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Health News Roundup

• The Exercise Mistake Proven to Damage Your Heart: Not long ago, researchers studied the heart health of a group of very fit older athletes -- men who had been part of a national or Olympic team in distance running or rowing, and runners who had completed at least a hundred marathons. The results were unsettling -- half of these lifelong athletes showed evidence of heart muscle scarring.

• A Shoppers Guide To Pesticides: The Shopper's Guide to Pesticides is a key resource for consumers looking for healthier low toxin diets. Since many shoppers can't always find or afford organic produce, they can use the Shopper's Guide to avoid those conventional fruits and vegetables found to be highest in pesticides – the Dirty Dozen – and, instead, choose items from the Clean Fifteen list. The health benefits of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables outweigh the risks of pesticide exposure.

•  The Hidden Diabetes Link No One is Telling You About...: Coronary heart disease is a leading cause of death in the United States, killing one in five adults, and doctors are very quick to prescribe statins. In fact, statin drug sales rank in the billions each year globally.

• More than 2,000 vaccinated babies died: The cost of doing business: Earlier this month (March 2011), Japanese authorities ordered doctors to stop using pneumococcal and Hib vaccines because four children died after receiving the shots. However, the real news was never reported: more than 2,000 babies died in the United States after receiving vaccines for these very same diseases, yet authorities refuse to warn parents and halt production. A safety review is vital to determine whether a recall of the dangerous shots may be necessary to protect additional American babies from disability and death.

• Mercury-Containing Medicines: Harmful to Children: Dr. Joachim Mutter, author of one of the newest mercury studies, found evidence confirming that mercury in vaccines and other medical products could trigger autism. Another recent study observed that organic mercury is added to vaccines without sufficient safety testing, and warned that the use of mercury-containing Thimerosal is "potentially damaging the health of children."

• Pecans promote heart health, lower cholesterol levels: The health benefits offered by pecans are greater than previously believed, according to a new study published in The Journal of Nutrition. Researchers from Loma Linda University (LLU) in California have identified a host of beneficial antioxidants found in pecans that benefit the heart, lower bad cholesterol levels, and protect against disease-causing inflammation.

• Health-Washing: Is 'Healthy' Fast Food for Real?: McDonald's Fruit & Maple Oatmeal is a supposedly "healthy" breakfast item that actually contains more sugar than a Snickers bar. Fast-food joints routinely offer healthy-sounding options that aren't really health food.

• India says Monsanto covertly, illegally conducted GM corn trials without approval: Recent reports out of India say that multinational biotechnology giant Monsanto has once against skirted the law by clandestinely planting its genetically-modified (GM) corn without receiving approval to do so. Nitish Kumar, chief minister of the Indian state of Bihar, recently wrote a letter to India's environment minister Jairam Ramesh explaining the situation. Just days earlier, Ramesh had denied Monsanto permission to plant the crops at all.

• Does Food Dye Make Kids Hyper? An FDA Panel Will Investigate: Many kids think cheese is naturally orange and strawberry juice a bright red — thanks to a collection of widely used artificial food dyes that a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel (FDA) will now re-examine for safety. Color additives like quinoline yellow and ponceau 4R have long been deemed safe, but some recent British studies have associated the dyes with hyperactivity in children, prompting the FDA to convene a two-day meeting to discuss the science.

Health News Roundup

• NaturalNews exclusive: International Medical Council on Vaccination refutes vaccine propaganda with myth-busting report: Today, the International Medical Council on Vaccination (www.VaccinationCouncil.org) has released, exclusively through NaturalNews.com, a groundbreaking document containing the signatures of over 80 family physicians, brain surgeons and professors of pathology, chemistry and immunity, all of which have signed on to a document stating, on the record, that vaccines pose a significant risk of harm to the health of children and that there is no real science backing the "vaccine mythology" which claims that vaccines are somehow good for children.
More on this topic here and here. Do you know your state immunization requirements?

• What Exercise is Best for Abdominals?
 

• The Smoking Time Bomb Sitting Next to Your Brain - Has Its Moment Finally Arrived?: At the end of the two-day hearing to evaluate the safety of amalgam, the FDA's own scientific panel – including neurologists, toxicologists, epidemiologists, and environmental health specialists – told the agency to stop amalgam use in children, pregnant women, and hypersensitive populations.
Watch this shocking video (from a post back in September) on mercury fillings:

• Authoritarian governments start stockpiling food to fight public anger: Authoritarian governments across the world are aggressively stockpiling food as a buffer against soaring food costs which they fear may stoke popular discontent.
Another article on this topic here.

• Thermotherapy alternative to chemotherapy uses heat, not poison, to kill tumors: Yet another study supports the use of heat to kill cancer cells without harming neighboring cells, in a promising alternative to chemo- and radiation therapy.

• Hunger affects one in seven households in the United States: More than one in seven U.S. households lacked food security at some point in 2009, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). That figure is the highest since record-keeping began in 1995.

• AUSTRALIAN medical students are performing intimate examinations on unconscious and anaesthetised patients without their consent: The shocking discovery, revealed in new research to be published in an international medical journal, raises serious questions about the ethical standards of our next generation of doctors.

List of hormone disrupters that we may come in contact with daily

There are many, many things in our home and environment that we come in contact with on a daily basis that may have a negative effect on our hormones. We may typically think that when we refer to the word hormones, that we're excluding men—this is not the case as men have hormones, too.

Hormone disrupters include chemicals, metals, pesticides, some foods (soy), phthalates, hormones and antibiotics fed to animals, etc. They may be in products like cosmetics, pesticides, plastics, processed foods, fresh non-organic foods, cleaning products, vaccines, animal protein, etc. Read about 10 toxic everyday things in your home and check out this list of hormone disrupters.

I realize that it is almost impossible to avoid every single one of these things, but you can limit your exposure and become educated on the subject—especially if you're experiencing hormone-related side effects.

If you'd like more information on hormones and how you can restore your hormone balance naturally, join us for a one-hour, informative workshop on Thursday, November 18, from 7pm-8pm. We'd love to see you there!

What you need to know about this year's flu shot

I was in the car for about 2 hours total today. In that 2 hours I heard several radio commercials about how important it is to get the flu shot this year, how the CDC is recommending that everyone get the flu shot, and how the shot is the best protection against the flu. Not only was this message on the radio, I saw it written on outdoor signs at Walgreens, Target, and Kroger. 

As if a single vaccine isn't enough, this year's vaccine is called the triple protection vaccine. The vaccine contains the H1N1 strain, a B strain, and the H3N2 strain. Would you like to know what ingredients make up these flu vaccines?
• Formaldehyde
• Thimerosal
• Mercury
• MSG
• Many More! Click here to see a list of vaccines, the manufacturer, ingredients and potential health risks

I find it fascinating that no one is teaching people how to prevent getting sick without injecting harmful chemicals. Simple things like:
• washing hands for 30 seconds
• covering mouth when we cough and nose when we sneeze
• keep hands away from face
• keep a clean home
• eat lots of fruits, vegetables, beans, and lean protein
• avoid processed foods and sugar
• get plenty of sleep
• stay home if sick to isolate germs

It is possible to stay healthy naturally, even when every cubicle around you in coughing and sneezing. So while you come across these "must get the flu shot" advertisements, carefully consider the health risks.

Now is a great time to start building up your immune system if it needs a little boost. Consider making the switch from processed foods to a whole-foods diet rich in raw fruits and vegetables. This is a good start to protecting yourself from the flu virus.

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