Covenant Natural Health Care

FREE WORKSHOP: Learn about the thyroid

Top 5 reasons why you should join us for our upcoming workshop:

1. Learn about the types of thyroid conditions

2. Get Helpful hints for good nutrition to support thyroid function

3. Learn how to test at home for thyroid dysfunction

4. Meet like-minded people who are passionate about natural health

5. Ask the expert (Dr. Blanchard) questions regarding thyroid health

Thursday, April 28, 2011, 7-8pm
LaQuinta Inn and Suites Conference Room
350 Meijer Drive (behind Best Buy on Houston Road)
Florence, KY 41042

Register today—call (859) 653-4923.

Upcoming Workshop: Thyroid Health

Our next FREE workshop is right around the corner and we'd love to see you there! The topic is all about the thyroid.

What you'll learn:
• Types of thyroid conditions
• Helpful hints for good nutrition to support thyroid function
• How to test at home for thyroid dysfunction

Thursday, April 28, 2011, 7-8pm
LaQuinta Inn and Suites Conference Room
350 Meijer Drive (behind Best Buy on Houston Road)
Florence, Ky 41042

Do you have any of the common symptoms of thyroid dysfunction? Watch this short video to find out.

 

Register today—call (859) 653-4923.

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Health News Roundup

This weeks Health News Roundup is full of great information that I hope you will take time to read:

• Calorie counting has become unhelpful.: Kirchoff and Weight Watchers have eliminated the company's popular "Points" system, which encouraged dieters to lose weight by eating any foods as long as they kept the portions small. The new system tries to encourage dieters to consume more natural, less processed food.

• U.S. dietary guidelines: toss calorie counter: After more than a half century of counting calories, experts are advising dieters to ditch the numbers game and take a more holistic approach to losing weight.

• Cereal box health warning after recycled cardboard study: Breakfast cereal manufacturers are to stop using recycled cardboard in packaging after a study indicated that current boxes could pose a cancer risk.

• Japanese officials admit partial nuclear meltdown now underway at nuke power plants: Contradicting earlier reports that claimed the Fukushima nuclear power plant suffered no reactor core damage, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano today admitted that a "partial core meltdown" is now underway.

• Maine gets break in federal health care overhaul: The federal government Tuesday granted Maine a waiver of a key provision in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, citing the likelihood that enforcement could destabilize the state's market for individual health insurance.

• What NOT to Do Before Your Next Dental Appointment…: many dentists still widely prescribe antibiotics for routine dental procedures, and are simply not following the updated AHA and ADA recommendations.

• Study: Secondhand Smoke Increases Risk of Stillbirth, Birth Defects: A new review paper by University of Nottingham researchers found that secondhand-smoke exposure increased the risk of stillbirth by 23% in nonsmoking pregnant women, compared with women who were not exposed to smoke at work or at home. Passive smoking also increased the risk of congenital birth defects by 13%.

• Multiple studies link autism to mercury, which is still present in most flu vaccines: Despite recommendations made by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1999 that Thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, be removed from vaccines, the toxic chemical is still added to the majority of flu vaccines administered to women, children, and the elderly, according to the Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs (CoMeD), a Maryland-based non-profit organization. And according to three recent studies, the symptoms of mercury poisoning are nearly identical to those of autism symptoms, which strongly suggests that mercury in vaccines is responsible for causing autism.

• Exercise-induced cell regrowth critical to reducing stress, improving health: For many years, the medical community denied the possibility that adult brain cells could regrow. But researchers now know that neurogenesis, the process of brain cell regeneration, does occur, and it plays a very important role in mitigating stress and improving sexual and reproductive function -- but it all hinges on getting plenty of regular exercise.

• FDA Requires Federal Oversight of J&J Plants After String of Drug Recalls: Federal regulators have put an injunction in place against Johnson &  Johnson’s over-the-counter (OTC) drug division following a seemingly endless string of quality control problems and drug recalls. 

• Watch out for toxic ingredients in sunscreen: The majority of sunscreens are toxic, environmental groups have warned.

• Radiation Exposure: Fast Facts About Thyroid Cancer and Other Health Risks: There's growing alarm worldwide about radiation poisoning, with an explosion Monday morning at the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. A similar blast at the No. 1 reactor in the same complex released radiation into the environment on Saturday, and while officials in Japan and the World Health Organization have since described the public health risk as "quite low," concern about the potential of serious health problems abound.

Health News Roundup

This week's Health News Roundup is jam-packed with great info!

Celebrity-branded perfumes loaded with toxic petrochemicals: Researchers uncovered 40 different chemicals in the perfume samples, in addition to the 51 listed on product labels. Of the 40 ingredients found, only two were listed on the label of every product containing them; the other 38 were unlisted on at least one of the 17 labels.
Each product contained roughly equal numbers of listed and unlisted chemicals, averaging 14 secret chemicals per product. Products including more than the average number included Britney Spears Curious (17), Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gio (17), Chanel Coco (18) and American Eagle Seventy Seven (24).

The average perfume contained 10 known allergens that can trigger reactions from asthma to headaches to contact dermatitis. Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gio contained the most known allergens, at 19.

Even more seriously, researchers uncovered 10 chemicals known to disrupt the hormonal (endocrine) system, with each perfume containing an average of four. The perfumes Halle by Halle Berry, Quicksilver and Jennifer Lopez J. Lo Glow all contained seven different endocrine disruptors -- six estrogen mimics and a thyroid disruptor.


Congress Approves Child Nutrition Bill: Congress gave final approval on Thursday to a child nutrition bill that expands the school lunch program and sets new standards to improve the quality of school meals, with more fruits and vegetables.


Finally, Proof that Cancer is a Man-Made Disease: A study of ancient bodies has determined that cancer is a man-made disease, one fueled by the excesses. Tumors turn out to be extremely rare until very recent times, when pollution and poor diet became issues.

Researchers analyzed potential references to the disease in classical literature, and also searched for signs in the fossil record and in mummified bodies. But despite examining tissue from hundreds of Egyptian mummies, they confirmed only one case of cancer


Surgeons receive millions from Big Pharma to promote medical devices in journals: Medical professionals commonly write articles for popular medical journals that endorse specific drugs or medical devices. But a new study has found that most fail to disclose the fact that they are receiving direct compensation from Big Pharma for such endorsements, which is often to the tune of millions of dollars.


The Amazing Anti-Aging Discovery Experts Say Deserves the Nobel Prize... : You may be able to extend your life and stay fit throughout your old age with a simple change of diet that switches on your "youth" gene.


Professor who lost weight on Twinkies only proves that even nutrition educators can be Ding Dongs: The nutrition professor who lost 27 pounds was simply on a calorie restriction diet (a partial fast, if you will) that included a slew of processed junk food. Did he discover some miracle junk food diet? Nope. He just controlled his calories while poisoning himself with junk food chemicals and artificially modified food ingredients.


Eating This "Healthy" Food? It Could be Slowly and Silently Killing You: The Weston A. Price Foundation has compiled a list of soy dangers and myths to get the truth out once and for all.


Special Report: A day without genetically altered orange juice: We live in a "world of nasty bacteria now," says Calvin Arnold, a scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. An insect-borne bacterial disease that is ravaging Florida's citrus crop means the juice squeezed from the Sunshine State's fruit may soon come from trees that have had their genetic makeup modified.

Commonly used antidepressants may raise heart disease risk: Old style anti-depressant drugs were linked with a 35 per cent increased risk of cardiovascular disease, the study found.


Largest U.S. Egg Producer Caught Abusing Chickens on Video: "At one point the video shows a dead bird as eggs roll by just inches away on a conveyor belt." Just another good reason to support our local farmers!

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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!