New label includes latest info about vits and supps, and politics behind the efforts of Big Pharma to suppress vital important info concerning these. If well informed about the benefits, contra-indications, and side effects, these are far less toxic than meds.

Keep well informed to avoid create an imbalance!!!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, November 11, 2010


Vitamin C And The Law
A Personal Viewpoint by Thomas E. Levy, M.D., J.D.

(OMNS November 11, 2010) As a patient, you have the right to any therapy that is not prohibitively expensive, established to be effective, and not prohibitively toxic.

Any physician, or panel of hospital-based physicians, claiming that vitamin C is experimental, unapproved, and/or posing unwarranted risks to the health of the patient, is really only demonstrating a complete and total ignorance or denial of the scientific literature. A serious question as to what the real motivations might be in the withholding of such a therapy then arises.

A doctor has the right to refuse to see you or treat you. A doctor does not have the right to deny you any therapy that is inexpensive and known to be effective and nontoxic; if there is toxicity involved, the patient can discharge his responsibility for such toxicity with proper informed consent. A doctor does not have the right to deny you consultation with another doctor that may have conflicting medical points of view.

Just as ignorance of the law is no sound defense to legal charges brought against you, ignorance of medical fact is ultimately no sound defense for a doctor withholding valid treatment, especially when that information can be easily accessed

While a hospital may or may not have a legal right to dictate to its physicians what they may or may not do, the patient and the family of the patient have the legal right to sue that hospital for any negative outcome that is perceived to directly result from such interference in patient care.

The patient and the family of the patient also have the right to sue any physician that refuses to administer an inexpensive, nontoxic therapy that is established to be of use in the medical literature, such as vitamin C, especially when no other options other than permitting the patient to die are offered. Doctors have a very strong herd mentality, and they do not thrive well when forced to deal with a lawsuit alone, and possibly not even with the backup of their malpractice insurance company, which would seriously question why an approved medicine such as vitamin C was withheld from the patient. Remember that any insurance company always looks for a legal way not to pay expenses or settlements.

In a court of law, legal decisions regarding medical issues are usually decided by comparing a doctor's actions (or inactions) to the accepted standards of medical practice in the community in question. The legal sticking points relate to how different that community might be from others, and whether the accepted standard of practice is too far deviated from overall mainstream medicine norms.

The legal system struggles with reconciling something well-established in the medical literature, but not reflected in the standard medical textbooks. A case involving withheld vitamin C would not currently have any direct legal precedent of which I am aware, but there are multiple reasons to believe that the time is ripe for the law to rule for the patient's right to receive vitamin C in the hospital over the doctor's "right" to withhold it.

The time for changing the view of vitamin C by the law and mainstream medicine has arrived. Over the past 20 years, many more doctors have begun to routinely give 50 grams (50,000 mg) or more of vitamin C intravenously on a regular basis to patients with the entire gamut of medical conditions. These doctors have come from the same medical schools and postgraduate training programs as their unlike-minded mainstream counterparts, meaning they have the same traditional credentials and warrant equal consideration.

The law recognizes that there is no one perfect medical approach to a patient. Having an increasingly large body of doctors who recognize the importance of vitamin C will allow the courts to permit an additional "school of thought" as long as enough traditionally-trained doctors think that way. The question yet to be legally determined is, How many such doctors is "enough?"

Under United States law, the long-standing Frye standard (1923) held that expert opinion based on a scientific technique is admissible only where the technique is generally accepted as reliable in the relevant scientific community. This standard made it almost impossible for any technique embraced by a minority, however competent or appropriately trained, to ever coexist with, much less supersede, a technique embraced by the larger scientific community. Basically, majority always wins, and minority always loses.

The Daubert standard (1993) finally replaced the Frye standard.
Daubert held that the court should:

1. Evaluate whether the science can be or has been tested
2. Determine whether the science has been published or peer-reviewed
3. Consider the likelihood of error (quality and quantity of the data)
4. Evaluate the general acceptance of the theory in the scientific community
If the court is so inclined, the evaluation of general acceptance in the scientific (medical) community does not have to invoke the "majority rules" nature of the earlier Frye standard. Rather, it can allow the consideration that enough scientific studies embraced by enough qualified doctors could prevail legally. However, any final ruling would be heavily dependent on the particular facts of the case and the precise intervention requested of the court.

The principles of Daubert do not assure a victory for vitamin C proponents in a court of law, but they do allow an objective judge to see that the body of evidence supporting vitamin C usage is clearly established in the mainstream medical literature, warranting a thorough legal evaluation as to why it is not yet a permissible therapy. These principles allow for much more flexibility than the earlier Frye "majority rules" standard.

Also, with any individual case in which a doctor refuses to administer vitamin C and serious damage (including death) occurs, a strong legal case can be now be made that the burden of proof falls with the doctor to show:

1. That the therapy was exceptionally expensive, toxic, and/or unproven
2. That the patient's best interests were somehow best served by withholding vitamin C
Always try to make an alliance with your doctor and avoid an adversarial relationship if at all possible. Theoretically, if your doctor really wants to do what is best for the patient and is not more concerned with being told what to do, much stress and conflict can be avoided by all. However, do not hesitate to let your doctor know directly that you will avail yourself of all your rights or your family member's rights as a patient to optimal health care if so forced.

A very common "out" in all of these scenarios is to suggest that "further studies" should be done. More information is always useful, but vitamin C has already been researched more than any other supplement, or even most pharmaceutical drugs, in the history of the planet. Don't allow another 70 years of research to transpire before its proper use begins.

Stand up for your rights today. The way medicine is practiced will never change until the public demands it and the law legitimizes it. Remember, it's your body and your health. Doctors are answerable to you, not you to them.


Thomas Edward Levy, M.D., J.D. is a graduate of the Tulane University School of Medicine and the University of Denver College of Law. He board certified in Internal Medicine and is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He was admitted to the Colorado Bar in 1998 and the District of Columbia Bar in 1999. Dr. Levy is on the Editorial Board of the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service.



References:

Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1923)
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579 (1993)

An expanded version of "Vitamin C and the Law" by Dr. Levy is available as a free pdf download at http://www.tomlevymd.com/downloads/VC.NZ.Sept.2010.pdf or http://www.doctoryourself.com/VC.NZ.Sept.2010.pdf



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Please take note. Its well known that certain foods can and does affect glutamate receptors see this post: http://adr-centralreactiontomedications.blogspot.com/search/label/Brain%20and%20receptors%20%20EMS

I have been doing quite a lot of research concerning methylation, and am convinced, that this approach to regaining and preserving health is important for many of us. Some tips below, which may be helpful, concerning Glutamate and GABA, foods to avoid, food to eat, and some supps.

Copper inhibits conversion of glutamate to GABA by glutamate decarboxylase so avoid copper excess, or better stated, an imbalance between copper and zinc.

For those with normal to low level Vitamin D3, yep, that again, it is advised to take it for maintenance of Dopamine level, if that is low too. It stimulates the enzymes that generate dopamine level.

(Those who did some type of nutrigenomic testing: A COMT + or COMT ++ )(higher Dopamine), is favorable in the sense that this helps defend/tolerance against heavy metals, microbes and keep moods elevated.

Below is a short list of food excitory for (Glutamate-Gaba imbalance) those sensitive to glutamate:

Avoid these foods:

Sources of Excitotoxins

Monosodium Glutamate
Glutamate
Natural Flavor(s)
Maltodextrin
Carrageenan
Gelatin
Spice(s)
Seasoning(s)
Seasoned Salt
Dough Conditioner(s) Isolate
Autolyzed Yeast
Autolyzed Yeast Extract
Autolyzed Anything
Broth
Stock, Soup Base
Chicken/Pork/Beef “Flavoring”, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HPV)
Hydrolyzed Plant Protein, Hydrolyzed Oat Flour,, Hydrolyzed Anything
Yeast Extract, Sodium Caseinate, Calcium Caseinate, aseinate
Disodium Guanyiate, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Caseinate
Hydrolyzed Protein, Chicken/Pork/Beef “Base”
Bouillon, Vegetable Gum,
Plant Protein Extract
Smoke Flavoring(s)
Malted Barley Flour, Malt Extract, Malt Flavoring(s), Malted Barley, Malted Anything
Textured Protein
Guar Gum
Soy Extract, Soy Protein, Soy Protein Concentrate, Soy Sauce
Whey Protein, Whey Protein Isolate, Whey Protein oncentrate
L-Cysteine
Ajinomoto
Kombu Extract
Natural Flavoring(s)
Barley Malt


What would help:

Pycnogenol and grape seed extract help balance Glutamate/GABA
Taurine helps in this balance (but contains sulfur so avoid if CBS (+)
Montief GABA
ZEN supplement which contains GABA and L threanine
Contains threanine, which has methyl groups; avoid if COMT (+)

I don't understand why it says to avoid threanine (iuf you are COMT +), which is found in green tea. It is supposed to increase alpha waves in the brain, is a caffeine antagonist, and is a relaxant. [url]http://www.vrp.com/articles.aspx?ProdID=art889&zTYPE=2[/url]

It also increases dopamine, GABA and reverses damage of glutamate excitotixicity. Which also, lowers, blood pressure.


Foods High In Serotonin (or Amino Acid Precursor Tryptophan)

Turkey, Chicken, Chicken Liver, Tofu, Almonds, Peanuts, Soy Nuts, Milk, Yoghurt, Cottage cheese, Spirulina (seaweed), Brewer’s yeast, Watermelon Seeds


Foods High In Dopamine (or Amino Acid Precursor Tyrosine)

Bananas, Red plums, Figs, Raisins
Eggplant, Green Bean pods, Italian broad beans
Salami, Sausage, Liver
Commercial gravies and Soy sauce
Salted dried fish (Herring, Cod)
Canned meats, Aged game
Canned meats, Aged game
Homemade yeast breads
Some alcoholic beverages (not all)
Yeast concentrates, Marmite, soup cubes
Aged Cheese (Blue, Boursalt, Brick, Brie, Camembert, Cheddar, Colby, Emmental, Gouda,
Mozarella, Parmisan, Provolone, Romano, Roquefort, and Stilton

http://heartfixer.com/AMRI-Nutrigenomics.htm

For those who have no sensitivities, and not done the nutrigenomic text or detoxigenomic test, good brain food list:

1. Acai berries
2. Almonds
3. Avocados
4. Bananas
5. Blackberries
6. Blueberries
7. Brewer’s yeast
8. Broccoli
9. Brown rice
10. Brussels sprouts
11. Cantaloupe
12. Cashews
13. Cauliflower
14. Cherries
15. Cheese
16. Chicken
17. Collard greens
18. Cranberries
19. Dark chocolate
20. Eggs
21. Eggplant
22. Fish
23. Flaxseed oil
24. Green Tea
25. Lean beef
26. Legumes
27. Milk
28. Oatmeal
29. Oranges
30. Peanut butter
31. Peas
32. Plums
33. Potatoes
34. Pumpkin seeds
35. Raspberries
36. Red cabbage
37. Red grapes
38. Romaine lettuce
39. Salmon
40. Soybeans
41. Spinach
42. Stabilized rice bran
43. Strawberries
44. Tomatoes
45. Tuna
46. Turkey
47. Walnuts
48. Water
49. Wheat germ
50. Yogurt


50 ways to kill your brain cells:

1) Sniffing paint — Yes, sniffing paint will give you a “high” for awhile, but it can really inflict severe brain damage. Avoid inhalants like paint and keep your brain cells healthy. Even worse than just killing your brain cells is the fact that sniffing paint has the potential to kill you — even on your first time. Stay away from this stuff and get help now if you are addicted.

2) Taking cocaine – Thank you captain obvious, right? It’s possible that not everyone out there knew that cocaine killed brain cells. Cocaine doesn’t just kill random brain cells either, it wipes out the brain cells in your brain’s pleasure center — brain cells that make you feel good and are triggered with positive emotion and pleasure. Want to keep having fun in life and feel pleasure? Stay away from cocaine.

3) Too much stress — A little bit of stress is healthy for everyone. It keeps you motivated and motivated to achieve goals. When stress gets out of hand to the point where you’re having adrenaline rushes, your body produces an excess of the chemical “cortisol.” Too much of that cortisol is what kills brain cells. Please don’t stress after reading this.

4) Getting a concussion – Unfortunately most people don’t have much control over getting concussions. The fact is, concussions are neuronal killers and should be avoided if at all possible. There are special precautions to take to avoid concussions such as: wearing a helmet in contact sports, wearing a helmet when riding your motorcycle, even wearing a helmet when riding your bike.

5) Rapidly shaking your head – Rapidly shaking your head around back and forth causes axons to tear, which causes brain cell death. A very easy way to prevent brain cell loss is by NOT shaking your head. You have complete control over the shaking of your head; don’t do it!

6) Eating junk food — What happens to your brain cells when they aren’t provided with the healthy nutrients they need to survive? They starve and die! A little bit of junk food won’t hurt, but unhealthy food on a consistent basis without any healthy food will cause brain cells to die. Again, you have complete control over what you choose to eat. Pick healthy foods and give your brains the adequate nutrients that they need to flourish.

7) Drinking too much alcohol — How many brain cells does one beer kill? Chances are good that drinking just one beer won’t kill any. Getting drunk probably won’t even kill any brain cells. Alcohol can cause a temporary chemical imbalance and structural changes. If you are an alcoholic or you frequently “drink too much alcohol,” you will most likely kill brain cells. MRI’s of alcoholic patients show a decreased brain volume.

8) Taking ecstacy (MDMA) – Common-day club drug, Ecstacy literally puts holes in your brain. Brain scans have compared healthy brains to brains of those who’ve used ecstacy and have found that the “brains on ecstacy” had holes in them. Ecstacy depletes serotonin manufacturing cells, which are important for keeping a positive mood and promoting relaxation. If you frequently go “clubbing” make the choice to stay away from “X,” as it is very common in clubs. Avoid this drug, and your brain will be much healthier than if you didn’t.

9) Dehydration – Without sufficient levels of water in the brain, ions get disrupted and the result is brain damage. Replenish your body and brain with necessary water levels to avoid dehydration and keep your brain cells healthy.

10) Using methamphetamines – Taking methamphetamines is probably the most uneducated decision you could possibly make. Not only are they one of the most addicting groups of drugs, they destroy lives and kill brain cells. The sad part is, methamphetamine use results in severe to permanent brain damage even long after the drug has been stopped. In my opinion, methamphetamines are the most dangerous group of drugs to get involved with. Stay away from them, get help now if you use them, and help a friend if you know they are a user.

11) Getting a contusion – A contusion is a severe bruise within the brain. It does cause neuronal death (brain cell death). Unfortunately, most people that have contusions couldn’t really do much to avoid them. Sports like boxing where taking jabs to the head is common, influences the development of contusions. Safety precautions: wear a helmet or hardhat when debris or other objects have potential to damage your head. The great-est Mohammed Ali suffered brain contusions from his heavy involvement in boxing.

12) Having a stroke – A stroke results from temporary loss of blood-flow to the brain. Usually, the damage from having a stroke is centralized in just one side of the brain. Strokes can cause anything from small lesions, to widespread cell death. Unfortunately strokes cannot be avoided, but there are things that you can do to reduce your risk: lowering stress levels and staying active are just a couple healthy activities that reduce risk of a stroke. An interesting fact: millions of brain cells die each minute a stroke is left untreated.

13) Avoiding exercise — The act of avoiding exercise doesn’t kill brain cells, however, the effects that are associated with lack of exercise happen to be killers. Exercise reduces stress levels, chance of brain damage, and even creates new brain cells. If you are avoiding exercise, you happen to be setting your brain cells up for an early death. Make time in your schedule to exercise and reap the benefits; exercise should never be avoided.

14) Sensory deprivation – We know from my “hearing voices” article that sensory deprivation may cause you to have auditory hallucinations. When your brain undergoes sensory deprivation for longer periods of time, you lose brain cells. When cells are not stimulated for long periods of time, your brain reorganizes itself; you naturally lose the unused, understimulated cells.

15) Taking absinthe — Most types of absinthe contain extremely high amounts of ethanol and a chemical called thujone; both of which can cause brain cell death. Thujone has the opposite effects of barbiturates like Xanax and in high doses can cause seizures and possibly death. It is definitely best to avoid absinthe and not put your brain at risk of damage.

16) Drinking too much water — The act of drinking too much water in too short of time period will actually flood your nervous system and kill off brain cells. How exactly does this work? When the ratio of water to sodium escalates, your brain swells and brain cells die in the process. Individuals on low-sodium diets may be especially vulnerable to “water toxicity.” It is important to stay hydrated, but be reasonable; you know what’s right for your body. Don’t go overboard and kill off your brain cells!

17) Being a chronic negative thinker — The act of simply thinking negative will not cause any sort of brain cell loss. Most people have negative thoughts that creep in their consciousness from time to time. It is when the negative thinking takes over, gets “out of line” and causes stress, and you to make unwise decisions such as taking drugs like Ecstacy to improve your mood at the club when you are probably losing brain cells. The side-effects and byproducts from negative thoughts are what make you more likely to engage in activities that kill brain cells. Negative thinking is an indirect killer; surround yourself with positivity and a healthy circle of friends!

18) Post traumatic stress disorder – Victims of post-traumatic stress disorder unfortunately deal with memory problems, anxiety, flashbacks, and happen to lose brain cells in the process. Post traumatic stress disorder causes the brain to produce a surplus of the stress hormone “cortisol,” which kills brain cells. Like other stress related disorders, they don’t lose a huge amount of brain cells overnight, but they definitely can lose a significant amount if they don’t get adequate assistance and treatment.

19) Head trauma – The scary thing about head trauma is that it not only kills brain cells, it also damages the brain’s ability to repair itself after the damage. Head trauma is linked to Parkinson’s disease and poor sensorimotor processing within the brain — always try to protect your head whenever engaging in a contact sport, working construction, riding a motorcycle, etc.

20) Elevated testosterone levels — Having too high of testosterone levels has been proven to be detrimental to your brain’s health and does kill brain cells. If you are taking supplements that increase testosterone levels, be aware that too much of the supplement could potentially cause the death of your brain cells!

21) Chemotherapy — Unfortunately for those who have undergone chemotherapy, the process not only kills the cancerous cells, but many of your good brain cells. In order to avoid cancer, take steps to reduce your risk of developing cancer such as: eating healthy, exercising, getting proper sleep, etc. Not everyone is able to avoid cancer, but you can certainly make an effort to try.

22) A single stressful event — Yes, you read correct — just ONE stressful event has the potential to kill off brain cells. If you live in a high-stress environment, are always on the go, and never take time to just chill, your mind is most likely overactive and you are losing brain cells. If you know that you will be exposed to stressful events, I recommend learning stress coping methods like meditation, deep breathing, guided imagery, yoga, etc. There are many things you can do to lower your stress response to hectic events.

23) Smoking cigarettes — The act of smoking cigarettes is not only detrimental to your physical health — it could be taking a heavy toll on your mental health. The fact is, scientists have found that “smoking” kills brain cells and stops the production of new brain cells (neurogenesis). If you are a smoker, work hard to kick the habit. If you are smoke-free, stay that way and encourage smokers to quit.

24) Taking steroids — Taking steroids is terrible for your brain and body. Steroids elevate testosterone levels and increase stress levels: 2 activities [mentioned earlier] that are known to deplete brain cell. Steroids cause early death, an increased suicide risk, and give the user absolutely ZERO fulfillment in the long-term. Take the time to lift the necessary weights and don’t expect to get “ripped” overnight; you will be better off in the grand scheme of life.

25) Extreme anxiety and panic — Anxiety and panic in extreme situations will definitely provoke feelings of stress, release cortisol, and will kill your brain cells in severe forms. Light and moderate forms of anxiety and panic may feel uncomfortable, but will probably not damage your brain. Learning valuable coping techniques by visiting a psychotherapist, using relaxation techniques consistently, and considering medication are all things that will stop you from losing brain cells from anxiety and panic.

26) Food additives — Food additives contain a group of compounds commonly referred to as “exotoxins,” which slow and destroy cognitive development in the brain. “Exotoxins” are not just present in a few foods, they are present in virtually ALL processed foods. To avoid future health problems and keep a healthy brain, your best bet is to eat healthy, non-processed foods.

27) Oxycodone abuse — Oxycodone abuse kills brain cells, heart tissue, damages kidneys, and has terrible side-effects. If you or someone you know abuses Oxycodone, seek help immediately! Your brain and body will thank you in the long run — Oxycodone is nothing to fool around with.

28) Exposure to electricity — Short and long-term exposure to electricity has terrible effects on your brain. Electricity doesn’t just cause you to lose a few brain cells either, it causes you to lose millions! If you or anyone you know works with electricity on a consistent basis, you may want to take special precautions or reconsider!

29) Exposure to lead — It is known that the early exposure of lead may lead to later brain aging in life. What about brain cell loss from lead exposure? Scientific evidence shows that exposure to lead leads to brain cell loss and damage years later. Scientists figure that a single exposure is equivalent to at least 5 years of brain aging. Avoid lead exposure at all possible costs and do what you’ve got to do to keep your brain healthy!

30) Mercury toxicity — Chances are good that you probably know that avoiding exposure to mercury is recommended. When a person is exposed to mercury, they can develop what’s known as “mercury toxicity” in the brain. Mercury toxicity is a known brain cell killer. I find it interesting that many old, tooth-fillings could be releasing mercury into your body and you could be a victim of mercury poisoning. To watch a boring, yet informative research video about mercury poisoning, check out this video.

31) Carbon monoxide poisoning — Yes carbon monoxide itself can kill brain cells, but the reason brain cells die in carbon monoxide poisoning is mostly due to the fact that inadequate amounts of oxygen get to the brain. To avoid carbon monoxide poisoning, take necessary household precautions such as installing a detector and check for burning.

32) Getting Lyme disease — Severe forms of Lyme disease cause memory impairments and brain cell loss if left untreated for a long period of time. Lyme disease is usually carried by deer ticks, but can be found in other types of ticks. To avoid Lyme disease, it is recommended to always check your body after long expeditions through the woods.

33) Exposure to pesticides — It is always important to take the necessary precautions when working with pesticides or being in an area around pesticides. Pesticides kill brain cells quickly and cause abnormal mental and physical development. If you are in an environment where pesticide exposure is common, get out, save yourself, or report the company and people using the pesticides to proper authorities. Pesticides are linked to Parkinson’s disease and many other forms of mental illness!

34) Certain types of cosmetics – Certain types of cosmetics have been proven to have an adverse interaction with mental health. Some forms of shampoo have ingredients that have been shown to kill brain cells. Be aware that certain types of cosmetics have ingredients that will kill or damage your brain cells.

35) Using cleaning solvents — Taking a good whiff of a solvent can really knock you out! If “sniffed” with the purpose to get high, solvents can cause severe brain damage and possibly death. They can cause severe learning impairments, declined social functioning, and reduce the capacity of your short-term memory. Most cleaning solvents, when used properly for their intended purpose (to clean), will not cause any harm. If you know someone that is abusing solvents, get them help! You are not only helping their brain, you are helping their life!

36) Ingesting aspartame — In case you didn’t know, aspartame is an artificial sweetener found in gum, candy, and Nutra-Sweet. Several studies made connections that link aspartame to brain cell destruction. It is a very controversial substance that has been proven to be bad for health in some studies, and has been proven safe in others. Either way, I’d avoid aspartame; it’s nothing to risk your brain cells over.

37) Indoor air pollution — Indoor air pollution affects the spinal cord, kidneys, blood cells, central nervous system, and the brain. Depending on the type of indoor air pollution, effects can range from being unnoticeable to causing brain cell loss. It is important to keep the air inside of your home and business clean and safe to breathe. Don’t underestimate the potential of indoor air pollution to be detrimental to the health of your body and mind!

38) Lack of quality sleep — We all know that when we don’t get enough sleep, we cannot properly function the next day! Not only does lack of quality sleep interfere with learning and social functions (left-hemisphere), it does kill brain cells. In order to prevent brain cell loss from lack of sleep, it is recommended to get good quality sleep. Some people run effectively on just 6 hours of sleep, while some need 9 to keep a clear head. You be the judge of what works best for your body and brain!

39) Using heroin – As you probably expected, using heroin will kill your brain cells. Heroin has been linked to Alzheimer-like brain damage. Opiate use has been associated with sped up aging in the brain. Heroin causes nerve-cell damage in essential parts of the brain. Don’t let a drug like Heroin ruin your brain and your life!

40) Paint remover — When you put paint remover on paint, it eats it away. When you inhale paint remover, it eats away at your brain! Paint remover, when sniffed, crosses the blood-brain barrier and eats away at your brain tissue and cells. Make the decision to help others that have a problem with “sniffing” or “huffing” paint remover by getting them psychological assistance and being around for support.

41) Welding fumes — Exposure to welding fumes is an extreme health hazard. Welding rod fumes have been linked to Parkinson’s disease and many other illnesses. Most fumes from welding are produced during “arc-welding.” The fumes enter and damage your lungs, nervous system, and deplete brain cells. If you are a welder, you may want to check out this informational guide from the American Society of Safety Engineers.

42) Outdoor air pollution – Like indoor air pollution, outdoor air pollution can have terrible side-effects. Places like Mexico City have so much air pollution that many citizens chose to wear masks and filters to protect themselves. Depending on the type and severity of the air pollution, you can potentially lose a lot of brain tissue. Chemical gases build up quickly and mix with each other, those gases get trapped in the environment, people inhale the gases, and brain damage / cell loss is a result.

43) Microwaving “popcorn” — It doesn’t really matter what you are microwaving, if you stand close enough to the microwave or have a “microwave” leakage, you are killing your brain cells. By just standing close to a microwave that is fully sealed while operating, you do risk losing some brain cells — but not nearly as many as if there were a microwave leakage. It is important to always check up on your microwave and to repair any possible leaks. It is recommended to always stand a minimum of 2 feet away from microwaves while they are cooking.

44) Having narcolepsy – Having narcolepsy — a disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and uncontrollably falling asleep at random times. Research has shown that having narcolepsy kills “hypocretin” brain cells which are located in the hippocampus. Individuals without narcolepsy have around 70,000 hypocretin brain cells, while narcoleptics have have between 3,000 to 10,000 (a significantly lower amount). Luckily new advances and treatments are constantly being developed to help with narcolepsy!

45) Formaldehyde — Formaldehyde can be found in forest fires, automobile exhaust, and tobacco smoke. Formaldehyde can deplete brain cells and decreases cell counts within the brain. Formaldehyde exposure can cause burning of the eyes and nose, coughing, difficulty breathing, and could possibly cause leukemia. For great physical and mental health, formaldehyde exposure should be avoided.

46) Radiation treatment — It is not surprising that radiation treatment damages brain cells. After all, radiation treatment works to damage the DNA of cancerous cells. Some other cells happen to get hit with the radiation intended to take out the cancer cells, and healthy brain cells die. Most medically accepted treatments of cancer involve the killing of both healthy and unhealthy brain cells.

47) Taking the chemical MPTP — MPTP is a neurotoxin that causes permanent symptoms of Parkinson’s disease by killing neurons in the substantia nigra area of the brain. It’s scary that there’s an illicit drug like this… Hopefully you never even hear about MPTP other than on the internet.

48) Laughing gas a.K.a. nitrous oxide — When nitrous oxide is used in a controlled setting like the dentist’s office, it is fine and will not cause brain damage — the amount of the substance is carefully monitored. It is when nitrous oxide is illicitly used and abused that results in brain damage and cell loss. No need to freak out the next time the dentist uses this stuff. Don’t use this stuff in a non-medical setting and you’ll be fine.

49) Using ketamine – The use of ketamine, a common type of anesthesia, prevents brain cells from picking up “glutamate” — a protein which is essential for cell communication and survival. Like nitrous oxide, ketamine use should be limited to medical professionals. Using the proper amount of ketamine probably won’t do much damage.

50) Taking PCP – Most commonly referred to as “angel dust,” the drug PCP (Phencyclidine) can cause memory problems, inability to control thoughts, and compulsive action. PCP has been correlated with frontal-lobe brain damage and like most drugs, aids in the process of brain cell death. PCP is dangerous, triggers dangerous behavior, and should be avoided to keep a healthy brain.

There are more drugs and activities that weren’t mentioned that kill brain cells.

http://4mind4life.com/blog/2008/07/18/brain-foods-list-of-50-good-brain-foods/

Flu season is upon us. Thinking of flu shots? As can be seen on CDC site this year, they have incorporated the infamous H1N1 vaccine in the mix. :o yep, just to make sure .. Same in the UK, I am not sure about other countries.

Took an FQ, then Mefloquine, and five vaccines, end of 1996, early 1997. I reacted to tetanus which was given to me twice. Strangely, 13 years after the polio jab, the antibodies are extremely high. To date, no immunologists, and doctors have been able to tell me why.

Fast forward. I saw a Chinese TCM doc two weeks ago. I didn't tell her that I had my polio antibodies checked on a hunch two years ago. According to the TCM doctor, a lot of my symptoms and LT illness is caused by damage from vaccines. I didn't tell her that the antibodies for the polio vaccine 13 years were sky high when I had it checked two years ago.

She went saying that she believes that there was damage from FQ and Lariam, but that the prolongation of symptoms, illness and heart failure is a direct cause of the vaccines. I haven't told her about the very high antibodies of the polio 13 years later, but will do so during the next consultation.

I was told by a prominent microbiologist that I suffer from several mycoplasma infections. Tests are unreliable. Unfortunately, I could not start on his recommended antibiotics regimen, since they were Fluorquiolone antibiotics ;D

Read up Dr Garth Nicholson, Dr Shreibner, Dr Haarlvorsten et al
(all have impressive CVs and are well respected scientists)

Here are some informative vids about the truth concerning vaccines:



This vid is one of 10

Still have faith in "Research" ????

This article below concerns fabricated research, in particular,
analgesics!!

See excerpt from article below:

A New Low in Drug Research: 21 Fabricated Studies

......../ "Some of the studies reported favorable results from use of Pfizer’s Bextra and Merck’s Vioxx, both painkillers that have since been pulled from the market. Others offered good news about Pfizer’s pain drugs Lyrica and Celebrex and Wyeth’s antidepressant Effexor XR. Doctors said Reuben’s work was particularly influential in pain treatment and that they were shocked by the news.

“We are left with a large hole in our understanding of this field,” Steven Shafer, editor-in-chief of Anesthesia and Analgesia, told Anesthesiology News, which first reported on the retractions. “There are substantial tendrils from this body of work that reach throughout the discipline of postoperative pain management.”

Cont/.. http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/03/11/a-new-low-in-drug-research-21-fabricated-studies/

Oxygen Therapy detrimental for some

For those who are healthy, they may suffer no ill effects. For some of us, producing high level of free radicals, it may cause even worse symptoms.

The first time I was given oxygen, it made me ill with various symptoms lasting many weeks. The symptoms were very similar to oxidative stress, meaning, I could feel a high level of free radicals very similar post minimal physical exertion and/or high level of air pollution. Thereafter, whenever I was offered oxygen, I refused it.

This article explains why some of us may not benefit from oxygen therapy. Although, I was given small dose of oxygen, it had a detrimental effect on my health. For some of us, even a small dose of oxygen will produce too high levels of nitric oxide (NO), resulting in even higher peroxynitrite - harmful.


See excerpt from an article below:

"We knew it was bad but we did not know why," Su said. The good news is they may also have a solution.

Researchers found that within five days, mice placed in small oxygen chambers that mimic oxygen levels given in intensive care have dramatically elevated levels of peroxynitrite in their lungs. Free radicals, such as peroxynitrite, result from oxygen use and are safe at low levels. While it's a given that oxygen therapy produces free radicals, the significant increase in peroxynitrite was not known.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101005104335.htm

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Interview with Peter Breggin, MD,
a psychiatrist denouncing the psychiatric profession and
psychotropics, articulating the futility of DNA and
amino tests etc. Dr Breggin is one of many neuropharmacologists,
psychologists, psychiatrists exposing this fraud.







Part I




Part II




Part III




Health Last Updated: Aug 26th, 2010 - 00:35:19

America’s mental illness epidemic: It turns out that the drugs are the problem
By Gary G. Kohls, MD
Online Journal Contributing Writer

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Tens of millions of innocent, unsuspecting Americans, who are mired deeply in the mental “health” system, have actually been made crazy by the use of or the withdrawal from commonly-prescribed, brain-altering, brain-disabling, indeed brain-damaging psychiatric drugs that have been, for many decades, cavalierly handed out like candy -- often in untested and therefore unapproved combinations of drugs -- to trusting and unaware patients by equally unaware but well-intentioned physicians who have been under the mesmerizing influence of slick and obscenely profitable psychopharmaceutical drug companies, a.k.a. BigPharma.

That is the conclusion of two books by investigative journalist and health science writer Robert Whitaker. His first book, entitled Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill noted that there has been a 600 percent increase (since Thorazine was introduced in the US in the mid-1950s) in the total and permanent disabilities of millions of psychiatric drug-takers. This uniquely First World mental ill health epidemic has resulted in the life-long taxpayer-supported disabilities of rapidly increasing numbers of psychiatric patients who are now unable to be happy, productive, taxpaying members of society. Whitaker has done a powerful, albeit unwelcome job of presenting previously hidden, but very convincing evidence to support his thesis, that it is the drugs and not the diagnosis that is causing the epidemic of mental illness disability. Many open-minded physicians and many aware psychiatric patients are now motivated to be wary of any and all synthetic chemicals that can cross the blood/brain barrier because all of them are capable of altering the brain in ways totally unknown to medical science, especially when the patients are taking the drugs long-term. .

In Whitaker’s second book Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America, he goes much further in advancing this sobering reality. He documents the history of the powerful forces behind the relatively new field of psychopharmacology and its major shaper and beneficiary, BigPharma. Psychiatric drugs, whose developers, marketers and salespersons are all in the employ of the giant drug companies, are far more dangerous than the drug and psychiatric industries are willing to admit: These drugs, it turns our, are fully capable of disabling -- often permanently -- body, brain and spirit.

More evidence to support Whitaker’s well-documented claims are laid out in two important new books written by psychiatrist and scholar Grace Jackson. Jackson did a beautiful job of researching and documenting, from the voluminous basic neuroscience research (which is uniformly ignored by the clinical sciences) the unintended and often disastrous consequences of the chronic ingestion of any of the five major classes of psychiatric drugs. Her second and most powerful book: Drug-Induced Dementia: A Perfect Crime, proves beyond a shadow of a doubt, that any of the five classes of drugs that are commonly used in psychiatric patients (antidepressants, antipsychotics, psychostimulants, tranquilizers and anti-seizure/”mood-stabilizer” drugs) have shown microscopic, macroscopic, biochemical, clinical and/or radiological evidence of brain shrinkage and other signs of brain damage, which can result in clinically-diagnosable, permanent dementia, premature death and a variety of other related brain disorders that can mimic mental illnesses. Jackson’s first book, Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs: A Guide for Informed Consent was an equally sobering book warning about the many hidden dangers of psychiatric drugs.

This sad truth is that the seemingly knee-jerk prescribing (without very much information being given to patients about the long list of serious long-term adverse effects) of potent and often addicting/dependency-inducing psychiatric drugs has become the standard of care in American psychiatry since the introduction of the so-called anti-schizophrenic “miracle” drug Thorazine in the mid-1950s. (Thorazine was the offending drug that all of Jack Nicholson’s fellow patients were coerced into taking at “medication time” in the Academy Award-winning movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”) Thorazine and all the other “me-too” early antipsychotic drugs are now universally known to have been an iatrogenic (= doctor or other treatment-caused) disaster because of their serious long-term, initially unsuspected, brain-damaging effects that resulted in a number of incurable neurological disorders such as tardive dyskinesia and Parkinson’s disease.

Thorazine and all the other knock-off drugs like Prolixin, Mellaril, Navane, etc., are synthetic “tricyclic” chemical compounds similar in molecular structure to the tricyclic “antidepressants” like imipramine and the similarly toxic, obesity-inducing, diabetogenic, “atypical” anti-schizophrenic drugs like Clozaril, Zyprexa and Seroquel.

Thorazine, incidentally, was originally developed in Europe as an industrial dye. That doesn’t sound so good although it may not be so unusual in the closely related fields of psychopharmcology and the chemical industry, especially when one considers that Depakote, a popular drug marketed initially as an anti-epilepsy drug but now is being heavily used as a so-called “mood stabilizer.” Depakote, known to be a hepatotoxin and renal toxin, was originally developed as an industrial solvent capable of dissolving fat -- including, presumably, the fatty tissue in human livers and brains.

Some sympathy and understanding needs to be generated for the various victims of BigPharma’s compulsive drive to expand market share and ”shareholder value” (share price, dividends and the next quarter’s financial report) by whatever means necessary. Both the prescribers and the swallowers of BigPharma’s drugs have succumbed to BigPharma’s cunning marketing campaigns, the prescribers having been seduced by attractive drug company representatives and their “pens, pizzas and post-it note” freebies in the office, and the patients being brain-washed by the inane and unbelievable (if one has intact critical thinking skills) commercials on TV that quickly gloss over the lethal adverse effects in the fine print while urging the watcher to “ask your doctor” about the latest unaffordable wannabe blockbuster drug. .

For a quick overview of these issues, I recommend that everybody with an open mind read a long essay written by Whitaker that persuasively identifies the source of America’s epidemic of mental illness disability (a phenomenon that doesn’t exist in Third World nations because costly psych drugs are not prescribed so cavalierly as in the US).

Whitaker and Jackson (among a number of other ground-breaking and whistle-blowing authors who have been essentially black-listed by the mainstream media and mainstream medical journals) have proven to most critically-thinking scientists, alternative practitioners and assorted “psychiatric survivors” that it is the drugs -- and not the so-called “disorders” -- that are causing our nation’s epidemic of mental illness disability. The Whitaker essay, plus other pertinent information about his books can be accessed at Mad In America. A recent interview on Wisconsin Public Radio can be accessed at www.wpr.org (at their radio archives link) and a long interview with Dr.Joseph Mercola can be heard here.

After reading and studying all these inconvenient truths, mental health practitioners must consider the medicolegal implications for them, especially if the information is ignored or if the information is dismissed out of hand by practitioners who might be tempted to not take the time to study this new information. Those people who are hearing about this for the first time need to pass the word on to others, especially their prescribing healthcare practitioners who should be equally concerned. This is important because the opinion leaders in the highly influential (for good or ill) psychiatric and medical industries have been marketed into submission without hearing the all the facts (which may have been intentionally hidden from them. If that is the case, they cannot be automatically blamed for. proceeding in a practice that some day might represent malpractice. It shouldn’t have to be pointed out that is the solemn duty of ethical practitioners who are in positions of authority to fully examine potential malpractice issues and then warn others, especially their patients, of the dangers.

Sadly, it must be admitted that most of the over-worked, double-booked care-givers in medical clinics have not yet heard the news that most if not all of the brain-altering synthetic chemicals known as psychotropic drugs (which are treated as hazardous waste unless they are packaged in a swallowable capsule!) have been marketed as safe and effective -- but only for short-term use. The captains of the drug industry know that the psychotropic drugs that they present for the FDA-approval have only been tested in animal trials for days and in clinical trials for 6 weeks. They also know -- indeed they hope -- that patients will be taking their drugs for years (despite no long-term trials proving safety and efficacy) as the only “treatment” for mental ill health. They know that their brain-altering drugs are also dependency-inducing (aka addicting, causing withdrawal symptoms when stopped), neurotoxic and increasingly ineffective (a la “Prozac Poop-out”) as time goes by.

The truth is that the people diagnosed as “mentally ill” for life are often simply those unfortunates who find themselves in acute or chronic states of crisis or “overwhelm” due to any number of preventable, curable and treatable (without the use of drugs) bad luck accidents such as poverty, abuse, violence, torture, homelessness, discrimination, underemployment, brain malnutrition, addictions/withdrawal, brain damage from electroshock “therapy” and/or exposure to neurotoxic chemicals in their food, air, water or prescription bottles.

Those labeled as the “mentally ill” are just like us “normals” who have not yet decompensated because of some yet-to-happen, crisis-inducing, overwhelming (however temporary) life situation. And thus we have not yet been given a billable code number (accompanied by the seemingly obligatory -- and unaffordable -- drug prescription or two signifying we are now chronically mentally ill. Unlabeled, we are likely to remain off prescription drugs but with a label and in “the system,” it is hard to “just say no to drugs.”

The victims of hopelessness-generating situations like simple bad luck, bad circumstances, bad company, bad choices, bad government, big business, and a competitive society that generates a few winners but mostly losers. America tolerates, indeed celebrates, punitive and thus fear-inducing social systems resembling in many ways the infamous police state realities of 20th century European totalitarianism, where people who were different or just dissidents were thought to be abnormal and therefore “disappeared” into insane asylums, jails or concentration camps without just cause or competent legal defense. And many of them were and are drugged with disabling psychoactive chemicals against their will.

The truth is that most, if not all, of BigPharma’s psychotropic drugs are lethal at some dosage level (the LD50, the lethal dose that kills 50 percent of lab animals, is calculated before efficacy testing is done), and therefore the drugs must be regarded as dangerous. The chronic use of these drugs is a major cause of cognitive disorders, brain damage, loss of creativity, loss of spirituality, loss of empathy, loss of energy, loss of strength, fatigue and tiredness, permanent disability and a multitude of metabolic adverse effects that can readily sicken the body, brain and soul by causing insomnia or somnolence, increased depression or anxiety, delusions, psychoses, paranoia, mania, etc. So before filling the prescription, it is advisable to read the product insert labeling under WARNINGS, PRECAUTIONS, ADVERSE EFFECTS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, TOXICOLOGY, OVERDOSAGE and the ever-present BLACK BOX WARNINGS ABOUT SUICIDALITY.

Long-term, high dosage or combination psychotropic drug usage could be regarded as a chemically traumatic brain injury (TBI) or, as drugs like Thorazine were known in the 1950s and 60s, a “chemical lobotomy.” That is a useful way to conceptualize this serious issue, because such chemically brain-altered patients are often indistinguishable from those who have suffered a physically traumatic brain injuries or been subjected to ice-pick lobotomies which were popular in the 1940s and 50s -- before the drugs came on the market.

America has a mental ill health epidemic on its hands that is grossly misunderstood because it is worsening, not by the supposed disease progression, but because of the neurotoxic, non-curative drugs that are somehow regarded as first-line “treatment.”

For more information of these extremely serious topics check out these websites: www.mindfreedom.org, www.breggin.com, www.icspp.org, www.cchr.org, www.drugawareness.org, www.psychrights.org, www.benzo.org.uk, www.quitpaxil, org, www.wildscolts.com, www.endofshock.com, www.mercola.com and www.madinamerica.com and follow the links.

Dr. Kohls is a family physician who, until his retirement in 2008, practiced holistic mental health care. His patients came to see him asking for help in getting off the psychotropic drugs that they knew were sickening and disabling them. He was successful in helping significant majorities of his patients get off their drugs using a thorough and therefore time-consuming program that was based on psychoeducational psychotherapy, brain nutrient therapy, a drastic change away from the malnourishing and often toxic Standard American Diet (SAD) plus a program of gradual, closely monitored drug withdrawal. Dr. Kohls warns against the abrupt discontinuation of any psychiatric drug because of the common, often serious withdrawal symptoms that can occur with the chronic use of any dependency-inducing psychoactive drug, whether illicit or legal. Close consultation with an aware, informed physician who is hopefully familiar with dealing with drug withdrawal syndromes (starting with the original prescribing physician), who will read and study the above books and become aware of the previously unknown dangers of these drugs and the nutritional needs of the drug-toxified and nutritionally-depleted brain.
Dr. Kohls is a member of MindFreedom International and the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology. He is the editor of the occasional Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter.


Vids on Fox News and ABC News about the futility and addiction of so called anti-depressants and pain killers.

http://wn.com/Dangers_Of_Antidepressants_Suppressed_Fox_News

More info about the ESEA prod

It is interesting, but it also tells that these scientists
were able to use water and salt and stabilitze some molecules
which have never been achieved before.

I read some of Emoto's theory about altering
the molecules of water, by using a vortex device.
Some have reported various sensations when trying doing
this clockwise, anti clockwise, and repeating the process altering
the direction.

The shady part here for me is the corporate style of marketing
this prod. Would it not be an irony if some of these men are fat
cats from Big Pharma? selling us snake oil, lol

watch this vid, very interesting:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smJKRKo5n6U&feature=related

Dr Jerry Tennant discusses
Body voltage, cells, pH balance and
tips concerning balancing body voltage,
hypthyroidism, adrenals,stomach acids, and more.

There were some contradictions, but overall
well worth watching!!

Part I vid:

http://www.globalpreneurs.com/playback.php?t=MzYzMjc1MjM2MjU2ODc5NjI4MzM0NA==

Part II vid:

http://www.globalpreneurs.com/playback.php?pl=YjRkMWQ2ZGQzODg5YzgzNWY1MGZlNWFjM2MyNTk4MDM2Mjg0MT&crmid=1&uid=6809

I am starting a new blog focusing on disease state and symptoms resulting from adverse reactions to medications/iatrogenic/toxicity/vaccines/environmental and other.

It will be accessible to co-authors, guest scientists worldwide,(anti-establishment) and contributing members only. We will co-ordinate and liaise information from various sources with the outcome to greater understanding how to /prevent/reverse/halt the Dis-Ease process regardless of its manifestation.

Meanwhile, this blog will continue to operate, on a smaller scale.

Regardless of the symptoms and manifestation of the ensuing illness/symptoms, the mechanism caused by oxidization of the endothelial cells will result in various disease state, no matter the affects.

Inflammation, will cause varied disease state in individuals. All systems are connected, regardless. The focus will be on mitochondria, methylation, oxidization, ROS (free radicals) metabolism, inflammation, and other cellular and biochemical processes and more.

Healing involves knowledge and intuition. There are forces and energies which are non formulaic.

Equally, there are healing compounds which works both in allopathic medicine (side effects will occur in most) and other healing practices which are not explained. Often, scientific formulas hinder healing process, burdened with academic conflicts and pharmaceutical interests at the forefront of allopathic medicine.

Will blog about empirical and theoretical, whilst discussing various healing approaches.

Science uses the hypothetico-deductive method. The hypothesis itself derived from non logical thinking, observable, intuitive thought pattern to which logic was applied using formulas. The scientific process has to be ampliative in order to evolve.

Watch this vid: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2502546838698762400#


Still wanna reach for your little candies?



MEDICAL JOURNALS PIMP FOR BIG PHARMA
By Jon Christian Ryter
June 19, 2010 NewsWithViews. com
http://www.newswithviews.com/Ryter/jon321.htm


PLoS Medicine a peer review journal for the Public Library of Science claimed in an article that the most respected medical journals have become much too dependent on revenue from the pharmaceutical industry from two sources. First, advertising revenue which, according to PLoS, is the least corrupting form of revenue since the pharmaceutical industry should have the right to reach their potential customers in the periodicals their customers-doctors- read. What is the bigger problem, and what corrupts the integrity of the advertising process in about 25 different medical journals according to PLoS in an article published by the Public Library of Science five years ago (but never read by the general public which does not generally subscribe to it) is the second source of "advertising" revenue. The PR firms hired by the pharmaceutical giants pay fees to the journals to print well-edited capsulated synopsis of the drug trials.


The PR firms know that when the drug trials are published in any medical journal, the drug and the test tacitly carry that journal's stamp of approval simply by appearing in it. According to PLoS, a favorable review in a periodical like the Journal of American Medicine and the British Medical Journal and Lancet which have global distribution is worth thousands of pages of advertising. The PR companies will sometimes pay upwards of a million dollars for reprints of the articles to send to drug distributors, pharmaceutical wholesalers and medical professionals. While the PR firms admit the recipients of the reprints seldom read them, what they rely on is the name of the prestigious journal printing the review of giving a new drug credibility in the marketplace it has not earned from evidence of their curative abilities. The more important the medical journal, the more credibility the drug receives in the eyes of the physicians who receive the reprints.

Many times the whole content of the written clinical tests are not all that favorable to the drug but that, of course, is not reflected in the capsulated, controlled synopsis that appears in the medical journals. In 1994, Dr. Paula Rochon, adjunct scientist for the Kunin-Lunefeld Applied Research Unit and several of her colleagues wrote a paper examining the impact of journals which were paid to publish controlled excerpts of clinical studies had on the medical community's acceptance of the drugs compared to actual medicinal value of the drugs examined. The study focused on one class of drugs only: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs designed to combat arthritis. They found 56 trials. Not one of the published reports on the clinical studies presented any facts that were detrimental to the drugs tested.


The group came back a decade later, in 2003, and did a follow-up study on the 56 trial drugs to see if the drugs were living up to their clinical claims. The article was published by Richard Smith, the CEO of UnitedHealth Europe. Smith was Editor-in-Chief of the British Medical Journal for 13 years and held that job when the aforementioned study on the new arthritis drug was done. In many cases the reality of the drugs did not match the printed rhetoric of the promises of the clinical study conducted a decade earlier.


The question raised by the Public Library of Science a decade later was: how do pharmaceutical companies get the results they want once the drug is approved and recommended by physicians to their clients. When we go to our HMO or PPO physicians and they prescribe medication, we assume-and have every right and expectation to assume-that the prescription our physician prescribes will relieve or cure whatever the prescription is taken for. According to Smith, the pharmaceutical companies and their PR firms get the results they want not by fudging the facts but by asking the right questions and providing the right answers. This comes from hiring the right PR top guns who know how to stay a step ahead of the peer review groups. They do this by isolating positive parts of the clinical studies and forcing the dialogue into those positive aspects while ignoring negative ones. Or they combine the results from different centers in multiple combinations to obfuscate negative results in some facet or facets of the clinical study.


These strategies, Smith noted, have been exposed in the cases of risperidone and odansetron. However, with the 56 clinical studies the PLoS were attempting to evaluate, there was an impossible amount of work to examine in order to ascertain how many of the trials were truly independent and not biased on behalf of the fees paid by the pharmaceutical company. Clearly, what the Big Pharma wants is their drugs approved and used, and the PR firms they hire are paid to get positive "reviews" from the medical journals and paid advertising and advertorial (paid editorial copy) in the form of capsulated clinical studies.


What it comes down to, if the world's most prestigious medical journals-which medical professionals read as the Bible of the industry-have sold their souls for money, it is no more factually believable than magazines like The Onion or Mad magazine, the satirical comic book most Americans of read as teenagers back in the 1950s and 1960s. Smith further noted that "...Journal editors are becoming increasingly aware of how they are being manipulated and are fighting back. But, I must confess it took me almost a quarter of a century editing for the BMJ to wake up to what was happening... [E]ditors ask for other related data [related to] the studies submitted to them...But editors do not know what other unpublished studies exist."


Editors generally do not know if they are doing an honest peer review on one product or on a gigantic clever marketing jigsaw. More than likely one or more editors have commented that the material they get, regardless if it's a precise document or a jigsaw puzzle will always be of high technical quality.


The question raised by Smith and investigators like Dr. Rochon is how do we prevent the most prestigious medical journals in the world from selling their editorial souls for money? How do we prevent them from becoming no more credible than Mad Magazine or The Onion? How do we prevent them from becoming an extension of the marketing arm of the pharmaceutical industry? Smith thinks the editors can demand the right to review the protocols, and insist that all trials be registered; and most of all, demand that all clinical studies are completely transparent.


That won't happen because the journal publishers and shareholders know those clinical studies are worth millions of dollars in revenue, and bring additional millions in print advertising dollars from the pharmaceutical industry to reward them for publishing the clinical studies. Meaning, of course, that the medical journals are not going to risk that revenue. So, if you're a doctor who generally reads the New England Journal of Medicine, the Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA or BMJ or Lancet in England, Canada or Australia for the latest life saving drugs, you might as well read something that will give you a chuckle.


Mad magazine was my magazine of choice as a kid. Give it a try. You have to say one thing about Mad. If you're older than 8 or 10 years of age, you'll always know when Mad's story line is an out-and-out lie or is colouring the truth. According to Smith and the editors of several other medical journals, you can't tell that from clinical studies published in the medical journals until you read the histories of the drugs about a decade later. By then, for some, it's too late. I guess that's why class action lawsuits are still in vogue.

Pyschotropics DO NOT WORK

Sorry about the rant here, but I have seen what those drugs have done to my dearest and closest .... :-@! I have the full report in PDF format for those who want it, just send me a PM.

Psychiatric drugs & suicide in Sweden 2007
A report based on data from the
National Board of Health and Welfare
By Janne Larsson

The purpose of this investigation has been to find data about the preceding psychopharmacological treatment for all persons who committed suicide in Sweden 2007.

The conclusion is that a large percentage of the persons who committed suicide in Sweden in 2007 had received extensive treatment with psychiatric drugs within a year of and close to the suicide.

This is a report about suicides committed in Sweden (with around 9 million citizens) in 2007 and the psychiatric drug treatment that preceded these suicides.

The report has three main parts:

• It gives unique data about all suicides committed in 2007 and the psychiatric
drugs that the persons received within a year of the suicide.

• It compares these data with autopsy reports about psychiatric drugs found in
the blood (of 98%) of all the persons who committed suicide in 2007.

• It gives extensive information about the psychiatric drug treatment given
within a year to the subgroup of persons who committed suicide in 2007 and
then were reported to the National Board of Health and Welfare by reason of
law 3 - one third of all suicides committed that year.

The data presented on these pages should have been published by the responsible national authorities.

A large percentage of the persons who committed suicide in Sweden in 2007 had received extensive treatment with psychiatric drugs within a year of their suicide.

The idea that persons who are depressed are suffering from “chemical imbalances” and are deficient in the substance serotonin has been marketed by the pharmaceutical companies selling antidepressants (in the class SSRI, such as Prozac, Paxil/Seroxat, Zoloft) for more than a decade.

The intensive marketing has led persons to believe that their low mood is a deficiency disease – and that it is vital to supply the substance that corrects this deficiency – the antidepressant drug.

But there is no scientific evidence that a low mood is caused by a ”chemical imbalance” in the brain 10 11. The hypothesis has been rejected with the following words by one of the most well known names in the field: “The serotonin theory of depression is comparable to the masturbatory theory of insanity.” 12 (The old theory that masturbation caused insanity.)

The Swedish medical agencies and their psychiatric consultants have used old data from forensic toxicological screenings to mislead the public and to heavily increase the use of antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs.

The most important information in this area is the patients’ medical history, the treatment history. Antidepressants, neuroleptics and other psychiatric drugs may cause harmful changes in the brain and these brain dysfunctions do not vanish when the drugs are discontinued – in many cases they cause chronic dysfunction to the brain, exemplified by the known neurological harm caused by neuroleptics. Many patients also get serious withdrawal reactions; reactions that can be so severe that they can lead to suicide.

Better sources of information are the unpublished clinical trials of psychiatric drugs done by pharmaceutical companies, and the important studies done by independent researchers.

A number of these studies show that antidepressants and neuroleptics increase the risk of suicidal behaviour and directly cause effects that lead to suicide.

Considering the results presented in this report, it is no longer possible to say that ”more” of the same sort is the solution to the problem. It’s not “more psychiatry” – more psychiatric drugs – that is the solution. Politicians, trying to surpass each other in demanding more funds for a psychiatric industry that only means more “treatment” with psychiatric drugs, should know that they directly contribute to harming people and to the creation of more “results” of the sort presented in this report.

Subservient nodding and voting when psychiatric opinion leaders require changes in law, so that people can be drugged with force in their homes, and so that “drug treatment without exceptions” can be given for people with mental problems, only lead to an increase in the psychiatric results described earlier. This report clearly shows one thing: A large majority of persons committed suicide after having had “adequate drug treatment” – in the meaning used in psychiatry; the very treatment that should prevent suicide. There is no reason to believe that the reporting system for adverse drug events work better in other countries. The catastrophic state of these “surveillance systems” makes it possible to keep destructive drugs on the market year after year.


All it takesis for pharmaceutical companies to show that many persons have been exposed to these drugs, and that almost no adverse event reports have been submitted; the drugs must be “safe and effective”.

This example from Sweden shows that in 338 cases persons committed suicide after having been prescribed psychiatric drugs – and none of these cases were reported to the registry for adverse drug events. Instead of Eli Lilly claiming that the drug Zyprexa was involved in 0 cases of suicide in Sweden 2007, the fact was that the drug was involved in 52 cases in this subgroup of 338 persons. Instead of Wyeth claiming the same for Effexor, the fact was that the drug was involved in 41 cases in
this group.

The reporting system must be completely reformed right away. It must be made mandatory for health care professionals to directly report all suspected serious adverse drug effects, and persons not reporting must be disciplined. Patients must be fully informed about the actual harmful effects of the drugs and given the right to report these effects to the adverse events registry, with the promise of effective follow-up.

The reformed system must not give room for the now ruling psychiatric concealment ideology, where obvious harmful effects of psychiatric drugs are treated as “symptoms” requiring more drugs. Instead all these effects must be reported as suspected harmful effects from the drugs.

And, most importantly, the data presented in this report must lead to basic changes in the ways in which persons with mental problems are being cared for.

http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/news.php?start=3660&end=3680&view=yes&id=4926#newspost

Censored and not revealed in the press, many who are seriously ill with brain tumors, cancers, heart disease, and more, are being forced to go to work.

New welfare rules and regulations in the UK means that it is almost impossible to get disability unless paralyzed from head to toe!!!!

It is equivalent to a MASS CULLING, and this is not being reported in the Press!!

Instead the$150 billion assigned to US company Atos for a period of 7 years (banned from practicing in California for fraud) unfairly dismissing those who are chronically ill. Forcing them to choose between work or face the prospects of loosing your benefits.

Staff members are under pressure to put someone to work, because their salary is linked to how many people they sign fit for work. Atos doctors are given bonuses for signing "fit to work" and yes, you can guess what is going.

We are being vilified by politicians (and the press) as scroungers, cheats, and lazy!! I know of several instances of some on chemo being told they are fit to work by their encologists, despite being very poorly.

I know of one who collapsed at work suffering from a brain tumor, two women who collapsed and died and a man who was left alone in a wheelchair being refused social care. He died of dehydration and organ failure, unable to feed himself for several days.

UK members, those of you are reliant on disability, sign the petition:

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/sack-atos-healthcare/sign.html

Doctors are being trained to say how well you look even when you look as if you are near death's door, unable to stand up. They are being trained to look at legal loopholes concerning tests and investigations. As we know, tests and investigations are ONLY SUPPORTIVE of a diagnosis which is based on symptoms and medical history.

There are several internet activists groups exposing this MASS SLAUGHTER & GENOCIDE.

It is not about saving money here, since, they are using this money to create dummy jobs within the DWP itself, but not to help the sick and vulnerable, instead, to PERSECUTE.

UK members who are interested in finding out more, send me a PM. Protect yourselves by keeping informed.

This is inhumane. Many are asking for a little to go to sleep, rather than facing worsening of health through destitution and dying of a slow death ....

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This post,and others to follow, will complement research on CYPs, TPRV receptors and Vanilloid Receptors as well as "Altering Brain Chemistry" & "Electromagnetic" threads. It is all linked, all of it, what we eat, what we drink, what we inhale, ingest, meds, environmental, exposure to radio frequencies (RF), etc. All affect cell permeability.

On going research shows some success with calcium, manganese with SOD, Pantethine taurine. Manganese & SOD help with tendinitis too.

Before taking taking anything, check it out yourselves. It is not that simple.

For instance, ethnicity and diet is important here. Apparently, those who are of Mexican descent, seem to have higher content of SOD/Manganese (lucky guys). It binds to minerals. Vit K is supposed to help with tendinitis too, read that it stops calcifications, specially in soft tissues, microvessels. Look this up.

It's all connected. Because I excited the TRPVs with RAW tumeric, I have painful tendinitis, and some recurrence of neurological symptoms. Hence, the impetus and motivation for research.

Professor Yiannis Samaras and Dr Effimia Eriotou found Thyme Essential Oil, (as in herb thyme) and Cinnamon Essential Oil are effective against MRSA!! It was suggested that these could be used as food preservatives instead of toxic chems. Known for thousands of years, validated in 2010!! http://tinyurl.com/ydopvre

Yummy.


See also the post on Black Seed Oil, which is under Glutathione Label

Now for cheerier news, hard to find, but here goes:

For those who are skeptical as to why many develop cascade of symptoms and mulitiple disease processes post adverse drug/vaccine reaction, it is simple and complex.

Considering that many will develop mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammatory process, organ damage, autoimmune illnesses, and other, caused by injury to endolethial cells, leading to oxidization, high level of free radicals, and metabolic syndromes for which there are no labels, no diagnostic tests, over a period of years, we are often labelled as suffering from CFS.

Previous referenced posts have shown that antibiotics can activate dormant infectious pathogens, caused L-Carnitine dysfunction, mitochondrial dysfunction etc..

The XMRV virus has been linked to vaccine and is also transmissible through body fluids, and patients suffering horrific symptoms over many years, are also given the label of CFS/ME. XMRV is a retrovirus, similar to the HIV virus and prostate cancer.

I am not making a direct link between XMRV and ADRs - neverthelss, it deserves a mention
and could be applicable to some.

Considering that little is known about pathogenis of the virus, except that it plays a role in dysfunction of the immune system, undetectable at this time due to the limitations of immunology!!

The good news is that Canada, is the first country to have put a ban on ME/CFS sufferers donating blood.

Is it not curious that the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the UK refuses to release documents dating from 1988 to present in regards to ME/CFS? These documents are unobtainable even through the Freedom of Information Act 2000. These documents are under lock and key until 2071.

Meanwhile Canada is the first country to ban ME/CFS sufferers from donating blood.

Study below about compounds in Triphala, at the end of the
Foreword.

When I started taking Ayurvedic compounds, a year ago, I had little faith , no understanding of how it worked, and was not interested in diet, and meditation even though, I had done meditation
a few years earlier, found it beneficial - SIGNIFICANTLY so!! to the point of being able to control my heart rhythm.

I still have no understanding of Ayurvedic Medicine. But, I can report that the healing experience brought on by prescribed compounds, is supported by blood tests and investigations (but then again those tests are very limited). This is not placebo, or coincidence. I have been ill from multiple ADRs for over ten years, mostly homebound/bedridden, and a stint in a wheelchair.

The healing process resulted in a total change in consciousness, brought on by experiencing the therapeutic effects of those compounds, whilst seeking to understand how Ayurvedic Medicine works, by reading about it in depth, and trying desperately to alter my diet accordingly.

The shift in consciousness, brought me closer to understanding what HEALING means, on cellular level, and that it takes TIME, and motivation to assist in your own HEALING. AVOIDING at all costs, DNA damage from meds, MRIs, Xrays, scans, RF from EMF etc.... I am at last physically feeling the effect of cells rebuilding.

Lastly, the Ayurvedic way, reinforced my convictions concerning allopathic medicine. IT DOES NOT WORK, is solely profit based, little science and no substance.

Even if I had not "discovered" Ayurveda, I had read enough "research" about allopathic medicine from medical and science journals, to feel utter contempt at the arrogance and skewed research and so much conjecture based on a mechanical way, materialistic of how physiology & biochemistry works.

It takes literally decades for the medical establishment to alter wrong assumptions, and moreover, oppose any other view points to protect their own interests and industry, rather than the patients.

A good example of this - Dr Hulda Clark and before her,other scientists, at the beginning of the last Century, showed, that many cancers originated from bacteria and viruses. They were cast aside, ridiculed whilst the establishment went on a witch hunt of such scientists, destroying their careers in the process, leaving them with no credibility.

Similar is happening with scientists showing evidence of how toxicity affects mitochondria, methylation, free radicals increase etc... for over 30 years!!! So many illnesses could have been erased, and so many patients could have benefited. Instead, more illness, more disability, unnecessary more deaths, and more money for Big Pharma.

There is no doubt that in life and death situation, some type of surgery may be life saving, but even then, there will be consequences, even, if not immediate, somewhere along the line, from meds, anesthetics, etc...

Although it is not necessary to meditate, it will assist in healing, there is little doubt of that. It oxygenates cells, brings down BP, promotes release of good hormones, whilst reducing toxic hormones and its effects, reduces CNS, realigns alpha, beta and other brain waves etc... I started again, today, and will try to keep this up.

Below is a study, amongst many concerning compounds from two fruits used in Triphala, which I have been taking daily for a year, except for a few weeks breaks. It even cleared the toxins from my eyes, I no longer need to wear reading glasses!! All my posts have been consistent concerning Triphala and my experience with Ayurvedic Medicine, I wish I started years ago, when first floxed!!

No matter how much analysis or research is done in the West about compounds in fruits and vegetables, there are limitations as to healing compounds. Far too much importance and credits are atributed to those tests, when Triphala has stood the test of time, for over 4000 years.....

Comparative study of the antioxidant and reactive oxygen species scavenging properties in the extracts of the fruits of Terminalia chebula, Terminalia belerica and Emblica officinalis

Bibhabasu Hazra email, Rhitajit Sarkar email, Santanu Biswas email and Nripendranath Mandal email

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2010, 10:20doi:10.1186/1472-6882-10-20
Published: 13 May 2010
Abstract (provisional)

Background

Cellular damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been implicated in several diseases, and hence natural antioxidants have significant importance in human health. The present study was carried out to evaluate the in vitro antioxidant and reactive oxygen species scavenging activities of Terminalia chebula, Terminalia belerica and Emblica officinalis fruit extracts.
Methods

The 70% methanol extracts were studied for in vitro total antioxidant activity along with phenolic and flavonoid contents and reducing power. Scavenging ability of the extracts for radicals like DPPH, hydroxyl, superoxide, nitric oxide, hydrogen peroxide, peroxynitrite, singlet oxygen, hypochlorous acid were also performed to determine the potential of the extracts.
Results

The ability of the extracts of the fruits in exhibiting their antioxative properties follow the order T. chebula > E. officinalis > T. belerica. The same order is followed in their flavonoid content, whereas in case of phenolic content it becomes E. officinalis > T. belerica > T. chebula. In the studies of free radicals' scavenging, where the activities of the fruit extracts were inversely proportional to their IC50 values, T. chebula and E. officinalis were found to be taking leading role with the orders of T. chebula > E. officinalis > T. belerica for superoxide and nitric oxide, and E. officinalis > T. belerica > T. chebula for DPPH and peroxynitrite radicals.

Miscellaneous results were observed in the scavenging of other radicals by the fruit extracts, viz., T. chebula > T. belerica > E. officinalis for hydroxyl, T. belerica > T. chebula > E. officinalis for singlet oxygen and T. belerica > E. officinalis > T. chebula for hypochlorous acid. In a whole, the studied fruit extracts showed quite good efficacy in their antioxidant and radical scavenging abilities, compared to the standards.


Conclusions

The evidences as can be concluded from the study of the 70% methanol extract of the fruits of Terminalia chebula, Terminalia belerica and Emblica officinalis, imposes the fact that they might be useful as potent sources of natural antioxidant.

Good Detox recipe using various oils and a smoothie.

Watch out for spinach, some amines can exacerbate CNS, as well as tomatoes, chicken skin and other foods already mentioned here on this thread.

Coconut derivatives has salycylates compounds. Apparently, I read, it can interfere with oxygen transport if " they exceed a threshold concentration. They also occur in honey and prawns etc so certain combinations can lead to higher doses."

Aghhhh - such hard work to remain well, and prevent more symptoms!

Permission requested to copy and pasted:

Phospholipid exchange
From DoctorMyhill

* 1 The Recipe from Beverley Gibson
* 2 Using Other Oils

Phospholipid exchange is a technique for supplying the correct proportion of fats and oils in a bioavailable form to replenish cell membranes and membranes within cells.

This technique has been pioneered by Dr Patricia Kane, who has seen remarkable clinical results. She uses intravenous therapy, but good results are also possible with oral therapy. Together with sufferers I am experimenting with techniques to get the best results. The underlying principles are:

1. The basic membrane structure is made up of phosphatidylcholine . The best source of this is lecithin (available as egg, soya or sunflower lecithin). The trouble with lecithin is that it gets digested in the gut instead of being absorbed as phophatidylcholine. We are experimenting with juicing mixes to see if this will reduce the lecithin to tiny micelles, which will allow it to be absorbed as whole molecules.
2. Membranes then need the right proportion of omega 6 to 3 oils, i.e. 4:1. Hemp oil is very close to this ratio at 3.8:1. (Hemp oil is not the same as linseed oil!) So, add in a small amount of sunflower oil, say 5%. This is the equivalent of Patricia Kane's Body Bio-oil as in the recipe below.
3. Small amount of Eskimo oil (not necessaery if you already take VegEPA)
4. The perfect fuel for brain cells is coconut oil, which is rich in medium chain triglycerides.
5. Furthermore providing an abundance of clean oils helps to displace the toxic oils which have accumulated in the brain as a result of polluting heavy metals, pesticides, volatile organic compounds etc. That is to say these fats will also help detoxification.

The Recipe from Beverley Gibson

Here is the juice that I make 3 times daily - it takes around 5 mins. I use a Juice master available from http://www.juicemas ter.com/product. php?id=3

Juice the following:- (I buy organic and get it delivered to my door from Sainsburys)

* 1/2 lime
* 1/4 medium cucumber
* 1 stick of celery
* Handful of spinach
* 1/2 inch of broccoli stem and/or a few broccoli florets.

* Place all above into a blender and add:-

* 1/4 avocado
* Coconut oil 1 dessert spoon (10ml) (Coconut Oil must have been kept in the fridge in order to blend well)
* Lecithin 1 dessert spoon (10ml)
* Hemp oil 1 dessert spoon (10ml)
* Sunflower oil 1/4 teaspoon (1ml)
* 2-4 Ice cubes

Blend everything until smooth, pour and enjoy.
Using Other Oils

The proportion of omega 6 to 3 in other oils are as follows:

1. Peanut oil - very high!
2. Safflower oil - 152
3. Sunflower oil - 68
4. Corn oil - 54
5. Olive oil - 10
6. Palm oil - 10
7. Soybean oil - 7.7
8. Hemp oil 3.8
9. Canola oil - 2
10. Rapeseed oil - 2
11. Linseed oil - 0.3

You should aim for 4:1 ratio, so if you cannot access hemp oil or there is an allergy problem, make up another mix. So, for example 80% olive oil with 20% linseed oil would also give a 4:1 ratio.

Professor Yiannis Samaras and Dr Effimia Eriotou found Thyme Essential Oil, (as in herb thyme) and Cinnamon Essential Oil are effective against MRSA!! It was suggested that these could be used as food preservatives instead of toxic chems. Known for thousands of years, validated in 2010!! http://tinyurl.com/ydopvre

Yummy.

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Those who tell the unpalatable truths are often ridiculed, or thought of as eccentrics or conspiratory theorists.

For the most part, factual, a good watch.