tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63294215889264716832024-03-27T02:37:16.023-04:00The Plain Truth's: Your Health Today ONLINELearning God's Healthy way to a better Life!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1602125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-53788143161331133682023-10-22T09:28:00.001-04:002023-10-22T09:28:22.770-04:00All About Candida and an at Home Test to See if You are Struggling With it<p> </p><p>What is Candida Albicans?</p><h2 style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #cc0000; font-family: Roboto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">From Dr. Mercola</h2><h2 style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #cc0000; font-family: Roboto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Candidiasis: Don’t Let This Yeast Infection Wreck Your Health!</h2><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>There’s a hidden battle that many people today don’t know they’re fighting – and it’s occurring right inside their body.</i></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Fatigue and low energy. Depression and anxiety. Digestive issues, skin irritation, migraines, and headaches. Difficulty losing weight.</i></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Does any of this sound familiar to you?</i></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>If they do, then watch out – you might be dealing with Candidiasis.</i></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Unfortunately, there’s lot of misinformation is circulating on the Internet about Candida, which is why many people end up confused about their condition or fail to treat it altogether. </i></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><br /></i></p><h2 style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #cc0000; font-family: Roboto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 32px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>What Is Candida?</i></h2><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>The truth is <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">everyone</span> has Candida in their body.</i></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>This yeast-like fungus lives in your mucous membranes and, benignly, in your gut and intestinal tract. It thrives in warm, moist areas of your skin, such as your armpits, groin, and in women’s vagina (the folds of the vulva).</i></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Candida is a normal part of your natural microflora. In fact, oral swabs in 40 to 75 percent of healthy adults will test positive for C. albicans, and up to 25 percent of women will be positive for C. albicans in their healthy vaginas without any sign of infection or overgrowth.</i></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>However, once there’s an overgrowth of candida in your body, then your risk of getting candidiasis increases – and this is when your health is put in jeopardy. (<a href="https://www.mercola.com/ebook/yeast-infection.aspx" target="_blank">SOURCE</a>)</i></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here is what Dr. Eric Berg has to say about it as well:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OjdweOuY_xw" width="320" youtube-src-id="OjdweOuY_xw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the "Spit Test" you can do at home for free</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h2 class="preScale scaleIn" style="background-color: white; color: #0b82b5; font-family: var(--heading-font-font-family); font-size: calc((var(--heading-2-size-value) - 1) * 1.2vw + 1rem); font-weight: var(--heading-font-font-weight); line-height: calc(var(--heading-font-line-height) * (1 + (1 - var(--heading-2-size-value))/25)); margin: 0px 0px 2rem; opacity: 1 !important; text-align: start; transform: scale(1) !important; transition-delay: 0.3s; transition-duration: 0.65s; transition-property: transform, opacity; transition-timing-function: ease; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Candida Saliva Test</h2><p class="preFade fadeIn" style="background-color: white; color: #0b82b5; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 17.4784px; line-height: var(--body-font-line-height); margin: 1rem 0px; opacity: 1 !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: start; transition-delay: 0.310345s; transition-duration: 0.65s; transition-property: opacity; transition-timing-function: ease; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When you awake in the morning, before you put anything into your mouth, work up some saliva and spit it into a clear glass of water. Within 1-3 minutes, look in the glass. If there are strings coming down from your saliva, or if the water turned cloudy, or if your saliva has sunken to the bottom, YOU MAY HAVE A CANDIDA CONCERN! Healthy saliva will simply float on the top! 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border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Mercola continues to say: <i>There are many common health conditions that are actually connected to – and exacerbated by – Candida overgrowth in your gut, such as:</i></p><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5 !important; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 0px 38px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Chronic fatigue</i></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Depression and/or anxiety</i></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Fibromyalgia and arthritis</i></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Atopic dermatitis</i></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Myocarditis</i></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>PMS</i></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Parkinson’s disease</i></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Cancer, and more</i></li></ul><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Here’s another alarming fact: if you have been exercising and following my healthy eating guidelines, yet still struggling with your weight, then chances are Candidiasis may be to blame. It’s actually quite possible that with some people, an inability to lose weight is their ONLY symptom of Candidiasis.</i></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Dr. Berg expounds on the different types of Candida and how to handle them. One of the biggest offenses that leaves us in a compromised state are ANTIBIOTICS, watch the video for more.</b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 16px; hyphenate-character: "‐"; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a9wWC7M0QxI" width="320" youtube-src-id="a9wWC7M0QxI"></iframe></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3OOG5EMVads" width="320" youtube-src-id="3OOG5EMVads"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">FASTING CAN HELP ELIMINATE AND CONTROL CANDIDA</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/InM6gQkYCRQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="InM6gQkYCRQ"></iframe></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="df_con eqna_enabled" style="margin-bottom: 0px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px;"><div class="rwrl rwrl_sec" style="line-height: 22px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px;"><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: -apple-system, Roboto, SegoeUI, Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Microsoft YaHei, Meiryo UI, Meiryo, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif;">In summary, hopefully this helps you see the importance of getting a handle on any Candida issues as they are detrimental to our health. Focusing on fasting again...there are so many benefits to doing it and this is yet one more piece on our health page that recommends doing so. We will cover fasting more in depth on another day here on The Plain Truth, but God does have one mandated fast day in the Bible...God's people are commanded on the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 23:27-32, and you can read more about this from our main site, </span><a href="http://here." style="font-family: -apple-system, Roboto, SegoeUI, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Microsoft YaHei", "Meiryo UI", Meiryo, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;">here.</a></span></span><span style="color: #123bb6; font-family: -apple-system, Roboto, SegoeUI, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Microsoft YaHei", "Meiryo UI", Meiryo, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #d1dbfa; font-size: 10px;"><b><a href="https://theplaintruth.com/?p=3072" target="_blank"> </a></b></span></span></div><div class="rwrl rwrl_sec" style="font-family: -apple-system, Roboto, SegoeUI, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Microsoft YaHei", "Meiryo UI", Meiryo, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; line-height: 22px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px;"><span style="color: #123bb6;"><span style="background-color: #d1dbfa; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="rwrl rwrl_sec" style="font-family: -apple-system, Roboto, SegoeUI, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Microsoft YaHei", "Meiryo UI", Meiryo, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; line-height: 22px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15pt;">God instructs us to obey His commands. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15pt;">Why? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15pt;">The Plain Truth is that God loves us. (John 14:21) He wants the best for us. He wants to bless us and make our food amazing (<a href="https://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-19.htm" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Isaiah 1:19</a>) and heal our land (2Chron 7:14) and take our sickness away (<a href="https://biblehub.com/exodus/23-25.htm" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Exodus 23:25</a>) and set us high above all the nations of the earth! (Deut 28:1)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15pt;">Why would we not want to respond out of obedience to God? </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.68px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px;">God wants the best for His Family, for us, for we are His children! <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: text; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.68px;">Why would we not want to choose obedience </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: text; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 21.68px;">as this is the loving response and one that will continue to move us all in the right direction.</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 24px;"> God has said, “<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red;">If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land". </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111;"> 2Chron 7:14</span></span></p></div><div class="rwrl rwrl_sec" style="font-family: -apple-system, Roboto, SegoeUI, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Microsoft YaHei", "Meiryo UI", Meiryo, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; line-height: 22px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-54485220973871644152023-10-22T08:56:00.003-04:002023-10-22T08:56:40.694-04:00Cancers erupting in ways ‘never before seen’ following COVID shots<p> </p><h4 class="wp-block-heading" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px;">Dr. Harvey Risch suspects patients’ immune systems compromised</h4><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Bob Unruh" decoding="async" height="50" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wnd.com/files/2011/10/runruh.jpg?resize=50%2C50&quality=89&ssl=1" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="50" />By <a href="https://www.wnd.com/author/runruh/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Bob Unruh</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="" decoding="async" height="319" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wnd.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cancer-newspaper-pixabay-600.jpg?resize=600%2C319&quality=89&ssl=1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.wnd.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cancer-newspaper-pixabay-600.jpg?resize=600%2C319&quality=89&ssl=1 600w, https://www.wnd.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cancer-newspaper-pixabay-600-300x160.jpg 300w, https://www.wnd.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cancer-newspaper-pixabay-600-340x181.jpg 340w, https://www.wnd.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cancer-newspaper-pixabay-600-118x63.jpg 118w, https://www.wnd.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cancer-newspaper-pixabay-600-162x86.jpg 162w" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="600" /></p><p id="caption-attachment-4721979" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">(Image courtesy Pixabay)</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Another possible side effect of those COVID-19 shots demanded for Americans by many governments and employers during the pandemic has shown up, and it’s not good.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">It’s that cancers are “occurring in excess,” Dr. Harvey Risch explained in a report by the <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/cancers-appearing-in-ways-never-before-seen-after-covid-vaccinations-dr-harvey-risch-5495364?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=TheLibertyDaily" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Epoch Times.</a>He’s professor emeritus of epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">He appeared recently on EpochTV’s “American Though Leaders” and explained that clinicians have been observing “very strange things.”</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">For example, he said, there have been “25-year-olds with colon cancer, who don’t have family histories of the disease – that’s basically impossible along the known paradigm for h</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">But that’s changed, and he observed, “There has to be some initiating stimulus to why this happens.”</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">The physician described cancer as something a healthy human body can fight with ordinary immunity.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">But if that system is compromised, cancer can advance.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">ow colon cancer works…”</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">And there are other “latency” cancers being seen.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">He explained cancers usually take time to develop, from two years to 30 years.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://www.wnd.com/2023/09/cancers-erupting-ways-never-seen-following-covid-shots/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">READ MORE>></a><a href="https://www.wnd.com/2023/09/cancers-erupting-ways-never-seen-following-covid-shots/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">>></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-53489718061045000632023-10-22T08:54:00.003-04:002023-10-22T08:54:56.244-04:00New York sees a surge in tuberculosis cases amid migrant influx and Covid fatigue<p> <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/profile-125/luke-andrews.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration-line: none;">LUKE ANDREWS HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/new_york/index.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">New York City</a> is recording a ‘dramatic’ rise in tuberculosis cases, reports suggest — fueling fears the disease could resurge in the US. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Preliminary data shows 500 cases of tuberculosis (TB) have been diagnosed in the city so far this year — marking a 20 percent increase from this time last year.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Infections are also at their highest level in the city for this time of year in more than a decade, raising concerns the disease <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11895611/Tuberculosis-makes-comeback-children-risk-CDC-warns.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">could spill into</a> other areas of the country.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Some health officials say the surge is being driven by fatigue following the Covid pandemic — with some people avoiding clinics and treatments — and cuts to funding — with the only TB clinic in Manhattan recently shuttered.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">There are also fears the migrant crisis in New York City, which has seen more than 100,000 migrants arriving in the city since spring, could be driving the infection rates because this group is at a heightened risk of infection due to cramped housing conditions.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="The above graph shows TB cases in New York City by year. Data suggests TB infections are already about 20 percent higher this year compared to the same time last year" decoding="async" height="333" src="https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/06/19/76259043-12603141-image-a-38_1696616451338.jpg?resize=634%2C333&quality=89&ssl=1" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="634" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">The above graph shows TB cases in New York City by year. Data suggests TB infections are already about 20 percent higher this year compared to the same time last year</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><img alt="Preliminary 2022 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention out Thursday shows that TB disease cases increased 5 percent in 2022 to 8,300 cases" decoding="async" height="358" src="https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/06/19/69040983-12603141-Preliminary_2022_data_from_the_Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_P-a-48_1696616517317.jpg?resize=634%2C358&quality=89&ssl=1" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="634" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Preliminary 2022 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention out Thursday shows that TB disease cases increased 5 percent in 2022 to 8,300 cases</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">TB was once one of the deadliest infections in the world and a death sentence for half of those it infected.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">But with the arrival of vaccines — up to 80 percent effective against severe disease — and other treatments, the fatality rate has now dropped below four percent in developed countries.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Patients catch the disease by breathing in droplets laced with the bacteria, with infections beginning as coughing up phlegm or blood and a persistent cough that doesn’t ease within three weeks.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">The US stopped routinely giving out the TB vaccine — called Bacillus Calmetter-Guerin — in the 1970s after cases and deaths nosedived in the country. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">But the vaccine may still be offered to patients and healthcare workers who have had close contact with a TB patient.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">People exposed to TB patients will also be monitored and offered drugs to curb the infection. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Doctors treat TB via administering a cocktail of drugs over the course of eight months to eliminate the bacteria.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Previously infected or exposed people, however, face the risk of ‘latent’ infections, when the bacteria remains dormant in the lungs ready to emerge should the immune system weaken again.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Responding to the rising TB cases in New York, Elizabeth Lovinger from the advocacy group Treatment Action Group, told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/04/tuberculosis-cases-rising-new-york-00119878" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Politico</a>: ‘This is definitely a more dramatic resurgence than we would have probably expected.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">‘When there are particularly high spikes in TB and other infectious diseases in New York City, that tends to be kind of a bellwether for the rest of the country.’</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Across the US, TB cases are rising after falling in 2020 — likely because of a reduction in testing as most stayed home during the Covid pandemic.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">There were 8,300 cases detected in 2022 and nearly 9,000 in 2019.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Before the pandemic, TB cases were steadily declining after dropping below 20,000 per year in 1997 and below 10,000 in 2012.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">In New York City, the rise is likely worsened by the closure of one of the four clinics dedicated to TB handling patients — and the only one in Manhattan.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">The TB clinic in Washington Heights was shifted to handling Covid patients during the pandemic and was later shuttered. Local Health officials insist there are still plans to renovate or reopen the clinic.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">The reduction in capacity means patients with active infections now have to wait two to three days for treatment, raising the risk they infect others.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">There are also concerns that TB could get into already cramped and overcrowded migrant centers in the city and quickly cause a wave of infections.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; max-width: 100%;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-17207" data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" height="426" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://i0.wp.com/theplaintruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-11.png?resize=640%2C426&quality=80&ssl=1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/theplaintruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-11.png?resize=1024%2C682&quality=80&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/theplaintruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-11.png?resize=300%2C200&quality=80&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/theplaintruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-11.png?resize=768%2C512&quality=80&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/theplaintruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-11.png?resize=1200%2C800&quality=80&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/theplaintruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-11.png?w=1280&quality=80&ssl=1 1280w" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" width="640" /></figure><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">A spokesman for the New York City Department of Health insisted the city was still a ‘leader in TB care’.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">He said: ‘We have pioneered treatments and therapies in New York City.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">‘We also launched a new latent tuberculosis infection provider outreach campaign to increase screening, diagnosis and treatment among at-risk New Yorkers.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">‘Additionally, we have a contract with a local provider that is worth up to $500,000 to ensure that New Yorkers receive care and that we have additional capacity in place should anyone need services.’</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12603141/New-York-tuberculosis-Covid-migrant.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">READ MORE>>></a><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12603141/New-York-tuberculosis-Covid-migrant.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-10274195014290571282023-10-01T10:28:00.003-04:002023-10-01T10:28:41.669-04:00Eat Your mRNA Vegetables ~ Transgenic Edible Vaccines EXPOSED<p> </p><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; 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border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: poppins; font-size: clamp(24px, 5vw, 32px); line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">HORRIFYING: Rep. Thomas Massie Exposes Taxpayer-Funded “Transgenic Edible Vaccines” Which Turns Edible Plants Like Lettuce and Spinach Into mRNA Vaccine Factories to Replace mRNA Shots (VIDEO)</h1><div><br /></div><div class="entry-meta" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--contrast-2); font-family: poppins; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 0.5em;"><span class="byline" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: inline; text-transform: capitalize;">By <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/author/jezztoot/" itemprop="url" rel="author" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" title="View all posts by Jim Hᴏft"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Jim Hᴏft</span></a></span></span> </div><div class="entry-meta" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--contrast-2); font-family: poppins; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 0.5em;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-1024722" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="563" sizes="(max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px" src="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/rep-massie-600x338.jpg" srcset="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads//rep-massie-600x338.jpg 600w, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads//rep-massie-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads//rep-massie-768x433.jpg 768w, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads//rep-massie-1536x866.jpg 1536w, https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads//rep-massie.jpg 1898w" style="box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="999" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">In a shocking revelation, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has recently brought to light a deeply concerning issue that should alarm every American citizen. The U.S. government is currently funding research into “transgenic edible vaccines,” a term that sounds like it’s straight out of a dystopian science fiction novel. Yet, it is very much a reality, and it’s happening right under our noses.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">The Gateway Pundit <a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/scientists-growing-covid-vaccine-filled-spinach-lettuce-edible-plants-replace-covid-injections/" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(164, 181, 215); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">reported</a> in 2021 that scientists at the <a href="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/grow-and-eat-your-own-vaccines#:~:text=UC%20Riverside%20scientists%20are%20studying,protect%20us%20against%20infectious%20diseases." style="border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(164, 181, 215); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">University of California</a>, Riverside, have been experimenting with turning edible plants like lettuce and spinach into mRNA vaccine factories.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">According to the press release published by the University of California, the project aims to utilize mRNA technology, similar to that used in COVID-19 vaccines, to turn edible plants into vaccine factories.</p><div class="tgp-post-inline-1" id="tgp-1691491823" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><div class="adcovery-postinline-01" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">The research is funded by a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and has three primary goals:</p><ol style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">To successfully deliver DNA containing the mRNA vaccines into plant cells where it will replicate.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">To demonstrate that plants can produce enough mRNA to rival a traditional vaccine shot.</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">To determine the right dosage of the vaccine.</li></ol><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Juan Pablo Giraldo, an associate professor at UCR, is leading the research. He envisions a future where people could grow these transgenic plants in their gardens, and farmers could cultivate entire fields of them.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“Ideally, a single plant would produce enough mRNA to vaccinate a single person,” said <a href="https://faculty.ucr.edu/~juanpg/people.html" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(164, 181, 215); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">Juan Pablo Giraldo</a>.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“We are testing this approach with spinach and lettuce and have long-term goals of people growing it in their own gardens,” Giraldo said. “Farmers could also eventually grow entire fields of it.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Effectively delivering the genetic material to a plant’s chloroplast, small organs in plant cells that convert sunlight into energy the plant can use, is critical to rolling out the vaccinated food.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“[Chloroplasts are] tiny, solar-powered factories that produce sugar and other molecules which allow the plant to grow,” Giraldo said. “They’re also an untapped source for making desirable molecules.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">The research involves altering the genetic makeup of plants, which could have unforeseen consequences. Genetically modifying edible plants with experimental vaccines for public consumption is the culmination of a dream, the associate professor explained.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“One of the reasons I started working in nanotechnology was so I could apply it to plants and create new technology solutions. Not just for food, but for high-value products as well, like pharmaceuticals,” he said.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/mRNA-plant-doctor.jpg" style="box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">On Wednesday, Rep. Massie began his speech by stating, “Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of my amendment, which states that none of the funds made available by this act may be used to fund any grant related to any transgenic edible vaccine.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">He went on to elaborate that this isn’t some far-fetched idea, “Does the term transgenic edible vaccine sound far-fetched? Well, it’s not. We’re funding it.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“I don’t think the American people should be funding this. And I think, and I would hope, that we’ve learned something from the COVID experience with SARS-CoV-2, that some of our science projects aren’t the best ideas,” Massie continued.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“What could possibly go wrong with this research? Well, we found out a few years ago when a biotech company was experimenting growing in corn a vaccine to keep pigs from getting diarrhea. What happened? Well, the next year where the corn was grown, the prior year the corn came up, and it got co-mingled with soybeans that were being grown there. It contaminated 500 bushels of soybeans, which were then co-mingled with 500,000 bushels of soybeans. And those all had to be recalled and destroyed. Luckily, they caught it.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“Do we want humans eating vaccines that were grown in corn meant to stop pigs from getting diarrhea? I don’t think we want that to happen. Yet that almost happened, and it could happen. There’s another case where the pollen cross-contaminated another crop of corn, and 155 acres of corn had to be burned. What are the cases where we’re not discovering this? I think it’s dangerous to play God with our food,” Rep. Massie asked.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">He warned against the dangers of playing God with our food supply, emphasizing that it’s not just about keeping prices low; it’s about ensuring the safety and integrity of the food we consume.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">“I think we need a safe food supply. And this is about food safety. Ultimately, the people in this country need to know what’s in their food. And if we start contaminating the DNA of our food with DNA from other animals or viruses, the pollen could spread, and we don’t know what could happen. And I would hope we’ve learned a lesson from the Wuhan lab that sometimes things escape sometimes things don’t go as you plan and so that’s why i think it’s a bad idea to fund transgenic edible plant vaccine research from the USDA,” said Massie.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/horrifying-rep-thomas-massie-exposes-taxpayer-funded-transgenic/" target="_blank">WATCH MASSIE HERE AND CONTINUE READING>>>></a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-86321382723375158622023-09-17T08:04:00.005-04:002023-09-17T08:10:03.146-04:00Heart Attacks - Women vs Men and More<p> This is an interesting piece by the DailyMail however in the light of all of this info, it has been said by leading thyroid doctors that the main cause of heart attacks in women is a low thyroid. This being largely due to mainstream practices that refuse to properly treat a woman with a high enough level of thyroid hormones.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7nuINGpYk6UAm9AKzgZuAllodlxhwuDvjnJ25WEmGh7MlekGJKeKK5mKUF_hE-F8cr-kdOcwAEgKnFP83jTekBbMqY3ONzgmuenkNad7yBDqXS56oyHAtXQu82h2Y9xmcvL0HgQ-294npsdei6Fu5v5ETw3Bd37ICJ2nce5JtqTHZnTSJv5uwdpsJbrQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7nuINGpYk6UAm9AKzgZuAllodlxhwuDvjnJ25WEmGh7MlekGJKeKK5mKUF_hE-F8cr-kdOcwAEgKnFP83jTekBbMqY3ONzgmuenkNad7yBDqXS56oyHAtXQu82h2Y9xmcvL0HgQ-294npsdei6Fu5v5ETw3Bd37ICJ2nce5JtqTHZnTSJv5uwdpsJbrQ" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="graphik, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.14px; text-align: left;">By </span><a class="author" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/profile-122/caitlin-tilley.html" style="background-color: white; color: #004db3; cursor: pointer; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.14px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase;">CAITLIN TILLEY, HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="graphik, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px;">The symptoms of a cardiac arrest are different between men and women, experts warn.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">A study of more than 1,672 found that for women, the most prominent symptom of an impending cardiac arrest is shortness of breath, whereas for men, it is chest pain.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">Both men and women also had palpitations, seizure-like activity and flu-like symptoms.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.16px;">The fatal complication - which sees the heart </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.16px;">suddenly stop beating and deny the rest of the body oxygen-rich blood - causes around 450,000 deaths a year in the US.</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.16px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXJOWGMg2JkFaLXGY7KUSn6081CNMkjD5wtQWffGIB51o0NJTIWWmdQ3xitDTOrdMIuiAuy8INr3TVD0txs_2qBgxA1j2B5o0klrM3uAZq7_BUV973bxNAvWdaCJDrIGCPdPVNOqwI5RzqXGzAwMyWQqifDiapLty4bcABVeM5OA1De7Vi12AeHWqqMAM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="634" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXJOWGMg2JkFaLXGY7KUSn6081CNMkjD5wtQWffGIB51o0NJTIWWmdQ3xitDTOrdMIuiAuy8INr3TVD0txs_2qBgxA1j2B5o0klrM3uAZq7_BUV973bxNAvWdaCJDrIGCPdPVNOqwI5RzqXGzAwMyWQqifDiapLty4bcABVeM5OA1De7Vi12AeHWqqMAM" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dr Sumeet Chugh from Cedars-Sinai in California hopes her findings will lead people to quickly identify signs of a cardiac arrest and take swift action. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Approximately 90 percent of people who experience a sudden cardiac arrest at home die from it.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">However, more of a distinction in symptoms among the sexes could help first responders spot the loss of heart function in male and female patients more quickly.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Dr Chugh said: 'Harnessing warning symptoms to perform effective triage for those who need to make a 911 call could lead to early intervention and prevention of imminent death.<span style="letter-spacing: -0.16px;">'Our findings could lead to a new paradigm for prevention of sudden cardiac death.'</span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">For this study, the researchers used two pre-existing and ongoing studies based in California and Oregon, each designed by Dr Chugh.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">The data had been collected from emergency medical services reports for people aged 18 to 85 years old who had suffered cardiac arrest witnessed by someone else between February 2015 and January 2021. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">The California study showed 50 percent of the 823 people had at least one telltale symptom a day prior. The Oregon study showed similar results.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">In the latest study, scientists evaluated the prevalence of individual and sets of symptoms before sudden cardiac arrest and compared those findings to control groups that also sought emergency medical care with symptoms that later turned out to be something else.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">They found in women, difficulty breathing was the only early warning sign that was significantly linked to cardiac arrest.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">For men, chest pain, difficulty breathing and excessive sweating were all linked to cardiac arrest.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart suddenly stops beating and denies the rest of the body oxygen-rich blood, shutting off the supply to the brain and causing someone to lose consciousness.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">When blood stops flowing to the brain, lungs and other vital organs, their function is greatly diminished, and key body processes needed to keep a person alive are halted.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Brain cells can die within minutes of being deprived of oxygen. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Most cardiac arrests occur when a diseased heart's electrical system malfunctions.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">More than 356,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of hospitals per year in the US.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Cardiac arrests differ from heart attacks, which occur when the blood supply to the heart muscle is cut off due to a clot in one of the coronary arteries.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Common causes of cardiac arrest include heart attacks, heart disease and heart muscle inflammation.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Drug overdoses and a large loss of blood can also be a cause.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Administering an electric shock to the chest wall via a defibrillator can start the heart again. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">The shock allows the cells in the heart to recharge, which reestablishes the heart's rhythm.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">If a defibrillator is not immediately available, CPR can keep oxygen continue to circulate throughout the body.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12446461/Men-women-symptoms-cardiac-arrest-need-look-for.html" target="_blank">SOURCE</a></p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.16px;"><br /></span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.16px;"><b>I will always share what Dr. Berg has to say because his research is most often excellent. </b></span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.16px;"><b>Here is his video on the Hidden Source of Heart Attacks</b></span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What else does a heart good every day we are blessed to get another day?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gratitude!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Studies show that keeping a <i>gratitude journal </i>improves sleep, reduces stress, and have more of a sense of satisfaction in our daily lives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmhU08gL2q1E2-48tt2SE1X0ipb3lenW2ReRd5AdUDvwmDAs9X4eQBHMHCkJuLzGbSKSUir3LZE8O022k-hA7m6LQgX3KY-Z5H_uFCcYbbGn6It7GTzcUCJA6i7echsZhnWN7QGmPcU2LKXSA-sRlG0t1mZ6zERSYLhi1OnLSOwK4Xs99NXXN3bAC_bw8" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is almost like it tells your brain, that's it, you are in a terrible state of health, and no one really understands how truly debilitating this type of pain can be. Weight can play a factor but do not be fooled, this happens to the slender and athletic and those of us that just have to stand a lot for our jobs or hobbies. Foot pain can also mean you have a fatty liver, or that your liver is due for a scrubbing and some hefty support. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some potential scenarios to consider and how to begin the healing process that can get you back to feeling pain free and vibrant again. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkEQYD8Kbep4hopAiVyt0PBgjDq4KiVirPK6fE1Ds2avVg8tWYjFyNTFW_VE5Z-cjcfUHTbaOHgQTRf6ne9hRqIyiuPcBCVoryDALOKOxQ4e5XQwsRfo3nqzv1-gGDoAZKOr_hMLhXJG3-Ulmf0evxzMtUW65cH5d8SO4UN7xLLOOUSmsLMa62puujl8/s378/foot%20.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="378" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkEQYD8Kbep4hopAiVyt0PBgjDq4KiVirPK6fE1Ds2avVg8tWYjFyNTFW_VE5Z-cjcfUHTbaOHgQTRf6ne9hRqIyiuPcBCVoryDALOKOxQ4e5XQwsRfo3nqzv1-gGDoAZKOr_hMLhXJG3-Ulmf0evxzMtUW65cH5d8SO4UN7xLLOOUSmsLMa62puujl8/s320/foot%20.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">What is it?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Plantar fasciitis is an all-too-common cause of heel, and overall foot pain. It involves inflammation of the thick band of fascia that attaches from the toes to the heel bone called the Plantar Fascia. It is that tight painful experience of walking after a night of sleep, having to hobble for a minute once getting out of the car after a long drive, or when standing for any length of time when acute inflammation is present. The nerves are just on overload at this point, basically, yet some liken it to feeling as though their feet are broken. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYM8FbSVUY25ucrPc0et2zIp78LAFegz-m7FrquLbjEUFUHbP7YiKyXYdIRpKb_ovJ6behIX1UJm6vsHykevo8B3w6OYMZJqDKRZ5MaYCZDtv60mveWOyHukN0sToZ5pqmAr5siBzBHykbARew2gmwJh60LqysdR49GyjxM4dgyLUCTfgMix_3Ty_19fI/s211/foot2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="211" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYM8FbSVUY25ucrPc0et2zIp78LAFegz-m7FrquLbjEUFUHbP7YiKyXYdIRpKb_ovJ6behIX1UJm6vsHykevo8B3w6OYMZJqDKRZ5MaYCZDtv60mveWOyHukN0sToZ5pqmAr5siBzBHykbARew2gmwJh60LqysdR49GyjxM4dgyLUCTfgMix_3Ty_19fI/s1600/foot2.png" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Liver Connection to Our Tootsies</span></b></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Pain and numbness or a burning on the bottom of the feet can be the symptom of insulin </span><span>resistance</span><span>, this is stemming from the liver. </span><span>So,</span><span> make sure you do everything you can to focus on making your liver as healthy as possible and find out if that is in fact the real cause of your foot pain. A fatty liver is what this is referred to, btw. Gout symptoms as well will get much better from focusing on the liver as that ultimately will affect the kidneys. Here is a great video from Dr. Berg on the overall </span><span>issues your</span><span> feet can experience from a compromised liver. Your liver is the hub of your </span><span>health,</span><span> and it is wise to always take steps to support the liver with supplementation.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large;"> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2qGeR0TX2-I" width="320" youtube-src-id="2qGeR0TX2-I"></iframe></div><br /><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oxalate crystals, micro traumas, uric acid, can all contribute to the inflammation of your feet while you are dealing with a Plantar Fasciitis diagnosis. You can have heel spurs or not, but one of the biggest mistakes we are told by doctors is to stretch the calf or the fascia on the bottom of your feet. This can cause more damage, more pain, and a delayed healing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>Dr. Berg suggests avoiding foods high in oxalates like spinach, chocolate, peanuts, kiwi's, etc., and having a little bit of cheese or calcium if you do ingest that list above as it will lower the oxalate irritation to the bottom. Vitamin D (20,000 iu's a day) and Stinging Nettle are great anti-inflammatory supplements to take. </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>Stretching and How to Achieve Immediate Relief</b></h3><div>This won't sit well with podiatrists and most online searches will lead you to chiropractors that mean well, but they are actually causing more problems than good when it comes to recommended stretches. </div><div><br /></div><div>As Dr. Berg demonstrates in the video below and claims it is the easiest way to fix plantar fasciitis, he has you stretch your foot in the opposite direction and shin, you actually stretch pressing your toes down, avoiding the calf as he says the worst thing you can do is stretch the calf or massage the foot because you are tearing even more and causing more scar tissue to be cultivated. By stretching the top of the foot and the front part of the leg, you are creating a scenario where you start to relax the foot entirely, especially the bottom. This can take up to 2 weeks to fully heal, doing this a few times a day he claims...and the comments section is pretty telling of how quickly people are starting to feel a relief from their discomfort within two minutes of doing these stretches. Many people claim they have suffered with Plantar fasciitis for years and this has been the remedy. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gXdlPuKfyXs" width="320" youtube-src-id="gXdlPuKfyXs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Excellent Taping the Foot for Relief While Healing from Plantar Fasciitis</h3><div>There are arch and foot sleeves that can mimic the taping in the video, but this is a great way to help yourself. You can find a great version of KT Tape that is 5 dollars<a href="https://www.target.com/p/pre-cut-kinesiology-tape-up-up/-/A-80393587?preselect=75664969#lnk=sametab" target="_blank"> </a><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>here and</u></span> you can fortify your kinesiology taping with this athletic tape <a href="https://www.target.com/p/athletic-tape-20yds-up-38-up-8482/-/A-15010608#lnk=sametab" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div>ARCH SUPPORT VIDEO</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fAWrF2DBUvI" width="320" youtube-src-id="fAWrF2DBUvI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">METATARSOL SUPPORT VIDEO (SUPPORTING THE MET WILL HELP PLANTAR FASICIITIS, TOO)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j8JOKFD-3r8" width="320" youtube-src-id="j8JOKFD-3r8"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>PLANTAR FASICIITIS VIDEO HERE <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8jk4Yz4P0AU" width="320" youtube-src-id="8jk4Yz4P0AU"></iframe></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Think Alternatively</h3><div>I like to think of it like this, pray and rest, be gentle and good to yourself embracing positivity whilst being mindful that your body is telling you something and it is a fine time to listen. There is great value in trying alternate ways to healing. With the feet, what we have learned in this short piece (and by watching the videos in full) is to cut out the sugar, fasting can ease the load on the liver, remove oxalates from the diet, take in liver supporting supplements and foods, and alternate ways can possibly help you avoid more injury, more pain, needless steroids and liver and kidney damaging anti-inflammatory medications. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsIMARkSaEkDFRdPWH9UfrrYIGG8eQYhuHoenyAYGtLvCijRDE2fDWKPd5pRi0px3OICh-MZ4ZSabOe_Fq1tkuAj3UtsRUnRczaB2p_D32fXu2Uf6PdniEHTsm9eOCL6iCcJDzczzFHHSk8DQJHEmzzzestKeexOfXFJGbEQ87RTwD0u4DsNQ991BIzk/s616/happy%20feet.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="616" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsIMARkSaEkDFRdPWH9UfrrYIGG8eQYhuHoenyAYGtLvCijRDE2fDWKPd5pRi0px3OICh-MZ4ZSabOe_Fq1tkuAj3UtsRUnRczaB2p_D32fXu2Uf6PdniEHTsm9eOCL6iCcJDzczzFHHSk8DQJHEmzzzestKeexOfXFJGbEQ87RTwD0u4DsNQ991BIzk/s320/happy%20feet.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2d3748; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Proverbs 16:24 – Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.</span></em></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>If this information helps anyone, or does not, please leave your experiences in the comments section. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-63101579141169822822023-09-03T06:23:00.000-04:002023-09-03T06:23:46.754-04:00More Eye Drops Recalled<p> Dailymail.com</p><!-- wp:paragraph -->
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<p>More <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11900103/These-eye-drop-products-recalled-contamination-fears.html">eyedrops potentially contaminated</a> with deadly germs are being recalled by the US Food and Drug Administration. </p>
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<p>Dr Berne’s Whole Health Products is issuing a voluntary recall of several eye products because bacteria and fungi were detected.</p>
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<p>The recall applies to all lots of MSM 5% Solution Eye Drops, MSM 15% Solution Eye Drops, Castor Oil Eye Drops and MSM MIST Drops 5% Solution.</p>
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<p>An analysis by the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/fda/index.html">FDA</a> found one lot of the 5% solution failed a sterility test, with both bacterial and fungal samples detected. However, Dr Berne's is recalling multiple products 'out of an abundance of caution'. </p>
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<p>The products are used as lubricating eye drops and all recalled drops were available for purchase nationwide via Dr Berne's online store. The FDA said there had been two 'adverse events' reported to the agency, but did not specify what they were. </p>
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<p>This recall comes after several others were issued earlier this year after at least one person died and 68 were blinded from using other eye products. </p>
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<p>An analysis by the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/fda/index.html">FDA</a> found one lot of the 5% solution failed a sterility test, with both bacterial and fungal samples detected. However, Dr Berne's is recalling multiple products 'out of an abundance of caution'. </p>
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<p>The products are used as lubricating eye drops and all recalled drops were available for purchase nationwide via Dr Berne's online store. The FDA said there had been two 'adverse events' reported to the agency, but did not specify what they were. </p>
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<p>This recall comes after several others were issued earlier this year after at least one person died and 68 were blinded from using other eye products. </p>
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<p>Dr Berne's is notifying its distributors and customers nationwide via email and arranging for the return of and refund for the products. </p>
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<p>The FDA states 'using contaminated eye drops could result in minor to serious vision-threatening infection, which could possibly progress to a life-threatening infection'. </p>
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<p>Eye products can become contaminated with various substances during the manufacturing process when sterile procedures are not followed. </p>
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<p>Contaminants can include germs or <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12359881/Supermarket-recalls-products-contains-BUGS-ROCKS.html">even objects</a>, such as rocks or bugs. </p>
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<p>The Dr Berne's products are not the first eye products to be recalled this year in the US. <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11900103/These-eye-drop-products-recalled-contamination-fears.html">In March</a>, artificial tear drops manufactured by EzriCare were found to be contaminated with P. aeruginosa, a deadly bacteria usually found in hospitals. </p>
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<p>In February, Delsam Pharma Artificial Eye Ointment was recalled because of possible 'microbial contamination'.</p>
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<p>Additional eye drops recalled this year include Brimonidine Tartrate Ophthalmic Solution and Purely Soothing 15% MSM Drops because of possible 'non-sterility'.</p>
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<p>In total, 68 cases of blindness and at least one fatality were reported due to contaminated eye drops in the US. </p>
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<p>Dr. Berne's Whole Health Products was founded by Dr Sam Berne, a private practice physician in New Mexico. </p>
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<p>The company's website states he has been practicing for more than 25 years with 'patients to improve their vision and overall wellness through holistic methods'.</p>
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<p>The website claims Dr Berne's 'whole health protocols improve vision and wellness by healing the mind-body-spirit through nutritional protocols, vision therapy, and self-care techniques'. </p>
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<p>At the bottom of the website is the disclaimer: 'These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease'. </p>
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<p>The FDA issued a statement earlier this month about Dr Berne's products, warning customers not to purchase and immediately stop using MSM Drops 5% Solution and LightEyez MSM Eye Drops – Eye Repair due to bacterial and fungal contamination. </p>
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<p>'FDA recommends consumers properly discard these products as FDA describes. Using contaminated eye drops could result in minor to serious vision-threatening infection which could possibly progress to a life-threatening infection', the FDA said on Aug. 22.</p>
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<p>At that time, it was not aware of any adverse event reports associated with use of the products and advised users to seek medical care if they showed signs or symptoms of an eye infection. </p>
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<p>The FDA added the products contain methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) as an active ingredient and were unapproved and being illegally marketed in the US. </p>
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<p>PFAS were found in the majority of the straws tested and were most common in those made from paper and bamboo.</p>
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<p>The substances break down very slowly over time and can persist over thousands of years in the environment, a property that has led to them being known as 'forever chemicals.'</p>
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<p>They have been linked to a number of health problems including lower response to vaccines, lower birth weight, thyroid disease, increased cholesterol levels, liver damage, kidney cancer and testicular cancer.</p>
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<p>The research team purchased 39 different brands of drinking straw made from five materials – paper, bamboo, glass, stainless steel and plastic.</p>
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<p>The straws, which were mainly bought from shops, supermarkets and fast-food restaurants, then underwent two rounds of testing for PFAS.</p><p>Analysis revealed the majority of the brands – 69 per cent - contained PFAS, with 18 different PFAS detected in total. </p><p>Paper straws were most likely to contain the synthetic chemicals.</p><p>The most commonly found PFAS, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), has been banned globally since 2020.</p><p>Also detected were trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TFMS) - 'ultra-short chain' PFAS which are highly water soluble and so might leach out of straws into drinks.</p><p>The PFAS concentrations were low and – since most people tend to only use straws occasionally - pose a limited risk to human health. However, PFAS can remain in the body for many years and concentrations can build up over time.</p><p>The authors advised people use stainless steel straws, or avoid using straws at all.</p><p>'Straws made from plant-based materials, such as paper and bamboo, are often advertised as being more sustainable and eco-friendly than those made from plastic,' said researcher Dr Thimo Groffen, an environmental scientist at the University of Antwerp, who was involved in the study.</p><p>'However, the presence of PFAS in these straws means that's not necessarily true.</p><p><!-- wp:paragraph -->
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<!-- /wp:paragraph -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-66623091630259238572023-08-20T08:23:00.002-04:002023-08-20T08:23:31.282-04:00Linoleic Acid (PUFA) The Most Destructive Ingredient in Your Diet<p><i> The video at the top of Mercola's report is excellent and a must watch. You will need to go to the source link at the bottom.</i> </p><h3 aria-label="Block: Heading" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block is-selected wp-block-heading rich-text" data-block="5faa6e2d-dcde-4ccb-b283-9c6a19bfd6a7" data-title="Heading" data-type="core/heading" id="block-5faa6e2d-dcde-4ccb-b283-9c6a19bfd6a7" role="document" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: revert; font-weight: revert; line-height: revert; margin-bottom: revert; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: revert; max-width: 840px; min-width: 1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; pointer-events: auto; position: relative; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0">Dr. Joseph Mercola</h3><h3 aria-label="Block: Heading" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block is-selected wp-block-heading rich-text" data-block="5faa6e2d-dcde-4ccb-b283-9c6a19bfd6a7" data-title="Heading" data-type="core/heading" id="block-5faa6e2d-dcde-4ccb-b283-9c6a19bfd6a7" role="document" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: revert; font-weight: revert; line-height: revert; margin-bottom: revert; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: revert; max-width: 840px; min-width: 1px; overflow-wrap: break-word; pointer-events: auto; position: relative; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0">Linoleic acid found in vegetables and seed oils may be the biggest contributor to chronic disease in the Western world. Read the shocking findings here.</h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIMwQTaxnHfBTkNozqlXdrETrfDI1al-CY8IP1qolYWQF-Yn1bL8X3ArwauG4am5gvlC-pdESuEdxO30pOh4Uw-b1kgsAZx2tWSMrkt78YGccEtqjyKnjby7Hc8vSWjpk9QZxoWYlqn584mn1moilL3vuqEnjgjVRJ-s2onxhXDal_8OnEqK2tgFcBwC8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIMwQTaxnHfBTkNozqlXdrETrfDI1al-CY8IP1qolYWQF-Yn1bL8X3ArwauG4am5gvlC-pdESuEdxO30pOh4Uw-b1kgsAZx2tWSMrkt78YGccEtqjyKnjby7Hc8vSWjpk9QZxoWYlqn584mn1moilL3vuqEnjgjVRJ-s2onxhXDal_8OnEqK2tgFcBwC8" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p>Fats — which are water-insoluble biological molecules also known as lipids</p>
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<p>Well, after three grueling rounds of peer review over the last three months, my paper on the hazards of linoleic acid (LA), an omega-6 polyunsaturated fat (PUFA), is now published in the high impact Nutrition journal <strong><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/14/3129">Nutrients and available for free download, here</a></strong>.</p>
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<p>Please download the article and save it on your hard drive as you never know what will happen with a future crisis. You can send it to doctors who don't yet believe how dangerous seed oils are, but truthfully, the video above is likely better for your friends.</p>
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<p>I couldn't have done it without my co-author Dr. Chris D'Adamo who skillfully and diplomatically helped to navigate the minefield of peer review. Our next paper will likely be on reductive stress which is one of the most important foundational and unknown concepts in health. It helps explains why LA is so devastating to your health at a molecular biological level.</p>
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<p>Lowering your LA is the single most important strategy you can take to not only lower reductive stress in your mitochondria but improve your overall health. It took me over six months to create the video above and I would strongly encourage each of you to watch is several times so you embed in your brain how important avoiding LA is for your long-term health so you can develop unconscious reflex behaviors to avoid this pernicious fat.</p><p><br /></p>
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<p>What distinguishes one fat from another is the specific combination of fatty acids it’s composed of, and the properties of fats and fatty acids depend on their hydrogen saturation and the length of their molecules, also referred to as "chain length."</p>
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<p>The loss of hydrogen results in molecules that kink or bend at each double bond. The more hydrogen pairs that are missing, the more bent the molecules, which causes the molecules to occupy more space. This is what makes the fat a liquid oil at room temperature.</p>
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<p>In addition to varying levels of hydrogen saturation, fats also vary in the length of their carbon chains, leading to another classification scheme based on their number of carbon atoms:</p>
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<p>The chain length and hydrogen saturation level control a fat’s melting point. As chain length increases, melting point increases. Likewise, fats that are solid at room temperature (butter, coconut oil) have longer chain lengths than fats that are liquid at room temperature (fish oil, olive oil). With chain lengths being equal, the polyunsaturated fats found in seeds oils have lower melting points than saturated fats.</p>
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<p>PUFAs can also be subdivided into omega-3 and omega-6 fats. The end of the fatty acid chain that is opposite the acid end is the "omega end." The location of the first double bond from the omega end dictates whether a fatty acid is an omega-3, omega-6, omega-9 (oleic acid) or another member of the omega family.</p>
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<p>The most pernicious toxin in the modern diet, and the fat you need to minimize consumption of, is the omega-6 fat linoleic acid (LA). LA makes up 60% to 80% of omega-6 fats and is the primary contributor to chronic disease.</p>
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<p>To be clear, it’s only toxic when consumed in excessive quantities, but the vast majority of people nowadays consuming far more than the ideal amounts. The history of how seed oils ended up replacing far healthier animal fats is detailed in the video above.</p>
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<p>Many still believe that if you have a distorted omega-3 to omega-6 ratio, the solution is simply to consume more omega-3, but that’s a serious mistake. While you certainly need a certain amount of omega-3s for good health, adding excessive omega-3s is a prescription for disaster, as omega-3 is also a PUFA.</p>
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<p>So, when consumed in excessive quantities, omega-3 will cause metabolic damage similar to that of LA, as it breaks down into dangerous metabolites known as ALEs (advanced lipoxidation end products).</p>
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<p>It is also important to highlight a primarily plant-based omega-3 fat called alpha linolenic acid (ALA). ALA should not be confused with LA, as they are quite different from a biological standpoint. LA is an omega-6 fat and ALA is an omega-3 fat.</p>
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<p>Also, do not confuse LA with CLA (conjugated linoleic acid). Although CLA is an omega-6 fat and most think CLA and LA are interchangeable, they're not. CLA has many potent health benefits and will not cause the problems that LA does.</p>
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<p>As a general rule, vegetable and seed oils are high in PUFAs and low in saturated fats while animal fats are the converse. Saturated and monounsaturated fats are more easily used by your body than PUFAs, hence animal fats are generally healthier than seed oils.</p>
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<p>Because your tissues are made up mostly of saturated and monounsaturated fats, your body also requires more of them than PUFAs. The main dietary PUFAs are omega-3 and omega-6 fats, and while your body does need these, it needs them in relatively small quantities.</p>
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<p>One significant problem with PUFAs is that they are chemically unstable, which makes them highly susceptible to being damaged by oxygen species generated from the energy production in your cells. This damage causes them to form ALEs, which in turn generate dangerous free radicals that damage your cell membranes, mitochondria, proteins and DNA.</p>
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<p>What’s worse, PUFAs are integrated into your cell membranes and can remain so for five to seven years. The missing hydrogen atoms also make PUFAs highly susceptible to oxidation, which causes the fat to break down into harmful metabolites such as OXLAMs (oxidized LA metabolites), which have a profoundly negative impact on your health.</p>
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<p>"Essential fatty acids" (EFAs) is a term referring to the PUFAs that scientists believe are crucial for health and that your body cannot produce. Hence, you have to get them from your diet. Currently only two types of fats are considered "essential":</p>
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<p>The inclusion of LA is unfortunate, as excessive amounts of LA actually wreck your cellular and mitochondrial function. The reality is you need very small amounts of LA, and because it’s found in most foods, it’s virtually impossible to become deficient. Moreover, modern research has shown that up to 10 generations of animals can be raised without any LA in their diet whatsoever and remain perfectly healthy.</p>
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<p>Research has also shown that when you have a large amount of LA in your diet, an enzyme called delta-desaturase — which converts the plant-based omega-3 fat, ALA, to the long-chain fats DHA and EPA — is inhibited. So, consuming high amounts of LA increases your dependence on sea food as a source of preformed EPA and DHA.</p>
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<p>This is important, as DHA and EPA are indeed essential and provide a wide range of health benefits. One of the most important benefits of DHA is lowering inflammation, which is a factor in most chronic and degenerative diseases. EPA, meanwhile, is important for heart and cardiovascular health.</p><p><a href="https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/linoleic-acid" target="_blank">READ MORE AND WATCH THE CORRESPONDING VIDEOS HERE>>>></a></p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph --></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-39956466735156061352023-08-13T10:17:00.004-04:002023-08-13T10:17:52.653-04:00FDA Forced to Walk Back Smug Anti-Ivermectin Post, Makes Huge Admission About the Drug<p> <img alt="Four ivermectin pills are displayed on top of usage instructions for the drug. Recently, the FDA walked back its position on doctors prescribing the drug." class="wp-image-3441467 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled" data-lazy-loaded="1" data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" loading="eager" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.westernjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ivermectin-817x429.jpg?resize=640%2C336&ssl=1" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Commentary</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Four ivermectin pills are displayed on top of usage instructions for the drug. Recently, the FDA walked back its position on doctors prescribing the drug. (Callista Images / Getty Images)</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">After years of denigrating ivermectin as dangerous and as “horse medicine,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been forced to retreat on its all-out attack on the medicine after three doctors sued the agency in federal court for impeding their right as medical providers to prescribe the medicine to their patients.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">The FDA made a key admission in court during an Tuesday proceeding in which lawyers for the doctors asked the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals whether doctors have a right to prescribe ivermectin since the FDA <a href="https://www.kumc.edu/about/news/news-archive/jama-ivermectin-study.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">approved</a> the drug for use in humans way back in 1986.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">So, what was the FDA’s shocking admission?</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/fda-forced-walk-back-smug-anti-ivermectin-post-makes-huge-admission-drug/" target="_blank">READ MORE>>>></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-80144150725681300922023-08-06T11:48:00.002-04:002023-08-06T12:00:49.347-04:00Can You Change the Shape of Your Brain Mass? Neuroplasticity 101<p> by Jennifer Rae Vliet </p><p>It has been all the buzz the last 4 years about how we can actually reshape our misshapen brain mass. They have seen people's brains who are alcoholics and marijuana users and a reshaping of them when they quit these habits. A deep dive into this did not stop there, study after study has been done on the brains of people who suffer with head injuries, depression, panic/anxiety disorders, as well as hypothyroidism. These are supposedly noggins that when they are reshaped, these conditions improve and claims that they even disappear. There are all sorts of different therapies in fact. One is using a hallucinogenic once or twice; for example, a controlled usage of magic mushrooms which are gaining in popularity...hypnosis, verbal and meditative therapies, exercises and of course so much more. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi16vfrC_OiqeOq0MAksQBMPIS6NvP21MjyaNfMb4PZltIJNNA4mJf-S2f8APJli5NWzpeOUyDRDSs7VkEKWeqITOX8jizYcJF9bmWq5kRfp8HVQ6q9guDzZvFvIOOEwv2evlAiOoAXEkTt8_wq4C0HksHBiY9v_veMb-zxQ1crQ5yL9eKQ4gGlSbusW5o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="989" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi16vfrC_OiqeOq0MAksQBMPIS6NvP21MjyaNfMb4PZltIJNNA4mJf-S2f8APJli5NWzpeOUyDRDSs7VkEKWeqITOX8jizYcJF9bmWq5kRfp8HVQ6q9guDzZvFvIOOEwv2evlAiOoAXEkTt8_wq4C0HksHBiY9v_veMb-zxQ1crQ5yL9eKQ4gGlSbusW5o" width="185" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><h1 class="comp article-heading" id="article-heading_1-0" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "FS Albert Extra Bold", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 3.25rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.075em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1146px;">What Is Neuroplasticity?</h1><div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to change and adapt due to experience. It is an umbrella term referring to the brain's ability to change, reorganize, or grow neural networks. This can involve functional changes due to brain damage or structural changes due to learning.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-1" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-2" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Plasticity</em> refers to the brain's malleability or ability to change; it does not imply that the brain is plastic. <em style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Neuro</em> refers to <a data-component="link" data-ordinal="1" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" href="https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-neuron-2794890" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a55ad; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">neurons</a>, the nerve cells that are the building blocks of the brain and nervous system. Thus, neuroplasticity allows nerve cells to change or adjust.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-3" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><span class="heading-toc" id="toc-types-of-neuroplasticity" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -20px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><h2 class="comp mntl-sc-block wellness-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-4" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "FS Albert Extra Bold", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.15; margin: 2.8rem 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="mntl-sc-block-heading__text" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Types of Neuroplasticity</span></h2><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-5" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The human brain is composed of approximately 100 billion neurons.<span class="mntl-inline-citation mntl-dynamic-tooltip--trigger" data-id="#citation-8" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0000ee; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.125rem; padding: 0px 0px 15px; position: relative; text-wrap: nowrap; vertical-align: super;" tabindex="0">1</span> Early researchers believed that <a data-component="link" data-ordinal="1" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" href="https://www.verywellmind.com/adult-neurogenesis-can-we-grow-new-brain-cells-2794885" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a55ad; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.15s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">neurogenesis</a>, or the creation of new neurons, stopped shortly after birth.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-6" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><figure class="comp mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block theme-none wellness-sc-block-image--none wellness-sc-block-image-base mntl-sc-block-universal-image figure-landscape figure-high-res" id="wellness-sc-block-image--none_1-0" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25rem 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="figure-media" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="img-placeholder" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(199, 199, 199); border-radius: 9px 9px 9px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 350.312px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 526px;"><img alt="Brain Plasticity" class="universal-image__image lazyloaded" data-click-tracked="true" data-expand="300" data-img-lightbox="true" data-sizes="(max-width: 1248px) 1500px, 1500px" data-src="https://www.verywellmind.com/thmb/cRw_kwAKxYZRwsFAly9tJHBJFh4=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/what-is-brain-plasticity-2794886-01-cb68ba43ed534fb4b220ff86bf28a0e4.png" data-srcset="https://www.verywellmind.com/thmb/9hrbwKrnyJvj39em5v1GaBSzp1U=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/what-is-brain-plasticity-2794886-01-cb68ba43ed534fb4b220ff86bf28a0e4.png 750w" data-tracking-container="true" height="1000" id="mntl-sc-block-image_1-0" sizes="(max-width: 1248px) 1500px, 1500px" src="https://www.verywellmind.com/thmb/cRw_kwAKxYZRwsFAly9tJHBJFh4=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/what-is-brain-plasticity-2794886-01-cb68ba43ed534fb4b220ff86bf28a0e4.png" srcset="https://www.verywellmind.com/thmb/9hrbwKrnyJvj39em5v1GaBSzp1U=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/what-is-brain-plasticity-2794886-01-cb68ba43ed534fb4b220ff86bf28a0e4.png 750w" style="background: 0px 0px; border-radius: 9px 9px 9px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: zoom-in; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 526px;" width="1500" /></div></div><figcaption class="comp mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption" id="mntl-figure-caption_1-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; color: #646464; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: 1.5; padding: 0.9rem 0px 0.5rem; text-align: center; width: 526px;"><span class="figure-article-caption-owner" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Verywell / JR Bee</span></figcaption></figure><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-8" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Today, it's understood that the brain's neuroplasticity allows it to reorganize pathways, create new connections, and, in some cases, even create new neurons.</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-9" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-10" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.2rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There are two main types of neuroplasticity:</p><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-11" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><ul class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-12" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; counter-reset: section 0; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 1rem 0px 2rem 3.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Functional plasticity </span>is the brain's ability to move functions from a damaged area of the brain to other undamaged areas.</li><li style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Structural plasticity</span> is the brain's ability to actually change its physical structure as a result of learning.</li></ul><div><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">And of course, Dr. Berg also will share some great information about regrowing our brain cells!</span></div><div><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lSwHXE9LohA" width="320" youtube-src-id="lSwHXE9LohA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dr. Josh Axe has a great piece on the Limbic System, how to support ours and in what ways</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGlbYcSsQUFkni3H1fY0qj2hYGKLA8RCyJzWFmELPFqs7gX1C26lW-7TUbHa0VrVEgwqXuNHwNj0hnVpsooveP-WWpA2WFo_k3IZHAuJF1JfkQugsFDACiX-spQ-KxNYa9oh-Gad3v4-1AN63H_2w8goAPXGdNrhCIUsj5zn8nZpQ2ojn_xHU8LW-w1k/s751/limbic.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="751" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGlbYcSsQUFkni3H1fY0qj2hYGKLA8RCyJzWFmELPFqs7gX1C26lW-7TUbHa0VrVEgwqXuNHwNj0hnVpsooveP-WWpA2WFo_k3IZHAuJF1JfkQugsFDACiX-spQ-KxNYa9oh-Gad3v4-1AN63H_2w8goAPXGdNrhCIUsj5zn8nZpQ2ojn_xHU8LW-w1k/s320/limbic.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 class="entry-title single-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 2.1875rem; line-height: 2.625rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">What Is the Limbic System? (Plus, How to Keep It Healthy & the Role of Essential Oils)</h1><div><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Although it’s only a small part of the brain in terms of volume, the limbic system has some of the most basic, life-sustaining and meaningful roles of all brain structure. The word limbic comes from the latin word <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">limbus</em>, meaning “border.” That’s because the limbic system forms a curved border around the subcortical parts of the brain called the <a href="http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">cerebral cortex</a> and the <a href="http://biology.about.com/od/anatomy/p/diencephalon.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">diencephalon</a>.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Ever wonder what part of the brain controls emotions? While the entire central nervous system helps control our emotions, as you’ll learn, activities in the limbic system and autonomic nervous system are especially influential over our emotional health. The entire limbic system — including subparts like the hippocampus, hypothalamus and amygdala — helps control numerous emotional, voluntary, endocrine and visceral responses to our environments that we all experience daily. (<a href="http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/limbicsystem.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">1</a>)</p><hr style="background-color: #fefefe; border-bottom-color: rgb(203, 203, 203); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: 0px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 75rem; overflow: visible;" /><h2 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 2.25rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 25px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="ez-toc-section" ez-toc-data-id="#What_Is_the_Limbic_System" id="What_Is_the_Limbic_System" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">What Is the Limbic System?</span><span class="ez-toc-section-end" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></h2><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Of all the areas of the brain, from an evolutionary perspective the limbic system is said to be one of the oldest and most primitive, having formed many hundreds of thousands of years ago. In fact, similar systems are also found in most other animals, even reptiles. In the past, the limbic system was sometimes even referred to as the “paleomammalian brain.” (<a href="https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-current-scientific-status-of-the-triune-brain-theory-proposed-by-McLean" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">2</a>)</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Although the limbic system works with other areas of the brain in complex ways, and therefore has far more than just one role, the word that best describes what the limbic system controls would be “emotions.” Secondly, a part of the limbic system called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">hippocampus</a> helps us form and retain <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">memories</em>, which is very important for learning and development.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">At all stages of our life, the limbic system and hippocampus also help govern emotional <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">behaviors</em>. While it’s an oversimplification to say that someone’s emotions are only determined by limbic functions, it’s clear that this system plays a huge part in helping us do things like remember past events that were both pleasant and traumatic, perceive threats from our surroundings, make choices based on our experiences, control movements based on past learning, form sensory preferences/likes/dislikes, and much more.</p><h3 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 25px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Limbic System and Hippocampus Function and Structure </span><span class="ez-toc-section-end" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></h3><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The limbic system sits atop the brain stem, which is believed to be one of the first parts of the brain to develop, react to stimuli and the most basic in terms of sustaining life. It’s located on both sides of the <a href="https://www.dartmouth.edu/~rswenson/NeuroSci/chapter_10.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">thalamus</a> and underneath the <a href="http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-the-cerebrum-definition-functions-location.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">cerebrum</a>.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">There’s not total consensus among neuroscientists about which structures of the brain are technically part of the limbic system, considering it’s very hard to to neatly classify cortical areas given how much neural overlap there is. That being said, most consider the limbic system to be made up of cortical regions (structures), including:</p><ul style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 2.25rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Hippocampus:</span> generally associated with <a href="https://draxe.com/nutrition/15-brain-foods-to-boost-focus-and-memory/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">memory and focus</span></a>, but also helps with motor control (often learned through trial and error)</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Amygdala</span>: tied to fear and anxious emotions</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Hypothalamus:</span> primarily responsible for <a href="https://draxe.com/health/10-ways-balance-hormones-naturally/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">regulating hormones</span></a> and maintaining “homeostasis” (more on this below)</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Septal Nuclei:</span> tied to pleasure and learning through reward and/or reinforcement</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Cingulate Cortex:</span> involved in many aspects of memory and emotion</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Parahippocampal Gyrus:</span> also helps with memory</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Mammillary Bodies:</span> connected to the amygdala and hippocampus</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;"><a href="http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/body-of-fornix" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Fornix</a>:</span> connects other parts of the brain, including hippocampus and mammillary bodies</li></ul><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The limbic system is one hard-working region of the brain, as you can tell. Some specific limbic system functions include:</p><ul style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 2.25rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Controlling emotions like anger and fear</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://draxe.com/health/mindful-eating/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Regulating eating</span></a>, hunger and thirst</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Responding to pain and pleasure</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Controlling functioning of the autonomic nervous system, including things like pulse, blood pressure, breathing and arousal</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sensing sexual satisfaction</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Controlling aggressive or violent behavior</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Responding to sensory information, especially sense of smell</li></ul><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The hippocampus is part of the entire limbic system, but it helps to understand how it contributes to memory to learning. Functions of the hippocampus include: (<a href="http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/129/7/1659" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">3</a>)</p><ul style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 2.25rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Forming short-term and long-term memories through consolidating information</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Learning new skills from reward, punishment, reinforcement and failure</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Recognition of what’s familiar versus new</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Navigation or sense of direction</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Spacial memory</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Involved in olfaction (smelling) and tying together smells with specific memories</li></ul><hr style="background-color: #fefefe; border-bottom-color: rgb(203, 203, 203); border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: 0px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 75rem; overflow: visible;" /><h3 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 25px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="ez-toc-section" ez-toc-data-id="#Limbic_System_Disorders" id="Limbic_System_Disorders" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Limbic System Disorders</span><span class="ez-toc-section-end" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></h3><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Because subparts of the limbic system ultimately regulate important aspects of our conscious and unconscious patterns — including our emotions, perceptions, relationships, behaviors and motor control — it’s easy to see why damage to this region can cause serious problems. Disorders or behaviors that are related to limbic system dysfunction, or sometimes limbic system damage due to things like traumatic injuries or aging, include: (<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=limbic+system+dysfunction&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS708US708&oq=limbic+system+dysfunction&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.352j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">4</a>)</p><ul style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 2.25rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Disinhibited behavior: This means someone doesn’t consider the risk of behaviors and ignores social conventions/rules.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Increased anger and violence: This is commonly tied to amygdala damage.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hyperarousal: Amygdala damage, or damage to parts of the brain connected to the amygdala, can cause increased fear and anxiety. <a href="https://draxe.com/health/natural-remedies-anxiety/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Anxiety disorders</span></a> are sometimes treated with drugs that target areas of the amygdala to decrease fear-based emotions.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hypoarousal: This can cause low energy or lack of drive and motivation.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hyperorality/Kluver-Bucy Syndrome: This is characterized by amygdala damage that can lead to increased drive for pleasure, hypersexuality, disinhibited behavior and insertion of inappropriate objects in the mouth.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Appetite dysregulation: Destructive behaviors tied to hyperorality or thalamus dysfunction can include overeating, <a href="https://draxe.com/health/binge-eating-disorder/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">binge eating</span></a> or emotional eating.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Trouble forming memories: Hippocampal damage can include short-term or long-term memory loss. Learning is often greatly impacted by hippocampal damage, since it depends on memory. Someone with the condition <a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/amnesia4.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">anterograde amnesia</a> loses the ability to form and retain new memories. Interestingly, sometimes someone can hold on to older/long-term memories but lose the ability to form new short-term memories.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cognitive disorders, such as <a href="https://draxe.com/health/alzheimers-natural-treatment/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Alzheimer’s disease</span></a>: Research shows that people with Alzheimer’s and memory loss usually have experienced damage to the hippocampus. This causes not only memory loss, but also disorientation and changes in moods. Some of the ways that the hippocampus can become damaged include <a href="https://draxe.com/health/fighting-free-radical-damage/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">free radical damage</span></a>/oxidative stress, oxygen starvation (<a href="http://www.webmd.com/asthma/guide/hypoxia-hypoxemia" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">hypoxia</a>), strokes or seizures/epilepsy.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://draxe.com/health/limbic-system/" target="_blank">READ MORE OF DR. JOSH AXE >>>></a></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bibliography </li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://preachitteachit.org/articles/detail/astounding-facts-about-the-brain-god-made/">Astounding Facts about the Brain God Made | Preach It, Teach ItArticle Detail | Preach It, Teach It (preachitteachit.org)</a></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/you-have-power-physically-reshape-brain">You Have the Power to Physically Reshape Your Brain (futurism.com)</a></li></ul><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> THE PLAIN TRUTH IS THAT GOD HAS CREATED FOR US AN AMAZING BODY THAT IS RIGHTED BY THE BRAIN! I had mentioned this before on the<a href="https://plaintruthonyourhealthtoday.blogspot.com/2023/07/walking-backwards-benefits-of-retro.html" target="_blank"> Retro-Walking</a> post, that it is the brains job to fix the misfiring's and issues in the body so all the more reason to understand and learn about how to support our noggins. </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Merriweather, Verdana, Arial, serif;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-49757727907528907772023-07-30T08:22:00.000-04:002023-07-30T08:22:15.147-04:00Alpha-Gal Syndrome<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 800;">Bill Gates Funded Research Into Genetically Engineered Cattle Ticks—Now 450,000 Americans Have Red Meat Allergies From ‘Alpha-Gal Syndrome’ Caused by Tick Bites</span></p><p><span class="tdb-author-by" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans", "Open Sans Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle;">By</span><a class="tdb-author-name" href="https://americanfaith.com/author/jfleetwood/" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Open Sans", "Open Sans Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle;">Jon Fleetwood</a> of AmericanFaith.com</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">As alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a tick-borne disease that triggers an allergic reaction to red meat, sees a steep rise in cases, eyebrows are being raised over a coincidental alignment with research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQVdGfwuCLRXPltyJBHji0k_Nx5HMzjclRu78AQq039qpf-GifXBhzV1NETNlzkhFWbNL0PLhQo5rb66a-Psyw9CLZ_lrTLr4bNsLpRGzSeOjq4_GaZfdvhcz_r4rg_bDsg_3NygTrEdsSv59bNwesd9kS-Eu-YciBIEwgR8BPj3WgxAzq_sL3_2JHloc/s1003/alphagal.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1003" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQVdGfwuCLRXPltyJBHji0k_Nx5HMzjclRu78AQq039qpf-GifXBhzV1NETNlzkhFWbNL0PLhQo5rb66a-Psyw9CLZ_lrTLr4bNsLpRGzSeOjq4_GaZfdvhcz_r4rg_bDsg_3NygTrEdsSv59bNwesd9kS-Eu-YciBIEwgR8BPj3WgxAzq_sL3_2JHloc/s320/alphagal.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">AGS, first <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alpha-gal-red-meat-allergy-lone-star-tick-bites-cdc/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003057; pointer-events: auto;" target="_blank">reported</a> in Virginia in 2008, has seen an alarming increase over the past few years. According to a recent <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0727-emerging-tick-bites.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003057; pointer-events: auto;" target="_blank">press release</a> from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 450,000 people in the U.S. have tested positive for alpha-gal since 2010.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">In 2021, the number of positive test results for AGS <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7230a2.htm" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003057; pointer-events: auto;" target="_blank">surged</a> by 41.3% compared to 2017, and testing for alpha-gal peaked at 66,106 persons that year.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The same year, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation <a href="https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2021/03/inv025721" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003057; pointer-events: auto;" target="_blank">announced</a> a significant grant of $1,469,352 toward research into the Rhipicephalus microplus (“Asian blue”) tick. This tick is known to cause AGS, as verified by a publication in the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9484563/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003057; pointer-events: auto;" target="_blank">ImmunoTargets and Therapy</a></em> journal found in the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The grant was <a href="https://www.oxitec.com/en/news/oxitec-launches-new-program-to-target-growing-global-cattle-tick-challenge" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003057; pointer-events: auto;" target="_blank">channeled</a> to Oxitec Ltd., a biotechnology company that <a href="https://allianceforscience.org/blog/2021/05/gates-foundation-funds-research-to-control-cattle-ticks-through-biotechnology/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003057; pointer-events: auto;" target="_blank">genetically modified</a> male ticks to carry a “self-limiting gene,” intending to control the tick population by releasing these engineered ticks to mate with wild females in high-infestation areas. Oxitec’s project purportedly aimed to address the global pest problem affecting cattle, a significant source of red meat.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRBDupNmjt_0vZNM3_m3Lxeuj9bs5b5LLjDuOpGq8OHUNbTNcso9FY9WkKJsMEFGF-Onc7tPxz-HlXE3N0kBardzkIhxKWNbTZkM_scClR96_vi_0UZ0vbVsp5JpP9vjBsnUP0pLfJcH7-5vWn3XcWVUFssbrMrCiystY5cXBxn0QU70AmyOzKaVOldkg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhRBDupNmjt_0vZNM3_m3Lxeuj9bs5b5LLjDuOpGq8OHUNbTNcso9FY9WkKJsMEFGF-Onc7tPxz-HlXE3N0kBardzkIhxKWNbTZkM_scClR96_vi_0UZ0vbVsp5JpP9vjBsnUP0pLfJcH7-5vWn3XcWVUFssbrMrCiystY5cXBxn0QU70AmyOzKaVOldkg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">In June 2023, after Oxitec reported high efficacy in its tick experimentation, the Gates Foundation <a href="https://www.oxitec.com/en/news/oxitec-launches-new-cattle-tick-technology-program" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003057; pointer-events: auto;" target="_blank">provided</a> an additional $4.8 million in funding.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">However, the intertwining of Gates’s interests and this rise in AGS cases is drawing scrutiny. Gates <a href="https://sif.gatesfoundation.org/investments/pfizer/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003057; pointer-events: auto;" target="_blank">holds stakes</a> in pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer Inc. that produce antibiotics such as doxycycline, commonly used to treat tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease. Moreover, in 2017, his foundation <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/07/technology-backed-by-bill-gates-may-improve-testing-for-lyme-disease.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003057; pointer-events: auto;" target="_blank">granted</a> over $1 million to Ceres Nanosciences, a diagnostics company specializing in Lyme disease detection.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">In the food industry, Gates has significant investments in plant-based and lab-grown meat companies. He has backed companies such as Upside Foods, Good Meat, Beyond Meat, and Impossible Foods, some of which which have been <a href="https://www.eviemagazine.com/post/usda-approves-sale-lab-grown-meat-2-companies-backed-bill-gates" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003057; pointer-events: auto;" target="_blank">approved</a> by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the production and sale of meat substitute products.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">While there is no definitive evidence linking Gates’s funding of tick research to the rise in AGS cases, the timing and the complexity of his interests have led to a growing call for more transparency and accountability.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">But this isn’t the first time that Gates’s involvement in disease research and prevention has caused controversy. A similar <a href="https://americanfaith.com/bill-gates-develops-malaria-drugs-then-releases-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-into-the-u-s-now-texas-and-florida-are-detecting-the-disease-gates-funded-cdc-is-recommending-those-drugs/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003057; pointer-events: auto;" target="_blank">series of events</a> unfolded when Gates focused on malaria, a disease eradicated in the United States for decades, until recent developments.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Malaria was last detected in the U.S. back in 2003 when seven people in Palm Beach County were infected, as per the CDC. Fast forward to 2007, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation turned its sights on malaria research, subsequently pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the cause, and increasing their malaria budget by 30% in 2014.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">In a significant development, in July 2018, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) launched Krintafel (tafenoquine), a new treatment for Plasmodium vivax malaria. This marked the first new treatment for the disease in over six decades. Gates Foundation funding was pivotal in the drug’s development, a fact corroborated by Forbes. The Foundation continued to invest in tafenoquine research, backing various studies, including a Lancet-published article praising the drug’s performance.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Meanwhile, in 2019, the Foundation backed the “Injectable Artesunate Assessment Report,” establishing the efficacy of injectable artesunate, a malaria vaccine.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Notably, in September 2020, the Gates Foundation granted over $1.3 million to Oxitec Ltd., the same company involved in the aforementioned genetically engineered tick research, for “mosquito field trials.” These trials involved the release of genetically engineered Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, known vectors of diseases including malaria, into Florida and Texas following EPA approval in March 2022.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">This move sparked outrage from locals who voiced concerns about being turned into “guinea pigs” for this “criminal” experiment, according to Florida resident Meagan Hull. Councilman Mark Gregg likened the GMO mosquitoes to “Frankenstein bugs.”</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Fast forward to March 2023, and FFF Enterprises, a specialty vaccine distributor, announced it would start stocking the Gates-backed artesunate vaccine. Three months later, in June 2023, the CDC issued an alert about locally acquired malaria cases in Florida and Texas. Interestingly, the CDC, funded by the Gates Foundation, recommended rapid access to the artesunate vaccine.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">As these series of events involving alpha-gal syndrome and malaria unfold, parallels can be drawn in the timing of the Gates Foundation’s funding and subsequent disease outbreaks. Though direct causality hasn’t been established, the correlation has led to calls for more in-depth investigations and heightened accountability. Transparency about these ties is paramount to alleviate public concerns and ensure ethical practices in disease prevention and treatment.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://americanfaith.com/bill-gates-funded-research-into-genetically-engineered-cattle-ticks-now-450000-americans-have-red-meat-allergies-from-alpha-gal-syndrome-caused-by-tick-bites/" target="_blank">SOURCE>>>></a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">FURTHER READING ON ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME:</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/27/alpha-gal-syndrome-lone-star-tick-bite-red-meat-allergy/">Cases of alpha-gal syndrome from tick bites are rising (statnews.com)</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://patch.com/georgia/across-ga/red-meat-allergies-linked-tick-bites-rise-ga-cdc-says">Red Meat Allergies Linked To Tick Bites On The Rise In GA, | Across Georgia, GA Patch</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Muli; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/across-ct/meat-allergy-cases-linked-tick-bites-growing-connecticut-cdc">Meat Allergy Cases Linked To Tick Bites Growing In Connecticut: | Across Connecticut, CT Patch</a></p><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-83578714926371251342023-07-23T09:12:00.002-04:002023-07-23T09:23:33.497-04:00Walking Backwards ~ The Benefits of Retro Walking<p> Jennifer Rae Vliet</p><p>If you have trouble walking forwards with any kind of klutz curse like yours truly, this is something to be very careful about and best to use a treadmill with bars to hold on to with each hand to safely get acclimated, but wow, the benefits are amazing. Also, if you are concerned about the whole knees over toes thing, there is even a whole theory now out there about how that really isn't bad for the knees, and I suggest that this does go hand in hand in the research for walking backwards. There is even a YouTube channel called Knee Over Toe Guy. The goal is to not hurt oneself and get the maximum bennies out of walking backwards. Here we go...retro style!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGuxAtvw7zSKTx8XEKXWJvRDOD9FO3jobJAdhQFPNFl16v-Z5Cru5Sg5KrYX-AVihJN_RFHRMG058fbWEwWXgOg3rm_FBlmipczpFB7h-M3se-falcD_lyrpYGSMIm54aQonjDzyS82_V6tshpSx_BbPwZBeq4IVGw_TZHZ3UyxAxTYAw3hbWQjPksMII" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="854" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGuxAtvw7zSKTx8XEKXWJvRDOD9FO3jobJAdhQFPNFl16v-Z5Cru5Sg5KrYX-AVihJN_RFHRMG058fbWEwWXgOg3rm_FBlmipczpFB7h-M3se-falcD_lyrpYGSMIm54aQonjDzyS82_V6tshpSx_BbPwZBeq4IVGw_TZHZ3UyxAxTYAw3hbWQjPksMII" width="160" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><h2 class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fJHdAw re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Matter, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">What are the benefits of walking backwards?</h2><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;"><a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.1868" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">Researchers</u></a> say that with regular walking, the forward thrust or power is from your ankle. With backward walking, the power is from your hips and knees. This switch-up offers many benefits.</p><h3 class="sc-1pf85vx-0 ftVTYu re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Matter, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 28px; margin: 32px 0px 24px;">1. Builds muscle strength</h3><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;">When you walk, your gait or walking pattern is heel-to-toe. So with each step, your heel hits the ground first, followed by your toes. With backward walking, it's the opposite. Your toes hit the ground before your heel. This changes how the muscles work in your hips and legs.</p><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;">The movement pattern in reverse or retro walking <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4932084/" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">has been shown</u></a> to make your legs work harder than walking forward. For example, as you walk backward, you engage the quadriceps at the front of your thigh to straighten your legs and propel you back. This can help you build lower-body muscle strength. Studies have shown that walking backward <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12891-019-2537-9" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">enhances quadriceps strength</u></a> better than forward walking.</p><h3 class="sc-1pf85vx-0 ftVTYu re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Matter, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 28px; margin: 32px 0px 24px;">2. Improves balance and gait</h3><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;">Walking backward can improve gait, walking speed, and balance, especially after an injury or illness. One <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269215518801430" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">review</u></a> found that when combined with other physical therapy treatments, retro walking improved gait and muscle strength in people with knee osteoarthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/musculoskeletal/acl-tear-symptoms-treatment-recovery" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_self" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">ACL injuries</u></a>.</p><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;"><a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://journals.lww.com/jnpt/Fulltext/2018/01000/A_Backward_Walking_Training_Program_to_Improve.3.aspx" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">Another study</u></a> examined a backward walking training program in people who had a stroke. It improved balance and walking speed better than standing balance training. A more <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967772/#:~:text=This%20pilot%20study%20shows%20that,of%20walking%20and%20cardiopulmonary%20fitness." rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">recent study</u></a> had similar findings. People recovering from a stroke walked backward on a treadmill for 30 minutes three times a week. They had better balance, walking speed, and cardiorespiratory fitness in four weeks.</p><h3 class="sc-1pf85vx-0 ftVTYu re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Matter, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 28px; margin: 32px 0px 24px;">3. Burns more calories than forward walking</h3><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;">Because your muscles work harder, reverse walking can help you burn more calories than regular walking. The <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://download.lww.com/wolterskluwer_vitalstream_com/PermaLink/MSS/A/MSS_43_8_2011_06_13_AINSWORTH_202093_SDC1.pdf" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">American College of Sports Medicine</u></a> (ACSM) found that walking briskly –– at 3.5 miles per hour –– burns 4.3 METs or metabolic equivalents. Walking backward, on the other hand, burns 6.0 METs.</p><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;">A <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/metabolic-equivalent" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">MET</u></a> measures how much energy your body uses during physical activity. One MET, for example, is the amount of oxygen you use at rest. So according to the ACSM, reverse walking burns <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://download.lww.com/wolterskluwer_vitalstream_com/PermaLink/MSS/A/MSS_43_8_2011_06_13_AINSWORTH_202093_SDC1.pdf" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">about 40% more calories per minute</u></a> than walking briskly. This is a great way to raise the intensity of your exercises.</p><h3 class="sc-1pf85vx-0 ftVTYu re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Matter, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 28px; margin: 32px 0px 24px;">4. Boosts cardiorespiratory fitness</h3><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;">Walking is an excellent form of cardio that can boost your heart and lung health. Changing directions is effective, too. Reverse walking can improve your cardiorespiratory fitness, allowing your heart and lungs to provide oxygen more efficiently during exercise. In a <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15776337/" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">small study</u></a>, young women completed a backward walking and running training program. After 6 weeks, they had less body fat and better cardiorespiratory fitness.</p><h3 class="sc-1pf85vx-0 ftVTYu re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Matter, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 28px; margin: 32px 0px 24px;">5. Increases flexibility and range of motion</h3><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;">Retro walking changes your usual gait, which may improve your flexibility and range of motion and help with aches and pains. When you step backward, your knee straightens before your foot lands. This repeated movement can improve your range of motion if you have trouble extending your knee fully due to injury or illness. It can also <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1311&context=ijes" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">boost flexibility</u></a> in the ankles and hamstrings at the back of the thigh.</p><h3 class="sc-1pf85vx-0 ftVTYu re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Matter, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 28px; margin: 32px 0px 24px;">6. May help limit knee pain</h3><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;"><a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4932084/" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">Experts</u></a> say that walking in reverse puts less pressure on the knee joint and kneecaps. It also strengthens the quads, which help support the knee. This may ease knee pain from illnesses or injuries like <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8213492/" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">knee osteoarthritis</u></a> and <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://www.goodrx.com/well-being/movement-exercise/what-is-runners-knee" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_self" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">runner's knee</u></a>. That explains why walking backward on a treadmill is one of many techniques that physical therapists use in rehabilitation programs.</p><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;">The change in walking direction also <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S155637071730192X" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">engages low back muscles</u></a> that stabilize your spine. Researchers believe this may help people with chronic low back pain.</p><h3 class="sc-1pf85vx-0 ftVTYu re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Matter, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 28px; margin: 32px 0px 24px;">7. Challenges your brain</h3><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;">Walking backwards is good for your brain, too. For many people, <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419715" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">walking is an automatic process</u></a> that doesn't need too much thought. But reverse walking challenges you to pay more attention and consciously think about how you move. This can help proprioception and body awareness as you move.</p><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;">Learning new things, like mastering the retro walking technique, is one of many ways to <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://www.goodrx.com/health-topic/senior-health/sharper-mind-for-life-tips" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_self" title=""><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">keep your brain sharp</u></a>. A study in <a class="sc-19xr78-0 dEMgHt sc-e5b3f3fc-0 buARPd" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31823696/" rel="" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3268b9; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; justify-content: center; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; transition: all 175ms ease 0s;" target="_blank" title=""><i style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;"><u style="border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box;">Cognition</u></i></a> found that people who walked backward — or even thought about it — had better short-term memory of past events.<a href="https://www.goodrx.com/well-being/movement-exercise/benefits-of-walking-backwards" target="_blank">(SOURCE)</a></p><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;">This is a great very short video from Dr. Patrick the motivationaldoc on YT ~ </p><h1 class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; display: -webkit-box; font-family: "YouTube Sans", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 2.8rem; margin: 0px; max-height: 5.6rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: break-word;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">Why I WALK Backwards...This Can Change Your Life! Dr. Mandell</yt-formatted-string></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QdkBSZcbKdY" width="320" youtube-src-id="QdkBSZcbKdY"></iframe></div><br /><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;">And of course, my favorite, Dr. Berg has a 2 minute video on how it can help your knee problems greatly!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HLdGJaPrjZ8" width="320" youtube-src-id="HLdGJaPrjZ8"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdM1xL2Mv8oTzhyPOmS9fsGxxbpjjpgxh2GEC1xiC38rzICTToLpUso4bAwzgIl5ct4kvjCuKGKycIPqd9lD0cxzS3Ux8TzoUzrZGK492DyvvhiFFLQnoGkLUH3svGRdH-WyqNNeG0jCX3NypqtpwwwcTIp77NboSdTJ5rPUMkbKS09qk6l_N-DZdnkco/s979/walkingbackwards.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="979" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdM1xL2Mv8oTzhyPOmS9fsGxxbpjjpgxh2GEC1xiC38rzICTToLpUso4bAwzgIl5ct4kvjCuKGKycIPqd9lD0cxzS3Ux8TzoUzrZGK492DyvvhiFFLQnoGkLUH3svGRdH-WyqNNeG0jCX3NypqtpwwwcTIp77NboSdTJ5rPUMkbKS09qk6l_N-DZdnkco/s320/walkingbackwards.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="sc-1pf85vx-0 fcTRRV re-text" color="$text-primary" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(226, 232, 240); box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: no-contextual; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Here are some </span><a href="https://bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12891-019-2537-9" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">controlled studies</a><span style="background-color: transparent;"> on retro walking to check out if that is your thing.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In summary, God gave us an amazing body and has designed our brain to right the body at all costs! Not only does Retro-Walking help the body in many ways as you can see but it challenges our noggin and as we age, that is always a good thing. </span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-61172378649000640952023-07-16T15:39:00.001-04:002023-07-16T15:39:55.256-04:00US approves its first over-the-counter birth control pill in landmark decision hailed by advocates<p> The US has approved its first over-the-counter birth control pill, broadening access to reproductive healthcare for millions. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-8OppjcoL5R2A9n7MOwjsE1BmbDK3fSY6NC0jSmlUuXzCJDUOMamFmd2kGSr8TbN-QPbYF7d5UYkWk2ClPuXoYhklczswxYs-KAXjCPfHFG9aXitVhZ0rNjFagidU7foFNoLFuFuzyR_CNjY1pEw3X5-ikZk05GK2ciQTQJiZVmcU4qeNLb6dEB2H6S8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="760" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-8OppjcoL5R2A9n7MOwjsE1BmbDK3fSY6NC0jSmlUuXzCJDUOMamFmd2kGSr8TbN-QPbYF7d5UYkWk2ClPuXoYhklczswxYs-KAXjCPfHFG9aXitVhZ0rNjFagidU7foFNoLFuFuzyR_CNjY1pEw3X5-ikZk05GK2ciQTQJiZVmcU4qeNLb6dEB2H6S8" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} -->
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Regulators in the US have approved the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow people to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy eyedrops.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">The Food and Drug Administration cleared once-a-day Opill to be sold without a prescription, making it the first such medication to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter. The manufacturer, Ireland-based Perrigo, won’t start shipping the pill until early next year, and there will be no age restrictions on sales.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Hormone-based pills have been the most common form of birth control in the US since the 1960s. Until now, all of them required a prescription.</p><div class="widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center" data-event="widget_related" data-stories-id="7556532" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1b1b; font-family: Inter, "Arial size-adjust", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 2rem auto 0px; opacity: 1; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: translate(0px); transition: opacity 1.3s ease 0s, transform 1.3s ease 0s; vertical-align: initial; width: 650px;"><div class="widget__wrapper" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-inline-start: .5rem solid var(--hightlighted-item-color); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding-inline-start: 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: initial;"><div class="widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: static; vertical-align: initial;"><div class="widget__contents" style="align-items: baseline; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: initial; flex-direction: row; height: auto; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: static; vertical-align: initial;"><ul class="widget__related_list" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; line-height: 1.2; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin-bottom: initial; margin-left: initial; margin-right: initial; margin-top: 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: initial;"><li class="widget__related_listItem" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0172f0; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: initial; width: auto;"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/04/25/backlash-from-anti-abortion-groups-as-italy-prepares-to-make-birth-control-pill-free" style="align-items: center; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0172f0; cursor: pointer; display: flex; font-size: 0.875rem; gap: 2rem; justify-content: space-between; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: initial; width: 626px;">Backlash from anti-abortion groups as Italy prepares to make birth control pill free</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1b1b; font-family: Inter, "Arial size-adjust", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 2rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: initial;">Medical societies and women’s health groups have pushed for wider access for decades, noting that an estimated 45% of the 6 million annual pregnancies in the US are unintended. Teens and girls, women of colour and those with low incomes report greater hurdles in getting prescriptions and picking them up.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1b1b; font-family: Inter, "Arial size-adjust", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: initial;">The challenges can include paying for a doctor's visit, getting time off from work and finding child care.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1b1b; font-family: Inter, "Arial size-adjust", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: initial;">“This is really a transformation in access to contraceptive care,” said Kelly Blanchard, president of Ibis Reproductive Health, a nonprofit group that supported the approval. “Hopefully this will help people overcome those barriers that exist now.”</p><p class="has-medium-font-size"><span style="color: #1a1b1b; font-family: Inter, "Arial size-adjust", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Perrigo says Opill could be an important new option for the estimated 15 million US women who currently use no birth control or less effective methods, such as condoms. They are a fifth of women who are child-bearing age.</span></p><div class="c-article-content js-article-content poool-content" id="poool-content" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1b1b; font-family: Inter, "Arial size-adjust", sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; height: auto; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; transition: font-size 1s ease 0s; vertical-align: initial; z-index: 0;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 2rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: initial;">But how many women will actually gain access depends on the medication's price, which Perrigo plans to announce later this year.</p><div class="widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center" data-event="widget_related" data-stories-id="7545074" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; margin: 2rem auto 0px; 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<!-- /wp:paragraph -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-51834500361605208762023-07-09T10:40:00.004-04:002023-07-09T10:55:38.529-04:00Toxic Water in the United States of America ~ 3rd World Problems in a 1st World Country<p> Jennifer Rae Vliet</p><p>Those of us who care, know quite a bit about the dirty truth about our water supply here in America. We also do not need the government to give us the truth although they should make that a high priority, but a large percentage of Americans believe that it is the duty of the gov to create a safe existence in relation to the integrity of our water supply. Unfortunately, a great many here in the states believe the gov is actually responsible for the toxicity or at best, they are allowing it to remain as such. To think that still in 2023 in this amazing <i>blessed by God,</i> Country and first world scenario...that we have to find alternative ways to safe water and that includes spending precious money on filtration/reverse osmosis systems for our own homes, is pretty unfortunate. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFXGObw76C1ipXQxE9vYN_1xOREzq7uaH55LFYWwtlCE1Dca8rPK4KCgBgo6eslb6VWIz6DPl1F96Z5RQbmrXcKigUTkp2KrCzgMuKHuo2YX817Qo70ad68ku7VR9sgIpmduQxMM1ksvDRdTHCfnVNmoMsI3VwPBJ1b5Q-A1o0zie2DPFcpnnLLRZQ2wk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="1280" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFXGObw76C1ipXQxE9vYN_1xOREzq7uaH55LFYWwtlCE1Dca8rPK4KCgBgo6eslb6VWIz6DPl1F96Z5RQbmrXcKigUTkp2KrCzgMuKHuo2YX817Qo70ad68ku7VR9sgIpmduQxMM1ksvDRdTHCfnVNmoMsI3VwPBJ1b5Q-A1o0zie2DPFcpnnLLRZQ2wk" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>The Dailymail this past week posted two in depth articles about the poisonous water we are being exposed to and the most egregious states of poor health and chronic illness' plaguing their populations.</p><p>Let's look at one title alone on this article from TDM:</p><h2 style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12271527/Nearly-HALF-tap-water-contaminated-forever-chemicals.html" target="_blank">Nearly HALF of tap water in U.S. is laced with hormone-warping 'forever chemicals' linked to cancer and infertility, major government study finds</a></span></h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Forever Chemicals</b></span></h3><div><span style="font-size: small;">What is a forever chemical? They are PFAS chemicals and that stands for perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances. They are called "forever"</span><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> because they do not break down easily in the environment and build up in the body over time. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How sick is that title??? Cancer and infertility. How refreshing is the cold glass of tap water, now?</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The DailyMail goes on to say:</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span face="graphik, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px;">In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers from the </span><a class="class" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412023003069?via%3Dihub#s0040" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: white; color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">US Geological Survey</a><span face="graphik, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px;"> tested water sources at more than 700 locations across the country for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). </span><span face="graphik, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px;">These microscopic, man-made chemicals can take thousands of years to break down in the environment or in the human body, hence the name 'forever chemicals'. </span></i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i>The report found that 45 percent of drinking water sources contained at least one PFAS - with highest concentrations in the Great Plains, the Great Lakes, the Eastern Seaboard and Central/Southern <span data-track-module="internal-body-link" style="font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.01em;"><a class="class" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/california/index.html" id="mol-caaceed0-1c26-11ee-a19f-f750cadf65d5" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">California</a></span>. <span style="letter-spacing: -0.16px;">The team's testing was limited to 32 types of PFAS out of more than 12,000 that exist, meaning thousands of the chemicals could have gone undetected. If that's the case, it may indicate that the problem is even larger than the study conveys. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.16px;">Researchers set out to determine levels of PFAS in water sources across 716 unique sites nationwide, including both urban and rural areas.</span></i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i>Over the course of five years spent collecting samples to detect PFAS levels, the team concluded that taps in densely populated urban centers were generally more laden with the forever chemicals than taps in rural parts of the country. </i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i>This is due to the fact everyday home products from frying pans to food packaging contain <span data-track-module="internal-body-link" style="font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.01em;"><a class="class" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12013561/Chemicals-drinking-water-fueling-OBESITY-study-claims.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">PFAS that leach into the water supply</a></span>, and urban areas tend to be situated closer to manufacturing plants.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i>The main purpose of PFAS compounds is to repel water and oil, which is what makes non-stick cookware so much easier to clean and why certain jackets and tents can withstand rain. </i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i>PFAS can seep into the water supply by simply washing the dishes. The compounds can also seep into our food if the packaging is made to be grease-resistant - think fast food cheeseburgers - or if the non-stick coating on pots and pans begins to deteriorate. </i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i>PFAS are also <span data-track-module="internal-body-link" style="font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.01em;"><a class="class" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11291749/Screamingly-high-levels-toxic-forever-chemicals-SIX-10-pesticides.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">common in pesticides </a></span>used to feed crops, which produces chemical-rich runoff that can enter the drinking water supply.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i>Last year, Texas Tech University researchers<span data-track-module="internal-body-link" style="font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: -0.01em;"><a class="class" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11291749/Screamingly-high-levels-toxic-forever-chemicals-SIX-10-pesticides.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self"> examined 10 common insecticides</a></span> being used on cotton fields, but can work for food and other crops.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i>They found PFAS in seven of the 10 insecticides, with levels of PFOS – which has been strongly linked to cancer – as high as 19m parts per trillion (ppt) in one insecticide.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></p><h3 style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Here is the second article:</span></span></h3><div><h2 style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">North Carolina and Iowa drinking water is worst for 'forever chemicals' after industrial waste was dumped into rivers for DECADES: Toxins are up to 46,000 times higher than EPA limit (<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12275747/North-Carolina-Iowa-drinking-water-toxic-companies-dumped-chemicals.html" target="_blank">read full story here</a>)</span></h2></div><div><div class="mol-img" style="background-color: white; 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background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; height: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 20px;"></li></ul></div></div><p class="imageCaption" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); clear: both; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 4px 0px;">Brunswick County, N.C. and Quad Cities, Iowa, have significantly higher levels of PFAs in their drinking supply</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>North Carolina at large has been known to have significant issues with PFAS pollution as the state has a large number of military bases, airports and industrial sites. PFAS are commonly found in firefighting foam and gear, which has led to contamination of military bases and airports.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>The problem is particularly grave along the Cape Fear River partly because of the DuPont plant in Fayetteville and its spin-off, Chemours.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>According to the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the DuPont chemical company dumped PFAs for over four decades into the river, which supplies drinking water for around 350,000 North Carolinians.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Many of the area's residents have claimed over the years that they got cancer from the contamination. Back in 2019, scientists recommended expanding an investigation of suspected thyroid cancer clusters in the area, as reported by <a class="class" href="https://ncnewsline.com/briefs/scientists-recommend-expanding-investigation-of-suspected-thyroid-cancer-clusters-in-nc/#sthash.4DZbdhDW.dpbs" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">NC Newsline. </a></i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>In 2017, the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority filed a <a class="class" href="https://www.cfpua.org/785/Legal-action-against-Chemours-and-DuPont" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">lawsuit</a> against the company over their dumping of toxic materials in the river, and in 2020 the state's Attorney General filed an</i>other.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>'Everyone should have the freedom to turn on their tap without the fear they are drinking poisoned water,' he tweeted. 'We need to take immediate action to remove these toxins from our water.'</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Experts said the findings were 'frightening' given the scale of the problem and the link between the toxins and serious health conditions like cancer, infertility, birth defects and hormone issues. </i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><br /></i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dr. Mercola has a great set of at home water systems, <a href="https://products.mercolamarket.com/waterfilters/whole-house-water-filters/" target="_blank">here</a>, and here is an important column on this topic from him.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #e2ebf8; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; background: url("images/bg_h2.gif") center bottom repeat-x rgb(226, 235, 248); color: #4b5d67; float: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 543px;"><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 24px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("images/icon_entry.gif") 24px 50% no-repeat; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 1.4em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 9px 100px 12px 42px;">How Safe Is Your Drinking Water?</h2></div><div class="post-169 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-natural-health tag-chlorine tag-disinfection-byproducts tag-drinking-water tag-reverse-osmosis-filter tag-tap-water tag-water tag-water-safety" style="background-color: #9bc3d5; float: left; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 18px 0px 0px 18px; width: 525px;"><div class="entry" style="float: none; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 23px 18px 5px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">If you feel parched nowadays, there are so many beverages available to quench your thirst. However, none of these drinks will ever be able to take the place of good old water.</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">Water is the still best beverage and the healthiest way to stay hydrated. The reasons are simple. You only need to remember that your body is composed of approximately 60 percent water. Water is a primary component of all bodily fluids, including blood, urine, lymph, digestive juices and sweat. It also supports vital chemical reactions that regulate our body functions.</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">If you want to stay healthy, maintaining the quality of your drinking water is a must. But you can’t tell if your water is safe by the way it looks, tastes or smells. Water safety experts have recently discovered a new and toxic threat in the water supply – disinfection byproducts (DBPs).</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Dangers of Disinfection Byproducts</strong></p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">Water providers use chlorine as a disinfectant. Aside from chlorine, <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/11/08/bottled-water-not-so-pure.aspx" style="color: #7f1d1d; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">chloramines and chlorine dioxide</a> are the other common disinfectants used at water treatment facilities to kill harmful, disease-causing microorganisms in the water.</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">You probably haven’t heard of DBPs before. Disinfection byproducts are formed when the disinfectants react with natural organic matter like decaying vegetation in water and are more than 10,000 times more toxic than chlorine, making them the worst type of contaminants.</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/02/28/chlorine.aspx" style="color: #7f1d1d; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Chlorine has been linked to health problems associated with drinking water</a> but the new research suggests that DBPs, not chlorine, are responsible for almost all of the toxic effects of chlorinated water.</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">The two most common disinfectant byproducts formed when chlorine is used are:</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">• <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">trihalomethanes (THMs)</strong> and,</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">• <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">haloacetic acids (HAAs)</strong></p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">Trihalomethanes are Cancer Group B carcinogens, meaning they’ve been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals. DBPs have also been linked to reproductive problems in both animals and humans. <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A study found that men who smoke and drank chlorinated tap water for more than 40 years increased their risk of bladder cancer by 50 percent compared to male smokers who drank non-chlorinated water.</strong></p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Another study showed that individuals on a low-fiber diet and consumed chlorinated water for more than 40 years doubled their risk of rectal cancer.</strong></p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">But drinking chlorinated water is not the only way DBPs can get inside your body. You’re also exposed to trihalomethanes if you shower, bathe and swim in chlorinated water. <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The cancer risk from skin exposure while swimming was over 94 percent of the total cancer risk resulting from being exposed to THMs!</strong></p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Trihalomethanes in chlorinated swimming pools have also been linked to spontaneous abortion, stillbirths and congenital malformations.</strong></p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">To give you an idea how dangerous THMs are, Environment Protection Agency (EPA) regulations only allow water providers to have a THM level of 60 parts per billion. However, water companies are resisting this regulation because they feel it would be more expensive to remove DBPs from their water and are pushing to elevate the EPA standard.</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">Ideally, the safest DBP level should be ZERO. This goal is likely impossible to achieve.</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">If you get your water from a private well, DBPs are not an issue because most, if not all, private well water systems do not use chlorine.</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Other Contaminants in Your Water</strong></p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">Aside from DBPs, a comprehensive survey of drinking water in the U.S. reveals that your drinking water may also contain a number of pharmaceuticals and hormonally active chemicals, including:</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">• <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Atenolol</strong> – a beta-blocker used to treat cardiovascular disease</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">• <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Atrazine</strong> – herbicide banned in the European Union linked to the decline of fish population and in changes in animal behavior</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">• <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Carbamazepine</strong> – a drug used to treat bipolar disorder • Estrone – an estrogen hormone blamed for causing gender changes in fish</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">• <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Gemfibrozil</strong> – a fibrate (drug used to lower lipid levels)</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">• <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Meprobamate </strong>– a tranquilizer used by psychiatrists</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">• <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Naproxen</strong> – a painkiller and anti-inflammatory linked to an increased number of asthma cases</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">• <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Phenytoin </strong>– anticonvulsant used to treat epileptics</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">• <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sulfamethoxazole</strong> – an antibiotic • TCEP – a reduction agent used in molecular biology</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">• <strong style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Trimethoprim</strong> – another antibiotic</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">Water safety expert Robert Slovak’s advice is to request a water quality report from your local water provider at least once a year to see how safe your <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/08/06/the-truth-about-tap-water.aspx" style="color: #7f1d1d; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">tap water</a> is. He recommends using a <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/05/how-most-americans-were-conned-into-drinking-bottled-water.aspx" style="color: #7f1d1d; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">reverse osmosis filter</a> to help remove DBPs and various pharmaceutical agents from your water at home.</p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">Using a reverse osmosis filter is an important decision you can make but it may not be enough to protect you from water contaminants because you’re still exposed to toxins whenever you shower or bathe, wash your hands, rinse fruits and vegetables and clean dishes, glasses and other utensils.</p><p style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Jennifer again right here! I cannot get out of this blue box. </b></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></b></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, in summary, do whatever you can to protect your family and your pets from this utter poisonous, life altering nonsense! Please share in the comments what systems you may have and how they are faring for you. God gave us a noggin to use to protect ourselves and to live in the </b><span face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #4b5d67;"><b>healthiest</b></span><b style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> state of being and while we still have the freedom to choose a safer option, why not take the time to do so! Your life depends on it!</b></span></p><p style="color: #4b5d67; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-57544121550798897392023-07-02T12:13:00.001-04:002023-07-02T12:13:34.240-04:00Health and wellness secrets of the Founding Fathers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgmVwSZ1Ps1x6CZPhaSZONYzk0sMiiUPyT2PFXrq8Y4sIU1FfZrBc3SRSaVCp_jESaz7BnAgfYqyhh8wvivE5lh04QuYr8KLMMtUbsdR0Y8-h9j-_UuoDg1GLog7R6bV4EF1NCF-2efQmUfH2RCtJc2JMlQOsbqRofxFkVPeeD-q_575Kr_cUGD-C_rA/s1600/jefferson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgmVwSZ1Ps1x6CZPhaSZONYzk0sMiiUPyT2PFXrq8Y4sIU1FfZrBc3SRSaVCp_jESaz7BnAgfYqyhh8wvivE5lh04QuYr8KLMMtUbsdR0Y8-h9j-_UuoDg1GLog7R6bV4EF1NCF-2efQmUfH2RCtJc2JMlQOsbqRofxFkVPeeD-q_575Kr_cUGD-C_rA/w457-h228/jefferson.jpg" width="457" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ammo.com/articles/founding-fathers-quotes-physical-health-exercise" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">From Ammo.com Founding Fathers Quotes on the Importance of Physical Health and Exercise</span></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNACy-_aAhPorejOFhHqXX2V55yMhFBNSk_IjX3vFlDVyFQQERTEMMWwYQHEYUSJ1gPC5FDrx38KHYHsSzr6-6TICr-dzePml_P6XgjSG9BUphzY4cA0aWF-na1acexlUTMbwwyROQtzIsx_Lior-ockFGJoZkVl_uyI8GAjo6B20WP5kuq4IIhFAxeM/s2400/founding%20fathers.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNACy-_aAhPorejOFhHqXX2V55yMhFBNSk_IjX3vFlDVyFQQERTEMMWwYQHEYUSJ1gPC5FDrx38KHYHsSzr6-6TICr-dzePml_P6XgjSG9BUphzY4cA0aWF-na1acexlUTMbwwyROQtzIsx_Lior-ockFGJoZkVl_uyI8GAjo6B20WP5kuq4IIhFAxeM/w408-h271/founding%20fathers.webp" width="408" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: benton-sans; font-size: 13.5px;">By</span><span style="background-color: #faf9f7; color: #1a1a19; font-family: benton-sans; font-size: 13.5px;"> </span><span class="AuthorByline-InPage" style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: benton-sans; font-size: 13.5px;"><a data-cms-ai="0" href="https://www.deseret.com/authors/jennifer-graham" style="--color-link-text: var(--color-primary-text); background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">Jennifer Graham</a> of Deseret News</span></p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">If the Social Security Administration had been around in 1776, the Founding Fathers might have retired on disability instead of giving birth to a nation. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other leaders of the American Revolution suffered chronic effects of diseases like smallpox, tuberculosis and malaria, and were devastated by the deaths of their children.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">In her 2013 book "<a class="Link" data-cms-ai="0" href="http://nyupress.org/books/9781479880577/" style="--color-link-text-hover: var(--color-link-text-hover-theme,#737373); --color-link-text: var(--color-link-text-theme,#1a1a19); background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-link-text-theme,#1a1a19); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Revolutionary Medicine</a>, The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health," <a class="Link" data-cms-ai="0" href="http://www.du.edu/ahss/cjs/facultystaff/abrams.html" style="--color-link-text-hover: var(--color-link-text-hover-theme,#737373); --color-link-text: var(--color-link-text-theme,#1a1a19); background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-link-text-theme,#1a1a19); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Jeanne Abrams</a>, a professor at the University of Denver, explained how the primitive health conditions in the 18th century affected not only ordinary colonists, but the leaders of the fledgling nation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLG7MyhKjt7xrAoyiePmaMxZPeIQS30cvszamB9N0GhwQyc_0eUp2EZrRmPdVRDPvERgvvGMSCYTkeYUMjIHg5YeKB_-zefiIBLIO4qGecjz6Sp8QYjSp6VZk4oQq6KKR_zYQv9lAvnPeftIVXPa_wOVC9Xk9vcEMFdKTJWrYrov213_oMk5_rDAwQd4A/s688/book.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="486" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLG7MyhKjt7xrAoyiePmaMxZPeIQS30cvszamB9N0GhwQyc_0eUp2EZrRmPdVRDPvERgvvGMSCYTkeYUMjIHg5YeKB_-zefiIBLIO4qGecjz6Sp8QYjSp6VZk4oQq6KKR_zYQv9lAvnPeftIVXPa_wOVC9Xk9vcEMFdKTJWrYrov213_oMk5_rDAwQd4A/s320/book.png" width="226" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;"><br /></p><p><span class="AuthorByline-InPage" style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: benton-sans; font-size: 13.5px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">As America prepares to celebrate its 240th birthday — looking great for her age, we might say — Abrams spoke with The Deseret News about the health of the Founding Fathers and their families.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Deseret News: You say that Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were as well versed in medicine as any contemporary learned medical practitioner. (And they didn’t have Google.) What accounts for their knowledge?</span></p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">Abrams: Jefferson was notoriously skeptical of physicians, although he was friends with a number of them. He is reputed to have said that whenever he saw two or more physicians conversing, he looked up to see if there were any vultures hovering overhead. He thought doctors as a whole killed more patients than saved them. He took what today we would term a more holistic approach to medicine, for he felt the body had a natural ability to heal itself if radical and heroic measures such as bloodletting weren’t introduced, and he thought people should understand the basics of medicine and be able to treat their families at home for at least common, more minor illnesses.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">As for Franklin, we all think about electricity and his famous experiment with the kite and the key, but most people don’t know he also was responsible for a number of important medical inventions. I wear bifocals, as do millions of people today, which were one of his innovations. He also came up with a flexible urinary catheter (to help his brother, who had a prostate problem), and he experimented with using electrical impulses to reduce palsy.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Deseret News: How was pain treated in revolutionary America?</span></p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">Abrams: They had apothecaries, and many early Americans made their own concoctions from medicinal herbs. Jefferson used thyme and lavender grown at Monticello for stomach problems and headaches. Abigail Adams applied cabbage leaves for aches and pains. They had receipt books — we call them recipes — that were handed down in families. For pain, they often used herbal remedies, an infusion made from willow bark which is akin to aspirin, and they used a lot of laudanum, which was a liquid distillation of opium to alleviate discomfort and insomnia.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">In that era, people still looked at health in terms of the four humors (Hippocrates’ theory that blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm had to be balanced in the body). If you had a fever, perhaps it was because you had too much blood and some needed to come out, hence the almost ubiquitous use of bleeding for almost all illnesses.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Deseret News: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington were the opposite of today’s anti-vaxxers — they advocated inoculation against disease, despite popular opposition. How did colonial inoculation differ from the shots our children get today?</span></p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">Abrams: Inoculation put the live virus into bodies. It was controversial because it presented some danger. It could blow up to a full-blown case of smallpox, and people died from that. They also didn’t understand completely the parameters of the contagious period, when people were actively contagious and could spread the smallpox. Still, inoculation had a much lower rate of mortality than acquiring it the “natural” way, so it was a significant improvement in treating the disease.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">In 1776, Boston allowed smallpox inoculation for a short time, and Abigail Adams and her four children were inoculated; one became extremely ill, and she witnessed the reading of the Declaration of Independence in Boston while she may still have been contagious and possible spread the illness.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">Franklin lost his own young son to smallpox and so became a vocal advocate for inoculation, which he felt could save lives. At his own expense, he published a pamphlet on how to inoculate for smallpox, and because he knew it was an expensive procedure for the working class, he arranged for free inoculation of poor children in Philadelphia.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">And Washington insisted that all troops of the Continental Army be inoculated against smallpox, probably one of his most important decisions during the Revolutionary War.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Deseret News: Alexander Hamilton is the most popular founding father right now, because of the Broadway musical. What can you tell us about his health?</span></p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">Abrams: Alexander Hamilton was one of the victims of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic that killed 10 percent of the population of Philadelphia, but fortunately he had a relatively mild case and recovered. By that time, he and Thomas Jefferson were political enemies. Jefferson would become head of the Republican-Democratic Party, and Hamilton was one of the leaders of the Federalists. Jefferson thought Hamilton was simply faking when he first claimed to have yellow fever.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">That infamous epidemic closed down the American government, which was then located in Philadelphia as the nation's temporary capital, and people were divided along political lines on how best to treat the disease and what caused yellow fever. No one at the time understood that it was a virus spread by infected mosquitoes.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Deseret News: Health officials say obesity has reached epidemic levels in America. Were any of the founders overweight or obese?</span></p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">Abrams: Most of the founders were quite lean; remember, people in those days walked or rode horseback to get around so there was definitely more exercise, and they didn't have to contend with the opportunities technology has provided for increased sedentary leisure, prolific food and beverage choices, and less exercise.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">Franklin was tall and muscular most of his life, as were Washington and Jefferson. Franklin and Jefferson were both advocates of healthy living and great fans of adequate exercise, and Franklin was almost manic about the benefits of fresh air and good eating and sleeping habits. Jefferson in particular ate little meat, but emphasized vegetables and fruit in his diet and daily exercise. John Adams was corpulent and was sometimes mockingly referred to as "His Rotundity" by his political detractors, but ironically he lived the longest of the founders, until the age of 90, and for the most part he was quite healthy.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"></span></p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Deseret News: Washington had severe dysentery during the French and Indian War and suffered from the effects of smallpox and tuberculosis. How did he continue? Were men and women of that era just hardier than people today?</span></p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">Abrams: Washington was sick a lot of the time. They all were. He suffered from smallpox but fortunately recovered, and if you recover, you’re immune for life. Most people in the South had recurrent malaria, which affected both Washington and James Madison significantly. Mortality rates were very high in early America, and over a quarter of children died before they grew up. Even measles was a devastating epidemic.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">There used to be a theory that early Americans, because they knew they would lose children, kept an emotional distance from their offspring. But when you read the letters of the founders, you know that’s not true. They grieved deeply.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">Jefferson was predeceased by five of his six children, and Martha Washington outlived all four of her children. John Adams lost four of his six children. When he was in Philadelphia at the Constitution Convention, Abigail Adams gave birth to a stillborn baby, and — this was especially poignant for me — she wrote to him that it was God’s will, and he wrote back, “Isn’t it a wonder how much someone can miss someone they’ve never met?”</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"></span></p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;">I don’t think the founders were hardened to loss, but they went on with stoic fortitude. It’s a wonder they were able to accomplish all they did from a political standpoint, given the backdrop of their tragic family lives.</p><p style="background-color: #faf9f7; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a19; font-family: poynter-oldstyle-text; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px 0px;"><a href="https://www.deseret.com/2016/7/2/20591297/health-and-wellness-secrets-of-the-founding-fathers" target="_blank">SOURCE>>>></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-30509901233381249992023-06-25T09:14:00.002-04:002023-06-25T09:14:44.804-04:00Do You Have Seasonal Allergies ~ Got the Sniffles? <p><span style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="letter-spacing: -1px;">Are you going through boxes of tissues weekly, finding yourself </b><span style="letter-spacing: -1px;"><b>consumed</b></span><b style="letter-spacing: -1px;"> with congestion and sneezing fits and wondering if it will ever end? </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="letter-spacing: -1px;">Here at The Plain Truth Your Health Today Online, we want to share health information that is not only off the beaten path and interesting, but that can actually help you. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="letter-spacing: -1px;">Here is a compilation of a great videos on the topic that will hopefully result in some understanding but more importantly, RELIEF!</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 32px; letter-spacing: -1px;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyjYvzu5w5FbnXOGITwKj_Oz3_a0BQM1jHc6evRCrA4IFl-nCcgAWdreVNjL4xbfkOqWAL8-_Tj9M_VLxGdVAilOokMe_QGUxTOOCPi7pkkBKmsgX5VSShrYQOg2jgGE_MqGGOrQuGVyPbAQ-0aqS1PoAh7G8dDF-JQmJ4FPdHsu8qcStqAgSjXQ1mh38" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyjYvzu5w5FbnXOGITwKj_Oz3_a0BQM1jHc6evRCrA4IFl-nCcgAWdreVNjL4xbfkOqWAL8-_Tj9M_VLxGdVAilOokMe_QGUxTOOCPi7pkkBKmsgX5VSShrYQOg2jgGE_MqGGOrQuGVyPbAQ-0aqS1PoAh7G8dDF-JQmJ4FPdHsu8qcStqAgSjXQ1mh38" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><b><br /><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 32px; letter-spacing: -1px;"><b>What exactly are allergies?</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Dr. Berg Shares the Missing Link Connecting Your Allergies to Lack of Folate</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zsq__sae5Yc" width="320" youtube-src-id="Zsq__sae5Yc"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He further explains how natural histamines can help...</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6YE8BZkN8Vo" width="320" youtube-src-id="6YE8BZkN8Vo"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is a great acupressure technique to help ease allergy symptoms and drain your sinus'. </span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R4Kp5Ze3eok" width="320" youtube-src-id="R4Kp5Ze3eok"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -1px;">Maybe herbal relief also will help...</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -1px;">Feeling the sniffles? Check out these herbs for allergy relief</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -1px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Naturalnew.com</span></span></p><div class="Widget" id="FeaturedMedia" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.88px; margin: 0px auto 30px;"><img src="https://www.naturalnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/91/2023/06/goldenrod-1.jpg" style="border: none; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%; width: 788px;" /></div><div class="Widget" id="Article" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23.2px; margin: 0px auto 50px;"><div class="Widget" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14.88px; margin: 0px auto 30px;"><div class="ZYHVPBAWJQDN" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; line-height: 14.88px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; user-select: none; visibility: visible; width: 300px;"><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;"><br /></li></ul><div class="WidgetDisclaimer" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cccccc; font-size: 9px; line-height: 11.16px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">ADVERTISEMENT</div></div></div>Most people often rely on over-the-counter medications for addressing allergic reactions. But there are some <a href="https://thesurvivalmom.com/herbs-for-seasonal-allergies/" style="color: #009999; text-decoration-line: none;">natural herbal remedies that you can try</a> to provide relief from allergies, and minus the potential side effects. These include the following:<p></p><h3 style="color: black; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 24px; line-height: 27.12px;">Mullein</h3><p>Mullein (<em>Verbascum thapsus</em>) is used nowadays for less serious conditions like allergies, sore throat and inflamed tonsils. But according to functional medicine specialist Dr. Sobia Khan, the herb <a href="https://health.clevelandclinic.org/mullein-benefits/" style="color: #009999; text-decoration-line: none;">has been a go-to remedy for respiratory issues</a> centuries before antibiotics were developed. Mullein's soothing properties make it a "friend" to the lungs.</p><p></p><p>Mullein contains antioxidants, such as vitamin C and flavonoids that protect cells from free radicals. It is also good for the lymph glands, a bonus for the immune system during allergy season. Moreover, the herb also possesses antiseptic and antiviral properties that stop pathogens in their tracks.</p><p></p><h3 style="color: black; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 24px; line-height: 27.12px;">Goldenrod</h3><p>Often considered a weed, the perennial goldenrod (<em>Solidago canadensis</em>) shouldn't be dismissed as such because of its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-histamine properties. <a href="https://chestnutherbs.com/goldenrod/" style="color: #009999; text-decoration-line: none;">It is well-known as a decongestant</a> – effectively relieving blockages in the upper respiratory tract. This quality makes goldenrod a good choice for allergies, influenza, sinusitis or the common cold.</p><p></p><p><em>S. canadensis</em> owes its medicinal properties to beneficial plant compounds it contains. Flavonoids like kaempferol and quercetin protect cells from damage caused by free radicals. Meanwhile, saponins in goldenrod enhance the immune system and help it ward off harmful pathogens. (Related: <a href="https://naturalnews.com/2017-05-03-stop-spring-allergies-with-these-easy-to-source-5-herbs.html#" style="color: #009999; text-decoration-line: none;">Stop spring allergies with these 5 easy-to-source herbs</a>.)</p><h3 style="color: black; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 24px; line-height: 27.12px;">Stinging nettle</h3><p>Aspiring gardeners often link stinging nettle (<em>Urtica dioica</em>) with a painful encounter. However, the Arizona-based Sinus & Allergy Wellness Center considers it <a href="https://www.sinusandallergywellnesscenter.com/blog/allergic-rhinitis-6-herbal-remedies-to-try-sinus-allergy-wellness-clinic" style="color: #009999; text-decoration-line: none;">one of the most effective herbs</a> for allergic rhinitis. In fact, stinging nettle has been used back in Ancient Greece for its anti-inflammatory properties.</p><p></p><p>Outside its painful quality, stinging nettle is a powerful antioxidant, astringent, antimicrobial and analgesic. It can reduce allergy-related inflammation without producing any adverse side effects. As a bonus, the leaves of stinging nettle can be cooked and added to salads, soups or stews – much like most green, leafy vegetables.</p><p></p><h3 style="color: black; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 24px; line-height: 27.12px;">Horehound</h3><p>A bitter herb of the mint family, horehound (<em>Marubium vulgare</em>) <a href="https://www.peacehealth.org/medical-topics/id/hn-2109003#hn-2109003-how-it-works" style="color: #009999; text-decoration-line: none;">is often used in cough drops</a> that help loosen mucus – making it one of the most ingested herbs in the United States. Given its potential to help suppress a nasty cough, the herb also shows potential to treat seasonal allergies. Horehound can relieve stuffiness, so it's ideal to take it when the allergy-related sniffles hit.</p><p></p><p><em>M. vulgare</em>'s medicinal properties stem from its plant compounds, such as trace amounts of volatile oils, alkaloids, flavonoids and diterpenes. Marrubiin, the most active diterpene in horehound, is responsible for the herb's expectorant properties. Moreover, the bitter-tasting marrubiin increases the flow of saliva and gastric juice – stimulating the appetite as a result.</p><p></p><h3 style="color: black; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 24px; line-height: 27.12px;">Rosemary</h3><p>Rosemary (<em>Salvia rosmarinus</em>) is more than just a cooking herb: It also helps address inflammation caused by allergic reactions, thanks to its bioactive compound rosmarinic acid. One study published in <em>International Immunopharmacology</em> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1567576916304155" style="color: #009999; text-decoration-line: none;">expounded on this anti-inflammatory effect</a>.</p><p></p><p>According to the study authors, rosmarinic acid greatly decreased the inflammation in mucus cells and hyper-secretion of mucus cells in an animal model of asthma. They also found that the plant compound reduced the number of goblet cells that trigger mucus hyper-secretion. Goblet cells often multiply in response to different factors such as cigarette smoke, particles and toxins.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-06-20-check-out-these-herbs-for-allergy-relief.html" target="_blank">READ MORE>>>></a></p></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-41952565100152785892023-06-25T08:03:00.000-04:002023-06-25T08:03:03.882-04:00MOSQUITO BITES AND YOUR HEALTH<p> It is best to avoid getting bitten by a mosquito and here is why...getting bitten by a mosquito could result in a great deal of health issues and even death. Let's look at what happens when you get bitten by a mosquito!</p><!-- wp:paragraph -->
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<p>BY JOEY KEOGH from TheList.com<br />Mosquitoes must find nothing more delicious than human skin. That's how it feels when you're covered in itchy bites, agonizing over how to avoid scratching. So what really happens when these deadly insects bite us?</p>
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<p>The female mosquito lands on your skin and extends her proboscis (a narrow part of the mouth used to retrieve blood) into it as she tries to locate a yummy blood vessel. Mosquitoes aren't teeny vampires, though, they just need protein-rich blood to produce eggs and propagate their species. </p>
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<p>The mosquito injects us with a vasodilator, which keeps blood flowing rather than clotting while it feeds. It is this injection of the mosquito's saliva that causes the problem. As Dr. Renee Matthews, MD notes, our body reacts pretty strongly to this. "When a mosquito bites us, our body's immune system creates histamines, causing the skin around the mosquito bite to itch," she advises. Still, you might not notice right away and may even start itching hours later. Likewise, "Redness and swelling are part of the immune reaction, as well."</p>
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<p><em>Basically, mosquitoes exist because they're next to impossible to wipe out. Species don't exist in a vacuum; as long as they can find food and don't have environmental pressure against them, they'll continue. Mosquitoes are millions of years old as a species. In the ecosystem, they do serve as food for other species (birds, frogs, and fish) and as pollinators. The larvae eat detritus in the water, helping to clean it. There are more than 3,000 species of mosquitoes, but only about 200 bite humans.</em></p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">So, whats the big deal? Dr. Josh Axe reports that you can actually acquire parasites from a mosquito bite...</h2>
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<p><strong><em>How does someone become infected with a parasite?</em></strong></p>
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<p><em>Believe it or not, a relatively high percentage of adults living in the United States may carry parasites. Where and how does somebody get infected with a parasite?</em></p>
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<p><em>Parasites are generally acquired from consuming contaminated food or water, but people with imbalanced gut flora, <a href="https://draxe.com/health/7-signs-symptoms-you-have-leaky-gut/">leaky gut syndrome</a> or a weakened immune system may be more susceptible. Some can also be spread through the bite of a mosquito or sand fly, or transmitted to humans from animals such as cows and pigs that are infected with parasites like Cryptosporidium or Trichinella.</em><a href="https://draxe.com/health/parasite-cleanse/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> (SOURCE)</a></p>
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<p><em>Piura (Peru) (AFP) – </em><strong>Two months after cyclonic downpours flooded the town of Catacaos in northern Peru, dozens of inhabitants lie sick and dying of dengue, a disease carried by mosquitos attracted by stagnant water.</strong></p>
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<p>Near the border with Ecuador, Peru's Piura region is battling a new health crisis even as the South American country is still recovering from the world's highest reported Covid-19 death rate.</p>
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<p>This time it is an epidemic of dengue, a viral disease with symptoms ranging from fever, headache and joint pain to bleeding, organ failure and sometimes, death.</p>
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<p>Half of the Piura region's 416 clinics were damaged by the cyclone that also paralyzed the local economy as thousands lost their ability to survive from informal jobs.</p>
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<p>This was about a third of the national toll of 248 deaths and more than 146,000 infections.</p>
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<p class="has-large-font-size">Then we have the Gates meddling in on nature and we know how things go when The Gates' viewpoint on sustaining life goes...this in its best estimation may sound good to environmentalists but the lack of trust with anything "Bill Gates" related needs to be heavily noted here.</p>
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<p>Genetically modified mosquitoes were just released in the US for the first time, thanks to a biotech firm funded by Bill Gates.<a href="https://interestingengineering.com/author/chris-young"></a></p>
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<p>he Bill Gates-backed biotech firm Oxitec is going ahead with plans to release hundreds of millions of gene-altered mosquitos in Florida in order to test an experimental new form of population control, the company <a href="https://www.oxitec.com/en/news/landmark-project-to-control-disease-carrying-mosquitoes-kicks-off-in-the-florida-keys" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">confirmed in a press release</a>. The initial batch of mosquitoes was released this week. </p>
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<p>The controversial project, conducted as part of a partnership between the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) and Oxitec, will see six locations in the region host Oxitec’s gene-hacked male <em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquitos over the next few months.</p>
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<p>Oxitec — which <a href="https://www.oxitec.com/en/news/oxitec-to-develop-2nd-friendly-mosquito-strain-designed-to-combat-malaria-spreading-mosquitoes" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">announced a collaboration</a> with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2018 — says the new tests could help to greatly reduce populations of the mosquito breed, which is responsible for spreading diseases such as dengue and malaria.</p>
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<p>The firm says the <em>Aedes aegypti</em> accounts for only 4 percent of the mosquito population in the Florida Keys, but is responsible for almost all disease transmission. The company also states that community support for the project is "high."</p>
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<p>Still, the method is controversial due to the fact that a genetically altered species is being released into an ecosystem with potentially unknown consequences. Critics have also pointed to the fact that this may open doors for firms to use gene-altered invasive species for other uncontrolled projects.</p>
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<p>Oxitec faced a backlash in August 2020, when it originally released its Florida Keys plans. In <a href="https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/6126/750-million-genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-approved-for-release-in-florida-keys" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">a press statement</a> at the time, Dana Perls, the food and technology Program Manager at Friends of the Earth, said that "the release of genetically engineered mosquitoes will needlessly put Floridians, the environment and endangered species at risk in the midst of a pandemic."</p>
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<p>The Oxitec technology has already been <a href="https://www.oxitec.com/en/news/oxitec-expands-friendly-aedes-technology-in-brazil-in-support-of-city-dengue-control-program-as-dengue-season-begins" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">tested in São Paulo, Brazil</a>, where after 13 weeks, it suppressed up to 95 percent of the mosquito species.</p>
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<p>Oxitec's isn't the only method for gene-altering mosquitos to curb their populations — this month, <a href="https://interestingengineering.com/science/scientists-engineer-mosquitos-to-spread-anti-malaria-genes" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">it was announced</a> that researchers from Imperial College London have <a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/219394/simple-genetic-modification-aims-stop-mosquitoes/amp/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">successfully altered</a> the gut genes of mosquitos to spread antimalarial genes to their offspring. The same team had previously used the gene-editing tool CRISPR to <a href="https://interestingengineering.com/science/scientists-eliminate-a-population-of-mosquitoes-using-crispr" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">eradicate a population</a> of <em>Anopheles gambiae </em>in a lab. <a href="https://interestingengineering.com/science/bill-gates-backed-firm-to-release-150k-gene-hacked-mosquitoes-in-florida" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">(SOURCE)</a></p>
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<p class="has-large-font-size">Mosquitos are something to avoid and something to respect all at the same time. I personally do what I need to do to keep from being bitten by them and if I happen to get the unfortunate bite, I always have <strong><em>The Bug Bite Thing </em></strong>tool at the ready. This is not a paid sponsorship but worth the mention because this little tool can help reverse what the mosquito deposits into your skin if you can get to it asap.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"> God had a purpose for all of His creations and expects us to be good stewards of our land and all that He has given us dominion over. There is a way to protect human life first and foremost and we are so advanced that all's it takes is research on ways to handle the problems that mosquitos can cause. When you look around and gene altering endeavors, it is imperative to look ahead and see how that is going to affect the cycle of life for other species but once again, human life is a priority and as you can clearly see, things can get out of hand and very quickly. The liberal agenda and their displaced compassion to a large degree and an outright mission to punish those of us that want to put humans first. They do not want us to harm life and protect even the flea; and by doing so, they have really tilted the scale and have caused a lot of harm to humankind. </p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">In 2011, the state of California banned the usage of an incredibly effective enzymatic treatment of <em>2-{1-Methyl-2-(4-phenoxphenoxy) ethoxy} pyridine. </em>By doing so, they actually caused what exterminators were calling a SUPER FLEA. They cared more about the fleas then everybody and every other living thing instead. By not being allowed to control the flea population, animals suffered GREATLY and thus as a result, PEOPLE SUFFERED. Exterminators were using their strongest chemicals and still couldn't control the problem. Outside critters suffered, birds, racoons, squirrels, you name it. FINALLY, they allowed the product back into the state in 2017. It was A LONG 6 years, let me tell you!</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">The bottom line is, get educated, protect yourself, and let's fight for life and be good stewards with what God has given to us, use our noggins and do what needs to be done as God would see fit! </p>
<!-- /wp:paragraph -->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-87733404984992987192023-06-11T09:10:00.001-04:002023-06-11T09:10:14.093-04:00Colon Cancer, Polyps, and Prevention<p> Dr. Mercola reported back in 2019 that colon cancer was on the rise. Many other outlets are reporting the same thing in recent news. What is going on and how can we decrease our chances of getting colorectal cancer?</p><p><span style="font-size: large;">First and foremost, one of the healthiest things we can do for our bodies is to adhere to God's Food Law's as they were put in place by our Creator for a reason. Adam and Eve were given these food laws! Doing research on this topic and educating oneself on a preventative lifestyle for all cancers is always a good idea. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The following featured posts do not necessarily express the views of The Plain Truth. We are sharing other opinions and will sometimes offer a commentary on anything we may disagree with</i>. </span></p><p>Here is Dr. Mercola's column: </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 18px; text-align: center;"><span id="bcr_lblSubject" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Colorectal cancer in younger adults on the rise</span></h1><div><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div class="bodytextdiv" id="bodytext" region_id="Article Body" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 36px auto; max-width: 920px;"><span id="bcr_FormattedBody" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding-left: 60px; padding-right: 60px;">Colorectal cancer is often thought of as a disease that affects older adults, but new statistics say otherwise. Rates of colorectal cancer in men and women under the age of 50 have risen in recent years, and scientists are concerned the spike may continue. When diagnosed early, colorectal cancer is curable. With a healthy diet and physical activity, up to 50% of cases are even preventable. But lack of awareness in younger patients may be playing a large role in the increase.</p><figure class="center-img has-figcaption" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: none; margin: 0px auto 18px; text-align: center;"><img alt="coloncancer" class=" mlazyloaded" data-mlazyload-src=" https://media.mercola.com/ImageServer/Public/2017/March/colon-cancer-fb.jpg" src="https://media.mercola.com/ImageServer/Public/2017/March/colon-cancer-fb.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 500px; width: 500px;" /></figure><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding-left: 60px; padding-right: 60px;">Not only have researchers seen a spike in the number of cases in men and women in their 20s and 30s, but they believe the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/health/colon-cancer-young.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 200ms ease 0s;">increases are accelerating</a>. Dr. Darren Brenner, lead author of a colorectal cancer study published recently in the journal JAMA Network Open, said, “We thought that this trend would slow down or level off after people first noticed it a few years ago.<span style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15pt;"> </span>But every year we keep seeing the increase in colorectal cancer among young people, and it is very alarming.”</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding-left: 60px; padding-right: 60px;">In the study, Brenner and his colleagues found an increase of 3.47% in colorectal cancer rates among Canadian men under 50, between 2006 and 2015. Between 2010 and 2015, rates among women under the age of 50 increased by 4.45%. Researchers believe colon and rectal cancers may be decreasing among older adults due to increased awareness and use of screening tests, such as colonoscopies. Colonoscopies are able to recognize and remove colon polyps before cancer has a chance to develop.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding-left: 60px; padding-right: 60px;">Colorectal cancer is largely linked to lifestyle habits, so like many types of cancer, it is often preventable. Research suggests that only 5 to 10% of cancer cases are due to genetic defects, while the rest are linked to environment and lifestyle factors. Making healthy choices today can help significantly lower your risk of colorectal cancer, along with other types of cancer and serious health issues. Top tips to <a href="https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/03/23/how-to-prevent-colon-cancer.aspx" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 200ms ease 0s;">help prevent colon cancer</a> include:</p><ol style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 18px 36px; padding: 0px 60px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 9px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 900 !important;">Eat more vegetables </span>— Vegetables contain an array of antioxidants and other disease-fighting compounds that are very difficult to get anywhere else. They’re also one of the best forms of dietary fiber. Studies have repeatedly shown that people with higher vegetable intake have lower rates of cancer.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 9px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 900 !important;">Eat more fiber</span> — Dietary fiber has been associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer, particularly incident colorectal adenoma and distal colon cancer. Further, for every 10 grams of fiber you add to your daily diet, your risk of colon cancer decreases by 10%.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 9px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 900 !important;">Optimize your vitamin D levels</span> — Vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for colorectal cancer. Research has shown those with higher blood levels of <a href="https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/13/vitamin-d-doubles-colon-cancer-survival-rates.aspx" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 200ms ease 0s;">vitamin D</a> were less likely to develop colorectal tumors.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 9px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 900 !important;">Avoid processed meats</span> — The nitrates found in processed meats are frequently converted into nitrosamines, which are clearly associated with an increased risk of certain cancers.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 9px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 900 !important;">Be knowledgeable about red meat consumption</span> — Research suggests that people who eat the most red meat (in one study this was 5 ounces a day) have a 24% greater risk of colorectal cancer than those who eat the least.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 9px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 900 !important;">Exercise </span>— Studies suggest physically active men and women have about a 30 to 40% reduction in the risk of developing colon cancer compared to those who are inactive.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 9px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 900 !important;">Maintain a healthy weight and control belly fat</span> — Studies have linked obesity to an increased risk for about a dozen different cancers, including cancer of the colon.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 9px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 900 !important;">Limit your alcohol intake and quit smoking</span> — Both excessive alcohol intake and smoking are associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer.</li></ol><div>______________________________________________________</div><div>The Dailymail.com even covered the topic this past March of 2023:</div><div><h2 style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 34px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px 0px 4px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">Mystery of colon cancer epidemic among young people: Rates have doubled among under-55s since the 1990s — and experts don't know why</h2></div><div><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>"Experts are not sure what is behind the shift, but unhealthy diets, <span data-track-module="internal-body-link" style="font-size: 1em !important; letter-spacing: -0.01em;"><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/alcohol/index.html" id="mol-805e2c60-b860-11ed-a4e3-350cc729b244" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">alcohol</a></span> consumption and sedentary lifestyles have all been blamed for the higher rates.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>But this may not explain why other cancers have <span data-track-module="internal-body-link" style="font-size: 1em !important; letter-spacing: -0.01em;"><a class="class" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11628943/Death-rate-fallen-33-1991-3-8-million-deaths-averted-official-report-finds.html" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">remained flat or continued to tumble</a></span> in under-55s at the same time, scientists say.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Cancers of the colon and rectum are the third most common type in the US and the third leading cause of death of both men and women.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>It is most often diagnosed in people aged 65 to 74. Early warning signs including blood in feces, abdominal pain and unintended weight loss.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>These are often missed in younger age groups, with doctors instead believing they are warning signs of another illness instead of cancer associated with the elderly.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Dr Rebecca Segel, senior scientific director of surveillance research at the American Cancer Society and lead author, said: 'We know rates are increasing in young people.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>'But it's alarming to see how rapidly the whole patient population is shifting younger, despite shrinking numbers in the overall population.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>'The trend toward more advanced disease in people of all ages is also surprising and should motivate everyone 45 and older to get screened'.</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>The truth of it is, we all have cancer cells in our body, it is just when they start teaming up and clustering where we have a problem. Here are some excellent videos from Dr. Berg on the truth about polyps and preventative actions measures to lessen the potential of cancers and that increase the function of the body to fight cancer cells."</i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Dr. Berg explains cancer like this: cancer is a dysfunction of your mitochondria (inside your cells) it changes and starts to adapt to an ancient metabolic pathway that involves fermentation of its fuel; it loses its mortality and keeps reproducing and it is also a sugar hog. When they do a pet they scan areas of higher levels of glucose metabolism.</span></b></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">He says that lowering any inflammation in the body is paramount to cancer prevention and highlights how important your diet is which obviously is a main contributor to inflammation.</span></b> </p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DiNvXNMdNrk" width="320" youtube-src-id="DiNvXNMdNrk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KU0Cnc9HXCI" width="320" youtube-src-id="KU0Cnc9HXCI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R7jp_VHJKkg" width="320" youtube-src-id="R7jp_VHJKkg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As you can see and hear, there are many triggers that lead someone to being more susceptible to different types of cancers and there are so many people suffering that have followed a very straight and narrow diet and lifestyle. The Plain Truth is that God has given us great help in how to live an amazing life! <span style="font-family: georgia;">He loves us. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(John 14:21) He wants the best for us. He wants to bless us and make our food amazing (</span><a href="https://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-19.htm" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Isaiah 1:19</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">) and heal our land (2Chron 7:14) and take our sickness away (</span><a href="https://biblehub.com/exodus/23-25.htm" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Exodus 23:25</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">) and set us high above all the nations of the earth! (Deut 28:1)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">God wants the best for His Family, for us, for we are His children! Here are some featured writings from The Plain Truth on His dietary laws. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://theplaintruth.com/?p=1909" target="_blank">Does the New Testament Abolish Meat Restrictions? Clean vs Unclean</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plaintruthonyourhealthtoday.blogspot.com/2012/06/is-all-animal-flesh-good-food.html" target="_blank">Is All Animal Flesh Good Food?</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; font-family: graphik, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div><div><br /></div></span></div><div class="social-icons-bottom narrow-width at-element-marker" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 920px; padding-top: 18px;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: left;"></div><ul class="social-icons dontprint social-button-round" style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="social-btn" data-social-btn="facebook" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px; list-style: outside none none; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><a aria-label="Facebook Page" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.mercola.com%2Fsites%2Fvitalvotes%2Farchive%2F2019%2F08%2F04%2Fcolorectal-cancer-in-younger-adults-on-the-rise.aspx" name="Facebook Page" role="link" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 5px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 200ms ease 0s;"></a></li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;"> </span><li class="social-btn" data-social-btn="mailto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px; list-style: outside none none; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><a aria-label="Mailto" class="mailtolink" href="mailto:?subject=Colorectal%20cancer%20in%20younger%20adults%20on%20the%20rise&body=Check%20out%20this%20story%20on%20Mercola.com:%20https://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2019/08/04/colorectal-cancer-in-younger-adults-on-the-rise.aspx%3Fcid_medium=etaf%26cid_source=etaf%26cid=share" name=" Mailto" role="link" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #868686; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 5px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 200ms ease 0s;"></a></li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px;"> </span><li class="social-btn not-mobile" data-social-btn="print" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 18px; list-style: outside none none; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"></li></ul></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-28913364003264660922023-06-04T08:09:00.001-04:002023-06-04T08:10:22.428-04:00The Shocking Link Between Your Liver and Your Feet<p>When you watch the old black and white movies of the 30's, 40's and 50's, you will hear often by the actors, "it is time for my liver pill!", or "dear, did you take your liver pill, you look a little pale". They were on to something! It is said that our liver is the hub of our health. Eighty percent of our hormones are filtered through the liver and insulin resistance has been proven to originate from a compromised liver for various reasons...but there is more to the liver than you might think. </p><p>Dr. Berg discusses how gout, varicose ankle veins, burning on the bottom of your feet, toe fungus, cracked heels, edema, (and more), reveal issues with your liver. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2qGeR0TX2-I" width="320" youtube-src-id="2qGeR0TX2-I"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dr. Berg also has a great video on <a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+liver+dr+berg&view=detail&mid=3B8F2C4BF1B9462F7D973B8F2C4BF1B9462F7D97&FORM=VIRE" target="_blank">How to get rid of a fatty liver, here</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h1 class="main-content__title" data-anchor="Introduction" id="introduction" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #002c77; font-family: "Noto Serif", serif; font-size: 3.125rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 3.875rem; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 45rem; padding: 2rem 0px 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; transition: font-size 0.3s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Liver: Anatomy and Functions</h1><div><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Serif", serif; font-size: 2.313rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 2.75rem; margin: 4.375rem 0px 2.5rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; transition: font-size 0.3s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Anatomy of the liver</h2><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Anatomy of the liver and biliary system with blood vessels" height="626" src="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/images/health/1_-conditions/liver-gallbladder-and-pancreas/liver-anatomy.ashx" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;" width="720" /></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The liver is located in the upper right-hand portion of the abdominal cavity, beneath the diaphragm, and on top of the stomach, right kidney, and intestines.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shaped like a cone, the liver is a dark reddish-brown organ that weighs about 3 pounds.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There are 2 distinct sources that supply blood to the liver, including the following:</p><ul style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Oxygenated blood flows in from the hepatic artery</p></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nutrient-rich blood flows in from the hepatic portal vein</p></li></ul><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The liver holds about one pint (13%) of the body's blood supply at any given moment. The liver consists of 2 main lobes. Both are made up of 8 segments that consist of 1,000 lobules (small lobes). These lobules are connected to small ducts (tubes) that connect with larger ducts to form the common hepatic duct. The common hepatic duct transports the bile made by the liver cells to the gallbladder and duodenum (the first part of the small intestine) via the common bile duct.</p><h2 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Serif", serif; font-size: 2.313rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 2.75rem; margin: 4.375rem 0px 2.5rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; transition: font-size 0.3s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Functions of the liver</h2><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The liver regulates most chemical levels in the blood and excretes a product called bile. This helps carry away waste products from the liver. All the blood leaving the stomach and intestines passes through the liver. The liver processes this blood and breaks down, balances, and creates the nutrients and also metabolizes drugs into forms that are easier to use for the rest of the body or that are nontoxic. More than 500 vital functions have been identified with the liver. Some of the more well-known functions include the following:</p><ul style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Production of bile, which helps carry away waste and break down fats in the small intestine during digestion</p></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Production of certain proteins for blood plasma</p></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Production of cholesterol and special proteins to help carry fats through the body</p></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Conversion of excess glucose into glycogen for storage (glycogen can later be converted back to glucose for energy) and to balance and make glucose as needed </p></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Regulation of blood levels of amino acids, which form the building blocks of proteins</p></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Processing of hemoglobin for use of its iron content (the liver stores iron)</p></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Conversion of poisonous ammonia to urea (urea is an end product of protein metabolism and is excreted in the urine)</p></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Clearing the blood of drugs and other poisonous substances</p></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Regulating blood clotting</p></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Resisting infections by making immune factors and removing bacteria from the bloodstream</p></li><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; position: relative; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Clearance of bilirubin, also from red blood cells. If there is an accumulation of bilirubin, the skin and eyes turn yellow. </p></li></ul><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When the liver has broken down harmful substances, its by-products are excreted into the bile or blood. Bile by-products enter the intestine and leave the body in the form of feces. Blood by-products are filtered out by the kidneys, and leave the body in the form of urine. (<a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/liver-anatomy-and-functions" target="_blank">Source HopkinsMedicine.org</a>)</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Plain Truth is, when in doubt, look to the liver and find ways to support your liver!</span></b></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 45rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.063rem; line-height: 1.688rem; 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font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Many soft contact lenses in US made up of PFAS, research suggests</h1><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 13px;"><div class="dcr-1djovmt" data-gu-name="headline" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; grid-area: headline / headline / headline / headline; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; 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border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "GH Guardian Headline", "Guardian Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Testing of 18 popular kinds of contact lenses found extremely high levels of organic fluorine, a marker of ‘forever chemicals’</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoGxHWH54LvMFmP4W7o9m-fNP_EWgjswkPhh_3KZpi0EoiuBzQZNu-YsfKBfupjNZjCP63im5Z13pFUqVNko8Yx-3XgWTvHk2aPrkBurMAuL_RKIJm0a3OPL3QX1oTUeJzbsle7MBlSgwMzNijgvGyGX-GQ01y54c3bgg-CKdJv2khDZ4030W293_o" style="margin-left: 1em; 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line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Many soft contact lenses in the US are largely made up of compounds called fluoropolymers that are by definition <a data-component="auto-linked-tag" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/pfas" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c70000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PFAS</a> “forever chemicals”, new research suggests.</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Testing of 18 popular kinds of contact lenses found extremely high levels of organic fluorine, a marker of PFAS, in each.</p><div id="sign-in-gate" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><gu-island clientonly="" data-gu-ready="true" name="SignInGateSelector" props="{"format":{"display":0,"theme":0,"design":0},"contentType":"Article","sectionName":"environment","tags":[{"id":"environment/pfas","type":"Keyword","title":"PFAS"},{"id":"us-news/us-news","type":"Keyword","title":"US news"},{"id":"society/health","type":"Keyword","title":"Health"},{"id":"campaign/email/us-morning-newsletter","type":"Campaign","title":"First Thing (newsletter signup)"},{"id":"type/article","type":"Type","title":"Article"},{"id":"tone/news","type":"Tone","title":"News"},{"id":"profile/tom-perkins","type":"Contributor","title":"Tom Perkins"},{"id":"tracking/commissioningdesk/us-news","type":"Tracking","title":"US News"}],"isPaidContent":false,"isPreview":false,"host":"https://www.theguardian.com","pageId":"environment/2023/may/09/contact-lenses-pfas-forever-chemicals","idUrl":"https://profile.theguardian.com"}" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></gu-island></div><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“You could consider [the lenses] almost pure PFAS,” said Scott Belcher, a North Carolina State University researcher and scientific adviser on the contact lens testing.</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">PFAS are a class of about 14,000 chemicals typically used to make thousands of consumer products resist water, stains and heat. They are called “forever chemicals” because they do not naturally break down, and they are linked to cancer, fetal complications, liver disease, kidney disease, autoimmune disorders and other serious health issues.</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">The testing, commissioned by the <a data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.mamavation.com/health/pfas-contact-lenses.html" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c70000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mamavation</a> and <a data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.ehn.org/pfas-contact-lenses-2659905992.html" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c70000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Environmental Health News</a> public health blogs and conducted at an Environmental Protection Agency-certified lab, looked for organic fluorine in lenses made by Acuvue, Alcon and Coopervision. It found the chemical at levels between 105 parts per million (ppm) to 20,700ppm.</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">The chemistry is complex and there may be some other ingredients in the lenses, but the readings suggest fluoropolymers. Fluoropolymer PFAS in this form are essentially a soft plastic material and are used for disposable, soft lenses because “they have the properties that your eyes want”, Belcher said.</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“It wants to get oxygen and doesn’t want bacteria to grow like crazy, and it wants lenses to be smooth and comfortable,” he added.</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">It is difficult to say what kind of health impacts this level of eye exposure to the chemicals may have because no studies on how the eyes absorb PFAS from lenses have been done. However, PFAS are absorbed through the dermis and are highly mobile compounds, so it’s possible that eyes do absorb some level of the chemicals, though fluoropolymers are generally a less mobile kind of PFAS.</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">But PFAS also break down into different types of PFAS once in the environment, so it is possible that the polymers turn into dangerous forms of the chemicals once in the eye or contact packaging, but no studies have been done. Chinese <a data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019338152" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c70000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">researchers</a> in 2020 linked high PFAS exposure to several eye diseases.</p><div class="ad-slot-container ad-slot-container-2 offset-right ad-slot--offset-right ad-slot-container--offset-right" style="-webkit-box-pack: center; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; float: right; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; 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font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">The three lenses with the highest amounts of organic fluorine were Alcon Air Optix (No Hydraglide) for Astigmatism (20,000ppm), Alcon Air Optix Colors with Smartshield Technology (20,700ppm) and Alcon Total30 Contact Lenses for Daily Wear (20,400ppm).</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Among the lowest levels included Acuvue Oasys with Hydraclear Plus with UV Blocking (113ppm) and Alcon Dailies Total One-Day Water Gradient for Astigmatism (106ppm).</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Coopervision, Alcon, and Johnson and Johnson, which owns Acuvue, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Companies rarely disclose when they use PFAS because the federal government allows them to claim it as a trade secret. The chemicals are also so widely used that they can be unintentionally added to products throughout the supply chain. Independent and academic researchers in recent years have found them in a range of products from <a data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/13/toxic-forever-chemicals-pfas-toilet-paper" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c70000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">toilet paper</a> to <a data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/27/lawsuit-houston-company-inhance-forever-chemicals-pfas" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; 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font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1r94quw" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Congress, the EPA, and the Food and Drug Administration have done little to curb the use of PFAS in products, and though some states have begun <a data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/02/pfas-state-federal-legislation-industry-response" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c70000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">banning the chemicals’ use</a> in cosmetics and other consumer goods, no state-level laws address contact lenses.</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">However, Maine recently passed a ban on all non-essential uses of PFAS that will go into effect in 2030, and the EU is considering a similar blanket restriction.</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">The use of PFAS in contact lenses, which are essentially a medical device, Blecher said, is a case study in the debate over what may or may not constitute an “essential use”.</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">There’s little that consumers can do to protect themselves beyond wearing glasses or having a conversation with their doctor about possible alternatives, Belcher said. He added that his contacts contain the chemicals but he has not made any changes since learning of the test results.</p><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“There are alternatives that may have some downsides and upsides, but that’s a discussion to have with your doctor,” he said.</p></div></div><p class="dcr-n6w1lc" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; 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font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; word-spacing: 0.3px;">Dr. Mercola: Nebulized Peroxide, the Single Most Effective Early Strategy</h1><div>By DeepRootsAtHome.com</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxzgyP5O8Er8bdpTHhGgbWsucEuOn4HDVvOsy7pCbqs9A6l1tELVPpTTO56NHZeb8eIjYYnyHhODCuahyDv9VX_Y5NftokipKdU7Zrb7yBXmiEhhengALk5FbEawlpG7QOrDZA0vJArIPGzHsAjyadgOQmsDErMVNtphPuJq22lsXOPCTmH3wyVXMQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxzgyP5O8Er8bdpTHhGgbWsucEuOn4HDVvOsy7pCbqs9A6l1tELVPpTTO56NHZeb8eIjYYnyHhODCuahyDv9VX_Y5NftokipKdU7Zrb7yBXmiEhhengALk5FbEawlpG7QOrDZA0vJArIPGzHsAjyadgOQmsDErMVNtphPuJq22lsXOPCTmH3wyVXMQ" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #485358; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 5px 0px 37px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.3px;">Dr. Mercola encourages a not-so-well-known single strategy that everyone should remember if there is a sudden onset of acute respiratory infection.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nz4UC1HxjF0" width="320" youtube-src-id="nz4UC1HxjF0"></iframe></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #485358; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 5px 0px 37px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.3px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #485358; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 5px 0px 37px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.3px;">Right now, it is extremely wise to stay out of the hospital: <a href="https://deeprootsathome.com/the-hospital-protocol-is-what-is-killing-covid-flu-patients/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1.2px dotted rgb(167, 167, 167); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0090b2; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">The Hospital Protocol Is What Is Killing Covid Flu Patients</a><span id="more-88335" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #485358; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 5px 0px 37px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.3px;">By having a <a href="https://amzn.to/3GVAqXE" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1.2px dotted rgb(167, 167, 167); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0090b2; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">desktop nebulizer</a> and a few inexpensive things on hand (and doing a dry run of this protocol), you will be ready if/when you need to use it and can nip any infection in the bud.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #485358; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 5px 0px 37px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.3px;">Ideally, nebulizing (with Hydrogen Peroxide and Lugol’s Iodine) is most effective as a ‘mono treatment’ <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">if you do it the same day you have a hint of the onset of flu or Covid associated symptoms</span> (scratchy throat, cough, slight congestion etc.).</p><h2 style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0090b2; font-family: "Zilla Slab", serif; font-size: 30px; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 1; margin: 37px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.3px;"><span style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.4px;">Peroxide Nebulization and COVID Resolution</span></h2><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #485358; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 5px 0px 37px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.3px;"><a href="https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2021/10/12/nebulized-peroxide-controversy.aspx" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1.2px dotted rgb(167, 167, 167); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0090b2; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Dr. Merco</a>l<a href="https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2021/10/12/nebulized-peroxide-controversy.aspx" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1.2px dotted rgb(167, 167, 167); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0090b2; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">a</a> points to documentation from two medical doctors who have used nebulized peroxide extensively in their practices: Drs. Thomas Levy and David Brownstein.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #485358; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 5px 0px 37px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.3px;"><a href="http://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v17n13.shtml" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1.2px dotted rgb(167, 167, 167); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0090b2; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Dr. Thomas Levy</a> is someone I really enjoy reading. A <a href="http://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v17n13.shtml" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1.2px dotted rgb(167, 167, 167); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0090b2; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">great story</a> about Hydrogen Peroxide (HP) Nebulization to treat COVID<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 800;">explains exactly how easy and powerful nebulizing HP is – wherever you are!</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #485358; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 5px 0px 37px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.3px;">In summary, Dr. Levi took a trip to Colombia before Covid in 2019, where he treated his wife’s friend with an acute febrile respiratory infection using the nebulizer and 3% HP he had brought with him on the trip. He left it with her and soon the pandemic hit. Months later, he and his wife returned to Columbia to find <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 800;">the woman had used his nebulizer and 3% HP to successfully treat some 20 different individuals with COVID infection.</span> “Of particular note is that some of the patients had such advanced infections that severe respiratory difficulty was apparent. In a similar setting in the United States early in 2020, all of the patients having such severe shortness of breath would have been promptly intubated and given mechanically-assisted ventilation on respirator machines.”<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #485358; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 5px 0px 37px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.3px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 800;">In the event you are an independent thinker, can follow simple directions, and want to stay out of the hospital with early prophylactic or acute use, this anecdotally illustrates the uncomplicated effectiveness and reliability of nebulizing 3% HP.</span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0090b2; font-family: "Zilla Slab", serif; font-size: 30px; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; letter-spacing: 0.4px; line-height: 1; margin: 37px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.3px;"><span style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.4px;">More Evidence Supporting Saline & Peroxide Nebulization </span></h2><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #485358; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 5px 0px 37px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.3px;">Dr. David Brownstein with other co-authors, published a <a href="https://www.talkingaboutthescience.com/wp-content/uploads/Brownstein2020-h2o2.pdf" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1.2px dotted rgb(167, 167, 167); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0090b2; font-weight: 600; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">study on nebulized peroxide for COVID-19</a>. Also, <span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;">Learn the benefits of </span><a href="https://livelovefruit.com/how-to-nebulize-colloidal-silver/" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Nebulizing Colloidal Silver</a></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329421588926471683.post-64591864077346212072023-05-14T08:13:00.004-04:002023-05-14T08:13:58.160-04:00Eucalyptus Oil Benefits, Plus 15 Ways to UseBy Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DNM, CN<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF3WiUlOxHS3nC5niyAvC7ni-ig7TCmpBnak1R_LA9DZi5yjwvGcfFAcbosLt9FJYEyoIqwomcupg_ELJ04OlTqwaI8Fq4ABBGG58g9BCY8ZoL3Lbd2XU1RSxdXhDeL6-FDCD_7ktOjKqRz0bFp11b5sHSM0AqStQD6zqRcwiSNVId6-p2bSs_8ioJ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="800" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF3WiUlOxHS3nC5niyAvC7ni-ig7TCmpBnak1R_LA9DZi5yjwvGcfFAcbosLt9FJYEyoIqwomcupg_ELJ04OlTqwaI8Fq4ABBGG58g9BCY8ZoL3Lbd2XU1RSxdXhDeL6-FDCD_7ktOjKqRz0bFp11b5sHSM0AqStQD6zqRcwiSNVId6-p2bSs_8ioJ" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Are you looking for an essential oil that will help to <a href="https://draxe.com/health/how-to-boost-your-immune-system/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">boost your immune system</a>, protect you from a variety of infections and relieve respiratory conditions? Introducing: eucalyptus essential oil. It’s one of the best <a href="https://draxe.com/essential-oils/essential-oils-for-sore-throat/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">essential oils for sore throats</a>, cough, seasonal allergies and headaches. Eucalyptus oil benefits are due to its ability to stimulate immunity, provide antioxidant protection and improve respiratory circulation.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Researchers have found that its “broad-spectrum antimicrobial action make it an attractive alternative to pharmaceuticals.” This is why eucalyptus essential oil is commonly used in products to <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20359267" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">fight</a> foreign pathogens and different forms of infections.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">So next time you’re looking for a home remedy for that hacking cough you can’t shake, you want to disinfect your home naturally, or maybe you are trying to repel house rats that are managing to get inside, try using eucalyptus oil. I know you’ll love what it can do for you and your family.</p><h2 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 2.25rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 25px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">What Is Eucalyptus Oil?<span class="ez-toc-section-end" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></h2><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Eucalyptus oil is made from leaves of selected eucalyptus tree species. The trees belong to the plant family <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Myrtaceae</em>, which is native to Australia, Tasmania and nearby islands. There are more than 500 eucalypti species, but essential oils of <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Eucalyptus salicifolia</em> and <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Eucalyptus globulus</em> (which is also called fever tree or gum tree) are retrieved for their medicinal properties.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Aside from extracting their essential oils, the bark of the eucalyptus tree is used for papermaking and the wood is used in Australia as fuel and timber.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Traditionally, eucalyptus oil was used as an analgesic agent that helped to <a href="https://draxe.com/health/natural-painkillers/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">relieve pain</a>, and it was valued for its ability to reduce inflammation and improve respiratory conditions. And today, eucalyptus oil benefits and uses are extensive, and the oil is <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374764/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">commonly used</a> in healing ointments, perfumes, vapor rubs and cleaning products.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Eucalyptol, or 1,8-cineole, which accounts for 70–90 percent of the contents of eucalyptus oil, has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects. Eucalyptus is also well known for its ability to fight bacterial, viral and fungal infections, and to help clear the respiratory tract of built up mucus. For these reasons, eucalyptus is definitely one of the most beneficial and versatile essential oils to keep in your medicine cabinet.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Keep in mind that the extraction method best able to maintain the variety of useful compounds in <a href="https://draxe.com/essential-oils/essential-oil-uses-benefits/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">essential oils</a> will be cold extraction, often using CO2. Steam distillation and other methods using high heat or volatile chemicals won’t result in the same level of beneficial compounds.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Related: <a href="https://draxe.com/nutrition/eucalyptus-leaves/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Eucalyptus Leaves Benefits, Uses & Side Effects (Plus How to Grow)</a></span></p><h2 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 2.25rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 25px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="ez-toc-section" ez-toc-data-id="#Health_Benefits" id="Health_Benefits" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span>Health Benefits<span class="ez-toc-section-end" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></h2><h4 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">1. Improves Respiratory Conditions</h4><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Of all the essential oils, eucalyptus has been believed to be one of the most effective against a range of respiratory conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis, the <a href="https://draxe.com/essential-oils/essential-oils-for-colds/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">common cold</a>, cough or the flu.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Eucalyptus essential oil improves many respiratory conditions because it helps to stimulate your immune system, provide antioxidant protection and improve your respiratory circulation. Eucalyptus makes it feel easier to breathe when you’re feeling stuffed up and your nose is running because it <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6613544/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">activates</a> your nose’s cold receptors, and it even <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3609378/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">works</a> as a <a href="https://draxe.com/health/sore-throat-remedies-fast-relief/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">natural sore throat remedy</a>. Plus, eucalyptus can help with sleeping when you are feeling congested and unable to breath.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Research <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15719688" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">shows</a> that <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Eucalyptus globulus</em>, of which cineole is the major active ingredient, helps to reduce the inflammatory effect of chronic bronchitis and inhibits the hypersecretion of airway mucins in animal studies.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">A randomized study published in <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine</em> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2967840/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">evaluated</a> the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections using aromatic herbs. The trial was conducted in six primary care clinics in northern Israel and participants were treated with an essential oil blend that included eucalyptus, <a href="https://draxe.com/essential-oils/peppermint-oil-uses-benefits/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">peppermint</a>, oregano and <a href="https://draxe.com/essential-oils/rosemary-oil-uses-benefits/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">rosemary</a> essential oils. Those in the experimental group applied the essential oil blend as a spray five times a day for three days and compared these results to a placebo spray.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Researchers found that 20 minutes after using the spray, those in the essential oil group reported a greater improvement of symptom severity compared to those in the placebo group. The symptoms measured were sore throat, hoarseness and cough.</p><h4 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">2. Relieves Cough</h4><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Eucalyptus oil is one of the most effective <a href="https://draxe.com/essential-oils/essential-oils-for-cough/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">essential oils for cough</a> because it works as an expectorant, cleansing your body of the microorganisms and toxins that are making you cough and feel lousy. Eucalyptus oil also <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6613544/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">makes</a> it feel easier to breathe when you’re feeling stuffed up and your nose is running.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">A placebo-controlled double-blind trial conducted in 2014 <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3842692/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">investigated</a> the efficacy of cineole, one of the main components in eucalyptus oil, on patients with acute <a href="https://draxe.com/health/bronchitis-natural-remedies/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">bronchitis</a>. Patients who were administered 200 milligrams of cineole three times a day for a 10-day period experienced significant improvements of bronchitis symptoms compared to those receiving the placebo. Patients receiving cineole had significantly less cough fits after four days of treatment.</p><h4 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">3. Improves Seasonal Allergies</h4><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Components of eucalyptus oil, such as eucalyptol and citronellal, have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20359267/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">effects</a>, which is why the oil is often used to relieve <a href="https://draxe.com/health/seasonal-allergy-symptoms/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">seasonal allergy symptoms</a>.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">An animal study published in <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">BMC Immunology</em> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374764/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">found</a> that eucalyptus oil not only exhibits antiseptic, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties, but it may also have immuno-regulatory effects. This can help to alter the immune response that occurs when the body comes into contact with an allergen.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">Related: <a href="https://draxe.com/essential-oils/blue-tansy-oil/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Blue Tansy Oil Benefits for Skin & Beyond (+ How to Use)</a></span></p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="Eucalyptus oil guide - Dr. Axe" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-109713 entered lazyloaded" data-jpibfi-indexer="1" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt="" data-jpibfi-post-title="Eucalyptus Oil Benefits, Plus 15 Ways to Use" data-jpibfi-post-url="https://draxe.com/essential-oils/eucalyptus-oil-uses-benefits/" data-jpibfi-src="https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic.jpg" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-lazy-src="https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic.jpg" data-lazy-srcset="https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic.jpg 800w, https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic-98x480.jpg 98w, https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic-768x3770.jpg 768w, https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic-12x60.jpg 12w, https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic-41x200.jpg 41w, https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic-163x800.jpg 163w" data-ll-status="loaded" data-pin-title="Eucalyptus Oil Benefits, Plus 15 Ways to Use" decoding="async" height="3927" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" src="https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic.jpg" srcset="https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic.jpg 800w, https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic-98x480.jpg 98w, https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic-768x3770.jpg 768w, https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic-12x60.jpg 12w, https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic-41x200.jpg 41w, https://draxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/EucalyptusOilUpdate_Graphic-163x800.jpg 163w" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="800" /></p><h4 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">4. Fights Infections</h4><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Several studies <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20359267" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">show</a> that eucalyptus oil and its main component, eucalyptol, have antimicrobial effects against many strains of bacteria, viruses and fungi.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Eucalyptus can be used aromatically or topically to fight the microorganisms that make you sick. This is why eucalyptus oil benefits include its ability to boost your immune system. A lab study published in the <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine</em> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3609378/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">found</a> that eucalyptus oil displayed inhibitory effects against <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Escherichia coli</em> and <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Staphylococcus aureus </em>(which can cause a <a href="https://draxe.com/health/staph-infection/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">staph infection</a>).</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">And another lab study <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11338678" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">showed</a> that eucalyptus oil has a direct antiviral effect against herpes simplex virus, which can lead to infections including <a href="https://draxe.com/health/genital-herpes/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">genital herpes</a>.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Eucalyptus essential oil can also be <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595230/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">used</a> as an anti-fungal agent against common fungal infections like candida and <a href="https://draxe.com/health/toenail-fungus-treatment/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">toenail fungus</a>.</p><h4 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">5. Reduces Pain and Inflammation</h4><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">A well researched eucalyptus oil benefit is its ability to relieve pain and reduce inflammation. When it’s used topically on the skin, eucalyptus can help to reduce muscle pain, soreness and swelling.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">A randomized clinical trial published in <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine</em> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3703330/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">investigated</a> the effects of inhaling eucalyptus oil on pain and inflammatory responses after total knee replacement surgery. Patients inhaled either eucalyptus or almond oil for 30 minutes during rehabilitation on three consecutive days. Then pain, blood pressure and heart rate scores were reported. Researchers found that pain scores on all three days, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels on the second day were significantly lower in the eucalyptus group. This suggests that eucalyptus oil inhalation can be used as “a nursing intervention for pain relief.”</p><h4 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">6. Alleviates Headaches</h4><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Eucalyptus oil is one of the best <a href="https://draxe.com/essential-oils/essential-oils-for-headaches/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">essential oils for headaches</a> because it may alleviate sinus pressure that can cause a lot of pain and tension. It also has invigorating properties that can boost mental clarity and promote relaxation of tense facial muscles, which is helpful when you are suffering from a headache caused by stress or exhaustion. These <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7954745/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">results</a> seem to be most pronounced when eucalyptus oil is combined with peppermint oil and a carrier.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">A 2011 randomized study <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2967840/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">found</a> that eucalyptus oil has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. It can help to inhibit the formation of mucus in the airways and improve breathing for people with respiratory conditions, which can help to reduce headache tension that’s caused by sinus pressure.</p><h4 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">7. Aids Wound Care</h4><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">I’m often asked if eucalyptus oil is good for your skin? Because of its antimicrobial and antiseptic properties, eucalyptus works as a great tool for skin irritations such as wounds, cuts, burns, sores and even insect bites.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">According to a 2017 review that <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435909/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">evaluated</a> the use of essential oils as alternative medicine for dermatological conditions, eucalyptus oil has proven to be effective against blisters, boils, cuts, <a href="https://draxe.com/health/cold-sores/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">cold sores</a>, insect bites, shingles, sores, ulcers, wounds, abscesses, <a href="https://draxe.com/beauty/athletes-foot/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">athlete’s foot</a> and bacterial dermatitis. It has antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties, making it a very powerful tool against a range of skin conditions. This is why eucalyptus oil was traditionally used as a healing ointment.</p><h4 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">8. Improves Earaches</h4><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Because eucalyptus oil works as an expectorant that helps to unclog your respiratory tract and has antimicrobial properties that help to clear up an infection that may cause fluid to build up in your ear canal, it can be used to improve <a href="https://draxe.com/health/ear-infection-symptoms/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ear infection symptoms</a> and earaches.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Use eucalyptus oil to improve earaches or pain that’s caused by the common cold or cough, nasal congestion, a bacterial infection, seasonal allergies, or any other type of condition that’s causing the buildup of fluids in your ear canals.</p><h4 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">9. Boosts Mental Clarity</h4><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Eucalyptus oil has invigorating, soothing and purifying properties, which is why it can be used to boost energy and mental clarity. It may help to clear your airways, allow more oxygen into your lungs and relieve <a href="https://draxe.com/health/brain-fog/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">brain fog</a>.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized cross-over study that involved 32 healthy participants <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7954745/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">found</a> that when a combination of eucalyptus oil, peppermint oil and ethanol were applied to large areas of the forehead and temples, the participants experienced increased cognitive performance. The essential oil blend also had muscle-relaxing and mentally relaxing effects.</p><h4 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">10. Repels Rats</h4><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Did you know that eucalyptus oil can help you to <a href="https://draxe.com/health/how-to-get-rid-of-rats/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">get rid of rats</a> naturally? It may seem like a surprising eucalyptus oil benefit, but a 2014 study published in <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">The Scientific World Journal</em> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3913499/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">suggests</a> that eucalyptus can be used in protecting an area from house rats.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">When the oil was sprayed in laboratory pens, the rats no longer consumed food in that area. In fact, researchers report that food consumption was significantly lower from the treatment side compared to the untreated side, which indicates a significant repellent effect of eucalyptus essential oil.</p><h2 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 2.25rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 25px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="ez-toc-section" ez-toc-data-id="#Common_Uses" id="Common_Uses" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span>Common Uses<span class="ez-toc-section-end" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></h2><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">1. Disinfect Your Home</span> — Add 20 drops of eucalyptus oil to a spray bottle filled with water and use it to clean the surfaces of your home or diffuse 5 drops at home to kill germs.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">2. Stop Mold Growth</span> — Add 5 drops of eucalyptus oil to your vacuum cleaner or surface cleaner to inhibit the growth of mold in your home.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">3. Repel Rats</span> — Add 20 drops of eucalyptus oil to a spray bottle filled with water and spray areas that are prone to rats, such as small openings in your home or near your pantry. Just be cautious if you have cats, as eucalyptus can be irritating to them.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">4. Improve Seasonal Allergies</span> — Diffuse 5 drops of eucalyptus at home or work, or apply 2–3 drops topically to your temples and chest.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">5. Relieve Cough</span> — Make my <a href="https://draxe.com/beauty/homemade-vapor-rub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Homemade Vapor Rub</a> that’s a combination of eucalyptus and peppermint oil or apply 2–3 drops of eucalyptus to your chest and back of neck.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">6. Clear Sinuses</span> — Pour a cup of boiling water into a bowl and add 1–2 drops of eucalyptus essential oil to it. Then place a towel over your head and inhale the scent deeply for 5 to 10 minutes.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">7. Alleviate Sore Throat</span> — Apply 2–3 drops of eucalyptus oil to your chest and throat or diffuse 5 drops at home or work.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">8. Relieve Earaches</span> — Apply 2–3 drops of eucalyptus oil to your chest and back of neck or gently rub 1 drop into the outer part of your ear canal. Remember to dilute eucalyptus oil before using it topically on a child.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">9. Boost Your Immune System</span> — Make your own immune-boosting oil by combining eucalyptus, clove, lemon, cinnamon and rosemary essential oils. You can also diffuse 5 drops of eucalyptus oil at home or work.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">10. Relieve Skin Irritations</span> — Apply 2–3 drops of eucalyptus oil to a clean cotton ball and rub it into the area of concern two to three times daily until the issue has cleared.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">11. Soothe Insect Bites</span> — Apply 2–3 drops of eucalyptus oil to a clean cotton ball and apply it to the insect bite three times daily until it disappears.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">12. Boost Energy</span> — Diffuse 5 drops of eucalyptus oil at home or work, or rub 2–3 drops into your temples and back of neck.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">13. Alleviate Headache</span> — Diffuse 5 drops of eucalyptus at home or work, inhale the oil directly from the bottle, or apply 2–3 drops topically to your temples and back of neck.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">14. Relieve Muscle Pain or Soreness</span> — Apply 2–3 drops of eucalyptus topically to the area of concern. To cover a larger surface area, dilute eucalyptus with half teaspoon of carrier oil.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;">15. Fight Bad Breath and Cavities</span> — Use eucalyptus oil as a natural mouthwash by adding 1–2 drops to water, gargling and then spitting it out. Keep in mind, eucalyptus should not be swallowed.</p><h3 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 25px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="ez-toc-section" ez-toc-data-id="#Precautions" id="Precautions" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span>Precautions<span class="ez-toc-section-end" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></h3><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Eucalyptus oil is not safe for internal use</em>. It should only be used aromatically or topically. If you are using eucalyptus for oral health purposes, make sure to spit it out afterwards.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">People with sensitive skin should dilute eucalyptus oil with a <a href="https://draxe.com/essential-oils/carrier-oils-for-essential-oils/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">carrier oil</a> (like coconut oil) before using it on their skin. I also suggest diluting eucalyptus before applying it topically to your children, and avoid using it on their faces, as it can be irritating.</p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">There have been instances of eucalyptus oil poisoning in infants and young children. It is not safe for children to swallow eucalyptus oil. If you are using eucalyptus oil <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7651249" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a29d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">on children</a>, stick to diffusing it at home or diluting it with a carrier oil before topical application.</p><h3 style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "Playfair Display", serif; font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 25px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Final Thoughts</h3><p style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">What are the benefits of eucalyptus oil? Eucalyptus oil benefits include its ability to:</p><ul style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 2.25rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Improve respiratory conditions</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Relieve cough</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Improve seasonal allergies</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fight infections</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reduce pain and inflammation</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Alleviate headaches</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Aid wound care</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Improve earaches</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Boost mental clarity</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Repel rats</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> .
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US health officials have approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections – an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants.
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The treatment from Seres Therapeutics provides a simpler, rigorously tested version of stool-based procedures that some specialists have used for more than a decade.
The US Food and Drug Administration cleared the capsules for adults over 18 who face risks from repeat infections with Clostridium difficile (C diff), a bacterium that can cause nausea, cramping and diarrhea.
C diff is particularly dangerous when it reoccurs, leading to 15,000-30,000 deaths a year. It can be killed with antibiotics but they also destroy good bacteria in the gut, leaving it more susceptible to infection. The new capsules are approved for patients who have received antibiotic treatment.
More than 10 years ago, some doctors began reporting success with fecal transplants – using stool from a healthy donor – to restore the gut’s healthy balance and prevent reinfection.
The FDA approved the first pharmaceutical-grade version of the treatment last year, from Ferring Pharmaceuticals. That company’s product, like most of the original procedures, must be delivered via the rectum.
Series, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will market its drug as a less invasive option. The treatment will be sold under the brand name Vowst and comes as a regimen of four daily capsules taken for three consecutive days.
Both the recent FDA approvals are the product of years of research into the microbiome, the community of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in the gut.
Currently most fecal transplants are provided by a network of stool banks. While the availability of new FDA-approved options is expected to decrease demand, some plan to stay open.
OpenBiome, the largest stool bank in the US, said it will keep serving patients not eligible for the FDA-approved products, such as children and adults with treatment-resistant cases. It has supplied more than 65,000 stool samples for C diff patients since 2013.
“OpenBiome is committed to maintaining safe access to ‘fecal transplantation’ for these patients as a vital last line of defense,” said Dr Majdi Osman, the group’s medical chief.
OpenBiome’s standard stool treatment costs less than $1,700 and is typically delivered as a frozen solution. Seres did not disclose the price it will charge for its capsules.
“We want to make the commercial experience for physicians and patients as easy as possible,” said Eric Shaff, the Seres chief executive. “Ease of administration – in our view – is one of the aspects of the value we’re delivering.”
Seres will co-market the treatment with the Swiss food giant Nestlé, which will split the profits. Seres will receive a $125m milestone payment from Nestlé in connection with the FDA approval.
Overseeing the stool bank industry has created regulatory headaches for the FDA. In the early days of the trend, the FDA warned consumers about the risk of infection from fecal transplants, as some people sought out “do it yourself” methods.
Seres executives say its manufacturing process relies on techniques and equipment used to purify blood products and other biologic therapies. The company starts with stool provided by donors screened for health risks and conditions. Their stool is likewise tested for dozens of viruses, infections and parasites.
The company then processes samples to remove waste, isolate healthy bacteria and kill other organisms. Thousands of capsules can be made from each sample, making it a more efficient process than current fecal transplants.
The FDA warned in its approval announcement the drug “may carry a risk of transmitting infectious agents. It is also possible for Vowst to contain food allergens.”
The FDA approved the treatment based on a 180-patient study in which nearly 88% taking the capsules did not experience reinfection after eight weeks, compared with 60% who received dummy pills.
Common side-effects included abdominal swelling, constipation and diarrhea.
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Through a simple process, Aǹalemma radically changes the state of water by rearranging the H</span><sub style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Noto Sans SC"; text-align: justify;">2</sub><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Noto Sans SC"; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;">O molecules into a liquid crystalline structure. That structure, and its stability, have a remarkable influence on all living things.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4L4VcDiJLF2wacXSNAd30QsP7xWHEN1mnU1tEnGPEo7xJKGtNqZB3vs7sAw5q-k-Su2MQAQQip8BOfNCBb9ml9ZtPpKQKABXXeiobpuZ9Z4pq7lrFcI0j15sMIx_pyGIC0Rck8IW_CC6tvKif7KfJlxrWK8e1szzcmHHG8D0nGkfZn8sSLAiOVbz/s588/water.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="229" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4L4VcDiJLF2wacXSNAd30QsP7xWHEN1mnU1tEnGPEo7xJKGtNqZB3vs7sAw5q-k-Su2MQAQQip8BOfNCBb9ml9ZtPpKQKABXXeiobpuZ9Z4pq7lrFcI0j15sMIx_pyGIC0Rck8IW_CC6tvKif7KfJlxrWK8e1szzcmHHG8D0nGkfZn8sSLAiOVbz/s320/water.png" width="125" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Noto Sans SC"; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 class="fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" data-fontsize="30" data-lineheight="39.9px" style="--fontsize: 30; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--h2_typography-color); font-family: var(--h2_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--h2_typography-font-size); font-weight: var(--h2_typography-font-weight); line-height: 1.33; margin-bottom: var(--h2_typography-margin-bottom); margin-top: var(--h2_typography-margin-top); text-align: center;"><span data-fusion-font="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 36px; line-height: 50px;">Powerful revitalizing impact on the overall quality of life claims the Analemma <a href="https://analemma-water.com/" target="_blank">site</a></span></h2><div>Please do not misunderstand this to be The Plain Truth promoting this product, however some of the staff's family members are using it and have introduced this concept and we thought it was interesting. </div><div><br /></div><div>The creator of this wand's Studies:</div><div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-1" style="--awb-column-min-width: var(--text_column_min_width, auto); --awb-column-spacing: var(--text_column_spacing, normal); 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--awb-text-font-family: inherit; --awb-text-font-style: inherit; --awb-text-font-weight: inherit; --awb-text-transform: inherit; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Noto Sans SC"; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--awb-line-height); margin: var(--awb-margin-top) var(--awb-margin-right) var(--awb-margin-bottom) var(--awb-margin-left); text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);"><div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wpb_wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p align="justify" data-fusion-font="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">To test the impact of Aǹalemma water on human health we employed an innovative method for using cutting-edge science to evaluate your biological age and health through new biological markers: <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">GlycanAge</b>. According to <a href="https://glycanage.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color; transition-timing-function: linear;">GlycanAge</a>, their test is the most accurate test of biological age and wellness available.</p><p align="justify" data-fusion-font="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">It can be a very useful tool to help assess your health and wellness.</p><p data-fusion-font="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"></p></div></div></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-3" style="--awb-column-min-width: var(--text_column_min_width, auto); --awb-column-spacing: var(--text_column_spacing, normal); --awb-columns: var(--text_columns, auto); --awb-content-alignment: center; --awb-font-size: inherit; --awb-letter-spacing: inherit; --awb-line-height: inherit; --awb-margin-bottom: 0; --awb-margin-left: 0; --awb-margin-right: 0; --awb-margin-top: 0; --awb-rule-style: var(--text_rule_style, initial); --awb-text-color: inherit; --awb-text-font-family: inherit; --awb-text-font-style: inherit; --awb-text-font-weight: inherit; --awb-text-transform: inherit; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Noto Sans SC"; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--awb-line-height); margin: var(--awb-margin-top) var(--awb-margin-right) var(--awb-margin-bottom) var(--awb-margin-left); text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);"><div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wpb_wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">GlycanAge team is the World leader in glyco-science. Their award-winning scientists are at the forefront of biochemistry and molecular biology.</p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">They have studied ageing for over 20 years and published their findings in more than 120 scientific journals.</p><p data-fusion-font="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"></p></div></div></div><div class="fusion-image-element " style="--awb-aspect-ratio: 1/1; --awb-bottom-shadow-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); --awb-caption-border-color: #fff; --awb-caption-margin-bottom: 0; --awb-caption-margin-left: 0; --awb-caption-margin-right: 0; --awb-caption-margin-top: 0; --awb-caption-overlay-color: var(--primary_color); --awb-caption-text-color: inherit; --awb-caption-text-font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); --awb-caption-text-font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); --awb-caption-text-letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); --awb-caption-text-line-height: var(--body_typography-line-height); 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They respond to your lifestyle choices and can accurately indicate your biological age.</p><p align="justify" data-fusion-font="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Glycans have a large influence on your unique biology and are regulated almost equally by our genes on one side and environment and lifestyle choices on the other.</p><h2 class="" data-fontsize="50" data-lineheight="60px" style="--fontsize: 50; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--h2_typography-color); font-family: var(--h2_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--h2_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--h2_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--h2_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing); line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: var(--h2_typography-margin-bottom); margin-top: var(--h2_typography-margin-top); text-align: left; text-transform: var(--h2_typography-text-transform);"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 36px; line-height: 40px;">How do Glycans relate to health and aging?</span></span></h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><p align="justify" data-fusion-font="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Glycans play a vital role in keeping us healthy but are also involved in most major diseases. As we age, the balance of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory glycans in our body changes.</p><p align="justify" data-fusion-font="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">Various inflammatory effectors like excessive or unsuitable diet or fitness regimen, hormone changes, surrounding environment, ethnic background, etc. can cause an imbalance and can speed up the process of ageing and increase the risk for many diseases.</p></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px;"><span class="fusion-button-text" style="--button_gradient: linear-gradient(var(--button_gradient_angle, 180deg), var(--button_gradient_top_color) var(--button_gradient_start, 0%), var(--button_gradient_bottom_color) var(--button_gradient_end, 100%)); --button_margin-bottom: 0px; --button_margin-left: 0px; --button_margin-right: 0px; --button_margin-top: 0px; align-items: center; background-image: var(--button_gradient); border-color: var(--button_border_color); 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padding-left: var(--button_padding-left,29px); padding-right: var(--button_padding-right,29px); padding-top: var(--button_padding-top,13px); position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: var(--button_text_transform); transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">GLYCANAGE STUDY</a></span><br /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">A reviewer named Nick online wrote this: </span></div></picture></span><h2 class="wp-block-heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 30px 0px 0px;"><span id="What_is_Analemma_Water" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"What is Analemma Water?</span></span></h2><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Analemma water is water the way it was meant to be before humans intervened. The original “full-spectrum” coherent and structured water.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">These devices contain a unique “mother water” that sets it apart from normal tap water. Mother water has different properties, looks different microscopically, and behaves differently. The Analemma Wand encases mother water in a liquid crystalline glass matrix, which allows it to transmit and “convert” water it contacts. It’s a form of enlivened and vitalized water, resembling what you find in revered healing power spots around the world.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">Strikingly, Analemma devices can transform ordinary “dead” fluoridated, chlorinated, and heavily contaminated city water into a health-promoting elixir."</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;">There are also many youtube videos of people reviewing this invention and if it does what it claims to, this is revolutionary and worth a second look!</p><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-rejuvenating-power-of-coherent-water-analemma-launches-water-revolution-with-the-wave-of-a-crystal-wand--super-charged-full-spectrum-h2o-to-balance-body-and-mind-301311209.html" target="_blank">The Rejuvenating Power of Coherent Water: Analemma Launches Water Revolution With the Wave of a Crystal Wand - Super-Charged, Full Spectrum H2O to Balance Body and Mind</a></span></h1><p class="subtitle" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Equilibrium and harmony starts with the Architect of Life…(whom we believe is the God of the Bible here at TPT)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 35px;"><span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">NEW YORK</span>, <span class="xn-chron" style="box-sizing: border-box;">June 14, 2021</span> /PRNewswire/ -- Analemma (<a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3194450-1&h=4149221204&u=https%3A%2F%2Fanalemma-water.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fanalemma-water.com%2F" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00837e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">https://analemma-water.com/</a>) announced the official launch of its signature product, the Analemma tool. Manufactured in <span class="xn-location" style="box-sizing: border-box;">the Netherlands</span>, Analemma is a clear quartz, crystal tube-wand filled with a special "Mother Water" that transforms regular tap water into a supercharged, full spectrum, coherent state. When brought into proximity with normal water, the Analemma tool encourages chaotic and irregular H2O molecules to rearrange into the same liquid crystalline structure as the Mother. That structure, and its stability, has a remarkable influence on any living creature who drinks the water. The Analemma tool is available exclusively from the company's site.</p><div class="pull-right inline-gallery-container col-md-8 col-sm-7 col-xs-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; float: right !important; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: -125px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 630px;"><div class="gallery inline-gallery" style="background: 0px center; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto 10px; min-height: 220px; position: relative; width: 600px; z-index: 600;"><div class="row" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 630px;"></div><div class="col-sm-12 clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; 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"We all strive for connection. We all want to be connected with ourselves and everything around us in a meaningful way. Quantum physics is very clear on the fact that everything in the Universe is interconnected. Our ability to 'perceive' the information coming to us is crucial for creating the highest possible level of life for ourselves and our planet. Since 99% of our molecules are water, our ability to perceive must lie in the water itself. The crystalline structure that Analemma creates in water enables your body to become a better 'radio.' It opens up the pathways to making your body more conscious, more connected, more in tune with the harmonic rhythms of Nature. Coherence equals consciousness. That's why we call Analemma water 'conscious water.'"</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 35px;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 35px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Analemma: <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Brain Wave Harmony</span> and GlycanAge*</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 35px;">The effects of Analemma on those who drink it are overwhelmingly positive, displayed in a variety of different tests. In a single double-blind study based on two twins, the profound influence of coherent water on brainwave patterns was demonstrable. In the test, one twin consumed regular water while the other drank pure, coherent water over the course of a few weeks. Within a half hour of drinking Analemma, an EEG clearly showed an equilibrium occurring in the brain waves of the second twin. That equilibrium was noticeable and detectable for hours, though not present in the twin who drank only mineral water.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 35px;">"In another test on the impact of Analemma water on human health, we employed the GlycanAge," said Mario Brainovic. "The GlycanAge is an independent innovative method using cutting-edge science to evaluate your biological age and health through a series of biological markers. Very precise, glycol-science is published in more than 120 scientific journals. Our GlycanAge study had participants of both sexes and various ages who took their first GlycanAge test to create a base point, before they started drinking Analemma water on a daily basis for three months. Participants of the study changed nothing about their regular lifestyle routines other than the water they drank. The results were astonishing! In just three months, all of the participants except one experienced an incredible 1–12 biological age revitalization and rejuvenation in their second GlycanAge test. We've really only scratched the surface of what Analemma can do and we have many more studies on the way."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 35px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Analemma: Expert Reviews</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 35px;">"If you are alive, you should be drinking this water; it's as simple as that." – Dr. Renee Steimman, MD</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 35px;">"This water is a blessing." Dr. <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Eric Laarakker</span>, DMV, founder of Healthcare Academy Den Hoek.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 35px;">"Analemma is a breakthrough, a revolution in the science of water." – <span class="xn-person" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dolf Zantinge</span>, an entrepreneur with a background in fiber optics, telecommunication, artificial intelligence and data mining. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 35px;">View the <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3194450-1&h=2301374979&u=https%3A%2F%2Fanalemma-water.com%2F%23single%2F0&a=explainer+video" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00837e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">explainer video</a> or go online to read about the effects of Analemma on plants. And for the latest information on upcoming Analemma products, follow them on social media: <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3194450-1&h=714600330&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fanalemmawater&a=Facebook" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00837e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3194450-1&h=3108543950&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fanalemmawater_%2F&a=Instagram" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00837e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0px 0px 35px;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0