Category: Health Tips

An interesting discussion including percentage risks of each.

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A post from a friend of mine Dean Blehert on Facebook:

A few days ago, I received an email from some “Healthy solutions“ provider about a long and complex study done by some researchers in Brazil. The article on this study claimed that the study involved more than 15,000 subjects over many months and proved that sugar alcohols (not sugar, but sugar alcohols, often used as sweeteners because many of them do NOT have the bad effects on health that sugar itself has), taken over a period of months, lead to some terrible physical situations. The authors of the study claimed that erythritol was particularly dangerous and that probably Xylitol was similarly dangerous, and that it might be healthier to put sugar back into a healthy diet. The article gave the chemical explanations in language beyond my current grasp (very impressive!).

It was unclear from the article who funded the experiments, but hinted at government help.

Since the person I’ve found most reliable on matters of diet (Dr. Eric Berg) has claimed that both these sugar alcohols were safe, I had some questions about that study. I did not (and do not) have time to get an MD or a PhD in biochemistry to challenge the “science“ of the article. I found a simpler approach. I asked a single question (actually, just a subject, not really a question) on Google, and that resolved the matter for me.

What did I ask? Before you read my answer, work out what YOU would ask in this situation.

Here’s what I entered into Google’s AI:

THE SUGAR INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL?

Instant answer (all data I didn’t have before–I thought most sugar on this planet came from the American south (e.g., Louisiana) and West Indies sugar cane plantations and the beet sugar from Hawaii. Not so):

The sugar industry is the LARGEST industry in Brazil, and sugar is the largest EXPORT from Brazil, and Brazil is the largest producer of sugar in the world (more than a quarter of the world’s sugar). It’s income from sugar has been rising year by year. Anything that challenges the growth of that industry is the enemy, and part of that enemy is erythritol and other products that have begun to replace sugar in many products. Some of the sugar substitutes (the chemical substitutes) have gotten enough valid bad press that they are avoided by many. Stevia and monk fruit are among the safer sugar substitutes, though not everyone can tolerate them. The sugar alcohols, and ESPECIALLY erythritol, are emerging as among the safest and best tolerated sugar substitutes, so, of course, any study (especially an expensive and long one) done in Brazil will easily find funding.

Why is it so crucial to ask who funds a study? Because OTHER studies have been done (many) that found that, even when a study is claimed to be unbiased, “double blind,” etc., nearly always (like 90% of the time) a study financed by some entity (such as a pharmaceutical company) gets the results that entity WANTS TO SEE. In other words, if the Cureitall company wants to prove a product will be effective, they pay someone to test it, and the testers almost always find that it’s effective.

And when independent testers try to replicate the original result . . . THEY CAN’T. For some reason, those without a special financial interest in showing that the drug is effective do NOT get the same results (nowhere near, in most cases) as the people paid by the drug company. (Books have been written about this!)

When a BIG company is promoting the product, and it’s allies in government are behind it, those later studies, often, don’t get published–or their publication is stalled for years. (Though I hear some recent reforms of that system are slowly taking effect.)

Follow the money trail. If the study doesn’t seem to make sense, find out who paid for it.

[By the way, the exact amount of erythritol this “study” found dangerous in regular use happened to be the exact amount of erythritol in a pint of my favorite sugar-free ice cream (Rebel).]

[One other (and last) “By the way”: The people who run these experiments that get the desired results probably vary in their degree of corruption. Some intentionally alter results, play complex tricks with statistics, etc. Others are simply influenced by the pressure to get a certain result, and see things the way they are “supposed” to see them, not necessarily realizing that they’re missing things (like bad effects of a drug), etc.]

The study published in the journal Foods (journal) (2020) by researchers including Valentina Nanni and Angelo Gismondi found that oregano (Origanum vulgare) extract has strong anticancer effects on melanoma (skin cancer) cells. In laboratory experiments, a concentration of about 10 mg/mL reduced melanoma cell viability by around 80% within 48 hours, while showing minimal toxicity to normal cells. This suggests the extract may selectively target cancer cells. The effect is linked to bioactive compounds in oregano such as carvacrol and thymol.

The researchers discovered that oregano extract kills cancer cells by activating programmed cell death pathways, including both apoptosis and necroptosis. It increases oxidative stress inside the cells, leading to mitochondrial damage and DNA breakage. As a result, cancer cells either self-destruct or swell and burst when normal death mechanisms fail. This multi-target action makes oregano extract a promising candidate for future anticancer research, although these findings are currently limited to lab studies and not yet confirmed in humans.
PMCID: PMC7603152 PMID: 33080917
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7603152/

https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC7603152

• 505 g Turkey Mince
• 286 g Half Sweet Potato
• 143 g One Onion
• 409 g 2 Potatoes
• 320 g Head of Broccoli
• 47 g 2 Spring Onions
• 68 g 1 Carrot
• 210 g Pumpkin
• 350 g Can of Corn kernels
• 350 g Can of 4 Bean Mix
• 220 g Half a jar of Patak’s Butter Chicken
• 1 cup Basmati Rice

The Environmental Working Group puts mushrooms on the Clean Fifteen at #14 among fruits and vegetables with the lowest pesticide residues, but this doesn’t mean mushrooms don’t have pesticide residues.

The U.S. government’s Pesticide Data Program found residues of the anti-mold pesticide thiabendazole in 54.5 percent of conventionally grown mushrooms.

The EPA classifies thiabendazole as likely to be carcinogenic when doses are high enough to disrupt thyroid hormones. According to the EPA’s assessment, thiabendazole also harms the immune and nervous systems. The European Food Safety Authority determined that thiabendazole is associated with adverse effects on thyroid hormone function. If we’re concerned about the health effects on farm workers and rural communities in addition to consumers, we shouldn’t just be looking at pesticide residues per pound of produce, we should also be looking at pesticide usage per acre of farmland.

If you look at pesticide residues per pound of produce, as the Environmental Working Group does, mushrooms make the Clean Fifteen, but if you look at pesticides per acre of farmland, as the Pesticide Action Network has done, mushrooms would be #2 on the Dirty Dozen, second only to potatoes.

We need to keep in mind that the damage from conventional farming doesn’t end at our plates — even produce that tests residue-free was grown with chemicals that poison our waterways, deplete our soil, and silently devastate wildlife along the way. The organic food we purchase or grow isn’t just a personal health choice, it’s a vote for and a contribution to a food system that doesn’t gamble with humanity’s most critical medicines — or the health of the planet we all share.

https://organicconsumers.org/the-clean-fifteen-list-and-how-you-measure-pesticides-changes-everything/

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Scientists figured out how to *double* brain waste clearance just by massaging the skin.

The discovery may be the future of Alzheimer’s prevention.
Scientists have discovered a non-invasive way to enhance the brain’s natural waste-clearing system, which could open new doors for treating neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) demonstrated in mice that gently stimulating lymphatic vessels beneath the skin of the face and neck significantly boosts cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow—a critical mechanism for flushing out harmful substances from the brain. Using a specially designed mechanical stimulator, the team was able to double CSF outflow and restore drainage levels in aged mice, without drugs or surgery.

This breakthrough offers a potential new approach for safely improving brain health in aging populations.

The researchers also identified previously unknown drainage routes from the brain to superficial lymph nodes through facial lymphatics—routes that remain functional even in older animals.

These findings complete the anatomical map of CSF outflow and suggest the feasibility of wearable or clinical devices to enhance brain waste clearance. While more research is needed to determine its long-term effects and application in human patients, the team is optimistic that this gentle mechanical approach could be developed into a therapeutic tool to prevent or slow neurodegenerative disease progression.

Nature. Increased CSF drainage by non-invasive manipulation of cervical lymphatics, June 4, 2025

According to the Australian Placental Transfusion Study (APTS), a large international, multicenter randomized clinical trial published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health in 2021, delaying umbilical cord clamping for at least 60 seconds in very preterm infants (born before 30 weeks of pregnancy) significantly improved survival and developmental outcomes.

The study followed more than 1,500 preterm babies across 25 hospitals in seven countries and compared delayed cord clamping (60 seconds or more) with immediate clamping (within 10 seconds).

At the two-year follow-up, researchers found that delaying cord clamping reduced the relative risk of death or major disability in early childhood by 17%. Most notably, mortality before the age of two was reduced by 30% in the delayed group. In addition, 15% fewer infants required blood transfusions after birth.

The findings demonstrate that allowing an extra minute before clamping the cord can provide measurable, long-term survival benefits for very premature babies.

This is nothing short of a miracle.

Dr John Campbell breaks down the study of an 83yr old woman with stage 4 breast cancer that had metastasised to the liver, spine and bones.

Usually a death sentence.

She took a daily dose of 222mg of FenBen for 8 months. Which normalised her liver enzymes. The tumor marker dropped from 316 to 36.

There was an absence of any abnormal metabolic activity indicative of cancer.

https://x.com/Ivermectinkart/status/2038715387727036556?s=20