Genetically Modified

Monsanto’s Seeds of Deception

Farmer: “If you care about where your food comes from, you need to care about who controls our seeds.” Scientist (who was fired for suggesting that Monsanto’s genetically engineered products needed more testing): “It’s my constitutional right that you don’t wreck my food, you don’t inject things into my body, you don’t force these things on me.”

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The Dangerous Truth About Root Canals

What are the dangers of root canals?

You may have a colony of bacteria in your mouth that you aren’t even aware of, especially if you haven’t heard about the dangers of root canals to your total body health.
Dr. George Meinig, a dentist and one of the founders of the American Association of Endodontists, asserts in his book The Root Canal Cover Up that a root canal is paramount to leaving an organ that dies to rot inside your body. 

More than 40,000 root canals are performed in the United States every day.

When you get a root canal, it is usually because a tooth has decayed to the point that it is causing you severe pain. After the procedure, your tooth no longer hurts so you believe all is well.
Nothing could be further from the truth.

What is a Root Canal?

During a root canal, the nerve and pulp are removed and the inside of the tooth is cleaned and sealed. Sealing this main canal does not account for the thousands of side canals that branch off each tooth.
These microscopic channels are left untouched and made up of dead rotting nerves. Bacteria feed off this dead tissue and the toxic waste created leaks into your bloodstream.

No matter what procedure or dental materials are used to perform your root canal, the resulting bacteria will leak into your system – how your body reacts to this threat is based on your immune system. 
 
The problems begin with the tubules located on the surface of your tooth. They are much like the pores on your skin. Your tooth looks solid but it isn’t.
Oral bacteria found in the tubules move to the interior of the tooth and survive without a blood supply, on very little food and with no oxygen. Over time, they mutate into disease-causing bacteria and release toxins.

Antibiotics should help…right? Wrong.
The bacteria live in a protected colony that continually oozes toxins out but nothing – including medications – get in. It is much like a one-way street. 

The bacteria thrive and continue to leak poison through the dead tubules into your bloodstream – but there is no blood supply to push antibiotics back through that same system.

Focal Infection from Root Canals

When a colony of bacteria exist in one specific location in your body – such as your bowels, tonsils or teeth – it can and will wreak havoc on a totally unrelated part of your body such as your brain, heart or joints. This is called focal infection. The longer it continues, the greater the chance that it will slowly weaken your immune system.

One of the dangers of root canals is that patients believe they’ve already addressed – and corrected – the problem by having the procedure done. Unknowingly, they’ve simply installed a condominium for bacteria.

Dr. Meinig explains, “This is not the usual medical story of a prolonged search for the difficult-to-find causative agent of some devastating disease. Rather, it’s the story of how [bacteria] become entrenched inside the structure of teeth and end up causing the largest number of diseases ever traced to a single source.”

The Dangers of Root Canals

• Arthritis
• Heart disease
• Neurodegenerative disease
• Digestion disorders
• Mental disorders
• Cancer

What Are Your Options?

Extract rotted teeth. Trying to save a tooth that is rotted may seem like a good idea. Don’t set yourself up for trouble down the road. Getting a removable partial, bridge or zirconium implant will protect your health.

Search for a holistic dentist near you that will discuss all options regarding your oral care and recognize that total body health and oral health are very much connected. According to the Mayo Clinic poor oral health – even without root canals – has been linked to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s. 

Make preventative measures part of your daily life. This is by far the best option for your health and your wallet. By limiting consumption of foods that are over-processed, high in sugars or high in bad fats you help every cell in your body – including your teeth. 

Increasing your raw food intake is also an excellent step to help your body fight toxicity and strengthen your immune system.

Ancient Oil Pulling Restores Dental Health

Consider adding coconut oil pulling to your regular oral care. According to an article published with the Society for General Microbiology, researchers at Athlone Institute of Technology in Ireland found that coconut oil is naturally antibacterial and antimicrobial. It attacks and inhibits the growth of the most common bacteria that lead to tooth decay and thrush. 

An inexpensive, natural method that dates back to ancient times – oil pulling removes bacteria, mucus and toxins from your body through the soft tissues of your mouth.

By swishing a tablespoon of organic, virgin coconut oil in your mouth for 15 minutes several times a week, your teeth will be whiter and stronger, your gums pink and healthy and your mouth will feel incredibly clean.

Previous research found that coconut oil pulling is 40% more effective than antiseptic mouthwash. It pulls toxins from your system much like the oil in your car engine. Read more about coconut oil pulling here.

The dangerous side effects of root canals dates back 100 years ago when Dr. Weston Price, DDS proved that leaving dead teeth in the mouth eventually lead to debilitating disease in his patients.
His research into the dangers of root canals has been proven again and again by modern science. Yet more than 25 million root canals will be performed this year in the United States alone. It is a multi-billion dollar industry.

Pick another alternative. Saving a tooth that looks good on the outside but is dead on the inside will lead to bigger problems down the road.

Study: Statins Damage Muscle

Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013 11:38 AM

By Dr. Brownstein

Statin drugs are the most commonly prescribed medication for elevated cholesterol levels. Researchers recently assessed the effect of statins on the inflammatory process induced
by injury to the muscles, and published their findings in the December 2012 issue of the journal Muscle and Nerve.

The researchers divided rats into four groups: a control group, a statin-treated group, a group treated with statins and subjected to muscle injury, and a group subjected to injury only.

The results showed that the animals treated with statins exhibited significantly greater structural muscle damage compared to the control group and the injured group not given statins.

Statin drugs lower lipid levels by poisoning an enzyme called HMG-CoA reductase, limiting
cholesterol production. There is no doubt that statins lower cholesterol levels. But is that a wise thing to do? Cholesterol has many important functions in the body, including helping repair injuries. After an injury, one of the body’s first reactions is to increase cholesterol
levels.

Poisoning the enzyme that makes cholesterol does not make sense. Every country where the
World Health Organization has collected data has shown an inverse relationship between cholesterol levels and death rates — that is, higher cholesterol means lower death rates.

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Healing Lyme Disease Naturally

I contracted Lyme disease and some of the co-infections of Lyme in my childhood or early teens.  I remember having the most horrific knee pains that would hit out of the blue and I literally couldn't move during those episodes.  I was sickly and had lots of medical issues but I was not diagnosed with Lyme until I was in my mid-fifties.  I am now 61 years old.  It attacked nearly every part of my body with the worst being my central nervous system, joints and liver.  I never really got treated because even though eventually I saw a couple of the top Lyme doctors, I was faced with the overwhelming financial burden of the costly treatments and also the havoc that years of antibiotics and other drugs would do to my body.  I tried a couple of days or maybe a week or two of treatments and the herxing was unbearable and I was unable to function.  I felt utter despair and hopelessness with the financial burden of the treatments and also the degree of suffering.  I chose to do supplements and just get by as best as I could.  Many times I wondered how I would live into old age and be able to bear all the suffering, I had no quality of life.  I had wasted thousands of dollars seeing doctors, even flying to other states to see doctors always with the promise of hope which would quickly fade. 

Early in 2012, I visited a local clinic for a 10 day cleansing program with daily colonics, liver gallbladder cleanse, and daily biomat sessions at the clinic.  During my 10 day program the best part was using the biomat.  I found that it took away my pain and put me into a deep state of relaxation which is a miracle as I am never relaxed or free of pain.   I couldn't wait to purchase my own biomat to use at home.  I did have a major flare-up after the liver/gallbladder cleanse as my liver has multiple cysts from the infections and that really stirred things up.  

I purchased the professional Biomat and the Mini-Mat both because I knew that in order to kill Lyme and other organisms that I needed to be "sandwiched" between the 2 mats.  As an R.N. and medical researcher, I had spent years researching my disease and I knew that the organisms did not like heat.  In fact, Lyme disease is notorious for lowering the body temperature so it can survive and thrive.  I had moved from San Diego to Idaho and got much worse when I moved to a cold climate.  Those organisms were really thriving in Idaho. 

Today, I just came back from seeing the holistic doctor who is able to give me a number through kinesiology testing of what my total body burden is with the Lyme disease. 

On 2/15/11 my number was 990 and then in early 2012 (after the cleanse program) it was off the charts, he couldn't give me a number because it was higher than his reading goes.  I started using the BioMat at home sometime in April of 2012.  On 6/5/12 my number was down to 790 and today (2/19/13) it is down to 440.  He said it would have probably been gone all the way had I done longer sessions. 

I have not being doing any Lyme treatments natural or conventional.  I do take supplements but nothing specific to Lyme disease.  I do the BioMat sessions almost daily at the highest heat setting (158) for 30-45 minutes once a day.  So it really is killing off the Lyme organisms NOT just improving my symptoms.  And I am not even using it as much as I should which would be sleeping on it and also doing an hour a day on the highest setting.   I also have a possible early breast cancer and I am hopeful that when I go back for the next thermogram in a few months that I will have good news to report about that. 

I am so thrilled that this is really doing what I had hoped it would do.  I knew that I felt better and have had NO flares and much improved sleep and pain but to find out my numbers are dropping, made my day!!!  Years ago I purchased one of those 2 person infrared sauna's and I didn't like it because it didn't relieve my pain, it wasn't comfortable to sit in so I rarely used it.  So many regrets on all the money I have spent over the years on my health for nothing.  I have never regretted my Biomat purchases for even a second.  I wouldn't want to go through life without my Biomats!

This is the web-site were you can read more about it if you want more information.   http://jesorganics.biomat.com/  

Profits Before Patients - A Startling Real-Life Drama

If you suffer from fibromyalgia, arthritis, autism, chronic fatigue, irritable bowel disease or an impaired memory, you may have Lyme disease. Under Our Skin exposes this growing epidemic, one that's largely neglected and ignored by the medical establishment. You owe it to yourself to watch...

 

In the early 1970's, a mysterious illness was discovered among children living around the town of Lyme, CT. What was first diagnosed as isolated cases of juvenile arthritis, eventually became known as Lyme disease, one of the most misunderstood and controversial illnesses of our time. Today, many of those untreated will suffer chronic debilitating illness. Some unknowingly will pass the disease on to their unborn children. Many will lose their livelihoods, and still others, their lives. 

 

Difficult to test accurately, tens of thousands of people go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. The Centers for Disease Control admits that more than 400,000 people may acquire Lyme disease each year, a number ten times greater than AIDS and West Nile Virus combined. And yet, the medical establishment--with profound influence from the insurance industry--has stated that the disease is easily detectable and treatable, and that "chronic Lyme" is some other unrecognized syndrome or a completely psychosomatic disorder.

A gripping tale of microbes, medicine & money, Under Our Skin exposes the hidden story of Lyme disease, one of the most serious and controversial epidemics of our time. Each year, thousands go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, often told that their symptoms are all in their head. Following the stories of patients and physicians fighting for their lives and livelihoods, the film brings into focus a haunting picture of the health care system and a medical establishment all too willing to put profits ahead of patients. As suspenseful and hair-raising as any Hollywood thriller, Under Our Skin is sure to get under yours. 

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Aspartame Pathway

The longest-ever human aspartame study, spanning 22 years, found a clear association between aspartame consumption and non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and leukemia in men; leukemia was also associated with diet soda intake in both sexes

Despite this, beverage manufacturers continue to misleadingly describe this artificial sweetener as safe

Coca-Cola, for instance, notes that the methanol produced by aspartame is similar to that found naturally in fruits and vegetables, but in the latter case it is firmly bonded to pectin, allowing the methanol to be safely passed through your digestive tract

When methanol is consumed via aspartame, methanol is free to break down to toxic formaldehyde, and humans are incapable of converting the toxic formaldehyde into harmless formic acid (unlike other animals)

Coca-Cola also claims there is no biological explanation for why aspartame might cause headaches, when in fact it’s known that in humans, the methyl alcohol from aspartame travels through your blood vessels, like a Trojan horse, into sensitive areas where it is converted to the toxic poison formaldehyde

Dr. Mercola 

Winter Skin Care

Everybody enjoys having youthful and healthy skin. Unfortunately, if you live where winter is typically cold and dry, you know firsthand how skin changes for the worse. But if you follow some important, basic skin care principles, you can soothe thickened, dry and scaly skin.

Your Skin Needs Nutrients
You may remember a time when your skin was at its most beautiful and youthful—smooth, resilient and blemish-free. What made it healthy? It was largely due to the absorption of crucial nutrients. To remain soft, elastic and healthy, your skin requires optimal nutrition.

Optimal nutrition refers to the foods that build healthy tissue and are not inflammatory in nature. Not included in this category, for example, is refined sugar with its adverse effects on skin (noted in scientific literature).

Sugar causes a long list of skin harm:

• Causing premature aging due to a decline in tissue elasticity and function. Essentially, the more sugar you eat, the more elasticity and function you lose. ^[1]
• Boosting the uncontrolled growth of Candida albicans yeast infections. ^[2]
• Decreasing the amount of growth hormones in the body. ^[3]
• Wrinkling the skin by changing the nature of collagen. ^[4]
• Playing a causative role in the formation and continuation of acne. ^[5]
• Promoting “leaky gut” syndrome and intestinal dysbiosis (disrupted milieu of gut microbiology, including yeast); increased intestinal dysbiosis is associated with the severity of eczema in children. ^[6]

Helpful Nutrients
The micronutrients needed for healthy skin include: omega 3 fatty acids, lauric acid (in coconut oil), fiber, phytonutrients and the B vitamins as well as vitamins A, C and E.

These nutrients are mostly in whole foods such as nuts, leafy green (and colorful) vegetables, fresh fruits, seeds and legumes. Fish is important, too.

You don’t have to memorize which micronutrients are in which foods. Just remember that whole, fresh foods are all generally high in micronutrients, so make them the primary foods in your meals.
Eliminate processed, refined, chemicalized, fake foods. Avoid white bread, white rice, white sugar, processed meats, processed cheeses, dairy products and juices that are not fresh. Do not eat hydrogenated and trans-fatty foods such as burgers and french fries. Eliminate processed and altered foods that are packaged in boxes, cans or bottles. Beware of crackers, cookies, chips, puddings, sodas, sugary cold cereals, TV dinners, frozen pizzas, etc.

Eliminate Internal Inflammation
Thick, dry, scaly skin characterizes a condition called eczema, which is most prominent in winter. However, eczema is not just from dry and cold air. To me, it is definitely a sign of poor nutrition. It is also a sign of an immune hypersensitivity (allergic) reaction being expressed outwardly.
This low-grade allergic inflammatory process is much like other chronic inflammatory illnesses; the skin displays signs of it. Because inflammation comes from internal processes, there may be a need for internal detoxification. That’s why my patients report their skin to be clearer and smoother than ever after a liquid cleanse.

Consider also how dandruff (seborrheic dermatitis) is not even a dry condition, but represents an oily skin condition that is flaky and scaly. Conventional medicine maintains that the cause of this is unknown. Newer wisdom says it is really a sign of an internal allergy or nutrient deficiency. Dandruff clears up after a liquid cleanse followed by nutrient-rich, mostly raw, “cleansing” food nutrition. This combination is the most important path to healthy skin.

Keep Skin Hydrated
Your skin’s moisture level can be compromised by over-cleaning with harsh soaps containing chemicals. These can strip your skin of oils it needs to keep hydrated. Pools and hot tubs can do this, too, because of their chlorine and bromine content.

Lotions, creams and ointments applied topically are always a good way to help reduce the effects of dry, cold air. They contain nutrients that can penetrate directly to where they are needed most.
Look for products with hydrating agents such as hyaluronic acid, collagen-building proteins, healing herbs and minerals.

To great skin and feeling good,
Michael Cutler, M.D.
Easy Health Options

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[1] Cerami, A, et al. “Glucose and Aging.” Scientific American. May 1987: 90. Also, Lee, A T. and Cerami, A “The Role of Glycation in Aging.” Annals N Y Acad Sci. 1992; 663:63-67.

[2] Crook, WJ. The Yeast Connection. (TN: Professional Books, 1984).

[3] Gardner, L, Reiser, S. “Effects of Dietary Carbohydrate on Fasting Levels of Human Growth Hormone and Cortisol.” Proc Soc Exp Bioi Med. 1982; 169: 36-40.

[4] Dyer, D. G., et al. “Accumulation of Maillard Reaction Products in Skin Collagen in Diabetes and Aging.” J Clin Invest. 1993; 93(6): 421-422.

[5] Selva, D.M., et al. “Monosaccharide-induced Lipogenesis Regulates the Human Hepatic Sex Hormone-binding Globulin Gene.” J Clin Invest. 2007;117(12):3979–3987. Found online at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/32249

[6] Aleshukina AV. Intestine dysbiosis and atopic dermatitis in young children. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 2012 Sep-Oct;(5):84-9. [Article in Russian]