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The Fund for Innovative Climate and Energy Research (FICER) exists to accelerate the innovative development and evaluation of science and technology to address carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and their environmental consequences.---The non-profit research fund focuses on early-stage innovative research where relatively small and timely grants can significantly advance understanding, especially of the viability and scalability of proposals to address global warming.---Funded research projects are intended to produce peer-reviewed scholarly articles in recognized professional scientific and technical journals. Any intellectual property that may be generated in the course of such research resides with the researchers or their institutions.---Grants for research are provided to the University of Calgary from gifts made by Mr. Bill Gates from his personal funds[U1] .---The activities of the Fund for Innovative Climate and Energy Research fall outside the scope of activities of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. FICER is not a Foundation project and has no relationship with it.---The fund has supported research in a wide range of areas. Some examples include:

• understanding carbon dioxide emissions associated with international trade in goods and services;

• developing technologies to capture carbon dioxide out of the air; and

• climate modeling to understand possible environmental consequences of solar radiation management.

A select group of diabolic oligarch globalists and their puppet cronies embedded within the United States government are now involved in what some would say are crimes against humanity. These tyrants will stop at nothing to usher their hush, hush global aerosol agenda into full swing.--

According to a report prepared for the Air Force titled “Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the WeatherBy 2025” the U.S. Air Force wants to fully control the weather on earth by the year 2025.---Far surpassing even the most horrific act of terror (real or staged), posing as literal gods, these globalists will stop at nothing to control the world by not only controlling the fraudulent banking systems but by owning the weather through a process (blanket term) called Geoengineering.--According to globalist sponsored reports, our planet is in a constant state of threat and is being bombarded with radioactive solar rays increasing planetary temperatures due to human carbon emissions.--However, vast bodies of research now show that that is not the case and that global warming is a another globalist myth, a ponzi scheme to collect a Carbon Tax worldwide, benefitting the very same group behind the curtain.--The myth the global warming “Carbon Tax” pushers have been spouting apparently can only be fixed by spraying deadly toxins in an aerosol particulate form into the earths atmosphere via large sprayer converted aircraft specifically assigned to perform Geoengineering tasks.-Aerosol sprays (slang: Chemtrails) are filled with a variety of chemical and metal compounds and are known to be very hazardous to human, plant, and animal health worldwide. This danger to plant and human and animal health has been documented in films such as “What In the World Are They Spraying” by Michael Murphy & G. Edward Griffin, who have also appeared on the Intel Hub Radio Show with Shepard Ambellas.---Ultimately, this issue was originally a matter for the EPA to rule over considering that they have the authority to sanction geoengineering activities under the National Environmental Policy ACT of 1969. However, documents such as the report to the chairman, Committee of Science and Technology, House of Representatives – “Climate Change” – Sept. 2010, U.S. Gov. Accountability Office which was submitted to all members of congress in 2010 attempt to put control into the hands of even a smaller group of people.---This report clearly is slanted and leans to take control away from the EPA along with other regulatory provisions such as; the Endangered Species ACT, and the Conformity Provision in the Clean Air ACT – total Geoengineering dis-info submitted to members of the Congress and other government branches alike.-The source of most of the dis-info is Obama’s White House Science Czar John P. Holdren. The following was written on USGCRP letterhead;--“January 2011,---Members of Congress--On behalf of the National Science and Technology Council, I am transmitting a copy of Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2011. The report describes the activities and plans of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) established under the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990. The USGCRP coordinates and integrates scientific research on climate and global change and is supported by 13 participating departments and agencies of the U.S. government. This Fiscal Year 2011 edition of Our Changing Planet highlights recent advances and progress made by participating agencies and includes budget information on each agency’s contribution.---This report describes a program in transition. In accordance with the GCRA, the USGCRP agencies requested guidance from the National Research Council on how to best meet the changing needs of the nation to understand climate change and respond to its impacts, and the NRC responded with a 2009 report entitled “Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change”. In accord with that report’s recommendations, the USGCRP is undergoing a strategic realignment that will ensure that the science produced is maximally useful for decision makers at all scales. As described in the new edition of Our Changing Planet, the program going forward will place greater emphasis on impacts, vulnerabilities, and on understanding the options for adapting to the changing climate. The program will also continue its long-standing support for activities that contribute to a better understanding of the Earth system, including observations, research, and predictive modeling.--All of these focuses will be reflected in the USGCRP’s new strategic plan and its National Climate Assessment.---The USGCRP is committed to its mission to build a knowledge base that informs human responses to global change through coordinated and integrated federal programs of research, education, communication, and decision support. I appreciate the close cooperation of the participating agencies, and I look forward to working with the Congress in the continued development and implementation of this essential national program.-----John P. Holdren Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy Assistant to the President for Science and Technology” – Our Changing Planet--Even more disturbing then that is the fact that your so called representatives have been approving yearly geoengineering budgets in the upwards of billions of dollars per year (as outlined in the document “Our Changing Planet – The US Global Change Research Program for the Fiscal Year of 2011, which is a supplement to the Presidents Budget for 2011, much of which is unaccounted for and not even included in the budget possible signifying even a more nefarious plot involving some black budget.--Back tracking to the year 2001, President elect George W. Bush established the (CCRI) Climate Change Research Initiative. A year later it was made public that the USGCRP or United States Global Change Research program and the CCRI both would become what is known as the (CCSP) Climate Change Science Program. Now, under the Obama Administration the legacy continues to move forward as the USGCRP

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Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), derived from a honeybee product propolis, exhibits a diversity of anti-tumor effects in pre-clinical models of human breast cancer.

Cancer Lett. 2011 Sep 1;308(1):43-53--Authors: Wu J, Omene C, Karkoszka J, Bosland M, Eckard J, Klein CB, Frenkel K

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Breast cancer (BC) patients use alternative and natural remedies more than patients with other malignancies. Specifically, 63-83% use at least one type of alternative medicine and 25-63% use herbals and vitamins. Propolis is a naturopathic honeybee product, and CAPE (caffeic acid phenethyl ester), is a major medicinal component of propolis. CAPE, in a concentration dependent fashion, inhibits MCF-7 (hormone receptor positive, HR+) and MDA-231 (a model of triple negative BC (TNBC) tumor growth, both in vitro and in vivo without much effect on normal mammary cells and strongly influences gene and protein expression. It induces cell cycle arrest, apoptosis and reduces expression of growth and transcription factors, including NF-κB. Notably, CAPE down-regulates mdr-1 gene, considered responsible for the resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents. Further, CAPE dose-dependently suppresses VEGF formation by MDA-231 cells and formation of capillary-like tubes by endothelial cells, implicating inhibitory effects on angiogenesis. In conclusion, our results strongly suggest that CAPE inhibits MDA-231 and MCF-7 human breast cancer growth via its apoptotic effects, and modulation of NF-κB, the cell cycle, and angiogenesis.---PMID: 21570765 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

How to take Propolis—To utilize propolis you can take it several ways---in honey—as a tincture or in a warm beverage---any health food store sells it and it should be in a high alcohol base for it to be properly absorbed avoid glycerin tintures –they do not past and the sugar in it may start to actually break down in a year—the alcohol based ones can last years---Recipe (A ) you can propolis from an apiary or a health food store raw and extract your self with anything 120+ proof –add to a glass container and allow to soak for 4 weeks and then blend til smooth and then pour into a container—or take the components of 1- 1 ½ cup of 120 proof and add to a blender and add 3-4 oz of propolis and lid the blender and blend at high speed for 10 minutes—when done pour content in glass bottle and use drop increments—you can add this to tea or coffee –you can mix it in honey—you can combo this with other materials as such like iodine or garlic or even myrrh—the combining is limitless---so explorer

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Science and Religion Do Mix—

Only 15 Percent of Scientists at Major Research Universities See Religion and Science Always in Conflict---ScienceDaily (Sep. 23, 2011) — Throughout history, science and religion have appeared as being in perpetual conflict, but a new study by Rice University suggests that only a minority of scientists at major research universities see religion and science as requiring distinct boundaries.--"When it comes to questions about the meaning of life, ways of understanding reality, origins of Earth and how life developed on it, many have seen religion and science as being at odds and even in irreconcilable conflict," said Rice sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund. But a majority of scientists interviewed by Ecklund and colleagues viewed both religion and science as "valid avenues of knowledge" that can bring broader understanding to important questions, she said.----Ecklund summarized her findings in "Scientists Negotiate Boundaries Between Religion and Science," which appears in the September issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Her co-authors were sociologists Jerry Park of Baylor University and Katherine Sorrell, a former postbaccalaureate fellow at Rice and current Ph.D. student at the University of Notre Dame.---They interviewed a scientifically selected sample of 275 participants, pulled from a survey of 2,198 tenured and tenure-track faculty in the natural and social sciences at 21 elite U.S. research universities. Only 15 percent of those surveyed view religion and science as always in conflict. Another 15 percent say the two are never in conflict, and 70 percent believe religion and science are only sometimes in conflict. Approximately half of the original survey population expressed some form of religious identity, whereas the other half did not.---"Much of the public believes that as science becomes more prominent, secularization increases and religion decreases," Ecklund said. "Findings like these among elite scientists, who many individuals believe are most likely to be secular in their beliefs, definitely call into question ideas about the relationship between secularization and science."---Many of those surveyed cited issues in the public realm (teaching of creationism versus evolution, stem cell research) as reasons for believing there is conflict between the two. The study showed that these individuals generally have a particular kind of religion in mind (and religious people and institutions) when they say that religion and science are in conflict.---The study identified three strategies of action used by these scientists to manage the religion-science boundaries and the circumstances that the two could overlap. Redefining categories -- Scientists manage the science-religion relationship by changing the definition of religion, broadening it to include noninstitutionalized forms of spirituality.---Integration models -- Scientists deliberately use the views of influential scientists who they believe have successfully integrated their religious and scientific beliefs.--Intentional talk -- Scientists actively engage in discussions about the boundaries between science and religion.---"The kind of narrow research available on religion and science seems to ask if they are in conflict or not, when it should really ask the conditions under which they are in conflict," Ecklund said. "Our research has found that even within the same person, there can be differing views. It's very important to dispel the myth that people believe that religion and science either do or don't conflict. Our study found that many people have much more nuanced views."---These nuanced views often find their way into the classroom, according to those interviewed. One biologist, an atheist not part of any religious tradition, admitted that she makes a sincere effort to present science such that "religious students do not need to compromise their own selves." Although she is not reconsidering her personal views on religion, she seeks out resources to keep her religious students engaged with science.-Other findings:--Scientists as a whole are substantially different from the American public in how they view teaching "intelligent design" in public schools. Nearly all of the scientists -- religious and nonreligious alike -- have a negative impression of the theory of intelligent design.--Sixty-eight percent of scientists surveyed consider themselves spiritual to some degree.--Scientists who view themselves as spiritual/religious are less likely to see religion and science in conflict.---Overall, under some circumstances even the most religious of scientists were described in very positive terms by their nonreligious peers; this suggests that the integration of religion and science is not so distasteful to all scientists.--Ecklund said the study's findings will go far in improving the public's perception of science. "I think it would be helpful for the public to see what scientists are actually saying about these topics, rather than just believe stereotypes," she said. "It would definitely benefit public dialogue about the relationship between science and religion."--Ecklund is the author of "Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think,"published by Oxford University Press last year.---The study was supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation and additional funding from Rice University.---Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Rice University. ---Journal Reference--Elaine Howard Ecklund, Jerry Z. Park, Katherine L. Sorrell. Scientists Negotiate Boundaries Between Religion and Science. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2011; 50 (3): 552 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01586.x

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Aloe Vera Blocked By Canadian Gov’t over a Non Issue

Dear Distributors:

This is the update on Lily shipping products back into Canada. We have all of the approvals and licenses on our bi-lingual products from the Canadian Health departments, etc. The one area is the site license through MTB Brokerage. From our understanding ALL of the warehouse locations must be listed on the Site License. This was not done originally because none of the inspectors required it; even though technically the statutes require it as such, even the highest levels indicated that was not the intent of the law. Even the original inspector, once we had our labels in compliance, did not require this latest piece. However, we now have a new inspector from another complaint that basically stated that until they change the statute it does not matter to him whether it was not the intent, it is the letter of the law, he has us being required to comply[U2] . Of course, this has caused us further delay in meeting his demands.---We have been placed within the fast lane on getting this corrected. Our hope is to have it in the system and be able to ship next week. This is all very frustrating to us as we have done everything to comply and get our products in compliance but it does seem like we are being required to do things beyond what your government is requiring of other companies. Either way, we have been informed that once this latest is completed and in the system, we can ship. ---This is the latest information I have and will keep you updated as I know more.

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Artemisinin inhibits in vitro and in vivo invasion and metastasis of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

The Future of Complementary/Integrative Medicine and patient choice in Canada!

Research Points to Potential Therapy for Tumor-Associated Epilepsy

Zinc Regulates Communication Between Brain Cells

Number of Children Poisoned by Medication Rising Dramatically

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Artemisinin inhibits in vitro and in vivo invasion and metastasis of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells.

Phytomedicine. 2011 Jan 15;18(2-3):158-62

Authors: Weifeng T, Feng S, Xiangji L, Changqing S, Zhiquan Q, Huazhong Z, Peining Y, Yong Y, Mengchao W, Xiaoqing J, Wan-Yee L

Artemisinin (ART) is isolated from the medicinal plant Artemisia annua L. To determine its effects on the invasion and metastasis of tumors, the human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines HepG2 and SMMC-7721 were treated with different concentrations of ART. Starting at 12.5μM, ART had inhibitory effects in migration and invasion assays that increased at higher concentrations. The inhibitory effect also became stronger with time, from 24 to 72h. ART significantly inhibited the in vivo metastatic abilities of the HepG2 HCC cell line. ART inhibited the invasion and metastasis of HCC cells both in vitro and in vivo by reducing the level of the MMP2 metalloproteinase, and by inducing the TIMP2 protein. ART activated Cdc42, which enhanced E-cadherin activity, resulting in greater cell-cell adhesion, and significantly reduced metastasis.--PMID: 20739158 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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From: Dr. Robert Banner

Date: September 5, 2011 10:47:47 AM EDT

To: Robert Banner

Subject: The Future of Complementary/Integrative Medicine and patient choice in Canada!

I want to begin by thanking you for opening this message. I encourage you to review the material in the attachments below. This message is being sent to you from my current contacts list from both my personal and professional life.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has been in the process of revising the Policy on Complementary Medicine in Ontario. Below you will see responses just submitted on behalf of the Ontario Society of Physicians for Complementary Medicine and the Ontario Medical Association Section on Complementary and Integrative Medicine, the Acupuncture Foundation of Canada, the Coalition for the Advancement of Integrative Medicine, the Lyme Action Group (Ontario) and a letter from an individual (Helke Ferrie) that outlines in detail the concerns regarding the new Draft Policy.--Attached as well are the current policy on Complementary Medicine, the Draft Policy on Complementary Medicine and a "Backgrounder" by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.--I believe this issue is truly a national matter with international ramifications. What is about to happen in Ontario will be used as a standard by which other medical licensing bodies in Canada and the United States will begin to curtail/control the practice of medicine. ---In Ontario, it will mean the end of MD's practicing anything other than pharmaceutical medicine and surgery. Physicians and medical students in Ontario who have the ability, will move to another location if they want to practice anything other than the convention or, they will quit practicing integrative medicine altogether. This is leading edge medicine that incorporates many modalities that improve patient outcome and reduce reliance on medications and surgery. This approach not only controls symptoms but also has been shown to resolve the problem.---This is a very serious matter for all of us no matter what your role in the health care field.---Patients need to be able to make informed choices about decisions that will have a significant impact on their lives. Much of health cares upward spiralling health care costs are related to care provided to patients based on the preferences of providers (the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario want to dictate what that will be). When patients are provided with impartial, balanced information regarding health care choices, research has found that they tend to choose less invasive less costly treatments than they might otherwise have selected (Dartmouth Medical School). Informed choice is also closely aligned with the concept of patient autonomy, the concept of informed consent and the value of self-determination that sits at the centre of Canadian and American constitutional liberalism. --The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario seek to take these choices and privileges away from the public. This will be the thin wedge than directs regulators everywhere to act in a similar fashion.--Please feel free to act on this information in whatever way seems best to you, including distribution to anyone else you think might be interested. You may use this email address if you would like to respond, would like more information or if you would like to get involved in any way.--Governments can no longer ignore the will of the public to have a choice in their health care. They must recognize this and control licensing bodies that are supposed to act in the best interest and protection of the public it is supposed to serve. You should be outraged when you read the attachments below. I hope you are.

Sincerely,

Rob Banner

The best way to thank God for your body is to take good care of it.

The best treatment for any disease is not to get it.

If you want a change, YOU have to change.

I have never learned anything from someone who agreed with me.

There is no medicine as powerful as regular exercise properly done.

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Research Points to Potential Therapy for Tumor-Associated Epilepsy

ScienceDaily (Sep. 12, 2011) — Glioma, one of the most deadly and common types of brain tumor, is often associated with seizures, but the origins of these seizures and effective treatments for them have been elusive. Now a team funded by the National Institutes of Health has found that human gliomas implanted in mice release excess levels of the brain chemical glutamate, overstimulating neurons near the tumor and triggering seizures.[U1] --The researchers also found that sulfasalazine, a drug on the market for treating certain inflammatory disorders, can reduce seizures in mice with glioma.---About 80 percent of people with glioma will experience at least one seizure during their illness, often as the first symptom. About one-third of patients will develop recurring seizures, known as tumor-associated epilepsy. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., whose death was caused by a malignant glioma in August 2009, was diagnosed after having a seizure 15 months earlier.---"Seizures are a frequent symptom of glioma and are often poorly controlled by epilepsy medications," said Jane Fountain, Ph.D., a program director at NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). "Understanding why the seizures occur and how to counteract them could help us substantially improve the quality of life for people with glioma." "People have assumed that tumors cause seizures by irritating the brain, but that really isn't a scientific explanation. We have now shown that the seizures are caused by glutamate release from the tumor," said Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D., a professor of neurobiology and director of the Center for Glial Biology in Medicine at the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB). Dr. Sontheimer and his team published their results in Nature Medicine.---The research was supported by NINDS, including $934,698 in grants funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.---Glutamate serves as a chemical relay within the brain. Its release from one neuron can stimulate other neurons to fire electrical impulses. However, excess glutamate can cause abnormal electrical activity in the brain -- which is the basis for epileptic seizures. In particular, excess release of glutamate from non-neuronal cells called glia appears to play a role in some types of epilepsy. Because gliomas result from an overgrowth of glia, researchers had theorized that glutamate produced by the tumors might cause seizures, but no one had established a causal link.---Dr. Sontheimer's team tested the theory by studying mice whose brains were seeded with human glioma cells. They found that about one-third of the animals with gliomas developed abnormal brain activity and behavioral signs consistent with seizures. They also investigated whether or not the tumors affect brain activity in response to stimulation. When they delivered electrical pulses near a tumor, they saw a pattern of activity that spread outward from the tumor and was more prolonged and widespread than the responses to stimulation seen in normal brain tissue. Brain tissue containing the tumors also released higher levels of glutamate compared to normal brain tissue.---Next, the researchers sought to determine if the drug sulfasalazine could correct these abnormalities. Sulfasalazine is an anti-inflammatory sometimes prescribed for ulcerative colitis and rheumatoid arthritis. It also targets a protein complex called the system Xc(-) transporter. System Xc(-) acts like a -commodities broker within glioma cells, importing the essential amino acid cystine into the cells in exchange for exporting glutamate.[U2] --Dr. Sontheimer's team found that by inhibiting the system Xc(-) transporter, sulfasalazine can reduce glutamate release from gliomas. The drug also reduced seizure activity in the glioma-bearing mice, cutting the frequency of epileptic bursts nearly fivefold in the first hour after treatment. After four hours, the effects of the drug wore off unless it was re-administered. The likely reason is that most of the drug is broken down into a form that does not affect system Xc(-), according to Dr. Sontheimer. A clinical trial is planned at UAB to determine if sulfasalazine can reduce seizures in people with slow-growing gliomas. Meanwhile, Dr. Sontheimer's lab is working with medicinal chemists to develop a form of the drug that is more stable in the bloodstream and brain, and more active against system Xc(-).---"There is hope that in addition to reducing seizures, sulfasalazine might reduce the growth of glioma cells," Dr. Sontheimer said. The cystine molecules imported by system Xc(-) are used to manufacture vital proteins that help tumor cells grow stronger, he explained. In a 2005 study, he found that sulfasalazine delays glioma growth in mice.---Whether these promising results with sulfasalazine in animal studies will translate into improved outcome in patients with brain tumors remains to be tested. Indeed, caution was raised by a small trial of 10 patients with advanced stage gliomas treated with varying doses of sulfasalazine. No beneficial effects were established, and safety concerns arose about whether treatment worsened brain swelling near the tumor. That trial was terminated early.---"It is worth examining whether or not the drug can help patients with newly diagnosed, slow-growing gliomas as opposed to patients with advanced disease," Dr. Sontheimer said.---The lead author of the study, Susan Buckingham, Ph.D., and second author, Susan Campbell, Ph.D., received support from the NINDS Training Program in Brain Tumor Biology at UAB. Vedrana Montana, Ph.D., was hired as a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Glial Biology in Medicine through Recovery Act funds. The work was also supported by a center core grant from the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research.--

[U1]Taurine Balances out glutamate

[U2]L Cysteine can be gotten from Garlic being fermented and can be bought at any health food store—here are some sources for this as wll Dairy Products:            Most Dairy Products contain Cysteine.

Eggs             Yolks

Meats:          Most Meats contain Cysteine.

Nuts:            Most Nuts contain Cysteine.

Seeds:          Most Seeds contain Cysteine.

Vegetables:         Garlic            Onions

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Zinc Regulates Communication Between Brain Cells

ScienceDaily (Sep. 21, 2011) — Zinc has been found to play a critical role in regulating communication between cells in the brain, possibly governing the formation of memories and controlling the occurrence of epileptic seizures.---A collaborative project between Duke University Medical Center researchers and chemists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been able to watch zinc in action as it regulates communication between neurons in the hippocampus, where learning and memory processes occur -- and where disrupted communication may contribute to epilepsy.---"We discovered that zinc is essential to control the efficiency of communication between two critical populations of nerve cells in the hippocampus," said James McNamara, M.D., senior author and chair of the Department of Neurobiology at Duke. "This addresses a longstanding controversy in the field."The study appeared in Neuron Journal online on Sept. 21.---McNamara noted that zinc supplements are commonly sold over the counter to treat several different brain disorders, including depression. It isn't clear whether these supplements modify zinc content in the brain, or modify the efficiency of communication between these nerve cells.---More than 50 years ago scientists discovered that high concentrations of zinc are contained in a specialized compartment of nerve cells, called vesicles, that package the transmitters which enable nerve cells to communicate. The highest concentrations of brain zinc were found among the neurons of the hippocampus, the center of learning and memory.---Zinc's presence in these vesicles suggested that zinc played some role in communication between nerve cells, but whether it actually did so remained controversial.---To address this controversy, McNamara and his colleagues at Duke teamed up with Dr. Steve Lippard and colleagues in the Department of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.--The Lippard team synthesized a novel chemical that bound zinc far more rapidly and selectively than previously available compounds. Use of this chemical let the Duke team rapidly bind the zinc released by nerve cells, taking it out of circulation and preventing enhanced communication.--The Duke team went on to confirm that eliminating zinc from the vesicles of mutant mice also prevented enhanced communication. They also found that increases in the transmitter glutamate seemed to increase zinc-mediated enhancement of communication.---Interestingly, the nerve cells in which the high concentrations of zinc reside are critical for a particular type of memory formation. Excessive enhancement of communication by the zinc-containing nerve cells occurs in epileptic animals and may worsen the severity of the epilepsy.----"Carefully controlling zinc's regulation of communication between these nerve cells is critical to both formation of memories and perhaps to occurrence of epileptic seizures," McNamara said.---McNamara also noted that the scientific collaboration between the Duke and MIT scientists was critical to the success of this work. The availability of the novel chemical provided a critical tool that allowed the neuroscientists to unravel the puzzle.--

Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Duke University Medical Center. --Journal Reference-Enhui Pan, Xiao-an Zhang, Zhen Huang, Artur Krezel, Min Zhao, Christine E. Tinberg, Stephen J. Lippard, James O. McNamara. Vesicular Zinc Promotes Presynaptic and Inhibits Postsynaptic Long-Term Potentiation of Mossy Fiber-CA3 Synapse. Neuron, 2011; 71 (6): 1116 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.07.019

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Number of Children Poisoned by Medication Rising Dramatically,

ScienceDaily (Sep. 16, 2011) — The number of young children admitted to hospitals or seen in emergency departments because they unintentionally took a potentially toxic dose of medication has risen dramatically in recent years, according to a new Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study.---The rise in exposure to prescription products has been so striking that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has established the PROTECT Initiative, intended to prevent unintended medication overdoses in children. Randall Bond, MD, an emergency medicine physician at Cincinnati Children's, will present his study on children and pharmaceutical poisonings Sept. 20 at a PROTECT Initiative meeting in Atlanta. The study will be published online Sept. 16 in the Journal of Pediatrics.--"The problem of pediatric medication poisoning is getting worse, not better," says Dr. Bond, who also is medical director of the Drug and Poison Information Center at Cincinnati Children's. "More children are exposed, more are seen in emergency departments, more are admitted to hospitals, and more are harmed each year."--Dr. Bond found that exposure to prescription products accounted for most of the emergency visits (55 percent), admissions (76 percent) and significant harm (71 percent). Levels of ingestion of opioids, most often prescribed to treat pain; sedatives-hypnotics, frequently prescribed as sleep aids; and cardiovascular medications were particularly high.---"Prevention efforts at home have been insufficient," says Dr. Bond. "We need to improve storage devices and child-resistant closures and perhaps require mechanical barriers, such as blister packs. Our efforts can't ignore society's problem with opioid and sedative abuse or misuse." Dr. Bond studied patient records from 2001 to 2008 in the National Poison Data system -- an electronic database of all calls to members of the American Association of Poison Control Centers. Dr. Bond studied children 5 years old and younger exposed to a potentially toxic dose of a single pharmaceutical agent, either prescription or over-the-counter. A total of 453,559 children were included in the study.---The largest part of increasing admissions, injuries and death was due to children finding and ingesting medication on their own. Therapeutic errors at home were uncommon and increased only minimally.-- The most likely explanation for these trends is a rise in the number of medications around small children, he says. A 1998-99 survey found that half of adults had taken at least one prescription medication in the preceding week and 7 percent had taken five or more. In 2006, the same surveyors found that 55 percent had taken at least one prescription medication in the preceding week and 11 percent had taken five or more.---There are 57 poison control centers in the United States. Together they provide free, 24-hour poison expertise and treatment advice by phone. All poison centers can be reached by calling the same telephone number 1-800-222-1222. Poison centers are staffed by pharmacists, physicians, nurses and poison information providers who are toxicology specialists.

The PROTECT Initiative is a collaboration among public health agencies, private sector companies, professional organizations, consumer/patient advocates and academic experts to keep children safe from unintentional medication overdoses. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 70,000 emergency visits each year result from unintentional overdoses among children under the age of 18.--Story Source--The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.

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[U2]There is Stupidity—there is Lack of brain Cells—and when you look up in the dictionary what being totally brain dead is ---then look up under Canadian officials there you will see how we in Canada define stupidity—Start with the PM and go down and when you get to the point of Health inspector in Canada ---there is a side note there saying –no such thing exist except in the minds of these people who are trying to create a job---an unnecessary level of gov’t that has the IQ of a pea-and you will see in a sidebar lots of Laughter and tears as a result of the laughter in looking for something in Canada that does Not exist

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Show of the Week October 10 2011

Low Vitamin B12 Levels May Lead to Brain Shrinkage, Cognitive Problems

Coffee Benefits On Endocrine System Benefits

Coffee May Reduce Risk of Lethal Prostate Cancer in Men

Coffee Consumption Associated With Reduced Risk of Advanced Prostate Cancer

New Analysis of the Cardiovascular Risks of Common Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Possible Cardiovascular Risk Found With NSAID Use

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Low Vitamin B12 Levels May Lead to Brain Shrinkage, Cognitive Problems

ScienceDaily (Sep. 27, 2011) — Older people with low blood levels of vitamin B12 markers may be more likely to have lower brain volumes and have problems with their thinking skills, according to researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The results of the study are published in the Sept. 27 issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.--Foods that come from animals, including fish, meat, especially liver, milk, eggs and poultry are usual sources of vitamin B12. --The study involved 121 older residents of the South side of Chicago who are a part of the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP), which is a large, ongoing prospective Rush a biracial cohort of 10,000 subjects over the age of 65. --The 121 participants had blood drawn to measure levels of vitamin B12 and B12-related markers that can indicate a B12 deficiency. The same subjects took tests measuring their memory and other cognitive skills.--An average of four-and-a-half years later, MRI scans of the participants' brains were taken to measure total brain volume and look for other signs of brain damage.--Having high levels of four of five markers for vitamin B12 deficiency was associated with having lower scores on the cognitive tests and smaller total brain volume.---"Our findings definitely deserve further examination," said Christine C. Tangney, PhD, associate professor in the department of clinical nutrition at Rush University Medical Center, and lead author of the study. "It's too early to say whether increasing vitamin B12 levels in older people through diet or supplements could prevent these problems, but it is an interesting question to explore. Findings from a British trial with B vitamin supplementation are also supportive of these outcomes."--On the cognitive tests, the scores ranged from -2.18 to 1.42, with an average of 0.23. For each increase of one micromole per liter of homocysteine -- one of the markers of B12 deficiency -- the cognitive scores decreasedby 0.03 standardized units or points[U1] .--Tangney noted that the level of vitamin B12 itself in the blood was not associated with cognitive problems or loss in brain volume. She said that low vitamin B12 can be difficult to detect in older people when looking only at blood levels of the vitamin.--"Our findings lend support for the contention that poor vitamin B12 status is a potential risk factor for brain atrophy and may contribute to cognitive impairment," said Tangney.--Other researchers at Rush involved in the study were Dr. Neelum T. Aggarwal, Hong Li, Robert S. Wilson, PhD, Dr. Denis Evans and Martha Clare Morris, ScD. The study was supported by the National Institute on Aging.--Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Rush University Medical Center, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS. ---Journal Reference-C. C. Tangney, N. T. Aggarwal, H. Li, R. S. Wilson, C. DeCarli, D. A. Evans, M. C. Morris. Vitamin B12, cognition, and brain MRI measures: A cross-sectional examination. Neurology, 2011; 77 (13): 1276 DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182315a33

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Cancer, Swedish Study Finds Women Who Choose Boiled Coffee Run Lower Risk of Breast

ScienceDaily (June 16, 2010) — Women who drink Scandinavian boiled coffee, which chemically resembles French press and Turkish/Greek coffee, more than four times a day run a lower risk of developing breast cancer than women who drink coffee less than once a day. This is shown by Lena Nilsson and her associates at Umeå University in an article in the journal Cancer Causes & Control. -A major difference between boiled and filtered coffee is that the boiled version contains up to 80 times as much coffee-specific fatty acids. These fatty acids have previously been shown in animal experiments to inhibit the growth of cancer. --By comparing filtered coffee and boiled coffee in the Västerbotten Intervention Project (64,603 participants), researchers at Umeå University have been able to show for the first time that various brewing techniques can lead to different risk patterns for cancer. For total cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and many other less common forms of cancer, there was no correlation. Among women who drank boiled coffee more than four times a day there was a lowered risk of breast cancer compared with women who drank coffee less than once a day. Among women who drank filtered coffee there was an increased risk for early breast cancer (under 49 years old) and a decreased risk for late breast cancer (over 55 years old). Boiled-coffee drinkers, but not filtered-coffee drinkers, also had an increased risk of pancreatic cancer and lung cancer among men. The study, recently published in the scientific journal Cancer Causes and Control, is the first in the world to compare the consumption of coffee prepared with two brewing techniques in regard to cancer. -Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Expertanswer, via AlphaGalileo. Journal Reference-Lena Maria Nilsson, Ingegerd Johansson, Per Lenner, Bernt Lindahl, Bethany Guelpen. Consumption of filtered and boiled coffee and the risk of incident cancer: a prospective cohort study. Cancer Causes & Control, 2010; DOI: 10.1007/s10552-010-9582-x

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Coffee May Reduce Risk of Lethal Prostate Cancer in Men

Men who regularly drink coffee appear to have a lower risk of developing a lethal form of prostate cancer, according to a new study. What's more, the lower risk was evident among men who drank either regular or decaffeinated coffee. --ScienceDaily (May 18, 2011) — Men who regularly drink coffee appear to have a lower risk of developing a lethal form of prostate cancer, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. What's more, the lower risk was evident among men who drank either regular or decaffeinated coffee.--The study was published May 17, 2011, in an online edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. "Few studies have specifically studied the association of coffee intake and the risk of lethal prostate cancer, the form of the disease that is the most critical to prevent. Our study is the largest to date to examine whether coffee could lower the risk of lethal prostate cancer," said senior author Lorelei Mucci, associate professor of epidemiology at HSPH. Lethal prostate cancer is cancer that causes death or spreads to the bones. Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed form of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death among U.S. men, affecting one in six men during their lifetime. More than 2 million men in the U.S. and 16 million men worldwide are prostate cancer survivors. "At present we lack an understanding of risk factors that can be changed or controlled to lower the risk of lethal prostate cancer. If our findings are validated, coffee could represent one modifiable factor that may lower the risk of developing the most harmful form of prostate cancer," said lead author Kathryn Wilson, a research fellow in epidemiology at HSPH. The researchers chose to study coffee because it contains many beneficial compounds that act as antioxidants, reduce inflammation, and regulate insulin, all of which may influence prostate cancer. Coffee has been associated in prior studies with a lower risk of Parkinson's disease, type 2 diabetes, gallstone disease, and liver cancer or cirrhosis. The study examined the association between coffee consumption and the risk of prostate cancer, particularly the risk for aggressive prostate cancer among 47,911 U.S. men in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study who reported their coffee consumption every four years from 1986 to 2008. During the study period, 5,035 cases of prostate cancer were reported, including 642 fatal or metastatic cases. Among the findings--Men who consumed the most coffee (six or more cups daily) had nearly a 20% lower risk of developing any form of prostate cancer.--The inverse association with coffee was even stronger for aggressive prostate cancer. Men who drank the most coffee had a 60% lower risk of developing lethal prostate cancer.--The reduction in risk was seen whether the men drank decaffeinated or regular coffee, and does not appear to be due to caffeine.--Even drinking one to three cups of coffee per day was associated with a 30% lower risk of lethal prostate cancer.--Coffee drinkers were more likely to smoke and less likely to exercise, behaviors that may increase advanced prostate cancer risk. These and other lifestyle factors were controlled for in the study and coffee still was associated with a lower risk.--The results from this study need to be validated in additional populations that have a range of coffee exposure and a large number of lethal prostate cancer cases. If confirmed, the data would add to the list of other potential health benefits of coffee. The authors currently are planning additional studies to understand specific mechanisms by which coffee may specifically lower the risk of lethal prostate cancer.--The study was supported by the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, the American Institute for Cancer Research, and the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Harvard School of Public Health, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS. --Journal Reference-Kathryn M. Wilson, Julie L. Kasperzyk, Jennifer R. Stark, Stacey Kenfield, Rob M. van Dam, Meir J. Stampfer, Edward Giovannucci, Lorelei A. Mucci. Coffee Consumption and Prostate Cancer Risk and Progression in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, May 17, 2011 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djr151

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Coffee Consumption Associated With Reduced Risk of Advanced Prostate Cancer

ScienceDaily (Dec. 8, 2009) — While it is too early for physicians to start advising their male patients to take up the habit of regular coffee drinking, data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference revealed a strong inverse association between coffee consumption and the risk of lethal and advanced prostate cancers.--"Coffee has effects on insulin and glucose metabolism as well as sex hormone levels, all of which play a role in prostate cancer. It was plausible that there may be an association between coffee and prostate cancer," said Kathryn M. Wilson, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health.---In a prospective investigation, Wilson and colleagues found that men who drank the most coffee had a 60 percent lower risk of aggressive prostate cancer than men who did not drink any coffee. This is the first study of its kind to look at both overall risk of prostate cancer and risk of localized, advanced and lethal disease.---"Few studies have looked prospectively at this association, and none have looked at coffee and specific prostate cancer outcomes," said Wilson. "We specifically looked at different types of prostate cancer, such as advanced vs. localized cancers or high-grade vs. low-grade cancers."Caffeine is actually not the key factor in this association, according to Wilson. The researchers are unsure which components of the beverage are most important, as coffee contains many biologically active compounds like antioxidants and minerals.--Using the Health Professionals' Follow-Up Study, the researchers documented the regular and decaffeinated coffee intake of nearly 50,000 men every four years from 1986 to 2006; 4,975 of these men developed prostate cancer over that time. They also examined the cross-sectional association between coffee consumption and levels of circulating hormones in blood samples collected from a subset of men in the cohort.--"Very few lifestyle factors have been consistently associated with prostate cancer risk, especially with risk of aggressive disease, so it would be very exciting if this association is confirmed in other studies," said Wilson. "Our results do suggest there is no reason to stop drinking coffee out of any concern about prostate cancer."--This association might also help understand the biology of prostate cancer and possible chemoprevention measures.--Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by American Association for Cancer Research.—

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New Analysis of the Cardiovascular Risks of Common Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

ScienceDaily (Sep. 27, 2011) — An updated study published in PLoS Medicine gives some new information on the cardiovascular risks of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and suggests that among these commonly used drugs, naproxen and low dose ibuprofen are least likely to increase cardiovascular risk whereas diclofenac, even in doses available without prescription, elevates risk. --Using only observational studies (30 case-control studies and 21 cohort studies) because randomised controlled trials have only reported small numbers of cardiovascular events, the authors, Patricia McGettigan (Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK), and David Henry (Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada) also found that the new NSAID, etoricoxib, has a high risk of cardiovascular events similar to that of drugs that have been withdrawn because of safety concerns and that new evidence on cardiovascular risk of indomethacin, an older drug, casts doubt on its continued clinical use.---The authors say: "the large sizes of the studies reviewed here, the presence of consistent dose-response relationships, and general agreement with the results of randomised trials give us confidence in the results." They add: "In our view, the results are sufficiently robust to inform clinical and regulatory decisions."--This study highlights the importance of adequately assessing drug safety in clinical trials and in an editorial the PLoS Medicine editors write: "debates continue about the best ways to meaningfully synthesize and interpret data on the possible harmful effects of drugs -- for example, how passive surveillance systems (spontaneous reports of suspected adverse reactions) should be improved, whether new drugs should go through a phased launch process with enhanced safety evaluation, and the appropriateness of risk mitigation strategies for drugs with safety concerns."--The editors conclude: "However, these challenges should not detract investigators, regulators, and patients from demanding a higher safety standard for approved drugs. Higher standards will require both greater transparency -- in revealing what studies are being conducted and what data have been generated -- and greater willingness of funders to support new studies specifically addressing drug safety."--Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Public Library of Science, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS. --Journal References-McGettigan P, Henry D. Cardiovascular Risk with Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: Systematic Review of Population-Based Controlled Observational Studies. PLoS Medicine, 2011; 8 (9): e1001098 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001098

The PLoS Medicine Editors. Why Drug Safety Should Not Take a Back Seat to Efficacy. PLoS Medicine, 2011; 8 (9): e1001097 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001097

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Possible Cardiovascular Risk Found With NSAID Use, Study Suggests

ScienceDaily (Sep. 26, 2011) — A new study from Rhode Island Hospital researchers suggests that controlling cholesterol may be important for heart health in patients who are taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as naproxen. The findings are based on a study on the safety of NSAID medications in clinically relevant animal models when high cholesterol is a factor. The study is published in the current issue of the journal Surgery.---NSAIDs are among the most widely-used drugs today for the treatment of post-operative pain, inflammatory conditions and fever. Despite that, the factors that affect their cardiovascular safety are not well understood and some studies suggest that there may be an increased incidence of cardiovascular complications such as heart attack or death.---This study, led by principal investigator Frank Sellke, M.D., chief of cardiothoracic surgery and research at Rhode Island Hospital, developed an animal model of hypercholesterolemia in swine to investigate the formation of collateral vessels and other effects in the heart, and the safety of NSAID and other medications.---Through their study, Sellke says, "We found that a high-cholesterol diet reduced blood flow to the heart muscle in our animal models with chronic heart disease when given daily naproxen. We also found reduced levels of prostacyclin, a compound that dilates blood vessels and prevents blood clots. These findings suggest that there may be a stronger risk of negative effects on the heart in patients who have high cholesterol levels and are taking NSAIDs as a form of pain or inflammation relief."---The researchers compared two groups within the animal model, one with a normal diet, and one group that received a diet high in cholesterol, and both groups received daily naproxen. The animals also underwent surgery to simulate coronary artery disease, which affects many human patients who take NSAIDs. Several differences were found between the two groups.---Compared to animals with normal cholesterol, the high-cholesterol animals treated with naproxen had lower blood flow to the heart, decreased levels of prostacyclin, and decreased levels of several proteins that promote cardiac cell survival. In addition, previous studies by the group showed that while naproxen helped increased blood flow in the hearts of animals with normal cholesterol, this effect was not seen in animals with high cholesterol. Sellke says, "These results show that high blood cholesterol levels change the way naproxen affects the heart, and alters blood flow to the heart. This 'myocardial perfusion' may be one predictor of angina frequency and quality of life in patients with chronic ischemia. Thus, these findings may have important implications for cardiac patients taking NSAIDs."---First author Louis Chu, M.D., who worked with Sellke on the study, adds, "Our study indicates that physicians should be aware that cholesterol control may be especially important if patients are taking NSAID medications such as naproxen[U2] ."---Sellke adds, "While the results of these animal experiments are interesting and may provide information regarding the effect of a high fat diet on the response to naproxen and other similar medications, one cannot make definitive statements on the effect of these medications on patients without first doing clinical studies."---The study was funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health. Other researchers involved in the study with Sellke and Chu include Antonio Lassaletta, M.D., Jun Feng, M.D., Ph.D., Robert Heinl, Yuhong Liu, M.D., and Eric Sellke of Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Michael Robich, M.D., and Shu Hua Xu, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.---Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Lifespan. --Journal Reference-Louis M. Chu, Michael P. Robich, Antonio D. Lassaletta, Jun Feng, Shu Hua Xu, Robert Heinl, Yuhong Liu, Eric Sellke, Frank W. Sellke. High-fat diet alters prostanoid balance and perfusion in ischemic myocardium of naproxen-treated swine. Surgery, 2011; 150 (3): 490 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.07.022

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[U1]This is also an indocation of heart deficiency the inability to convert homocystein to cystein this is the cause of heart issue not Cholesterol

[U2]Intreresting thing here is you may not need the drug at all if you are watching the amount of fat you are consuming –in other words the drug is uselss!!

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Show of the Week October 14 2011

Judge Denies Basic Property Rights and Fuels Outrage

First time proof of sage's tolerability and efficacy in menopausal women with hot flushes.

Baker’s Yeast Substance Can Aid Healing

Baker's Yeast Protects Against Fatal Infections

Big Tobacco Knew Radioactive Particles in Cigarettes Posed Cancer Risk but Kept Quiet

Herbs For the Spleen- Nutrients For the Spleen things to use to re invigorate the Spleen

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Judge Denies Basic Property Rights and Fuels Outrage

In a decision denying basic property rights and even exceeding the FDA's contempt for the rights of private contract and food freedom of choice, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Patrick J. Fiedler has issued an order holding that owners of cows do not have a fundamental right to consume milk from their own cow. ---The judge issued the order in response to a motion to clarify an earlier ruling that livestock boarding agreements between a farmer and cow owners were in violation of Wisconsin law. The boarding contracts in question were between Walworth County dairy farmers Mark and Petra Zinniker and the members of Nourished by Nature LLC for a herd of dairy cows as well as between the Zinnikers and Galyle Loiselle and Robert Karp for an individual cow owned by the two. The Zinnikers did not have any ownership in any of the cows and were simply executing a services contract to board, care for and milk the owners' cows, and provide the milk to the owners.---On August 12, Judge Fiedler issued a ruling denying a motion by the Zinnikers, Nourished by Nature, Karp and Loiselle for a judgment that the boarding agreement the Zinnikers had with the cow owners was in compliance with Wisconsin law. In his opinion the Judge rejected out of hand the Zinniker plaintiffs' argument that they had a fundamental right to possess, use and enjoy their property (including "a fundamental right to own a cow, and to use their cows in a manner that does not cause harm a third party"); he stated this claim was "wholly without merit." The judge went on to hold that the plaintiffs were operating a dairy farm and were therefore subject to the requirements of Wisconsin's dairy code.--Wanting to get more specific reasons for the judge's dismissal of their rights, the Zinniker plaintiffs filed a Motion for Clarification with the court. ---On September 9, Judge Fiedler issued his decision on the motion, stating that the court's August 12 denial of plaintiffs' motion for judgment meant the following:

(1) Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to own and use a dairy cow or a dairy herd;

(2) Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to consume the milk from their own cow;

(3) Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to board their cow at the farm of a farmer;

(4) The Zinniker Plaintiffs' private contract does not fall outside the scope of the States' police power;

(5) Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to produce and consume the foods of their choice;

(6) DATCP [Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection] . . . had jurisdiction to regulate the Zinniker Plaintiffs' conduct.---With this sweeping denial of basic rights, the judge refused to recognize any distinction between public and private activity; moreover, he was holding that the government had the power to regulate people's efforts to grow and raise their own food. Recently Øin California, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution stating that it "supports, endorses and encourages the recognition of the right and freedom of people to raise their own food, including food derived from agricultural animals, for the enjoyment of themselves and their families, either by their own investment and labor or through the assistance of others through contractual arrangements." [U1] ×Judge Fiedler is holding that when you are raising your own food through a dairy livestock boarding arrangement the state has jurisdiction to meddle in your business--similar to FDA's views on freedom of food choice.--

The judge's holding on the lack of basic property rights of cow owners has drawn public outrage. In Wisconsin raw milk activist Max Kane is leading a campaign to have the Wisconsin Judicial Commission investigate Judge Fiedler, encouraging people to file a formal complaint against the judge on the grounds that his ruling was unconstitutional, violating "the fundamental right to life and liberty of farmers and citizens." Others are pointing to the judge's decision as another reason to pass a raw milk bill currently before the legislature.--The case will continue in the courts. The Zinnikers plaintiffs filed an appeal of Judge Fiedler's decision on September 26.

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First time proof of sage's tolerability and efficacy in menopausal women with hot flushes.

Adv Ther. 2011 Jun;28(6):490-500---Authors: Bommer S, Klein P, Suter A

BACKGROUND: This trial aimed to assess the tolerability and efficacy of a fresh sage preparation in treating hot flushes and other menopausal complaints. Sage (Salvia officinalis) has been traditionally used to treat sweating and menopausal hot flushes, as well as to alleviate associated menopausal symptoms and as a general tonic. However, no clinical studies substantiating the use of sage in menopause have been published previously.

METHODS: In an open, multicenter clinical trial conducted in eight practices in Switzerland, 71 patients (intent-to-treat population [ITT], n=69; with a mean age of 56.4±4.7 years, menopausal for at least 12 months, and with at least five flushes daily) were recruited and treated with a once-daily tablet of fresh sage leaves for 8 weeks after an introductory baseline week. Parameters for the evaluation of efficacy were the change in intensity and frequency of hot flushes, and total score of the mean number of intensity-rated hot flushes (TSIRHF) as determined by diary protocol over the 2-month treatment period. Other variables included assessment of the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) by the treating physician at baseline and after 2 months of therapy. RESULTS: In the ITT population there was a significant decrease in the TSIRHF by 50% within 4 weeks and by 64% within 8 weeks (P<0.0001). The mean total number of hot flushes per day decreased significantly each week from week 1 to 8. The mean number of mild, moderate, severe, and very severe flushes decreased by 46%, 62%, 79%, and 100% over 8 weeks, respectively. The MRS and its somato-vegetative, psychological, and urogenital subscales decreased significantly by 43%, 43%, 47%, and 20% respectively. The treatment was very well tolerated.--- CONCLUSION: A fresh sage preparation demonstrated clinical value in the treatment of hot flushes and associated menopausal symptoms.---MID: 21630133 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

öööPersonnel Note---if they had utilized it more then once a day they may have seen better results as well as the use of living foods and food that have a good dose of liver and kidney support and a good nootropic to assist in brain efficacy

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Baker’s Yeast Substance Can Aid Healing, Norwegian Researchers Show

ScienceDaily (Sep. 7, 2011) — Can wounds be helped to heal faster? Yes, says a Norwegian company whose product's active ingredient, beta-glucans, comes from common baker's yeast.--Beta-glucans have been called nature's super-medicine. Norwegian researchers have been pioneers in producing these substances from the cell walls of everyday baker's yeast. Beta-glucans are now widely used in the aquaculture industry and veterinary medicine, as well as in dietary supplements and cosmetics.-The true potential of beta-glucans has barely been touched upon, asserts Rolf Einar Engstad, Chief Scientific Officer at the Tromsø-based company Biotec Pharmacon. He headed a project which over the past several years has enhanced the understanding of how beta-glucans work and how they can be applied.---Promising medicinal effects on humans--"Since the mid-1980s we have known that these substances fight infection and have a bearing on the body's ability to kill cancerous cells," explains Dr Engstad, "but we never knew why. With funding from the Programme for User-driven Research-based Innovation (BIA) under the Research Council of Norway, we have carried out a project that gives us insight into the working mechanisms of beta-glucans." Biotec Pharmacon received assistance from Rikshospitalet University Hospital in Oslo during the project.---"When we started the project we didn't know whether the substance needed to be taken up in the blood or if its effect was local," recalls Anders Sandvik, who earned his PhD in beta-glucans.--"To find out, we conducted experiments on rats, introducing bacterial components into the blood to see what would happen. We determined that animals receiving beta-glucan orally acquired protection that was at least as good as rats that received an injection into their bloodstream."--This was a promising development for the Tromsø company, which had already found that its product, a beta-glucan gel, was effective in helping wounds to heal quickly.--Storage a challenge--

"Some time into the project," adds Dr Engstad, "we experienced problems maintaining product strength and efficacy. It turned out the gel became unstable after a year in storage. So we added in a new substance during the study that restored the gel's healing effect."Now that the project has concluded, Biotec Pharmacon is working on a beta-glucan formula that remains stable during storage. "We're also examining the possibility of developing the healing gel under the statutory framework for medical devices rather than as a medicine," says Dr Engstad. "The requirements for clinical documentation of the product are less stringent, and we could get it to market far sooner."

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Biotec Pharmacon does not plan to stop at wound healing. The firm eyes even greater potential for beta-glucan ahead. --"Over the past few years, we've come to understand that beta-glucan has an effect on our innate immune system, which is the first line of defence in people and in practically every animal. It takes care of 99 per cent of all invasions we are exposed to, and it engages before the human body's adaptive immune system manages to react." Many disorders are related to this innate immune system, such as allergies, asthma, chronic fatigue syndromes and cancer. Biotec Pharmacon has been cooperating with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York for many years. The Americans have done studies using the beta-glucan from Tromsø on US cancer patients and found that it contributes to the healing effect of antibodies introduced to patients.

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Baker's Yeast Protects Against Fatal Infections

ScienceDaily (Aug. 10, 2011) — Injecting mice with simple baker's yeast protects against the fatal fungal infection, aspergillosis, according to research published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology. The work could lead to the development of a human vaccine that protects immunocompromised people against a range of life-threatening fungal infections, for which current therapy often fails.---Researchers from the California Institute for Medical Research, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Stanford University gave mice three injections of killed Saccharomyces (baker's yeast), one week apart. Vaccinated mice were able to survive high doses of Aspergillus -- the fungus that causes aspergillosis. Mice that survived also showed a reduced infection load in their organs.---Aspergillosis is the leading fungal killer among immunocompromised individuals. It is an invasive infection that attacks the lungs, can disseminate to other organs, such as the brain, and can lead to kidney and liver failure. The disease currently has very high mortality as the current available therapy has a high failure rate.---The research team used a simple yeast preparation as a vaccine against Aspergillus in mice. They found that unmodified yeast gave just as much protection against the development of aspergillosis as yeasts that had been engineered to display Aspergillus surface proteins. Dr. David A. Stevens, from Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, in whose laboratory the studies were performed, said, "Our results suggest that the protective component of the yeast is in the cell wall. What's more, the simple preparation we used has been shown by us to also protect against infection due to three other fungi that cause human disease -- Candida, Cryptococcus and Coccidioides."---Baker's yeast is being studied by other groups in human clinical trials for other purposes and appears to be safe. "Research to date, including our study, supports the development of a yeast vaccine against all pathogenic fungi that infect humans. Such a 'panfungal' vaccine would further reduce mortality in immunocompromised individuals," explained Dr. Stevens. "While vaccinating all individuals with impaired immune systems would be a formidable challenge, there are certain patient groups that might be the initial target of a vaccine effort. These include transplant candidates, leukemics following induction therapy and also patients diagnosed with solid tumours." Story Source--The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Society for General Microbiology, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.

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Big Tobacco Knew Radioactive Particles in Cigarettes Posed Cancer Risk but Kept Quiet,

Tobacco companies knew that cigarette smoke contained radioactive alpha particles for more than four decades and developed "deep and intimate" knowledge of these particles' cancer-causing potential, but they deliberately kept their findings from the public, according to a new study by UCLA researchers.---The analysis of dozens of previously unexamined internal tobacco industry documents, made available in 1998 as the result of a legal settlement, reveals that the industry was aware of cigarette radioactivity some five years earlier than previously thought and that tobacco companies, concerned about the potential lung cancer risk, began in-depth investigations into the possible effects of radioactivity on smokers as early as the 1960s.---"The documents show that the industry was well aware of the presence of a radioactive substance in tobacco as early as 1959," the authors write. "Furthermore, the industry was not only cognizant of the potential 'cancerous growth' in the lungs of regular smokers, but also did quantitative radiobiological calculations to estimate the long-term lung radiation absorption dose of ionizing alpha particles emitted from cigarette smoke." The study, published online Sept. 27 in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, adds to a growing body of research detailing the industry's knowledge of cigarette smoke radioactivity and its efforts to suppress that information.---"They knew that the cigarette smoke was radioactive way back then and that it could potentially result in cancer, and they deliberately kept that information under wraps," said the study's first author, Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, a professor of cardiology who conducts research at UCLA's Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, part of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "Specifically, we show here that the industry used misleading statements to obfuscate the hazard of ionizing alpha particles to the lungs of smokers and, more importantly, banned any and all publication on tobacco smoke radioactivity."---The radioactive substance -- which the UCLA study shows was first brought to the attention of the tobacco industry in 1959 -- was identified in 1964 as the isotope polonium-210, which emits carcinogenic alpha radiation. Polonium-210 can be found in all commercially available domestic and foreign cigarette brands, Karagueuzian said, and is absorbed by tobacco leaves through naturally occurring radon gas in the atmosphere and through high-phosphate chemical fertilizers used by tobacco growers. The substance is eventually inhaled by smokers into the lungs.---The study outlines the industry's growing concerns about the cancer risk posed by polonium-210 inhalation and the research that industry scientists conducted over the decades to assess the radioactive isotope's potential effect on smokers -- including one study that quantitatively measured the potential lung burden from radiation exposure in a two-pack-a-day smoker over a two-decade period.--

Karagueuzian and his colleagues made independent calculations using industry and academic data and arrived at results that very closely mirrored those of that industry study, which was conducted nearly a quarter-century ago[U2] . They then compared those results to rates used by the Environmental Protection Agency to estimate lung cancer risk among individuals exposed to similar amounts of alpha particle-emitting radon gas in their homes.--"The gathered data from the documents on the relevant radiobiological parameters of the alpha particles -- such as dose, distribution and retention time -- permitted us to duplicate the industry's secretly estimated radiation absorbed dose by regular smokers over a 20- or 25-year period, which equaled 40 to 50 rads," he said. "These levels of rads, according to the EPA's estimate of lung cancer risk in residents exposed to radon gas, equal 120 to 138 deaths per 1,000 regular smokers over a 25-year period."-despite the potential risk of lung cancer, tobacco companies declined to adopt a technique discovered in 1959 and then another developed in 1980 that could have helped eliminate polonium-210 from tobacco, the researchers said. The 1980 technique, known as an acid-wash, was found to be highly effective in removing the radioisotope from tobacco plants, where it forms a water-insoluble complex with the sticky, hair-like structures called trichomes that cover the leaves.[U3]

And while the industry frequently cited concerns over the cost and the possible environmental impact as rationales for not using the acid wash, UCLA researchers uncovered documents that they say indicate the real reason may have been far different.---"The industry was concerned that the acid media would ionize the nicotine, making it more difficult to be absorbed into the brains of smokers and depriving them of that instant nicotine rush that fuels their addiction," Karagueuzian said. "The industry also were well aware that the curing of the tobacco leaves for more than a one-year period also would not eliminate the polonium-210, which has a half-life of 135 days, from the tobacco leaves because it was derived from its parent, lead-210, which has a half-life of 22 years."---Karagueuzian said the insoluble alpha particles bind with resins in the cigarette smoke and get stuck and accumulate at the bronchial bifurcations of the lungs, forming "hot spots," instead of dispersing throughout the lungs. In fact, previous research on lung autopsies in smokers who died of lung cancer showed that malignant growths were primarily located at the same bronchial bifurcations where these hot spots reside.---"We used to think that only the chemicals in the cigarettes were causing lung cancer," Karagueuzian said. "But the case of the these hot spots, acknowledged by the industry and academia alike, makes a strong case for an increased probability of long-term development of malignancies caused by the alpha particles. If we're lucky, the alpha particle-irradiated cell dies. If it doesn't, it could mutate and become cancerous."--Karagueuzian said the findings are very timely in light of the June 2009 passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which grants the U.S. Food and Drug Administration broad authority to regulate and remove harmful substances -- with the exception of nicotine -- from tobacco products. The UCLA research, he said, makes a strong case that the FDA ought to consider making the removal of alpha particles from tobacco products a top priority.---"Such a move could have a considerable public health impact, due to the public's graphic perception of radiation hazards," he said.---To uncover the information, Karagueuzian and his team combed through the internal tobacco industry documents made available online as part of the landmark 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. Documents from Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard, Brown I Williamson, the American Tobacco Company, the Tobacco Institutes and the Council for Tobacco Research, as well as the Bliley documents, were examined, Karagueuzian said.--The team searched for key terms such as "polonium-210," "atmospheric fallout," "bronchial epithelium," "hot particle" and "lung cancer," among others.---Karagueuzian said the earliest causal link between alpha particles and cancer was made in around 1920, when alpha particle-emitting radium paint was used to paint luminescent numbers on watch dials. The painting was done by hand, and the workers commonly used their lips to produce a point on the tip of the paint brush. Many workers accumulated significant burdens of alpha particles through ingestion and absorption of radium-226 into the bones and subsequently developed jaw and mouth cancers. The practice was eventually discontinued.---Another example involves liver cancer in patients exposed to chronic low-dose internal alpha particles emitted from the poorly soluble deposits of thorium dioxide after receiving the contrast agent Thorotrast. It has been suggested that the liver cancers resulted from point mutations of the tumor suppressor gene p53 by the accumulated alpha particles present in the contrast media. The use of Thorotrast as contrast agent was stopped in the 1950s.[U4] ---In addition to Karagueuzian, authors of the study include the late Amos Norman, professor emeritus in the departments of radiation oncology and radiological sciences at UCLA; James Sayre, of the departments of biostatistics and radiological sciences at UCLA; and Celia White, who served from 1999 to 2002 as director of content and services at the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, which contains more than 13 million documents created by major tobacco companies related to their advertising, manufacturing, marketing, sales and scientific research activities.--The study was funded by the University of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, established by the passage of California's SB1613 in 1989 to fund a comprehensive University of California grant program to support research into the prevention, causes and treatment of tobacco-related diseases.--Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS. --Journal Reference-Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, Celia White, James Sayre, and Amos Norman. Cigarette Smoke Radioactivity and Lung Cancer Risk. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, September 27, 2011 DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntr145

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Herbs For the Spleen- Nutrients For the Spleen

—things to use to re invigorate the Spleen

Spirulina may increase the size of the Spleen (i.e. it stimulates the growth of the Spleen). --- Bee Foods--Royal Jelly may increase the number of Cells (Splenocytes) in the Spleen. --Fungi – Edible---Caterpillar Fungus may regenerate the Spleen. –Herbs--Barberry may improve the function of the Spleen, may stimulate the proliferation of Phagocytes within the Spleen and may improve Blood Circulation to the Spleen (due to the Berberine content of Barberry). -- Dandelion (root) may stimulate the Spleen. -- Echinacea may enhance the function of the Spleen and may increase the weight of the Spleen.

Gentian may improve the function of the Spleen (according to folklore). -Goldenseal may improve the function of the Spleen, may stimulate the proliferation of Phagocytes within the Spleen and may improve Blood Circulation to the Spleen (due to the Berberine content of Goldenseal). ---Oregon Grape may improve the function of the Spleen, may stimulate the proliferation of Phagocytes within the Spleen and may improve Blood Circulation to the Spleen (due to the Berberine content of Oregon Grape). –Rehmannia Root-regenerates the Spleen –Mushrooms--Reishi Mushrooms may counteract the atrophy (shrinkage) of the Spleen that inevitably occurs as a result of exposure to Gamma-Rays during Radiation Therapy. –Vegetables--Fennel may improve the function of the Spleen

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With the Herbs you can incorporate them in teas and soups –same with Mushrooms— portion them out based on Volume of liquid –Rule of thumb ( again this is an approximation you can modify it based on results you see at whatever dose that is applicable for effect---remember with herbs or mushrooms it is good to cycle them off for a couple of days every 3-4 weeks for a day or two )

Nutrients For the Spleen

Beta-Carotene concentrates in the Spleen.--Lycopene concentrates in the Spleen.

Hormones--Human Growth Hormone (hGH) may be essential for the correct function of the Spleen. --Melatonin may inhibit the atrophy (shrinkage) of the Spleen. ---Lipids--Gangliosides concentrate in and are a component of the cells of the Spleen.---Minerals--Cobalt concentrates in the Spleen.( B12 )--            Ferritin (the endogenous storage form of Iron—Yellowdock and Rehmannia Root—Beet Juice or the Beet itself—Wine would benefit) concentrates in the Spleen.--Chronic Magnesium deficiency may cause abnormalities in the development of the Spleen. References--           Selenium concentrates in the Spleen. ( Consumption of Non irradiated Brazil Nuts )--Zinc concentrates in the Spleen. ( Pumpkin Seeds )-Peptides--Glutathione concentrates in the Spleen.--Smart Drugs--Deprenyl may stimulate the regeneration of Axons associated with Norepinephrine that innervate the Spleen (which may lead to improved cell-mediated Immune System responses). – Vitamins--Inositol concentrates in the Spleen. --Degeneration and atrophy of the Spleen may occur as a result of Vitamin A deficiency: references

ØConsuming foods with a red and orange pigments will give you your carotenoids and lycopene—here are some ideas where these can be found

Lycopene Sources- Palm Oil (crude) –Fruit-Grapefruit - Pink       3.4--Watermelon references         2.3 - 7.2---Grapes - Red (skins)--       Guava 5.4—Papaya –Apricot 0.8 -Herbs-Paprika 2.0 – 5.3--Rose Hips---Processed Foods-Tomato Paste 5.4 - 150.0--Tomato Sauce--6.0 - 18.0--Tomato Juice (canned)-5.0 - 29.9Tomato Powder—120 --Tomato Soup (canned) 2.0 - 5.5--Tomato (canned)9.3 - 12.4--Ketchup--4.2 - 17.2 – Vegetables-Capsicum – Red-Tomato3.1 – 7.7

Alpha-Carotene—Sources—Algae-Dunaliella salina --Dietary Oils-Palm Oil (crude) –30—Legumes-Butter Beans-Green Peas (frozen)-0.033--Green Peas (raw) 0.019—Fruit-Kiwi Fruit—Mango—Papaya—Peach—Prunes--Cantaloupe

Apricot-Apples (raw)--0.03--0.005—Blueberries-0.002--Strawberries (raw)-0.005—Vegetables-            Carrots (baby, raw) 4.425 Carrots (raw)            4.649

Carrotes (boiled, drained)   4.109 Carrots (frozen, boiled, drained)

5.542--Green Beans (cooked)-0.092-Broccoli-Pumpkin (canned)4.795Pumpking (butternut, baked)--1.130--Brussels Sprouts--Cabbage--Kale--Lettuce--

Sweet Potato -Spinach--Asparagus (raw)            0.012 Avocado (raw)-0.028

Tomato (red, ripe, raw)       0.112 Corn (yellow, sweet, canned)-0.033

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[U1]Something is Going on here—the difference between these states should not be that different –a complete 180---maybe this is explaining what is going on California –with the influx of problems and the level of poverty and the stripping of it’s sovereignty---it appears the nationals there are going to force it into submission to the will of the Corporate Finaciers—wisconsins legal system is showing blatantly who they really represent—and this violation of personal rights—we are becoming China—India—Russia Europe-etc..and losing our identity as a separate and free country—even in those countries they are now initiating a life style that once was over here and we are adapting to there previous insanity—and if it did not work for them then it will not work here now!!!

[U2]So then there is No Doubt that this is Valid and that the real culprit may not be nicotine butt Radioactive Materials as a result of Fertilizer used in the processing of the tobacco plants growth

[U3]If you buy your tobacco loose at a store then you may want to apply this method before using!!!

[U4]Might be safe to say they were delivering radiation to people through either tobacco or other materials and that the real causes of the time for cancer might have been radioactive in nature---and there was alot of disinformation about causal effect of illness to save an industry--much like today --the amount of things we are exposed to are more then likelly the cause of the illnesses we are facing---and in light of these findings the medical and gov't are doing everything in there power to stop your awareness on the cause and the solutions to reversing the damage!!

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Baby Formula- Inflammatory Food Toxins Found in High Levels in Infants

The issue of universal immunization from a very broad IMPLICATION

AGROCHEMICAL AGRICULTURE THE NEED FOR A SANER ALTERNATIVE

Salutation to the Earth Changers

Recipe –Pineapple –Lemon-Salt

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Baby Formula- Inflammatory Food Toxins Found in High Levels in Infants

ScienceDaily (Oct. 6, 2011) — Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found high levels of food toxins called Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs) in infants. Excessive food AGEs, through both maternal blood transmission and baby formula, could together significantly increase children's risk for diseases such as diabetes from a very young age. A second study of AGEs in adults found that cutting back on processed, grilled, and fried foods, which are high in AGEs, may improve insulin resistance in people with diabetes. AGEs -- toxic glucose byproducts previously tied to high blood sugar -- are found in most heated foods and, in great excess, in commercial infant formulas.---[U1] The first report, published in Diabetes Care in December 2010, showed that AGEs can be elevated as early as at birth, indicating that infants are highly susceptible to the inflammation associated with insulin resistance and diabetes later in life. Helen Vlassara, MD, Professor and Director of the Division of Experimental Diabetes and Aging, working with Jaime Uribarri, MD, Professor of Medicine and colleagues at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, looked at 60 women and their infants to see if there was a passive transfer of AGEs from the blood of mothers to their babies. They found that newborn infants, expected to be practically AGE-free, had levels of AGEs in their blood as high as their adult mothers.[U2] Within the first year of life, after switching from breast milk onto commercial formulas, the infants' AGEs had doubled to levels seen in people with diabetes, and many had elevated insulin levels. Formulas that are processed under high heat can contain 100 times more AGEs than human breast milk, delivering a huge AGE surplus to infants, which could be toxic."Modern food AGEs can overwhelm the body's defenses, a worrisome fact especially for young children," said Dr. Vlassara. "More research is certainly needed, but the findings confirm our studies in genetic animal models of diabetes. Given the rise in the incidence of diabetes in children, safe and low cost AGE-less approaches to children's diet should be considered by clinicians and families."---The work led to a second report in Diabetes Care, in July 2011, which demonstrates that a modest cut in foods high in AGEs may improve insulin resistance in adults with diabetes. AGEs were found to be elevated in most grilled, fried, or baked foods. Cutting back on the consumption of foods that are heat-processed, but without reducing fat or carbohydrate consumption, improved insulin levels and overall health in patients already treated for, but remaining, insulin resistant.[U3] The findings are a dramatic departure from standard clinical recommendations for the management of diabetes.--For four months, 18 overweight people with type 2 diabetes and 18 healthy adults were assigned to an AGE-restricted diet or a standard diet consisting of the same calories and nutrients they ingested before beginning the AGE-restricted diet. An AGE-restricted diet emphasizes poached or stewed foods, such as mashed potatoes instead of fries, stewed chicken instead of grilled chicken, and boiled eggs instead of fried eggs.--The results showed that the subjects with diabetes assigned to the AGE-restricted diet had a 35 percent decrease in blood insulin levels, well beyond that achieved by their previous therapeutic regimen. This was associated with improved markers of inflammation and a restoration of compromised native defenses. This is the first study to show in humans that AGEs promote insulin resistance and possibly diabetes. The study also shows for the first time that restricting the amount of AGEs consumed with food may quickly restore the body's defenses and reduce insulin resistance.--"This clinical study begins to expose the double role food AGEs play in obesity and in diabetes, a major concern for everyone today, particularly young children. It is especially exciting that a simple intervention such as AGE-restriction or future drugs that block AGE absorption could have a positive effect on these epidemics," said Dr. Vlassara. "The tenets of the diet could not be simpler; turn down the heat, add water, and eat more at home."---Story Source--The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS. --Journal References--J. Uribarri, W. Cai, M. Ramdas, S. Goodman, R. Pyzik, X. Chen, L. Zhu, G. E. Striker, H. Vlassara. Restriction of Advanced Glycation End Products Improves Insulin Resistance in Human Type 2 Diabetes: Potential role of AGER1 and SIRT1. Diabetes Care, 2011; 34 (7): 1610 DOI: 10.2337/dc11-0091 V. Mericq, C. Piccardo, W. Cai, X. Chen, L. Zhu, G. E. Striker, H. Vlassara, J. Uribarri. Maternally Transmitted and Food-Derived Glycotoxins: A factor preconditioning the young to diabetes? Diabetes Care, 2010; 33 (10): 2232 DOI: 10.2337/dc10-1058

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The issue of universal immunization from a very broad IMPLICATION

The research covered in this document tackles the issue of universal immunization from a very broad perspective, thereby going well beyond the more obvious realities of its being a "medical racket" hatched by a pharmaceutical industry beholden to its investors, and religiously dispensed and defended by allopathic medicine men. Through employing trans-disciplinary and integrative analyses it draws upon wide-ranging disciplines and fields of thought as it considers the purposes, policies and practices surrounding mass immunization. The effort to research and pull together this report occurred while I was serving as an Evaluation Analyst in the Evaluation Division at the Canadian International Development Agency. My initial research began early in 1991, contextual to conducting a field evaluation of the EPI component of a major UNICEF project then affecting several hundred communities in Northeast Thailand. The report is being distributed and or sold in its present form under the auspices of a non-profit public health advocacy organization, the Health Action Network Society, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. (As author, I will receive no royalties from either its sale or distribution.) Since the first edition came out in the early 1990s, the many serious issues and concerns which are raised in this study have not by any means been properly addressed or resolved. The medico-industrial complex has neither wavered nor modified its posture of providing a white washed endorsement and promotion of what is largely an unproven technological fix of dubious origin, which carries its own seeds of disease and death. For the most part, the same can be said for the public sector policies whereby government such as that of the United States place themselves in an untenable conflict of interest position by playing a direct role in the development of new vaccines, the active promotion and enforcement of mandatory artificial immunization, and the monitoring of vaccines for adverse side effects thereby setting its own criteria and degree of liability in the compensation of victims. (Only one in four vaccine injury victims, who apply for compensation under US law, are compensated for their often catastrophic vaccine injuries. Government qualifying rules require that the onset of adverse symptoms must have occurred within four hours of the administration of the vaccine[U4] . Despite these severe limitations in legal liability, since passage of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, up to February 28, 1998, compensatory payments have totalled $871 million 800 thousand.)--- Sad to say, the public sector's world-wide reliable monitoring for adverse side effects (not excluding that of the US Government) does not appear to have noticeably improved from its abysmal state since the initial issuance of this report. As well, multilateral development agencies such as UNICEF continue to push this unproven and essentially spurious technology on a largely uninformed and intimidated public throughout the Developing World nations. On a positive note, within First World nations public awareness of the problems and dangers associated with mass immunization programs appear to have broadened and intensified. Vehicles of the information revolution, such as the Internet have helped considerably. Even physicians themselves are at long last waking up to and advocating the truth, e.g., in France, 200 doctors have called on their govemement to immediately halt the hepatitis B vaccine program because of the many cases of neurological disorders and multiple sclerosis being caused by this vaccine, and in Switzerland, 500 doctors continue to oppose their govemement's MMR vaccine campaign. -- Lawsuits for vaccine damages have as well become increasingly common. In the summer of 1997, various news reports in the Commonwealth countries reported that Dawbams law firm in Norfolk, England is carrying forward a major class action lawsuit for widespread damages arising from Britain's 1994 MMR campaign. In a public statement issued by this law firm it is affirmed that: ----We know of hundreds of children who were fat and well before being vaccinated, but who are now chronically ill or seriously mentally or physically disabled. Of some 600 cases: the most common are autism (202); serious digestive problems (110); epilepsy (97); hearing and vision problems (40); arthritis (42); behaviour and learning problems (41); ME (24); diabetes (9); paralysis (9); blood disorders (5); brain damage (3); and death (14). [U5] ---Bolstering the firm's case is the fact that the affected children's pediatricians and neurologists continue to state in British radio and TV documentaries that the children's varied injuries were in fact caused by administration of the MMR vaccine.--- Additionally, growing numbers of affected parents and professionals have been instrumental in the emergence of multiple research and activist organizations such as the Immunization Awareness moni Society (IAS), New Zealand; Vaccine Awareness Network (VAN), Australia; Association for Vaccine Damaged Children (AVDC), Canada; Global Vaccine Awareness League (GVAL), California; and the National Vaccine Information Center (AWIC) in the Greater Washington DC area. This phenomena tells us that there are still some heroic and honest hearted people left in our world who are willing to stand together for the right, and make personal sacrifices of their time, resources, and reputations in the face of the combined efforts of government and industry to both slander and silence them. In fact, in recent weeks a prominent member of the IAS has been in touch with me, and shared information which included the fact that a 1992 survey by their organization found an almost 500% greater incidence of asthma among New Zealand children who've received routine childhood vaccines, than among those who haven't. --- It is also of interest that on September 13-15, 1997, more than 500 parents, physicians, university scientists, health officials, legal experts, ethicists, journalists and activists from 34 states and five countries convened for the First International Public Conference on Vaccination. This historic session was organized under the auspices of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC). According to information provided by the NVIC, the Conference inter alia examined issues such as vaccines and infant dealth; biological mechanisms of vaccine injury; vaccines and learning disorders; hepatitis B vaccine injuries; viral vaccinces and chromosome damage; polio vaccine contamination; and vaccine regulation. A number of the more important observations made by the presenters at the conference further corroborate and complement the alarming findings that are raised in my report. Some key observations follow:

The "P" in the old DPT vaccine is so highly toxic to the human brain that the whole cell pertussis vaccine should be immediately withdrawn from the market. Vaccines which cause brain inflammation and severe brain damage, such as DPT, are also biologically capable of causing milder forms of brain damage, such as learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder. Live viral vaccines are implicated in brain injuries, such as the MMR vaccine which is now linked to autism, while the same vaccine has never been fully investigated for its long term effects on human immune and neurological systems.-Live viral vaccines may also be implicated as a cause of genetic damage in humans. There are many reports of adults in Canada, who have suffered central nervous system and immune dysfunction or death following hepatitis B vaccination. Polio vaccines contaminated with monkey viruses may have caused the development of HIV- I and rare forms of bone, brain and lung cancers in humans. Children injured by vaccines and other toxic insults, have disturbances in biochemistry such as imbalances in fatty acid metabolism and neurologic dysfunction such as autistic spectrum disorders and seizure disorders. Data from New Zealand and several European countries suggests that early childhood vaccination has caused an increase in juvenile diabetes. A combination of multiple vaccinations and multiple exposures to environmental and chemical toxins may cause immune and neurological dysfunction in the general population like that being suffered by Gulf War veterans. Government health officials in federal health agencies have withheld information about vaccine risks from the public. -----The general consensus among research scientists in attendance was that current immunization programs are causing injuries and deaths because of inadequate vaccine safety research, testing, manufacturing and monitoring for long term effects. What's new? (Conference proceedings are available to the public from the National Vaccine Information Center: #206-512 W. Maple Avenue, Vienna, VA, USA, 22180, Telephone: 1-800-909-SHOT.)--- It also bears mentioning that I recently came across a June, 1995 interview with an old acquaintance, the veteran physician to the Aboriginal People of Australia, Dr. Archie Kalokerinos. The interview was published in the International Vaccination Newsletter (Krekenstraat 4, 3600 Genk, Belgium). Archie is in many ways a man deserving of great recognition for his brave struggle with the establishment forces in his country, who attempted to block his efforts to expose and reverse the massive death rates (as high as 50%) being caused by mass immunization in a population at great risk to its dangers. In this interview he states that it was this "extreme hostility" that: --. . . forced me to look into the question of vaccination further, and the further I looked the more shocked I became. I found that the whole vaccine business was indeed a gigantic hoax. Most doctors are convinced that they are useful, but if you look at the proper statistics and study the instances of these diseases you will realize that this is not so [U6] . . .

My final conclusion after forty years or more in this business [medicine] is that the unofficial policy of the World Health Organization and the unoffical policy of the 'Save the Children's Fund' and ... [other vaccine promoting] organizations is one of murder and genocide. . . . I cannot see any other possible explanation. . . . You cannot immunize sick children, malnourished children, and expect to get away with it. You'll kill far more children than would have died from natural infection. --Although the public sector in Canada hired a biomedical protagonist of artificial immunization to attack and undermine the original findings and observations contained in this document, nothing was effectively challenged or disproven in this determined effort, nor has there been any challenge from any other quarter since[U7] . Furthermore, I've received some very good news from a reliable source in Montreal, Canada, that a number of practicing physicians in that city have ceased using vaccines in their practice after having read this report. I fully trust that it will prove of lasting value in informing and influencing other professionals, parents and interested lay persons who may be honestly seeking to explore both sides of the controversy for the first time.

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AGROCHEMICAL AGRICULTURE THE NEED FOR A SANER ALTERNATIVE

THE DILEMMA OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZATION

The worldwide use of commercial chemical fertilizers and pesticides has increased by factors of 9 and 32 respectively, during the recent 35 year period.1 For an appreciation of the impact of this on soil and plant nutrition we should consider the observation of Chesworth:

Geochemically, farming is a kind of rape, with annual harvests removing plant nutrients one or two orders of magnitude faster than . . . (natural processes) can replace them. . . . The inherent fertility of soil, a renewable resource, is largely ignored in modern mechanized agriculture in favour of chemical fertilizers largely mined from non-renewable deposits. A saner attitude once should be re examined as a possible basis for future strategies.2 ----A highly significant practical concern is the increasingly high costs associated with agrochemical fertilizers, coupled to their incapacity to provide a range of essential micro nutrients to the soil.

Since the energy crises of the seventies, the cost of artificial fertilizer has increased at least three fold, and most tropical countries are faced by severe restrictions in foreign currency. The second drawback is that commercial fertilizers are invariably incomplete. They look after N ( nitrogen ), P (Phosphorous ) and K( potassium ) , but most of the minor nutrients are left out . . . With this form of agriculture becoming increasingly beyond the means of the Developing World, alternatives are needed. 3 A further critical question that is rarely given due consideration is the popularly promulgated belief that synthetically developed chemicals bear no difference from those which naturally occur in the biosphere. In response to this view, eminently successful horticulturist D. Phillips contends that such a view overlooks the highly vital "life force" factor. In his words "A synthetic chemical can appear to represent a natural one only to the extent that a waxen image is a dummy of its living model."4

PESTICIDE POISONS

Throughout the Developing World, it is estimated that close to a million people are annually poisoned by pesticides, of which 40,000 die. It is also well worth noting in comparison with the Developed World, "the incidence of pesticide poisoning is 13 times higher in the Third World." To give but one example, in Sri Lanka where there was not a single death from malaria in 1978, in that same year it is estimated that there were 1,000 deaths from pesticide poisoning.5-- Not only is there an accelerated use of pesticides as pests adapt to and resist these poisons, but the pesticide manufacturers make them ever more deadly. This all seems very strange, when we consider that extensive research conducted by Cornell University Entomologist, David Pimentel (editor of the Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture, CRC Press, 1981) and others, confirms that data covering the last four decades indicate a direct cause and effect relationship between pesticide dependency--along with other large scale agribusiness techniques and highly significant increases in crop losses due to pest damage.--- "The share of crop yields lost to insects has nearly doubled (7% to 13%) during the last 40 years, despite a more than 10-fold increase in the amount and toxicity of synthetic insecticide used." As if this wasn't damning enough, it has also been found that "often less than 0. 1 %" of pesticide applications actually reach the targeted pest(s).6

BIOLOGICALLY SOUND ALTERNATIVES TO PESTICIDES

To give only one example in the developing world of the potential for local alternatives to toxic pesticides, while visiting Thailand's Reanunakom District Health Centre's Traditional Herbal Medicine Program (Nakhon Phanom Province), I found that there has been successful development of and early field trials for non-toxic plant source alternatives to chemical pesticides. The biological product shown, had as its base a locally growable variety of lemon grass.--In my discussion with the Program Coordinator P. Tongyus, it became evident that there remains a considerable potential for villages to raise the basic ingredients as a means of replacing their present dependence on commercial chemical pest control products. Furthermore, there remains potential for large scale industrial production of such non-toxic herbal pest control products, if interest could be further generated, investments made, and appropriate marketing channels established.

THE PROMISE OF CLEAN ORGANICULTURE METHODS

It is also of compelling interest that little acknowledged, albeit superior agricultural methods such as the "clean culture" system (see pp. ??? in main text) developed by Sampson Morgan bear great promise not merely for preventing disease and human degeneration, but for alleviating the crippling effects of starvation in the underdeveloped regions of earth.--- At the time of Morgan's experiments the average potato yield for the world, stood at about 6 tons per acre, that of wheat 15 bushels. In the words of Morgan, I broke all records for potatoes . . . digging fine samples at the rate of 65 tons an acre, a success never achieved by any other experimenter." As for wheat, he was able to produce up to 100 bushels per acre. He correctly perceived that the bankruptcy of the soil means the impoverishment of the people; both in quality and quantity of food provided. In his words "'ne colossal loss of foodstuffs through the present system is criminal." His products included the largest apple that had ever been recorded at 34-1/2 oz and nearly I-1/2 ft in circumference. Additionally "clean culture" methods produced plants far more impervious to adverse weather conditions, including frost. The shelf life of produce was also greatly extended.7-- A further major benefit of clean culture--of great significance to more and regions--is the fact that porous rock based "mulches" are generally highly potent in reducing evaporation of water from the soil. In fact, evidence suggests that such mulches actually serve to extract "moisture from humid atmospheres."8

A RECENT INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE IN CLEAN ORGANICULTURE

With support from Canada's International Development Research Centre, the University of Guelph (Ontario) Department of Land Resources Science--in cooperation with various Tanzanian universities in the late 80's undertook an historic applied research initiative on the potential of locally accessible rock dust (what the University has coined as agro-geology) applications to restore what has become largely infertile and acid soils in the Mbeya, Morogoro and Mbozi regions of Tanzania.-- At its outset, Johnson Somoka of Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania realistically projected that through rock dust fertilization: vital micronutrients will be replaced reductions in dependency on commercial chemical fertilizers will be achieved

farmers can anticipate -potential increases of 50% to 70% in crop yields. ---(This particular project's level of success, and potential for replication was assessed upon its completion in 1991.)9

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Salutation to the Earth Changers

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

- Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011

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Recipe –Pineapple –Lemon-Salt

Take a half a pineapple or a whole—use 3-5 lemons peeled with a potato peeler—and juice together---the left over make a purree and consume when desired –just store in glass container—the juice store in a glass container as well and use 1 oz increments---for those with stomach issues use about half---and add sea salt to this---you will see the salt react with the lemon and pineapple—this may increase the hydrochloric acid production not to mention the proteolytic enzyme activity as well—this will clean out the stomach and move through the colon as well—you may see even a better bowel movement---you also get the benefits of tissue salts—minerals—antioxidants—will work at even cleansing the stomach of fats-

Pineapple

Pineapple may alleviate Angina (due to Bromelain). --Pineapple may help to treat and prevent Atherosclerosis (by breaking down the Atherosclerotic Plaque that underlies Atherosclerosis). Pineapple may inhibit further abnormal Blood Clotting that may cause a second Heart Attack (due to Bromelain). --Pineapple may help to prevent and treat Cardiovascular Diseases (due to its ability to inhibit Fibrinogen, the chemical that can cause the abnormal Blood Clotting that underlies most Cardiovascular Diseases) (due to Bromelain).

Digestive System--Pineapple may facilitate the digestion of dietary Proteins (due to Bromelain, a Proteolytic (Protein-dissolving) Enzyme). --Immune System-Pineapple may help to prevent and treat some types of Cancer (due to the Bromelain and Peroxidases content of Pineapple). Pineapple may help to reduce Inflammation (due to its Bromelain content).

Musculoskeletal System-Pineapple may minimize the Inflammation that occurs during Rheumatoid Arthritis (due to the Bromelain content of Pineapple).

Water & Water Balance--Pineapple may alleviate Edema (due to Bromelain)

Lemon

Lemon (juice) may alleviate Constipation. [more info]

Lemon (extract) may kill some types of Intestinal Parasites (especially Roundworms). --Lemon may dissolve Gallstones (due to the Limonene content of Lemon). ---Excretory System--Lemon (juice) may help to eliminate Kidney Stones and may alleviate the Pain of Kidney Stones.

Immune System--Lemon may help to prevent Cancer (due to its Limonene content).

Metabolism--Lemon (juice drunk upon awakening in the morning) may improve the function of the Liver

Respiratory System--Lemon may alleviate some of the symptoms of the Common Cold.

Salt

Sea salt benefits the circulatory system by regulating irregular heartbeats and high blood pressure. If taken in moderate amounts, sea salt has been found to be effective in reducing the incidence of heart diseases and heart attacks.

One of the various health benefits of sea salt is clearing of sinus cavities. Sea salt is a strong natural antihistamine. After drinking a glass or two of water put a little bit of sea salt on the tongue. This provides relief from asthma. It is also useful in clearing lungs of mucus plugs and phlegm.

Sea salt helps in extracting acidity from the cells of the body, specially from those in the brain. It also helps the kidneys to remove excess acidity from the body and excrete it through urine.

Sea salt helps in maintaining proper balance of electrolytes in the body. This strengthens the immune system and increases energy levels in the body. This is specially helpful for athletes.

Sea salt improves transmission of information between nerve cells. It is important for proper functioning of the nerves and helps them in processing information received by brain.

As it is a powerful antihistamine, unrefined sea salt prevents muscle cramps. It also helps in improving muscle tone and strength.

One of the many advantages of sea salt is that it regulates blood sugar level in the body. Hence it is specially useful for diabetics.

Sea salt helps in regulating sleep. It is a natural hypnotic that acts as a soporific. Drinking a pinch of salt added to warm water before going off to sleep can induce deep sleep.

Sea salt health benefits include better absorption of food in the body by the intestinal tracts.

The minerals in sea salt are known to be good for skin. Sea salt baths are a popular treatment to cure infections like psoriasis. Dead sea salt has been found to be specially useful for this infection. Of the many advantages of Dead Sea bath salt is that it cures the symptoms of tendonitis and osteoarthritis.

Sea salt is also used in the cosmetic industry, mainly a natural exfoliant or scrub. Its high mineral content also finds it a place in the manufacture of skin care products and foundations. Sea salt crystals may also be used to make antiperspirants and deodorants.

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[U1]you have to understand almost all baby formulas are SOY BASED and when cooked at high heats causes untold damage to the eosphagus-pancreas-stomach-liver and thyroid--then when adding sugar to this mix and canola oil what we have here at this point is a chemical complex of cellular poisoning on organs and glands--from the brain to the reproductive system---this is a systematic way of implementing death and disease--and with the inclusion of vaccines--it is a wonder that more are not being broken from birth--all we recieve is what is allowed to be released --we are never told the whole truth

[U2]T-H-I-S IS INSANITY—The human race is being attacked from a point of birth throughout there lifespan as a result of experimentation and exploitation—but again the complacent and comfortable will only be cared for by a system hell bent to terminate them with poison from different sources

[U3]The Issue here is to restore the organs and glands that have been damaged and to avoid the foods or food components that are used in the processing of the foods in the high heat---here is an argument for Unpasteurized milk--Yogurt--Kefir which should be given to kids and adults---herbal remedies that actually restore the digestive system and repair the damge these foods do to the body should as well be implementated--Not just a reduction of the poisons but a complete elimination of them as well

[U4]This is amazing since the adverse effects can occur weeks or months or years after administration this would imply a experimentation and observation--short term and long term--to see what is working --how' it is working and how it breaks down either the host or the administered bio chemical

[U5]This is something to look forward to--having a healthy off spring and thn take them to what is supposed to be a place of healing to find out they implement illness and debilitation and this person now has to live with this the rest of there lives---we can thank the Rockefellers for this---I am surprised that there wealth has not been stripped of them due to the crimes against humanity!!!

[U6]This is coming from the land of Oz-Australia---imagine if this went on with ther indigenious peoples there what has happened to north america--the natives and aboriginals!!??

[U7]C-A-N-A-D-A do you see who tried to sell V-A-C-C-I-N-A-T-I-O-N-S !!!

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Show of the Week October 21 2011

Seeds of Destruction in Parkinson's Disease: Spread of Diseased Proteins Kills Neurons

Everest Expedition Suggests Nitric Oxide Benefits for Intensive Care Patients

Residential Washers May Not Kill Hospital-Acquired Bacteria

Glucosamine-Like Supplement Suppresses Multiple Sclerosis Attacks

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Seeds of Destruction in Parkinson's Disease: Spread of Diseased Proteins Kills Neurons

ScienceDaily (Oct. 5, 2011) — New research suggests that small "seed" amounts of diseased brain proteins can be taken up by healthy neurons and propagated within them to cause neurodegeneration. The research, published by Cell Press in the October 6 issue of the journal Neuron, sheds light on the mechanisms associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) and provides a model for discovering early intervention therapeutics that can prevent or slow the devastating loss of neurons that underlies PD.

Alpha-synuclein (α-syn) is a brain protein that forms abnormal, neuron-damaging intracellular clumps called "Lewy bodies." These clumps are the hallmark lesions of PD and other neurodegenerative disorders known as α-synucleinopathies. Strikingly, even healthy fetal nerve cells transplanted into the brains of PD patients for therapeutic purposes can develop Lewy bodies, suggesting that α-syn pathology spreads through the nervous system. However, it is not clear whether these Lewy bodies are formed by the spread of abnormal α-syn between cells or if the neighboring diseased neurons exert a toxic influence that causes the normal grafted neurons to produce Lewy bodies.---"We examined whether exposure of neurons to α-syn fibrils recruited normal α-syn in these neurons to form Lewy bodies," explains senior author, Dr. Virginia M.-Y. Lee, from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. "We performed our experiments using synthetic α-syn fibrils and normal neurons, similar to the physiological conditions seen in the majority of sporadic PD patients."---Dr. Lee and colleagues found that the α-syn fibrils were taken up by the neurons and acted as "seeds" that induced normal α-syn to aggregate into PD-like Lewy bodies. The fibrils were taken up by a nerve cell process and then spread to the cell body where the PD-like Lewy bodies formed and impaired neuronal function, ultimately leading to death of the neuron. This suggests that abnormal extracellular α-syn can amplify and propagate PD-like Lewy bodies throughout the nervous system.---"We have developed a novel neuronal model of PD-like α-syn inclusions that enables dissection of mechanisms leading to Lewy body formation, as well as understanding how these inclusions affect the function and viability of affected neurons," concludes Dr. Lee. "These findings open up new avenues of research into understanding mechanisms of α-synuclein pathology, its impact on neuronal function, and discovering therapies for PD and other α-synuclenopathies." The research may lead to new therapies that can prevent the diseased protein from spreading to healthy neurons and causing irreversible damage.--Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Cell Press, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS. ---Journal Reference-Laura A. Volpicelli-Daley, Kelvin C. Luk, Tapan P. Patel, Selcuk A. Tanik, Dawn M. Riddle, Anna Stieber, David F. Meaney, John Q. Trojanowski, Virginia M.-Y. Lee. Exogenous α-Synuclein Fibrils Induce Lewy Body Pathology Leading to Synaptic Dysfunction and Neuron Death. Neuron, 6 October 2011; 72(1) pp. 57 - 71 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.08.033

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Everest Expedition Suggests Nitric Oxide Benefits for Intensive Care Patients

ScienceDaily (Oct. 6, 2011) — The latest results from an expedition to Mount Everest that looked at the body's response to low oxygen levels suggest that drugs or procedures that promote the body's production of a chemical compound called nitric oxide (NO) could improve the recovery of critically ill patients in intensive care.---Oxygen is required by all larger organisms, including humans, to survive. Many critically ill patients suffer from a shortage of oxygen (a condition known as 'hypoxia'), which can be life-threatening. NO is produced by virtually every cell and organ in the body where it serves many important functions including the regulation of blood pressure, learning and memory formation, and protecting us from infectious diseases.---This work, the product of collaboration between scientists at UCL and the University of Warwick, made use of blood samples and results collected during the 2007 Caudwell Xtreme Everest (CXE) expedition. The results show that NO production and activity are elevated in people who live at near sea-level altitudes ('lowlanders') that ascend to altitude, leading to changes in blood flow in the smallest blood vessels.---Published October 6 in Scientific Reports, the new open access journal from Nature Publishing Group, the paper suggests that interventions to alter NO production -- some of which already exist in the form of drugs or gas -- may benefit critically ill patients in whom oxygen availability is limited.---This is the first time such effects have been documented in a larger group of lowlanders and is consistent with earlier data from residents of the Tibetan plateau ('highlanders') showing their normal NO levels to be much elevated compared to people living near sea-level. Doctors believe increased NO may be beneficial for people, particularly patients with low levels of oxygen in their blood, because it increases the body's ability to tolerate and adapt to a low oxygen supply.---The paper is based on experiments carried out at varying altitudes during the CXE expedition, a study masterminded and led by scientists at UCL, with blood and statistical analyses carried out by scientists at the University of Warwick (made possible, in part, by support from the Medical Research Council and the Warwick Systems Biology Doctoral Training Centre).---The study participants consisted of 198 trekkers and 24 climbers, including doctors and scientists. The CXE team made the first ever measurement of the oxygen level in human blood at 8400m on Mount Everest. This was the centrepiece of an extensive and continuing programme of research into hypoxia and human performance at extreme altitude aimed at improving the care of the critically ill and other patients where hypoxia is a fundamental problem.---Dr Denny Levett, joint lead author of the paper from the UCL Centre for Altitude, Space and Extreme Environment Medicine and Deputy Research Lead of the CXE expedition, said: "Climbing to extreme altitudes puts the body in an environment with very low oxygen availability, similar to the experience of patients in intensive care with diseases affecting the heart, lungs or vascular system."--"By taking blood samples from hypoxic, but otherwise healthy, individuals we have been able to show that the body's natural response to low oxygen availability is to increase the production of nitric oxide. Thus, elevated NO occurs not just in those who live at high altitudes permanently, but also in lowlanders who are trying to adapt to high altitude conditions." Dr Martin Feelisch, joint senior author of the paper and a Professor of Experimental Medicine and Integrative Biology at Warwick Medical School, who was responsible for the analytical work, said: "In the years ahead, this research may herald a change in emergency treatment and intensive care. It suggests there is an alternative way of alleviating the consequences of low oxygen levels by creating a more sustained tolerance to those low levels through treatments which boost NO production."--The research also shows a difference between individuals in terms of the level of their NO response at altitude. The sample size is too small to say with confidence why this is. However, individuals with greater experience of climbing at altitude had a greater NO response early in the expedition, suggesting their bodily constitution with respect to NO was different from climbers with less experience of ascent to high altitude. Similar factors may explain the differences in disease outcome between patients on the intensive care unit, the reasons of which are not well understood.---Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by University of Warwick, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS. --Journal Reference-Denny Z. Levett, Bernadette O. Fernandez, Heather L. Riley, Daniel S. Martin, Kay Mitchell, Carl A. Leckstrom, Can Ince, Brian J. Whipp, Monty G. Mythen, Hugh E. Montgomery, Mike P. Grocott, Martin Feelisch. The role of nitrogen oxides in human adaptation to hypoxia. Scientific Reports, 2011; 1 DOI: 10.1038/srep00109

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Residential Washers May Not Kill Hospital-Acquired Bacteria

ScienceDaily (Oct. 5, 2011) — Residential washing machines may not always use hot enough water to eliminate dangerous bacteria like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Acinetobacter, a Gram-negative bacteria, from hospital uniforms, according to a study published in the November issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.---The study, conducted by researchers from University College in London, was prompted by changes in Britain's National Health Service that led many hospitals in the UK to end in-house laundry services. The researchers investigated the effectiveness of residential washing machines' lower water temperatures in eliminating hospital-acquired bacteria.---Through a series of experiments, researchers found that washing uniforms in residential washing machines with detergent and water temperature of 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit) was enough to eliminate both MRSA and Acinetobacter. At 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), MRSA was eliminated, but substantial amounts of Acinetobacter were detected. In the UK, energy-saving washers often operate at temperatures near 40 degrees.---However, the researchers found using a hot iron on fabric after a 40 degree Celsius wash did eliminate the Acinetobacter. The effect of tumble drying the uniforms was not tested.---"The results stress the importance of ironing hospital uniforms after washing them in a domestic washing machine that operates at less than 60 degrees Celsius," said Dr. John Holton, one of the study's authors. "We show that laundry and ironing in a domestic setting is effective in producing a uniform free of accumulated hospital bacteria safe to wear to work,"---The experiments were performed on nurses' uniforms worn during a work day, as well as swatches of fabric artificially contaminated with MRSA and Acinetobacter. The researchers studied the two bacteria because both are often associated with healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), and represent two important bacterial types. MRSA is known as a Gram positive bacteria and Acinetobacter as Gram negative. The distinction involves differences in the walls of the bacterial cells. The researchers expect their results are applicable to other types of Gram negative and positive bacteria.

Researchers are planning additional studies to see if common HAI bacteria can remain and develop in residential washing machines after laundering hospital uniforms.--Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS. --

Journal Reference-N. Lakdawala, J. Pham, M. Shah, J. Holton. Effectiveness of Low-Temperature Domestic Laundry on the Decontamination of Healthcare Workers’ Uniforms. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, November 2011 DOI: 10.1086/662183

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Glucosamine-Like Supplement Suppresses Multiple Sclerosis Attacks,

ScienceDaily (Sep. 30, 2011) — A glucosamine-like dietary supplement suppresses the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis, according to a UC Irvine study.---UCI's Dr. Michael Demetriou, Ani Grigorian and others found that oral N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), which is similar to but more effective than the widely available glucosamine, inhibited the growth and function of abnormal T-cells that in MS incorrectly direct the immune system to attack and break down central nervous system tissue that insulates nerves.---Study results appear online in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.--Earlier this year, Demetriou and colleagues discovered that environmental and inherited risk factors associated with MS -- previously poorly understood and not known to be connected -- converge to affect how specific sugars are added to proteins regulating the disease.--"This sugar-based supplement corrects a genetic defect that induces cells to attack the body in MS," said Demetriou, associate professor of neurology and microbiology & molecular genetics, "making metabolic therapy a rational approach that differs significantly from currently available treatments."---Virtually all proteins on the surface of cells, including immune cells such as T-cells, are modified by complex sugar molecules of variable sizes and composition. Recent studies have linked changes in these sugars to T-cell hyperactivity and autoimmune disease.----In mouse models of MS-like autoimmune disease, Demetriou and his team found that GlcNAc given orally to those with leg weakness suppressed T-cell hyperactivity and autoimmune response by increasing sugar modifications to the T-cell proteins, thereby reversing the progression to paralysis.---The study comes on the heels of others showing the potential of GlcNAc in humans. One reported that eight of 12 children with treatment-resistant autoimmune inflammatory bowel disease improved significantly after two years of GlcNAc therapy. No serious adverse side effects were noted.--"Together, these findings identify metabolic therapy using dietary supplements such as GlcNAc as a possible treatment for autoimmune diseases," said Demetriou, associate director of UCI's Multiple Sclerosis Research Center. "Excitement about this strategy stems from the novel mechanism for affecting T-cell function and autoimmunity -- the targeting of a molecular defect promoting disease -- and its availability and simplicity."---He cautioned that more human studies are required to assess the full potential of the approach. GlcNAc supplements are available over the counter and differ from commercially popular glucosamine. People who purchase GlcNAc should consult with their doctors before use.--Lindsey Araujo and Dylan Place of UCI and Nandita N. Naidu and Biswa Choudhury of UC San Diego also participated in the research, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.- Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by University of California - Irvine. -Journal Reference-A. Grigorian, L. Araujo, N. N. Naidu, D. Place, B. Choudhury, M. Demetriou. N-acetylglucosamine inhibits T-helper 1 (Th1) / T-helper 17 (Th17) responses and treats experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2011; DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.277814-Need to cite this story in your essay, paper, or report? Use one of the following formats:

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Recipe—for Nitric Oxide in your health

There are several ways to get nitric oxide into the body—one way is wine and garlic fusion—taking a bulb of garlic and adding it to a cup and a half of wine blend for 10 minutes and strain---use a half a teaspoon increments and do this 3 times a day or as needed should see in a short period of time an increased capacity of rstrenght and endurance and energy—not to mention a good level of insulin regulating impact as well

Another way of doing this is to take either arginine or creatine and mix this in aa citric acid or vinegar in 2-3 oz of water and the add ¼-1/2 tsp of baking soda—this will transport the NO and bicarbonate throughout the body

Another means of increasing the Nitric oxide is to consume grape seed or pine barks supplements or to make a pine bark tea—these have other antioxidants that also protect the system

Another way is to consume at least 3 oz of Nuts especially peanuts or walnuts which have high levels of Nitric oxide—from arginine 30z of peanuts will give 3 grams of arginine which also stimulate a GH response ( GH= growth hormone—or regenerating hormone)

BEET and Wine Fusion is another way to get Nitric Oxide by taking 2-3 fair sized beets and chopping them and adding to blender and adding 1 ½ cup of wine—this will increase ntirc oxide as well as renew blood and blood filtering and producing organs

Taking Arginine Capsules or Powders will as well increase the nitric oxide—2-3 grams a day

In Al of these remedies here they all will have Anti cancer properties—Some will even have Insulin regulating properties others will have antifungal –antibacterial—anti viral Properties---others wlll as well have restoring properties

So make them and mix them up as you need to and feel the difference

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Show of the Week October 24 2011

Vitamin E will set you Free

Some of the Components In Chemtrails

Other illnesses linked to chronic exposure to Chemtrails

What Kind of Medical Study Would Have Grandma Believe that Her Daily Multivitamin is Dangerous

Vitamin E Combinations For Various Health Solutions—

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Vitamin E will set you Free

---these are the benefits of Vitamin E—the tried and tested uses of this particular Vitamin

Immune System Health Benefits of Vitamin E

Autoimmune Diseases---

Supplemental Vitamin E may improve the condition of many people afflicted with various Autoimmune Diseases: references

Vitamin E may prevent and treat Lupus Erythematosus:

Vitamin E (900 - 1,600 IU per day) may alleviate Discoid Lupus Erythematosus.

Vitamin E may be an effective treatment for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).

Bacterial & Viral Diseases

Supplemental Vitamin E may help to prevent many types of Bacterial & Viral Diseases (Infections)

Vitamin E may retard the progression of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

Vitamin E may enhance the ability of Helper T-Cells to attack the HIV virus that causes AIDS.

Vitamin E may inhibit the replication of the HIV virus.

Vitamin E may retard the oxidative stress to the Immune System that occurs in AIDS patients (via the Antioxidant effects of Vitamin E).

Vitamin E may help to prevent some of the toxic side effects (suppression of Bone Marrow cells) of Zidovudine and may enhance the ability of Zidovudine (AZT) to inhibit the replication of the HIV virus in AIDS patients. references

The optimal form of supplemental Vitamin E for AIDS patients may be d-Alpha-Tocopheryl 1000 Succinate . AIDS patients have an impairment in their ability to absorb fat-soluble compounds such as Vitamin E. TPGS overcomes this problem as it is water-soluble.

Vitamin E may help to prevent the Common Cold.

Vitamin E (oil applied topically for at least 15 minutes) may alleviate the Pain associated with Herpes Simplex Virus lesions (both Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2).

Vitamin E may accelerate the recovery from Influenza (especially in elderly people).

Women infected with persistent Papilloma Viruses may have Vitamin E levels that are (on average) 24% lower than non-infected women.

Vitamin E may retard the oxidative stress to the Immune Sytem that occurs during (chronic) Viral Hepatitis.

Vitamin E may reduce the Pain (postherpetic Neuralgia) associated with Shingles.

Fungi--Persons with Candida albicans over-proliferation should increase their intake of Vitamin E as Candida albicans may be an enemy of Vitamin E.

Immune System Cells and Mechanisms

Vitamin E may enhance the ability of Selenium to stimulate B-Lymphocytes to produce more Antibodies:

Some studies have shown that Selenium increases Antibody response by up to 3,000% when it is supplemented in conjunction with Vitamin E.

Vitamin E may enhance various aspects of the function of the Immune System

Vitamin E may enhance the function of all types of White Blood Cells. references

Vitamin E may increase the performance of B-Lymphocytes by up to 1,000%.

Vitamin E concentrates in Lymphocytes and may enhance the function of Lymphocytes.

Vitamin E may improve the ability of Monocytes to function as Phagocytes and may inhibit the adhesion of Monocytes to the Endothelium (a factor in the progression of Atherosclerosis).

Vitamin E may improve the ability of Neutrophils to function as Phagocytes.

Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherol form) may enhance the activity of NK Lymphocytes.

Vitamin E may improve the ability of Phagocytes to counteract Free-Radical reactions.

Vitamin E may increase the performance of T-Lymphocytes by up to 500%.

Vitamin E may become incorporated into the outer membrane of T-Lymphocytes and helps to prevent oxidative damage to them

Vitamin E is incorporated into the outer membrane of Helper T-Cells. Vitamin E may helps to prevent oxidative damage to Helper T-Cells.

Vitamin E may protect the Thymus and supplemental Vitamin E has been claimed to be capable of doubling the size of the Thymus in some circumstances.

Cancer

Vitamin E may prevent and suppress several forms of Cancer

Vitamin E may help to prevent Basal Cell Carcinoma.

Vitamin E may reduce the recurrence of Bladder Cancer tumors in people with existing Bladder Cancer (by up to 53%). Vitamin E may also help to prevent Bladder Cancer.

Vitamin E (400 IU per day) may help to prevent the development of Breast Cancer (by optimizing the body's Progesterone:Estradiol ratio).

Vitamin E may protect against Cervical Cancer (by inhibiting the Papilloma Viruses that are implicated in Cervical Cancer).

Vitamin E may reduce the toxicity of some of the chemicals employed in Chemotherapy used on Cancer patients.

Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherol and Gamma-Tocopherol forms) may help to prevent Colon Cancer (by approximately 16%).

Vitamin E may lower the level of mutagens in the stool by up to 79%.

The Gamma-Tocopherol form of Vitamin E may reduce the number of ras Oncogenes in Colon Cells.

Vitamin E may help to prevent Esophagus Cancer.

Vitamin E may help to prevent Kidney Cancer.

Vitamin E may help to prevent Laryngeal Cancer.

Vitamin E (mixed Tocopherols combined with mixed Tocotrienols) may help to prevent Liver Cancer

Vitamin E may protect against Lung Cancer. --In one study, Vitamin E reduced the risk of Lung Cancer in Tobacco smokers by approximately 20%.

Vitamin E (Tocopherol Acid Succinate form) may help to prevent Melanoma and may inhibit the growth of Melanoma.

Vitamin E may help to prevent Mouth Cancer and may help to treat (regress) existing Mouth Cancer.

Vitamin E may inhibit the conversion of Nitrates and Nitrites to (carcinogenic) Nitrosamines.

Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherol Succinate form) may enhance the effectiveness of Radiation Therapy for the treatment of Neuroblastoma.

Vitamin E (especially the Alpha-Tocopherol Succinate form) may inhibit the further growth of Ovarian Cancer cells.

Vitamin E may help to prevent Pancreatic Cancer.

Vitamin E may help to prevent Pharyngeal Cancer (Pharynx Cancer or Throat Cancer).

Vitamin E may retard the ability of ingested or inhaled Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to convert to carcinogens within the Liver

Vitamin E may inhibit the conversion of Benzpyrene to carcinogens.

Vitamin E (especially the d-Alpha-Tocopherol and Gamma-Tocopherol forms) may help to prevent Prostate Cancer.

Vitamin E (applied topically) helps to prevent (Ultra-Violet Radiation-induced) Skin Cancer.

Vitamin E (especially the Alpha-Tocopherol Succinate form) may inhibit the growth of Stomach Cancer cells.

One of the mechanisms by which Vitamin E may inhibit Cancer is by functioning as an angiogenesis inhibitor (it may block the development of new Blood Vessels that may supply nutrients to tumors).----Another mechanism by which Vitamin E (especially the Alpha-Tocopherol form) may inhibit Cancer is by inhibiting the activity of Protein Kinase C (a Protein that initiates some types of Cancer).

Vitamin E (especially the d-alpha-Tocopherol Succinate form) may protect against the toxic side effects of Radiation Therapy and may increase the effectiveness of Radiation Therapy in the treatment of Cancer.

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Some of the things ( really small data here it is far more extensive but for the purpose to illustrate the importance of Vitamin E this will Suffice ) Vitamin E Protect From

Vitamin E may lower plasma Aluminium levels and may inhibit the accumulation of Aluminium in the Brain.

The Tocopherol Succinate form of Vitamin E may provide total protection to the body’s Cells from the toxic effects of Cadmium

Vitamin E may inhibit the ability of Cadmium to reduce the activity of 5'-Deiodinase (the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of Thyroxine to Triiodothyronine).

Vitamin E may counteract Copper-induced oxidative damage.

Vitamin E may inhibit some of the toxic effects of Lead

Vitamin E may inhibit the ability of Lead to reduce the activity of 5'-Deiodinase (the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of Thyroxine to Triiodothyronine).

Vitamin E may reduce the toxic effects of Mercury in Cell Membranes

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Some of the Components In Chemtrails

So far some of the chemicals that were collected from the chemtrail

spray and lab tested are:

1. Bacilli & Molds

2. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

3. Pseudomonas Florescens

4. Bacilli Amyloliquefaciens

5. Streptomyces

6. Enterobacteriaceae

7. Serratia Marcscens

8. Human White Blood Cells

9. A restricter enzyme used in research labs to snip and combine DNA

10. Enterobacter Cloacae

11. Other bacilli and other toxic molds capable of producing heart

disease and meningitis, as well as acute upper respiratory and

gastrointestinal distress.

12. JP-8 Jet Fuel = Ethylene Dibromide

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According to a report published 8/28/06 in The Idaho Observer recent lab reports found the following in samples of chemtrail fall-out:

bacteria including anthrax and pneumonia, 9 chemicals including acetylcholine chloride, 26 heavy metals including arsenic, lead, barium, mercury and uranium, 4 molds and fungi, 7 viruses, 2 cancers, 2 vaccines and 2 sedatives.

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Other illnesses linked to chronic exposure to Chemtrails

Other Illnesses Linked to Chronic Exposure to Chemtrails---

also include [This list is expanded from Note #4, see below]:

1. Lung bleeds (in addition to nosebleeds), high rates of asthma [20-million Americans have it; and of those 6.8 million are children] and other pulmonary allergies. Lung cancer is at an all-time high with 196,252 cases reported in 2007 (the most recent CDC figures available).

2. Bronchitis, flu-like symptoms, and pneumonia (now at epidemic rates). These are not responding to the usual antibiotics [perhaps in part because of overuse for minor medical illnesses and, also, because it may not be the kind of pneumonia physicians are used to seeing]. “The EPA reports that sub-micron particles bypass lung filters and enter the blood stream, triggering high blood pressure that can cause heart attack within two hours of inhalation. Researchers document ‘a significant increase’ in the number of stroke victims when PM [particulate matter] pollutant levels rise.”(5) Particulate matter air pollution is dangerous with those who have chronic lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD, which includes bronchitis and emphysema].

3. Night sweats and/or unexplained fevers [not related to menopause symptoms].

4. Gastro-intestinal problems (for all ages, and this also includes pets. This may be linked to unexplained chronic vomiting in cats and dogs that also is on the rise).

5. Skin: Extremely dry and cracked skin and lips (even during warm weather); sores that do not heal or suddenly appear and disappear; fungal infections that do not heal or take a long time to do so; accelerated aging of the skin (sometimes noticeable in a matter of weeks or months).

6. Hearing: an abrupt or sudden loss of hearing, sometime partial deafness, tinnitus, and dizziness often reported just before or right after storms or new weather fronts, including heavy fog).

7. Eyes: blurry vision (this, too, can be related to a new, Chemtrail-laden weather front coming in), and an increase in cataracts (even for the young).

8. Short-term memory loss (due to high rates of aerosol spraying of nano-particles of fiberglass-coated aluminum, a known link with brain dysfunction) and mental confusion or “being in a fog” for young and old alike, especially after heavy fog banks and mists filled with Chemtrail toxins.

9. Auto-immune disorders on the increase (Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lyme disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, LUPIS, thyroid disease).

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What Kind of Medical Study Would Have Grandma Believe that Her Daily Multivitamin is Dangerous?

(OMNS, Oct 12, 2011) A newly released study suggests that multivitamin and nutrient supplements can increase the mortality rate in older women [1].[U1] However, there are several concerns about the study's methods and significance.--The study was observational, in which participants filled out a survey about their eating habits and their use of supplements. It reports only a small increase in overall mortality (1%) from those taking multivitamins. This is a small effect, not much larger than would be expected by chance. Generalizing from such a small effect is not scientific.---The study actually reported that taking supplements of B-complex, vitamins C, D, E, and calcium and magnesium were associated with a lower risk of mortality. But this was not emphasized in the abstract, leading the non-specialist to think that all supplements were associated with mortality. The report did not determine the amounts of vitamin and nutrient supplements taken, nor whether they were artificial or natural. Further, most of the association with mortality came from the use of iron and copper supplements, which are known to be potentially inflammatory and toxic when taken by older people, because they tend to accumulate in the body [2,3,4]. The risk from taking iron supplements should not be generalized to imply that all vitamin and nutrient supplements are harmful.---The study lacks scientific plausibility for several reasons. It tabulated results from surveys of 38,000 older women, based on their recall of what they ate over an 18-year period. But they were only surveyed 3 times during that period, relying only on their memory of what foods and supplements they took[U2] . This factor alone causes the study to be unreliable.---Some of these women smoked (~15%) or had previously (~35%), some drank alcohol (~45%), some had high blood pressure (~40%), and many of them developed heart disease and/or cancer. Some preexisting medical conditions were taken into account by adjusting the risk factors, but this caused the study to contradict what we already know about efficacy of supplements. For example, the study reports an increase in mortality from taking vitamin D, when adjusted for several health-relevant factors. However, vitamin D has recently been clearly shown to be helpful in preventing heart disease [5] and many types of cancer [6], which are major causes of death. Furthermore, supplement users were twice as likely to be on hormone replacement therapy, which is a more plausible explanation for increased mortality than taking supplements.--The effect of doctor recommendations was not taken into account. By their own repeated admissions, medical doctors and hospital nutritionists are more likely to recommend a daily multivitamin, and only a multivitamin, for their sicker patients. The study did not take this into account. All it did was tabulate deaths and attempt to correct the numbers for some prior health conditions. The numbers reported do not reflect other factors such as developing disease, side effects of pharmaceutical prescriptions, or other possible causes for the mortality. The study only reports statistical correlations, and gives no plausible cause for a claimed increase in mortality from multivitamin supplements.

The effect of education was not taken into account. When a doctor gives advice about illnesses, well-educated people will often respond by trying to be proactive. Some will take drugs prescribed by the doctor, and some will try to eat a better diet, including supplements of vitamins and nutrients. This is suggested by the study itself: the supplement users in the survey had more education than those who did not take supplements. It seems likely, therefore, the participants who got sick were more likely to have taken supplements. Because those who got sick are also more likely to die, it stands to reason that they would also be more likely to have taken supplements.[U3] This effect is purely statistical; it does not represent an increase in risk that taking supplements of vitamins and essential nutrients will cause disease or death. This type of statistical correlation is very common in observational health studies and those who are health-conscious should not be confounded by it. The known safety of vitamin and nutrient supplements when taken at appropriate doses was not taken into account. The participants most likely took a simple multivitamin tablet, which contains low doses. Much higher doses are also safe [4,7], implying that the low doses in common multivitamin tablets are very safe. Further, because each individual requires different amounts of vitamins and nutrients, some people must take much higher doses for best health [8].--

Summary: In an observational study of older women in good health, it was said that those who died were more likely to have taken multivitamin and nutrient supplements than those who did not. The effect was small, and does not indicate any reason for disease or death. Instead, the study's methods suggest that people who have serious health conditions take vitamin and mineral supplements because they know that supplements can help. Indeed, the study showed a benefit from taking B-complex, C, D, and E vitamins, and calcium and magnesium. Therefore, if those wanting better health would take appropriate doses of supplements regularly, they would likely continue to achieve better health and longer life.

(Robert G. Smith is Research Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania Department of Neuroscience. He is a member of the Institute for Neurological Sciences and the author of several dozen scientific papers and reviews.)

References:

[1] Mursu J, Robien K, Harnack LJ, Park K, Jacobs DR Jr (2011) Dietary supplements and mortality rate in older women. The Iowa Women's Health Study. Arch Intern Med. 171(18):1625-1633.

[2] Emery, T. F. Iron and your Health: Facts and Fallacies. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1991.

[3] Fairbanks, V. F. "Iron in Medicine and Nutrition." Chapter 10 in Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, editors M. E. Shils, J. A. Olson, M. Shike, et al., 9th ed. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1999.

[4] Hoffer, A., A. W. Saul. Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone: Megavitamin Therapeutics for Families and Physicians. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, 2008.

[5] Parker J, Hashmi O, Dutton D, Mavrodaris A, Stranges S, Kandala NB, Clarke A, Franco OH. Levels of vitamin D and cardiometabolic disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis. Maturitas. 2010 Mar;65(3):225-36.

[6] Lappe JM, Travers-Gustafson D, Davies KM, Recker RR, Heaney RP. Vitamin D and calcium supplementation reduces cancer risk: results of a randomized trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Jun;85(6):1586-91.

[7] Padayatty SJ, Sun AY, Chen Q, Espey MG, Drisko J, Levine M. Vitamin C: intravenous use by complementary and alternative medicine practitioners and adverse effects. PLoS One. 2010 Jul 7;5(7):e11414.

[8] Williams RJ, Deason G. (1967) Individuality in vitamin C needs. Proc Natl Acad SciUSA.57:16381641.

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Vitamin E Combinations For Various Health Solutions—

When taking Vitamin E make sure they are non soy based—the ones you may want to consider are Olive-Safflower-Wheat—Rice Bran-Palm-Wheat Germ Oil- these are the best sources other then seeds and nuts—

Second if you cannot find a source that is clean the Use sunflower or olive oil straight out from the cooking section in the store –make sure the oils are cold pressed---

Combining –Cq10 + E— ( heart and brain and ATP and Cellualr health-Anticancer )- Vitamin E + Magnesium ( Heart Health and Nerve and Brain Functions as well as DNA protection)-Vitamin E + Zinc + Selenium—(Reproductive organ Health-STD resistant-Anti Cancer-Hormonal Regulation)- Vitamin E + Rosemary + Bayleaf—(Immune and Blood Support—Brain Support-AntiAging )-Cayenne Pepper+ Garlic + Vitamin E-Circulation-Liver and Heart-Arterial Pliability and the removal of contaminats—Olive oil + Garlic ( Heart – Immune System Support-Capillary flexibility-)GarliC + Vitamin E + Galangal- Heart-Nitric Oxide Support-Immune Enhancing- Hawthorn + E + Niacin—Heart-Cholesterol-Blood Pressure- Vitamin B1 + vitamin E—Neuropathy issues—Sugar balancing Issues—Strenght

In all these combinations they can be exchanged combine or added---If you are dealing with any issue of illness then you will need to utilize any of these combinations to sustain heart support and utilize so that it will be synergistic to what you are doing---all of these will have similar effect and can be utilized—the amounts are not specified due to the fact a lot of the different supplements maybe at differing strengths ---this will not matter since at most any strength they will benefit and do no harm—The only time not to take Vitamin E is before any surgical process about to occur since it may increase bleeding—

Remember Substitute Oils if you cannot find a health combination—adnd also remember Vitamin E doe Boost the immune system—Brain Functions –Heart Functions-Reproductive as well as fertilizing elements

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[U1]Another line of BS ---again The Agendist of Agenda 21 would have you fearful and believing another myth---when you loo at the historical benefots Vitamins have had on the health and benefits of people ---you know this is another dictate given to Doctors to have them believe there method of death is the way to do things

[U2]What No actual documentation or daily Log of fodd and supplement intake??? Now this is a reputable science again being done

[U3]In other words because they were either suffering or had some kind of terminal issue they would have been more then likely to utilize vitamins or supplements to offset or slow down the negative result

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Show of the Week October 28 2011

Trilateral Cooperation Charter

No groceries for a year-- How one family saved money, lost weight, and lived well

New Study Finds 400,000 Farmers in Southern Africa Using 'Fertilizer Trees' to Improve Food Security

Controlling Water Pollution By Isolating Urine

Human Urine As A Safe, Inexpensive Fertilizer For Food Crops

Sustainable Fertilizer: Urine And Wood Ash Produce Large Harvest

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Trilateral Cooperation Charter

Between

The Health Products and Food Branch,

Health Canada

Canada,

The Food and Drug Administration,

Department of Health and Human Services

The United States of America,

and

The Federal Commission for the Protection from

Sanitary Risks,

Secretaria de Salud

Mexico

APPENDIX C: KEY PRIORITIES

FOR 2004

Steering Committee

Complete Charter and Information Sharing Agreement for signature by Heads of Delegation

MUCH

Enforcement Action on Fraudulent weight loss products[U1]

Explore a web-based site to gather information from fraud cases on [U2] one site

Develop criteria for selecting health fraud cases[U3]

CUMCIG

Emergency Response and Preparedness:

Activities based on preventing and managing risk for public health protection[U4]

Emergency preparedness and response activities are aligned with countries’ priorities of public health protection

Share response plans among the three countries

Conduct another more detailed exercise (Canada will host)[U5]

Update emergency contacts electronically (FDA to coordinate)

Share organizational structures, including laboratories

Extend exercise to broader membership[U6]

Consider contingency plans for alternative communication mechanisms

Explore the potential for sharing classified information

Laboratory Cooperation

Enter data in eLEXNET and create respective reports[U7]

“Play with the system” to become acquainted

Further explore an exercise with the salmonella test

Revisit priorities and purpose of this group: develop concrete priorities and an action plan for consideration by Heads of Delegation within six months

Training Working Group

Organize and deliver a pre-trilateral seminar for 2004

Develop a process for vetting training requests

Establish as an activity of the training Working Group, a mechanism to exchange a list of the courses that each country offers, related to the topics of Trilateral Cooperation by December 2003

Heads of Delegation

" A" LIST (High-Priority Areas):

GMPs[U8]

Health claims

Cross border safety issues (e.g., internet fraud, counterfeits, and unsafe medical products/practices, including wholesale drugs)

Harmonization of new laboratory methods and validation of new agents

"B" LIST:

Harmonized inspection systems

Import/export risk management

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising

Emerging science issues [U9]

1Health Canada and the CFIA share unique and complementary roles and responsibilities. Health Canada is responsible for food safety and nutrition policies, standards and regulations, including related labeling issues, while the CFIA is responsible for food inspection and compliance activities, as well as the development of regulations and policies related to other food labeling and compositional standards

What can be done---to first thing is being forwarned—the second thing is to get yourself ready with the knowledge and the use of things that really work—third ---if you think you have someone in public office that is not coerced or feels threatened about there position then contact them and make an effort to support them while they lobby for you as a citizen---if you feel it is a waste of time then I would immediately form networks with people and get a database exchange going on how to…. In everything….. and become as self sufficient as you can or as sufficient as possible with the network you are associating with and start making the changes locally first off by growing your own things and then growing herbs oand foods that heal and become acquainted with those things---Utilize Raw Milk and Egg products and start a campaign to win back the farms---if not then start your own aquaponic or hydroponic or indoor Garden and again learn how to utilize your home as a Herbacopia

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No groceries for a year-- How one family saved money, lost weight, and lived well

“A spider bit the goat, so we didn’t have dairy for a month,” says Rachel Hoff describing one of the misadventures that occurred during her family’s year without groceries. As for bread, she, her husband Tom Ferguson, and teenage son, Tom, Jr., had to do without when the both the oven and the bread machine went kaput in the same week. Despite occasional mishaps and deprivations, Hoff describes the experience, which she documented in her blog A year without groceries, as “surprisingly easy.” And, as of October 1 st , the family is sticking with the challenge for another year. ----Although they already grew some fruits and vegetables and raised chickens, rabbits, three turkeys, and four goats on their quarter-acre lot in the city of Vallejo, California, their initial goal was not to try to be self-sufficient. In fact, they barely had any of their own crops ready to harvest for the first six and a half months of the project. Concerned about pesticides on conventional produce and chemicals in processed and packaged foods, they mainly wanted to eat healthy and know where their food was coming from. Hoff points out that even “mom and pop sounding companies” such as Ben and Jerry’s, Stonyfield Farms, and Walnut Acres are now owned by huge corporations.--

Over the course of the year, the family reaped more benefits than they had expected. They saved at least $2,000 dollars on groceries despite the fact that everything they were eating was either locally grown or organic. They saved even more money by avoiding restaurants. Purchasing and freezing an eighth of a steer from a local farm lowered the price of grass-fed, organic beef to $2/per pound and a loaf of fresh bread cost them 50 cents to bake. Eating higher quality food paid off health-wise. Both Hoff and Ferguson avoided colds all year and felt more energized. Hoff lost 20 pounds “without counting calories.” ---Hoff describes the economically depressed downtown area of Vallejo as a “food desert” — lacking a supermarket and with little access to organic or local goods. The foodie mecca of San Francisco lies 30 miles south, but both Hoff and Ferguson work full-time and neither had the inclination to spend all of their free time grocery shopping. After reading the book No Impact Man, which chronicles a New York City family’s effort to live sustainably, including giving up processed foods, for a year, they thought, “If they can do it in an apartment in New York City, we can certainly do it here.”--In August 2010, Hoff and Ferguson started preparing for their year without groceries, which would begin in October. Aside from planning all the family’s meals around seasonal produce, the most challenging aspect of the project was the research phase and figuring out where they could obtain certain items such as milk, says Hoff. They were allowed to purchase produce, meat, and dairy from the weekly farmer’s market and directly from farms. For staples such as sugar, rice and flour, Hoff located a local woman who had set up a buying club in her garage where members pooled resources to buy organic food in bulk directly from the source. They were also allowed to barter and trade.--They were not allowed to buy food at regular grocery stores, supermarkets, or convenience stores or eat at restaurants. The first weekend without groceries, with the help of a 30-minute mozzarella kit purchased online, Hoff was able to deliver on her promise of serving lasagna for her son’s thirteenth birthday. Hoff says he still likes eating junk food and soft drinks (at friend’s houses), but the he thinks the project is “pretty cool” and talks about it in class. To make it easier to adjust, they designated Fridays as pizza night.--The first six months were so easy, that the family decided to up the ante, and for the last three months they could eat only what they already had on hand, could produce on their urban farm, or barter.--Hoff doesn’t recommend trying go without buying food at all and admits that after a couple of months, “I was close being fed up.” Their fruit trees didn’t produce and they were stuck with eating zucchini, green beans, and cucumbers for weeks on end. Ferguson became sick of the limited choices but tried to focus on “the bigger picture of what they had accomplished over the year.” Hoff, on the other hand, posted on the blog, “I’m so over not buying food.” When I spoke with them the day after their project ended, they had just returned from their first trip to the farmer’s market and were happily cooking up a feast of pork with potatoes and corn.---For Hoff, the best thing about the project was that it “brought us closer together. We’ve become a team and work together really well.” She also loves grabbing food for dinner right out of the garden and says, “Shopping doesn’t feel like a chore any more.” Their friends and family claim they could never do it, but she insists that, “you don’t have to have an urban farm to eliminate the grocery store from your vocabulary.”--Hoff advises people to make the transition gradually and to try to replace one item at a time, such as pickles or bread, with something homemade. The blog offers tips on how to get started.

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New Study Finds 400,000 Farmers in Southern Africa Using 'Fertilizer Trees' to Improve Food Security

ScienceDaily (Oct. 14, 2011) — On a continent battered by weather extremes, famine and record food prices, new research released October 14 from the World Agroforestry Centre documents an exciting new trend in which hundreds of thousands of poor farmers in Southern Africa are now significantly boosting yields and incomes simply by using fast growing trees and shrubs to naturally fertilize their fields.---The analysis of two decades of work to bring the soil-enriching benefits of so-called "fertilizer trees" to the nutrient-depleted farms of Africa was published in the most recent issue of the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability.---"In only five African countries, there are now some 400,000 smallholder farmers using fertilizer trees to provide critically needed soil nutrients -- and many report major increases in maize yields -- which shows that it is possible to rapidly introduce innovations in Africa that can have an immediate impact on food security," said Oluyede Ajayi, Senior Scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre and the paper's lead author.The study focuses on the rapid adoption of fertilizer trees by farmers targeted in research, training and extension programs in Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In eastern Zambia alone, the study reports the use of fertilizer trees grew from a pilot project in the early 1990s that involved only 12 farmers to adoption by 66,000 farmers as of 2006. In Malawi, there are now 145,000 farmers using fertilizer trees.--In addition, across the region, researchers have documented a doubling of maize yields on farms employing fertilizer trees compared to those that did not, which has dramatically increased both incomes and food security. In Zambia, for example, incomes for farmers using the fertilizer trees averaged from $233 to $327 per hectare, compared to only $130 for unfertilized fields. And the increased yields provided between 57 to 114 extra days of food.---"We also found that when farmers plant these trees, water efficiency improves," Ajayi said. "Farmers are getting higher yields from the same amount of rainwater. And the trees are helping reduce the run-off and soil erosion that is a key factor behind food production shortfalls in Africa."Fertilizer trees enhance soil health by drawing nitrogen from the air and transferring it to the soil through their roots and leaf litter, replenishing exhausted soils with rich sources of organic nutrients. Scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre have been working since the 1980s to identify indigenous tree species, such as a fast growing variety of acacia that can be planted alongside crops to improve soil fertility. Among the many burdens facing African farmers are soils that are among the most depleted in the world. Yet for two-thirds of farmers on the continent, mineral supplements are either too expensive or simply unavailable.---In recent years, the Centre's work has focused on partnerships, particularly with national agriculture extension programs, that can help more smallholder farmers integrate fertilizer trees into their crop production systems. Ajayi said the rapid adoption of the fertilizer tree approach is partly due to the fact that researchers have turned over much of the project design and testing to farmers.--"Initially, these fertilizer tree projects were controlled mostly by researchers," Ajayi said. "But in the final phases of development, all of the testing in the field was completely designed and fully managed by the farmers themselves."--Ajayi also credited initiatives that focused on integrating the fertilizer tree approach with national agriculture policies and priorities.--Researchers believe wider use of fertilizer trees in Africa will require a two-track strategy that involves simultaneously engaging policy makers and farmers.--Ajayi cautioned that, while they are a natural way of supplementing the soil, fertilizer trees should not become entangled in the divisive "organic versus inorganic" debate over how to boost to increase crop yields in Africa.[U10] It is important to increase the use of both types of nutrient sources in complementary ways. For example, research has shown that coupling fertilizer trees with small doses of mineral fertilizer often results in generating the highest productivity and financial returns.--"We need to provide farmers in Africa with a wide range of soil fertility options and not focus on one type or another as being somehow superior," he said.---Researchers also say future work should focus on the potential for fertilizer trees to improve yields of high value crops, such as coffee and cocoa.---Story Source--The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Burness Communications, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS. ---Journal Reference--Oluyede Clifford Ajayi, Frank Place, Festus Kehinde Akinnifesi, Gudeta Weldsesemayat Sileshi. Agricultural success from Africa: the case of fertilizer tree systems in southern Africa (Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe). International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2011; 9 (1): 129 DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2010.0554

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Controlling Water Pollution By Isolating Urine

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ScienceDaily (Mar. 8, 2007) — Although urine makes up only 1% of the total volume of wastewater, it accounts for 50–80% of the nutrient content. Nutrients have to be removed by resource-intensive processes at wastewater treatment plants.----In the absence of these processes, nutrient discharges pose a risk of eutrophication – threatening in particular coastal waters and fish stocks. Many problematic substances, such as residues of medicines or endocrine disrupters, also enter wastewater via urine and may subsequently be released into the environment. ---The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) has now shown that separate collection and treatment of urine could make significant contributions to water pollution control and nutrient recycling worldwide. The “NoMix” technology thus represents a major opportunity for urban water management.---Novaquatis tested various methods of processing urine. Ideally, treatment should permit recycling of nutrients as fertilizers and, at the same time, removal of problematic micropollutants. For example, 98% of the phosphorus in urine can be recovered by precipitation with magnesium. The product – struvite – is an attractive fertilizer, free of pharmaceuticals and hormones. In Switzerland, nutrients from human urine could serve as substitutes for at least 37% of the nitrogen and 20% of the phosphorus demand that is currently met by imported artificial fertilizers.---Story Source--The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by EAWAG - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, via AlphaGalileo.

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Human Urine As A Safe, Inexpensive Fertilizer For Food Crops

These cabbage plants were fertilized using human urine. --ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2007) — Researchers in Finland are reporting successful use of an unlikely fertilizer for farm fields that is inexpensive, abundantly available, and undeniably organic -- human urine. Their report on use of urine to fertilize cabbage crops is scheduled for the Oct. 31 issue of ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.---Despite the 'yuk!' factor, urine from healthy individuals is virtually sterile, free of bacteria or viruses. Naturally rich in nitrogen and other nutrients, urine has been used as fertilizer since ancient times. -Urine fertilization is rare today. However, it has gained attention in some areas as farmers embrace organic production methods and try to reduce use of synthetic fertilizers.--In the new study, Surendra K. Pradhan and colleagues collected human urine from private homes and used it to fertilize cabbage crops. Then they compared the urine-fertilized crops with those grown with conventional industrial fertilizer and no fertilizer.

The analysis showed that growth and biomass were slightly higher with urine than with conventional fertilizer. ---There was no difference in nutritional value of the cabbage. "Our results show that human urine could be used as a fertilizer for cabbage and does not pose any significant hygienic threats or leave any distinctive flavor in food products," the report concludes.--Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by American Chemical Society, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.

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Sustainable Fertilizer- Urine And Wood Ash Produce Large Harvest

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Human urine and wood ash appear to make a potent, inexpensive fertilizer combination for boosting the productivity of food crops, scientists say. ScienceDaily (Sep. 17, 2009) — Results of the first study evaluating the use of human urine mixed with wood ash as a fertilizer for food crops has found that the combination can be substituted for costly synthetic fertilizers to produce bumper crops of tomatoes without introducing any risk of disease for consumers. ---In the study, Surendra Pradhan and colleagues point out that urine, a good source of nitrogen, has been successfully used to fertilize cucumber, corn, cabbage, and other crops. Only a few studies, however, have investigated the use of wood ash, which is rich in minerals and also reduces the acidity of certain soils. Scientists have not reported on the combinaton of urine and wood ash, they say.---The new study found that plants fertilized with urine produced four times more tomatoes than nonfertilized plants and as much as plants given synthetic fertilizer. Urine plus wood ash produced almost as great a yield, with the added benefit of reducing the acidity of acid soils. "The results suggest that urine with or without wood ash can be used as a substitute for mineral fertilizer to increase the yields of tomato without posing any microbial or chemical risks," the report says.---Story Source-The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by American Chemical Society, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS. -Journal Reference-Pradhan et al. Stored Human Urine Supplemented with Wood Ash as Fertilizer in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Cultivation and Its Impacts on Fruit Yield and Quality. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2009; 57 (16): 7612 DOI: 10.1021/jf9018917

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[U1]This is going to be a Witch Hunt--there are alot of effective mass reduction products in the HFI ( Health Food Industry) butttt this cuts into the pharma profits hugely---you have to remember vanity sells---so if you have something for vanity and can market it better then the drug industry you will get opposition---this whole thing is to undermine any competition that can arise from independent sources

[U2]This is going to be determined How exactly??

See ther EFSA ( FDA in EUROPE) has now started to define all the supplements as drugs and with a drug like procedures---and there already has been 6-10 countries opposing there criteria since in those respective countries they have the science and the facts to validate there claims butttt the EFSA has totally disregarded these facts and are now being challenged as well---this is now being introduced here in North America --Canada-USA-Mexico---this is being done because people in north america can get things in the other countries in North America--example Canada with it's stupidity will not allow some supplements to be sold here even though alot of the times you can buy them online in the USA or Mexico--and in Mexico and Canada alot of Americans are ordering there drugs via Internet or going down and getting them due to the fact they are not as cost prohibitive---the drug companies still make ther dollars butt not as much---so it is OK for them to have free trade and bring in stuff But it is Not Ok for the Consumer to do this so now they want to tie this loophole

[U3] Again Fraud Based ON…. This is a means and and end to take away from the public what is by right the choice for health and health based products---this is going to impact globally farming—food processing---choice and access to even drugs and the criteria in them if this becomes instituted you will never see Vitamin C or it’s benefits to treat H1N! or Polio or any other disease it has been known to Cure—in fact anything that can cure a persons health issues will not be allowed in the nae of fraud---the Rockefellers instituted this element in Medicine that you cannot claim anything can heal---and so now any study oor any research in the databases that you have access to maybe become inaccessible

[U4]This Is going to force Vaccinations and policies on drugs and induction of drugs in the name of some mass Hysteria or epidemic they wish to endorse –furthering Democide and Population control measure---this may even institute how long you are even allowed to live---and will as well eliminate anybody going to an alternate country practicing an alternative that can in fact CURE your disease or Infirmary

[U5]Canada will Host??? Whyyy Canada---because we have Isolated Pockets of populations and are easier to observe a fall out and can be easier to contain as well if something should go wrong –no one would even know the people exploited will even exist

[U6]This for Those countries not yet in CETA or NAFTA—or South America free trade

[U7]This is to Keep everyone aware who is going where fro wat for treatment and to regulate further those who are doing the treating---by then there will be no Alternative you can go to it will be all under one umbrella—and any real healing will come from those who will not be easy to find

[U8]This is to reduce the Competition—This is Canada’s Bill C-6 and whatever Mexico ‘s version to this will be and the EFSA ‘s version for Europe---this is being done to eliminate any foods or nutreceuticals that have any real benefit or to turn them into a prescription

[U9]Emerging Science Issues---this is to Propagate a negative tone to something that works calling something dangerous when in fact it is beneficial---the threat to health will be from these institutions---Not the actual producers

[U10]Here we Go Monsanto ( Vatican ) getting in the way---the control factor as per usual—can’t allow these poor people to get to much eh or they will be autonomous

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Show of the Week October 31 2011

Mercury ban may threaten vaccination programs

No 'allowable use exemption' in draft UN treaty

URGENT RAW MILK ACTION ALERT

MSG -a slow poison

FDA Food Additive Status--PROPYLENE GLYCOL

Digestive enzyme—and where and how they work

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Mercury ban may threaten vaccination programs

No 'allowable use exemption' in draft UN treaty

Mercury-containing thiomersal is used to prevent contamination and extend the shelf life of vaccines.---Scientists are warning officials negotiating a global treaty on mercury that banning the deadly chemical completely would be dangerous for public health because of the chemical's use in vaccines.---The ban option is one of several proposals on the table for a meeting later this month in Nairobi, but a final treaty isn't expected until 2013.---According to the World Health Organization, mercury is one of the top 10 chemicals of public health concern and is highly toxic. Most of the worry is centred on mercury emissions from burning coal, gold mining and people eating mercury-tainted fish.--'Not being able to use mercury is not a viable option.'—David Wood, WHO---Mercury in small amounts is also found in many products including light bulbs, batteries and thermometers. WHO advises such products to be phased out, suggesting for example, that health systems switch to digital thermometers instead.--The problem is that a proposed ban might include thiomersal, a mercury compound used to prevent contamination and extend the shelf life of vaccines, many scientists say.[U1] It is used in about 300 million shots worldwide, against diseases including flu, tetanus, hepatitis B, diphtheria and meningitis.---"Not being able to use mercury is not a viable option," said David Wood, a WHO vaccines expert.--Costs would spike----Wood said there isn't a viable alternative to thiomersal at the moment[U2] . If banned, pharmaceuticals would likely have to switch to preservative-free vaccines, which would complicate the supply chain and vaccination campaigns in poor countries[U3] , since the injections would have a much shorter shelf life. Costs would also spike since manufacturers would need to reconfigure their factories.---In 2009, the United Nations Environment Program, or UNEP, began working on a legally binding global treaty on mercury. At the end of October, the third of five meetings to hammer out a treaty will take place in Nairobi.----"The document is a draft at the moment, so some of these proposals have to be taken with a grain of salt,"[U4] said Tim Kasten, head of the chemicals branch at UNEP. Kasten said the amount of mercury in vaccines is so minute it doesn't threaten the environment. He said there could be provisions to allow mercury for certain uses, such as in dental fillings and vaccines.[U5] ---But according to an annex in the draft document, there is currently no "allowable use exemption" for mercury products in pharmaceutical products, putting vaccines in the same category as banned mercury-containing paints and pesticides.--"That would be a terrible idea," said Paul Offit, an infectious diseases expert at the University of Pennsylvania. "It would be another tragic example of us not being able to explain to the public where the real risk lies."---Mostly removed in U.S. and Canada-

Thiomersal has mostly been removed from childhood vaccines in the U.S. and Canada. In some European countries, including Norway and Sweden, manufacturers have been encouraged to make thiomersal-free vaccines — and no other uses of mercury as a medical preservative are allowed.

Fears about thiomersal in vaccines were first raised after a flawed medical study in 1998 linked a common childhood injection to autism. But numerous studies since have found no sign the mercury compound is risky.[U6] ---Experts hope countries won't go overboard in their attempts to control the substance.---"Provided you know the risks and it's handled properly, there isn't a problem," said Andrew Nelson, a toxicology expert at the University of Leeds. "The health of so many millions of children benefit from vaccines containing mercury that an absolute ban is ridiculous."[U7]

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URGENT RAW MILK ACTION ALERT

Mobilizing Against Governmental Interference WITH Property Ownership Rights and Food Freedom

BACKGROUND

On Wednesday, September 28, 2011, the Ontario government won its appeal against biodynamic farmer, Michael Schmidt. The appeal reversed the former ruling, which confirmed cow share members’ right to obtain raw milk products. Justice Peter Tetley rejected Schmidt’s argument that providing raw milk to cow share owners who are aware of any health risks was his legal right.-- Schmidt has been fighting for the right to provide raw milk at his Grey County farm ever since it was raided by government officials in 1994. The recent ruling convicts Michael on 15 of 19 charges and reverses last year’s lower court decision to acquit him of all charges. This latest judicial ruling basically endorses governmental interference of property ownership rights and violates basic human rights to food freedom.[U8] --- Since this ruling, Michael has embarked on a hunger strike and faces imminent danger of another raid to his farm, as do other farms that participate in Cowshare Canada.[U9]

He feels that our movement is in great danger and we must act in unison now!

Michael’s urgent message: We must mobilize our forces throughout Canada and the US with an enormous public outcry. We need to put relentless pressure on legislators in both countries national, state and local and also on health authorities through a massive letter-writing and call-in campaign. We also need to organize face-to-face meetings whenever possible. Canada desperately needs US support in these matters, so we encourage all US members to send messages to key Canadian contacts as well.

ACTION TO TAKE

It is imperative that we organize to a much higher level. We need everyone in our movement to participate. We need:

--At the very least, all members (US and Canada) should write to Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario. Submit by email at https://correspondence.premier.gov.on.ca/en/feedback/feedback.aspx or send a fax to 416-325-3745

--US citizens to write letters and call local, state, and federal legislators in the U.S. and to write letters to Canadian members of the Provincial Parliament in Ontario and British Columbia listed in this alert .

--Canadian citizens to write letters to Canadian members of the Provincial Parliament in Ontario and British Columbia listed in this alert.

--All need to write letters and call your local and state health officials.

Michael is depending on us to back up his brave efforts for food freedom!

CANADIAN CONTACTS:

Dalton McGuinty, Premier

Legislative Building

Queen's Park

Toronto ON M7A 1A1

1-800-387-5559

https://correspondence.premier.gov.on.ca/en/feedback/feedback.aspx

Fax: 416-325-3745

Tim Hudak- Leader of the Opposition

4961 King St. E   Unit   M1

Beamsville, ON   L0R 1B0

timhudak@niagara.net

905-563-1755 (or toll free at 1-800-665-3697).

Deb Matthews-Minister of Health and Long-Term Care

242 Piccadilly Street

London, ON N6A 1S4

dmatthews.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org

519-432-7339 Fax: 519-432-0613

Andrea Horwath - Leader of the New Democratic Party-

Hamilton Centre

Constituency

Suite 200

20 Hughson Street South

Hamilton, Ontario L8N 2A1

ahorwath-co@ndp.on.ca

905-544-9644 Fax: 905-544-5152

Randy Hillier

Lanark--Frontenac--Lennox and Addington

Constituency

Unit 1

105 Dufferin Street

Perth, Ontario K7H 3A5

randy.hillierco@pc.ola.org

613-267-8239 Fax: 613-267-7398

Jack MacLaren

2 Beaverbrook Mall Unit 102,

Kanata, ON K2K 1L2

jack@jackmaclaren.com

877-780-5225

Greg Sorbara

Liberal MPP in Ontario

Constituency Office

140 Woodbridge Avenue, Unit AU8 - Market Lane

Woodbridge, ON L4L 4K9

905-851-0440 Fax: 905-851-0210

gsorbara.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org

Queen's Park Office

Room 186, Main Legislative Building

Toronto, ON M7A 1A4

416-212-1022 Fax: 416-212-1025

Larry Miller

Federal Conservative MP for Grey

Chair of Standing Committee on Agriculture in Ottawa

1131 2nd Avenue East, Suite 208

Owen Sound, ON N4K 2J1

519-371-1059 Fax: 519-371-1752

millela1@parl.gc.ca

or

Room 510, Justice Building

Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

613-996-5191 Fax: 613-952-0979

ottawa@larrymiller.ca

U.S. CONTACTS

State and Federal Elected Officials:    http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

State Health and Agriculture Departments: Google your state and “Health Department”

SAMPLE LETTER

An Urgent Appeal for Justice

Dear ___________,

Today, governments are pouring enormous resources into interfering with people’s rights to their own property and to obtain the food they need for their well-being. Governments that are truly concerned with justice are supposed to protect citizens’ rights, not violate them. We urgently demand an open, in-depth dialogue with government and health officials about these violations of food freedom and property ownership.

Increasing numbers of people consider it crucial to their health to obtain high-quality foods directly from organic, sustainable farms.   These foods often include raw dairy products, meat and eggs from free-ranging, grass-fed animalsfoods of very dense nutrient value that cannot be found in grocery stores.

In states and provinces where the law bans the sale of raw milk, people enter into contracts to co-own a cow and board the animal with a farmer. As owners of the cow, they are also the owners of the milk the cow produces, and are legally entitled to drink it because no sale of milk is involved.   These arrangements are called “cowshares.”

The most allergenic food in North America is pasteurized milk, so it is not an option for many families. Raw milk is not allergenic and actually cures asthma and allergies (huge international studies show this to be true). That is why we must be free to have that choice. That is why our lack of food freedom creates illness and pushes us all into food slavery.

These basic principles of justice must prevail:

--Food freedom is an inalienable constitutional right

--Rights to one's own property is a legally binding principle

--Cowshares are a legal binding contract of property ownership

--Access to foods from small farms is essential to the health and well-being of families who choose these foods

--Small sustainable farms are essential to the health of agriculture world-wide

--Governmental interference of property ownership rights along with violations to basic human rights of food freedom must end

--Government and health authorities must abstain from the infringement of rights and violence against cowshare programs.

Sincerely,

This Action Alert may be found on our website at:

http://www.westonaprice.org/2011-action-alerts/urgent-raw-milk-action-alert-mobilizing-against-government-interference

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MSG -a slow poison-

The food additive MSG (Mono-Sodium Glutamate) is a slow poison. MSG hides behind 25 or more names, such as "Natural Flavoring." MSG is even in your favorite coffee from Tim Horton's and Starbucks coffee shops!

I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity epidemic, and so did a friend of mine, John Erb. He was a research assistant at the University of Waterloo in Ontario , Canada , and spent years working for the government. He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals for a book he was writing called The Slow Poisoning of America . -In hundreds of studies around the world, scientists were creating obese mice and rats to use in diet or diabetes test studies. No strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so scientists have to create them. They make these creatures morbidly obese by injecting them with MSG when they are first born. -The MSG triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates, causing rats (More then Likely )to become obese. They even have a name for the fat rodents they create: "MSG-Treated Rats."----When I heard this, I was shocked. I went into my kitchen and checked the cup-boards and the refrigerator. MSG was in everything -- the Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos, the Lays flavored potato chips, Top Ramen,Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper, Heinz canned gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals, and Kraft salad dressings, especially the "healthy low-fat" ones.---The items that didn't have MSG marked on the product label had something called "Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein," which is just another name for Monosodium Glutamate.---[U10] It was shocking to see just how many of the foods we feed our children everyday are filled with this stuff. MSG is hidden under many different names in order to fool those who read the ingredient list, so that they don't catch on. (Other names for MSG are "Accent, "Aginomoto," "Natural Meat Tenderizer," etc.)---When our family went out to eat, we started asking at the restaurants what menu items contained MSG. Many employees, even the managers, swore they didn't use MSG. But when we ask for the ingredient list, which they grudgingly provided, sure enough, MSG and Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein were everywhere.---Burger King, McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell, every restaurant - even the sit-down eateries like TGIF, Chili's, Applebee's, and Denny's - use MSG in abundance. Kentucky Fried Chicken seemed to be the WORST offender: MSG was in every chicken dish, salad dressing. and gravy. No wonder I loved to eat that coating on the skin - their secret spice was MSG!

So why is MSG in so many of the foods we eat? As a preservative, or a vitamin?

Even the propaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers lobby group supporting MSG explains that the reason they add it to food is to make people eat more.----A study of the elderly showed that older people eat more of the foods that it is added to. The Glutamate Association lobbying group says eating more is a benefit to the elderly, but what does it do to the rest of us?--- MSG manufacturers themselves admit that it addicts people to their products... It makes people choose their product over others, and makes people eat more of it than they would if MSG wasn't added. Not only is MSG scientifically proven to cause obesity, it is an addictive substance. Since its introduction into the American food supply fifty years ago, MSG has been added in larger and larger doses to the -pre-packaged meals, soups, snacks, and fast foods we are tempted to eat everyday.---The FDA has set no limits on how much of it can be added to food. They claim it's safe to eat in any amount. But how can they claim it's safe when there are hundreds of scientific studies with titles like these---"The monosodium glutamate (MSG) obese rat as a model for the study of exercise in obesity." Gobatto CA, Mello MA, Souza CT , Ribeiro IA. Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2002.----"Adrenalectomy abolishes the food-induced hypothalamic serotonin release in both normal and monosodium glutamate-obese rats." Guimaraes RB, Telles MM, Coelho VB, Mori C, Nascimento CM, Ribeiro. Brain Res Bull. 2002 Aug.--'Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in spontaneously hypertensive rats: An animal model of multiple risk factors." Iwase M, Yamamoto M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N, Yoshinari Fujishima.-AHypertens Res. 1998 Mar.---"Hypothalamic lesion induced by injection of monosodium glutamate in suckling period and subsequent development of obesity." Tanaka K, Shimada M, Nakao K Kusunoki. Exp Neurol. 1978 Oct.--No, the date of that last study was not a typo; it was published in 1978. Both the "medical research community" and "food manufacturers" have known about the side effects of MSG for decades.[U11] Many more of the studies mentioned in John Erb's book link MSG to diabetes, migraines and headaches, autism, ADHD, and even Alzheimer's.---So what can we do to stop the food manufactures from dumping this fattening and addictive MSG into our food supply and causing the obesity epidemic we now see?---Several months ago, John Erb took his book and his concerns to one of the highest government health officials in Canada . While he was sitting in the government office, the official told him, "Sure, I know how bad MSG is. -I wouldn't touch the stuff.." But this top-level government official refuses to tell the public what he knows.---The big media doesn't want to tell the public either, fearing issues with their advertisers. It seems that the fallout on the fast food industry may hurt their profit margin. The food producers and restaurants have been addicting us to their products for years, and now we are paying the price for it. Our children should not be cursed with obesity caused by an addictive food additive.---Blowing the whistle on MSG is our responsibility, so get the word out.

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Government, industry, academic studies and classifications

government/industry list/academic study appears on list as

classification(s)

FDA Food Additive Status--PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• miscellaneous

• Substances generally recognized as safe in foods but limited in standardized foods where the standard provides for its use - CFR184.1666

• refers to part number under Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations 169 (169.175; 169.176; 169.177; 169.178; 169.180; 169.181)

• Vanilla Extract

• Carrier for enzyme modified soy protein

• refers to part number under Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations 582.1666 - In animal feeds

Cosmetic Ingredient Review Assessments

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

•Safe for use in cosmetics with some qualifications

•Determined safe for use in cosmetics up to a specified concentration limit

•Penetration enhancer - alters skin structure, allows other chemicals to penetrate deeper into the skin

•Safety assessment by industry safety panel (Cosmetic Ingredient Review, CIR) is based on safety or product use data for a different, related ingredient

FDA Everything Added to Food PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• Fully up-to-date toxicology information has been sought.

National Library of Medicine HazMap

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

•Skin Sensitizer - An agent that can induce an allergic reaction in the skin or lungs: Yes;

•Lacrimator - A substance that irritates the eyes and induces the flow of tears: Yes;

NTP - Risks to Human Reproduction

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

REPRO: Negligible concern || DEVELOPMENT: Negligible concern

CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review), 2006

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

Propylene glycol was found to provoke allergic reactions in patients with eczema and other skin allergies.

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 2004

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• Respiratory Toxicity Hazards: suspected

RTECS®- "Cutaneous Toxicity, Proceedings of the 3rd Conference, 1976," Drill, V 1977

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• skin - Primary skin irritant ( human )

RTECS®- "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J 1986

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• sense organ - Primary eye irritant (rabbit )

RTECS®- "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva, galogen I kislorod sodergashie organicheskie soedinenia" 1984

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• brain and nervous system - Ataxia (rat LD50)

• respiratory - Respiratory depression (rat LD50)

• brain and nervous system - Tetany (rat LD50)

RTECS®- "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva, galogen I kislorod sodergashie organicheskie soedinenia" 1984

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• brain and nervous system - Ataxia (rabbit LDLo)

• respiratory - Respiratory depression (rabbit LDLo)

• brain and nervous system - Tetany (rabbit LDLo)

RTECS®- Acta Pathologica et Microbiologica Scandinavica, Section A, Supplement 1981

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Cytogenetic Analysis (mouse scu)

• mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Inhibition (mouse scu)

RTECS®- Arzneimittel-Forschung 1976

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (rat LD50)

RTECS®- FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 1974

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (rabbit LD50)

RTECS®- Federation Proceedings, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 1947

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• kidney or renal system - Changes in both tubules and glomeruli (mouse LD50)

• blood - Changes in spleen (mouse LD50)

• respiratory - Chronic pulmonary edema (mouse LD50)

RTECS®- Food and Chemical Toxicology 1982

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• sense organ - Primary eye irritant (rabbit )

RTECS®- Food and Chemical Toxicology 1984

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Cytogenetic Analysis (hamster fbr)

RTECS®- Interagency Collaborative Group on Environmental Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Memorandum, June 17, 1974 17JUN1974

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (rat LD50)

RTECS®- Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 1941

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (guinea pig LD50)

RTECS®- Journal of Investigative Dermatology 1970

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• skin - Primary skin irritant ( human )

RTECS®- Journal of Pediatrics 1978

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• brain and nervous system - General anesthetic (child TDLo)

• brain and nervous system - Changes in surface EEG (child TDLo)

• brain and nervous system - Convulsions or effect on seizure threshold (child TDLo)

RTECS®- Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 1932

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• brain and nervous system - Coma (rabbit LDLo)

• respiratory - Respiratory stimulation (rabbit LDLo)

• brain and nervous system - Somnolence (general depressed activity) (rabbit LDLo)

RTECS®- Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 1937

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• cardiovascular - Other changes (chicken LDLo)

RTECS®- Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 1939

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (mouse LD50)

RTECS®- Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2000

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• skin - Primary skin irritant (child )

RTECS®- Kaibogaku Zasshi 1962

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• reproductive - Fetotoxicity (mouse TDLo)

• reproductive - Post-implantation mortality (mouse TDLo)

RTECS®- Kriobiologiya i Kriomeditsina 1981

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• brain and nervous system - Changes in motor activity (specific assay) (mouse LD50)

• respiratory - Cyanosis (mouse LD50)

• brain and nervous system - Muscle contraction or spasticity (mouse LD50)

RTECS®- Kriobiologiya i Kriomeditsina 1981

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (rat LD50)

RTECS®- National Technical Information Service

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (rabbit LD50)

RTECS®- Pediatrics 1983

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• metabolic - Other changes (infant TDLo)

RTECS®- Raw Material Data Handbook, Vol 1974

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (rabbit LD50)

RTECS®- Toxic Substance Mechanisms 1995

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• endocrine system - Hyperglycemia (rat TDLo)

• biochemical - Phosphatases (rat TDLo)

• biochemical - Transaminases (rat TDLo)

RTECS®- Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 1978

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

• broad systemic - Broad systemic toxicity (rat LD50)

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Digestive enzyme—and where and how they work

Digestive enzymes are enzymes that break down polymeric macromolecules into their smaller building blocks, in order to facilitate their absorption by the body. Digestive enzymes are found in the digestive tract of animals (including humans) where they aid in the digestion of food as well as inside the cells, especially in their lysosomes where they function to maintain cellular survival. Digestive enzymes are diverse and are found in the saliva secreted by the salivary glands,hydrul in the stomach secreted by cells lining the stomach, in the pancreatic juice secreted by pancreatic exocrine cells, and in the intestinal (small and large) secretions, or as part of the lining of the gastrointestinal tract.

Digestive enzymes are classified based on their target substrates:

proteases and peptidases split proteins into their monomers, the amino acids.

lipases split fat in three fatty acids and a glycerol molecule.

carbohydrases split carbohydrates such as starch and sugars into simple sugars such as glucose, the simplest sugar on earth.

nucleases split nucleic acids into nucleotides.

In the human digestive system, the main sites of digestion are the oral cavity, the stomach, and the small intestine. Digestive enzymes are secreted by different exocrine glands including:

Salivary glands

Secretory cells in the stomach.

Secretory cells in the pancreas.

Secretory glands in the small intestine.Contents [hide]

1 Oral cavity

2 Stomach

3 Pancreas

4 Small Intestine

5 Large Intestine (Colon)

6 References

Oral cavity

Complex food substances that are taken by animals and humans must be broken down into simple, soluble, and diffusible substances before they can be absorbed. In the oral cavity, salivary glands secrete an array of enzymes and substances that aid in digestion and also disinfection. They include the following:[1] Potassium bicarbonate (KHCO3): The major role of bicarbonate is to neutralize acidity mainly in an attempt to preserve the dentin and tooth enamel and also to neutralize bacterial toxins. Bicarbonate also prevents acid damage to the esophageal lining before food enters the stomach. lingual lipase: Lipid digestion initiates in the mouth. Lingual lipase starts the digestion of the lipids/fats. amylase: Carbohydrate digestion also initiates in the mouth. Amylase produced by the salivary glands breaks complex carbohydrates to smaller chains, or even simple sugars. It is sometimes referred to as ptyalin. Mucin: Mucin functions to make food more pliable and also covers it facilitating its transfer in the esophagus to the stomach, by lubricating the content. lysozyme: Considering that food contains more than just the essential nutrients and bacteria or viruses, the lysozome offers a limited and non-specific, yet beneficial antiseptic function in digestion. IgA: This is a dimeric form of antibodies produced by the body. Gastrointestinal tract produces only IgA mainly to battle bacterial toxins, and also to tag certain recognizable molecular patterns in viruses and bacteria. IgA-coated pathogens are digested by white cells lining the gastrointestinal tract. Haptocorrin (also known as R-factor): Helps with the absorption of Vitamin B12. After Vitamin B12 is released from its original carrier protein in the stomach, it gets bound to Haptocorrin. Haptocorrin protects it from acidic conditions of the stomach but is cleaved in the duodenum by pancreatic proteases. Vitamin B12 can then bind to intrinsic factor (IF) that has been produced by parietal cells. Finally, the IF-Vitamin B12 complex is taken up by in ileum via the cubam receptor.-------Of note is the diversity of the salivary glands. There are two types of salivary glands: serous glands: These glands produce a secretion rich in water, electrolytes, and enzymes. A great example of a serous oralpolio gland is the parotid gland. Mixed glands: These glands have both serous cells and mucous cells, and include sublingual and submandibular glands. Their secretion is mucinous and high in viscosity.------In addition, all salivary secretions are hypotonic with respect to the plasma concentration. This is because the duct cells of salivary cells are impermeable to water, yet there is a continuous abstraction of electrolytes such as sodium (Na) and potassium (K) from the initially secreted juice, causing it to be very dilute (hypotonic) by the time it is released into the mouth.

Stomach

The enzymes that are secreted in the stomach are called gastric enzymes. The stomach plays a major role in digestion, both in a mechanical sense by mixing and crushing the food, and also in an enzymatic sense, by digesting it. The following are the enzymes produced by the stomach and their respective function:--Pepsinogen is the main gastric enzyme. It is produced by the stomach cells called "chief cells" in its inactive form pepsinogen, which is a zymogen. Pepsinogen is then activated by the stomach acid into its active form, pepsin. Pepsin breaks down the protein in the food into smaller particles, such as peptide fragments and amino acids. Protein digestion, therefore, first starts in the stomach, unlike carbohydrate and lipids, which start their digestion in the mouth.-Hydrochloric acid (HCl): This is in essence positively charged hydrogen atoms (H), or in lay-terms stomach acid, and is produced by the cells of the stomach called parietal cells. HCl mainly functions to denature the proteins ingested, to destroy any bacteria or virus that remains in the food, and also to activate pepsinogen into pepsin. Intrinsic factor (IF): Intrinsic factor is produced by the parietal cells of the stomach. Vitamin B12 (Vit. B12) is an important vitamin that requires assistance for absorption in terminal ileum. Initially in the saliva, haptocorrin secreted by salivary glands binds Vit. B, creating a Vit B12-Haptocorrin complex. The purpose of this complex is to protect Vitamin B12 from hydrochoric acid produced in the stomach. Once the stomach content exits the stomach into the duodenum, haptocorrin is cleaved with pancreatic enzymes, releasing the intact vitamin B12. Intrinsic factor (IF) produced by the parietal cells then binds Vitamin B12, creating a Vit. B12-IF complex. This complex is then absorbed at the terminal portion of the ileum. Mucin: The stomach has a priority to destroy the bacteria and viruses using its highly acidic environment but also has a duty to protect its own lining from its acid. The way that the stomach achieves this is by secreting mucin and bicarbonate via its mucous cells, and also by having a rapid cell turn-over. Gastrin: This is an important hormone produced by the "G cells" of the stomach. G cells produce gastrin in response to stomach stretching occurring after food enters it, and also after stomach exposure to protein. Gastrin is an endocrine hormone and therefore enters the bloodstream and eventually returns to the stomach where it stimulates parietal cells to produce hydrochloric acid (HCl) and Intrinsic factor (IF).------Of note is the division of function between the cells covering the stomach. There are four types of cells in the stomach: Parietal cells: Produce hydrochloric acid and intrinsic factor. Gastric chief cells: Produce pepsinogen. Chief cells are mainly found in the body of stomach, which is the middle or superior anatomic portion of the stomach. Goblet cells: Produce mucin and bicarbonate to create a "neutral zone" to protect the stomach lining from the acid or irritants in the stomach chyme. G cells: Produce the hormone gastrin in response to distention of the stomach mucosa or protein, and stimulate parietal cells production of their secretion. G cells are located in the antrum of the stomach, which is the most inferior region of the stomach. ----Secretion by the previous cells is controlled by the enteric nervous system. Distention in the stomach or innervation by the vagus nerve (via the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system) activates the ENS, in turn leading to the release of acetylcholine. Once present, acetylcholine activates G cells and parietal cells.

Pancreas

Pancreas is both an endocrine and an exocrine gland, in that it functions to produce endocrinic hormones released into the circulatory system (such as insulin, and glucagon), to control glucose metabolism, and also to secrete digestive/exocrinic pancreatic juice, which is secreted eventually via the pancreatic duct into duodenum. Digestive or exocrine function of pancreas is as significant to the maintenance of health as its endocrine function.

Two population of cells in the pancreatic parenchyma make up its digestive enzymes: Ductal cells: Mainly responsible for production of bicarbonate (HCO3), which acts to neutralize the acidity of the stomach chyme entering duodenum through the pylorus. Ductal cells of the pancreas are stimulated by the hormone secretin to produce their bicarbonate-rich secretions, in what is in essence a bio-feedback mechanism; highly acidic stomach chyme entering the duodenum stimulates duodenal cells called "S cells" to prouduce the hormone secretin and release it to the bloodstream. Secretin having entered the blood eventually comes into contact with the pancreatic ductal cells, stimulating them to produce their bicarbonate-rich juice. It is interesting to note that secretin also inhibits production of gastrin by "G cells", and also stimulates acinar cells of the pancreas to produce their pancreatic enzyme. Acinar cells: Mainly responsible for production of the inactivate pancreatic enzymes (zymogens) that, once present in the small bowel, become activated and perform their major digestive functions by breaking down proteins, fat, and DNA/RNA. Acinar cells are stimulated by cholecystokinin(CCK), which is a hormone/neurotransmitter produced by the duodenal cells called the "I cells." CCK stimulates production of the pancreatic zymogens.--------Pancreatic juice, composed of the secretions of both ductal and acinar cells, is made up of the following digestive enzymes:[2]

Trypsinogen, which is an inactive(zymogenic) protease that, once activated in the duodenum, into trypsin, breaks down proteins at the basic amino acids. Trypsinogen is activated via the duodenal enzyme enterokinase into its active form trypsin. Chymotrypsinogen, which is a inactive(zymogenic) protease that, once activated by duodenal enterokinase, breaks down proteins at their aromatic amino acids. Chymotrypsiongen can also be activated by trypsin.

Carboxypeptidase, which is a protease that takes off the terminal amino acid group from a protein Several elastases that degrade the protein elastin and some other proteins. Pancreatic lipase that degrades triglycerides into fatty acids and glycerol.

Cholesterol esterase

Phospholipase

Several nucleases that degrade nucleic acids, like DNAase and RNAase

Pancreatic amylase that breaks down, besides starch and glycogen, most other carbohydrates. Humans lack the enzyme to digest the carbohydrate cellulose, mainly due to its special hydrogen-bonding structure.---Pancreas's exocrine function owes part of its immaculate function to bio-feedback mechanisms controlling secretion of its juice. The following significant pancreatic bio-feedback mechanisms are essential to the maintenance of pancreatic juice balance/production:[3]---Secretin, a hormone produced by the duodenal "S cells" in response to the stomach chyme containing high hydrogen atom concentration (high acidicity), is released into the blood stream; upon return to the digestive tract, secretion decreases gastric emptying, increases secretion of the pancreatic ductal cells, as well as stimulating pancreatic acinar cells to release their zymogenic juice.-------Cholecystokinin (CCK) is a unique peptide released by the duodenal "I cells" in response to chyme containing high fat or protein content. Unlike secretin, which is an endocrine hormone, CCK actually works via stimulation of a neuronal circuit, the end-result of which is stimulation of the acinar cells to release their content. CCK also increases gallbladder contraction, resulting in bile squeezed into the cystic duct, common bile duct and eventually the duodenum. Bile of course helps absorption of the fat by emulsifying it, increasing its absorptive surface. Bile is made by the liver, but is stored in the gallbladder. Gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP) is produced by the mucosal duodenal cells in response to chyme containing high amounts of carbohydrate, proteins, and fatty acids. Main function of GIP is to decrease gastric emptying. Somatostatin is a hormone produced by the mucosal cells of the duodenum and also the "delta cells" of the pancreas. Somatostatin has a major inhibitory effect, including on pancreatic juice production.

Small Intestine

The small intestine is traditionally divided into three anatomic sections defined from their distance from the pyloric sphincter: duodenum: It is the first portion of the small bowel that is itself divided into four distinct anatomic positions called first, second, third, and fourth sections of duodenum. Duodenum is the only portion of the small bowel that is partially retroperitoneal, and peritoneal. Duodenum is a secretary portion of the small intestine. jejunum: This is the section of the small intestine that begins immediately from the insertion point of the ligament of Treitz, and is the longest of the three sections. Jejunum is an absorptive surface. ileum This is the terminal portion of the small intestine and as such has a limited but vital role in absorption. Vitamin B12 and bile are absorbed at this portion. ---The following enzymes/hormones are produced in the duodenum: secretin: This is an endocrine hormone produced by the duodenal "S cells" in response to the acidity of the gastric chyme. Cholecystokinin (CCK): This is not by definition a hormone; there is new evidence suggesting that CCK works by a very complex neuronal bi-directional pathway.[4] Regardless of its pathway, its eventual role is to increase secretion of acinar cells and increased production of pancreatic juice. CCK also increases gallbladder contraction, causing release of pre-stored bile into the cystic duct, and eventually into the common bile duct and via the ampulla of Vater into the second anatomic position of the duodenum. CCK also decreases the tone of the sphincter of Oddi, which is the sphincter that regulates flow through the ampula of Vater. CCK also decreases gastric activity and decreases gastric emptying, thereby giving more time to the pancreatic juices to neutralize the acidity of the gastric chyme. Gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP): This peptide decreases gastric motility and is produced by duodenal mucosal cells. motilin: This substance increases gastro-intestinal motility via specialized receptors called "motilin receptors." somatostatin: This hormone is produced by duodenal mucosa and also by the delta cells of the pancreas. Its main function is to inhibit a variety of secretory mechanisms.----------Throughout the lining of the small intestine there are numerous "brush border" enzymes whose function is to further cleave the already-broken-down products of digestion into absorbable particles. Some of these enzymes include:

Sucrase

Lactase: This is a significant brush border enzyme in that a majority of Middle Eastern and Asian population lack this enzyme and also this enzyme decreases with age, and as such lactose intolerance is often a common abdominal complaint in the Middleastern, Asian, and older population, manifesting with bloating, abdominal pain, and osmotic diarrhea.

Maltase

Other disaccharidases

Large Intestine (Colon)

The colon is the main reservoir for feces (mainly in rectum) before its defecation. It is also where the liquid stool becomes solid, by losing its water, and electrolytes. The colon also actively secretes bicarbonate and potassium, which explains why severe diarrhea can cause metabolic acidosis as well as hypokalemia.[5] The colon also houses symbiotic bacteria that produce vitamin by-products and are essential to the human health and homeostasis.

References

^ Brown, Thomas A. "Rapid Review Physiology." Mosby Elsevier, 1st Ed. p. 235

^ Bowen, R. [1] "Exocrine Secretion of the Pancreas"

^ Brown, Thomas A. "Rapid Review Physiology." Mosby Elsevier, 1st Ed. p. 244

^ Morino P, Mascagni F, McDonald A, Hökfelt T.[2]. "Cholecystokinin corticostriatal pathway in the rat: evidence for bilateral origin from medial prefrontal cortical areas." Neuroscience 1994. Apr;59(4):939-52. PUBMED ID:7520138

^ Brown, Thomas A. "Rapid Review Physiology." Mosby Elsevier. 1st Ed. p. 254



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[U1]Now is really going to complain here---OH wait the Bill gates—genocidal maniacs might now they have no means of inflicting a painful infection---look out for aluminum though this maybe a slight of hand!!!

[U2]Actually there is—avoid all Vaccines and we will not need to infect people with mercury---seems logical to me

[U3]You Mean Slow down the Genociding of a culture—or maiming a civilization---or turning people into a welfare state depending on the IMF and any other UN institution

[U4]In other words no one is really listening---money is going to be lost and there is nothing going to replace those lost revenues---so it is non existent

[U5]HAHAHAHHA

Now you have to laugh at the irony here—special exemptions to aloow one of the most poisonous metals near a human being is going to be inserted orally or through injection---Ummmm did we miss something here ---the beginning of the article states it is toxic and health and so on and now we are going to make exemtions---Does anyone else smell phara Corp here?

[U6]The Flaw here is this---if it were true why is the UN even proposing the BAN---if it were really that safe why are the medical people who see this and are screaming for change are losing there right to practice?? And why would you have something as poisoinious as this near anyone!! What is flawed here is the stupidity!!!

[U7]This should really be interpreted as the toxic effects from vaccines and the diseases they cause should ban mercury in any vaccine anything other wise would be ridiculous!!!

[U8]Welcome to Bill C – 6---this is what are Blood PM did to us as Canadians he would not allow the bill to be read and challenged in parliament because of the opposition they were getting from people all over ---so they passed this legislation which allows every citizen in Canada to be raped and violated by the gov’t legally---this is in that bill—Canada a Democracy?? Not a chance—when we pass these kinds of laws which diminish personal choice and rights then what we have is nothing more then pure slavery----Welcome to Canada EH!!!??

[U9]Here you go Bill C- 6 this is for all of the Canadians who thought “ Not Canada” this is just the beginning---the Vote you think you have is non existent---if they can violate another farmer like they did Percy Schemeiser and get away with it then awe as a country are D-O-N-E!!!

[U10]Also SOY since this is where they get the MSG from and this is why there are so many epileptic or brain damagd people in asia due to the SOY!!

[U11]SO when someone tells you soy is safe remember this is where MSG comes for or Corn and a good chance it is GMO