Aloe vera helps reverse cancer and AIDS

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Five toxic holiday gifts you should never buy a loved one for Christmas

(NaturalNews) Gift-giving is a wonderful activity, but many people who give gifts to family and friends don’t realize they’re actually giving the recipient cancer , or diabetes or attention deficit problems . In this article, I expose five dangerous gifts that may literally increase the risk of disease and death. Whatever you give your family and friends this holiday season, please avoid giving these five dangerous gifts: Dangerous gift #1) Perfumes and colognes (promote cancer) A typical perfume product contains over 20 cancer-causing chemicals , and they’re absorbed right through the skin. Perfumes and colognes — or any fragrance product, for that matter — are direct causes of cancer which remain utterly ignored by the cancer industry (that just happens to be more interested in high-profit treatments rather than profit-destroying prevention strategies ). The only “safe” perfume is one made entirely from essential oils. Legally speaking, nearly all perfumes sold in the state of California should be labeled with cancer warnings under Proposition 65, but the state never enforces this law against giant perfume corporations (interesting, huh?). Dangerous gift #2) Processed meats, hams and sausages (promote cancer and diabetes) You see these heavily promoted during the holiday season: Sausages, hams and other specialty meats, usually sold with natural-sounding language to make them appear wholesome and home-grown. In reality, almost 100% of these meats contain sodium nitrite , a dangerous cancer-causing chemical that’s used to turn these meats red and prevent spoilage by killing living organisms. See my CounterThink Cartoon on this topic: http://counterthink.com/Processed_Meat_for_Christmas.asp Sodium nitrite is linked to both an increase in cancer as well as type-2 diabetes due to harmful effects on the pancreas. The USDA once tried to ban sodium nitrite from the food supply in the 1970′s but was overruled by the meat industry (which now basically runs the USDA). While processed holiday meats might be a very effective gift to give someone you wanted to murder , they are simply not appropriate to give to someone you care for. Dangerous gift #3) Video game consoles (promote violence) Parents, if you’re about to buy video games for your kids, please reconsider your decision. Video game consoles now feature game content that’s more graphic and violent than ever, and they desensitize your children to acts of violence. Even worse, some video games being designed today — “first-person shooters” — are actually developed by the U.S. military and used as recruiting tools that aggrandize war. A young male child who plays video games is not only more like to join the military and engage in mindless acts of violence, he is also more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit disorder . There are some very good real-time strategy games that teach strategic thinking (such as Sid Meier’s Civilization series), but avoid giving your children first-person shooters or other extremely violent games. Dangerous gift #4) Mobile phones (promote type-3 diabetes) Very few people know that there’s another kind of diabetes called “type-3 diabetes.” It’s caused by electropollution . Quite literally, when some people are in the presence of strong electromagnetic fields, their blood sugar levels begin to swing wildly. (http://www.naturalnews.com/028967_electropollution_diabetes.html) Mobile phones are one of the worst sources of electromagnetic pollution beamed right through your head . It’s far safer to use them with a bluetooth headset, and safer still to use them only as a texting device without voice calling. (The small bursts of text data transfer are miniscule compared to full-on voice broadcast.) If you do want to give someone a mobile phone, make sure they’re not already diabetic (and buy them a bluetooth headset). Dangerous gift #5) Clothing that’s full of GMOs, dyes and pesticides This is a tough one, but nearly all the clothing sold in stores today is absolutely loaded with GMOs, dyes and pesticides. Let me explain: Any clothing containing cotton is almost certainly GMO, as virtually all the cotton grown in America today is genetically modified. Of course, you’re not eating that pair of jeans, so this may not concern you personally, but there’s still a huge environmental impact of GMO cotton being grown on farms. Far worse from a personal health perspective are the dyes . Clothing dyes are almost always toxic, cancer-causing chemicals , and if you’ve ever worn a new piece of clothing and later discovered some of the dye rubbed off on your arms or legs, you know how easily these dyes can transfer from the clothing to your skin (and then into your bloodstream). Finally, all non-organic cotton is loaded with pesticides , and those pesticide chemicals can promote Parkinson’s disease, dementia and other brain disorders (http://www.naturalnews.com/027098_pesticides_disease_pesticide.html). The only cotton that’s free of pesticides is 100% organic cotton , which is available from a few specialty stores and online retailers. SAFETY TIP: If you do buy someone a gift of clothing, or if you receive one yourself, wash the clothes in hot water (by themselves, without polluting your other clothing) and use an extra rinse cycle. Dry them in the dryer and then wash them again! This is the only way to remove most of the dyes and pesticides found in these clothes, and even this process doesn’t remove all the dangerous chemicals. Remember this, too: Nearly all clothing containing cotton boosts the profits of Monsanto , which sells the genetically modified cotton seeds that farmers use to produce this cotton. So buying someone a pair of jeans for Christmas is essentially putting more money into Monsanto’s pocket. It goes without saying, but… In addition to the five toxic gifts mentioned above, please do not buy anyone a flu shot gift card unless you are literally trying to kill them. Flu shots often contain live viruses and may actually cause the flu (http://www.naturalnews.com/033891_vaccines_delayed_injury.html). They can also cause neurological side effects like seizures and vomiting (http://www.naturalnews.com/029586_Australia_vaccines.html). If you really want to help someone boost their defenses against the flu this holiday season, buy ‘em some vitamin D (5,000 IUs is the recommended dosage). Be smart this holiday season – don’t destroy the health of those you love Whatever you give people this holiday season, be smart and consider the following: • WHERE does this gift come from? What is its resource and manufacturing impact on the environment? • WHO profits from me buying this gift? Does it enrich some evil corporation? • WHAT will be the impact on the person I’m giving this gift to? Will it improve their live in a meaningful way? The more you consider these questions, the better your gift-giving success will be… and not just at a personal level, but at a global level where you are fully aware of the global impacts of your purchasing and gift-giving decisions. Want to give your loved ones healthy gifts? Consider some of the specials at the NaturalNews Store, which we’ve just published at: http://www.naturalnews.com/034252_holiday_shopping_healthy_gifts.html These are all health-promoting gifts, and many of them are on sale at the best prices on the ‘net (even better than Amazon.com). Whatever you buy this holiday season, give the gift of good health wherever possible.

Sweet potato nutrition – six amazing facts you need to know

(NaturalNews) One of the most nutritious foods on the traditional Thanksgiving menu is the sweet potato. These orange-skinned root vegetables offer a host of health benefits (especially when cooked without the unnecessary sugar and marshmallows). If you want to raise health consciousness around the dinner table this holiday season, try throwing some of these six sweet potato facts into the conversation: 1. High nutritional value A 7-ounce (1 cup) serving of sweet potatoes contains 65% of the minimum necessary daily amount of Vitamin C. Sweet potatoes are also high in calcium, folate, potassium and beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is an antioxidant which converts to Vitamin A in the body: one serving of sweet potatoes can provide you with as much as 700% of the US RDA for Vitamin A. The Center for Science in the Public Interest rates sweet potatoes as the number one most nutritious vegetable because they such are so nutritionally rich. 2. Low glycemic index If you are unfamiliar with this term, the glycemic index indicates the impact a food substance has on blood sugar levels. A high glycemic index means blood sugar levels can spike. Diabetes and others who monitor their blood sugar levels seek to avoid foods with a high glycemic index or load. Sweet potatoes have a glycemic load of only 17. (By way of comparison, a white potato has an index of 29.) 3. Accessing sweet potatoes’ nutritional benefits is easy To gain the maximum health benefits from eating sweet potatoes, avoid discarding their skins — much of their healing potential resides in this portion of the tubers. Also, following the common dieters’ fallacy of avoiding all fats reduces your ability to access sweet potatoes’ benefits: beta-carotene absorbs more thoroughly into the body when consumed with a small amount of fat. Recent research seems to indicate that steaming or boiling sweet potatoes rather than roasting them helps preserve their low glycemic index. 4. Good for your skin Their high levels of Vitamin A and beta-carotene means sweet potatoes are a skin superfood. The substances on many pricey skin-care products like retinol and retinoic acid are actually derived from Vitamin A. Plus beta-carotene combats the free radicals which result skin aging. 5. Sweet potatoes are like yoga Their high potassium content means sweet potatoes can alleviate muscle cramps which are often related to potassium deficiency. During times of stress, the body uses more potassium, so eating sweet potatoes can help protect you from the negative health effects of tension. 6. Easy to grow in your garden Starting a vegetable garden is a great way both to reduce your grocery bill now, and to reduce your dependency on grocery stores for the long-term. Sweet potatoes make a good beginner’s garden crop. Although originally native to South America, this type of tuber only requires 100 frost-free days in order to grow, so you do not have to live in the tropics to harvest some of these nutritionally valuable tubers. Sweet potato plants have fewer diseases than other types of potatoes, and they are relatively undemanding plants, requiring little in the way of water or fertilizer. You can read more about growing sweet potatoes here: http://robbwolf.com/2011/04/20/growing-sweet-potatoes/ and here http://www.farmradio.org/english/radio-scripts/32-1script_en.asp Sources for this article include: http://www.naturalnews.com/027051_food_sweet_potatoes_foods.html http://www.healingfoodreference.com/sweet_potato.html http://www.naturalnews.com/031543_sweet_potatoes_minerals.html http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=64 http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2667/2 http://www.self.com/fooddiet/blogs/healthybites/2009/09/recipe-roundup-the-sweet-potat.html

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Sodium benzoate is a preservative that promotes cancer and kills healthy cells

(NaturalNews) Organic consumers and nutritionists may already know, but the rest of the general population does not know about sodium benzoate. It has the ability to deprive the cells of oxygen, break down the immune system and cause cancer. This killer is flying under consumer radar with its user friendly tag line, “as a preservative.” This silent cell choker has found its way into thousands of products, even foods that are labeled as all natural . But don’t be fooled. While benzoic acid is found naturally in low levels in many fruits, the sodium benzoate listed on a product’s label is synthesized in a lab . Derived from a reaction of benzoic acid with sodium hydroxide, sodium benzoate is actually the sodium salt of benzoic acid. Sodium benzoate is a known carcinogenic additive which, when eaten or applied to the skin, gets transported to the liver, where it is supposed to be filtered , and expelled in urine, but the damage gets done before that process is completed. Sodium benzoate chokes out your body’s nutrients at the DNA cellular level by depriving mitochondria cells of oxygen, sometimes completely shutting them down. Just as humans need oxygen to breathe, cells need oxygen to function properly and to fight off infection, including cancer . The FDA says it’s safe because the amount used to preserve foods is very low, but don’t ever combine it with vitamin C or E, as this causes benzene to be formed. This is dangerous. Benzene is a known carcinogen, which means it causes cancer. Okay, so this should be easy. Never, ever mix vitamin C with pickles, peppers, salad dressings, jams, most condiments, vinegar, fruit juices, salsa, dips, shredded cheese, ketchup, or diet or regular soda. Don’t forget about mouthwash, toothpaste, cough syrup, cream, lotion, and hundreds of cosmetic products. So now why is it put in food? It’s the cheapest mold inhibiter on the market, so it’s all about the money. Acidic foods tend to grow bacteria, mold and yeast more easily than non-acidic foods, so the sodium benzoate extends the shelf life, while it shortens human life . Cancer is all about the cumulative effect. When the human body is exposed repeatedly to any level of this carcinogen, which rears its ugly head in thousands of products, the immune system, over time, is depleted to the point that one acquires an immune deficiency. Then the body does not have enough essential nutrients to detoxify, and this occurs at the cellular level. Parkinson’s, neuro-degenerative diseases, and premature aging have all been attributed to this infamous preservative . Sources: http://www.spafromscratch.com/?p=4041 http://www.ei-resource.org/forum/general-ei-discussion/178-sodium-benzoate-and-mitochondrial-dna-damage/ http://www.pureinsight.org/node/4649 http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cicads/cicad26.htm#SubSectionNumber:11.1.1 http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/v25/n34/abs/1209604a.html http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/v25/n34/pdf/1209604a.pdf http://www.topformsecrets.com/2011/03/sodium-benzoate-in-club-soda-is.html

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