Amazing research: Fish oil found to completely reverse liver disease in children with intestinal failure

Amazing research: Fish oil found to completely reverse liver disease in children with intestinal failure

(NaturalNews) Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have made a breakthrough discovery that could mean the end of liver disease in children with intestinal failure. Published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, the findings from their new study reveal that intravenous injections of fish oil, which is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, are capable of completely reversing liver disease, thus eliminating the need for liver transplants and other drastic medical interventions.

Entitled "Six Months of Intravenous Fish Oil Reverses Pediatric Intestinal Failure Associated Liver Disease," the study involved testing the effects of intravenous fish oil treatment on a group of 10 children between the ages of two weeks and 18 years old. Each of the children in this group had been diagnosed with advanced intestinal failure-associated liver disease, a high-risk health condition that, for many of the people diagnosed with it, ends in early death.

These children were given the novel treatment for a total of six months, and their outcomes were compared to a group of 20 children who also had the disease but were given conventional treatment rather than the fish oil. Compared to this conventional control group, the fish oil group experienced dramatic recovery -- after just 17 weeks of treatment, 80 percent of the children in the fish oil group experienced a complete recovery from their liver disease.

"With this particular study, we set out to determine if a finite period of six months of intravenous fish oil could safely reverse liver damage in these children, and we have had some promising results," says Dr. Kara Calkins, a physician and assistant professor at UCLA's Mattel Children's Hospital Department of Neonatology and Developmental Biology, about the findings.

Current FDA-approved treatment protocol involves injecting children with GMO soybean oil

So what did the children in the control group receive for their treatment? Shockingly, they were given an injection of soybean oil, as this is the only treatment currently approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Despite the fact that a miniscule percentage of children given soybean oil derive any benefits whatsoever -- the vast majority of soy-based products like soybean oil are also genetically-modified (GM), which carries its own inherent dangers -- this is what the FDA considers to be "safe" and "effective" treatment for intestinal failure-associated liver disease.

"[B]ecause intravenous fish oil is not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration and is much more costly than soybean oil, it is typically not covered by insurance," adds Dr. Calkins about the barriers to using fish oil. "As a result, this oil is considered experimental and is currently available only under special protocols. If it proves safe and effective for patients, we hope it would eventually be available for wider use."

Study also reveals that soybean oil is a highly-toxic poison that can kill children

Besides its complete ineffectiveness -- compared to fish oil's 80 percent success rate after 17 weeks of treatment, soybean oil was found to be only five percent effective -- the study also reveals that the conventional soybean oil treatment is highly toxic and often leads to early death in children. According to a UCLA study press release, soybean oil injections can actually cause intestinal failure-associated liver disease, which, in turn, can lead to early mortality.

Previous studies have already demonstrated the merits of intravenous fish oil injections over conventional soybean oil injections with regards to treating intestinal failure-associated liver disease, but none of them determined an appropriate duration for treatment. Thanks to this new study, experts hope the FDA will eventually approve fish oil as a preferable treatment option over soybean oil, which has now been proven to be ineffective and completely unsafe.

Sources for this article include:

http://newsroom.ucla.edu

http://www.sciencedaily.com

http://www.upi.com

http://science.naturalnews.com

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Shaken Baby Syndrome often caused by vaccines, not parents

Shaken Baby Syndrome often caused by vaccines, not parents

(NaturalNews) It is increasingly common for parents of children with one or more of the triad of symptoms associated with so-called "Shaken Baby Syndrome" (SBS) to be automatically accused of committing child abuse. But often missing from this causal equation is any investigation into the vaccinations that children diagnosed with SBS received prior to developing this very serious condition, a condition that copious scientific research has shown can, indeed, be caused by vaccines.

Writing for VacTruth.com, investigative journalist Christina England explores this issue in a recent piece, looking at an array of both former and recently published studies involving children who developed cerebral edemas, a type of swelling or inflammation inside the brain, following routine vaccinations. England looks at a 2010 review published by Dr. Lucija Tomljenovic, for instance, which contains hundreds of cases dating back to the early 1980s in which children developed encephalitis or meningitis following vaccination.

As we covered back in January, Dr. Tomljenovic's extensive research into the subject of vaccine-induced brain damage has unveiled a vast conspiracy, of sorts, in which governments have been exposed for deliberately covering up data linking vaccines to the types of symptoms commonly attributed with SBS. These links, of course, have also been observed by many other researchers, including a handful of doctors and researchers in India who published a paper in 2012 exposing the DTP (diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus) vaccine as a cause of encephalopathy.

But the rabbit hole goes deeper, as papers published back in the 1990s and even earlier have identified vaccines as a probable cause of SBS. In a 1998 paper entitled "Shaken Baby Syndrome: The Vaccination Link," for instance, Dr. Viera Scheibner addresses a problem that at the time was only just beginning to explode into the epidemic it is today -- parents being falsely accused of abusing their children when vaccines are what actually caused their SBS.

"Some time ago I started getting requests from lawyers or the accused parents themselves for expert reports," writes Dr. Scheibner about how falsely-accused parents sought her out for expert analysis into the real cause of their children's SBS diagnoses. "A close study of the history of these cases revealed something distinctly sinister: in every single case, the symptoms appeared shortly after the baby's vaccinations."

How many parents are being falsely accused of abusing their vaccine-damaged children?

Since that time, many others in the field have also come to the same conclusions as Dr. Scheibner, as it is now clear that many cases of SBS lack any evidence of physically-induced trauma, which clearly points to another culprit. A more recent study published in the journal Clinical Medicine Research, for example, found that many of the symptoms attributed to SBS are actually caused by a vaccine-induced autoimmune reaction in certain genetically susceptible children.

"In his paper, Dr. Innis outlines that the response to antigenic stimulation damaged the beta cells in the pancreas (of the children) causing hypoinsulinaemia (unusually low levels of insulin in the blood), which inhibited the cellular uptake of vitamin C, resulting in liver dysfunction, failure of carboxylation of the vitamin K dependent proteins, resulting in hemorrhages and fractures associated with the triad," writes England about the study.

You can read the results of this study here:
http://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com

Thus, it is wholly irresponsible for the conventional medical profession to simply blame all cases of SBS on child abuse when it is clear, based on observation and thorough analysis, that in many cases, some other factor is the real cause.

To read England's full analysis of SBS and vaccines, be sure to visit:
http://vactruth.com

Sources for this article include:

http://vactruth.com

http://www.naturalnews.com

http://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com

http://science.naturalnews.com

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/041719_Shaken_Baby_Syndrome_vaccines_side_effects.html#ixzz2ceN08QhL

Natural News exclusive: Fukushima victim exposes Japanese government's attempted bizarre brainwashing of radiation victims

Natural News exclusive: Fukushima victim exposes Japanese government's attempted bizarre brainwashing of radiation victims

(NaturalNews) The following is a first-person account of the attempt by the Japanese government to brainwash victims of Fukushima radiation poisoning into believing radiation would not harm them if they simply "smile." Natural News is the first U.S. news source to publish this account in English. The name of the original author is Uwamae Masako, who now lives in Taiwan after escaping Fukushima and leaving behind many friends and family members.

As you'll see below, the Japanese government's Fukushima Radiation Health Risk Advisor uses a hypnotic, droning speech pattern to try to convince his audience of absolutely bizarre quack science beliefs like "people who drink aren't affected by radiation" or that "laughter will remove your radiation phobia."

What follows is a true, firsthand account...

I'm a mother who has two kids. I lived in Koriyama, Fukushima. When the earthquake happened, I heard from the radio that the nuclear plant exploded. "We can't go back to Koriyama anymore," was the first thought came to my mind. Sendai, where my husband worked, was not a safe place, either. Although the distance between the nuclear plant and Sendai is about 120 km, the wind direction made it not safe there.

After the electric power was restored, we watched TV. A famous professor repeatedly talked about how the nuclear plant functioned, and our government also said that there was no direct effect, but I felt uneasy. The danger of the third reactor is different from others, because it generates power from MOX ( mixed plutonium and uranium oxide) fuel. If the plutonium diffuses, it will be extremely dangerous -- it will make a lot of people die even if the diffuse amount is as little as one teaspoon.

None of this information was reported on TV, so many Japanese didn't know it. I knew it only because I had a friend who was devoted to being against MOX fuel. It was terrible that information like this couldn't be broadcast on TV, so I took my two kids to run away to my parents' place -- Kyoto.

Many people thought that as long as we stayed 10 km away from the nuclear plant, it was safe enough, but those big US corporations actually asked for their people who were within 80 km (even 100 km) to evacuate. The Fukushima government had possession of the forecast chart of radiation levels in the air, but they didn't publish them. On the contrary, they held a speaking tour to advocate that there was no need to worry about radiation.

Unfortunately, I couldn't make my friends who lived there understand how dangerous it was. Many residents listened to the government, who claimed that people could live there without problems and enjoy outdoor activities as usual. Therefore, many residents gave up the idea of escaping from Fukushima [and continued to live there].

The expert (Dr. Yamashita) even said that radiation wouldn't affect happy people. Many people believed him, because he is from Nagasaki, which had suffered from the radiation of the atomic bomb. They thought that he should know more about radiation due to his background. However, the exposure to radiation is more complicated than you can imagine. The more serious problems included eating food that had been exposed to radiation. It was just like letting your internal organs be exposed to radiation.

After the explosion, I came back to our home several times - with a hat and mask. Even if I stayed there for a short time, I felt like I had a headache. Once I left there, I abandoned all the clothes and shoes I had been wearing. Before arriving at the refuge, I also washed my car. Three months after the explosion, my friend who lived there told me that many kids there experienced serious nosebleeds and other symptoms like incessant diarrhea, chest pain, recurrent headaches and more severe allergies. Their faces were as red as if they had been sunburned and their vision became poor... After the explosion, more and more residents got sick.

Up to now, I've had three Fukushima friends who died in the prime of life because of myocardial infarction. A junior high school student also died because of acute leukemia. The Japanese government didn't ask for local residents to evacuate, but instead paid them to dig, mow, cut down trees and clean buildings with water. These actions couldn't help much, because the contaminated soil was not removed, and when you burned the grass and trees, it resulted in radiation being transferred to smaller particles which then accumulated in the environment. Needless to say, many people died because they did "the cleaning".

It was a tough situation, because the key information was being concealed completely. Even now some people still don't understand. Some of them wanted to run away, but in the end they gave up due to disagreements between family members. (Many couples divorced due to reasons like this.) Some people felt they could do nothing and tried to escape from the reality. Also, many people didn't have money to move away. I gave up my friends and my job, even my home, because I knew no matter how cautious I was, I couldn't avoid coming into contact with contaminated water, land and air, so the only thing I could do was to be far away from my home.

We finally came to Taiwan because contaminated food was everywhere in Japan, even in kids' school lunches. The debris was transported to burn in Kansai. Kansai received compensation for this, but, at the same time, local residents were harmed.

Japanese TV news deceived people, saying that the rising radiation levels were because of atmospheric pollution coming from China. I wanted to protect the lives and future of my children and myself, so I decided to move away from Japan. Everything can be regained, but lost lives cannot.

I truly hope that Taiwan won't be like Japan. People need to have a greater understanding of nuclear power before they can make the right decisions and take proper action. Then we can protect our beloved family. In order to protect them, I would like to promote the idea of anti-nuclear power to all Taiwanese.

Watch the Japanese propaganda video that promises radiation won't harm you if you just "laugh"

Natural News searched for and found the Japanese propaganda brainwashing video mentioned above. It is a video of Dr. Shunichi Yamashita -- now known as "Dr. Brainwasher" -- giving a propaganda lecture on March 21, 2011 in Fukushima City.

Click here to watch the video on DailyMotion.com.

A second video is found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOgaBUDFeb4

This blogspot website has located and translated several key brainwashing phrases uttered by Dr. Yamashita as part of the Japanese government's propaganda campaign. The following statements span several online videos featuring "Dr. Brainwasher." Each of these statements is a total propaganda fabrication. The comments in ALL CAPS are my own:

• "To tell you the truth, radiation doesn't affect people who are smiling. Only those who are worried. This has clearly been demonstrated by animal studies." (HUH? WHAH?)

• "Drinking may be bad for your health, but happy drinkers are less affected by radiation." (NO WAY! GRAB ME A COLD ONE, WILL YA?)

• "Laughter will remove your radiation phobia." (COOL, 'CUZ I'M LAUGHING ALREADY!)

• "If you laugh, radiation won't get you." (NOW I CAN SAFELY WORK AT A MAMMOGRAPHY CLINIC!)

• "Internal exposure has 10 times less health risk than external exposure." (SO IF I EAT URANIUM, IT'S SAFER THAN USING IT AS A SKIN WHITENING CREAM?)

• "No effect on health below 100 millisieverts radiation exposure." (UNLESS YOU ARE A MAMMAL)

• "Children can play outdoors." (AS LONG AS YOU DON'T MIND THEM DYING)

• "Adults over 20 years have very little sensitivity to radiation. Almost zero." (UNLESS THEY HAPPEN TO STILL BE ALIVE...)

• "Men don't have to worry [about radiation]. All we need to do is protect women, children, infants..." (BECAUSE MEN CAN JUST DRINK BEER AND LAUGH A LOT TO HAVE FULL PROTECTION)

• "Not a problem if you continue to live here. Just wash your vegetables, that's all." (YEAH, BECAUSE RADIATION IS WATER SOLUBLE, DIDN'T YA KNOW?)

• "If the radiation level is below 10 microsieverts/hour, it's safe for children." (AS LONG AS THEY ARE ALIEN CHILDREN FROM OUTER SPACE)

• "I can tell you this, the health effects [of Fukushima radiation exposure] are minimal." (TO COCKROACHES)

• "We don't have to worry about the health effects of ordinary people." (BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY CARE IF ORDINARY PEOPLE DIE ANYWAY)

Watch Dr. Brainwasher utter some of these outrageous lies in the following video:

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/041720_Fukushima_radiation_Japanese_government_propaganda_brainwashing.html#ixzz2ceM3quwy

(Strange stuff) - - - - Planet X System Observations and Orbital Analysis

http://youtu.be/K9szmVIqhV8

Guyabano fruit acknowledged as a miracle cure for cancer

Guyabano fruit acknowledged as a miracle cure for cancer

(NaturalNews) The guyabano, or otherwise known as the custard apple or sour sop fruit, is deemed as one of the miracle cures for cancer. There have been various websites and claims that say that guyabano, from the tree, to its leaves, bark, and fruit, is capable of killing cancer cells naturally. A research that was conducted back in 1976 says that one chemical found in guyabano is about 10,000 times more powerful and potent than a drug used for chemotherapy called Adriamycin. This is why the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippines developed a supplement that is made from the guyabano fruit. Read on to find out more about this plant called guyabano.

What is the guyabano?

The guyabano (Anona muricata) is a tree that grows about five to seven meters high. It bears a pear-shaped fruit that is green in color and has soft spines. This tree is native to the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and African countries in the sub-Saharan area. The tree is also able to adapt to the tropical climate and could be found in most countries in Southeast Asia.

The matured fruit usually weighs about two to five kilograms and is ovoid in shape. The skin is thin and it has a whitish pulp that is soft, fleshy, and fibrous. The taste is distinct, with a tangy citrus taste. The fruits are harvested when they are mature, when the skin of the fruit is yellowish or shiny green in color.

The benefits of taking guyabano

The guyabano has been found to possess a lot of medicinal properties that a lot of people would definitely benefit from.

One article from 2008 in the African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicine reported that a study done on diabetes-mellitus afflicted rats that were fed with guyabano actually showed a significant lowering of their blood sugar levels. Separate studies conducted also showed the ability of guyabano in reducing alleviation, fever, asthma, arthritis, and skin infections. There are also studies that claim guyabano to be good for those who are suffering from herpes simplex infections, liver problems, and even hypertension.

Guyabano and cancer

There have also been studies that showed that those who took guyabano extract had better immune systems. The extract was shown to be helpful in targeting and killing cancer cells in about 12 types of cancer, including prostate, colon, pancreatic, breast, and lung cancer. The compounds in the extract have been proven to help in slowing down the growth of malignant cells, even better than the strong and commonly used chemotherapeutic agent, Adriamycin.

When people undergo chemotherapy, all the body systems suffer alongside the malignant cells. The guyabano extract's compound will selectively track and kill only the cancerous cells. The healthy cells are left alone. There have been studies conducted since 1976 that indicate guyabano is indeed a very good killer of cancer cells.

The claims still need to be backed by more studies, according to a lot of experts. There are a lot of people claiming that they have benefited from the extract, but there are still no recorded therapeutic claims from the use of guyabano extract.


Sources for this article include:http://www.bostoncherbs.com/?p=26
http://guyabano.com/
http://www.medicalhealthguide.com/herb/guyabano.htm

About the author:
Sandeep is an mountain climber, runner, and fitness coach. He shares his tips for staying in shape and eating healthy on betterhealthblog.

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Whooping cough vaccine can cause brain damage and death

Whooping cough vaccine can cause brain damage and death

(NaturalNews) In July, the state of Missouri began offering for free a vaccine aimed at preventing, among other ailments, whooping cough. According to officials, the TDap vaccine, which reportedly prevents tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, was necessary because "of the rising incidence of whooping cough is reported to be related to the vaccine wearing off if given more than ten years earlier," says an online report.

Citing a St. Louis Post Dispatch article, Michelle Goldstein of VacTruth.com says some 41,000 cases of pertussis occurred in the U.S. in 2012, compared to less than 19,000 cases in the previous year - thus the need for the new vaccine.

"The news story emphasized that whooping cough is highly dangerous and can lead to vomiting and death, especially in children. The report indicates that diphtheria is a bacterial disease that is highly contagious and can also lead to death," Goldstein writes, adding that tetanus can cause severe muscle spasms.

Natural remedies, treatments can work without risk

What the paper failed to report, however, is that there are serious health risks associated with the Tdap vaccines. Also, there are relatively benign health implications that are commonly associated with the diseases the vaccine is intended to prevent - "along with the important fact that vaccines have never been proven to prevent any disease," Goldstein said.

She adds:

The risks that whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus pose to health are low compared to the potential, serious dangers reported as a result of this vaccine. Whooping cough can be treated successfully through a vitamin C protocol developed by Dr. Suzanne Humphries which has been shown to greatly reduce symptoms. In contrast, antibiotic treatments, given routinely by conventional, allopathic physicians to treat whooping cough, have never been shown to positively impact the course of the illness.

Whatever the standard medical treatments, most people fully recover from whooping cough, which then gives them lifetime immunity from it. If they should become re-infected, Goldstein writes, subsequent episodes are generally "quite mild."

Meanwhile, tetanus can be prevented in a number of ways without ever receiving a vaccine. For instance, simply thoroughly washing and cleaning cuts can prevent the disease. And in actuality, contracting the disease in the first place is rare; just "233 cases of tetanus were reported to the Center for Disease Control between 2001 and 2008," Goldstein points out, citing the federal agency's own figures. "The incidence of tetanus declined by more than 95% between 1947 and 2008."

Finally, diphtheria is also a low-risk disease, and one that is not seen widely in the U.S. since an outbreak in the 1970s. Over the 30-year period between 1980 and 2010, just 55 cases of the disease were reported to the CDC.

Vaccine dangers outweigh risk of actually getting the disease

The dangers of getting a Tdap vaccine can also be significant. According to Goldstein:

Health consequences resulting from the Tdap vaccine include encephalitis, brain damage and death. A comprehensive report made by the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) documents clearly the widespread health dangers associated with the Tdap vaccine. Tdap and DTap vaccines are currently used in the United States, replacing the DTP vaccine in 1996, but all three vaccines contain the dangerous pertussis toxin with unsafe additives.

Furthermore, experts note, the fact that whooping cough even occurs in "vaccinated" populations is a sign that vaccines are not effective at preventing the disease.

Sources:

http://vactruth.com

http://www.stltoday.com

http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org

http://www.naturalnews.com

http://science.naturalnews.com

http://science.naturalnews.com

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/041687_whooping_cough_tdap_vaccine_brain_damage.html#ixzz2cWDu2pUk

Pedigree dog food may be endangering your pet, yet no recall despite over 300 complaints from customers

Pedigree dog food may be endangering your pet, yet no recall despite over 300 complaints from customers

(NaturalNews) If you own pets, it is probably worth your while to take a closer look at what you are feeding them to determine whether or not it is actually safe. A recent review of the consumer watchdog website, ConsumerAffairs.com, reveals that popular dog food brand Pedigree has received hundreds of complaints in recent days about injuries and deaths potentially caused by its dog food lines, and yet neither Pedigree nor the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued any formal recalls of Pedigree dog food products.

Rapid tooth decay, loose and discolored stools, severe vomiting, seizures, major gastrointestinal upset, and death are among the many complaints posted by Pedigree customers with regards to the health of their pets after eating Pedigree dog food. One woman from Phoenix, Arizona, for instance, recently posted a complaint about how her Pomeranian died in her sleep just days after eating Pedigree dog food and suffering a seizure. Another woman says her dog, also a Pomeranian, died just one day after eating Pedigree.

"My male who was the only one who ate the food took sick within hours of eating this, vomiting, lethargic and then continued with no appetite and less and less energy," writes Bonnie from Labrador City, Newfoundland, about the consequences of feeding her dog Pedigree's Nutrience dog food. She goes on to explain that within 29 hours, and with no other explanation other than the dog food, her 10-year-old dog Ripley was found dead.

Numerous reports of people's dogs throwing up bile and passing discolored and loose stools litter the feedback page for Pedigree, indicating a common thread that deserves further investigation. Others report that their otherwise healthy dogs developed a pattern of not eating shortly after consuming Pedigree, including one woman from Junction City, Kansas, who says her dog went from eating fine, to not eating, to throwing up regularly. Within three weeks, her dog was dead.

"I took her to the vet and they said she had what she believed was a dog flu, so we gave her antibiotics and began to force feed her," writes Heather about the traumatic experience. "She progressively got worse, wasn't drinking or taking down the meds or the food. She began pooing black and within 24 hours she was dead in the hallway."

Hundreds of dog owners share heartbreaking stories about harm caused by Pedigree

Not only Heather's story, but hundreds of other similar stories can be seen posted just within the past few weeks at ConsumerAffairs.com, suggesting that something is very seriously wrong with the Pedigree dog food brand. Sadly, many other popular dog food brands have a similar string of negative reviews at ConsumerAffairs.com as well, which means it may be time to seek out holistic or otherwise independent dog food brands that use tested ingredients and operate on a smaller scale.

Since no formal recalls have been issued at this point in time, our suggestion is to simply avoid all Pedigree products moving forward and switch to a safer, healthier dog food brand with a more positive track record of safety. DogFoodAdvisor.com has compiled a helpful list of its top tested dog food brands, with explanations as to how winners in each category were chosen, which you can access here:
http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com

You can also see reviews for other pet food brands at ConsumerAffairs.com by visiting:
http://www.consumeraffairs.com

Sources for this article include:

http://www.consumeraffairs.com

http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com

http://www.consumeraffairs.com

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/041694_Pedigree_dog_food_pet_deaths_customer_complaints.html#ixzz2cW9rl5xN

Sun will flip its magnetic field in 3-4 months, warns NASA

Sun will flip its magnetic field in 3-4 months, warns NASA

(NaturalNews) Major changes are about to take place with regards to the sun, and the effects of these changes will reportedly impact our entire solar system. It is known systematically as a solar magnetic flip, or a reversal of the sun's magnetic field, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) says this incredible phenomenon is set to occur as soon as within the next three-to-four months.

A recent NASA announcement explains that this unusual magnetic field reversal is part of a polarity change event that occurs every 11 years at the peak of each individual solar cycle. When this next magnetic flip eventually takes place, it will mark the midpoint of Solar Cycle 24, or the half point of what is known as the current "Solar Max." And you and I will notice it, say experts, in the form of increased space weather and other space events around planet Earth.

"It looks like we're no more than three to four months away from a complete field reversal," says Todd Hoeksema, director of Stanford University's Wilcox Solar Observatory, in a recent statement about the event. "The magnetic field from active regions makes its way toward the poles and eventually causes the reversal. This change will have ripple effects throughout the solar system."

As it turns out, the extent of the sun's magnetic influence, also known as its "heliosphere," is incredibly large, extending out beyond Pluto, the furthest planet from the sun. Polarity changes, such as a magnetic field reversal, have the potential to significantly alter the pattern of the sun's "current sheet," the surface that jets out from the sun's equator and induces electrical currents in its magnetic field.

Upcoming magnetic reversal will actually help protect earth, say experts

During this upcoming pole flip, the sun's current sheet will become extra wavy. Since the Earth orbits the sun based on the movements of the current sheet, the Earth will also become more wavy, as will the space weather surrounding Earth. Cosmic rays, for instance, will behave differently when encountering a wavier current sheet, which could affect the normal cloudiness and climate of Earth. The wavier the current sheet, the better protected earth will be from damaging cosmic rays.

"The sun's polar magnetic fields weaken, go to zero, and then emerge again with the opposite polarity," adds Phil Scherrer, a solar physicist at Stanford. "The sun's north pole has already changed sign, while the south pole is racing to catch up. Soon, however, both poles will be reversed, and the second half of Solar Max will be underway."

Experts claim solar magnetic flips are a perfectly normal part of the solar life-cycle process. But they are still unable to fully explain how or why they work, especially when they lead to varying solar and space activity each time they occur. In years past, for instance, magnetic field reversals have led to massive increases in solar flares and ejections. But this time around, the sun appears to be relatively calm and quiet, at least so far.

"The polar fields have been getting weaker and weaker over the last 30 years, and so also the following sunspot cycles have been getting weaker over the years," says Hoeksema. "We don't really understand why, or even if that's the cause or if they're both symptoms of the same thing. It's a fun and interesting puzzle."

Sources for this article include:

http://science.nasa.gov

http://www.space.com

http://www.huffingtonpost.com

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/041702_magnetic_field_flip_NASA_sun.html#ixzz2cW4nnLRX

'Safety assessments' on nearly all common food additives found to be manipulated by processed food industry: Study

'Safety assessments' on nearly all common food additives found to be manipulated by processed food industry: Study

(NaturalNews) New research published in the journal, JAMA Internal Medicine, has verified that the vast majority of the 10,000-or-so chemical additives currently allowed in food are backed only by industry-funded and supported safety assessments. And a large percentage of these have never even been submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for review, which means the general population is essentially being used as a collective guinea pig in a giant food additive safety experiment.

Between 1997 and 2012, the FDA reportedly received 451 voluntary notifications about new food additives, 100 percent of which came from individuals and groups connected in one way or another to the food industry. Rather than be accompanied by independent safety research, every single one of these new additives came with "safety data" conjured by the companies that produce them, a serious conflict of interest that apparently has become the standard rather than the exception.

Researchers from The Pew Charitable Trusts (PCT), a non-profit organization serving the public interest, decided to review data on the new food additive notification process after the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a federal watchdog agency, issued a report back in 2010 raising concerns about it. And what they found is astounding, particularly as it pertains to public health and safety.

Building upon a previous study they conducted of a similar nature, Thomas Neltner and his colleagues determined that roughly 43 percent of the 10,000 additives currently allowed in food are on the FDA's GRAS list, which means they are "generally recognized as safe." The other 57 percent, according to the data, were approved through other means, or never submitted or approved at all. And practically all of them lack independent analysis to verify their safety.

"Rules governing the chemicals that go into a tennis racket are more stringent than (rules for) the chemicals that go into our food," said Neltner regarding the findings. "At least when you put a new chemical on the market, you have to notify the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). But there's no requirement that you notify the FDA when you make a new food additive."

Food additive companies not even required to submit GRAS requests to FDA

In order for a new food additive to be included on the GRAS list, its manufacturer is supposed to furnish the FDA with sound scientific evidence that it is actually safe, a process that obviously has its own inherent limitations and biases. But the fact of the matter is that food additive companies are not required to do this -- it is a completely voluntary process that allows the processed food industry to call the shots when it comes to food additive safety.

"In 1958, Congress gave additive manufacturers the right to decide on their own what food additives were GRAS without FDA being involved," writes Elizabeth Weise for USA Today about the scam. "Companies are not required to tell the agency when they've decided an additive is safe. If they choose to do so voluntarily, the company submits a letter to FDA outlining the scientific literature that supports its decision."

So naturally, food additive manufacturers have largely chosen to avoid the process altogether, as it really does not matter whether or not they notify the FDA about the use of new food additives. As a result, an overwhelming 99 percent of all food additives currently in use are either untested, were never submitted to the FDA at all or were submitted by industry insiders along with industry-funded safety data. In other words, the fox is guarding the hen house when it comes to food additive safety, as there is little-to-no credible oversight governing what millions of trusting Americans feed their families.

Sources for this article include:

http://www.reuters.com

http://www.usatoday.com

http://www.pewtrusts.org

http://science.naturalnews.com

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