Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Peppermint provides surprising results for digestive problems, physical performance and even weight loss

Peppermint provides surprising results for digestive problems, physical performance and even weight loss

(NaturalNews) The Christmas holidays are just around the corner, and peppermint does contribute to the festivities in its own way, as some of you will likely not be able to resist the temptation of indulging in candy canes. It has long been added to various products, such as candies, ice creams, gum, cakes and toothpaste, because of its refreshing and pleasing taste and smell. The sugar and invasive chemicals aside, peppermint on its own has garnered a well-deserved reputation for its ability to treat numerous abdominal problems such as cramping and pain, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, flatulence, stomach cancer, irritable bowel syndrome and gallbladder disease. While most of its known benefits deal with stomach and digestive issues, some of the latest research now suggests that it may also be of assistance to curb cravings, ease tension headaches, boost concentration and even enhance exercise performance.

Back in 2007, Italian researchers gathered 57 individuals suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. They were all chosen to participate in a study which evaluated the effectiveness of peppermint oil. It turned out that within four weeks 75% of the people taking peppermint oil showed a substantial reduction of the usual symptoms consisting of abdominal bloating, pain or discomfort, diarrhea, constipation, feelings of incomplete evacuation and passage of gas or mucus, just to name these. On the other hand, there seemed to be no significant changes when a placebo was given instead of the peppermint content.

Following further evaluations regarding peppermint's positive effects with irritable bowel syndrome, some researchers believe that its oil, especially its menthol content, ends up blocking calcium channels which relax the walls of the intestine. In 2011, an Australian study revealed that peppermint actually triggers antipain stimuli in the colon, therefore alleviating inflammatory pain in the process.

Can peppermint really improve performance and encourage weight loss ?

The University of Mohaghegh Ardabili in Iran demonstrated that, because of its antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and vasoconstricting effects, peppermint oil helps reduce muscle pain and fatigue, which then may lead to improved exercise performances. Their 10-day study involved 12 healthy students who were supplemented daily with a bottle of mineral water containing 0.05 ml of peppermint oil while also undergoing treadmill exercises on a daily basis.

At the end of the trial, the results showed improvements in respiratory efficiency and energy expenditure during the exercises. In general, the students seemed to suffer less quickly from exhaustion and were able to reach longer distances by the same token. Systolic blood pressure as well as resting and exercising heart rates decreased. Based on the fact that carbohydrate metabolism rose by the end of the 10 days, scientists came to the conclusion that, by enhancing muscular energy metabolism, peppermint may then encourage weight loss.

The Chicago Tribune reported a study from 2011 in which participants were asked to simply smell peppermint oil every two hours. Apparently, the ones who inhaled the peppermint felt less hungry and consumed on average 2800 fewer calories over a week than the ones who didn't smell the peppermint throughout.

Finally, research coming from the Wheeling Jesuit University has led scientists to believe that smelling peppermint may also be useful to increase alertness, motivation and possibly performance.

Sources for this article include:

http://vancouverhealthnews.ca

http://www.huffingtonpost.com

http://www.health.harvard.edu

http://science.naturalnews.com

About the author:
After spending several years working in property management and being a web consultant for PS Communications, P. Simard is now on his way to becoming a naturopath in the province of Quebec. Always searching for the truth with an open mind, his innate passion for knowledge and overall health matters has finally led him to Natural News.

Moringa oleifera is a potent anti-inflammatory, study finds

Moringa oleifera is a potent anti-inflammatory, study finds

 (NaturalNews) Moringa oleifera, also called the drumstick tree and the horseradish tree, is a drought-resistant tree that grows in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains in northern India. It is also cultivated throughout Africa and Central and South America, where it is treasured for its significant medicinal value. In fact, Moringa is nicknamed "The Tree of Immortality" and "The Miracle Tree" in its native lands due to its remarkable healing properties and its ability to grow in the harshest of conditions.

Though research into Moringa oleifera is limited due to its relative obscurity in the West, more and more studies are emerging which confirm that this beautiful tree deserves its long-standing reputation as a healer. One of these studies, undertaken by French researchers and published in the Dakar Med journal, has found that Moringa roots contain impressive anti-inflammatory properties and could help treat acute inflammatory conditions such as bronchitis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Promising results

For the study, the researchers administered either distilled water (the control group), 10 mg/kg of indomethacin (an anti-inflammatory drug) or a root extract of Moringa oleifera (750 mg/kg or 1000 mg/kg) to a group of rats. 30 minutes later, the paws of each rat were subjected to edema induced by an injection of carrageenin.

The researchers found that the 750 mg/kg Moringa extract "significantly inhibited" the development of edema between one, three and five hours after the injection. While increasing the moringa extract dosage to 1000 mg/kg didn't inhibit oedema development any further at 1 and 3 hours, it did increase the effects after 5 hours. The indomethacin inhibited oedema development at comparable levels to the 750 mg/kg moringa extract.

"These findings indicate that an aqueous root extract of Moringa oleifera at 750 mg/kg reduces the carrageenin induced oedema to [a] similar extent as the potent anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin," concluded the researchers. "Moreover, these results provide further evidence that the roots of Moringa oleifera contain anti-inflammatory principle that may be useful in the treatment of the acute inflammatory conditions."

Moringa can treat many conditions

Though this study into Moringa oleifera's anti-inflammatory benefits is promising, this tree is packed with so much nutrition that it could probably help treat anything. Analysis reveals that Moringa leaves contain 90 different nutrients, including 36 times more magnesium than eggs, 50 times more vitamin B3 than peanuts, 25 times more iron than spinach and 4 times more calcium than milk. Moringa leaves are also a "complete" protein source that contains 18 amino acids and at least 46 essential antioxidants, including 272 percent of our recommended daily intake of vitamin A. No wonder ancient healing systems such as the Ayurveda claim that Moringa can treat over 300 diseases, including diabetes and cancer.

Moringa oleifera is traditionally consumed in powdered leaf form, though Moringa extracts - widely available online - also provide good results. Alternatively, you might be interested in trying Ben oil, an odorless, sweet-tasting oil made from the tree's matured pods. This oil, which is comparable to olive oil in nutrient density and antioxidant activity, lasts indefinitely and makes a great survival food.

Sources for this article include:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

http://www.vanguardngr.com

http://www.naturalnews.com

http://science.naturalnews.com

About the author:
Michael Ravensthorpe is an independent writer whose research interests include nutrition, alternative medicine, and bushcraft. He is the creator of the website, Spiritfoods, through which he promotes the world's healthiest foods.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

New York City to force all children to be injected with mercury in the form of flu shots

New York City to force all children to be injected with mercury in the form of flu shots

(NaturalNews) Of all the toxic heavy metals, mercury is the most devastating to the brain. No legitimate scientist would ever argue that mercury is safe to inject into a child at any dose, and the CDC has never established any "safe" level of mercury in human blood for the simple reason that there's isn't any safe level.

Yet the New York City Board of Health has now decided that all children in New York City need to be injected with a devastating dose of toxic mercury as part of their twisted "public health" measure. Flu shots, of course, still contain the neurotoxin heavy metal known as mercury, yet virtually the entire medical establishment blatantly lies to the public and claims -- with a straight face -- that "all the mercury has been removed from vaccines."

That is an insidious lie. It's still in flu shots.

CDC admits: Nearly all flu shots still contain toxic mercury

The CDC even reluctantly admits that on its own thimerosal page where it states that the 2013-2014 flu shot "contains thimerosal to safeguard against possible contamination of the vial once it is opened."

The CDC then goes on to wildly discredit itself by claiming, "There is a large body of scientific evidence on the safety of thimerosal." What the CDC doesn't tell you, of course, is that this "large body of scientific evidence" was conjured up by the vaccine industry itself -- the same industry for which the CDC primarily serves as cheerleader, marketing department and pimp. Surely we are more skeptical of industry today than we were in the days when Big Tobacco hired a bunch of doctors and scientists to claim that "cigarettes are good for you" and "nicotine is not addictive" -- all while the pages of the Journal of the American Medical Association touted full-page ads for Camel's Cigarettes which claimed, "More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette!"

Yep, Big Tobacco says cigarettes are safe. (And for a long time so did the AMA.) The fracking industry says fracking is good for the environment. The Corn Refiners Association says high-fructose corn syrup is healthy for children. Casino lobbyists say casinos are good for society. Monsanto says GMOs are perfectly safe to eat. Dentists insists that mercury fillings are totally safe to chew on. And not surprisingly, vaccine manufacturers swear up and down that mercury is actually GOOD for you because it "makes vaccines work better." (Yes, this is actually one of their ridiculous claims.)

There is no anti-logic too twisted for the vaccine industry, you see. The entire industry is based on a fabrication so sweeping and insidious that it can easily be disproven with the momentary invocation of simple logic. That fabrication is the false assumption that all vaccines are absolutely safe.

Why there is no such thing as a safe vaccine

This is the premise of the entire vaccine industry: no vaccine can ever, under any circumstances, cause harm. All vaccines are beneficial and have no serious side effects. All children should be required by the state to take vaccines because all vaccines are absolutely safe, and so on and so forth. Vaccine safety is assumed to be absolute!

The people who make these statements are pathetic excuses for scientists, doctors and public health "officials." They lack intelligence. They are incapable of clear thinking. Their brains are damaged, perhaps from vaccines. Why do I say that? Because the term "safe" is an absolute term. There is no such thing as a "safe" vaccine because there is no such thing as a vaccine without risk. Anyone who claims "vaccines are safe" and actually believes it is either woefully uninformed or deeply mentally impaired.

Certainly, you can talk about certain vaccines being "safer" than other vaccines in terms of relative risk, but there is no such thing as a vaccine that offers absolute safety. Yet this is the way vaccines are routinely described by doctors and public health officials... and anyone who dares to raise the legitimate question of levels of risk or harm that can be reasonably attributed to the injection of mercury into the body of a child is instantly labeled a lunatic by the medical mafia (actually a cult of reductionism).

You see, it is an undeniable, scientific fact that every vaccine comes with a risk of serious injury or death, and as tens of thousands of parents are discovering each year in the USA alone, vaccines can also pull the trigger on a cascading collapse of neurological function that we now call "autism spectrum disorder." To describe vaccines as functioning without risk is to label yourself an idiot, a quack, or a shill for the vaccine industry. Perhaps all three.

Vaccines are so dangerous, the entire vaccine industry had to be granted blanket legal immunity just to stay in business

The desperate attempts of the CDC and vaccine manufacturers to hide this clear link between injected mercury (thimerosal) and autism is one of the saddest and most insidious medical conspiracies in human history. Those who deny that mercury is toxic to children are morally repugnant and scientifically inept. They are the "Flat Earthers" of medicine and they will do almost anything to make sure your child gets injected with a substance so dangerous than the entire industry had to be granted legal immunity by Congress because its products would otherwise result in so much legal liability that the industry would go bankrupt.

If cars were sold in the same way as vaccines, every 1 in 88 families who bought a car would find their child permanently maimed by the child seat sold with the car, to the point where that child could no longer function in society. And then, when they tried to sue the manufacturer for selling them a faulty, dangerous product, they would be told, "Sorry. The car industry has been granted blanket immunity from all lawsuits. You have no due process." That's how the vaccine industry works.

Today, 1 in 88 children now have autism. Vaccines aren't the only cause of autism, but they seem to be the trigger in many cases. Yet vaccine companies and vaccine-pushing public health officials continue to carry on the big lie, claiming that vaccines have ZERO link to autism -- yet another false piece of medical propaganda designed to keep the medical mafia rolling in cash while your children suffer lifelong brain damage from their faulty products.

Words of wisdom:

Beware of any product so dangerous than the government says "you can't sue the manufacturer even if it kills you" but then that same government turns around and says, "Oh, by the way, you MUST inject your child with this substance, too."

That's New York City in 2014. You must line up your children and inject them with this highly toxic heavy metal. And guess what? If your child suddenly goes autistic, it's YOUR problem, not the state's problem. Don't expect any free medical care for your newly-autistic child.

In this way, the state actually causes serious medical economic damage and then shifts the burden to pay for that damage to the very moms and dads who are also devastated by the harm caused by vaccines.

New York City to become the capitol of autism in America

For the city of New York to now state that all parents much subject their children to these risks of harm and death -- without telling those parents the truth about such risks -- is a wildly dangerous misappropriation of government power. It is, in essence, "gunpoint medicine" where the state criminalizes non-compliance with a twisted quack science public health mandate that will inevitably increase the rate of autism, paralysis, hospitalization and even death of New York City children.

With this vote, the NYC Board of Health has just declared NYC will be the capitol of autism in America.

It is also, not coincidentally, the capitol of mentally-impaired medical experts who have once again demonstrated to the whole world just how incapable they are of intelligent decision-making. It takes no intelligence whatsoever to prostitute yourself out to the vaccine industry and vote for whatever new mandate happens to support their financial interests. What really takes intelligence is being a vaccine skeptic and considering the incredible mountain of evidence that mercury in vaccines causes brain damage or that thimerosal is linked to neurotoxicity.

Because here's the simple moral, ethical and righteous truth of the matter, encompassing the breadth of medical ethics, human rights, parental rights and fundamental human dignity: When there is any risk of harm in a medical decision, parents' rights trump the state. Children do not belong to the state; they belong to their parents. When parents are forced to subject their own children to medical procedures which carry a significant risk of serious harm or even death, it is nothing less than the tyranny of a medical police state to mandate such potentially harmful interventions.

Any city, state or nation which claims this power to force parents to potentially lobotomize their own children with a questionable medical intervention (that's easy to beat with things like zinc and vitamin D, by the way) has forfeit any moral or legal authority it might have once held. It is an open admission that the city, state or nation in question has abandoned fundamental human rights and has transitioned into a medical police state society, where whatever toxic interventions happen to generate profits for the drug companies will be forced onto children at gunpoint.

That is where we have arrived today in New York City. Real science has been abandoned. Medical ethics are thrown out the window. Logic and sanity are nowhere to be found. Parental rights? Trampled into oblivion. Full disclosure? Never gonna happen. PRO-CHOICE? Not with vaccines, you moms! You get no choice. Sure, if you want an abortion, it's your choice because the state says you have that right. But what if you want to SAVE a child that's already been born by not subjecting it to mercury? NYC now says you don't have that right.

Folks, we are well into the age of insanity. Reason has been long abandoned. "Science" has been twisted into whatever warped bastardization the for-profit industry wants it to be. Medical ethics are nowhere to be found. The vaccine mandate push is perhaps the best example yet of how modern medicine -- with all its faulty reductionist paradigms -- is a failure on all levels: biochemically, morally, financially, sociologically, ethically and even culturally.

Forced vaccine mandates are the single most worrisome sign we've seen yet that the state has joined forces with the pharma establishment to push reductionist, interventionist pharmacological medicine at the end of a gun. When medicine is so dangerous, so unwanted and so unpopular that it must be forced upon parents under the threat of criminal penalty, something is very, very wrong with that medical system, and it must be torn down, reformed and rebuilt from the ground up with a restoration of the very first rule of medicine: FIRST, DO NO HARM.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

FEMA Camps: City to Exile the Homeless; It’s not a Conspiracy Theory Anymore

Brandon Walker
Prison Planet.com
November 5, 2013

Under the radar from the prying eyes of the public, South Carolina made it legal to get rid of their homeless problem. The people were given a choice, FEMA Camps or jail. The irony of it all was this happened right at the 50th Anniversary of Civil Liberties in August. The bad part is different cities from Boston to New York are shipping off their homeless, and no one cares. Is this coming to a town near you?
In August the city of Colombia, South Carolina, had a problem. A festival honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement was coming to town.  They couldn’t be seen with all the homeless when guests arrived from all parts of the United States. So the city council held a vote and made homelessness a crime.
The Columbia City Council unanimously approved the plan, creating special police patrols that would enforce “quality of life” laws involving loitering, public urination and other crimes not necessarily restricted to the homeless population. Those officers would then offer the homeless a choice: Go to jail for their homelessness or be shuffled to a 240-bed, 24-hour shelter on the outskirts of town, which they wouldn’t be allowed to easily leave.
That second option isn’t jail, mind you, because the homeless are being confined with the help of a local charitable organization. It’s charitable incarceration, you see. The homeless can leave, but they need to set up an appointment and be shuttled by a van.”~Microsoft Media Net Money
Despite some news from the Main Stream Media, and Glenn Beck, it looks like the city went out of their way to begin staffing the 240 bed, 24 hour, razor wire topped FEMA camp that was supposed to be used in case of a disaster according to FEMA. Remember, these areas do not exist according to the news media. However the FEMA site has the plans and the implementations of them. FEMA has even built them for cities such as Galeston, Houston, New York, Boston, New Orleans, and even Colombia.  Strange for areas that don’t exist.
South Carolina went through with the plans and they even caught the attention of the ACLU. In order for the homeless to “qualify” for the “temporary shelter” they would have to be one of the first 240 homeless to apply and wouldn’t be able to leave except by shuttle.  They even went out of their way to remove some of the benches around the town so the homeless didn’t get comfortable and a hot line to call if you spotted homeless people for the residents.



But this is not the only area making it a crime for being homeless. It turns out that since 2011, the city of Boston is moving its homeless out of the city into what they call HOME Base near Salem away from the city. People in Southern California were getting concerned from homeless disappearing off the streets.



Most of the homeless in places like Sacramento are taken and driven out of town in tent cities of their own. They have made it a crime to be homeless and round them up and move them there. They are guarded and people have hotlines to call if they spot a homeless person. They ship them out and place them in these camps. They are not permitted to leave and they are not permitted to wander the streets of the bigger cities without a permit. If that is not a determent camp, I don’t know what is.
They are moving to make it a crime to be homeless in Miami as well. Where are they putting the people from these “round ups”?



The city of Columbia was quick to recant their law at the end of September, but there are several other cities and states that still have not. There are several individuals that have warned over the years to people that this would happen. If we do not find humanity in our hearts when does the the madness stop.
This is almost like the 1940′s rounding up of the undesirables happening right before our very eyes. The only thing different is that this is the United States and not Germany.
Now we have the the cutting of EBT and Food Banks by $5 Billion,   Unemployment  continuing to sky rocket, and over 3.5 million homeless with the numbers growing daily. We have 18.5 million vacation homes and homes in Detroit being sold for a dollar, but we can’t find places to house people other then FEMA camps? I think we all know what happens from here if we continue to let it.
When the people of bigger cities wake up to find that all the homeless have disappeared over night, you actually know where they are. The question is, are you next?



http://www.prisonplanet.com/fema-camps-city-to-exile-the-homeless-its-not-a-conspiracy-theory-anymore.html

Sunday, December 8, 2013

What's the difference between stevia, Truvia and PureVia?

What's the difference between stevia, Truvia and PureVia?

(NaturalNews) If you don't know by now, stevia is a plant that grows in Brazil that tastes naturally sweet; therefore, it is dried out and ground up and is a great substitute for sugar, eliminating unwanted calories. It does have a little aftertaste, as if it was artificial, but it is not. Stevia is becoming easier to find in the mass market, and most vitamin shops and health food stores carry it in a box or in little packets that you can take with you to work, school or wherever it's convenient.

Truvia and PureVia are mixed with chemicals in a laboratory. It may come from something natural, but it's not natural anymore. Splenda tried to fool the natural sugar substitute "world" when they claimed in their tagline that it came from natural sugar cane, but the other big artificial sweetener companies complained so much, even in court, that Splenda had to trash the slogan. After all, Splenda is a chemical concoction, just like Truvia and PureVia.

Truvia is cooked, altered or, in other words, GMO. Don't eat it. Don't drink it. Lump it in with sorbitol, sucralose and aspartame as something UNNATURAL that you don't want swimming around in your blood stream, or sticking inside cleansing organs for long periods of time. Some research shows that artificial sweeteners may never get expelled by the human body, because they taste sweet, so the body tries to ingest the lab concoction and use it for energy, which is like a Trojan horse slipping past the blood-brain barrier and doing chronic damage. Insert Obamacare, huge medical bills, chemo and radiation and you've got the main reason why Big Pharma is Big Pharma.
(http://www.naturalnews.com)

It is true that stevia is a plant that is native to South America, but what you may want to know is that 80% of all stevia comes from China now, and if you trust China to safely produce any food "product," you have a lot to reconsider. China has proven time and time again, as the Health Ranger has documented thoroughly, that they cannot be trusted for quality. So you may want to think twice about stevia too.
(http://www.naturalnews.com)

TRUVIA the "TRICK"

Truvia contains erythritol, which, according to Truvia, is a natural sweetener, produced by a natural process. They go so far as to tell you that it is found in fruits likes grapes and pears, and that's true, but then comes the "rub." The amount of erythritol found in say, watermelon or grapes is somewhere between 0.0022 and 0.0047 percent by weight. In order to harvest ONE OUNCE of erythritol, you would need about 15 to 25 POUNDS of fruit. This means that Truvia's erythritol is manufactured. In fact, it's made from a food-grade starch - genetically modified corn - and is broken down by fermentation. So is it still "natural" if it's coming from fermented Monsanto GMO corn?

Truvia and PureVia are the latest sweeteners to hit the market from Coca-Cola (joint venture with Cargill) and PepsiCo. They are both marketed as natural "stevia" sweeteners. Let's be very clear here: Truvia and PureVia are NOT just stevia.

Artificial Sweeteners - the Trojan Horses!

Want to mutate your cells and help cancer develop in the temple of your soul? Will you become a statistic and get prescribed chemical statin drugs for a chemically driven disorder of your cells? Will you feed the cancer superweeds more Roundup, by eating GMO food, GMO sweeteners, synthetic additives and preservatives? Know the difference between organic and artificial. Check out "Fooducate," the free smart phone app that scans barcodes to tell you if something is artificial, GMO or simply "in question."

Sources for this article include:

http://www.bryanmarcel.com

http://www.anh-usa.org

http://naturalhealthnews.blogspot.com

http://www.naturalnews.com

http://www.militaryspot.com

http://www.fooducate.com

Friday, December 6, 2013

Five tips to soothe and relieve dry skin during cold months

Five tips to soothe and relieve dry skin during cold months

(NaturalNews) Cold weather, low humidity levels and wind are factors that can really dry out and damage your skin, especially when central heaters are used at home. How can one alleviate dryness and help skin stay moist and healthy through the coldest months of the year?

Moisturize more!

Find an "ointment" moisturizer that is oil-based, rather than water-based. The oil will create a protective layer on the skin that retains more moisture than a cream or lotion. When choosing a moisturizer, it is best to opt for natural organic skincare products or nourish skin with pure oils, such as almond, avocado, coconut or jojoba oil. You can also look for lotions containing humectants, a class of substances that attract moisture to your skin, such as glycerine.

Always read the ingredient label; preservatives and fragrances can dry and irritate sensitive skin. Preservatives that seem to cause problems for many people include propylene glycol, quaternium-15 and imidazolidinyl urea.

In addition, stop using deodorant bars, antibacterial soaps, perfumed soaps and skin care products containing alcohol, like hand sanitizers. They can strip oils from the skin.

Protect your skin when going outside

It is important to protect your skin even on a cloudy or snowy day. Snow is an even better reflector than water! Use a natural sunscreen and lip balm (lips don't have oil glands, and they can dry out easily, causing chapped lips) and wear a scarf and gloves to help prevent chapped lips and hands.

Avoid superhot showers or baths

Hot water removes the skin's natural oils more quickly than warm or cold water. This is why showers should be limited to five minutes, using warm water rather than hot. A lukewarm bath with oatmeal or baking soda can help relieve skin that is so dry that it has become itchy. After washing, moisturizing skin immediately with oil helps trap water in the skin.

Drink more water or herbal tea to prevent dehydration

The skin is often the outer reflection of the inner being. To keep the body hydrated, drinking water is paramount. Alcohol, caffeine and all kinds of diuretics should be avoided. Drinking herbal tea and eating fluid-rich foods, such as fruit, vegetables and soup, can also help.

Eat foods rich in omega-3s and vitamin D

Essential fatty acids (omega-3s and omega-6s) are most important. These healthy fats help retain natural oils in your cells and keep skin well hydrated. Omega-3 can be found in cold-water fish as well as in poly-unsatured and unrefined vegetable oils such as flax oil.

Because of unsafe levels of mercury and toxicity in some kinds of fish (especially the big ones such as salmon), it is advisable to supplement diet with good vegetable oils or seeds instead (like chia or hemp seeds).

Also, one study by the Johnson & Johnson Skin Research Center found a link between low vitamin D levels and drier skin. Individuals with lower levels of vitamin D had lower average skin moisture. The skin consists of a special layer designed to convert ultraviolet B radiation from the sun into vitamin D; a lack of sun in the winter can have a substantial impact on the dryness of your skin.

Few foods contain significant amounts of vitamin D naturally. The best sources are wild-caught salmon and mackerel. Indeed, it may be worth supplementing your diet with vitamin D in the winter.

Don't overheat your home and office

Central heating systems and space heaters draw moisture out of the air and out of your skin. It is recommended to keep indoor temperature below 72° F. Using a humidifier is a good option, especially in the bedroom, to keep skin well hydrated while sleeping.

These skincare tips should help with dry skin. However, some cases of dry skin should be seen by a doctor, especially if symptoms get worse. There are internal factors that can cause dry skin, including overall health, genetics and medical conditions like asthma, allergies, dermatitis, eczema or psoriasis.

Sources for this article include:

http://www.aad.org

http://www.medicinenet.com

http://www.everydayhealth.com

http://www.naturalnews.com

http://science.naturalnews.com

About the author:
Originally from France, Joséphine Beck has qualification in digestive care and nutritional product advising, and holds a master degree in communication and information. She now lives in BC, Canada.
Joséphine is the founder of the website http://www.optiderma.com">OptiDerma.... through which she helps people find http://www.optiderma.com/en/skin-disorders/s... remedies for skin problems.

Tylenol can kill you; new warning admits popular painkiller causes liver damage, death

Tylenol can kill you; new warning admits popular painkiller causes liver damage, death

(NaturalNews) It has been a common household name in over-the-counter pain relief for more than 50 years. But the popular painkiller drug Tylenol is getting a major labeling makeover following a string of personal injury lawsuits. According to the Associated Press (AP), so many Tylenol users these days are suffering major liver damage or dying that the drug's manufacturer, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, has decided to put a large, red warning label on the cap that informs users about the drug's risks.

Even when taken at recommended doses, acetaminophen, the primary active ingredient in Tylenol, can cause major damage to the liver, potentially leading to liver failure and even death. In fact, acetaminophen is currently the leading cause of sudden liver failure in the U.S., as its toxic metabolites have been shown to kill liver cells. The drug is so toxic that as many as 80,000 people are rushed to the emergency room annually due to acetaminophen poisoning, and another 500-or-so end up dead from liver failure.

These are disturbing figures that might come as a surprise to most people, especially considering that millions of Americans pop Tylenol and acetaminophen-containing drugs on a regular basis. But with more than 85 personal injury lawsuits and counting filed against the company in federal court, McNeil is feeling the heat from a drug that has long been claimed as one of the safest painkiller drugs on the market, which it clearly is not.

"The warning will make it explicitly clear that the over-the-counter drug contains acetaminophen, a pain-relieving ingredient that's the nation's leading cause of sudden liver failure," writes Matthew Perrone for the AP. "The new cap is designed to grab the attention of people who don't read warnings that already appear in the fine print on the product's label, according to company executives."

The new label, which will bear the phrases "CONTAINS ACETAMINOPHEN" and "ALWAYS READ THE LABEL," is set to first appear on all bottles of Extra Strength Tylenol, which contains more than 50 percent more acetaminophen per dose than regular strength Tylenol. And in the coming months, all bottles of Tylenol, including regular strength Tylenol, will bear the new label.

NyQuil, Sudafed, Excedrin and many other common drugs also contain acetaminophen

Despite the new label, McNeil, which is owned by drug giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J), insists that Tylenol is safe when taken as directed. But what the company fails to admit is that many people are taking not only Tylenol but also other drugs that contain acetaminophen, which increases their dose of the chemical to levels that are much higher than they probably realize.

According to the AP, nearly one in four Americans, or about 78 million people, consume drug products that contain acetaminophen in a given week. Some 600 over-the-counter drug products, it turns out, contain acetaminophen. These products include other painkiller drugs like Excedrin, for instance, as well as NyQuil cold formula and Sudafed sinus pills.

Combining these and other acetaminophen-containing drugs is a major cause of acetaminophen overdose, say experts, hence the addition of the new labels. But some people who stay well within the maximum daily dose of acetaminophen, which is currently set at 4,000 milligrams (mg) per day, still fall ill or die, which suggests that perhaps any level of acetaminophen is toxic and should be avoided.

"It's still a little bit of a puzzle," says Dr. Anne Larson from the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. "Is it a genetic predisposition? Are they claiming they took the right amount, but they really took more? It's difficult to know."

Sources for this article include:

http://www.mercurynews.com

http://www.foodconsumer.org

http://www.painmedicinenews.com

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Gerson Therapy - Hippocrates Soup - NaturalNews.tv

Gerson Therapy - Hippocrates Soup - NaturalNews.tv

Hippocrates soup is part of the Gerson Therapy invented by Dr. Max Gerson. The Gerson Diet is credited with curing many people from terminal diseases such as cancer, tuberculosis, diabetes, arthritis, allergies, ulcers, heart disease, arteriosclerosis, mental disease, kidney disease, Multiple Sclerosis.

This is a soup recipe that heals and strengthens the immune system and kidneys.

Ingredients (Use organic ingredients where possible):

1 medium celery knob or 3-4 stalks of celery
1 medium parsley root -- if available
Garlic as desired
2 small leeks or 1 large
1 ½ pounds tomatoes or more
2 medium onions
1 pound of potatoes
Parsley to taste

1. Wash all the vegetables thoroughly, unpeeled, cut in small cubes.

2. Add just enough filtered water to cover the cut vegetables in non-aluminum based pot.

3. Cook all the ingredients under low heat for 1.5-2hours in firmly
covered pot.

4. Remove tender and soft vegetables from heat, run through food mill/blender. Remove fiber or peels.

5. Blend still warm ingredients thoroughly till soup is thick and creamy. Only blend the soup while its warm, otherwise the soup will form a sticky and starchy texture when cooled.

6. Allow soup to cool before storing in refrigerator

How to Heal Cavities Naturally

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 dental cavities, 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.

Read more: http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/how-to-heal-cavities-naturally.html#ixzz2me34eHav
The lies perpetrated about tooth decay
According to the American Dental Association, the reason we have tooth decay is as follows:
"[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."
There are a few problems with this theory, including:
  • 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.
  • Bacteria do not consume processed sugar or flour because of the lack of nutrients in them.
  • Foods that bacteria like to eat, such as milk, vegetables, meat, fish and fruit, are not commonly implicated in causes of tooth decay.
So if the modern explanation of tooth decay is not accurate, what is actually the cause of tooth decay? What actually causes tooth decay
Tooth decay, as researched by Dr. Weston Price and other dental pioneers, boiled down to three factors:
  • Not enough minerals in the diet.
  • Not enough fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) in the diet.
  • Nutrients not being readily bioavailable, and your intestinal system not properly absorbing them. The presence of phytic acid largely influences this factor.
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 bone loss. So, the long-standing belief that sugar causes tooth decay 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.
The food remedies that can heal cavities and tooth decay
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.
Foods to focus on are:
  • Coconut oil, grass-fed organic dairy (especially butter), grass-fed meats, seafood and bone broths.
  • Organic cooked vegetables (soups with bone broth are ideal).
  • Organ and gland meats, like liver.
Limit foods that are high in phytic acid, like grains, beans, nuts and seeds, as well as limiting processed food intake full of processed flours and sugars that upset blood sugar balance. Supplements to consider are:
  • Fermented cod liver oil - very high in fat soluble vitamins A, D and K.
  • Magnesium - required to use calcium and phosphorous effectively.
  • Gelatin - if you don't have time to make bone broth, this is a good alternative and is great for gums and digestion.
Now go get your pearly white smile back.

Monday, December 2, 2013

Man heals psoriasis, loses weight with raw food diet

Man heals psoriasis, loses weight with raw food diet

(NaturalNews) According to the International Federation of Psoriasis Associations, psoriasis affects nearly 125 million people globally. Individuals suffer from red, scaly patches on their skin, which is often accompanied by severe pain due to intense cracking and bleeding. James was one man who knew the symptoms all too well, living with dark red, raised patches on his arms. However, when he began a raw food diet, his symptoms went away.

Just two and a half months after he started the diet in March 2011, the patches on his elbows were barely visible. He continued to consume raw fruits and vegetables, and in July 2012, his psoriasis was completely gone. He also lost over 50 pounds and attributes his successes to his improved dietary choices.

"Junk food does nothing for your health but make us sicker," he says. Tired of his health and skin conditions, James adopted a 95 percent raw diet and hasn't looked back.

Change what you eat, change your skin

"I always say to patients that if you notice that your skin condition worsens after you eat certain foods, then stop eating those foods and see what happens," says Bruce E. Strober, MD, PhD, co-director of the Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Center at New York University. These days, James says a typical day starts with 16 or 32 ounces of water or coconut water, several banana and mango smoothies at work and, for dinner, a large salad with five to eight tomatoes, lettuce and carrots.

He says it helped that he added the fruits and vegetables gradually, often eating them before enjoying a larger meal.

"I know it works," James says. "Nobody's going to hand this lifestyle to you . . . you really have to seek it out and take responsibility for your health and search for good food."

Approximately 40 percent of people with psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis, which includes symptoms like swollen fingers, stiffness and fatigue. A raw diet may significantly diminish psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis symptoms. Broccoli, lettuce and carrots are high on the list of suggested foods for those suffering with psoriasis.

Sources for this article include:

worldpsoriasisday.com

www.youtube.com

www.healwithfood.org

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About the author:
Raw Michelle is a natural health blogger and researcher, sharing her passions with others, using the Internet as her medium. She discusses topics in a straight forward way in hopes to help people from all walks of life achieve optimal health and well-being. She has authored and published hundreds of articles on topics such as the raw food diet and green living in general. In 2010, Michelle created RawFoodHealthWatch.com, to share with people her approach to the raw food diet and detoxification.

Research shows curcumin suppresses cancer cell invasion and metastasis

Research shows curcumin suppresses cancer cell invasion and metastasis

(NaturalNews) Doctors in hospitals around the world should be leaning in to hear the results of this study.

At the School of Medicine in National Yang-Ming University, in Taipei, Taiwan, researchers studied the active component of turmeric, curcumin, for its anti-tumor capabilities. In the thorough study, curcumin was found to activate tumor-suppressing proteins which are responsible for stopping cancer cell invasion and the further spread of cancer, or metastasis.

It's becoming clear, at the center of any cancer treatment regime should be large, daily doses of curcumin.

Curcumin activates the body's cancer defense mechanisms, modulates gene expression

As part of the study, researchers put human lung adenocarcinoma cells to the test and treated them with various amounts of curcumin. The more they added curcumin, the less invasive the cancer cells became. It became clear that cancer cell migration fizzled out in the presence of curcumin, and the cancer's ability to metastasize dissipated the more curcumin was used. Curcumin activated the Dnaj-like heat shock protein 40, which is a tumor suppressor. This protein expression highlighted curcumin's anticancer effectiveness.

Furthermore, it was observed that curcumin works through the activation of a specific pathway. This finding could allow oncologists to fight cancers through a direct channel. Through that specific JNK/JunD pathway, curcumin was found to inhibit lung cancer cell invasion and metastasis by modulating the expression of E-cadherin, a specific gene.

This means that curcumin can literally recognize a healthy cell and differentiate between the good genes and the sick genes. Curcumin can basically go in and alter that sick gene's expression.

Those who point to bad family genes don't have to look to luck any longer.

Bad gene theory debunked

Since curcumin has the ability to distinguish between cancer-ridden genes and healthy ones and alter DNA in a way to change a person's "biological course," the whole bad gene theory has been debunked. Just because someone in the family tree had cancer does not mean that their offspring will get the same cancer.

Why? Because curcumin can change DNA, alter the course of genes and completely turn around one's cellular health. Of course, it's always good to depend on more than just one anticancerous food or herb. Multiple anticancerous foods should be included in a person's diet for optimal cellular protection and quality life, free of cancer worries.

There's no need to go get a double mastectomy because one's relatives had breast cancer. One can be completely confident in themselves, because they eat the right foods. No one should have to live in paranoia and mutilate their own body in submission to fear mongering tactics of the medical system.

The idea that genes predetermine one's health has being debunked by researchers on multiple occasions! The future of medical research will continue highlighting the role of epigenetics in health and disease. As the current medical paradigm is shattered, many will wake up and realize that genes are not self regulating; they are basically blueprints that are activated and controlled by outside forces, like foods and toxins and even mindsets, emotions, thoughts and beliefs.

Why aren't hospitals jumping at the opportunity to treat patients with turmeric?

Anticancerous foods are found all around the world. These naturally occurring foods contain built-in properties that inhibit angiogenesis. If these are the body's natural defenses against cancer, then why are hospitals not utilizing such simple methods to beat cancer at the roots. Why do hospitals today invoke invasive anticancer therapies and thrust them onto patients as if it's the only way?

These chemotherapy and radiation strategies debilitate patients who are already struggling with weakened immune systems. These cut-throat therapies can ultimately be the very weapon that kills the patient in the end; many incidences show that these medical procedures actually take people to their grave faster than the cancer could have.

So why aren't hospitals bringing in doses of curcumin to their cancer patients? Why aren't full-on anticancerous food and herb gardens being planted around hospitals?

These are questions that medical professionals must face, as the current system continues to fall flat on its face and is responsible for further destroying the lives of multiple thousands each year.

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Social Workers steal baby from mother's womb

Social Workers steal baby from mother's womb

(NaturalNews) In a shocking series events British Social Workers from Essex Social services obtained a Court Order to forcibly remove a baby from its mother by caesarean section against the mothers will.

The mother had travelled to the UK from Italy for a two week training course when she had a panic attack at her hotel, partly due to not taking her medication for Bipolar Disorder and partly as she could not find her older children's passports. She called Police who informed her they would take her to a hospital to "check the baby was okay". On arrival at the hospital the mother became aware that she had been taken to a psychiatric facility. When she protested she was forcibly restrained and sedated.

Children's services applied to the Court and High Court judge, Mr Justice Mostyn ruled that the child could be removed by caesarean section and placed for adoption on the grounds that the mother had mental health issues.

The mother was told in the morning that she couldn't have breakfast; she questioned this and was sedated again. When the mother woke from her sedation she found that she was in a different hospital and her baby had been surgically removed.

The mother was not allowed to see her child and was told she would be escorted back to Italy without her child. The mother has since resumed her medication and has challenged the decision in Court however, the Appeal Judge ruled that the child must be put up for adoption with strangers even though members of the extended family have offered to care for the child. It is the policy of UK Social Services to place children with extended family where possible.

The incident has caused outrage in Italy due to the mother being an Italian citizen however, a Judge in the Italian High Court ruled that as the mother had not protested at the time, she had therefore agreed that the British judicial system had jurisdiction. This was the ruling despite the mother being sedated throughout the ordeal.

The menace of media fuelled public outcry

This is a shocking case, but the powers of Social Services and particularly Children's Services in the UK are getting increasingly excessive, intrusive and alarming. Whilst they miss serious cases such as the infamous "Baby P" case, they seem overzealous and overaggressive in cases where children are not at immediate risk. Cases where children are injured or killed are picked up by the media which then fuel public outcry. This outcry then dictates that Social Services have more and more power to stop the tragedies; however this leads to a public service changing from one of support to one of enforcement.

The mother had not taken her medication, but this may have been due to the risk of birth defects caused by the type of medication given for bipolar disorder.

She called the Police due to the passports being missing, but the Police acted according to their draconian procedures and took her to a mental health facility. The Social Workers then followed a course of action straight out of a horror movie to remove the child by surgical procedure, of which they had no legal right however, following this case there is a legal precedent. This precedent needs to be challenged and stopped in Court as other mothers could be legally abducted by the Police and have their unborn babies stolen by the state. Even Adolf Hitler's Nazis waited until children were born before stealing them.

Sources for this article include

http://www.dailymail.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
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About the author:
D Holt has written over 200 articles in the field of alternative health and is currently involved in research in the UK into the mechanisms involved in healing due to meditation, hypnosis and spiritual healers and techniques. Previous work has included investigations into effects of meditation on addiction, the effects of sulfites on the digestive system and the use of tartrazine and other additives in the restaurant industry. new blog is now available at http://tinyurl.com/sacredmeditation or follow on twitter @sacredmeditate