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Medical journal papers promoting HRT drugs ghostwritten by major drug company

Health Blogger — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000

(NaturalNews) Increasing numbers of people are becoming aware that the drug industry is fraught with illegitimate studies promoting dangerous drugs, fraudulent marketing tactics and shady conflicts of interest. And a new analysis by researchers out of Georgetown University Medical Center has added more fuel to the fire. According to reports, drug-giant Wyeth–which is now owned by Pfizer–paid consultants thousands of dollars to ghostwrite articles for medical journals promoting synthetic hormone replacement drugs. Synthetic hormone replacement drugs like Wyeth’s Prempro experienced a significant drop in sales after a 2002 study found that the drugs greatly increase women’s risk of developing ovarian and breast cancers, as well as strokes and other serious illnesses. Prempro sales, for instance, have fallen by 50 percent since 2001 as a result. In an attempt to boost sales and reestablish public confidence in the dangerous drugs, Wyeth allegedly resorted to paying DesignWrite, a medical communications company, $25,000 to write positive articles about the drug. Wyeth also paid the company to write 20 positive review articles about its drug at $20,000 a pop. These articles were designed not only to convince the public that the drugs are safe, but to suggest that they be used for unapproved uses such as to prevent heart disease, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, vision problems and even to reverse the effects of aging. They also highlighted supposed benefits while suppressing known dangers. “Given the growing evidence that ghostwriting has been used to promote hormone therapy and offer highly promoted drugs, the medical profession must take steps to ensure that prescribers renounce participation in ghostwriting, and to ensure that unscrupulous relationships between industry and academia are avoided rather than courted,” she and her colleagues wrote in the PLoS Medicine , a Public Library of Science journal. Sources for this story include: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6865FQ20100907

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Proof that organic farms really do benefit people and the planet

Health Blogger — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000

(NaturalNews) Who hasn’t heard the argument that organic food isn’t better than produce grown with chemical fertilizers and pesticides — it’s just more expensive? Finally, scientists have come up with undeniable proof this isn’t so. After conducting side-by-side comparisons of organic and conventional strawberry farms and their fruit, the evidence is abundantly clear: organic farms produce more flavorful and nutritious berries and leave the soil far healthier and more genetically diverse. “Our findings have global implications and advance what we know about the sustainability benefits of organic farming systems,” John Reganold, Washington State University Regents professor of soil science and lead author of the study, which was just published in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE , said in a media statement. “We also show you can have high quality, healthy produce without resorting to an arsenal of pesticides.” The comprehensive study involved the analysis of 31 chemical and biological soil properties and soil DNA, as well as the taste, nutrition and quality of three strawberry varieties on 13 conventional fields and 13 organic ones. All the farms in the study are in California, where about 90 percent of U.S. strawberries are grown. California is also the center of an ongoing controversy over whether the common use of soil fumigants on strawberries is safe. Conventional farms in the study were found to be currently using methyl bromide, an ozone-depleting chemical which is due to be replaced by highly toxic methyl iodide. More than 50 Nobel laureates, members of the National Academy of Sciences and countless natural health advocates have protested the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent approval of the use of methyl iodide on crops, so far to no avail — despite the new evidence that organically grown crops are better for humans and the planet. The research team, along with Dr. Reganold, included Preston Andrews, a WSU associate professor of horticulture, and seven other experts in scientific disciplines including agroecology, soil science, microbial ecology, genetics, pomology (the science of fruit breeding and production), food science, sensory science, and statistics. By virtually every major indicator, these scientists found the organic fields and fruit were equal to or better than their conventional counterparts. Specifically, the scientists discovered that organic strawberries had significantly higher antioxidant activity including much higher concentrations of ascorbic acid and phenolic compounds (phytonutrients known to help protect and fight a host of disease). The organic strawberries also had a longer shelf life. What’s more, anonymous testers found organic strawberries looked and tasted better. The researchers also documented that organic soils excelled in important chemical and biological properties — including nitrogen, microbial biomass, enzyme activities, and micronutrients. Bottom line: organic farms produced more flavorful and nutritious berries while leaving the soil healthier and more genetically diverse. For more information: http://www.plosone.org/article/info2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012346 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAX_tAZg9mw

FDA censorship of nutritional science threatens health of all Americans

Health Blogger — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000

(NaturalNews) Concerned about breast cancer? There are three nutrients that virtually eliminate your risk of the disease, even if you carry “breast cancer genes.” Wondering how to cure arthritis? A combination of four different nutrients virtually eliminates arthritis symptoms. Afraid of diabetes? Five different nutrients, all available right now, can help prevent diabetes for mere pennies a day. And that’s just the beginning… Nutritional cures exist for nearly every major disease, but the FDA doesn’t want you to know about them. So it has censored truthful, scientifically-proven information about these substances in order to keep you ignorant about nutritional cures. Watch my short public service announcement to see more (38 seconds): http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=544BD1D89A151956D37B2A70A55F4BA1 When one U.S. company offering cherry concentrates began linking to government-funded studies that concluded cherries reduce the symptoms of arthritis, they received a threatening letter from the FDA, demanding they remove the links from their website or face “criminal prosecution.” (http://www.naturalnews.com/019366.html) Similarly, the FDA went on the attack to censor the truth about walnuts , claiming that “walnuts are unapproved drugs” when they are accompanied by truthful, scientific descriptions about their benefits for heart health (http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/FDA-Says-Walnuts-Are-Illegal-Drugs.htm). Diamond Foods, a distributor of walnuts, posted a collection of peer-reviewed scientific evidence on its website that described the health benefits of walnuts. In return, here’s part of the utterly illogical set of demands Diamond Foods received from the FDA which claim that “walnuts are drugs”… “Based on our review, we have concluded that your walnut products are in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) and the applicable regulations in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR). …Based on claims made on your firm’s website, we have determined that your walnut products are promoted for conditions that cause them to be drugs because these products are intended for use in the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of disease. …Because of these intended uses, your walnut products are drugs within the meaning of section 201 (g)(1)(B) of the Act [21 U.S.C. 321(g)(B)]. Your walnut products are also new drugs under section 201(p) of the Act [21 U.S.C. 321(p)] because they are not generally recognized as safe and effective for the above referenced conditions. Therefore, under section 505(a) of the Act [21 U.S.C. 355(a)], they may not be legally marketed with the above claims in the United States without an approved new drug application.” In other words, telling the truth about walnuts turns you into a criminal according to the FDA. And if you tell the scientifically-validated truth about how walnuts can help reduce high cholesterol, that act magically transforms your walnuts into unapproved drugs. And much the same is true when you’re talking about green tea or pomegranates or superfoods . If you dare discuss the health benefits of any food or natural substance while you are selling such items, you will be branded a criminal by the FDA, threatened with criminal prosecution and potentially have your company raided by the FDA along with armed law enforcement agents with guns drawn. Only junk foods are good for you At the same time the FDA is attacking health foods, it openly allows ridiculous health claims on processed dead junk foods. Frito-Lay potato chips, for example, are allowed to carry claims that they are “heart healthy.” So while genuinely health foods like walnuts and pomegranates cannot make health claims, processed dead foods like potato chips may openly carry FDA-approved health claims! Are you following this yet? Real food is bad for you. But junk food is good for you. That’s what the FDA wants you to believe. The FDA, you see, doesn’t want you to learn the truth about healthy foods. This agency wants you to remain as ignorant as possible about the scientifically-validated health benefits of natural foods, supplements and superfoods while allowing you to be inundated with false and misleading health claims on processed dead junk foods like potato chips. And can you guess the point of all this? It’s fairly obvious, isn’t it? The point is to keep Americans in a never-ending state of chronic degenerative disease that will result in a windfall of profits for the drug companies the FDA actually serves. This is why natural food producers aren’t allowed to even link to scientific articles about their foods. The FDA, you see, is in the business of censoring nutritional science . See more in my short video: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=544BD1D89A151956D37B2A70A55F4BA1 Can’t tell the truth about green tea, either On August 30, 2010, the FDA sent warning letters to manufacturers of green tea beverages, warning them about making health claims about green tea. One such beverage made by Canada Dry carried a claim that the drink is “enhanced with 200 mg of antioxidants from green tea and vitamin C.” In its threatening warning letter, the FDA insisted that green tea and vitamin C “are not nutrients with recognized antioxidant activity.” (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gPahcLPBLnbdWEyGVIiV9P4en0FQD9I38FIO0) Huh? Vitamin C isn’t an antioxidant? That’s funny, because outside the halls of the FDA offices, vitamin C has antioxidant activity and properties. The laws of chemistry, apparently, are suspended within the FDA’s jurisdiction. All the universal laws of physics cease to exist when the FDA is in charge, and they are instead replaced with the FDA’s distorted opinions of what those laws should actually be. Antioxidants don’t exist. Vitamins are inert substances. Foods contain no medicine. Only pharmaceuticals have biological effects within the human body. These are the far-fetched laws of the universe according to the FDA. In its never-ending march on nutritional science, the FDA also went after Lipton teas , whose website linked to four scientific studies concluding that green tea has a cholesterol-lowering effect. The FDA warned the Lipton company to remove the links, claiming that they were “misleading” and were effectively making claims that Lipton tea could treat a “disease.” But what if green tea really can help prevent a disease and the FDA just doesn’t want you to know about it? That’s actually the case with many plant-based nutrients that have powerful protective effects against disease. But according to the FDA’s official position, there is no such thing as a food, nutrient or supplement that can prevent or treat any disease . Vitamin C doesn’t prevent scurvy. Vitamin D doesn’t prevent rickets. Vitamin B3 doesn’t prevent pellagra, according to the FDA. Vitamins are biologically useless substances unless they’re patented by drug companies in which case they are magically transformed into “therapeutic chemicals” that may be sold to patients at monopoly prices. The FDA actually believes that fresh, unprocessed foods have no health benefits whatsoever. That’s why no health claims are allowed on such things. But dead processed foods like breakfast cereals can prevent disease, according to the FDA. That’s why the agency has allowed such products to carry a multitude of health claims. It’s all part of the FDA’s censorship of science about nutrients, foods and supplements. Rather than promoting real scientific knowledge, the FDA is censoring the science to keep the public as ignorant as possible. In this way, the FDA is an enemy of nutritional literacy because it aims to keep people in the dark about the health benefits of foods, supplements and nutrients. And because nutritional literacy is crucial to the long-term survival of America, the FDA, through its campaign of enforced nutritional illiteracy, is effectively an enemy of America . The agency has already accomplished incalculable harm to America’s population and her economy. And the FDA is just getting warmed up! Now it wants to “step up its enforcement” of so-called “false” food labeling. This is just a cover story to clamp down on truthful health claims the FDA wants to censor. It is through scientific censorship policies like those practiced at the FDA that America may fall to ignorance, disease and medical bankruptcy . The FDA is actually accelerating America’s downfall by isolating people from the nutritional knowledge that could prevent disease, reduce health care costs and save billions of dollars in unnecessary medical costs. For example, can you imagine the cost savings alone if we as a nation could prevent just one percent of all cancers? According to the National Institutes of Health, cancer costs the USA $228.1 billion in 2008. That’s nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars . Now imagine the savings if we could find a miracle nutrient that could reduce all cancers by three-quarters? That would save America $171 billion per year (not to mention saving human lives at the same time). And here’s the good news: Such a nutrient already exists! It’s cheap, safe and readily available. But the American Cancer Society won’t talk about it, the FDA won’t approve it and your doctor almost certainly won’t recommend it. Want to know what it is? Read this article if you don’t already know: http://www.naturalnews.com/021892.html How to end the FDA’s reign of ignorance and censorship of nutritional science First off, I highly recommend reading Jonathan Emord’s outstanding book on this subject entitled Global Censorship of Health Information (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982059531). This is a hugely important book on the subject from one of the industry’s intellectual giants: attorney Jonathan Emord. Secondly, if you’re in the USA, support the Free Speech about Science Act , a new effort to end FDA censorship over truthful, scientifically-validated health claims for vitamins, foods and nutritional supplements. Click the following link to learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/028879_censorship_healing_foods.html Finally, recognize that we are beginning to defeat the FDA in court. In particular, the Alliance for Natural Health recently emerged victorious against the FDA in court over the agency’s effort to censor truthful information about how selenium can reduce your risk of cancer . (http://www.naturalnews.com/028929_FDA_health_claims.html) Now we need more companies to stand up to FDA tyranny and take this rogue agency to court in order to stop its campaign of censorship and oppression against the natural products industry. Just to be clear about what is a valid health claim Just to be clear, in no way am I advocating that natural products companies should be able to just think up whatever health claims they want and emblazon their product packages with such things. We need to insist that health claims be “scientifically validated.” For example, if a cherry company could cite five studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals that conclude cherries can help ease the symptoms of arthritis, then it should be perfectly acceptable for that company to place corresponding claims on its packaging: “Cherries have been shown to reduce the symptoms of arthritis.” (With an appropriate citation on its website that points to the qualifying scientific studies.) Almost everyone who believes in common sense would agree that this is a sensible approach to allowing health claims on foods and supplements. Yet the FDA’s position is that foods and supplements are not allowed to carry any health claims — even if such claims are scientifically validated and true! The FDA absurdly insists that no food, no herb, no vitamin and no supplement can possibly have any biological effect on the human body… and if it does, then that magically transforms it into a “drug” requiring $400 million in testing and clinical trials before it can be approved by the FDA. And even then, it would only be available by prescription. Do you see the catch-22 here? It’s sort of like the old “floating witch” test in the witch hunt days: If you float, you’re a witch and you get burned at the stake. If you sink, you die but you are declared innocent. The FDA pulls the same thing with nutritional supplements: If it doesn’t work, then it’s inert and will be tolerated. But if it actually works, then it’s now a “drug” and will be outlawed as an “unapproved drug.” I’m not making this up. This is precisely how the FDA operates at present. It’s a logic trap that I believe has been specifically designed to discredit the entire nutritional supplements industry while promoting the “benefits” of pharmaceuticals — most of which we now know were falsified through pure scientific fraud, by the way. Watch my short video to learn more about FDA censorship: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=544BD1D89A151956D37B2A70A55F4BA1 And share this video with others. Everyone deserves to know the truth about nutrition and health. The FDA cannot keep us all in the dark forever. With your help, we will shine the light of truth on this issue and end the era of nutritional illiteracy that has cost America trillions of dollars and destroyed millions of lives.

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Green Party initiative could put an end to water fluoridation in Canada

Health Blogger — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000

(NaturalNews) The Green Party of Canada recently passed a resolution within its ranks that seeks to end water fluoridation in Canada. The party plans to introduce and support legislation that will outlaw fluoridation in Canada at the federal level, effectively overriding any and all local mandates that say otherwise. Much of North America’s water is fluoridated, meaning that water utilities add hexafluorosilicic acid, sodium silicofluoride or sodium fluoride to local water supplies. These toxic substances are said to prevent tooth decay, but many medical and dental professionals disagree, citing fluoride’s many harmful effects on the body and teeth. Unlike the element fluorine which can occur naturally in water, the artificial fluoride added to drinking water is a toxic byproduct of the phosphate mining industry. Aluminum factories, for instance, create fluoride waste that is commonly used to fluoridate water. In addition to being a dangerous poison, the Green Party initiative cites the fact that fluoride is not removed by sewage treatment plants, and that much of it ends up in lakes and rivers. The Great Lakes contain as much as ten times the maximum safe levels established by the Canadian Water Quality Guideline standards for aquatic life, for instance. Artificial water fluoridation is technically illegal since fluoride is a toxic chemical. At best, it is an unapproved drug by which governments are unlawfully medicating the public. At worst, it is a toxic poison that is wreaking havoc on public health. Perhaps the most damning indictment of fluoride is the fact that cavity rates are generally the same among areas that fluoridate and areas that do not fluoridate. So the purported benefits of water fluoridation are entirely unsubstantiated based on scientific evidence. It is also generally known that too much fluoride causes dental fluorosis, a condition in which tooth enamel becomes mottled, and brown and white stains form. In extreme cases, dental fluorosis literally rots the teeth. It remains to be seen whether or not the Green Party of the U.S.–or any other party, for that matter–decides to take on water fluoridation with similar legislation. Sources for this story include: http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Alert/Canada/National/Green-Party-of-Canada-calls-for-ban-on-the-fluoridation-chemicals-hexafluorosilicic-acid-and-sodium-silicofluoride

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HIV tests a farce? False HIV positives produced by western blot tests

Health Blogger — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000

(NaturalNews) Did you or someone you know test positive for HIV? If so, they probably weren’t told that they might test negative if a different test were used… or even if the same test were conducted in another country. HIV tests, as you’ll see here, are a wishy-washy, pseudoscientific gimmickry that has unfortunately ensnared many innocent victims into a false AIDS diagnosis. This is now being revealed in some rather shocking video footage released by Brent Leung, creator of the House of Numbers documentary (www.HouseOfNumbers.com) which tears apart the inconsistencies and dogmatic non-science found in the conventional HIV / AIDS industry. Watch the footage yourself right now at: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=E9FEA62D4E91BB913C8CCC3CC8C2A35F There, you’ll see world-renowned scientists discussing the so-called “western blot,” a highly subjective test that is now being used around the world to falsely diagnose people with HIV and, subsequently, AIDS. This western blot, as you’ll learn below, is a spectacularly laughable test that seems to have been designed to make “positive” criteria as loose as possible in order to label perfectly healthy people as having AIDS. “I don’t think the western blot is a useful diagnostic test. I don’t think it’s worth doing,” argues Dr Robin Weiss in the video clip. Val Turner, an MD from Australia, adds, “It’s ludicrous that you can be [HIV] positive in one country and not positive in another.” Neville Hodgkinson, the Medical and Science Correspondent for The Sunday Times (London) adds, “Some people argue that we have a confirmatory test in some western countries, and that repeated testing can lead you to a safer diagnosis. But if the very basis of the test is faulty, then nothing works in fact. …Because of the different criteria that apply in different countries, you can test HIV positive in one country and be given an AIDS diagnosis as a result of that, whereas in another country you won’t test HIV positive and you won’t be given an AIDS diagnosis.” A full-blown AIDS patient will almost always show nine different “bands” on an HIV test. But in the 1980’s, only one band was required — P24 — to diagnose someone as HIV positive (and subsequently having AIDS). The problem is that perfectly healthy people can also test positive for P24 , even if they aren’t HIV positive. “In the early days, people developed criteria that were too much like a screening test. So if you had just P24 [band], they might have called it a positive,” said Robert Redfield MD, Director, Clinical Care and Research, Institute of Human Virology. Doctor Val Turner adds, “Many people were diagnosed using these criteria, and then it was realized that forty percent of people who are completely healthy have one or more western blot bands, most commonly a P24 band.” A few years later, the FDA changed its diagnosis criteria for HIV, upping the requirement beyond a single P24 band. But people who had already been diagnosed as having AIDS were never re-tested! Dr Val Turner explains, “We don’t know how many thousand people were testing using that western blot criteria before 1987, but … shouldn’t they all have been tested when the criteria changed in 1987 in case they were no longer positive? So there are probably people out there who would not be positive under the criteria which developed subsequently. Using the FDA criteria which existed before 1993, only 80 percent of AIDS patients had a positive HIV test, which means 20 percent were not positive.” HIV tests depend on personal opinion, not rigorous science Even today, HIV tests are conducted in a wishy-washy, non-scientific manner where the results depend largely on the opinion of the lab technician reading the test results! (It’s absurd, of course, but this is what’s happening right now.) In House of Numbers , Brent Leung visited Claudia Kcherer, MD, a Molecular Biologist at the Robert Kock Institute in Berlin. There, he recorded this conversation: Brent: “When you’re looking at this western blot, how do you determine what is a positive [result]?” Claudia: “You need a certain number of bands being present. It depends a little bit on the producer of the test.” Brent: “It depends on the manufacturer?” Claudia: “Yes” Brent: “Is there a different criteria for what might be a positive?” Claudia: “Yeah, there are different criteria from the manufacturer.” Manufacturers of the HIV test , in other words, differ in how they define a “positive.” You might be “HIV positive” on one test, but negative on another. And the decision on which manufacturer’s test to use is based on the opinion of the clinic, hospital or doctor ordering the tests . Astonishingly, this House of Numbers footage also includes a scene featuring two different HIV test lab technicians working in the same lab who disagree on the criteria for a positive HIV test result. While one lab workers says two bands are needed for a positive diagnosis, another worker says three are required. And they work in the same lab! Watch this footage yourself right here: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=E9FEA62D4E91BB913C8CCC3CC8C2A35F Western blot HIV test called into question But some scientists feel the western blot is not just a good test, but a great one! Robert C Gallo MD, Director of the Institute of Human Virology , says “This has a margin of error if done properly that’s extremely low. In other words, it’s one of medicine’s better tests .” One of medicine’s better tests? Really? And yet it can be interpreted in different ways by different lab technicians, different definitions in different countries, different manufacturers and different medical opinions? The HIV tests, it turns out, is more a matter of opinion than scientific fact. And if you or someone you know has tested positive for HIV, maybe they should get a second opinion. Why not make the test more accurate? So why doesn’t the industry tighten up its guidelines and require five, six or even all nine bands to show up before diagnosing someone as HIV positive? No one seems to know . I do, though. Isn’t it obvious? The AIDS industry is much like the cancer industry in that it’s focused on diagnosing as many patients as possible whether or not they actually have the disease. More patients equals more profits and a bigger “scare story” to feed the media propaganda machines. We already know that the AIDS industry fabricated evidence to try to exaggerate the scope of the AIDS scare (http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=D35F0FFB30FA5AB31FA918A6F6BF326C). So it’s not surprising they would be promoting a “loose” test that potentially has already ensnared potentially tens of thousands of innocent people into a false AIDS diagnosis. Once a person is diagnosed with AIDS, you see, they become a profit generating machine for Big Pharma . AIDS pharmaceuticals are extremely expensive, and because they are protected under an FDA-enforced monopoly, they can be sold at practically any asking price. Even better, once innocent “healthy” people start taking AIDS drugs, they begin to show AIDS symptoms such as compromised immune systems. These side effects are caused by the drugs, of course, not by the disease, but in the minds of doctors and patients, the emergence of these scary symptoms proves that “they really had AIDS.” It’s all just loopy, circular logic with a single purpose: To earn more money for Big Pharma at the expense of human suffering. Now, I’m not saying there’s no such thing as a genuine person with immune deficiency. Thanks mostly to our toxic environment, there are certainly people who suffer chronic immune system malfunctions. But it is in the AIDS industry’s interests to convince even healthy people that they are ill and need pharmaceutical intervention to survive. And, by sheer coincidence (not!), today’s HIV tests are specifically designed in a way that produces a disturbingly high number of false positives. See the complete collection of exclusive clips from House of Numbers at NaturalNews.TV: http://naturalnews.tv/Browse.asp?memberid=4745

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Grapefruit compound could treat diabetes, lower cholesterol and produce Atkins diet benefits without dieting

Health Blogger — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000

(NaturalNews) Big Pharma has been doggedly searching for drugs that target a group of nuclear receptor proteins in the human body known by the long title of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs, for short). The reason? PPARs regulate the expression of genes that are involved in fat and carbohydrate metabolism, among other functions — so the theory is that if drugs could control PPARs, the medications would treat diabetes, high cholesterol and even maybe obesity. But it turns out there’s already a substance that could do all this. And it’s not a side effect-laden chemical. It’s a compound in grapefruit. Bottom line: there’s extremely sweet breaking news about a compound hidden in the tangy flavor of grapefruits that may treat diabetes naturally and also bring some of the benefits of low carb dieting to the body, too — without dieting. Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), have discovered that naringenin , an antioxidant derived from the bitter flavor of grapefruits and other citrus fruits, triggers the liver to break down fat. While the function of the pancreas is important to diabetics, the liver is the main organ responsible for the regulation of carbohydrates and blood levels of fat. After a meal, the blood is flushed with sugars, which activate LXR-alpha, a PPAR associated with inflammation. This triggers the liver to create fatty acids for long-term storage. But during periods of fasting (and low carb dieting) the process is reversed, fat cells release fatty acids and break them down to ketones. There’s an increased sensitivity to insulin, too. The new research, just published in the online journal PLoS ONE , shows that naringenin activates two kinds of PPARs (dubbed PPAR-alpha and PPARy) and blocks LXR-alpha — resulting in fasting-type benefits to the body. “It is a process which is similar to the Atkins diet, without many of the side effects,” Martin L. Yarmush, MD, PhD, director of the MGH Center for Engineering in Medicine and one of the paper’s authors, said in a media statement. “The liver behaves as if fasting, breaking down fatty acids instead of carbohydrates.” “It is a fascinating find,” Yaakov Nahmias, PhD, the paper’s senior author said in the press statement. He pointed out that the results of the research were what the pharmaceutical industry has long been seeking through drug research. “But their (drug) development was plagued by safety concerns. Remarkably, naringenin is a dietary supplement with a clear safety record. Evidence suggests it might actually protect the liver from damage,” Dr. Nahmias added. If the results of the new study hold up in human patients, the research team believes the grapefruit compound could become a treatment for high cholesterol, type-2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. For more information: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012399

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Important Pieces Of Treatment of Mesothelioma

Health Blogger — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:33:48 +0000

Mesothelioma is a symptom of most cancers that occurs in the membranes frequently known as the Mesothelium. It affects the lungs, chest, heart and infrequently the abdomen. It can be simply benign or malignant in nature. Because of the extended latency period, the sufferer of Mesothelioma is the folk of age among forty five to 65 years. Men are mostly attacked via Mesothelioma as they do disclose themselves to asbestos in business work.

The indications of Mesothelioma are stomach problems, weight loss and chronicle disease. Critical Mesothelioma signs might include shortness of breath, respiration problems, pneumonia and power cough. In a few instances, it becomes more difficult for the docs to analysis Mesothelioma as the indications of it are muted in the body.

Typically, malignant Mesotheliomas are of 3 varieties:
Â¢ Sarcomatoid
Â¢ Combined/Biphasic
Â¢ Epithelioid

Malignant Mesothelioma starts affecting from the chest cavity. Not more than 20% of the malignant Mesothelioma starts from the stomach cavity. In a very few occasions, we get pericardial Mesothelioma.

Doctors most effective who’ve specializtion on Mesothelioma supply the treatment. In this illness, the body cells turn out to be abnormal. Those cells spread the entire body and finally result in death.

There are many options to be had treating Mesothelioma. It comprises radiation therapy, surgical procedure, chemotherapy etc. Alternatively, the remedy depends upon the age of the patient, health situation and the segment of the cancer. Quite a lot of analysis going and new applied sciences are happening for the remedy of Mesothelioma.

The National Cancer Institute has financed for the remedy of Mesothelioma. The United state govt and NCI each have paid a lot of focus in this illness as the rate of this diseases going upper day via day. Scientific trials and Mesothelioma analysis have turn out to be successful in increasing innovative techniques to combat in opposition to most cancers and treatments which might be extra advanced has been promised to deliver.

Surgical operation has turn out to be the maximum choice for the remedy of Mesothelioma. Doctors put off the tissues been suffering from the Mesothelioma. Every other remedy, the radiation therapy additionally been not unusual to the remedy of Mesothelioma and a prime power X-rays damage the most cancers cells. The dose of the radiation will also be implemented from the interior of the body and even from the outside. Chemotherapy is implemented in a critical scenario of Mesothelioma. Chemotherapy is implemented using needles having drugs or drugs inside. Those drugs damage most cancers cells.

Intraoperative photodynamic therapy is the new remedy of Mesothelioma. Drugs and lighting each are used simultaneously for this therapy to damage the most cancers cell.

Those therapies have a lot of unwanted effects having nausea, organ damage, heart failures etc. Let us wish that at some point we can not have this illness to any extent further or no less than we’ve got vaccine for it. Find more other helpful information about brain tumor symptoms, kidney cancer treatment and adenocarcinoma cancer

The Appeal Of How Ginger Fights Cancer

Health Blogger — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:17:48 +0000

Ginger is a natural spice which you’ll add to your each day eating regimen to help you to stop many common ailments as well as critical illnesses reminiscent of heart disease, arthritis and plenty of forms of cancers.

Ginger is the root or the rhyzome of the plant and will be purchased fresh in most grocery stores year round. You too can purchase crystallised and powdered ginger, however when you may, always opt for fresh ginger as it can give you more benefits.

What’s Cancer

Cancer happens when the cells in your physique begin to mutate or divide and then begin to assault the healthy cells in your body. These cancerous cells can unfold throughout your physique by the bloodstream and lymph nodes. When not stopped in time, cancerous cells can take over in your physique and finally kill.

According to medical professionals there is no treatment, however many have been able to help themselves with natural treatments and overcome cancer. Ginger is one of the treatments that can assist you to combat cancer earlier than it even starts.

Antioxidants

Ginger incorporates useful antioxidants which remove dangerous toxins that trigger the cells in your physique to change into cancerous. If in case you have cancer cells, the ginger can assist to reduce the irritation by removing the toxins.

Fights Ovarian Cancer

Studies have shown that ginger can actually destroy the cancer cells in those who have ovarian cancer. It also helps to reduce the irritation brought on by the cancerous cells.

Unlike chemotherapy, (which is extensively used to treat ovarian cancer), ginger is not going to trigger the cancer cells to change into immune to the ingredient which destroy the cancerous cells.

Studies have shown that ginger can assist to guard you in opposition to ovarian, breast, colon and skin cancers.

Make Ginger a Part of Your Life

Whether or not you are battling cancer, have a family history of cancer or are just in search of safety in opposition to it, you can also make ginger a part of your each day diet. Merely begin adding freshly grated ginger to your foods, and you’ll not solely be capable to combat cancer, however many different critical illnesses as well.

To make ginger tea you may grate ginger and steep it in scorching water for about 10 minutes. You too can boil a chunk of ginger in water for 10 to 15 minutes and procure the identical results. In case you like a cool drink then merely allow your tea to cool and serve it over ice. Read more other FREE information about brain tumor symptoms, kidney cancer treatment and adenocarcinoma cancer

Tips About What About Fish Oil – What Does it Do For You?

Health Blogger — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:16:48 +0000

Some individuals may marvel what fish oil does. It truly does a variety of things. Typically, a fish oil vitamin is used for a variety of health benefits. Nonetheless, sure factors determine whether an individual will expertise uncomfortable side effects as a substitute of health benefits.

One of the most vital things to keep in mind when shopping for fish oil is its purity. Usually, advantages depend completely on the purity of the oil. When the oil has a excessive degree of purity, then the person may benefit significantly, whereas someone taking fish-oil that isn’t pure would possibly expertise aspect effects.

Why Purity Is Vital

One of the main explanation why purity is so vital has to do with the toxins which might be inside the earth’s waters. When a vendor sells a fish-oil supplement that has not undergone a careful purification process, they are putting their customers at risk.

Individuals can have publicity to chemicals corresponding to mercury and different toxins that we should always not expose ourselves to on a daily basis. Therefore, the person becomes extra liable to experiencing some type of aspect effect.

What Does Fish Oil Do?

Quite a few clinical studies now show that taking a fish-oil supplement along with a daily food plan can enhance an individual’s brain, cardiovascular system, and circulatory system.

Among the different advantages found involve an elevated enchancment in joint motion, in addition to a lower of pain associated with inflammation. As well as, many find they’ve enchancment of their memory.

Among the extra advantages relate to how the supplement can reduce an individual’s threat of sudden demise by having a heart attack. Furthermore, these dietary supplements have been found helpful for those with diabetes. Usually, this has to do with the best way the DHA within the fish oil works to protect from diabetic neuropathy along with helping regulate an individual’s blood sugar.

Many times, advantages are found for individuals who take fish-oil dietary supplements throughout the time they are pregnant as well. More often than not, taking some of these dietary supplements throughout the time a girl is pregnant has been found to forestall various forms of allergic reactions from developing. Others find that it helps them with present issues they’ve with allergies.

The Vital Features

Fish-oil is wealthy in Omega-3 fatty acids. Hence, it accommodates a variety of totally different forms of fatty acids which might be important for various functions inside the body. DHA is one kind, and is vital for the functioning within cardiovascular regions. As well as, it serves the function of encouraging interaction with the nerve cells.

One other type of Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil is EPA. This acts as a protecting barrier to the body against various forms of disease. As well as, it’s useful for preventing blood clots, while having the ability to act as an anti-inflammatory.

In the end, these solely scratches the floor with reference to the type of health advantages an individual can have from these dietary supplements and the best way that they work. Nonetheless, utilizing fish oil dietary supplements that don’t meet excessive purity requirements may cause an individual to expertise a variety of totally different aspect effects. Checkout more other helpful information about healthy food recipes, mental health software and best blood pressure monitors

Is Sjogren’s Syndrome Curable?

Health Blogger — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:15:53 +0000

If you have an disease you want a cure, but not all diseases have treatment. Such example, Sjogren’s syndrome. This autoimmune disorder can be unpleasant and even dangerous for individuals who have it but is there a cure? The Treatment of Sjogren’s Syndrome Sjogren’s syndrome with its classic main symptoms of dry eyes and dry mouth is more alike to be treated than cured. There are various different procedures to treating the symptoms that an individual with this disorder may experience but these treatments depend on the specific symptoms that an person presents with and the severity of these symptoms. There are even surgical procedures that are a possibility in some extreme cases. Where at the end, the symptoms of Sjogren’s syndrome are more likely to be control than cured. These symptoms involve dry eyes, dry mouth, painful and swollen joints, swollen salivary glands, dryness of the skin, and fatigue. These symptoms may be marked individually or collectively in some conditions, but to begin with one must address the issue of dry mouth. Its severity could affect the functionality to eat or talk if taken for granted. A Natural Method For Confronting Dry Mouth Dry mouth is a trouble. Even if a person can still eat and talk then dry mouth can make the mouth a breeding site for germs. Luckily, there are treatments for sjogren’s syndrome and there are products with natural ingredients that can help to return some moisture to the mouth even as they kill bad bacteria. These natural products can then treat in eliminating these bad bacteria from the mouth, cure sjogren’s syndrome, aiding to promote overall dental hygiene. Of course, this approach should only be used in conjunction with a proper dental care routine involving daily brushing and flossing. A natural product is more of an assist to this most basic yet conclusive method to dental care and makes a greatsjogren’s syndrome treatment. The keys to success in the battle against gum disease and most oral problems are hidden in nature. Fighting the bacteria that causes the problem is the first place to start and specific species of peppermint and spearmint oils are scientifically proven to be anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-microbial. Take your mouth in mint condition today!