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Dec 17, 2010
Why the New Vitamin D Recommendations Spell Disaster For Your Health
On November 30, 2010, the Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) released their updated recommendations for vitamin D (and calcium), which has sent shockwaves of disappointment through natural health community....[full story]
Dec 17, 2010
This Vilified Daily Food Slashes Heart Attack Risk in Half...
Are you still shunning butter from your diet? You can stop today because butter can be a very healthy part of your diet....[full story]
Dec 17, 2010
General Mills steps down sugar in kids' cereals
General Mills Inc is lowering the amount of sugar in its children's breakfast cereals to no more than 10 grams per serving from 11 grams a year ago, the latest move from a U.S. foodmaker to address childhood obesity....[full story]
Dec 17, 2010
C-section birth rate skyrockets in USA as mothers surrender to convenience of doctors
The rate of women delivering by c-section had increased to 31.8 percent by 2007, with a further increase to 32.3 percent in 2008, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This marks a stunning 50 percent increase just since 1996....[full story]
Dec 17, 2010
Fatty foods 'should carry official health warnings'
"The problem of obesity needs to be tackled by strong action from the Government," he said. "There are many products which contain such high levels of fat and other ingredients that they are contributing to health problems. "Rather than banning foods it would be a system of food labelling and working with the food industry to phase these products out. ...[full story]
Dec 17, 2010
More FDA Authority Won't Improve Food Safety
In its rush to enact sweeping new food safety legislation during the lame-duck session, Congress hit a procedural roadblock that may put the bill off for at least another year. User fees added to the Senate version run afoul of a constitutional requirement that tax measures originate in the House. That's good news for consumers because this expansion of Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority would waste billions of taxpayer dollars without making our food supply any safer....[full story]
Dec 17, 2010
Hospitals must report patient infections or face losing funds
WASHINGTON -- Hoping to erase a troubling legacy of preventable infections and deaths, most U.S. hospitals on Jan. 1 will begin reporting the number of patients who contract bloodstream infections following their treatment in intensive-care units. The information about infections involving catheters will be made public on a government website later in 2011, giving consumers a fast, easy way to see which hospitals best protect patients from one of the most lethal, yet avoidable medical conditions....[full story]
Dec 17, 2010
New Concerns Arise for Children’s Dental X-Rays
Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to radiation, which has led doctors to start a national campaign to protect them by reducing their exposure to diagnostic radiation. But there is at least one place where the message has not taken hold -- the dental office....[full story]
Dec 17, 2010
Four Tablespoons of This "Brain Food" May Prevent Alzheimer's
The mechanism for glucose uptake in your brain has only recently begun to be studied, and what has been learned is that your brain actually manufactures its own insulin to convert glucose in your blood stream into the food it needs to survive....[full story]
Dec 17, 2010
Bill C-36 - A matter of rights
Quietly and without a great deal of public debate, Bill C-36 -- called the Canadian Consumer Product Safety Act -- became law this week. And, at least on the surface, the legislation seems to be something no one would have any issue with; after all, everyone wants to buy things that won't hurt us or make us ill. ...[full story]
Dec 17, 2010
We, The People of Ontario and Canada have a very serious problem
We, The People of Ontario and Canada have a very serious problem. The Harper Conservatives have broken all of the Canadian Written and Unwritten Constitutional values, principles and customs and whipped their Conservative Senators last evening into passing Bill C-36 without critically needed amendments [See Exhibits 1, 2 & 3]. ...[full story]
Dec 10, 2010
Lack of vitamin D makes kids fat
Why are American kids so often overweight and even downright fat to the point many are developing type 2 diabetes, a disease that used to be unheard of except among middle-aged folks? Is it all due to junk food diets and lack of exercise? Those factors no doubt contribute to the epidemic of childhood obesity, but now scientists have found another reason why countless youngsters may be too chubby -- a lack of vitamin D. ...[full story]
Dec 10, 2010
Rolaids SoftChews recalled over contamination
Rolaids Ultra Strength SoftChews are being recalled because they may contain wood or metal particles. (McNeil Consumer Healthcare)All lots and flavours of Rolaids Ultra Strength SoftChews and Rolaids Ultra Strength SoftChews plus Gas Relief are being recalled by Johnson and Johnson's Canadian distributor, McNeil Healthcare....[full story]
Dec 10, 2010
How to Live Longer - Reduce Your Need for This
A new study recently compared patient-physician relationships and relief of symptoms between complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and conventional primary care (COM). The study was part of a Swiss evaluation of complementary and alternative medicine....[full story]
Dec 10, 2010
H1N1 vaccine linked to 700 percent increase in miscarriages
Recent data presented to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Children's Vaccines has revealed some shocking information about the effects of the H1N1 / swine flu vaccine on pregnant women. According to the report, the rate of miscarriage among pregnant women during the 2009 H1N1 / swine flu pandemic soared by over 700 percent compared to previous years, pointing directly to the vaccine as the culprit -- but the CDC denies the truth and continues to insist nobody has been harmed....[full story]
Dec 10, 2010
Bureaucrats seek ‘trophy convictions’
The maxim "Ignorance of the law is no excuse” made sense back in the days when the only kind of acts that were illegal were genuine crimes that caused palpable harm to innocent victims: murder, rape, theft, etc. But with the growth of the regulatory state, every individual is now subject to thousands of pages of densely written federal, provincial and municipal statutes and regulations.  The law is also embodied in innumerable judicial decisions.  And it’s all in continual flux: regulations are passed without parliamentary debate, and courts release new judgments daily....[full story]
Dec 10, 2010
US life expectancy falls as failure of conventional medicine becomes obvious
U.S. life expectancy has dropped yet again, according to a report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. While overall life expectancy slipped from 77.9 years to 77.8 years, the report uncovered a surge of deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases....[full story]
Dec 10, 2010
Consider the advantages and disadvantages of a raw food diet for cats and dogs
Processed, packaged pet food is usually an unhealthy diet for dogs and cats. This article examines the pros and cons of a raw food diet for domestic animals and looks at providing a quality, natural diet for pets....[full story]
Dec 10, 2010
15 Dangerous Drugs Big Pharma Shoves Down Your Throat
"In the pharmaceutical industry's rush to get drugs to market, safety usually comes last. Long studies to truly assess a drug's risks just delay profits after all -- and if problems do emerge after medication hits the market, settlements are usually less than profits. Remember, Vioxx still made money." ...[full story]
Dec 10, 2010
Dec. 6, 2010 An Open letter to all Senators: re Bill C36
Dear Senators, I am forwarding the following letter which encapsulates my own views in addition to resending my earlier letter regarding the urgent need for Witness Appearances. Those Senators who think that these letters are simply computer generated resends should realize that those who read and feel compelled to send them are often educated by reading what they are sending - as you the senators, members of parliaments and the media sure are not educating us on this and many other vital issues. ...[full story]