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Lifestyle trumps drugs for a healthy heart: study

(Reuters) - Even men who take medication for high blood pressure or cholesterol can dramatically cut their risk of heart disease by adopting a healthy lifestyle, U.S. researchers reported on Monday: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060703/hl_nm/lifestyle_dc_1.

What's in your mouth? - are your fillings safe?

What’s In Your Mouth?
-         from the International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology
-         www.iaomt.com - Footnotes available on the website. Boldface added.

Published experimental evidence as early as 1926 has demonstrated that mercury is not locked in, but is released from fillings.16 More recent research has shown that both chewing and tooth brushing release mercury vapor into the oral cavity.17 18 19

Recent advances in both equipment and measurement techniques have allowed researchers to find oral mercury levels thirty to one hundred times higher than the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) maximum allowable concentration for air quality. (0.3 part per million)20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Toxicology authorities maintain that there is no threshold level of mercury exposure which can be considered totally harmless.27 28

Dental fillings release mercury. Mercury release dramatically increases with pressure or heat stimulation to the fillings and does not return to baseline for more than 90 minutes.29 30 This continual release of mercury will inevitably result in measurable exposure from the 17,000 breaths that a person inhales daily. Once this mercury is inhaled, 74% to 100% of the mercury is absorbed from the lungs into the blood stream and distributed throughout the body.31 Personal habits such as chewing gum, grinding teeth and mouth breathing will greatly increase an individuals daily dose exposure to dental mercury. The half-life for mercury in humans is approximately 70 days. Thus, small multiple daily doses of mercury will result in a significant accumulation over time.

The critical issues are the potential for exposure to the developing fetus and mercury accumulation in children because of their low body weight.

To study these possibilities Vimy et al. (1990) designed an elegant animal experiment utilizing sheep and radioactively tagged mercury203. Twelve fillings were placed in the molars of pregnant sheep. Radioactivity measurements determined the presence and quantity of mercury from the dental fillings in the various body tissues of both the mother and fetuses. The experiment is specific for mercury from fillings, since radioactive mercury is not a naturally occurring substance in the environment. The design of this experiment eliminates the issue of mercury source.

1) Within 3 days mercury was found in the maternal blood, amniotic fluid, fetal blood, and maternal urine and feces.

2) By 16 days the maternal mercury levels were highest in the kidney, liver, G.I. tract, and thyroid. The mercury levels in the fetus were highest in the pituitary, liver, kidney, and placental cotyledon.

3) At 33 days (birthtime), most fetal tissues had higher levels of mercury than the maternal tissues. Specifically, the fetal liver, epiphysial bone, bile, bone marrow, blood, and brain.

4) During lactation there was 8 times more mercury in the milk than maternal blood serum. This resulted in an increase in mercury exposure to the neonate.

5) Seventy-three days after amalgam placement mercury levels in the maternal kidneys, liver, parotid glands, pancreas, pituitary glands, urine, bile, brain, and thyroid were still rising slowly.

The researchers concluded that mercury vapor released from dental fillings is readily absorbed in lung, gastrointestinal tract and jaw bone and progressively accumulates in maternal and fetal tissues with exposure duration. Neonatal mercury exposure from this dental material occurs via milk. They stated in their conclusions that, "our laboratory findings are at variance with the opinion of the dental profession, which claims that tooth fillings are safe."

Hints on decreasing exposure to toxic substances

Avoid use of all pesticides and insecticides

Exposure to common lawn care and indoor pesticides is an unacceptable danger for children. The E.P.A. identifies pesticide risks to children as causing a range of health problems that include asthma, hyperactivity and behavior problems, cancer, learning disabilities, reproductive disorders, and compromised brain development.

Children are also uniquely vulnerable to pesticide exposure due to their behavior. Children spend more time playing outdoors on the grass and indoors on carpeting where lawn chemicals have been brought in on shoes. Additionally, flea powders and collars and head lice treatments are pesticides to which children may have particularly high exposure.

ACTION STEPS

• Avoid using unsafe chemicals indoors and outdoors – insecticides, pesticides, weed killers, lawn chemicals, and flea/tick products.
• Instruct your garden care professional to STOP using these toxic chemicals and change to a non-toxic, pesticide-free lawn and garden which are available.
• Remove all food sources (cause) for the pests through good sanitation and storage habits.
• Block pest entrances by caulking holes, using door sweeps, and keeping window screens in good repair.
• Keep your home clean and dry to prevent pests, particularly in the kitchen.
• Encouraging good habits, such as washing hands after playing outdoors and taking shoes off at the front door. Many chemicals are tracked into our indoor environment on the bottom of our shoes.

Pesticides increase risk of Parkinson's disease

A new Harvard study has linked pesticide exposure to a 70% increase in Parkinson's disease. The study, which is the largest ever conducted, was released in the July 2006 issue of the Annals of Neurology. This research backs up earlier animal studies linking pesticide exposure to brain and nerve damage.

For those who were exposed, occupation was not a risk factor, as farm workers and everyday home bug-sprayers all had the same increased risk. The study did not correlate the increased risk with any specific pesticides, but rather found the connection in overall general use of pesticides.

"This is certainly the biggest and most serious populations study on people, and it appears to be the best proof today that there is a general association between pesticide and Parkinson's among people," said Robin Elliot, executive director for the Parkinson's Disease Foundation in New York City, describing the findings as "important and solid."
http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_902.cfm

The hidden dangers of "healthy" foods

“The Hidden Dangers of Healthy Foods” was the featured article in the August 2003 Reader’s Digest. It’s on pg. 64 of the US edition.

The gist of the article is that people are showing up in US hospitals with mercury poisoning. The mercury is being traced to eating large deepwater fish, especially tuna and swordfish.

The CDC says that 1 in 12 women have high mercury, which could put some 300,000 babies at risk. Yet the FDA stopped monitoring mercury levels in fish in 1998. http://rd.com

Jim Carey

B vitamin pills fail brain test

(AP) Folate and B vitamin pills failed to help keep elderly people's brains and memories sharp in the longest study yet to test this approach.

Some scientists said the study was too small to be the final word, but it was one of the best done so far and came after three very large studies produced disappointing results using the same nutrients to try to prevent heart disease: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060629/ap_on_he_me/diet_brainy_vitamins_2.

No safe level of secondhand smoke - US Surgeon General

Secondhand smoke is dangerous in any amount, and the only way to protect people from that danger is to eliminate indoor smoking. So says a new report by US Surgeon General Richard Carmona. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke was released Tuesday: http://health.yahoo.com/news/163723.

[Of course, this overlooks the fact that living in most urban areas is equivalent to inhaling 1-3 packs of cigarettes a day.]

300 prescribed medicines can damage the lungs

This warning was issued at the first World Congress on Lung Health and Respiratory Diseases in Florence, Italy, where 15,000 specialists from 84 countries gathered during the week of Sept. 3-9, 2000.

Their official statement was clear, "There are hundreds of medicines routinely prescribed for a variety of disorders, including high blood pressure, allergies, rheumatism, certain cancers or even common non-respiratory inflammations, that can cause all kinds of lung diseases."

These diseases are classified as accidents that are induced in a patient by a physician's prescribed treatment.

These diseases may develop in a very short time. They are mostly unpredictable and some are irreversible, leaving lifelong damage: http://www.breathing.com/articles/pneumotox.htm.

Seven diseases cured by one amazing wonder 'drug'

An interesting article by Dr. Mercola: http://www.mercola.com/2006/jun/27/seven_diseases_cured_by_one_amazing_wonder_drug.htm.

Honey for burns

From the British Journal of Medicine come two thorough studies of burns. Their conclusion? That raw honey is the best possible medication to spread on a burn.

Spread it on generously, like any good ointment, and not only will the burn heal in 1/2 to 1/3 the time, but the risk of secondary infections, especially in a hospital environment, is reduced by 80% or more.

Personally, I find this a great excuse to keep a couple of quarts of honey in the pantry. Raw honey is one of those “borderline” foods to raw fooders; some say it's not technically vegan, others say it's not technically a raw food. I agree with Victoria Boutenko and consider it a "transitional" food, one that's OK to eat as your body is learning to become raw.

Lasers might do wonders to watermelons and eggshells, but not your eyes

Lasers Can do Wonders to Watermelons and Eggshells, But Not Your Eyes - This fascinating art was created using high-intensity precision laser beams, but your eyes are not watermelons or eggshells:
http://www.mercola.com/2006/jun/22/lasers_can_do_wonders_to_watermelons_and_eggshells_but_not_your_eyes.htm.

Depression linked to decreased brain function

When depression -- even moderate depression -- is combined with aging, it increases the risk of mild cognitive decline: http://www.realage.com/news_features/tip.aspx?v=1&cid=16779.

Pain relief through a raw living foods diet

Pain Relief
By Don Haughey

Aspirin can mask pain but it relies on time to correct the problem. Proper treatment reverses the cause of the pain.

Ask Marlyn Fry who suffered from acute pain of Gout. Two weeks at Creative Health Institute on wheatgrass and all raw fruits and vegetables and he walked easily without pain medication. Gout is just one of many degenerative diseases - cancer, arthritis, asthma, colitis, diabetes, and overweight conditions - have all been beneficially effect by the Creative Health program featuring the Dr. Ann Wigmore diet and discipline.

This is written to call attention to Dr. Loraine Day who in the present time is the messenger of Natural Wellness, having cured her own cancer with the Dr. Ann program. (http://www.drday.com)

If you need help with your health and seek pain reversal Creative Health can direct you to the path of Natural Wellness. The writer of this was told by his doctors to prepare for death before age 44.  Now, at 77, having been well for 30 years, and after 26 years of involvement at Creative Health, just keeps on offering the truth and means of wellness.

Medical practice is the most inflated of all enterprises except government. It is only exploitable because of pain - which increases as long as the food supply is more and more adulterated by chemicals, devitalizing processes and the constant overuse of salt, sugar and fats.
Live as you will, my friend, sick or well, freely active or in pain. There are ways to reverse dis-ease.

Donald O. Haughey
Hodunk, Michigan

Brain tumor patients more likely to exercise

(Reuters Health) - A "relatively high" percentage of brain tumor patients are exercising -- before and after diagnosis and treatment -- at the recommended levels, a much higher percentage than patients with other forms of cancer, suggest the results of a survey of 106 brain tumor patients treated at the Brain Tumor Center at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060617/hl_nm/brain_tumor_dc_1.

Environmental issues a major cause of disease

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said nearly 24 per cent of global disease is caused by avoidable environmental exposures. In a report Friday, the WHO also said more than 33 per cent of diseases among children under the age of five is caused by these environmental exposures: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/7202.html. [This is another reason I'm a Organic raw living fooder - at least I can avoid putting herbicides and pesticides into my body via food - Jim.]