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Sicko Medical System Debated by Mercola.com - july 10,
2007
If
you haven't seen Sicko yet you simply MUST. It is, without a doubt,
one of the BEST films I have ever seen.
Whole Foods: The Whole Truth by Mercola.com - July 10,
2007
Whole Foods, the
fast-growing chain of upscale "healthy" supermarkets, may not be
quite as wholesome as they would like you to believe.
What's interesting
about China's execution of its top FDA official (Zheng Xiaoyu) for
accepting bribes from drug companies is not that China executed a
corrupt official, it's that such harsh actions demonstrate, in
contrast, the complete lack of action against corrupt FDA officials
in the United States. In the U.S., the more corrupt the politician
or bureaucrat, the more power they seem to gain, and those who
demonstrate the most extreme degrees of evil, greed and contempt
for fellow human beings seem to end up at the very top. Just look
at who's running the FDA today (or the
nation, for that matter).
The
myth: Ingredients lists on food products are designed to inform
consumers about what's contained in the product. The reality:
ingredients lists are used by food manufacturers to deceive
consumers and trick them into thinking products are healthier
(or better quality) than they really are. This article explores the
most common deceptions used by food manufacturers to trick
consumers with food ingredients lists. It also contains useful tips
for helping consumers read such labels with the proper
skepticism.
DVT
(aka VTE, venous thromboembolism) occurs when blood platelets stick
together and form clots which either block local circulation or
break away to lodge in other organs such as lungs (Embolism) brain
(Stroke) or heart (Heart Attack). DVT is an issue among not only
airline travelers, but potentially all those who sit immobile for
extended periods of time (4 hours or more) according to WHO (World
Health Organization). The use of birth control pills and those with
blood abnormalities, such as a tendency for easy clotting, have
also an increased risk.
How Pharmaceutical Companies Influence Doctors
by Jon Barron - July
6,2007
Here’s an
interesting site you might want to take a look at. Although
designed for doctors, the information is fascinating for the
layperson as well. The MGH Institute of Health Professions, an
academic affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital, launched a
new continuing education documentary and interactive
website designed to educate doctor/prescribers about drug
industry influence. Ironically, the program is funded by Pfizer as
a result of the Neurontin settlement.
A
benchmark investigation of industrial chemicals,
pollutants and pesticides in umbilical cord blood reveals that
involuntary levels of hundreds of toxic chemicals are rising in
newborns. Not so long ago, scientists believed that babies were
protected from pollution outside of the womb by the mothers’ immune
system and the placenta. Not so. The EWG (Environmental Working
Group) commissioned lab tests on 10 random Red Cross cord blood
samples and were astonished to report that each blood sample
averaged 200 chemical contaminants including mercury, Teflon, and
pesticides.
An
Associated Press review of 57 government
nutrition education programs (including videos of dancing fruit,
prizes for eating well, and even giving away free fruits and
vegetables in school all at a cost of over $1 billion a year) found
overwhelming failure when viewed against the growing epidemic of
childhood obesity. In some cases, the children became even
less willing to eat good food by the end of the program.
Pundits have immediately chimed in with their theories as why the
programs have failed. | 
