Why do the CDC officials persist in telling the public that this H1N1 strain of influenza is quite dangerous when the experience of those in the southern hemisphere (which just finished their flu season) is in direct conflict with what the CDC is telling the American people.

It’s what they purposely leave out, omit, or don’t have answers for that is the scary part about this blown out of proportion so-called pandemic.

A young high school football player was infected with the H1N1 virus, received some form of medication for his flu symptoms, and then quickly developed a life-threatening staph infection in his lungs.

This is probably what was the REAL cause and NOT the H1n1 virus (if it was the H1N1 virus to begin with – no one tested)

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus is a bacterial infection resistant to antibiotic methicillin. Staphylococcus aureus, sometimes referred to simply as “staph,” or “staph A” is a common bacterium found on the skin of healthy people. If staph gets into the body it can cause a minor infection such as boils or pimples or serious infections such as pneumonia or blood infections.
We already know the reason for the ever increasing threat of MRSA – over use of antibiotics, both in medicine and conventional farming practices. It’s an entirely man-made problem.

However, no questions were asked about what type of medication he received, even though it was clear that, after recovering slightly, he then quickly deteriorated after receiving the medication.

There was also no mention of whether the teen had already been vaccinated for seasonal or H1N1 influenza, either recently or in the past years.

Some More H1N1 Facts that you are NOT being made aware of:

1. A Canadian preliminary study suggests that those who have gotten seasonal influenza vaccine in past years may be at greater risk for getting H1N1 and having complications.
2. Of the 36 children who died from H1N1 between April and August of this year, 30 had some form of chronic health condition, and all of them had a co-occurring bacterial infection.
3. The vast majority of people (99.99%) are having very brief and mild illnesses from this virus. And yet, some people do die from it
4. Which people are most at risk?
   1. Obesity – obese people are admitted 6x more often than those of normal weight. Obesity is also associated with a high incidence of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, both of which increase your risk of having a serious infection, even to mild viruses.
   2. Chronic Conditions – Asthma, Immune Deficiency disorders. Those whose health is already compromised and would more than likely be infected with another more dangerous seasonal flu virus.

What precautions can you take to avoid getting Swine Flu (H1N1) and/or minimizing it’s effect?

• Take Vitamin D – vitamin D deficiency is likely the TRUE culprit behind the seasonality of the flu — not the flu virus itself.
• Avoid Sugar and Processed Foods – Sugar decreases the function of your immune system almost immediately
• Get Enough Rest – If you’re overly tired, you won’t have the strength to fight the flu or any resulting infections that may occur.
• Exercise – exercise creates blood flow which naturally allows your immune system FIND and FIGHT OFF any invaders!
• Avoid Damaged Omega-6 Trans Fats – These are found in processed JUNK FOOD. Find supplements such as Fish Oil, Krill Oil or any foods that contain Omega-3 Animal-based Fats.
• Wash your Hands – This will help stop the spread of the H1N1 Virus. Don’t use antibacterial soap for this — antibacterial soaps are completely unnecessary, and they cause far more harm than good. Find a good chemical-free soap instead.
• Eat Garlic – The primary component of garlic that keeps disease at bay is ALLICIN. You should eat it raw, as almost all “garlic supplements” do NOT contain Allicin. The only product I know of that contains Active Allicin is TIB
• Avoid Hospitals and Vaccines – Hospitals are prime breeding grounds for germs and infections. The vaccines will be ineffective and can lead to crippling paralysis like Guillain-Barré Syndrome just as it did in the 70s.

About the author: Claire Poulton is a nutrition research specialist, having more than 25 years researching the causes for poor health and chronic degenerative conditions. For information on how get healthy exercise, visit ADMAA

Despite the urgency and threat of this virus, the President’s own daughters have not been rushed to the nearest clinic for a protective swine flu shot. According to a blurb on the Fox News White House blog, President Obama’s daughters have not been vaccinated against H1N1. The White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said “the vaccine is not available to them based on their risk.”

This seems odd, if you ask me. Surely the First Family would receive any and all protective measures against a deadly epidemic that is spreading like wildfire and claiming the lives of healthy children and young adults?

It also seems odd to declare a national emergency even if there were 1,000 confirmed swine flu deaths. There are so many diseases that claim so many more lives each and every year… The only difference is they don’t have a vaccine against them that they can promote that every man, woman, and child should take.

For example, hospital-acquired infections alone kill some 90,000 people annually in the US!

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is one specific type of infection that poses a very serious public health risk. MRSA infections are getting progressively worse and actually exact a greater death toll than “modern plagues” like AIDS.

In fact, a 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found there were close to 100,000 cases of invasive MRSA infections in the United States in 2005 (one of the most recent years for which data is available), which lead to more than 18,600 deaths.

Again, I have to stress the obvious that the response to the swine flu is so outrageously exaggerated it defies all logic.

Read the entire story at: The New "Twilight Zone"

Posted by Claire Poulton at American Dragon Martial Arts Academy

Have You Researched Your Health Product Ingredients or Their Claims?

PROBABLY NOT! How do I know this? I see the products that affiliates are promoting, and I only have to read what the product contains and I KNOW they have NOT researched the product(s) they are promoting.

Here Are Some Of The “Stupid Science” Products I’ve Recently Seen Promoted

NUMBER ONE: Alkaline Water Products – ie. Water that has Minerals added, supposedly to boost it’s alkalinity, and SOMEHOW by trying to “Fool Mother Nature” restore and promote Good Health.

If you had done some research into “ALTERED WATER” as I have, you would have learned that “Altered Water” does NOT hydrate cells – which is the ONLY function of water. As a matter of fact, these “Altered, Mineralized Water Products” will cause dehydration!.

The pH level of Water from natural sources is 7.0 – 7.2, which is alkaline enough. But on top of that it will hydrate cells, because the molecular structure of the basic H2O chemical composition of water has NOT been “altered”. Surprisingly 7.0 – 7.2 is the pH level at which the body functions optimally to maintain health. The only natural water product, which was researched at Fenestra for over 6 months with 200 participants in the study is M-Powerment Water. It was the ONLY water product out of the 100’s that they tested, that hydrated cells and provided immediate, intermediate, and long-term positive results.

According to NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS in Chemistry for 2003, Peter Agre from Johns Hopkins University “for the discovery of water channels” and Roderick MacKinnon from Rockefeller University “for structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels”, “Any water source that does not optimize hydration completely is causing some level of dehydration, which also means that there will be an increase in disease and accelerated aging.”

Their research was centered on Aquaporin Channels which are openings in the cells. They slow down the transport of water molecules through the cells and selectively conduct water molecules in and out of cells – one at a time, while preventing the passage of ions and other solutes to the inside of the cell.

Here are a few general guidelines about what to avoid:

• oxygen fortified water
• minerals added to water
• ionized water
• magnetized water
• water changed with any type of technology that is not a duplication of forces in the environment – which means if NATURE doesn’t do it, any interference from un-natural forces will ALTER the purpose and function of water

The cells, instead of being presented with pure H2O, they receive water that has “junk” in it, which must be cleared out before the pure H2O water molecules can flow into the cell. I am NOT saying that Minerals are junk, but they should be consumed in an IONIC Form and placed under the tongue, not swallowed for maximum absorption. Ultra Biominn is such a mineral supplement.

For an analogy: Think of trying to squeeze 25 people at once through one turnstile at a football stadium. That’s what happens at the “Aquaporin Channel” when Mineralized water is consumed.

NUMBER TWO: Properties of Garlic & Garlic Supplements

Quoted from WebMD “Health” Website

“Researchers in Japan compared fresh garlic with garlic preserved in water, alcohol, and vegetable oil, specifically measuring a key ingredient called allicin. Allicin is the main active ingredient in garlic and the chemical responsible for its characteristic smell.

Allicin is widely promoted for its antibacterial properties. Some studies have shown that allicin helps fight infections and may help prevent bacteria-related food poisoning. Other research has suggested that the compound can help against blood clots and certain cancers.

Allicin is fragile and disappears quickly, leading the study’s researchers to question whether various storage methods would affect its levels.

Garlic’s antibacterial properties declined as allicin levels dropped. However, researchers believe the allicin breaks down into compounds that may still be helpful.”

Here’s The “Lack Of Proper Research” Problem With The Above Article

According to the research carried out for over 20 years, Dr. Peter Josling, more affectionately known as the “Garlic King”, Allicin is only produced, when the garlic is “injured or attacked”: Such as chewing or crushing. It is NOT a separate component in garlic. Allicin is produced by other enzymes, components etc. within the Garlic Bulb to Protect itself, which is why you don’t get the smell of garlic until you either cut it open, crush it, or chew it raw. Plants do much the same thing; when a leaf is cut, it leaks out a sticky component to seal the cut.

On a Human Level this can be compared to a cut, scrape or other injury that occurs somewhere on or in the body. The body produces a Scab which only forms when there is an injury to protect from invading germs and bacteria.

The Only Probiotic that contains “Stabilized Allicin” is Total Immune Booster The Trade name for Stabilized Allicin is Allimax™ and was developed over a period of 20 years, and patented by Dr. Peter Josling, from the U.K.

The ONLY other way to ingest the amount of Allicin contained in ONE Total Immune Booster Serving (2 capsules) is to chew 50 fresh whole garlic cloves per day! Which would you rather do?

In addition to antibiotics you are being bombarded with food additives, chlorinated water and medications that can upset the balance of that ecosystem flora. Hormonal drugs, such as birth control pills and cortisone are especially detrimental to the body’s ecosystem. Your body’s immune system is so strong and fights so hard to stay healthy that you may not notice the imbalance for years but it will catch up to you eventually…

One way of balancing out the ecosystem in your body is with Probiotics, which improve liver and circulatory functions, improve resistance to allergies and decrease the presence of yeast infections. Probiotics are those foods and supplement that enhance and restore the helpful bacteria. Small amounts are found in foods like yogurt and fermented Dairy products. Larger amounts are found in probiotic supplements found in your local health food store or Acidophilus Milk in the dairy case. But most of these Probiotics will grow Mold. Not a pleasant thought.

If you want a Probiotic (one that I have used for over 4 years) that will NOT grow mold, doesn’t need refrigeration and WILL restore your "friendly bacteria" get Total Immune Booster

If you have encountered any of the aforementioned, antibiotics, chlorinated water (chlorine by products exist in over-the-counter bottled water as well), hormones, birth control pills, cortisone or anti-inflammatories you need to get your ecosystem back into balance now before other systems start to break down.

You say, "But I’m not ill." No, you may not feel as if you are now but if you frequently catch colds, have fever blisters, vaginal or rectal itching, diarrhea either chronic or intermittent, dry skin, allergies or a host of other small annoying symptoms you could very well be on your way to becoming more seriously ill!

The word “probiotic” is a modern term which means just the opposite of “antibiotic” or “anti-microbial”, which mean toxic or death. Anti-Microbial represents the typical, failed philosophy of modern science, being that, if you “kill disease“, health will remain. This philosophy fails to understand that, when you are diseased, health is gone, and even if the disease is “killed”, the cause of the disease would still be present.

At one time, because of nutrient-rich soil, clean water, organic fertilizers, abundant, beneficial insects and micro-flora, it was possible to consume the now defunct “healthy diet“, and be able to maintain, quite naturally, healthy, balanced intestinal flora.

No one has ever lived in a perfect world, but it has never been more imperfect than it is now. Soil depletion, insecticide-herbicide-chemically fertilized farms, cooked, processed, chemical-laden foods, anti-microbial soaps, antiseptics, the overuse of antibiotics, irradiation, chlorinated drinking water, widespread use of birth control pills, immunosuppressant drugs, chemotherapy and much more all conspire to destroy what we may call “the body ecology”.

Harvey Wiley, once head of the American Bureau of Chemistry (now known as the Food and Drug Administration), was a strong proponent of good triumphing over evil in the American food industry, but his ouster by the food and drug cartels spelled ultimate freedom for pharmaceutical and food “lords” to flood our markets with what has been referred to as “plastic” food.

We have come to the point where packaged mixes and dinners, fast served, processed foods, sugar-laden drinks, and even vitamins and supplements are the things people call “food”.

Wiley feared, with good reason, the future of mankind who, having to sustain itself on the commercially proffered “food” would fall prey to illness, weakness and disease. He knew that the food we consume becomes a “substrate” material that is acted upon by the microbiological cultures present in your system, and that the quality of the food you consume has everything to do with the survival of a healthy microbiology.

Eating “junk food“, America’s favorite diet, supplies substrates that lead to disease-creating microbiology! When processed, incomplete foods are consumed regularly, the microbiology dissolves and adjusts downward to the level and quality of the available material. Unfortunately, as modern agricultural methods continue to use chemistry on an ever-increasing basis, the food which is produced will continue to become less of a substrate for healthy microbiology.

This Information in its entirety is available at my Greenwood Health Website, and was written for that website by the Greenwood Health Owners and Staff.

What are Minerals?

Why do we need minerals?

What are Electrolytes?

Why do we need Electrolytes?

What is a pH Level

What is normal?

Read on for answers to these questions and more!

What are minerals?

Minerals make up our body and keep each one of the body’s system and organs working in sync. When minerals are not present things go awry…

Minerals are the electrolytes in our body that maintain bodily functions and gives us a healthy mind and body. They also give our bones and tendons enough density and strength to support our weight and enables our brain to function as it should.

Think of minerals as the battery to your body, as the battery is to your car. With out that battery in your car, it is not going to start or turn over the starter. Well, same thing with your body with one slight difference. That difference is that your body can function on partial battery for a longer time, where the car will not…

Mineral deficiency taxes your body and ends up disabling different systems and organs. Over time when mineral depletion is prolonged, more symptoms appear such as:

• exaggerated tiredness (chronic fatigue syndrome)
• headaches (migraine, tension)
• dry skin
• dry hair
• brittle nails
• depression
• manic episodes
• paranoia
• and even obesity

None of the above “symptoms” are recognized as a mineral/vitamin problem. The drug companies have come up with all kinds of little pills to counteract these symptoms when all that is usually needed is a regular daily supply of minerals.

Many well-respected scientists, researchers and medical professionals have established a relationship between mineral deficiencies and a wide variety of health conditions which afflict the human body. Additionally, extensive medical research, clinical and hospital studies have confirmed the effectiveness of minerals to working with many of these health conditions.

For example, diabetes or hypoglycemia involves chromium, zinc and vanadium deficiencies; cancer and heart disease involve selenium, copper, and more. Most everyone knows that osteoporosis involves a calcium deficiency, but fewer know about the need for magnesium and boron as well.

Baldness and premature graying is also caused by missing minerals. (You can hear full detail on the tape “Dead Doctors Don’t Lie“). Life without minerals? Impossible! Did you know that proteins, enzymes and hormones are all formed from minerals? Minerals are the cornerstone of good health, all prevention and recovery programs.

“It is not commonly known that in the absence of minerals, vitamins have no function. Lacking vitamins, our system can make use of the minerals, but lacking minerals, the vitamin is useless.” The human body can manufacture some vitamins, (B in the intestinal tract, D from sunshine) but the body cannot manufacture its own minerals – they must be supplied by food and water. When in adequate amounts, they make a strong healthy mind and body. When they are lacking, disease sets in… Charles Northen, M.D. & Bernard Spur, M.D. authors of " Know Your Nutrition."

What Are Electrolytes?

Electrolytes are substances that dissociate into ions when fused or in solution. They are then capable of conducting electricity. In the body, the electrolytes play an essential role in the workings of the cells and in maintaining healthy fluid levels and a normal acid-alkaline ratio.

When the electrolytes are in short supply, or are not in the correct proportion, other symptoms occur in your body. Those symptoms can be subtle and most people will ignore the symptoms until illness occurs.

If a body does not have the optimum number or the correct proportion of Electrolytes in the system all kinds of things happen to you. Vitamins and minerals cannot be absorbed and you end up with “symptoms” such as sluggish drained feeling, slight depression, headaches, dry mouth, ever so slight dizziness, dry skin, or dry hair.

What Is pH level?

pH (potential of Hydrogen concentration) is the term used to identify the intensity of an acid or alkali. The potential ranges from 0 (extremely acidic) to 14 (extremely alkaline). We want the fluids in our bodies to have a neutral pH level, which is 7.0 – 7.2.

No health disorder or disease can possibly sustain itself when the pH is maintained in the neutral zone. At this level, the body is:

• highly oxygenated
• it detoxifies and heals itself
• it’s cells are energized
• it has a strong immunity to all diseases

All regulatory systems in the body are constantly working to keep the correct pH level in the body. The acid-alkaline balance regulates one’s breathing, circulation, digestion, elimination, hormonal production, immune system and much more.

A very easy and simple way to check your overall health is to test the pH of your saliva and urine. pH testing papers can be found in some Pharmacies and Health Food Stores. This test shows if your body fluids are either acidic, alkaline or within an acceptable range.

Author S. Whang, in his book "Reverse Aging" states that, “As long as there are sufficient amounts of alkaline minerals in the body, poisonous acids are neutralized. When there is not adequate supply of calcium or other alkaline minerals in the body, the body borrows calcium from bones to survive.”

The principal Alkaline minerals include:
• Potassium
• Sodium
• Calcium
• Magnesium
• Aluminum
• Zinc

The principal Acidic minerals include:
• Sulfur
• Chlorine
• Phosphorus
• Fluoride
• Iodine
• Silicon

To explain this let’s use a typical oxidation process. You have seen oxidation of metals. Iron gets rusty, aluminum gets a white film, copper turns green. That’s what happens when elements such as air and water exert their forces.

The same thing happens in our bodies. Just by breathing you are creating oxidants. Oxidants are also known as “free radicals”.

A free radical is an atom or group of atoms that has at least
one unpaired electron, which means it’s highly unstable and highly reactive.

How do free radicals cause damage?

Free radicals destroy tissue in search of electrons. They damage tissue by “stealing” electrons from your body’s cells.

Mother Nature knew this would happen, so foods high in antioxidants became abundantly available.

Where are antioxidants and how do you find them?

Fresh, raw, naturally matured and ripened fruit and vegetables are where antioxidants are found. Unfortunately, in the last century modern farming methods have degraded the natural “chemo-preventive” properties of fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, also, modern food processing methods have managed to strip out all the health benefits of most of our foods.

Our hectic, busy lifestyles are also doing us in. Not eating fresh, raw, naturally matured and ripened fruits and vegetables is causing premature aging, chronic health problems, and even terrible conditions such as cancer. It’s so much easier to pull a box out of the cupboard and create an instant meal – totally devoid of any healthy content, than it is to take the time to prepare healthy natural meals.

How do anitoxidants work?

Antioxidants, also known as phytochemicals or phytonutrients, sacrifice themselves by donating an electron to free radicals. In other words, the more antioxidants you have in your bloodstream, donating electrons and neutralizing these free radicals, the healthier you will be.

What are the benefits of anti-oxidants?

• Will help rebuild a strong healthy immune system.
• Will radically improve digestion.
• Will slow down the aging process. The inevitable wrinkled skin,
  age spots, sore joints, and lack of energy can be substantially reduced.
• Will dramatically improve mental clarity.

Many doctors today are recommending that their patients start using a juicer to promote health. But, there are problems associated with juicing.

• The juicer machines are very expensive.
• The quality of the fruit and vegetables may not be optimum.
  Most fruit and vegetables are picked way before they have matured,
  get coated with waxes for preservation, may have pesticides in or on them,
  get zapped with radiation to induce a ripened look, and other tortures.
• Shopping for good quality fruits and vegetables can be very time consuming.
• Cleaning, washing, and preparing the fruits and vegetables can be
  very time consuming and tedious, as well.
• Cleaning up the mess is a royal pain. The juicers themselves are hard to clean and make a terrible mess.

So, what is the solution? How do you get these all important anti-oxidants?

There are a couple of solutions.

One is to buy already prepared juice in bottles. This is not a perfect solution as all of these juices have either been pasteurized – which totally kills off most of the benefits of the fruit, have had preservatives added – which degrades the quality, or have sucrose, fructose, or some artificial sweetening
compound added to make them taste any good.

Also, adding water to these fruit concentrates, adds to the weight thereby
increasing the shipping costs. Liquid fruit juices, cannot be shipped affordably throughout the world, so their availability is restricted to North America, and sometimes even only the USA.

The second solution is perfect. What if there was a way to dry the fruits and vegetables without using “spray-drying”, and preserve ALL the essential benefits of the fruit and vegetable pulp?

There is! And you can read all about it here:
Sensatiafruit

Fruit juices in a powdered form….. what a brilliant idea! Lightweight product content allows this sensational new product, SenSatiaFruit to be shipped to anyone anywhere at an affordable rate.

Prebiotics are food substances which promote the growth of certain bacteria (generally beneficial) in the intestines.

Probiotic bacterial cultures are intended to assist the body’s naturally occurring flora within the digestive tract to reestablish themselves.

The word “probiotic” is a modern term which means just the opposite of “anti-biotic” or “anti-microbial”, which mean toxic or death. The term anti-biotic represents the typical, failed philosophy of modern science, being that; if you “kill disease”, health will remain. This philosophy fails to understand that, when you are diseased, health is gone, and even if the disease is “killed”, the cause of the disease would still be present.

All Probiotics Are Not The Same

There are dozens of companies in the health industry marketing so-called “probiotic” products, some very much overpriced, and some downright dangerous.

They contain a few popular microorganisms commonly found in yogurt, sauerkraut and soaked wheat. Unfortunately, when you discontinue the use of these, chiefly lactic acid bacilli, these microorganisms will not remain, and benefits are gradually lost.

The inert-ingredient, microbiologically dormant, “blend and bottle” systems used today fall far short of this ideal. One famous doctor advertises his “Probiotic” by stating, “Each caplet contains five carefully chosen strains of healthy bacteria. Two of these strains are in the Bifida bacteria family, including B. longum and B. bifidum. The other three are part of the Lactobacillus family, including L. acidophilus, L. casei, and L. burglarious.”

Sounds good, however when different microorganisms are thrown together, it is impossible to know for sure how they will interact. There is a little known condition in microbiology called “competitive exclusion“. For a microbiology to be truly “competitively exclusive” it must contain a complete system of interactive, interdependent microorganisms. This sort of microbiology is completely defensive and is capable of maintaining itself even under long-term storage conditions.

These Kinds Of Blended Microorganisms Are Not Stable

They Can And Will Grow Mold
• Ongoing recent studies have proven this
• Our scientists tested two of the top selling probiotics in the country and both were found to grow mold
• Another product was found to contain more than 40 different types, and what you could call a “hand-made” product was a terrible mold producer

Total Immune Booster ™ Will NOT Grow Mold

Our scientists tried to induce mold in our “living grains” ingredient. No mold would grow and it stopped the growth of mold in things it was mixed with

Other Scientific Findings
• When placed onto wounds, it caused more efficient healing
• Found it could be used to pickle food
• Could be added to hand creams and lotions that promote healing
• Currently being successfully tested in a facemask to treat acne
• When used as an ingredient in bread dough made delicious bread
• Sprinkled it on cereals, eggs, yogurt, and most foods for consumption
• In the body:
• Dramatically improves elimination
• Improves digestion
• Helps to control parasites
• Helps with ulcers
• Helps to eliminate body odors
• Anti-oxidant: Helps dramatically against free radicals
• Helps to heal internal damage
• Reduces mucous

Check The Ingredients And Warnings On The Label Carefully

Look for instructions like “Keep under refrigeration, keep in a cool dry place”, or active ingredient disclaimers such as “…at time of manufacture, best used before….”. These all indicate that the product can and will deteriorate, grow dangerous mold, or become ineffective over time.

Hundreds, even thousands of species collaborate to promote disease-free, nutrient-rich plants. Expecting a microorganism to survive without its many other complimentary species is like asking a fish to survive outside of water.

Bacteria are usually single cell microorganisms, found in a variety of forms…some good … some bad … some ugly.

Modern Medicine Does Not Address Basic Body Function

All of modern medicine’s efforts attempt to cure disease by WARFARE. Real medical documentation contends that if the “good” bacteria is removed (killed), the disease-oriented microbiology will take over. That is exactly what is happening in our modern “disease-ridden” population. The “bad and ugly” are taking over.

At one time, because of nutrient-rich soil, clean water, organic fertilizers, abundant beneficial insects and micro-flora, it was possible to consume the now elusive “healthy
diet”. We were able to maintain, quite naturally, a healthy, balanced intestinal flora. Basically, the power to stay well was there.

Most bacteria are either free-living saprophytes, (organisms living on and bringing about the decomposition of dead or decaying organic matter – good)
or parasites, many of which can and do cause disease (bad and ugly). The tiny microscopic life forms we know as microorganisms are foundational to every physical thing on earth.

A healthy intestinal tract (one rich with the proper bacteria) has over 400 different species of microorganisms living there. They represent approximately two pounds of your body weight. Very few are able to survive in the stomach, (as few as 10-100 organisms per milliliter of stomach content), because of the acidic environment present there.

However, in the large intestine, as many as one trillion organisms per milliliter are common (ref: Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, Golden).

One Of The Least Understood Bodily Functions Takes Place In Our Intestinal Tract

This is the process of extraction of nutrients in the food mass as it progresses through both the small and large intestine (colon), and the process of elimination of unwanted, dangerous toxic materials.

A Healthy Intestine Leads To:

• good bowel movements
• healthy vitamin and hormone production
• and a long and growing list of other important health benefits

However, the colon of most civilized Westerners is, as revealed by the astonishing findings of autopsies, colonics, surgeries and X-rays, the most abused, and most abusing, organ in the body.

Intestines are, by their very nature, cesspools of gooky putrefaction. (Decomposition of organic matter, especially protein, by microorganisms, resulting in production of foul-smelling matter). A quick look inside would convince anyone of that fact.

According to Professor Ehret in his “Mucusless Diet Healing System”, the average person carries around as much as ten pounds of uneliminated feces in their bowels. These are the undigested substances, some from your last few meals, but more the accumulations from childhood onward, which do not pass in your regular bowel movements.

This is “stuff” that shouldn’t be there, the life-snuffing glue that poisons every part of your body, and which is so difficult to remove.

Several years ago, Bernard Jensen, D.C., world-renowned author, lecturer and teacher of natural health, said, “It is an indisputable fact that illness, old age, and even death itself are due to the accumulation of waste products (within the body)…to the inability of the body to replenish its cellular structures and organs with fresh, vital nutrients”.

They care about making a profit. They will blatantly lie to get you to buy their drugs so they can make that profit. They get away with it because the punishment for doing so is usually little more than a slap on the wrist.

The drug companies claim that they need large earnings $125,835,595,000 in 1999 to conduct their research and development.

Let’s Look At The Facts

• Just 1 out of every 5 dollars the drug industry collects goes to drug research
• Drug industry profits are so large they outstrip every other industry’s profits by far
• In 1999 while other companies were experiencing nose-diving profit losses averaging 53%, drug companies experienced an obscene 33% profit increase
• Drug companies had the greatest return on revenues, reporting a profit of 18.5 cents for every $1 of sales
• This was 8 times higher than the median for all Fortune 500 ndustries
• This surpassed the next most profitable industry, which was commercial banking with a 13.5% return on revenue

Drug Development Has Become A Race For The Bottom Line

• Aggressive marketing
• Some drug companies spend almost twice as much money for advertising and marketing as they spend for research
• In addition to the 4 billion dollars they spend on direct marketing to consumers, drug companies are spending about 16 billion dollars per year on marketing to doctors
• Slanting research: In the face of corporate pressures. Scientists admitted to
  • Falsifying or “cooking” research data
  • Not properly disclosing conflicts of interest
  • Failing to present contrary data
  • Using inadequate or inappropriate research design
  • Dropping observations or data points, and inadequate record keeping
  • Unethical publishing of results
  • Influencing physicians
  • Intimidating researchers
  • Pressuring Medical Centers
  • Manipulating the FDA
  • Limiting information
  • Marketing drugs with inaccurate safety information

What does this mean for consumers?

Advertised drugs are not necessarily safe, and drug advertisements should be looked at with discretion

Do You Know For Sure That The Drug You Are Taking Is Absolutely Safe?

Many drugs spend years on the market before being taken off the market because of dangerous side-effects which surface.

Some of these withdrawn drugs, such as Redux, Seldan, Propulsid, Rezulin, were prescribed MILLIONS OF TIMES. According to Dr. Alastair J.J. Wood, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a staggering 19.8 million patients (almost 10% of the United States population) were estimated to have been exposed to just 5 of the 10 drugs withdrawn in the past 10 years.

Dr. Wood added, “None of the drugs was indicated for a life-threatening condition nor, in many cases, were they the only drugs available for that indication”. Safer alternatives to these drugs existed, but intense marketing convinced doctors to prescribe them anyway.

Drug companies can profit handsomely from such drugs. Seldane, the top-selling antihistamine in the world for more than a decade, was on the market for 13 years until the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) removed it in 1997, 7 years after the drug’s cardiac toxicities were identified in 1990.

Rezulin, a diabetes drug withdrawn by Britain in 1997, wasn’t withdrawn by the FDA until 2000, during which time Warner-Lambert earned $1.8 billion.

The FDA Reacts

If the FDA finds a drug ad to be false or misleading, it will issue a regulatory letter to the manufacturer.

In the late 1990s, the FDA issued more than 100 such letters per year, but as of November 2002, only 24 had been issued for the year. The decrease, thought to be the result of a new legal review of proposed regulatory letters, has raised concerns that potentially misleading drug advertisements may be gaining public exposure.

According to a Consumer Reports analysis of FDA regulatory letters from 1997 to 2002, the FDA charged drug companies with a variety of violations including:

• Omitting or minimizing drug risks
• Exaggerating the effectiveness of a drug
• Promoting unapproved uses for a drug
• Making false claims that a drug is superior to another
• Promoting drugs which are still experimental
• Using inconsistent or incorrect labeling information
• Giving misleading or false information to doctors

Anyone who has tried to quit the anti-depressant Paxil will tell you that the TV ads which claim that Paxil is not “habit-forming” is misleading. Many people who take Paxil experience SEVERE withdrawal symptoms when trying to get off the drug, from tremors to cold sweats to “electric zaps to the brain” (not painful but very uncomfortable). The Paxil withdrawal is SEVERE.

The issue of concern is that consumers tend to believe that drug ads are regulated. According to one recent study, some 43% of participants believed, falsely, that only “completely safe” drugs could be advertised.

“According to the Herb Research Foundation, numerous scientists, and tens of millions of consumers throughout the world, especially in Japan, the herb is safe and intensely sweet, which could make it a popular noncaloric sweetener.”
Rob McCaleb, president, Herb Research Foundation, Boulder, Colo., USA

“…as a scientist with over 15 years researching the safety of stevia and of many other plants used as food or food ingredients, I can assure that our conclusions in these various studies indicate that stevia is safe for human consumption as per intended usage, that is, as a sweetener.”
Mauro Alvarez, Ph.D., Brazil

“The petition cites over 120 articles about stevia written before 1958, and over 900 articles published to date. In this well-chronicled history of stevia, no author has ever reported any adverse human health consequences associated with consumption of stevia leaf.”
Supplement to GRAS affirmation petition no. 4G0406, submitted by the Thomas J. Lipton Company February 3, 1995

“Stevia leaf is a natural product that has been used for at least 400 years as a food product, principally as a sweetener or other flavoring agent. None of this common usage in foods has indicated any evidence of a safety problem. There are no reports of any government agency in any of the above countries indicating any public health concern whatsoever in connection with the use of stevia in foods.”
Gras affirmation petition submitted on behalf of the American Herbal Products Association, April 23, 1992.

…various extract forms of stevia have been extensively studied and tested. These tests include acute, sub-acute, carcinogenic evaluation and mutagenicity studies. These scientific data, while not directly relevant or required for exemption under the common use in food proviso, nevertheless demonstrate cumulatively that there is no safety problem associated with the use of an extract of stevia. It appear to be extraordinarily safe.”
Introduction to GRAS affirmation petition submitted by the American Herbal Products Association, April 23, 1992

The Japanese either banned or strictly regulated artificial sweeteners during the 1960s, consistent with a popular movement away from allowing chemicals in the food supply. They soon discovered the ideal replacement for both sugar and its synthetic substitutes: refined stevia extracts.Originally introduced to Japan in 1970 by a consortium of food-product manufacturers, stevioside and other stevia products quickly caught on. By 1988, they reportedly represented approximately 41% of the market share of potently sweet substances consumed in Japan.

In addition to widespread use as a tabletop sweetener, like the packets of saccharin (“Sweet-n-Low®”) and aspartame (“Equal®”) commonly found in the United States, Stevia was also used by the Japanese to sweeten a variety of food products, including ice cream, bread, candies, pickles, seafood, vegetables, and soft drinks.

In addition to demonstrating stevia’s nearly instant popularity in locales far removed from its native habitat, Japan’s experience proved several other significant facts about this phenomenal plant: its adaptability and its safety. Adaptability was proven through the discovery that the plant could be grown throughout most of this temperate island nation, albeit under special hothouse conditions.

Studies were even initiated to evaluate the substitution of stevia for rice under cultivation in some areas. Stevia’s safety was proven through extensive scientific testing.

The spread of the stevia phenomenon was not limited to Japan. Today it is also grown and used in approximately 10 other countries outside South America, including China, Germany, Malaysia, Israel and South Korea.

Stevia might by now be entrenched in the United States as well, had it not been for a concerted effort to block its very entry.

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