More Prescription Drugs Do Not Mean Better Care

The average American now takes close to 12 prescription drugs yearly but a new study shows that increased drug spending does not translate to better Medicare. Let’s see, 12 prescription drugs, each with an average of 70 side effects, that’s 12 x 70 = 840 side effect possibilities. Can’t see that being good for a body. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/12/11/more-drugs-do-not-mean-better-care.aspx?np=true

'Plastic Bottle' Solution for Arsenic-Contaminated Water Threatening 100 Million People

With almost 100 million people in developing countries exposed to dangerously high levels of arsenic in their drinking water, and unable to afford complex purification technology, scientists have now described a simple, inexpensive method for removing arsenic based on chopped up pieces of ordinary plastic beverage bottles coated with a nutrient found in many foods and dietary supplements. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831205923.htm

Insects and Man

Julian Salk, if all insects disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would perish.

If all human life disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all other life would flourish.

We must do a better job of stewarding the resources of this planet. Currently, it’s the only home we have. And it need tidying up.

Flaxseed and Radiation

University of Pennsylvania researchers gave flaxseed to mice then exposed them to radiation. Some of the mice got the flaxseed before radiation exposure and some after exposure. Twice as many of the flaxseed fed mice survived compared to healthy mice that didn’t get flaxseed.

Flaxseed-fed mice had higher body weight, reduced lung inflammation (common in lung cancer patients treated with radiation) and lung fibrosis was significantly limited. (In lung fibrosis, lung tissue becomes stiff from collagen deposits — an irreversible condition.)

Most importantly, all these benefits occurred even in mice that were given flaxseed AFTER radiation exposure.

Flaxseed has no adverse side effects and is loaded with omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidant- rich lignans.

This is very latest research so I can’t claim to have known of it’s radiation protecting properties in mice (let’s hope it also extends to humans on future trials) when I put flaxseed in my food bars but I’m happy it’s in there.

From an HSI newsletter.

ADHD Drugs

Did fidgeting or being restless in class EVER kill a school kid or teacher?
No.
Not even one?
No.
Did a student EVER die because the kid next to him fidgeted?
No.
Not even one?
No.
So why give mind altering drugs to school kids to “cure” fidgeting?

The drugs kill creativity and don’t improve scholastic results and some of the side-effects of the drugs are SUICIDE and HOMICIDE!

Psychiatry and Big Pharma don’t solve problems. They make money by promising false hope and delivering destruction. Save a life. Get informed of the truth and pass it on.

Watch, read, listen and pass it on. CCHR: Big Pharma—Define ‘Better’