Category: Health Tips

MIT biologist says fear mongering on coronavirus will go down as biggest fraud to manipulate economies

(Tom: This is yet another of the “dissenting voices” that promte the building up of the natural defences of the human body rather than relying on an ever increasing array of toxic drugs, each designed to combat a single menace. Life evolves to assume different forms better equipped to counter threats to its survival. That’s why we hear that the COVID-19 has already morphed twice into a new form. That’s why each year’s flu shot is less than 10% effective – because it is combatting a morphing enemy. Do yourself a favour and opt out of the drug company/medico paradigm and research the subject until you fully duplicate how the body works in response to pathogens then, and most importantly, alter your nutrient intake, exercise regime, sleep patterns and stress levels until you are closer to an optimally functioning human being.)

On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global epidemic. The virus, which originated from Whuan China, has claimed over 4,000 lives with 100,000 infected cases reported worldwide. However, some think the panic over the coronavirus is overblown and could potentially do more damage to citizens and overburden our already fragile healthcare systems.

Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai, an MIT scientist and researcher on the human immune system, is one the most respected experts who think the media and the “Deep State” are doing the world a disservice by exaggerating the impact of the virus. He said it’s time to stop scaring people and start talking about immune health.

It would be really interesting to know the details on how the handling of each outbreak differed.

A great article on steps you can take to optimise your immune system.

There is ample evidence that human immune-competence is strongly related to nutrition, physical exercise and psycho-social stress. Through much of the Western world, there is a dearth of evidence-based nutritional and lifestyle advice and recommendations being communicated to citizens. This is especially risky when there are already rogue players with inferior or ineffective products trying to capitalise on the ‘opportunity’ provided by COVID-19.

A recent systematic review on alternate COVID-19 treatment strategies in China has found that the immune response is weakened by inadequate nutrition and they are proposing that the nutritional status of patients should be assessed before any drug treatment begins.

https://www.anhinternational.org/news/build-your-immune-resilience-as-nature-intended

Apparently UV light, specifically UVC which does not make it to earth through the ozone layer, can destroy the CoVid-19 virus in the blood.

This articles gives data on improving sleep, including how to improve your gut health, which is good data for a lot more of us than those of us who need to improve our sleep!

Only 19% of people surveyed washed their hands after coming into contact with feces!?!?!?!?!? WHAT!!!!!!

Anyway, for those of us who care bout cleanliness, here is some graphic data as to why hand washing with soap and water is better than using a sanitiser.

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-photos-why-you-should-wash-hands-with-soap-water-2020-3

Coronavirus infectivity is exquisitely sensitive to pH. For example, the MHV-A59 strain of coronavirus is quite stable at pH 6.0 (acidic) but becomes rapidly and irreversibly inactivated by brief treatment at pH 8.0 (alkaline). Human coronavirus strain 229E is maximally infective at pH 6.0. Infection of cells by murine coronavirus A59 at pH 6.0 (acidic) rather than pH 7.0 (neutral) yields a tenfold increase in the infectivity of the virus.

Exposure to carcinogenic farm pesticides increases pregnant mother’s risk of her child developing leukemia, study finds

Pregnant mothers living in areas where carcinogenic pesticides have been used are at increased risk of their child developing acute leukemia, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The findings are based on a review of pesticide use data in rural agricultural areas of California, where many minority, low-income and farmworker communities live. The environmental nonprofit Beyond Pesticides commented that under current laws, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permits the use of cancer-causing pesticides on the grounds that a certain number of cancers (anywhere from 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,000,000, based on the pesticide in question) should be considered an “acceptable risk”.

In the new study, increased risks were found for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) from exposure to any pesticide defined as carcinogenic by the US EPA’s classification system.

Scientists also considered the cancer connection for several pesticides not considered carcinogenic by EPA, but widely used in California. Two such pesticides, glyphosate and and paraquat dichloride, were both found to increase the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

While past studies have shown similar connections between pesticide exposure in the womb and the development of childhood cancer, this is one of the first to utilize geographic information systems (GIS) data, rather than parental interviews on past exposures. Researchers used California public records of cancer incidence from 1998-2011, alongside statewide pesticide use reports (California is the only state to make this information publicly accessible and searchable) and land-use data. This combination of methods allowed them to precisely locate pesticide applications by linking them with their respective crops.

A list of 65 pesticides were investigated for the connection between their use and the development of childhood cancer.

The researchers found that use of any carcinogenic pesticides within 4,000m (around 2.5 miles) during a mother’s pregnancy increases the odds of the child developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia nearly two-fold and three-fold, respectively. Urea-based herbicides, such as diuron and linuron, are found to be particularly troubling, substantially increasing the risk of childhood cancer.

https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/19338-glyphosate-and-other-pesticides-linked-with-increased-risk-of-childhood-leukemia