectar</h2>
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In the health food isle at the supermarket, you will definitely find some “sugar-free” products that are sweetened with Agave.</div>
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This sweetener is touted as a healthy alternative to sugar because it is natural has a low glycemic index.</div>
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But the <a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/12288-the-real-truth-about-sugar.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;">harmful effects of sugar </a>have little to do with its glycemic index, it is harmful primarily because it is loaded with unnatural amounts of<span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/why-is-fructose-bad-for-you/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">fructose</a>.</span></div>
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Too much fructose in the diet can cause all sorts of problems, especially in<a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/12073-this-is-what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-exercise.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;">people who don’t exercise much</a>.</div>
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All fructose is metabolized by the liver. If the liver is full of glycogen the fructose will be turned into fat (<a href="http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/54/7/1907.short" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">11</a>, <a href="http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/86/4/895.full" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">12</a>).</div>
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This can cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and all kinds of metabolic problems like resistance to the hormones insulin and <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/junk-food-brain-want-to-get-fat/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">leptin</a>,</span> which will ultimately lead to <a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/12136-how-are-toddlers-becoming-obese.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;">obesity and diabetes</a> (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2673878/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">13</a>, <a href="http://ajpregu.physiology.org/content/295/5/R1370.long" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">14</a>, <a href="http://hyper.ahajournals.org/content/45/5/1012.short" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">15</a>, <a href="http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/2/1/5" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">16</a>).</div>
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While regular sugar is 50% fructose, the fructose content of Agave is as high as 90%. If anything, agave is even worse than sugar!</div>
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<span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Bottom Line:</span> Agave nectar is loaded with fructose and therefore causes all the same problems as regular sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup.</div>
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4. Sports Drinks</h2>
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Sports drinks were designed for athletes who have just finished an intense training session with massive sweating and glycogen depletion.</div>
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You don’t need any additional electrolytes unless you’ve been doing a very intense workout and most people are already eating <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/how-much-sugar-per-day/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">too much sugar</a>.</span></div>
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One bottle of Gatorade contains over 30 grams of sugar.</div>
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You’re better off sticking to plain water, which you should certainly drink plenty of, especially around workouts.</div>
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5. “Heart-Healthy” Vegetable Oils</h2>
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As the <a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/11439-are-doctors-wrong-on-saturated-fats-and-cholesterol.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;">fear of saturated fat</a> took hold of the world, consumption of all kinds of nasty ingredients increased.</div>
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Prime examples are industrial <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/are-vegetable-and-seed-oils-bad/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">seed- and vegetable oils</a></span> like soybean, corn and cottonseed oil.</div>
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These oils are extracted from seeds using very harsh processing methods and include high heat, bleaching and the toxic solvent hexane.</div>
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These oils contain very large amounts of <a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/11932-foods-reduce-pain-inflammation.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;"><span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal !important;">Omega-6 fatty acids</span></a>, way more than humans ever consumed throughout evolution.</div>
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We need small amounts of these fatty acids in the diet, such as the amounts found in <a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/how-to-make-your-meat-as-healthy-as-possible/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal !important;">meat</span></a> and nuts. However, if we eat way too much like is the case with Western populations, this causes problems (<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332206002435" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">17</a>).</div>
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Eating too much of <a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/12131-top-10-inflammatory-foods-to-avoid-like-the-plague.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;">these fats can lead to inflammation</a>, which is a leading cause of many chronic diseases (<a href="http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/83/6/S1483.full.pdf+html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">18</a>).</div>
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These oils get incorporated into our body fat stores and cellular membranes, where they are highly sensitive to oxidation and damage.</div>
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To top it all off, the industrial vegetable oils that you find in the supermarket contain 0.56-4.2% of their fatty acid as trans fats, which are highly toxic (<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-4522.1994.tb00244.x/abstract" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">19</a>).</div>
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(This does not apply to <a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/12300-is-your-olive-oil-lying-about-its-virginity.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;">olive oil</a>, which is good for you!)</div>
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6. Low-Fat or Fat-Free Foods</h2>
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It ain’t the fat, people!</div>
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Despite the last decades of propaganda against <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/top-8-reasons-not-to-fear-saturated-fats/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">saturated fats</a>,</span> they have now been proven to be harmless (<a href="http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2010/01/13/ajcn.2009.27725.abstract" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">20</a>, <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899900711003145" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">21</a>).</div>
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When the anti-fat message <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/modern-nutrition-policy-lies-bad-science/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">first came out</a>,</span> food manufacturers started producing “healthy” products that were low-fat or fat-free.</div>
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The only problem is that foods that have had the fat removed taste like crap.</div>
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The food manufacturers then loaded their products with <a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/junk-foods-chemical-engineers/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal !important;">chemicals</span></a>, artificial sweeteners and massive amounts of sugar.</div>
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What they basically did was remove the good stuff (fat) and replace it with bad stuff (sugar).</div>
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This is how they managed to turn<a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/11375-quick-clean-eating-40-non-processed-snacks-for-busy-moms.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;"><span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal !important;"> perfectly healthy foods</span></a> like yogurt into very harmful products filled with unhealthy ingredients.</div>
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<span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Bottom Line</span>: Avoid everything labelled “low-fat” or “fat-free.” These are highly processed products loaded with sugar and other harmful substances.</div>
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7. Gluten-Free Junk Foods</h2>
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Many people have started to avoid gluten… a protein found in wheat, spelt, rye and barley (and a few other grains).</div>
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Almost <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/05/gluten-free-diet-popularity/1963715/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">a third</a></span> of the U.S. population currently wants to <a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/11650-is-gluten-wreaking-havoc-on-your-gut.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;">cut back on gluten</a>or go gluten-free.</div>
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Food manufacturers have caught up on the trend and have started offering all sorts of gluten-free “health foods.”</div>
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The problem with these foods is that they’re usually not healthy at all.</div>
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Instead of a gluten grain, they’re made with other starches like potato starch, tapioca starch or some others. These starches are usually highly refined, void of nutrients and spike blood sugar fast, just like wheat.</div>
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But these products are often also loaded with sugar and other harmful or artificial chemicals.</div>
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This does NOT apply to foods that are naturally gluten free, like meats or vegetables. If a product says “gluten-free” on the package, then it’s probably bad for you.</div>
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8. Margarine And Fake Butters</h2>
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“I wish butter tasted more like margarine, said nobody ever.” – <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://primalnorth.com/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">Danny J. Albers</a></span></div>
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Another side effect of the anti-fat histeria is a plethora of so-called “healthy” butter alternatives.</div>
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The most notable example of these is margarine. It used to be loaded with trans fats, now it tends to contain processed vegetable oils instead.</div>
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Butter consumption went down, margarine consumption went up.</div>
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The problem with this is that<span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/7-reasons-why-butter-is-good-for-you/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">butter is healthy.</a></span> Margarine is NOT.</div>
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<a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/grass-fed-vs-feedlot-beef-difference.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;">Grass-fed butter</a>, in particular, is an excellent source of the fatty acid butyrate and Vitamin K2, both of which can have powerful positive effects on health (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699871/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">22</a>, <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0939475308002093" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">23</a>).</div>
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Margarine is a processed food with harmful ingredients that can make you sick.</div>
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In one large study, replacing butter with margarine lead to a drastically increasedrisk of death from heart attacks (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9229205" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">24</a>).</div>
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This is one great example of where blindly following the mainstream advice can put you in an early grave.</div>
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<span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Bottom Line:</span> Margarine is a processed food that contains unhealthy, artificial ingredients. Avoid it, use real grass-fed butter instead.</div>
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9. Energy Bars</h2>
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Energy bars are in the same boat as sports drinks – most people don’t need them.</div>
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If you’re an elite athlete who desperately needs to keep protein intake high and eat every 2-3 hours, then these bars can definitely be convenient.</div>
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However, most people don’t need to <a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/how-many-meals-per-day/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal !important;">eat that often</span></a> and these bars don’t contain anything that you can’t get from real foods.</div>
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Energy bars and protein bars are often highly processed products. Even though they may be higher in protein than chocolate bars, they often still contain the same unhealthy ingredients.</div>
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Sugar, white flour, artificial flavor… you name it, they’ve got it.</div>
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Of course, there are some healthier brands available, but if you want to avoid the crap then you must read labels!</div>
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If you’re starving and far away from home, then healthier types of energy bars can certainly be better than a burger and a coke, but your money is still better spent on real foods.</div>
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<span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Bottom Line: </span>Energy and protein bars are often highly processed products. Most people don’t need them and they tend to contain sugar and other nasty ingredients.</div>
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10. Low Carb Junk Foods</h2>
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As people have changed their mind on fat being the root of all evil, some people have started cutting back on carbs instead.</div>
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Again, food manufacturers have caught notice and brought all sorts of <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/low-carb-diet-meal-plan-and-menu/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">low-carb</a> </span>junk foods to the market.</div>
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Even though something is low in carbs and can help you<a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/how-to-lose-weight-as-fast-as-possible/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">l <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal !important;">ose weight</span></a>, it may still be very unhealthy.</div>
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Great examples are the low-carb Atkins bars. These are nasty, highly processed products that nobody should be eating.</div>
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Just check out the <a href="http://www.atkins.com//AtkinsDotCom/media/Master/Products/Red/ADV-MEAL_choc-peanut-butter.png" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal !important;">ingredients lis</span>t</a> for this Atkins Advantage bar. This isn’t food.</div>
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If you’re going to do a low-carb diet, stick to real, unprocessed foods.</div>
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<span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Bottom Line</span>: There are some low-carb processed foods on the market that are extremely unhealthy and loaded with artificial ingredients.</div>
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11. “Healthy” Breakfast Cereals</h2>
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Most highly processed breakfast cereals are not healthy.</div>
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In fact, they are among the <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/7-unhealthy-foods-to-avoid/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">worst foods</a></span> you can eat.</div>
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They’re often loaded with sugar and refined carbohydrates.</div>
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Then the manufacturers fortify them with some synthetic vitamins and put tiny amounts of whole grains in the mix, then market their products <span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/yoni-freedhoff-food-marketing/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">as healthy</a>.</span></div>
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Don’t be fooled by the labels… low-fat, fat-free, whole grain, etc. Just check the ingredients list on these products, they’re usually loaded with sugar.</div>
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Starting the day with a high-sugar cereal will set you up for a blood sugar crash later in the day, followed by hunger<span style="font-family: EauSansBold, Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">, <a href="http://authoritynutrition.com/3-step-plan-to-stop-sugar-cravings/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(128, 182, 75, 0.498039); -webkit-transition: color 0.2s ease-out; color: #7eb347; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">cravings</a> </span>and another high-carb meal.</div>
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12. Anything Else?</h2>
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If the packaging of a food tells you that it is healthy, then it probably isn’t.<br />
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Article Source : <a href="http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/12322-top-11-health-foods-that-are-not-healthy.html" target="_blank">Eat Local Grown</a></div>
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