The idea that depression and other mental health conditions are caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain is so deeply ingrained in our psyche that it seems almost sacrilegious to question it.
http://chriskresser.com/the-chemical-imbalance-myth
Exercise!
No matter how slow you are going you’re still lapping the person on the couch!
Canola Oil – Genetically Modified Poison
Canola is genetically modified rape seed oil – a poison. It is cheap so many manufacturers are turning to it. It’s not easy to find bread made without it. Not that we should be eating bread, just saying.
“Rapeseed oil is poisonous to living things and is an excellent insect repellent. I have been using it (in very diluted form, as per instructions) to kill the aphids on my roses for the last two years. It works very well; it suffocates them. Ask for it at your nursery. Rape is an oil that is used as a lubricant, fuel, soap and synthetic rubber base and as an illuminate for color pages in magazines. It is an industrial oil. It is not a food. Rape oil, it seems, causes emphysema, respiratory distress, anemia, constipation, irritability, and blindness in animals and humans. Rape oil was widely used in animal feeds in England and Europe between 1986 and 1991, when it was thrown out. Remember the “Mad Cow disease” scare, when millions of cattle in the UK were slaughtered in case of infecting humans? Cattle were being fed on a mixture containing material from dead sheep, and sheep suffer from a disease called “scrapie”. It was thought this was how “Mad Cow” began and started to infiltrate the human chain. What is interesting is that when rape oil was removed from animal feed, ‘scrapie’ disappeared. We also haven’t seen any further reports of “Mad Cow” since rape oil was removed from the feed.”
http://www.tetrahedron.org/articles/health_risks/canola_oil.html
Anatomy and Physiology of the Immune System, Part 2
Jon’s articles area great enlightenment on how your body works. Knowledge is power.
http://www.jonbarron.org/immunity/anatomy-physiology-immune-system-b-cells
Alternatives to White Sugar
Someone asked me for alternative sweeteners this week. Here’s what I jotted off to her:
Agave Syrup – Living Earth (www.raw-chocolate.net)
Blackstrap molasses – Health food shop http://www.naturalnews.com/026296_molasses_health_sugar.html
Honey – Coles or Health food shop
Maple syrup – Health food shop
Stevia – Coles, Health food shop or Morlife
Xylitol – Morlife
Fox News Reporters Fired For Refusing To Lie To The American People
Editor’s note: This article and video are in reference to a 1997 four-part investigative series on one of Monsanto’s most controversial products, which never aired. The story remains an important lesson in media censorship and how Monsanto wields its high-powered legal division in order to silence the full truth from ever reaching a wide audience.
One of the most puzzling aspects of the GMO experiment in the United States is what’s going on in other nations in comparison to here.
For example, over 30 countries worldwide currently institute some sort of ban on GMO crops, and both Europe and Canada also have banned the bovine growth hormone drug rBGH, which has been the source of great controversy behind the scenes in the United States.
All that controversy reached a breaking point at one local news station in Florida, where two investigative reporters sought out to find the truth about one of Monsanto’s most highly profitable, and highly controversial, products.
The reporters, Steven Wilson and Jane Akre, went to great lengths in order to expose links to cancer and these Monsanto products, crafting a hard-hitting story that could have saved the health of millions of Americans.
But instead of being rewarded for their courage and due diligence, they were subjected to the ultimate betrayal, losing their jobs over what could have been the most ground-breaking health story in decades.
Breast Cancer Kills 40,000 Women a Year
Many profit from it without benefiting the cause. Wake up the world.
Think Before You Pink® launched in 2002 in response to the growing concern about the number of pink ribbon products on the market. The ground-breaking campaign calls for more transparency and accountability by companies that take part in breast cancer fundraising, and encourages consumers to ask critical questions about pink ribbon promotions.
The Latest Risky Fad to Hit Your Child's Pediatrician's Office
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is now giving their seal of approval for physicians, particularly pediatricians, to offer vaccinations to parents and close family members of babies who are too young to receive the immunizations themselves. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/02/14/flu-vaccines-for-family-members.aspx
This Trick May Force Your Body to Burn 400-500 Extra Calories/Day
Cool the body and heat up the fat burning! http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/02/13/scientists-find-brown-fat-to-help-lose-weight.aspx
Ginkgo May Soothe Dementia Symptoms
People with dementia suffer from more than just memory loss: they suffer from irritability, sleep disturbances, depression and more. While few medications fully relieve such symptoms, a study in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment found that an extract of the herb ginkgo biloba might be one natural option for relief.
For 24 weeks, 410 participants with mild to moderate dementia were randomly assigned to a daily placebo or 240 mg of ginkgo biloba extract (EGb761®), a product made by the company that commissioned the study.
Participants were given a questionnaire that evaluates dementia symptoms and the participants’ caregivers filled out questionnaires about their level of distress. Participants were not taking medications for dementia. Results showed:
Participants in the ginkgo group experienced small but statistically significant improvements in symptoms such as sleep disturbances, indifference, irritability, depression and motor behaviours compared with the placebo group.
Interestingly, caregivers’ distress also improved in the ginkgo group but not in the placebo group. Possibly because improvements experienced by the participants also improved the lives of the people caring for them.
The study authors comment that in people with dementia, such symptoms may result in “long-term hospitalisation, increased use of medication and a decrease in quality of life for patients and caregivers.” They suggest that ginkgo may be one alternative for providing relief. Large clinical trials are needed to confirm these findings.
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