One of my principle concerns with the current scene is the rapidly escalating speed with which human rights are being trampled. The lack of peace in certain regions is proof positive that these principles are actually valid and needed, more than ever.
This trend needs to be reversed. The entrance point is educating people that they do have rights. Hence this post and the request you share these posts so more people are aware of and insist upon their rights so that we can live in a peaceful society.
Watch the video and if you think so too, please share it!
Do you know it is a fundamental right of yours to have your own opinion? You would not think so from the way some people (including the government) try to belittle you for disagreeing with them but it is.
Artists dream of future realities and, by their art, communicate them to us. I have heard it said they are some of the most valuable members of society and I find no reason to disagree with that viewpoint.
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations – these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit – immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously – no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.― C.S. Lewis
Canola oil is appealing because it is less expensive than other vegetable oils, it is advertised as being healthy, and promoted by the heart foundation.
In this study the mice received either regular chow or a chow diet supplemented with canola oil for 6 months. At this time point we found that chronic exposure to the canola-rich diet resulted in a significant increase in body weight and impairments in their working memory together with decrease levels of post-synaptic density protein-95, a marker of synaptic integrity, and an increase in the ratio of insoluble Aß 42/40.
They reported their findings do not support a beneficial effect of chronic canola oil consumption on two important aspects of AD pathophysiology which includes memory impairments as well as synaptic integrity.
Today canola oil is the third largest vegetable oil by volume after palm and soybean oil worldwide, and in the United States is one of the most widely used oil for human consumption second only to soybean oil. While many studies have investigated the relationship between olive oil with disease incidence, mortality and biomarkers for diseases, studies with canola oil are mainly focused only to biomarkers. Limited and not conclusive scientific evidence would suggest some benefit for canola oil consumption, but results from studies implementing diets containing canola oil in experimental animal models have provided us with conflicting data. On the other hand, studies have consistently demonstrated a beneficial effect of olive oil in different mouse models of neurodegeneration. By contrast, no data are available on the effect that canola oil consumption may have on any of these models and the development of AD.
The authors had previously used the same mouse model in an investigation of olive oil and found the opposite to canola. Alzheimer mice fed a diet enriched with extra-virgin olive oil had reduced levels of amyloid plaques and phosphorylated tau and experienced memory improvement. In support of this the Mediterranean diet which is rich in olive oil is associated with a reduced risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and AD, and a reduced risk of progressing from mild cognitive impairment to AD among its many health benefits.
Rapeseed oil (known also as canola oil) has emerged as a potential substitute for olive oil since has a similar monounsaturated fatty acids content to that of olive oil and an overall favorable fatty acid profile. As result, in recent years the consumption of canola oil has significantly increased in non-Mediterranean countries, due to the lower cost compared with olive oil and the perception that it shares the health benefits of the olive oil.
Just ordered this book… …my background thoughts before I get it/read it.
I think we’ve been tricked. I think RNA viruses get their genes from the living cells of their hosts. It’s all derived from the genome of the individual via a recombination of DNA elements. In fact, that may be one of the main purposes of viruses: to act as a producer of variation. The human genome, massive and genius as it is, does not have the capacity to store all the information for dealing with all of the trillions of potential biological threats out there, so some have hypothesized that viruses may be a mechanism to reshuffle or unleash cryptic information within. (https://evoinfo.org/papers/auxilary/borger3.pdf)
So basically, getting sick may all be in-house. I know some of you are familiar with the Pasteur vs Bechamp debate; Pasteur believed germs (an outside cause) were responsible for disease, where Bechamp believed that disease was a consequence of cellular terrain (an internal cause).
The same basic concept was debated years later in regards to evolution between Darwin, who believed adaptation was a population phenomenon, caused by natural selection (an outside force which eliminated the genetically unfit) and Lamarck, who believed adaptation was an internal event that created fitness within individuals via endogenous mechanisms. Over the decades, it is clear that Darwin was wrong, as individuals have a huge toolbox of adaptive mechanisms within that are highly regulated and can crank out helpful traits both during development and later, all throughout life. Epigenetics, Horizontal gene transfer, mutation and a host of other endogenous mechanisms seem to miraculously spring into action to help their hosts survive when they are stressed or challenged by the environment. The Darwinians have been forced over the decades, begrudgingly to accept these mechanisms, as all of them are highly regulated and contradictory to Darwin’s claim that adaptation was an external force (natural selection).
When it comes to viruses, it may be that they are just one of the ingenious tools we have in our genetic toolbox that help us survive environmental assaults (internal and external). And sure enough viruses are even known to be agents of morphological change; they can alter body color, the formation of wings in flies, etc. The Rous Sarcoma virus is a tumor virus that affects many animals and is known to pick up segments of cell RNAs into their genomes. Specifically the c-src transcript is taken up from the host and used as an oncogene. Many other cancers acquire viral RNA transcripts and are understood to be encoded by the host’s genome: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/rous-sarcoma-virus
If you’ve read my posts about cancer before, you may know that I believe tumors are defense mechanisms put into place to help isolate/sequester what would otherwise be runaway toxicity and associated inflammation…tumors, though they have a bad rap, actually help keep the tissues alive in hypoxic regions so that large portions of the body don’t die, experience necrosis and waste away (cachexia). It makes sense that certain viruses, which are very sensitive to hypoxia, may actually be involved in this whole process and act as a trigger for tumor formation. And sure enough, tumors are teeming with viruses, all of which most certainly originated in the host genome via recombination.
Influenza viruses are known to trigger a release of accumulated biofilm, (https://mbio.asm.org/content/7/4/e01235-16) which is what I think this COVID virus is doing. Biofilms in the lungs and many other places harbor toxic carcinogens and heavy metals, and viruses may actually be a detoxification agent that triggers the release of pent up toxicity, which may help a person avoid serious health conditions down the line.
Ultimately though, I think viruses are biological effects, not causes of disease..symptoms arise, not from the virus, but from our own immune system, which is attempting to detoxify the body from pent-up poisons. I’m sure this will be a good book.
Some interesting data from a person selling indoor air filters:
Here’s a wild fact. The air inside your home is 3-5 times more polluted than the air outside. And in some cases it can be up to 100 times more polluted… Crazy right?!
Outdoor air pollution from automobiles, factories, or wildfires is an obvious threat in some areas, but indoor air pollution is a seriously underestimated problem no matter where you live, because we spend most of our time indoors.
Clean air is essential for health and to help prevent respiratory illness, pulmonary problems, certain types of cancer, and to reduce the toxic load on your body.
When the much-loved naturalist Sir David Attenborough turned to social media this week to point the complimentary finger at Australia’s architect Koichi Takada, it was all for good reason.
The Japanese-born and Sydney-based architect is set to create the world’s greenest building; and didn’t expect the announcement to set his own social media alight with praise.
Koichi Takada Architects will construct a 30-storey apartment building in Brisbane for their client Aria Property Group, with works to commence at the end of 2021.
