Dietary Enigmas
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Archive for August, 2008
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We focus on staying healthy and well rather than relying on pharmaceutical drugs to try to recover what we have lost. We are a fast growing group and the aim is to get 100 active lenses by end of 2008 - please help us and participate.Disease Caused By medical System
In the course of my reading i come across many documents that make interesting reading but today i came across a document that is compelling. Here is just one small extract that took my attention.
we are hurting ourselves
Root Canal Fillings
Root-canal-filled teeth are a variation on the theme of intestinal dysbiosis. They, too, appear to be a major contributing factor in many health problems, including cancer, heart disease, arthritis,
kidney disease and auto-immune diseases. This is due to microbes that multiply in the multitude of tiny canals or tubules in the dentine and gradually leach out into the lymph system. Even normally harmless microbes become very dangerous and more virulent and toxic under the anaerobic conditions in dead teeth.
Dr Weston Price, 1 9 a former Director of Research for the American Dental Association, observed that the removal of rootfilled teeth from patients with kidney or heart disease would in most cases lead to an improvement. When he inserted a removed root-filled tooth under the skin of a rabbit, the animal would die within two days. When he implanted normal teeth, there was no adverse health effect. In some experiments he implanted the same fragments of root-filled teeth in succession under the skins of up to 100 rabbits and they all died within two weeks of the same disease that the human donor had!
Dr Price conducted about 5,000 experiments over 25 years. He did not find a reliable method to disinfect dead teeth and make them safe. His research has been suppressed, and if at all mentioned by our dental associations then it is described as “dated” because this research was conducted and published over 70 years ago but has never been repeated or otherwise investigated and root canal fillings have never been shown to be safe. The main argument for the supposed safety of rootcanal-filled teeth is that millions of people have them and are still alive many years later. The question of root canal fillings causing widespread degenerative diseases is not discussed or researched.
Dr Price found that about 30 per cent of individuals have such a strong immune system that they do not develop problems from root canal fillings until they become old, but the remaining 70 per cent develop problems much sooner.
I regard root canal fillings, even more so then intestinal dysbiosis, as a major cause of autoimmune diseases. In 1993, George E. Meinig, DDS, a former root canal specialist in the USA, republished the dental research of Dr Price in a popular version and included his own experiences.To view the entire document please click here.
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Ellen McArthur is probably the most significant UK Yachtswoman in living memory. She achieved so much by pursuing her dream that she is an inspiration to me and many others.How to Help People with Parkinsons
For many years now we have heard and seen a growing body of people with parkinsons 'come out of the closet'. The most famous being Mohamed Ali and Michael J Fox. I have huge respect for both of them and only wish to serve the cause. There is a growing sense that the cause and cure of Parkinsons may be much closer than we've ever realised and that's what this site is all about. I'm not proposing a cure but the evidence is stacking up and we may be nearer than we think to understanding what we need to do.Diets work because you get less fructose
For those of you who follow this site you’ll know that I have a particular interest in the relationship between carbohydrates and fat - this article just confirms what we know to be true empirically to be true scientifically.
According to new research, people on low-carb diets lose weight in part because they get less fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly.
The study shows that the type of carbs someone eats can be as important as the amount. Although fructose is naturally found in high levels in fruit, it is also added to many processed foods, especially in the form of high-fructose corn syrup.
For the study, six healthy people performed three different tests involving drinking various mixes of glucose and fructose. Researchers found that fructose turned into body fat much more quickly, and that having it for breakfast changed how the body handled fats at lunch.
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In this lesson we will talk about using smart templates and even better than that how you can customise templates or even create your own by modifying an existing one or by creating one from scratch.Linda Caster
Linda Caster is the wife of Sam Caster, founder and Chairman of the Board of Mannatech Inc., a global nutraceutical company. She is also the co-founder and Vice President of MannaRelief, a Christian charity that freely supplies highly specialized nutritional products to thousands of orphans and critically ill children around the world. Linda gracefully handles both international stages of business and Christian ministry through these companies, while remaining completely dedicated to raising her children and supporting her husband. Linda, Sam and their children live in the Dallas, Texas area.