tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361282602024-03-12T22:32:57.378-07:00Paternal Age Effect: How Old is Too Old?Growing evidence shows that the health of offspring of older fathers is at risk. Paternal age of 35 is advanced.Paternal age is the major source of de novo genetic disorders. The rise in offspring with "autism" is expected as paternal age rises. Alzheimer's, schizophrenia,autoimmune disorders are increasing.concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.comBlogger634125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-70368326809654638702016-06-25T07:14:00.001-07:002016-06-25T07:14:39.850-07:00Fermented Vegetables Demo<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/05lVOmj1Pqg" width="480"></iframe>concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-73843891499968050162016-06-25T07:12:00.002-07:002016-06-25T07:12:53.465-07:00Skin Microbiome and Showering<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1">Many people are now aware of the importance of your gut microbiome. Some even take proactive steps to protect it, like minimizing the use of antibiotics and eating <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/fermented-foods.aspx"><span class="s26">fermented foods</span></a> to support a healthy balance.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Less widely known is that such microorganisms don’t only populate your gut; they’re found throughout your body, including on your skin. Just as your gut depends on a balanced microbial state to function optimally, the balance of bacteria and other microbes on your skin also matters.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">What’s more, the average American showers close to once each day,</span><span class="s27">1</span><span class="s1"> a hygiene habit that may be doing your body more harm than good.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>A No-Shower Experiment</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">If you spend 20 minutes a day washing, that equates to about two years of your life spent in the shower or bath along with a hefty amount of money spent on the “necessary” accouterments like shampoo, conditioner, soap and moisturizer.</span><span class="s27">2</span></div>
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<span class="s1">What if you were to cut this back to showering once every other day, once every three days or, simply, hardly at all? Dr. James Hamblin, a senior editor at The Atlantic, tried the latter and wrote about his experience, explaining:</span><span class="s27">3</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>“ … I started using less soap, and less shampoo, and less deodorant, and showering less. I went from every day to every other day to every three. </i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>And now I’ve pretty much stopped altogether. I still wash my hands, all the time, which remains an extremely important way to prevent communicable diseases.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>I still rinse off elsewhere when I’m visibly dirty, like after a run when I have to wash gnats off my face, because there is still the matter of society. If I have bed head, I lean into the shower and wet it down. But I don’t use shampoo or body soap, and I almost never get into a shower.”</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">At first, you may have some odor and greasy skin or hair. However, this may be the direct result of your prior aggressive showering routine. Body odor is the result of bacteria feeding on oily secretions from your sweat and sebaceous glands.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Washing with detergent soaps wipes out the bacteria temporarily, but it quickly reestablishes itself, typically with an imbalance that favors odor-producing microbes.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">When you give your body a break from the soap and shampoo, however, the ecosystem has a chance to right itself and, in so doing, offensive body odor largely disappears.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">“ … [Y]our ecosystem reaches a steady state, and you stop smelling bad,” Hamblin explained. "I mean, you don’t smell like rosewater … but you don’t smell like B.O., either. You just smell like a person.”</span><span class="s27">4</span></div>
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<span class="s1">It wasn’t until the early 20th century, not coincidentally when advertising became prolific, that Americans began to be very concerned about personal hygiene. The advertising industry created a “need” for newfangled products like “toilet soap” and “mouthwash” where one had never before existed.</span><span class="s27">5</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Today most people engage in the habit of washing their hair and skin with soap and shampoo, which removes natural oils, and then adding those oils back via the use of synthetic moisturizer and conditioner.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The irony is that most of the lotions are far inferior to natural sebum and many, if not most, are loaded with toxic ingredients that ultimately will worsen your health.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The fact that daily washing can strip your skin of beneficial oil, leading to dryness and cracks (especially if the water is hot and harsh soaps are used), is a clue that your skin may be better off with a far less aggressive hygiene routine.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Though it may seem shocking to consider showering less, keep in mind that daily showering is a relatively new phenomenon.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Are There Risks to Excessive Showering?</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">There are risks on multiple levels, starting with the disruption of your skin’s microbial balance. The long-term repercussions of this are still being explored, but by removing beneficial bacteria from your skin, it could make skin conditions like eczema worse.</span><span class="s27">6</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Many members of the “no-poo” movement (a group of people who abstain from shampooing their hair) claim not shampooing leaves their hair healthier, shinier and less frizzy.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">There’s also the issue of <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/04/20/soap-shampoo-toxic-chemicals.aspx"><span class="s26">chemical-laden body washes and shampoos</span></a>. When you cut back on showers, you negate the need for these products and their often-toxic ingredients. There are issues on an environmental level as well, especially in regard to water usage.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">One seven-minute shower uses more water than a bath, and it’s expected that water usage for showers will grow five-fold by 2021.</span><span class="s27">7</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Not to mention, if you’re on city water and you <i>don’t </i>have a filter on your shower, showering is a major source of exposure to <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/08/21/tap-water-carcinogens.aspx"><span class="s26">carcinogenic chlorination byproducts</span></a> such as trihalomethanes (THMs). THMs are associated with bladder cancer, gestational and developmental problems.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Just the simple act of showering in treated water, in which you have absorption through both your skin and lungs, may pose a significant health risk to you — and to your unborn child, if you are pregnant.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Numerous studies have shown that showering and bathing are important routes of exposure and may actually represent <i>more </i>of your total exposure than the water you drink. So in this respect, cutting back on your shower time would be important to help limit your exposure.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The biggest issue, however, is that most people do not need to scrub their bodies from head to toe each morning or evening. It’s unnecessary and disruptive to the delicate and beneficial microbial communities living on your skin.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Try This for a Happy Medium</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">You may not be ready to give up showering but want to cut back from daily washing. One way to do this is to only wash the areas that really need washing.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">In most cases, this would be your underarms, groin area and, possibly, your feet. As noted by Dr. Casey Carlos, assistant professor of medicine in the Department of Dermatology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine:</span><span class="s27">8</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>“It’s the hardest thing to get people to use soap only where they need it … People don’t realize that the skin does a pretty good job of cleaning itself.”</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">About the only time I use soap on any body part other than my armpits or groin is when I am doing work in my garden and wind up covered with woodchip dust. Most of that dust I simply spray off with a hose. Typically, simply washing your armpits with soap and water is enough to stay smelling clean.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">It’s been well over 40 years since I quit using antiperspirant or deodorant — even natural ones.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I find that regularly washing my armpits with soap and making sure my diet is clean with minimal sugar and plenty of <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/01/fermented-vegetables.aspx"><span class="s26">fermented vegetables</span></a> are all that is needed to keep my armpit odor from being offensive. If you still need further help, try a pinch of baking soda mixed into water as an effective all-day deodorant.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Tips for Giving up Your Shampoo</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">As for your hair, start by increasing the length between your shampoos. This will help you retain the natural oils in your hair and cut back on your exposure to detergents and other chemicals.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Better still, when you <i>do </i>shampoo your hair, look for a natural shampoo that’s more than just soap-based. The pH of soap-based cleansers is very basic, about 8 to 9, which can cause damage to your hair by lifting cuticles and causing reactions, which affect the disulfide bonds in your hair.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Ingredients like sodium silicate and borax are added to help overcome the scum formation and dulling effect on your hair. Look for a natural shampoo <i>without </i>harmful chemicals that also has botanical extracts added, like chamomile for shine and added strength (to help prevent split ends and breakages).</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Other beneficial ingredients include triticum vulgare (wheat) protein, which is an oil that helps your hair retain its moisture, and red clover, which may promote healthier-looking hair. Some people also try “shampooing” their hair with conditioner. This helps avoid stripping your hair of its natural oils, however you’ll want to be sure the conditioner you choose is non-toxic. Another option is to use <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/04/18/coconut-oil-improve-hair-health.aspx"><span class="s26">coconut oil</span></a> on your hair.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Will Bacterial Sprays Be the Showers of the Future?</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Live bacteria sprays are now on the market, with their creators claiming you can spritz it on to naturally enhance and protect your skin’s microbiome while cleansing it of sweat and excess oil. One such spray contains ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) that its co-creator, who hasn’t showered in more than a decade, uses personally.</span><span class="s27">9</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Probiotic (beneficial bacteria) soaps, lotions and other personal care products are also available at many health food stores. There hasn’t been much research on whether such products yield lasting results (or whether the bacteria is simply washed away with your next shower), but it’s an intriguing area of study.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">It’s already known that probiotics can influence the <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/11/probiotics-send-signals-from-your-gut-to-your-skin.aspx"><span class="s26">health of your skin</span></a> from the inside out, so it’s not a stretch that a topical treatment may also be useful, especially since so many people wipe out their microbial communities with daily sudsing. However, it may be equally if not more beneficial to let your skin’s microbes re-populate the “old-fashioned” way — by putting away your body wash and other cleansers so your skin has a chance to balance itself naturally.</span></div>
concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-24058986113055036382014-12-21T15:57:00.001-08:002014-12-21T15:57:46.844-08:00Brief Report: Phenotypic Differences and their Relationship to Paternal Age and Gender in Autism Spectrum Disorder.<div class="p1">
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Two modes of inheritance have been proposed in autism spectrum disorder, transmission though pre-existing variants and de novo mutations. Different modes may lead to different symptom expressions in affected individuals. De novo mutations become more likely with advancing paternal age suggesting that paternal age may predict phenotypic differences. To test this possibility we measured IQ, adaptive behavior, and autistic symptoms in 830 probands from simplex families. We conducted multiple linear regression analysis to estimate the predictive value of paternal age, maternal age, and gender on behavioral measures and IQ. We found a differential effect of parental age and sex on repetitive and restricted behaviors. Findings suggest effects of paternal age on phenotypic differences in simplex families with ASD.</div>
concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-53893082158646239672014-11-07T18:46:00.001-08:002014-11-07T18:46:17.639-08:00[Mutagenic effect of advanced paternal age in neurocardiofaciocutaneous syndrome].<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">s Lek Cesk.</span> 2014 Fall;153(5):242-5.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25370770">[Mutagenic effect of advanced paternal age in neurocardiofaciocutaneous syndrome].</a></b></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Seemanov%C3%A1%20E%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=25370770">Seemanová E</a></span><span class="s3">, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Zenker%20M%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=25370770"><span class="s2">Zenker M</span></a>.</span></div>
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Background. Increased frequency of chromosomal aberration in children of mothers aged 35 years and older is very well known and since 1973 it is an indication to investigate the foetal karyotype in cells obtained by invasive method (amniocentesis), because the genetic risk of severe affection is higher than the risk of necessary invasive method. Mutagenic effect of advanced paternal age is known only among geneticists (1-4). The reason is not only low absolute risk of new mutation but particularly a high number of involved genes and last not least the limited spectrum of autosomal dominant disorders without abiotrofic character. Therefore the preventive methods for elimination of this risk are very limited. Only a few of them could be recognized prenatally by noninvasive methods of prenatal diagnostics.Methods. Genealogical, anamnestic and clinical data of 83 patients were studied with clinical suspection on neurocardiofaciocutaneous syndrome (NCFCs) (5-7). The diagnosis has not been confirmed in 29 patients, no mutation was detected in 8 investigated genes (PTPN11, SOS1, HRAS, BRAF, RAF1, MEK1, KRAS, NRAS). In 54 patients with autosomal dominant inherited Noonan syndrome, Costello syndrome and cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome the diagnosis was confirmed on DNA level and the biological fitness was estimated for each disorder. Paternal age at conception was compared in the group of patients with familial and sporadic occurrence of Noonan and NCFC syndromes. The clinical prognosis of this disorder is represented by biological fitness of patients. Coefficient of selection is 0,6 in Noonan and LEOPARD syndromes (29 from 48). All 6 patients with Costello and cardiofaciocutaneous syndromes developed due to a new mutation.Conclusion. Paternal age at birth was studied in 83 children patients with autosomal dominant Neurocardiofaciocutaneous syndrome (Noonan, LEOPARD, Costello, CFC) with a high population incidence and decreased biological fitness. Due to severe congenital heart defects, failure to thrive in infancy, increased risk for malignancy and further health problems the clinical prognosis of patients in the past was not good. Therefore high mutation rate is expected until now. Identification of genes responsible for manifestation of this disorder, enables to confirm the diagnosis and to recognize inherited and de novo mutations. Genealogy and DNA analysis of PTPN11, SOS1, HRAS, BRAF, RAF1, MEK1, KRAS and NRAS were obtained in cohort of 54 patients with NCFC syndromes and their parents. There were 48 patients with Noonan and LEOPARD syndromes, in 29 cases due to mutation de novo, 19 patients inherited the mutation from one of parents. All 6 patients with Costello syndrome and CFC syndrome were affected due to new mutation. DNA analysis revealed 32 mutations in PTPN11 gene, mutation in SOS1 gene was found in 10 patients, RAF1 mutation was present in 3 patients; mutation in MEK1, KRAS and NRAS genes was present in one patient each. In Costello syndrome and CFC syndrome mutations in HRAS (4 patients) and BRAF (2 patients) genes were detected. Genealogic data allow analysing parental age in the group of patients with new mutation and inherited mutation. Paternal age at conception of patients with Noonan syndrome due to new mutation was significantly increased in comparison to the group of fathers of Noonan patients with inherited mutation - 38,4 years and 29,6 years, resp., range 28 to 55 years and 25 to 35 years, resp. Maternal age was slightly increased too, -30,9 and 27,7, resp. and range 24 to 42 years and 21 to 36 years, resp. but not significantly. The results support the mutagenic effect of paternal age, espec. autosomal dominant mutations.</div>
concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-29892363045227862582014-08-05T22:45:00.003-07:002014-08-05T22:45:48.959-07:00Molecular Psychiatry , (5 August 2014) | doi:10.1038/mp.2014.84<div class="p1">
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<a href="http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/mp201484a.html"><i>Molecular Psychiatry</i> , (5 August 2014) | doi:10.1038/mp.2014.84</a></div>
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Age-related sperm DNA methylation changes are transmitted to offspring and associated with abnormal behavior and dysregulated gene expression</div>
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M H Milekic, Y Xin, A O’Donnell, K K Kumar, M Bradley-Moore, D Malaspina, H Moore, D Brunner, Y Ge, J Edwards, S Paul, F G Haghighi and J A Gingrich</div>
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<b>Advanced paternal age (APA) has been shown to be a significant risk factor in the offspring for neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders. During aging, de novo mutations accumulate in the male germline and are frequently transmitted to the offspring with deleterious effects. In addition, DNA methylation during spermatogenesis is an active process, which is susceptible to errors that can be propagated to subsequent generations. Here we test the hypothesis that the integrity of germline DNA methylation is compromised during the aging process. A genome-wide DNA methylation screen comparing sperm from young and old mice revealed a significant loss of methylation in the older mice in regions associated with transcriptional regulation. The offspring of older fathers had reduced exploratory and startle behaviors and exhibited similar brain DNA methylation abnormalities as observed in the paternal sperm. Offspring from old fathers also had transcriptional dysregulation of developmental genes implicated in autism and schizophrenia. Our findings demonstrate that DNA methylation abnormalities arising in the sperm of old fathers are a plausible mechanism to explain some of the risks that APA poses to resulting offspring.</b></div>
concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-5635478561660411142014-07-22T22:10:00.001-07:002014-07-22T22:10:33.401-07:00[Genetic, environmental, and epigenetic contribution to the susceptibility to autism spectrum disorders].<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">Rev Neurol.</span> 2013 Dec 16;57(12):556-68.</div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=D%C3%ADaz-Anzald%C3%BAa%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=24288105">Díaz-Anzaldúa A</a></span><span class="s3">1</span><span class="s4">, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=D%C3%ADaz-Mart%C3%ADnez%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=24288105"><span class="s2">Díaz-Martínez A</span></a>.</span></div>
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are common and complex neuropsychiatric disorders in which multiple factors may contribute to the phenotype.</div>
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To review current knowledge about possible risk factors for ASD.</div>
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Medline, OMIM and Ensembl databases were searched for possible risk factors, disease and gene information.</div>
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There is genetic heterogeneity and probably different modes of transmission in ASD. In addition, many cases are related with non-inherited de novo mutations or uncommon alleles with a large effect. The general heritability in these disorders may be lower than previously reported. Some fraction of it may be explained by relatively common alleles that tend to have a small effect. To some extent, susceptibility alleles may have a different influence on the phenotype depending on other genetic or non-genetic factors. Non-genetic factors in the perinatal and postnatal period, including epigenetics, the age of the father and possibly the age of grandparents at conception may be relevant for ASD. The mechanisms involved in the etiology of ASD may be related with synaptic development and connectivity, neurotransmission, signaling, neuroplasticity, and gene expression. Different methods have contributed to understand the etiology of ASD. Linkage and association studies are not appropriate for ASD cases with de novo mutations with a strong effect. The observed increase in ASD prevalence may be related not only with more awareness, changing diagnostic criteria, and environmental exposures, but also with epigenetic changes, and an increasing number of de novo mutations.</div>
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PMID: 24288105 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]</div>
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concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-87023422006687013122014-06-14T07:04:00.001-07:002014-06-14T07:04:22.353-07:00Strong male bias drives germline mutation in chimpanzees.<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">Science.</span> 2014 Jun 13;344(6189):1272-1275. Epub 2014 Jun 12.</div>
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<b>Strong male bias drives germline mutation in chimpanzees.</b></div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Venn%20O%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=24926018">Venn O</a></span><span class="s3">1</span><span class="s4">, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Turner%20I%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=24926018"><span class="s2">Turner I</span></a></span><span class="s3">1</span><span class="s4">, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Mathieson%20I%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=24926018"><span class="s2">Mathieson I</span></a></span><span class="s3">1</span><span class="s4">, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=de%20Groot%20N%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=24926018"><span class="s2">de Groot N</span></a></span><span class="s3">2</span><span class="s4">, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Bontrop%20R%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=24926018"><span class="s2">Bontrop R</span></a></span><span class="s3">2</span><span class="s4">, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=McVean%20G%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=24926018"><span class="s2">McVean G</span></a></span><span class="s3">3</span><span class="s4">.</span></div>
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Germline mutation determines rates of molecular evolution, genetic diversity, and fitness load. In humans, the average point mutation rate is 1.2 × 10<span class="s5">-8</span> per base pair per generation, with every additional year of father's age contributing two mutations across the genome and males contributing three to four times as many mutations as females. To assess whether such patterns are shared with our closest living relatives, we sequenced the genomes of a nine-member pedigree of Western chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus. Our results indicate a mutation rate of 1.2 × 10<span class="s5">-8</span> per base pair per generation, but a male contribution seven to eight times that of females and a paternal age effect of three mutations per year of father's age. Thus, mutation rates and patterns differ between closely related species.</div>
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concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-6666848451985510782014-05-22T17:07:00.001-07:002014-05-22T17:07:26.264-07:00Paternal age a determinant of birth success rates with stimulated IUI - Medical News Today<a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/277162.php#.U36ROMCVnb4.blogger">Paternal age a determinant of birth success rates with stimulated IUI - Medical News Today</a>concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-34848953289006353312014-05-21T09:02:00.004-07:002014-05-21T09:02:53.063-07:00Photographic Proof That Cavities Heal<div class="p1">
<b>Photographic Proof That Cavities Heal</b><a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/photographic-proof-cavities-heal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheHealthyHomeEconomist+%28The+Healthy+Home+Economist%29">Photographic Proof That Cavities Heal</a></div>
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The compelling article written by Dr. Judene Smith DDS recently about <a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/minimally-invasive-dentistry-disturbing-trend/"><span class="s5">how cavities heal</span></a> really brought out the conventional dentists in droves! It has been awhile since I had to delete so many nasty, insulting, even threatening comments from a single blog post!</div>
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A sad testament indeed to how closed-minded and condescending a large portion of the dental community can be even toward one of its own.</div>
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The truth is that cavities can heal and the vehement denial by conventional dentists who react in a defensive manner (as if they have all the answers) does not change this fact one iota.</div>
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To drive another nail in the coffin of the notion that cavities must be filled and can’t remineralize and heal on their own, I am presenting a series of photographs sent to me by Rami Nagel, author of the paradigm shattering book <a href="http://amzn.to/1vzKryV"><span class="s5">Cure Tooth Decay</span></a>.</div>
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The photos are of an 18 month old child from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Rikki, the boy’s mother, took these photos as her son’s cavities remineralized over a period of 8 weeks after commencing a dietary program which included supplementing with <a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/resources/#supplements"><span class="s5">fermented cod liver oil and high vitamin butter oil</span></a>. It is important to note that regular cod liver oil will not produce the same spectacular results you see in these photos.</div>
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The sad truth is that when a parent brings in a child with significant tooth decay, toxic, IQ lowering fluoride treatments, drilling/filling or even crowns and root canals are recommended on baby teeth! These treatments which can be incredibly expensive are not necessary as in a majority of cases, children’s teeth will quickly remineralize with dietary intervention. Adult teeth with cavities will heal in similar fashion as long as they have never been drilled or compromised by dental treatments in the past.</div>
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<b>What Did This Child Eat That Caused These Cavities?</b></div>
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Possibly the most shocking thing about this story is that this toddler was not eating a junk food diet when these cavities formed. He was still breastfeeding and eating an all-organic diet. His favorite foods consisted of graham crackers and flaxseed bread. He also was fond of organic granola bars which he ate regularly.</div>
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The problem with store bought whole grain products is that they are high in anti-nutrients like phytic acid that block mineral absorption. These foods are not a good choice for regular consumption by growing children.</div>
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Rikki’s son also ate fruits and vegetables and organic eggs although his mother avoided butter and milk thinking they were bad for him. After reading <a href="http://amzn.to/1vzKryV"><span class="s5">Cure Tooth Decay</span></a>, she realized that butter and milk from grassfed cows are very healing and strengthening for teeth and bones. Grassfed dairy also counteracts some (but not all) of the negative effects of the toxins and anti-nutrients in processed grain products from the store.</div>
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<b>Foods That Healed this Child’s Teeth</b></div>
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Rikki implemented 4 major changes to her son’s diet in order to achieve the results you see below.</div>
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Unfortunately, the earliest picture is of the teeth after 1 week on the new dietary protocol described in <a href="http://amzn.to/1vzKryV"><span class="s5">Cure Tooth Decay</span></a>. There wasn’t a control picture available of what the cavities looked like before any changes were made. Even still, the visual healing that takes place is compelling and should give every parent hope that cavity problems can be dealt with at home with simple dietary changes in the majority of cases.</div>
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Will these dietary interventions be easy? Most definitely not if a conventional diet is being followed. For those already eating a whole foods based diet in their home, the changes are much easier to accomplish. Far and away the most difficult change to implement for cavity prone children especially if they attend school is eliminating the processed grain based foods.</div>
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What do you think of these photos? Do they finally put to bed the repeated denials from conventional dentists that cavities don’t heal and must be filled?</div>
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*These photographs were used with Mr. Nagel’s permission <a href="http://www.curetoothdecay.com/Baby_Bottle_Tooth_Decay/remineralized-teeth.htm"><span class="s5">(source)</span></a>.</div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/how-i-healed-my-childs-cavity/">How I Healed My Child’s Cavity<span class="s6"></span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/toddlers-severe-tooth-decay-halted-in-only-5-days/">Toddler’s Severe Tooth Decay Halted in 5 Days<span class="s6"></span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/periodontal-problems-bone-broth-key-to-your-recovery/">Resolving Periodontal Problems with Bone Broth<span class="s6"></span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/coconut-oil-stops-strep-bacteria-from-damaging-tooth-enamel/">Coconut Oil Stops Strep Bacteria from Damaging Tooth Enamel<span class="s6"></span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/teeth-needing-root-canals-can-heal-with-diet-alone/">Avoiding Root Canals with Diet Alone<span class="s6"></span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/cause-of-your-illness-right-under-your-nose/">Could the Cause of Your Illness Be Right Under Your Nose?<span class="s6"></span></a></span></div>
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concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-72280330849789345422014-05-21T07:53:00.001-07:002014-05-21T07:53:14.270-07:00Turns Out Coconut Oil Has A Major Dark Side<a href="http://healthfreedoms.org/2014/05/20/turns-out-coconut-oil-has-a-major-dark-side/">Turns Out Coconut Oil Has A Major Dark Side</a>concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-15033209188008393992014-05-20T17:41:00.002-07:002014-05-20T17:41:30.236-07:00 Millions Fall Prey To This Deadly Breast Cancer Myth<div class="p1">
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<b><i>Millions of asymptomatic women undergo breast screening annually because their doctors tell them to do so. Not only are these women's presumably healthy breasts being exposed to </i></b><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/how-x-ray-mammography-accelerating-epidemic-cancer"><span class="s6"><b><i>highly carcinogenic x-rays</i></b></span></a><b><i>, but thousands have received a diagnosis of 'breast cancer' for entirely benign lesions that when left untreated would have caused no harm to them whatsoever.</i></b></div>
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A new study published in the <i>International Journal of Cancer </i>titled, "<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.28803/abstract"><span class="s6"><b>Is carcinoma in situ a precursor lesion of invasive breast cancer?</b></span></a>," is bringing much needed attention to a long standing cancer myth that is harming tens of thousands of women each year: that <i>in situ</i> (non- or slow-growing) breast lesions (carcinoma) <span class="s5">inevitably</span> progress to malignant cancers that will cause harm or death if left untreated through conventional methods. <b> This is simply not true. </b></div>
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The 25-year prospective follow-up study measured the probability of development of invasive breast cancer (BC) following the diagnosis of carcinomas <i>in situ</i> (CIS) by linking the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (CNBSS) to cancer registries and a national vital statistics database. CIS was classified into ductal (DCIS) and lobular carcinoma <i>in situ</i> (LCIS).</div>
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The study found that while the average time from the diagnosis of CIS to invasive BC was 6.3 years (±5.6), and the 20-year cumulative incidence probabilities for DCIS and LCIS were 19.0% (95%CI: 11.2, 26.8) and 21.3% (95%CI: 7.1, 35.4) respectively, <b>at 20-year post CIS diagnosis, more than 80% of them remained free of invasive BC.</b></div>
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Clearly, the notion that DCIS and LCIS <i>always</i> progress to invasive cancer, and therefore must be treated aggressively with the present-day 'standard of care' -- lumpectomy, mastectomy, radiation, and chemotherapy -- is disproved. In other words, the natural history of in situ lesions like DCIS – commonly misidentified by conventional oncologists as 'cancers' – indicate they progress to invasive breast cancer only 20% of the time, even after 20 years without treatment. </div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Even 'Invasive Breast Cancer' Is Misunderstood</b></span></div>
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The misunderstanding about <i>in situ</i> breast lesions extends to so-called 'invasive breast cancer' (BC) as well. Whereas invasive BC is considered by the conventional medical establishment as a lethal disease process that must be cut, burned or poisoned out of the body as soon as it is found, there is great heterogeneity within this biological category, including forms with very low (indolent) and high risk for progression and death, and the whole gamut types between. Also, several years ago, the journal <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/new-study-many-breast-tumors-will-spontaneously-regress"><span class="s7"><b><i>Lancet Oncology</i></b></span><span class="s6"><b> found</b></span></a> that some clinically verified "invasive" cancers appear to regress with time if left untreated, further complicating matters:</div>
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The present inability of the conventional medical system to identify any clear method to determine the difference between a benign, malignant, or possibly regression-prone form of BC, puts the patient at profound risk of overdiagnosis and overtreatment, the consequences of which can be devastating. The lack of individualized treatment and informed choice leads many women to undergo treatment who may have never experienced disease progression had they chosen to employ watchful waiting, or alternative approaches.</div>
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<span class="s1"><b>The Larger Issue: 'Cancer' Has Been Completely Misunderstood To The Detriment of Millions</b></span></div>
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A 2013 study published in <i>JAMA</i> titled, "Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment in Cancer: An Opportunity for Improvement,"<a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/millions-fall-prey-deadly-breast-cancer-myth?page=2#_ftn1"><span class="s6">[1]</span></a> explains that the word cancer is highly misunderstood and misused. It has become clear that after 30 years of cancer screening with an emphasis on 'detecting cancer early,' the goals of such campaigns to reduce the rate of late-stage disease and decrease cancer mortality has clearly not been realized. [<a href="http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/life-saving-information-on-mammographys-true-harms/"><span class="s6"><b>See video for an in-depth explanation</b></span></a>.] This would not happen if the exponential increase of diagnoses and treatment for 'early stage' cancer produced as a result of mammography screening over the past 25 years were actually finding 'cancers,' and not so-called indolent lesions of epithelial origin – i.e. benign lesions that will not progress to malignancy. </div>
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"What has emerged has been an appreciation of the complexity of the pathologic condition called cancer. The word "cancer" often invokes the specter of an inexorably lethal process; however, cancers are heterogeneous and can follow multiple paths, not all of which progress to metastases and death, and include indolent disease that causes no harm during the patient's lifetime. Better biology alone can explain better outcomes."</div>
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"Use of the term "cancer" should be reserved for describing lesions with a reasonable likelihood of lethal progression if left untreated. There are 2 opportunities for change. First, premalignant conditions (e.g., <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/disease/breast-cancer-ductal-carcinoma-situ"><span class="s6"><b>ductal carcinoma in situ</b></span></a> or high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia) should not be labeled as cancers or neoplasia, nor should the word "cancer" be in the name. Second, molecular diagnostic tools that identify indolent or low-risk lesions need to be adopted and validated. Another step is to reclassify such cancers as IDLE (indolent lesions of epithelial origin) conditions."</div>
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Unless the abnormal cell growth reaches a size at which cancer symptoms occur, it is not justifiable to treat it; nor is it appropriate to call it 'cancer,' as technically it is an indolent or benign lesion. Faster growing cells can contribute to symptoms over a life time, but even then, that does not mean that it will necessarily progress to cause death before natural or other causes take the patients life. In fact, premature treatment can greatly reduce the quality and length of life due to the <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/anti-therapeutic-action/chemotherapy"><span class="s1"><b>side effects of chemotherapy</b></span></a>, <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/study-radiation-therapy-can-make-cancers-30x-more-malignant"><span class="s1"><b>radiation</b></span></a>, surgery, and the added stress and <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/hidden-dangers-mammograms-every-woman-should-know-about"><span class="s1"><b>psychospiritual trauma of receiving a diagnosis</b></span></a>.</div>
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There are two primary implications of this reclassification of 'cancer.' First, those undergoing 'preventive' cancer screening need to be aware of <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/article/cumulative-probability-false-positive-recall-or-biopsy-recommendation-after--0"><span class="s1"><b>how frequently overdiagnosis occurs</b></span></a> (up to 50% within 10 years), especially in breast, lung, prostate and thyroid 'cancers'-- the most prevalent lesions overdiagnosed through routine screening, and indiscriminately treated regardless of differing risk stratifications. For instance, before the <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/anti-therapeutic-action/x-ray-mammography"><span class="s1"><b>advent of mammography</b></span></a>, only 3% of detected breast cancer were identified as DCIS.<a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/millions-fall-prey-deadly-breast-cancer-myth?page=1#_ftn2"><span class="s1">[2]</span></a> Today, more than one-third of screen-detected early cancers are DCIS, with the unfortunate result that 33% of those diagnosed with DCIS receiving breast removal (mastectomy), 48% receiving lumpectomy and radiation treatments, 16% receiving lumpectomy, and only 3% electing to do nothing.<a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/millions-fall-prey-deadly-breast-cancer-myth?page=1#_ftn3"><span class="s1">[3]</span></a> The fact that DCIS will do no harm in at least 80% of the time reveals a great burden of iatrogenic harm is being borne by women who are being coerced by an <b>outdated treatment model that is no longer sufficiently evidence-based</b>.</div>
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Second, there are now millions of formerly screened, and subsequently treated, patients who had indolent lesions of epithelial origin, such as DCIS, LCIS, or in the case of men, high grade intraepithelial hyperplasia (HGIH) ('prostate cancer'), whose diagnoses were invalid and should never have been treated. For instance, it has been estimated that <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/30-years-breast-screening-13-million-wrongly-treated"><span class="s3"><b>1.3 million women were falsely diagnosed with and treated for 'breast cancer</b></span><span class="s1">'</span></a> in the past 30 years. These patients believe they are 'cancer' survivors, when in fact they are surviving the psychospiritual and physical traumas and abuses of their treatments and not their 'disease.' While not knowing the truth may be considered somewhat protective against further trauma associated with no longer identifying with the aggressor – i.e. the conventional medical model – and the potentially devastating realization that they have succumbed to disfigurement and poisoning from unnecessary treatments, along with co-option by cause marketing campaigns – <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/dark-side-breast-cancer-unawareness-month"><span class="s1"><b>Breast Cancer Awareness Month</b></span></a>; <a href="http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/pink-ribbons-pinkwashing-breast-cancer/"><span class="s1"><b>Pink Ribbons</b></span></a>; Race for the Cure -- encouraging them to act as brand ambassadors for breast cancer associated products and services, and drawing other otherwise healthy women into receiving unnecessary and/or dangerous diagnoses and treatments generated by screening programs. This process I have described in the context of the breast cancer industry 'memeplex,' which I presented on in Washington in 2013 at the Mind-Body Week Conference. <a href="http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/memes-genes-the-mind-body-cancer-connection-mind-body-week-d-c-2013-sayer-ji/"><span class="s1"><b>You can watch part of my lecture here</b></span></a>.</div>
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<span class="s2"><b>Moving the Paradigm Forward</b></span></div>
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Over the past few years, a number of studies have been published revealing a paradigm shift in our understanding of cancer. Some of these findings reveal:</div>
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<li class="li5"><b></b><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/why-mammography-unscientific-and-harmful"><span class="s4"><b>Overdiagnosis and overtreatment is rampant, and represents a profound burden of medicine-caused (iatrogenic) harm</b></span></a></li>
<li class="li5"><b></b><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/new-study-many-breast-tumors-will-spontaneously-regress"><span class="s4"><b>The natural history of some cancers is to spontaneously regress</b></span></a></li>
<li class="li5"><b></b><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/how-x-ray-mammography-accelerating-epidemic-cancer"><span class="s4"><b>Diagnostic technologies like mammography are likely contributing to new cancers</b></span></a></li>
<li class="li5"><b></b><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/study-radiation-therapy-can-make-cancers-30x-more-malignant"><span class="s4"><b>Radiation therapy (radiotherapy) can dramatically increase cancer cell malignancy</b></span></a></li>
<li class="li5"><b></b><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/are-cancer-stem-cells-key-discovering-cure"><span class="s4"><b>Chemotherapy increases highly tumoriogenic cancer stem cell populations</b></span></a></li>
<li class="li5"><b></b><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/hidden-dangers-mammograms-every-woman-should-know-about"><span class="s4"><b>False positives can have long-lasting adverse psychospiritual effects</b></span></a></li>
<li class="li5"><b></b><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/research-some-cancer-diagnoses-kill-quicker-cancer"><span class="s4"><b>Cancer diagnoses can increase the risk of heart-related deaths by up to 26 fold within the first week following diagnoses</b></span></a></li>
<li class="li5"><b></b><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/has-cancer-been-completely-misunderstood"><span class="s4"><b>Cancer has been completely misunderstood</b></span></a><span class="s5">; <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/cancer-ancient-survival-program-unmasked"><span class="s4"><b>it is a survival mechanisms unmasked</b></span></a></span></li>
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For additional research on natural/integrative cancer treatments and the unintended, adverse effects of conventional ones, view the following health guides on Greenmedinfo.com:</div>
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<li class="li5"><span class="s5">Health Guide: <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/guide/health-guide-breast-cancer"><span class="s4"><b>Breast Cancer Research</b></span></a></span></li>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/millions-fall-prey-deadly-breast-cancer-myth?page=1#_ftnref1">[1]</a></span><span class="s5"> Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, et al. <a href="http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1722196"><span class="s4"><b>Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment in Cancer: An Opportunity for Improvement</b></span></a> <i>JAMA</i> 2013</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/millions-fall-prey-deadly-breast-cancer-myth?page=1#_ftnref2">[2]</a></span> Laura Esserman, MD, MBA; and Michael Alvarado, MD <a href="http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1834145"><span class="s1"><b>Setting a Research Agenda for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ That Meets the Current Need for Change</b></span></a> <i>Ann Intern Med. </i>2014;160(7):511-512. doi:10.7326/M14-0435</div>
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<b><a href="http://draxe.com/6-metabolism-death-foods/?utm_source=DrAxe.com+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b3c9e6cfcb-Is+Palm+Oil+as+Good+as+Coconut+Oil%3F&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c497e2bf69-b3c9e6cfcb-276787009&mc_cid=b3c9e6cfcb&mc_eid=9c8a580f91">6 Metabolism Death Foods</a></b></div>
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by Dr. Josh Axe</div>
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There is nothing worse than starting an <a href="http://draxe.com/whats-the-1-exercise-to-burn-belly-fat-fast/"><span class="s2">exercise program</span></a>, making some good diet changes, but still not seeing the results you want to see. Has that ever been you? It can be really frustrating.</div>
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The reason this happens is, even though you think you’re consuming a healthy diet, there is often some hidden food in your diet that is ruining your <a href="http://draxe.com/how-to-lose-20-lbs-in-30-days/"><span class="s2">weight loss</span></a> efforts.</div>
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The foods that keep you from losing the last 10 pounds and keep you stuck at a plateau are what I call the <b>metabolism death foods</b>!</div>
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The term may sound scary, and it can be. Your body recognizes these foods as toxins and puts your body into a fight or flight response.</div>
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These foods alter the focus of your metabolism and can cause:</div>
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And the craziest thing about these foods is that they are often labeled as “health foods”.</div>
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Here are the 6 metabolism death foods you need to switch out of your diet to take your metabolism and fat burning potential to the next level!</div>
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<b>6 Metabolism Death Foods</b></div>
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<b>1. Fruit Juice</b> – Contrary to popular belief, fat isn’t the first thing that will make you fat, it’s consuming too much sugar. Drinking fruit juice and consuming too much sugar will absolutely wreck your metabolism!</div>
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Fruit juice including most apple, orange and grape juice is basically chemically laden sugar water! I know something like apple juice sounds healthy, but the process of turning an apple into juice is as follows.</div>
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First, they press the apple and remove all of the fiber, then they heat it up through pasteurization at 280 degrees, then it’s dried and turned into a concentrate, then finally, they add in sugar, food coloring and flavorings and that is the apple juice you buy today.</div>
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One 8 ounce glass of fruit juice contains 30 grams of sugar where a soda contains 28 grams of sugar!</div>
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Also, you should avoid other forms of sugar which can hide under names like: corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, juice concentrate, maltodextrin, raw sugar and brown sugar.</div>
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<i>What to do instead: </i> To replace fruit juice I recommend making <b>homemade lemonade</b> mixing real lemon juice, water and stevia. <a href="http://draxe.com/7-reasons-drink-kombucha-everyday/"><span class="s2"><b>Kombucha</b></span></a> is another great option as well as <b>herbal tea</b> mixed with raw honey. Or, drinking <b>coconut water</b> which is nature’s gatorade is another great option!</div>
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<b>2. Whole Grains</b> – Whole grains may be the #1 offender when it comes to ruining your metabolism and weight loss efforts. I know it may seem like “whole grains” like wheat bread are healthy but most are far from helping your metabolism.</div>
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Three of the main compounds in grains hurt your metabolism include <b>gluten</b>, <b>starch</b> and <b>phytic acid</b>. Gluten causes inflammation, starch turns into sugar quickly and phytic acid binds to minerals so you’re not getting most of the minerals and vitamins from whole grains that could have helped your metabolism.</div>
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Some of the biggest whole grain offenders include: bread, pasta, cereal, crackers, muffins, desserts, flours, chips and granola bars.</div>
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<i>What to do instead:</i> A better option for fat loss is replacing your daily intake of grains with fruits and vegetables or consuming up to 1 piece daily of a <b>sprouted grain bread</b> or sourdough. Also, the best flour replacement to use instead of wheat flour is coconut flour. <b>Coconut flour</b> is a dieters best friend because it’s high in fiber which supports rapid fat loss and contains fats your body can burn as fuel.</div>
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<b>3. Canola Oil</b> – Using the wrong type of oil can keep you from losing that last 10 pounds and put a halt to any results you might see. If you use canola oil or other vegetable oils it’s sure to slow down your fat loss efforts and cause you to store unwanted body fat. Canola oil contains hydrogenated oils which cause inflammation throughout the entire body disrupting your hormones and metabolism.</div>
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Also, 90% of canola oil is genetically modified (GMO), which means they are hard wired with pesticides that cause cellular toxicity which destroys your bodies metabolism and overall health.</div>
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<i>What to do instead:</i> Replace all vegetables oils with <a href="http://draxe.com/coconut-oil-uses/"><span class="s2"><b>coconut oil</b></span></a> and <b>grass-fed butter</b> to boost your metabolism. I always say, butter is your belly’s best friend. Grass-fed butter supports metabolism because it is high in CLA and coconut oil supports fat loss because it’s high in MCFA’s. Consuming these two sources of fat will turn your body into a fat burning furnace!</div>
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<b>4. Peanut Butter</b> – Yes, peanut butter is tasty, but it can also kill your gut health. Peanuts are grown on the soil and stored moist in silos which then cause them to grow a type of fungus called <b>aflatoxins</b> which can effect the health of your gut.</div>
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Peanuts are one of the most common allergens today and have been linked to food sensitivities, leaky gut and a slow metabolism. This aflatoxin in peanuts can compete with probiotics in your gut which we know damages digestive health.</div>
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Also, peanuts are very high in <b>omega-6 fatty acids</b> which can cause serious inflammation in the body. For these many reasons, peanut butter is a metabolism death food!</div>
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<i>What to do instead:</i> If you want to start revving up your metabolism then make a switch to <b>almond butter</b>. Almonds are high in an amino acid L-arginine which increases HGH production in your body. This is turn causes your body to build lean muscle which sends your metabolism sky high!</div>
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Just 1 tbsp spoon of almond butter with celery, in a smoothie or with some apples are great snacks to re-ignite your metabolism.</div>
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<b>5. Granola </b>- This “health food” has had a health halo around it for years but it’s secretly been hiding as a wolf in sheep’s clothing that kills your metabolism.</div>
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Today’s granola has many issues in that it’s made up of whole grains and sugar. Now what’s most surprising about granola is that the <b>honey</b> in it is a major cause of weight gain. A study at Texas A&M University tested honey and found 76% of it contained no pollen whatsoever and it had been high temperature pasteurized so it is no better than corn syrup!</div>
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The combination of gluten, phytic acid and processed honey is what makes this treat lethal to your metabolism and diet goals.</div>
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<i>What to do instead:</i> A great replacement to store bough granola is to make <b>homemade sprouted granola</b>. Simply soak almonds, pecans, cashews and chia seeds in water for 8 hours then set them out for a day on a paper towel. Then mix these ingredients with raw local honey, raisins, coconut flakes, cinnamon and sea salt. Place them in a dehydrator or oven and you have a great tasting metabolism boosting snack.</div>
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<b>6. Artificial Sweeteners</b> – Of all the metabolism death foods, artificial sweeteners including aspartame and sucralose are probably the most deceiving.</div>
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Artificial sweeteners tell the lie that you can satisfy your sweet tooth, with no calories, no guilt and a thinner waist line. However, aspartame is actually linked to 92 adverse health effects.</div>
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Aspartame and sucralose (Splenda) can stimulate your appetite and increase cravings for carbohydrates. The calorie “savings” from consuming foods sweetened with aspartame ends up not saving you anything due to the increase in appetite and therefore calorie consumption.</div>
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The MESA study evaluated the effect of diet soda consumption on rates of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes in over 6,000 participants. It was found that the <b>consumption of just one diet soda per day significantly increased the risk for increased waist circumference and weight gain</b>.</div>
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<i>What to do instead:</i> Switch out artificial sweeteners for <a href="http://draxe.com/stevia-side-effects/"><span class="s2"><b>stevia</b></span></a> an all natural no calorie sweetener. Also, <b>raw honey</b> and dates are other great options.</div>
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<span class="s6"><b>Written By: </b><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/gmi-blogs/sayer%20ji"><span class="s3"><b>Sayer Ji, Founder</b></span></a></span></div>
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<b><i>Millions of asymptomatic women undergo breast screening annually because their doctors tell them to do so. Not only are these women's presumably healthy breasts being exposed to </i></b><a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/how-x-ray-mammography-accelerating-epidemic-cancer"><span class="s7"><b><i>highly carcinogenic x-rays</i></b></span></a><b><i>, but thousands have received a diagnosis of 'breast cancer' for entirely benign lesions that when left untreated would have caused no harm to them whatsoever.</i></b></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>New Study: 80% of early-stage breast cancers do not progress to more concerning forms (invasive breast cancer) even after 20 years.</b></span></div>
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A new study published in the <i>International Journal of Cancer </i>titled, "<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.28803/abstract"><span class="s7"><b>Is carcinoma in situ a precursor lesion of invasive breast cancer?</b></span></a>," is bringing much needed attention to a long standing cancer myth that is harming tens of thousands of women each year: that <i>in situ</i> (non- or slow-growing) breast lesions (carcinoma) <span class="s3">inevitably</span> progress to malignant cancers that will cause harm or death if left untreated through conventional methods. <b> This is simply not true. </b></div>
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The 25-year prospective follow-up study measured the probability of development of invasive breast cancer (BC) following the diagnosis of carcinomas <i>in situ</i> (CIS) by linking the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (CNBSS) to cancer registries and a national vital statistics database. CIS was classified into ductal (DCIS) and lobular carcinoma <i>in situ</i> (LCIS).</div>
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The study found that while the average time from the diagnosis of CIS to invasive BC was 6.3 years (±5.6), and the 20-year cumulative incidence probabilities for DCIS and LCIS were 19.0% (95%CI: 11.2, 26.8) and 21.3% (95%CI: 7.1, 35.4) respectively, <b>at 20-year post CIS diagnosis, more than 80% of them remained free of invasive BC.</b></div>
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Clearly, the notion that DCIS and LCIS <i>always</i> progress to invasive cancer, and therefore must be treated aggressively with the present-day 'standard of care' -- lumpectomy, mastectomy, radiation, and chemotherapy -- is disproved. In other words, the natural history of in situ lesions like DCIS – commonly misidentified by conventional oncologists as 'cancers' – indicate they progress to invasive breast cancer only 20% of the time, even after 20 years without treatment. </div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Even 'Invasive Breast Cancer' Is Misunderstood</b></span></div>
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The misunderstanding about <i>in situ</i> breast lesions extends to so-called 'invasive breast cancer' (BC) as well. Whereas invasive BC is considered by the conventional medical establishment as a lethal disease process that must be cut, burned or poisoned out of the body as soon as it is found, there is great heterogeneity within this biological category, including forms with very low (indolent) and high risk for progression and death, and the whole gamut types between. Also, several years ago, the journal <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/new-study-many-breast-tumors-will-spontaneously-regress"><span class="s8"><b><i>Lancet Oncology</i></b></span><span class="s7"><b> found</b></span></a> that some clinically verified "invasive" cancers appear to regress with time if left untreated, further complicating matters:</div>
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"Because the cumulative incidence among controls did not reach that of the screened group, we believe that many invasive breast cancers detected by repeated mammography screening do not persist to be detected by screening at the end of 6 years, <b>suggesting that the natural course of many of the screen-detected invasive breast cancers is to spontaneously regress</b>." [emphasis added]</div>
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The present inability of the conventional medical system to identify any clear method to determine the difference between a benign, malignant, or possibly regression-prone form of BC, puts the patient at profound risk of overdiagnosis and overtreatment, the consequences of which can be devastating. The lack of individualized treatment and informed choice leads many women to undergo treatment who may have never experienced disease progression had they chosen to employ watchful waiting, or alternative approaches.</div>
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<span class="s1"><b>The Larger Issue: 'Cancer' Has Been Completely Misunderstood To The Detriment of Millions</b></span></div>
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A 2013 study published in <i>JAMA</i> titled, "Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment in Cancer: An Opportunity for Improvement,"<a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/millions-fall-prey-deadly-breast-cancer-myth?page=2#_ftn1"><span class="s7">[1]</span></a> explains that the word cancer is highly misunderstood and misused. It has become clear that after 30 years of cancer screening with an emphasis on 'detecting cancer early,' the goals of such campaigns to reduce the rate of late-stage disease and decrease cancer mortality has clearly not been realized. [<a href="http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/life-saving-information-on-mammographys-true-harms/"><span class="s7"><b>See video for an in-depth explanation</b></span></a>.] This would not happen if the exponential increase of diagnoses and treatment for 'early stage' cancer produced as a result of mammography screening over the past 25 years were actually finding 'cancers,' and not so-called indolent lesions of epithelial origin – i.e. benign lesions that will not progress to malignancy. </div>
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"What has emerged has been an appreciation of the complexity of the pathologic condition called cancer. The word "cancer" often invokes the specter of an inexorably lethal process; however, cancers are heterogeneous and can follow multiple paths, not all of which progress to metastases and death, and include indolent disease that causes no harm during the patient's lifetime. Better biology alone can explain better outcomes."</div>
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"Use of the term "cancer" should be reserved for describing lesions with a reasonable likelihood of lethal progression if left untreated. There are 2 opportunities for change. First, premalignant conditions (e.g., <a href="http://www.greenmedinfo.com/disease/breast-cancer-ductal-carcinoma-situ"><span class="s7"><b>ductal carcinoma in situ</b></span></a> or high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia) should not be labeled as cancers or neoplasia, nor should the word "cancer" be in the name. Second, molecular diagnostic tools that identify indolent or low-risk lesions need to be adopted and validated. Another step is to reclassify such cancers as IDLE (indolent lesions of epithelial origin) conditions."</div>
concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-32992819891270356472014-05-20T15:25:00.002-07:002014-05-20T15:25:28.629-07:00older-paternal-age-reduces-iui-live-birth-rates/article/347487/http://www.renalandurologynews.com/<a href="http://older-paternal-age-reduces-iui-live-birth-rates/article/347487/">older-paternal-age-reduces-iui-live-birth-rates/article/347487/</a>concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-3881377322770241872014-05-06T19:37:00.002-07:002014-05-06T19:37:28.183-07:00April 2014, Vol 71, No. 4 > < Previous Article Full content is available to subscribers Subscribe/Learn More Next Article > Original Investigation | April 2014 Paternal Age at Childbearing and Offspring Psychiatric and Academic Morbidity Brian M. D’Onofrio, PhD1; Martin E. Rickert, PhD1; Emma Frans, MSc2; Ralf Kuja-Halkola, MSc2; Catarina Almqvist, MD2,3; Arvid Sjölander, PhD2; Henrik Larsson, PhD2; Paul Lichtenstein, PhD2 [+] Author Affiliations JAMA Psychiatry. 2014;71(4):432-438. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.4525. Text Size: A A A Article Figures Tables References Comments (2) ABSTRACT ABSTRACT | METHODS | RESULTS | DISCUSSION | CONCLUSIONS | ARTICLE INFORMATION | REFERENCES Importance Advancing paternal age is associated with increased genetic mutations during spermatogenesis, which research suggests may cause psychiatric morbidity in the offspring. The effects of advancing paternal age at childbearing on offspring morbidity remain unclear, however, because of inconsistent epidemiologic findings and the inability of previous studies to rigorously rule out confounding factors. Objective To examine the associations between advancing paternal age at childbearing and numerous indexes of offspring morbidity. Design, Setting, and Participants We performed a population-based cohort study of all individuals born in Sweden in 1973-2001 (N = 2 615 081), with subsets of the data used to predict childhood or adolescent morbidity. We estimated the risk of psychiatric and academic morbidity associated with advancing paternal age using several quasi-experimental designs, including the comparison of differentially exposed siblings, cousins, and first-born cousins. Exposure Paternal age at childbearing. Main Outcomes and Measures Psychiatric (autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, psychosis, bipolar disorder, suicide attempt, and substance use problem) and academic (failing grades and low educational attainment) morbidity. Results In the study population, advancing paternal age was associated with increased risk of some psychiatric disorders (eg, autism, psychosis, and bipolar disorders) but decreased risk of the other indexes of morbidity. In contrast, the sibling-comparison analyses indicated that advancing paternal age had a dose-response relationship with every index of morbidity, with the magnitude of the associations being as large or larger than the estimates in the entire population. Compared with offspring born to fathers 20 to 24 years old, offspring of fathers 45 years and older were at heightened risk of autism (hazard ratio [HR] = 3.45; 95% CI, 1.62-7.33), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (HR = 13.13; 95% CI, 6.85-25.16), psychosis (HR = 2.07; 95% CI, 1.35-3.20), bipolar disorder (HR = 24.70; 95% CI, 12.12-50.31), suicide attempts (HR = 2.72; 95% CI, 2.08-3.56), substance use problems (HR = 2.44; 95% CI, 1.98-2.99), failing a grade (odds ratio [OR] = 1.59; 95% CI, 1.37-1.85), and low educational attainment (OR = 1.70; 95% CI, 1.50-1.93) in within-sibling comparisons. Additional analyses using several quasi-experimental designs obtained commensurate results, further strengthening the internal and external validity of the findings. Conclusions and Relevance Advancing paternal age is associated with increased risk of psychiatric and academic morbidity, with the magnitude of the risks being as large or larger than previous estimates. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that new genetic mutations that occur during spermatogenesis are causally related to offspring morbidity.<div class="p1">
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<b>Paternal Age at Childbearing and Offspring Psychiatric and Academic Morbidity</b></div>
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<i>JAMA Psychiatry. </i>2014;71(4):432-438. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.4525.</div>
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<span class="s8"><b>Importance</b></span> Advancing paternal age is associated with increased genetic mutations during spermatogenesis, which research suggests may cause psychiatric morbidity in the offspring. The effects of advancing paternal age at childbearing on offspring morbidity remain unclear, however, because of inconsistent epidemiologic findings and the inability of previous studies to rigorously rule out confounding factors.</div>
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<span class="s8"><b>Objective</b></span> To examine the associations between advancing paternal age at childbearing and numerous indexes of offspring morbidity.</div>
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<span class="s8"><b>Design, Setting, and Participants</b></span> We performed a population-based cohort study of all individuals born in Sweden in 1973-2001 (N = 2 615 081), with subsets of the data used to predict childhood or adolescent morbidity. We estimated the risk of psychiatric and academic morbidity associated with advancing paternal age using several quasi-experimental designs, including the comparison of differentially exposed siblings, cousins, and first-born cousins.</div>
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<span class="s8"><b>Exposure</b></span> Paternal age at childbearing.</div>
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<span class="s8"><b>Main Outcomes and Measures</b></span> Psychiatric (autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, psychosis, bipolar disorder, suicide attempt, and substance use problem) and academic (failing grades and low educational attainment) morbidity.</div>
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<span class="s8"><b>Results</b></span> In the study population, advancing paternal age was associated with increased risk of some psychiatric disorders (eg, autism, psychosis, and bipolar disorders) but decreased risk of the other indexes of morbidity. In contrast, the sibling-comparison analyses indicated that advancing paternal age had a dose-response relationship with every index of morbidity, with the magnitude of the associations being as large or larger than the estimates in the entire population. Compared with offspring born to fathers 20 to 24 years old, offspring of fathers 45 years and older were at heightened risk of autism (hazard ratio [HR] = 3.45; 95% CI, 1.62-7.33), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (HR = 13.13; 95% CI, 6.85-25.16), psychosis (HR = 2.07; 95% CI, 1.35-3.20), bipolar disorder (HR = 24.70; 95% CI, 12.12-50.31), suicide attempts (HR = 2.72; 95% CI, 2.08-3.56), substance use problems (HR = 2.44; 95% CI, 1.98-2.99), failing a grade (odds ratio [OR] = 1.59; 95% CI, 1.37-1.85), and low educational attainment (OR = 1.70; 95% CI, 1.50-1.93) in within-sibling comparisons. Additional analyses using several quasi-experimental designs obtained commensurate results, further strengthening the internal and external validity of the findings.</div>
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<span class="s8"><b>Conclusions and Relevance</b></span> Advancing paternal age is associated with increased risk of psychiatric and academic morbidity, with the magnitude of the risks being as large or larger than previous estimates. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that new genetic mutations that occur during spermatogenesis are causally related to offspring morbidity.</div>
concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-22588902677071801412014-05-02T20:54:00.004-07:002014-05-02T20:54:56.376-07:005 Natural Antibiotic Solutions for Antibiotic-Resistant Infections<div class="p1">
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Our dependence on antibiotics has helped us to create some monsters—these monsters are antibiotic-resistant infections like superbugs being transmitted in hospitals, certain strains of E coli., and MRSA. The infections, if you went the traditional route, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nih-superbug-outbreak-highlights-lack-of-new-antibiotics/2012/08/24/ec33d0c8-ee24-11e1-b0eb-dac6b50187ad_story.html"><span class="s3">would be hard</span></a> (if not impossible) to kill. But, there are foods that act as natural antibiotics that may prove effective where modern medicine is failing.</div>
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As a whole, doctors have been prescribing antibiotics at the slightest sign of illness, even for things they simply won’t help like the common cold. These prescriptions have been routinely handed out like candy despite the fact that illness, including common infections, can be successfully treated with a healthy immune system and a few natural helpers. All of this over-prescribing has led the bacteria which causes these illnesses to morph, evolving in the interest of self-preservation, into strains that will not be stopped with antibiotics, even those <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/experts-fear-diseases-impossible-to-treat-7216662.html"><span class="s3">antibiotics largely considered to be the last resort</span></a>.</div>
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It might be time to try some natural alternatives – and stick with them.</div>
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<span class="s1"><b>5 Natural Antibiotics</b></span></div>
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You need foods, natural foods that will help foster a healthy immune system while annihilating bacterial invaders. Fortunately, there are several solutions that may just be in your kitchen right now.</div>
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<li class="li4"><b>Garlic -</b> Garlic has known <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10594976"><span class="s3">antibacterial,</span></a> antifungal, and even antiviral properties. It has successfully be used to treat infectious diseases like pneumonia, MRSA, and even the black plague. It can also kill intestinal parasites—which can wreak havoc on your immune system.</li>
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<li class="li4"><b>Echinacea - </b>People usually reach for the Echinacea tea to ward off a cold or the flu, but this powerful herb is a known infection-buster as well. The herb fights infections by strengthening the body’s own defense system, helping you to fight the bacteria rather than just coming in and killing everything in sight (like Big Pharma’s antibiotics).</li>
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<li class="li4"><b>Honey</b> – Also among the many amazing natural antibiotics, honey is a well known food harnessing antibacterial properties (along with a bunch of other beneficial properties). One <a href="http://mic.sgmjournals.org/content/early/2012/01/31/mic.0.053959-0.abstract"><span class="s3">study</span></a> published in the journal <i>Microbiology</i> found that honey – particularly that derived from bees foraging on manuka flowers – halted one type of streptococcus pyogenes from inhibiting the healing of wounds. Other research shows that honey could be a potent answer to drug resistant bacteria like MRSA. Honey is a great natural antibiotic.</li>
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<li class="li4"><b>Oregano -</b>Oregano, and specifically <a href="http://naturalsociety.com/oil-of-oregano-uses-fight-bacteria-cancer/"><span class="s3">oil of oregano</span></a>, has potent antibacterial and infection-fighting properties. <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/10/011011065609.htm"><span class="s3">One study</span></a> in particular found these properties to be as effective as antibiotics and offering great promise particularly in the fight against antibiotic-resistant infection. You can find this oil in health food stores or you can <a href="http://naturalsociety.com/oregano-benefits-growing-your-own-medicine/"><span class="s3">make your own.</span></a></li>
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The body is a miraculous machine and when properly maintained, it will fight off infections without assistance. Even when an extra boost is needed, we needn’t run to the doctor for a prescription. Instead, rely on natural antibiotics and healers to help maintain optimal health.</div>
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About two years ago, around September of 2012, a highly resistant disease <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/faq.html"><span class="s3">known as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome</span></a> (MERS) was discovered in Saudi Arabia. While the disease has been floating around mostly in Saudi Arabia since then, the disease has recently made headlines, with hundreds of outbreaks occurring. The worst part? Not a single treatment is known.</div>
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MERS has infected hundreds of individuals so far. There are currently at least 339 cases reported in Saudi Arabia, with a whopping 102 deaths – that’s about a 30% death rate. What’s more, Saudi Arabia <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/27/us-saudi-mers-idUSBREA3Q02F20140427"><span class="s3">confirmed 26 more cases</span></a> of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome just 2 days ago. But that isn’t the only affected country; 13 other nations are suffering from MERS infections, including:</div>
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The virus is characterized by fever, cough, diarrhea, shortness of breath, and can lead to pneumonia and kidney failure. It can almost seem like the flu. As the CDC reports, most people who became infected with MERS-CoV developed severe acute respiratory illness with symptoms of fever, cough, and shortness of breath. About half of them died.</div>
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The seemingly worst part concerning this MERS outbreak is the fact that there is no known treatment. There is no Eastern nor Western medicine, including antibiotics, vaccines, or any other conventional treatment that can aid in this near-pandemic. In fact, the reliance on Western medicine may very well result in an even stronger strain of the virus – one which will prevail for an untold amount of time.</div>
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Even the CDC admits that the use of antibiotics have led to unstoppable, super bacteria. A <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/threat-report-2013/"><span class="s3">recent report</span></a> even goes so far as to admit that <a href="http://naturalsociety.com/threat-report-cdc-admits-age-antibiotics-over-super-bacteria/"><span class="s3"><b>modern medicine has failed</b></span></a> when it comes to managing infectious disease since Mother Nature always adapts to overcome isolated chemical weaponry concocted in some lab. Ever-newer strains of bacteria are developed to out-whit us. The age of antibiotics is coming to an end.</div>
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This is even more concerning when you consider that the MERS virus is highly infectious. The virus can spread among the population without requiring direct contact. In other words, it can be transferred through the air – an airborne infection.</div>
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“CDC recognizes the potential for the virus to spread further and cause more cases and clusters globally, including in the United States,” the agency said.</div>
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Indeed, MERS seems to embody all the characteristics of an extremely dangerous disease:</div>
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While scientists <a href="http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/04/29/Scientists-find-MERS-virus-antibodies-that-may-lead-to-treatments.html"><span class="s3">have recently found</span></a> natural human antibodies to the newly-emerging MERS virus which marks a step towards developing treatments, everyone must be careful to not expose themselves to this currently untreatable disease. In the mean time, familiarize yourself with every known healing and preventative tool, not just for this outbreak, but for all future outbreaks. Though Western medicine has it’s place, there is also great value in Eastern medicines herbal, nutritional, and alternative therapies.<br />
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The pineal gland, an endocrine gland located in the brain, is said to be the <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/2011/12/28/the-pineal-gland-the-seat-of-the-soul/"><span class="s3">seat of the soul</span></a>. Also referred to as the Third Eye, this small gland is believed to be involved in reaching higher levels of consciousness, acting as a gateway to dimensions beyond our brain-created reality. To learn more about the pineal gland, see: <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/01/22/what-is-the-pineal-gland/"><span class="s3">What is the Pineal Gland?</span></a></div>
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For the people that seek to fully activate their spiritual potential and tap into the power of the pineal gland, one must begin by strengthening its function though detoxification and proper nutrition. Researchers are finding that in many people, due to our poor diet with pesticide and chemical-laden foods and environmental toxins such as fluoride in our water, the pineal gland and our entire bodies are becoming exposed to many more toxins and nano-organisms than ever before. These form calcium shells around themselves for protection from our immune systems which has resulted in <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/05/16/the-spiritual-eye-how-to-decalcify-awaken-your-pineal-gland/"><span class="s3">calcification of the pineal gland</span></a>, a build-up of calcium phosphate crystals in various parts of the human body. Many of us have a pineal gland that is already completely calcified. This does not fare well when we try to tap into the esoteric capabilities of this gland through yoga practice, meditation, using plant medicines such as <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/07/15/ayahuasca-an-amazonian-healing-plant/"><span class="s3">ayahuasca</span></a>, and so forth. The process of detoxification is an essential place to start if we want to exploit our full spiritual capabilities.</div>
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Below is a list, in no particular order, of 8 supplements that will boost your pineal gland function, help in its decalcification, and support you on your journey of personal and spiritual cultivation. Some of the supplements offer similar results, so it is up to you to decide which combination of supplements will work best for you.</div>
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<b>1. Melatonin</b></div>
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The pineal gland already produces the hormone melatonin, which affects the body’s circadian rhythms of waking and sleeping. Melatonin is also associated with relaxation and visualization, and people often take melatonin supplements as a sleep aid or to help overcome jet-lag due to travel. When purchasing melatonin supplements, make sure the products are plant-based and not animal tested. It is suggested that you always start with the smallest dosage possible and do not use any melatonin supplement for longer than three months.</div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003KLROVY/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003KLROVY&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">NOW Foods Melatonin 5mg Vcaps</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001HCOFMO/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001HCOFMO&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Natrol Liquid Melatonin</a></span></div>
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<b>2. Oregano Oil and Neem Extract</b></div>
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Both oregano oil and neem extract help in the purification process, helping to remove existing calcification within the pineal gland, in addition to purifying the body’s systems, especially the endocrine system. Neem has been used in this way in India for thousands of years. In the western world, oregano oil is also becoming a holistic way of fortifying the immune support system. In the longer term, both of these supplements will act as a natural antibiotic against new calcium shells created by nanobacteria.</div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C6CPBCC/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00C6CPBCC&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Joy of the Mountains Oregano Oil (100% Certified Organic)</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GJTO9S/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005GJTO9S&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Wild Oregano Oil, Super Strength, 100% Organic</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001AFL9E/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0001AFL9E&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Neem Aura Neem Leaf Extract</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YA5OMK/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000YA5OMK&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Theraneem Organix Supercritical Extract of Neem Leaf Softgel Capsules</a></span></div>
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<i>Resources:</i></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1931078270/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1931078270&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20"><i>The Cure Is in the Cupboard: How to Use Wild Oregano for Better Health</i></a></span></div>
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<b>3. Raw Cacao</b></div>
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Raw, organic chocolate in its purest form can help detoxify the pineal gland because of cacao’s high antioxidant content. Cacao will also help stimulate the third eye.</div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EKHMXU/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004EKHMXU&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Alive and Aware Certified Organic Raw Cacao Nibs</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001E5E0Y2/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001E5E0Y2&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Navitas Naturals Cacao Powder, Organic</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0037YF2E0/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0037YF2E0&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Earth Circle Organics Verified Raw Balinese Cacao Powder</a></span></div>
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<b>4. Chlorophyll-rich Superfoods</b></div>
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Supplements like spirulina, <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/09/02/chlorella-superfood-with-incredible-detoxing-capabilities/"><span class="s3">chlorella</span></a>, wheatgrass and blue-green algae are examples of chlorophyll-rich superfoods that offer similar benefits to eating leafy greens but with much more nutrition packed into a small serving. These supplements assist in the decalcification of the pineal gland due to their strong detoxification properties.</div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005ZAMLT8/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005ZAMLT8&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Ultimate Superfoods Raw Chlorella/Spirulina Tablets</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ICVEQK/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004ICVEQK&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">NuSci Organic Spirulina Powder</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GFB9TO/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001GFB9TO&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Mercola Organic Broken Cell Wall Chlorella</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008DS28XS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008DS28XS&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Swanson Greenfoods 100% Certified Organic Chlorella Powder</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NJQD2W/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000NJQD2W&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Klamath Blue Green Algae Capsules</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085XGAFI/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0085XGAFI&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Rejuvenate Forever Organic Wheatgrass Growing Kit</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1893910466/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1893910466&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20"><i>The Green Foods Bible: Everything You Need to Know about Barley Grass, Wheatgrass, Kamut, Chlorella, Spirulina and More</i></a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0895292343/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0895292343&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20"><i>The Wheatgrass Book: How to Grow and Use Wheatgrass to Maximize Your Health and Vitality</i></a></span></div>
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<b>5. Raw Apple Cider Vinegar</b></div>
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A natural detoxifier, raw apple cider vinegar helps decalcify the pineal gland due to its malic acid properties. Malic acid is an organic compound that gives fruits their sour taste. When taken as a supplement, it supports the digestive system and helps the body detoxify. Apple cider vinegar has many health benefits, many of which are <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/02/18/25-uses-for-apple-cider-vinegar/"><span class="s3">listed here</span></a>. Ensure that the brand you buy is raw and packaged in a glass container.</div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001I7MVG0/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001I7MVG0&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Bragg Apple Cidar Vinegar, Organic Raw Unflavored</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0758238045/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0758238045&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20"><i>The Healing Powers of Vinegar: A Complete Guide to Nature’s Most Remarkable Remedy</i></a></span></div>
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<b>6. Iodine</b></div>
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Many of us have been exposed to sodium fluoride due to fluoridation of our water systems, and this has also resulted in the calcification of the pineal gland. Iodine, naturally occurring in plants such as seaweed, effectively improves the removal of sodium fluoride via urine. Unfortunately, the Western diet has left us deficient of this vital mineral while our bodies need it most. To avoid calcium deficiency when taking iodine supplements, a diet incorporating many organic foods such as kale, broccoli, almonds, oranges, flax seed, sesame seeds, dill, thyme and other dried herbs is recommended. It is suggested that a non-GMO lecithin supplement is also taken to compliment iodine intake.</div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003N30UVU/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003N30UVU&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Detoxadine: High-Quality Daily Iodine Supplement from Global Healing</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009A0LDM/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0009A0LDM&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Now Foods Kelp capsules with Natural Iodine</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003NV2IG2/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003NV2IG2&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Annie Chun’s Seaweed Snacks, Roasted Wasabi</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BHZ71G/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003BHZ71G&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Now Foods Sunflower Lecithin</a></span></div>
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<b>7. Organic Blue Ice Skate Fish Oil and Activator X (Vitamin K1/K2)</b></div>
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If you’d like to take a natural supplement to decalcify your pineal gland, organic blue ice skate fish oil may be one of the most powerful options out there. This oil contains Activator X – a detoxifier discovered by Weston Price that combines Vitamins K1 and K2 – which allows for the body to remove calcium from various locations throughout the body, such as the pineal gland and the arteries. Instead of eliminating the excess calcium, as iodine does, Activator X places it in areas where calcium is most needed, such as bones and teeth. It has been reported to reverse damage done by calcification which results in diseases such as atherosclerosis and osteoporosis. It also helps reverse tooth decay. It is suggested that Activator X supplements are be taken with Vitamin A and D3.</div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004PAP9E8/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004PAP9E8&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Green Pastures Fermented Skate Liver Oil Capsules</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002LZDQD0/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002LZDQD0&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Green Pastures X-Factor Gold High-vitamin Butter Oil</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002M06SMU/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002M06SMU&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Blue Ice Royal Butter Oil / Fermented Cod Liver Oil Blend – Capsules</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D5TSMAS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00D5TSMAS&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox: How a Little-Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life</a></span></div>
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<b>8. Boron/Borax</b></div>
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Another good supplement that can be used to remove fluoride from the human body is the mineral Boron. It is naturally present in beets, which can be eaten raw, steamed, cooked as well as in a powder supplement. It is also present in other foods, such as dried plums. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R4LONQ/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000R4LONQ&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20"><span class="s3">Borax</span></a> is an inexpensive source of boron that can be bought in most grocery stores.</div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00014D5WA/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00014D5WA&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">TwinLab – Tri-Boron Capsules</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005PA9ID0/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005PA9ID0&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Liquid Ionic Minerals Boron</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UVZQ5I/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000UVZQ5I&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Frontier Natural Products Organic Beet Powder</a></span></div>
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<span class="s4"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001E5E0HO/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001E5E0HO&linkCode=as2&tag=wakitime09-20">Made In Nature Organic Plums, Pitted, Dried and Unsulfured</a></span></div>
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<b>What Else Can Help Boost Your Pineal Gland Function?</b></div>
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In addition to the supplements listed above, there are many foods that help decalcify and improve the function of the pineal gland, while detoxifying other parts of the body. These include: cilantro, tamarind, Goji berries, <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/07/22/let-fruit-be-your-medicine-watermelons-remarkable-health-benefits/"><span class="s3">watermelon</span></a>, bananas, honey, <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/07/22/let-fruit-be-your-medicine-watermelons-remarkable-health-benefits/"><span class="s3">coconut oil</span></a>, hemp seeds, seaweed, Noni Juice, garlic, Chaga mushroom, raw lemon juice. Pineal gland decalcification can also be gained by eating more alkaline foods. See a list of such foods here: <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/02/14/alkaline-foods-to-help-decalcify-the-pineal-gland/"><span class="s3">Alkaline Foods to Help Decalcify the Pineal Gland</span></a>.</div>
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<b>About the Author</b></div>
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<b>Anna Hunt</b> is a staff writer for <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/"><span class="s3">WakingTimes.com</span></a> and an entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in research and editorial writing. She and her husband run a preparedness e-store outlet at <a href="file:///C:/Users/ahunt/Desktop/Personal%20Extras/Articles/www.offgridoutpost.com"><span class="s3">www.offgridoutpost.com</span></a>, offering GMO-free storable food and emergency kits. Anna is also a certified Hatha yoga instructor at <a href="http://www.atenasyoga.com/"><span class="s3">Atenas Yoga</span></a>. She enjoys raising her children and being a voice for optimal human health and wellness. Read more of her excellent articles <a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/category/cont/ah/"><span class="s3">here</span></a>.</div>
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<b>Disclaimer:</b> This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of Waking Times or its staff.</div>
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Advanced paternal age (APA) contributes to the risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in children. In this study, we used a mouse model to investigate the effects of APA on behavioral features related to autistic syndromes (that is, social deficits, communication impairments and stereotypic/repetitive behaviors). We also examined whether such effects are transmitted across generations. To do this, males aged 15 months (APA) and 4 months (control) were bred with 4-month-old females, and the resulting offspring (F1) and their progeny (F2; conceived by 4-month-old parents) were tested for the presence and severity of ASD-like behaviors. Our results indicate that APA resulted in offspring that displayed distinctive symptoms of ASD. We found that both F1 conceived from old fathers and F2 derived from old grandfathers displayed increased ultrasound vocalization (USV) activity, decreased sociability, increased grooming activity and increased anxiety-like responses. Moreover, such abnormalities were partially transmitted to the second generation of mice, having APA grandfathers. In conclusion, our study suggests that the risk of ASD could develop over generations, consistent with heritable mutations and/or epigenetic alterations associated with APA.</div>
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concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-31266584367532902882014-03-24T09:32:00.001-07:002014-03-24T09:32:23.972-07:00Glucocorticoids: Why You Should Avoid This Popular Pet Drug<a href="http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2014/03/21/glucocorticoid-drugs.aspx#.UzBeD9DHiSc.blogger">Glucocorticoids: Why You Should Avoid This Popular Pet Drug</a>concerned hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987948292416367555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128260.post-53398658459840157052014-03-22T14:21:00.001-07:002014-03-22T14:21:25.069-07:00 Link between father’s age and schizophrenia discovered REDISCOVERED!<div class="p1">
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<b><a href="http://www.nation.com.pk/sp-health/22-Mar-2014/link-between-father-s-age-and-schizophrenia-discovered">Link between father’s age and schizophrenia discovered</a></b></div>
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Children born to older fathers have a higher than normal risk of developing schizophrenia later in life, Swedish scientists said on Friday.</div>
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"There is an association between paternal age and the risk of schizophrenia in the offspring," Professor Finn Rasmussen, of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, told.</div>
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In their study of people born between 1973 and 1980, Rasmussen and his colleagues analyzed hospital admissions for schizophrenia and other disorders between 1989 and 2001. They calculated that, overall, 15.5 percent of schizophrenia cases in the study group may have been due to the patient having a father who was over 30 years at the birth.</div>
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Children born to fathers who are 45 years old or older are more likely to develop serious mental illness than children born to fathers in their early twenties, a <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.4525"><span class="s2">large-scale study</span></a> comparing siblings suggests.</div>
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The researchers posit accumulation of genetic <a href="http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_1700.asp"><span class="s3">mutation</span></a> in older men's <a href="http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_1714.asp"><span class="s3">sperm</span></a> as a possible reason for the increased risk, which is greater than that suggested by previous studies. Children born to older fathers were 25 times more likely to develop <a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/bipolar-disorder/index.shtml"><span class="s2">bipolar disorder</span></a>, for example.</div>
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<span class="s2"><a href="http://psych.indiana.edu/faculty/bmdonofr.php">Dr Brian D'Onofrio</a></span>, the study's first author, from Indiana University, USA, said: 'The findings in this study are more informative than many previous studies'. The research was performed in collaboration with two Swedish research centres. It drew on the medical records of more than 2.6 million people (about 90 percent of the population) born in Sweden between 1973 and 2001, to more than 1.4 million fathers.</div>
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'First, we had the largest sample size for a study on paternal age. Second, we predicted numerous psychiatric and academic problems that are associated with significant impairment. Finally, we were able to estimate the association between paternal age at childbearing and these problems', said Dr D'Onofrio.</div>
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Compared across all the people in the study, paternal age made little difference to mental health. But when the researchers compared the health of siblings born several years apart, clearer findings emerged. Bipolar disorder showed the strongest association with advancing paternal age, followed by <a href="http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder/Pages/Introduction.aspx"><span class="s2">ADHD</span></a>, <a href="http://www.autism.org.uk/about-autism/autism-and-asperger-syndrome-an-introduction/what-is-autism.aspx"><span class="s2">autism</span></a> and <a href="http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/psychosis/pages/introduction.aspx"><span class="s2">psychotic disorders</span></a>. Children born to older men also had lower scores at school and completed fewer levels of education overall, but these trends were less pronounced.</div>
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The researchers suggest the increased incidence of psychiatric problems is due to a higher rate of novel mutations in sperm cells of older fathers. Unlike women, who are born with all their <a href="http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_1680.asp"><span class="s3">egg cells</span></a>, men produce sperm throughout their lives. In older men, the sperm-producing mechanism may work less well than in young men, leading to more genetic changes in the resulting sperm, some of which may cause problems.</div>
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Opinions of other experts, not involved in the study, vary. Speaking to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/26/children-older-men-mental-illness-fathers-school"><span class="s2">The Guardian</span></a>, <a href="http://www.cuny.edu/about/centers-and-institutes/cidr/affiliates.html"><span class="s2">Professor Jennifer Roff</span></a>, of the City University of New York, said she was unconvinced by the link to mutations in sperm. 'I'm not saying that there is no possible genetic role for paternal age', she said, 'I simply think that this could be confounded with other environmental factors like birth order'.</div>
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EurekAlert! (press release)<span class="s4"> </span><span class="s5">|</span><span class="s4"> </span><i>26 February 2014</i></div>
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<b>By Dr. Mercola</b></div>
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Cancer is one of the leading causes of death. What if there was a safe, natural herb that could work for nearly every type of cancer? </div>
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According to Dr. William LaValley, who focuses most of his clinical work on the treatment of cancer, <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/06/13/this-powerful-herb-changes-your-genes-to-combat-cancer.aspx"><span class="s21">curcumin</span></a>—a derivative of turmeric, and the pigment that gives the curry spice turmeric its yellow-orange color—may fit the bill. It's a natural compound that has been extensively researched, and has been found to have numerous health applications.</div>
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Like me, Dr. LaValley was trained in general medicine, but he's devoted a considerable amount of time to understanding the biochemical pathways that can support health nutritionally.</div>
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In 1982, he participated in an exchange program to the People's Republic of China, where he got first-hand experience with the ancient practices of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture.</div>
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<i>"One of the important messages that I learned there was that natural products, natural molecules, from plants and animals that are already available in nature, have been used by the Chinese for at least hundreds, probably thousands of years. That deeply changed my perspective in the world of medicine," </i>he says<i>.</i></div>
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<i>"I came back to medical school, and thereafter, looked at how I could integrate the perspective of conventional pharmaceutical administration as well as natural extract, natural product administration."</i></div>
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<b>Curcumin Has Potent Anti-Cancer Activity</b></div>
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In 2005, he took a 75 percent sabbatical from clinical practice to immerse himself in the science of molecular biology, specifically the molecular biology of cancer. He also devoted approximately 9,000-9,500 hours building a relational database from the PubMed literature about the molecular biology of cancer.</div>
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One important lesson he learned through that venture is that the understanding of molecular biology can be applied across a range of diseases and symptoms described in the scientific literature. That knowledge can be applied by searching PubMed and other related databases, looking at the relevant molecular pathways involved.</div>
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<i>"In learning the molecular biology of cancer pathways, and in learning that what the evidence actually shows for the effect of natural product extracts on various relevant molecular targets in various cancers, <br />
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We see that there's actually quite a large amount of evidence that supports using various molecules, natural products, and pharmaceuticals that are already approved and that have been around for a long time to affect anti-cancer activity along that pathway at that target. That's called molecularly targeted anti-cancer treatment, and it's widely practiced in oncology today.</i></div>
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<i>What's </i><b><i>not </i></b><i>widely practiced is the use of the natural products for the molecularly targeted anti-cancer activity. I provide that for my patients because the evidence base suggests and supports the use of these treatment recommendations."</i></div>
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<b>Curcumin—A 'Universal' Cancer Treatment?</b></div>
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Interestingly, curcumin appears to be universally useful for just about every type of cancer, which is really odd since cancer consists of a wide variety of different molecular pathologies. You wouldn't necessarily suspect that there would be one herb that would work for most of them. Dr. LaValley explains how he came to this conclusion:</div>
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<i>"I went back to the literature and looked at how I can support the decision-making process and the recommendations that I'm making for treatment from the scientific literature, including literature that goes from the treatment of humans with oral products like pharmaceuticals or natural products.</i></div>
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<i>This is where I learned about this molecule called curcumin, all the way down to its use in animals and then its use in test tubes or petri dish... One of the amazing things about curcumin is that this molecule has some profound anti-inflammatory activity and has activity in many molecular targets.</i></div>
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<i>There are molecules that are in the cells, and those molecules interact with each other along certain pathways or tracks. The traffic of that interaction, the signals that are transferred in that trafficking of information in the molecules, presents many different targets or molecular-specific complexes."</i></div>
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As explained by Dr. LaValley, whether the curcumin molecule causes an <i>increase</i> in traffic or activity of a particular molecular target, or a <i>decrease/inhibition</i> of activity, studies repeatedly show that the end result is a potent anti-cancer activity. <span class="s23">Furthermore, curcumin does not adversely affect healthy cells, suggesting it selectively targets cancer cells. Research has also shown that it works synergistically with certain chemotherapy drugs, enhancing the elimination of cancer cells.</span></div>
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<b>Curcumin Destroys Cancer in Multiple Ways</b></div>
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Curcumin has the most evidence-based literature<span class="s24">1</span> supporting its use against cancer of any nutrient, including <a href="http://vitamind.mercola.com/"><span class="s21">vitamin D</span></a>, which also has a robust base. Interestingly, this also includes the metabolite of curcumin and its derivatives, which are also anti-cancerous.</div>
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Curcumin has the ability to modulate genetic activity and expression—both by destroying cancer cells and by promoting healthy cell function. It also promotes anti-angiogenesis, meaning it helps prevent the development of additional blood supply necessary for cancer cell growth. As for its effect on molecular pathways, curcumin can affect more than 100 of them, once it gets into the cell. More specifically, curcumin has been found to:</div>
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Help your body destroy mutated cancer cells so they cannot spread throughout your body</div>
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<b>Why Whole Turmeric Is Ineffective</b></div>
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Unfortunately, while there's some curcumin in whole <a href="http://foodfacts.mercola.com/turmeric.html"><span class="s21">turmeric</span></a>, there's not enough in the regular spice to achieve clinically relevant results. The turmeric root itself contains only about three percent curcumin concentration. Another major limitation of curcumin as a therapeutic agent is that it is poorly absorbed. When taken in its raw form, you're only absorbing about one percent of the available curcumin.</div>
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<i>"The natural product industry has developed a standard of a 95-percent concentration of curcumin," </i>Dr. LaValleyexplains<i>. "Initially, years ago, that was what we had available for patients. Even at that, taking a 95-percent concentration orally in a capsule, only one percent of that could be absorbed. In order to get amounts of curcumin in the bloodstream that are reasonable to have therapeutic effect, people had to take large amounts of curcumin...</i></div>
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<i>In searching the literature, I found that a way to change that, to dramatically increase the bioavailability, is actually a very simple process of bringing water to a boil, putting those capsules or some dry powder (I use it by the teaspoon), and boiling it for 10 to 12 minutes. That increases the amount of curcumin dissolved in water from that one-percent amount up to 12 percent or so. That amount is a vast number of curcumin molecules that are now in a bioavailable or absorbable form."</i></div>
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However, while this is certainly doable, it's really inconvenient, and great care must be taken to prevent staining your clothes and kitchen surfaces. It's a significant enough problem to have been dubbed "yellow kitchen syndrome," as it's virtually impossible to get the stains out. Turmeric is in fact an excellent dyeing agent for fabrics, rendering them a yellow-orange color.</div>
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Convenience and efficiency has driven many of the changes in the forms of curcumin in later years. Because it's a fat-loving or lipophilic molecule, many newer preparations now include some sort of oil or fat, which improves its absorbability and bioavailability. Such preparations typically have seven to eight times higher absorption than the raw, unprocessed 95-percent-concentration of dry powder. There are also newer sustained release preparations, which Dr. LaValley prefers and recommends.</div>
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<b>The Connection Between Cancer and Insulin Resistance</b></div>
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If you are overweight, or have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and/or diabetes, then in all likelihood insulin and <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/10/29/leptin-resistance.aspx"><span class="s21">leptin</span></a> resistance is a factor. Insulin and leptin resistance is also a very common factor among cancer patients. From my perspective, a <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/16/ketogenic-diet-benefits.aspx"><span class="s21">ketogenic diet</span></a> (with or without <a href="http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2013/06/28/intermittent-fasting-health-benefits.aspx"><span class="s21">intermittent fasting</span></a>) would be a prudent treatment strategy to resolve that underlying problem. Once you've normalized your insulin and leptin, you don't necessarily need to maintain a ketogenic diet, if you find it too restrictive.</div>
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<i>"I agree with you that a ketogenic diet is really appropriate in many cases, probably the significant majority of cases," </i>Dr. LaValley says<i>. "It's been known for probably 80 years or longer that solid tumors, and some of the blood cancers, are sugar-loving. Another term is that they are addicted to sugar.</i></div>
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<i>I use [a] PET scan to demonstrate to patients that here is objective proof that the tumors you have in your body are sugar-avid. They're taking up sugar at a rate much higher than the other regular healthy cells. I want to drive home that message, so that they are motivated to alter their diet to have a low, low carb intake, causing their body to generate additional nutrient supply molecules called ketones...</i></div>
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<i>What that means is that we're trying to provide an anti-cancer antagonistic pressure on the cancer cells by reducing the amount of sugar that's readily available for uptake by reducing the easily available sugar in the diet and compensating for the nutrient reduction and sugar [reduction] by increasing healthy fats."</i></div>
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<b>Cutting Down on Protein May Be Particularly Useful for Cancer Patients</b></div>
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It would also be prudent to assess your protein intake. Many Americans eat far more protein than required for optimal health. The reason for this is because your body can actually use <i>excess</i> protein (you do need <i>some</i>) to stimulate carbohydrate production. Excess protein also stimulates the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathways, which are useful for building muscles but can be detrimental when treating cancer, as mTOR is a pathway that increases cellular proliferation. (Interestingly, the pharmaceutical drug Metformin, which has anti-cancer activity, also inhibits mTOR, and it turns out that curcumin has a very similar effect.)</div>
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The formula I recommend for assessing how much protein you might need in your diet is from Dr. Rosedale, which calls for one gram of high-quality protein per kilogram of lean body mass, or about half a gram per pound of lean body mass.</div>
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As an example, if your body fat mass is 20 percent, your <i>lean</i> mass is 80 percent of your total body weight. So, if your total weight is 200 pounds; you would then divide 160 by 2.2 to convert pounds to kilograms and come up with 72.7 grams of protein. If you are doing vigorous exercises or are pregnant, you can add up to another 25 percent or another 18 grams in this illustration to increase your total to 90 grams per day.</div>
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<b>More Information</b></div>
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Dr. LaValley is available for consultation on a wide variety of health challenges, including cancer, and he's licensed to practice medicine in the US and Canada. His medical clinic is located in Chester, Nova Scotia, where he sees patients. Americans can fly there either through Chicago or Newark. His office number is 902-275-4555. He also spends time in Austin, Texas, where he conducts research. When there, he's available to consult for other physicians and their patients.</div>
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<i>"For instance, if a patient has pancreatic cancer and the physician wants to implement one of the protocols that I provide, I will do a consultation with that physician's patient and then make recommendations to that physician for implementation," </i>he explains<i>. "In that way, patients are able to get it locally without having to travel to Nova Scotia...</i></div>
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<i>It's a challenge right now because there's so much information that's not readily known by so many physicians that they become afraid. I think one of the biggest issues, certainly in US and Canada, is that when a physician wants to administer one of these natural products, or several of them, as well as some of the off-label pharmaceuticals for their anti-cancer usage, they are afraid of recriminations or disciplinary actions.</i></div>
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<i>That is, I think, very unfortunate, because the evidence base does exist for it, and it's consistent with the way that other types of conventional medicine or practice using off-label pharmaceuticals as well. I think that the most important movement that needs to occur is for the patients to recognize their own value in the decision-making process and demand that they have access to these therapeutic choices because they're available, they're supported in the evidence base, and they have the right to ask for them rather than to just accept whatever the physician is otherwise offering in the conventional realm."</i></div>
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