Vitamin C deficiency is still problematic today and you probably thought scurvy was a disease of the past. It's not.  Low energy? Try Vitamin C!  Feeling blue? Try Vitamin C! Personally, I use 3000mg daily so read the article and see if you might be a candidate for increased vitamin therapy.
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(NaturalNews) The common disease directly attributed to vitamin C deficiency is scurvy. Scurvy creates a malaise of fatigue and lethargy, affects bone and muscle strength, and stifles the immune system.

Some nutritional experts consider scurvy a manifestation of acidosis, extreme acidity or low pH. That condition gives rise to many other diseases, even cancer. Thanks to using citrus to curb the two million earlier sailors' scurvy, scurvy's occurrence has greatly diminished from the late 18th century till now. But it does still occur.

Due to terrible diets or practicing bulimia to become anorexic, there has been a scurvy surge among teens. It can also afflict alcoholics or older people whose ability to absorb vitamin C has diminished from excessive medications or poor diets.

Even infants who are not breast fed by a healthy mom can become scorbutic (manifesting scurvy symptoms). Although not a wise choice due to toxic additives, most infant formulas are fortified with vitamin C.

Most animals can create their own vitamin C. That's why they can recover from disease or injury quickly. The problem with us humans, Guinea pigs, and a few other primates is the gene involved with internal vitamin C manufacturing is missing.

The remedy is simple. Introduce more vitamin C food sources into the diet and/or add ascorbic acid supplementation.

Early signs of encroaching scurvy

(1)  Chronic low energy, strength, and/or depression. Even bone strength is affected. Since acidosis and scurvy are similar, the classic acidosis symptom of wasting away becomes evident while losing weight.

(2)  Bleeding gums, loose teeth, or gingivitis. This is an obvious and easy to notice sign that the collagen needed for building and maintaining tissue is deteriorating. Vitamin C is vital for collagen.

(3) Rapid mood changes, short tempers, and irritability can be an early sign of scurvy Add more vitamin C to your diet or look into other possibilities before seeking pharmaceutical interventions.

(4) Bruises that occur easily, and often linger may be an indication of vitamin C deficiency Low healing of minor wounds and dryer hair may also point to inadequate vitamin C levels.

(5) Chronic limb or joint pain is another sign for you to check into low vitamin C as a missing nutrient. Sometimes scurvy gets to a point where bleeding occurs within joints, causing severe pain.

(6)  Anemia is another sign of possible vitamin C deficiency. If you seem to catch every cold or flu that comes your way, maybe more vitamin C will help elevate your immune system.

Vitamin C deficiency creates neurological problems

A recent study conducted at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Neuroscience in Nashville, Tennessee and recorded in the Journal of Neurochemistry October, 2012, came up with some interesting observations.

They used mice which were genetically engineered to deactivate the genes that normally provide their own vitamin C. Of course, those mice are kept alive and healthy by externally providing them vitamin C with ascorbic acid (AA).

But for the purposes of this study, they created periods of not providing AA and then reintroducing it. Before and after each period, blood samples were taken. During each deprivation period, behavioral patterns were observed and noted.

Depressive and submissive behavior was noted during the initial absence of AA. Compulsions for consuming glucose above all other food types was observed.

After depriving the mice of AA a second time, blood samples indicated "... decreased blood glucose levels, oxidative damage to lipids and proteins in the cortex, and decreases in dopamine and serotonin metabolites in both the cortex and striatum." In other words, neurological damage.

The miraculous results of IV mega-dose vitamin C or liposomal high cellular absorption vitamin C have been achieved by orthomolecular medical MDs who have used mega-dose minerals and vitamins for decades, resolving extreme physiological and psychological problems.

Mainstream medicine still won't go there. But you can.

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I am a discriminating eater, are you? Potatoes, corn, corn-fed beef, microwave popcorn and farm-raised salmon are off my list of food items. Buying organic, non-processed foods surely will keep you healthier because your exposure to pesticides and preservatives will be greatly lessened. And, if you're watching your weight like I am, organic lettuce and leaves are my staples, along with the finest chicken breasts. Now if I could just keep my sweets consumption to a minimum...
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Food scientists are shedding light on items loaded with toxins and chemicals–and simple swaps for a cleaner diet and supersized health.

Clean eating means choosing fruits, vegetables, and meats that are raised, grown, and sold with minimal processing. Often they're organic, and rarely (if ever) should they contain additives. But in some cases, the methods of today's food producers are neither clean nor sustainable. The result is damage to our health, the environment, or both. So we decided to take a fresh look at food through the eyes of the people who spend their lives uncovering what's safe–or not–to eat. We asked them a simple question: "What foods do you avoid?" Their answers don't necessarily make up a "banned foods" list. But reaching for the suggested alternatives might bring you better health–and peace of mind.

1. The Endocrinologist Won't Eat: Canned Tomatoes

Fredrick Vom Saal, is an endocrinologist at the University of Missouri who studies bisphenol-A.

The problem:  The resin linings of tin cans contain bisphenol-A, a synthetic estrogen that has been linked to ailments ranging from reproductive problems to heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. Unfortunately, acidity (a prominent characteristic of tomatoes) causes BPA to leach into your food. Studies show that the BPA in most people's body exceeds the amount that suppresses sperm production or causes chromosomal damage to the eggs of animals. "You can get 50 mcg of BPA per liter out of a tomato can, and that's a level that is going to impact people, particularly the young," says vom Saal. "I won't go near canned tomatoes."

The solution:  Choose tomatoes in glass bottles (which do not need resin linings), such as the brands Bionaturae and Coluccio. You can also get several types in Tetra Pak boxes, like Trader Joe's and Pomi.

Budget tip:  If your recipe allows, substitute bottled pasta sauce for canned tomatoes. Look for pasta sauces with low sodium and few added ingredients, or you may have to adjust the recipe.

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2. The Farmer Won't Eat: Corn-Fed Beef

Joel Salatin is co-owner of Polyface Farms and author of half a dozen books on sustainable farming.

The problem:  Cattle evolved to eat grass, not grains. But farmers today feed their animals corn and soybeans, which fatten up the animals faster for slaughter. But more money for cattle farmers (and lower prices at the grocery store) means a lot less nutrition for us. A recent comprehensive study conducted by the USDA and researchers from Clemson University found that compared with corn-fed beef, grass-fed beef is higher in beta-carotene, vitamin E, omega-3s, conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), calcium, magnesium, and potassium; lower in inflammatory omega-6s; and lower in saturated fats that have been linked to heart disease. "We need to respect the fact that cows are herbivores, and that does not mean feeding them corn and chicken manure," says Salatin.

The solution:  Buy grass-fed beef, which can be found at specialty grocers, farmers' markets, and nationally at Whole Foods. It's usually labeled because it demands a premium, but if you don't see it, ask your butcher.

Budget tip:  Cuts on the bone are cheaper because processors charge extra for deboning. You can also buy direct from a local farmer, which can be as cheap as $5 per pound. To find a farmer near you, search eatwild.com.

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3. The Toxicologist Won't Eat: Microwave Popcorn

Olga Naidenko, is a senior scientist for the Environmental Working Group.

The problem:  Chemicals, including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), in the lining of the bag, are part of a class of compounds that may be linked to infertility in humans, according to a recent study from UCLA. In animal testing, the chemicals cause liver, testicular, and pancreatic cancer. Studies show that microwaving causes the chemicals to vaporize–and migrate into your popcorn. "They stay in your body for years and accumulate there," says Naidenko, which is why researchers worry that levels in humans could approach the amounts causing cancers in laboratory animals. DuPont and other manufacturers have promised to phase out PFOA by 2015 under a voluntary EPA plan, but millions of bags of popcorn will be sold between now and then.

The solution:  Pop natural kernels the old-fashioned way: in a skillet. For flavorings, you can add real butter or dried seasonings, such as dillweed, vegetable flakes, or soup mix.

Budget tip:  Popping your own popcorn is dirt cheap

4. The Farm Director Won't Eat: Nonorganic Potatoes

Jeffrey Moyer is the chair of the National Organic Standards Board.

The problem:  Root vegetables absorb herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides that wind up in soil. In the case of potatoes–the nation's most popular vegetable–they're treated with fungicides during the growing season, then sprayed with herbicides to kill off the fibrous vines before harvesting. After they're dug up, the potatoes are treated yet again to prevent them from sprouting. "Try this experiment: Buy a conventional potato in a store, and try to get it to sprout. It won't," says Moyer, who is also farm director of the Rodale Institute (also owned by Rodale Inc., the publisher of Prevention). "I've talked with potato growers who say point-blank they would never eat the potatoes they sell. They have separate plots where they grow potatoes for themselves without all the chemicals."

The solution:  Buy organic potatoes. Washing isn't good enough if you're trying to remove chemicals that have been absorbed into the flesh.

Budget tip:  Organic potatoes are only $1 to $2 a pound, slightly more expensive than conventional spuds.

What to Really Look for on a Nutrition Label

5. The Fisheries Expert Won't Eat: Farmed Salmon

Dr. David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany, published a major study in the journal Science on contamination in fish.

The problem:  Nature didn't intend for salmon to be crammed into pens and fed soy, poultry litter, and hydrolyzed chicken feathers. As a result, farmed salmon is lower in vitamin D and higher in contaminants, including carcinogens, PCBs, brominated flame retardants, and pesticides such as dioxin and DDT. According to Carpenter, the most contaminated fish come from Northern Europe, which can be found on American menus. "You could eat one of these salmon dinners every 5 months without increasing your risk of cancer," says Carpenter, whose 2004 fish contamination study got broad media attention. "It's that bad." Preliminary science has also linked DDT to diabetes and obesity, but some nutritionists believe the benefits of omega-3s outweigh the risks. There is also concern about the high level of antibiotics and pesticides used to treat these fish. When you eat farmed salmon, you get dosed with the same drugs and chemicals.

The solution:  Switch to wild-caught Alaska salmon. If the package says fresh Atlantic, it's farmed. There are no commercial fisheries left for wild Atlantic salmon.

Budget tip:  Canned salmon, almost exclusively from wild catch, can be found for as little as $3 a can.

6. The Cancer Researcher Won't Drink: Milk Produced With Artificial Hormones

Rick North is project director of the Campaign for Safe Food at the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility and former CEO of the Oregon division of the American Cancer Society.

The problem:  Milk producers treat their dairy cattle with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH or rBST, as it is also known) to boost milk production. But rBGH also increases udder infections and even pus in the milk. It also leads to higher levels of a hormone called insulin-like growth factor in milk. In people, high levels of IGF-1 may contribute to breast, prostate, and colon cancers. "When the government approved rBGH, it was thought that IGF-1 from milk would be broken down in the human digestive tract," says North. As it turns out, the casein in milk protects most of it, according to several independent studies. "There's not 100 percent proof that this is increasing cancer in humans," admits North. "However, it's banned in most industrialized countries."

The solution:  Check labels for rBGH-free, rBST-free, produced without artificial hormones, or organic milk. These phrases indicate rBGH-free products.

Budget tip: Try Wal-Mart's Great Value label, which does not use rBGH.

7. The Organic-Foods Expert Won't Eat: Conventional Apples

Mark Kastel, a former executive for agribusiness, is codirector of the Cornucopia Institute, a farm-policy research group that supports organic foods.

The problem:  If fall fruits held a "most doused in pesticides contest," apples would win. Why? They are individually grafted (descended from a single tree) so that each variety maintains its distinctive flavor. As such, apples don't develop resistance to pests and are sprayed frequently. The industry maintains that these residues are not harmful. But Kastel counters that it's just common sense to minimize exposure by avoiding the most doused produce, like apples. "Farm workers have higher rates of many cancers," he says. And increasing numbers of studies are starting to link a higher body burden of pesticides (from all sources) with Parkinson's disease.

The solution:  Buy organic apples.

Budget tip:  If you can't afford organic, be sure to wash and peel them. But Kastel personally refuses to compromise. "I would rather see the trade-off being that I don't buy that expensive electronic gadget," he says. "Just a few of these decisions will accommodate an organic diet for a family."

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I've been suspicious that injections that plump and paralyze would leave tell-tale lumps and bumps under the skin. Now there's evidence that blindness, facial collapse, herpes, rheumatic disease and blue-tinged flesh are possible side effects. EWWWWWWWWWW! Just remember that by using Facial Magic you probably won't ever want to have untested substances injected into your beautiful face. Exercise will tighten, plump and lift sagging features. Yay!
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They can turn skin blue and lumpy, leave you blind, and experts warn they could be a bigger scandal than faulty breast implants

• Mary Catchpole and Marie Adams share their horrifying stories  

By JOHN NAISH 

Like most brides-to-be, Mary Catchpole, 41, wanted to look perfect in her wedding photos.

The mother-of-two had already lost 2.5 stone in preparation for her big day last year and thought a simple, non-invasive cosmetic procedure to plump up her face would make her look fresher and more youthful.

But the dermal filler injected into both her cheeks caused a devastating chain of physical reactions. Not only was her wedding ruined, but she has been left with serious nerve damage, blurred vision, insomnia, depression and a £10,000 bill for private medical care.

Marie Adams, left, as she usually appears, and right, as she looked after the filler surgery

Like thousands of British women, Mary believed dermal fillers to be a safe and affordable way to improve her looks. The procedure involves injecting a gel substance under the skin which plumps out grooves.

Although dermal fillers were developed to treat deformities, cosmetic surgeons quickly realised they could also enhance people's looks.

Now, fillers are as popular as breast enhancements. Along with Botox, they command a market in non- surgical cosmetic procedures worth £775 million, which is expected to grow by 8.4 per cent in the next year.

Marie Adams, left, had filler injected before her wedding but it didn't have the results she was expecting

In the U.S., they're regarded as medicines and only six types are approved for use by professionals – on prescription only. In Britain, there are more than 100 types, which can all be injected without prescription by anyone, anywhere – whether they have specialist training or not.

Now a host of problems are emerging. Medical evidence shows they can cause health issues including blindness, facial collapse, herpes, rheumatic disease and blue-tinged flesh.

SURGERY

Two-thirds of women are so unhappy with their body they would undergo plastic surgery, a survey suggests.

Last month, a survey by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) revealed that in the past year around seven in ten surgeons had seen patients complaining of complications from dermal fillers, and over the past three years the number of problems with some fillers has tripled.

A staggering 98 per cent said fillers should be treated as a medicine.

Mary, who had never had any cosmetic procedures before, had her filler injected early in August last year, a fortnight before her wedding to Christopher, 38.

'Botox didn't appeal to me – I didn't like the idea of having a toxin injected into my face,' she says.

'Dermal fillers sounded safer and more natural, as they're made from hyaluronic acid.'

Fillers can be divided into two main groups; temporary ones made from hyaluronic acid, which is eventually absorbed into the body, and more permanent ones made from other materials that can remain in the body for many years

Hyaluronic acid is found naturally in the human body and many temporary fillers use a synthetic form. Mary chose a reputable clinic near her home in Romford, Essex, and saved £600 for the procedure.

It was when a cosmetic doctor at the Court House Clinic in Brentwood injected filler into her forehead, crow's feet and nose-to-mouth lines that the first hint of trouble emerged.

'While injecting filler around my right eye, I understood he'd hit a vein with the needle and that the area would bruise,' Mary says.

FACT UP TO IT
43,069 cosmetic procedures were done by The British Association of Plastic Surgeons last year  

She wasn't too worried, until she woke that night in agony. 'My face was burning – it felt like someone had thrown acid over it,' she says. 'Over the next 48 hours I also developed flu-like symptoms, vomiting and diarrhoea, felt disorientated and developed redness on my cheeks and neck.'

Horrified, she returned to the clinic where, she says, she was told the problem was probably a very rare allergic inflammatory reaction. She was given a course of steroids and antibiotics, but the symptoms persisted.

Then, only a week before her £6,000 wedding ceremony, the vision in her right eye became blurred and she rushed to her GP. The doctor suggested it might subside by the time she had completed the course of antibiotics and steroids in five further days.

But nothing improved. 'My longed-for wedding day was overshadowed by the fact I was so ill,' she says. 'The night after, my sister had booked us into a hotel as a gift, but instead my husband had to take me to Chelmsford A&E because I couldn't see properly out of my right eye.'

In November last year, experts reported that a female patient went permanently blind in her left eye after having filler injected because it blocked an artery feeding the eye

Her GP referred her to a dedicated eye treatment centre at Whipps Cross Hospital in East London. 'The specialist said it was possible that the fillers could have got into my system via my bloodstream,' says Mary.

There followed two stays in hospital and regular visits to the GP because the symptoms got worse.

'The burning sensation to my face was intense, I had constant diarrhoea, felt drowsy all the time and had impaired vision in my right eye,' she says. 'Medics at University College Hospital, London, told me they thought it was all a result of my body trying to expel toxins.'

Mary paid to see a neurologist in London in February, who referred her as an NHS patient to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, where she spent three-and-a-half weeks having tests.

'They diagnosed facial nerve damage with the likely cause being the dermal fillers since there was no other explanation,' says Mary. The consultant neurologist's opinion was that some of the nerves in Mary's brain were desensitised by the trauma.  

To date, Mary has spent almost £10,000 on private medical care. The Court House Clinic refuses to accept any blame. 'Had I been fully warned that these sort of side-effects can occur, there's no way I'd have gone ahead with the fillers,' she says now.

Marie, who had filler injections, said: 'All I'd wanted was a little confidence boost, but ended up with the opposite because I was too embarrassed to go out'

The Court House Clinic, however, believes it highly unlikely they are responsible for what happened to Mary. Dr Patrick Bowler, its medical director, says: 'Our medical directors and independent medical experts agree the patient's clinical symptoms are highly unlikely to be related to her treatment at the clinic.'

But he does call for tighter regulation of fillers and Mary's case has been reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

Mary is trying to pursue a legal case against the clinic but such cases can be extremely difficult to judge because there is often no definitive medical evidence either way

The makers of the filler, Juvederm, also deny responsibility, but say: 'As with any medical procedure, there is always a risk of unwanted side-effects. Adverse effects with hyaluronic acid-based dermal fillers are normally short-lived and often relate to the injection procedure.'

Mary is trying to pursue a legal case against the clinic but such cases can be extremely difficult to judge because there is often no definitive medical evidence either way. It is scientifically reasonable to assume some people may have rare and unexpected allergic reactions to fillers through no one's clinical fault.

Doctors in Warwickshire once discovered that a transparent permanent filler gel injected into a woman's eyebrows a decade earlier had migrated across her head

All dermal fillers, no matter how carefully manufactured and administered, must inevitably carry some risk. 'All dermal fillers can induce serious and potentially long-lasting adverse effects,' says Dr Erin Gilbert, a professor of dermatology at the State University of New York.

Marie Adams, 34, is only too aware of the serious problems that can be caused by cheap injections from practitioners with questionable qualifications. A full-time mum to daughters Alice, 16 months, and Emma, 12, Marie went for the injections in her nose-to-mouth lines and top lip seven months ago.

'I'd seen other women who'd had great results,' says Marie, from Essex, whose partner Sean, 36, works in a fitness centre.

Marie booked in to a local beauty salon, where dermal fillers cost £150 a time. The salon assured her the practitioner was a nurse and 'very good', but two days after the injections her face was swollen and her lips lumpy. 'My nose to mouth lines were also uneven and one looked more puffed out than the other,' she says.

A fortnight later, Marie went for a check-up with the woman who administered the injections. But she failed to arrive. 'All I'd wanted was a little confidence boost, but ended up with the opposite because I was too embarrassed to go out,' she says.

Marie paid for Dr Mervyn Patterson, a qualified cosmetic doctor, to use more filler to even out her top lip and nose-to-mouth lines.

Pressure is increasing for tighter regulation so only properly qualified, trained and accredited professionals can administer the treatment and the fillers are properly tested

Far more serious complications have been recorded. In November last year, experts reported that a female patient went permanently blind in her left eye after having filler injected because it blocked an artery feeding the eye. Similar cases have also been reported, where injected filler has put pressure on blood vessels feeding the retina, starving it of oxygen, causing visual problems and blindness.

Fillers can be divided into two main groups; temporary ones made from hyaluronic acid, which is eventually absorbed into the body, and more permanent ones made from other materials that can remain in the body for many years.

Temporary ones are less dangerous, but with most the effects last between three months and a year. Experts warn that all dermal fillers can induce serious and potentially long-lasting adverse effects.

Permanent filler can shift from its injection site to other parts of the body. Doctors at the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust described a case earlier this year where a woman was sent to them complaining of a swelling on her forehead.

Doctors discovered that a transparent permanent filler gel she'd had injected between her eyebrows a decade ago had migrated across her head.

Some patients can develop a chronic 'foreign body' reaction where the skin attempts to seal off the filler in a fibrous capsule causing lumps.

Stephen Hamilton, a London-based consultant plastic surgeon, has witnessed disfiguring damage caused by wrongly injected fillers.

Fillers can be divided into two main groups; temporary ones made from hyaluronic acid, which is eventually absorbed into the body, and more permanent ones made from other materials that can remain in the body for many years

'I have seen a 40-year-old woman patient who suddenly lost the skin between her eyebrows because an unqualified person had injected dermal filler into her frown lines, accidentally blocking an artery,' he says.

A less damaging, but still upsetting, result is the Tyndall Effect. It happens when temporary hyaluronic acid fillers, which reflect light on a particular spectrum, are injected too close to the surface of the skin, producing a translucent blue discolouration.

Pressure is increasing for tighter regulation so only properly qualified, trained and accredited professionals can administer the treatment and the fillers are properly tested.

In January, Andrew Lansley, then Health Secretary, promised a review of the cosmetics industry and it was launched in August by Sir Bruce Keogh, the medical director of the NHS. The recommendations are expected in March.

'Every kind of procedure intended to alter your appearance needs careful thinking about – it should not be something you do during lunchtime, or because you are lured by discounts,' says Dr Alex Clarke, of Royal Free Hospital's department of plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Some experts are claiming fillers could cause a healthcare crisis bigger than the faulty PIP breast implants in 2010.

Yet, sadly for women like Mary and Marie, the call for regulation has come too late.

Additional reporting by Sadie Nicholas

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Could this article be true? Are mammograms saving lives or causing great angst with misdiagnosis? I know that my sister had her mammies grammed and the test missed her cancer. What's going on? You read the article and please let me know your thoughts on what you've read. Personally, I've never allowed this test to be performed on me. Have you?
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(NaturalNews) Mammography is a cruel medical hoax. As I have described here on Natural Newsmany times, the primary purpose of mammography is not to "save" women from cancer, but to recruit women into false positives  that scare them into expensive, toxic treatments like chemotherapy, radiation and surgery.

The "dirty little secret" of the cancer industry is that the very same oncologists who scare women into falsely believing they have breast cancer are also the ones pocketing huge profits from selling those women chemotherapy  drugs. The conflicts of interest and abandonment of ethics across the cancer industry is breathtaking.

Now, a new scientific study has confirmed exactly what I've been warning readers about for years: most women "diagnosed" with breast cancer via mammography never had a cancer problem to begin with!  

93% of "early detection" has no benefit to the patient

That's the conclusion of a groundbreaking new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

"We found that the introduction of screening has been associated with about 1.5 million additional women receiving a diagnosis of early stage breast cancer," writes study co-author Dr. Gilbert Welch.

Now, at first, you might think that's a good thing. You might think, "Well, early detection saves lives, just like we've been told by Komen and the cancer non-profits."

But you'd be wrong. As Dr. Welch's team discovered, there was virtually no reduction in late-stage breast cancer from all this "early" diagnosis, meaning that most women who were told they had breast cancer after a mammogram were being lied to.

As he explains:

We found that there were only around 0.1 million fewer women with a diagnosis of late-stage breast cancer. This discrepancy means there was a lot of overdiagnosis more than a million women who were told they had early stage cancer — most of whom underwent surgery, chemotherapy or radiation — for a "cancer" that was never going to make them sick. Although it's impossible to know which women these are, that's some pretty serious harm.

Yep, it is. In fact, if you do the math and calculate 0.1 million fewer women with advanced-stage cancer out of 1.5 million who were diagnosed,* 93% of the "early detection" cancer cases studied were*  false positives meaning that they would never have gone on to cause advanced-stage cancer anyway.

Chemo, radiation, cancer surgery largely a hoax

According to these scientists, "Breast cancer was overdiagnosed (i.e., tumors were detected on screening that would never have led to clinical symptoms) in 1.3 million U.S. women in the past 30 years."

That's 1.3 million women who were told by their lying oncologists: "If you don't agree to treatment, you'll be dead in six months" (or two years, or whatever fraudulent scare schedule they use).

Under the threat of this fear, most women cave in and agree to start "treatment" — often on the very same day they are falsely diagnosed. This so-called "treatment" consists of a highly toxic injection of deadly chemicals that the oncologist makes a small fortune selling to the very same patients he falsely diagnosed. Yep, that's right: Cancer clinics and oncology treatment centers make huge profits on the chemotherapy drugs they sell to patients  — the very same patients they scared into treatment through a false positive mammogram.

Despite the near-total failure of mammography from a scientific point of view, the propaganda push for mammography is downright deafening. As Dr. Welch explains in his New York Times article:

...No other medical test has been as aggressively promoted as mammograms — efforts that have gone beyond persuasion to guilt and even coercion ("I can't be your doctor if you don't get one"). And proponents have used the most misleading screening statistic there is: survival rates. A recent Komen foundation campaign typifies the approach: In short, tell everyone they have cancer, and survival will [statistically] skyrocket.

Komen for the Cure, of course, has been caught blatantly lying about the supposed "benefits" of mammography Their statistical deception fools most women, sadly, convincing them to undergo toxic chemotherapy for a "breast cancer" they never really had.

The quackery of modern oncology

Once women begin the chemotherapy for a cancer they don't even have, they begin to experience what the quack oncologist calls "symptoms of cancer." Their hair falls out. They lose their appetite. Their muscles atrophy. They become weak, mentally confused and chronically fatigued. The cancer doctor then tells the woman, "You must be strong to pull through this while the medicine is working."

Pure quackery! You could do much better invoking voodoo or even just wishing to be cured. Because everything about the cancer experience in modern medicine — the diagnosis, the "treatment," the medical authority — is utterly and maliciously fabricated for the purpose of generating cancer industry profits.  

"Better" technology leads to more false positives

There is no more apparent example of modern-day medical quackery than the cancer industry. Armed with ever-more-precise mammography machines, the rate of false positive diagnoses has shot through the roof.

As Dr. Welch writes in the New York Times: 

Six years ago, a long-term follow-up of a randomized trial showed that about one-quarter of cancers detected by screening were overdiagnosed. And this study reflected mammograms as used in the 1980s. Newer digital mammograms detect a lot more abnormalities, and the estimates of overdiagnosis have risen commensurately: now somewhere between a third and half of screen-detected cancers.

Got that? Many cancer diagnoses from mammography are utterly false. But they are a great scare tactic for recruiting women into what can only be called a "cult of cancer" in which they are manipulated into poisoning themselves with chemicals. They are later called "cancer survivors" if the poison doesn't manage to kill them.

These cancer survivors are, of course, victims of a malicious medical cult that I call "the Cult of Komen." In nearly all cases, it wasn't the cancer that nearly killed them... it was the treatment!

The cult of Komen

Modern day people sneer and snort at the Jim Jones mass suicide cult of 1978, thinking, "How could those cult members be so stupid to poison themselves to death?"

Look around, folks, because the cancer industry has taken the Jim Jones formula and multiplied it by a factor of a million. The "Cult of Komen" is the modern-day Jim Jones "suicide cult." It's a cult where people "believe" in the promise of salvation through chemical indoctrination, but what's actually delivered to them is rotting death, pain, suffering and humiliation. (Many cancer surgeons operating today literally slice off women's breasts following a false positive cancer diagnosis maiming her for life.)

One of the earmarks of this cult is the worship of self-mutilation. It's not just the women who are manipulated into having their breasts sliced off by surgeons; it's also the women who are manipulated into being injected with deadly poisons that destroy their kidneys, livers and brains. The No. 1 side effect of chemotherapy, by the way, is cancer.

Like any cult, the cancer industry cult pushes its delusions with emotionally-charged propaganda and powerful symbols (pink ribbons). Millions of women get innocently swept up into the "run for the cure," apparently clueless to the fact that most of that "cure" money goes to pay for more mammograms that result in more false diagnoses which ensnare yet more women into the same victimization racket.

Thus, the very women who participate in raising money for these pink ribbon cult worship-fests are actually paying for the mammogram machines that will recruit more women into the same cult via a quack diagnosis followed by a "campaign of fear and terror" carried out by oncologists against women. What the cancer industry is doing today is, by any measure, a crime against women. It's also a form of cultural mutilation of women, much like we've seen in Aztec, Mayan and various African cultures throughout history.

Is the Cult of Komen a criminal operation? Almost certainly. Is it scientific? Not a chance. There is nothing "scientific" about the modern-day cancer industry other than the scientific manipulation of women's fears and emotions. What Komen and the cancer industry lacks in ethics, science or facts, it more than makes up for in tactics of linguistic influence , arm-twisting and flat-out lying to the public about the over-hyped benefits of mammography. 

The cancer industry isn't in the business of curing cancer, after all. But it is in the business of catapulting the propaganda  of the delusional cancer cult. As Dr. Welch explains:

Screening proponents have also encouraged the public to believe two things that are patently untrue. First, that every woman who has a cancer diagnosed by mammography has had her life saved (consider those "Mammograms save lives. I'm the proof" T-shirts for breast cancer survivors). The truth is, those survivors are much more likely to have been victims of overdiagnosis.

Thus, all those women marching around with pink T-shirts that say, "Mammograms save lives" are actually declaring themselves to be the unwitting victims of a scientific campaign of targeting women, scaring women into treatment they don't need, then maiming women with toxic chemicals or surgeons' knives.

If those pink T-shirts actually told the truth, they should say, "I survived the cancer industry."

The big question in all this, of course, is: For how long will western civilization continue to live under the spell of the Cult of Komen? How many million women have yet to be sacrificed to the false quackery of mammography and the scam of modern oncology?

And more importantly, why do families allows their own mothers, daughters, aunts and grandmothers to be poisoned and maimed right in front of their own eyes, while they all sit back and submit to the false authority of profit-seeking doctors who practice nothing more than pure quackery?

Modern oncology represents the Dark Ages of western medicine

There will come a day, I have repeatedly predicted, when the modern practice of chemotherapy will be relegated to the history books of bad medicine, alongside sniffing mercury vapors and surgically removing body organs to treat mental disorders. 

Until that day comes, countless numbers of innocent women will be tricked into being mutilated, chemically poisoned, and blasted with ionizing radiation by cruel doctors who frankly don't care one bit how many women they maim or murder as long as they get reimbursed by Medicare for the procedures.

That's the truth about the cancer industry you won't hear from Komen (nor from any of its pink ribbon cult followers).

The conclusion from the study authors

Despite substantial increases in the number of cases of early-stage breast cancer detected, screening mammography has only marginally reduced the rate at which women present with advanced cancer. Although it is not certain which women have been affected, the imbalance suggests that there is substantial overdiagnosis, accounting for nearly a third of all newly diagnosed breast cancers, and that screening is having, at best, only a small effect on the rate of death from breast cancer.  

Sources for this story include:

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1206809?query=featured_hom...

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Lower blood pressure, better cholesterol levels and a smaller waistline? What could be better??? The DASH Weight Loss Solution sounds pretty exciting if you'd like to drop a dress size in just a few weeks without counting a single calorie or plunging into a fitness regime that would leave you breathless. Supposedly this new plan is healthy! The plan is easy – high protein, lots of green veggies with no fruit or grains for 14 days then add back fruit and whole grains to maintain your weight loss. Read the article and see if you can drop a dress size in two weeks – I'm going to give it a try!
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A brilliantly simple new diet that's sweeping the U.S. targets your tum – and boosts your health

By MANDY FRANCIS 

What would you say if someone told you it was possible to drop a dress size and get a flatter tummy by Christmas without counting calories, spending hours on the treadmill or resorting to unhealthy faddy eating?

This is the promise of a new hit diet taking the U.S. by storm.

The DASH diet (DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) was developed by the nutritionist Marla Heller, and was recently voted the healthiest diet in the U.S. by a panel of doctors.

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Don't panic! There is still time to slim down for that Christmas party dress with the new DASH diet taking the U.S by storm

The plan, which is endorsed by The National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute and The American Heart Association, was devised to lower your blood pressure and cholesterol and help ward off diabetes. However, its amazing ability to help people lose weight has quickly turned it into a bestseller.

Now, just in time for Christmas, Heller has turbo-charged the original regime to create an even more powerful weight-loss plan.

In this exclusive extract from her new book, The DASH Weight Loss Solution, Heller explains how her simple diet can transform your figure in time for your Christmas party — without counting a single calorie or following a punishing fitness regime.

But unlike other crash diets, which can have an adverse effect on your health, this one is scientifically proven to boost health.

Over the next two weeks, you can not only drop a dress size and flatten your tummy, but fire up your metabolism and train your appetite to resist all those calorific treats you'll be tempted by over the festive season.

If you're worrying whether you'll be able to squeeze into that unforgiving party dress this season, the DASH plan is a godsend.

So how does it work? Instead of counting calories and fussing over fat, Heller says the best way to lose weight is to focus on the type of foods you are eating. The key is to choose lean proteins and healthy fats that will help to fill you up and control your appetite, rather than spend time worrying about the things you need to avoid.

Divided into two phases, the diet promises not only to help you lose weight — in particular around your stomach area — but has been proven to lower blood pressure and cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke and developing diabetes.

Phase One of the DASH diet (the initial two weeks of the programme that we will be outlining here) is a low-carbohydrate transition period designed to reset your metabolism.

This protein-rich eating plan — which cuts out fruit and wholegrains for 14 days — will keep you feeling satisfied for longer and, because it's low in carbs and sugars, also helps trigger fast, immediately visible weight loss.

Phase Two then reintroduces wholegrains, fruit and starchy vegetables in order to maintain and continue your weight loss, as well as improve cholesterol and blood sugar levels.

Heller says that although the DASH diet is not designed to be an aggressive weight-loss regime, and results will vary from person to person, people tend to lose around 5lb in the first two weeks — and between 10 lb and 35 lb over a period of two months.

So what are the key things you need to change about your eating habits to see results before Christmas? First, you will learn to consume lots of vegetables. You can eat as much non-starchy veg as you want to — there are no limits. You should also include protein-rich foods, such as lean meat, fish, low-fat cheese and nuts, that increase satiety, helping to reduce snacking by keeping your blood sugar levels more stable.

By cutting out starchy and sugary foods, your metabolism will operate more efficiently, since you will have a reduced demand for insulin (the hormone that keeps blood sugar levels in kilter). You will also notice you are eating lighter, healthier foods, which will make you feel more energised.

Within the first few days, you will notice your waist shrinking as you lose belly fat, which tends to build up when we eat large amounts of carbohydrates.

Here's how to do it . . .

PHASE 1: Lose that bulge in 14 days

For the next 14 days, include moderate-sized servings of these three food groups in every main meal (ie. breakfast, lunch and dinner). As a guide, a portion of meat, fish and poultry should be the size of your palm. A handful of beans, nuts, lentils and soy foods is about right. A portion of cheese should be the size of a small matchbox.

EAT...

1. Foods that are protein-rich and low in saturated fat. These include:

• Lean meats
• Fish and poultry
• Beans and lentils
• Soy foods
• Low-fat cheeses
• Eggs
• Unsweetened or artificially sweetened yogurt (one small pot per day)

Eat foods that are protein-rich and low in saturated fat like lean meats

2. Heart-healthy fats. These are foods that contain omega-3 and polyunsaturated fats, which have been shown, if eaten regularly, to have beneficial effects on circulation and reduce the risk of heart disease. Good sources include:

• Avocados
• Vegetable oils, especially olive, rapeseed and nut oils

Note that coconut oil and palm oil are excluded, since they are high in saturated fat, along with salad dressings, especially those based on these two oils.

3. Foods that are protein-rich and contain healthy fats. These include:

Nuts (preferably non-roasted and unsalted) and seeds

Fatty fish such as salmon and mackerel.

PLUS...

As much sugar-free, fruit-flavoured jelly as you want — this will become your fruit and dessert substitute. All vegetables, with the exception of starchy vegetables such as potatoes and corn, are also unlimited.

Avoid...Starchy foods (other than beans). This means no: bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, all foods fried in batter, sugary foods (which includes fruit, fresh, frozen, dried or tinned), alcohol, caffeinated beverages, milk.

Snack on healthy nibbles such as vegetable crudites

SIX STEPS TO SUCCESS  

• Eat three meals a day, plus a morning, afternoon and optional pre-dinner snack. Do not skip any of the main meals or snacks. This will keep your blood sugar steady, and help you avoid hunger.

• Challenging fitness activities such as jogging, Zumba, aerobics, cycling and weight training should be avoided. Instead, try to do no more than 30 minutes of light or moderate activity per day. Moderate activity such as walking or gentle yoga will keep blood sugar stable and burn belly fat.

• Go to bed earlier. You may initially feel less energetic on this two-week 'jump start' programme. Don't worry — your energy levels will go back to normal once you move on to Phase Two of the programme.

• Drink plenty of fluids. Avoid caffeine and instead aim for at least eight glasses of water, vegetable juice and herbal tea a day.

• Don't cut out salt altogether. This 14-day programme can be dehydrating. Without starchy and sugary foods, your body will flush out excess fluid more quickly than usual. Allowing yourself to have plenty of drinks and a moderate amount of salty foods will help prevent too much fluid loss.

• Relax. You may get frustrated in the middle of the jump-start period. Your body is going through lots of changes, all for the better. Keep going — it will get easier. Focus on your weight-loss results. Your success will keep you motivated and make it easier to stay on track. It is absolutely ok to weigh yourself daily; it will build an aura of success. Although weight loss will vary widely from person to person, you can expect to lose at least 5lb over the fortnight.

PHASE 2: KEEP THE WEIGHT OFF FOREVER

After this initial reset phase, if you want to continue losing weight and feeling well you are ready to move on to Phase Two.

Working your way through Phase One, you will have already learnt to make your meals more satisfying with proteins, non-starchy vegetables and heart-healthy fats.

DID YOU KNOW?

The average Briton gains half-a-stone over the festive season- not surprising considering Christmas dinner can contain 4,000 calories

In Phase Two, you should continue to eat some protein and plenty of vegetables at every meal — but you can start to add wholegrains (no more than three portions) and fruit (two portions) to your daily diet. You can also ramp up your exercise regime with more aerobic activity and toning exercises.

One portion of wholegrain = 1 slice wholemeal bread; half a wholemeal muffin; half a wholemeal bread roll; half a cup cooked wholemeal pasta or brown rice; half a jacket potato or three new potatoes with skins on, or one tbsp wholegrain cereal.

One portion of fruit = 1 small piece of fresh fruit; half a glass of fruit juice; 1 dessertspoon of dried fruit; 2 tbsp of canned fruit in juice.

You will continue to lose weight, although slightly more slowly after the initial reset phase, but it's a plan you can enjoy for life.

Extracted from The Dash Diet Weight Loss Solution by Marla Heller MS RD, to be published by Grand Central on December 20, £17.99. © 2012 Marla Heller. To order a copy for £15.99 (p&p free), call 0844 472 4157.

THE MENUS

You should have a breakfast, lunch, dinner, mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack every day. If you feel you need it, you can also have a pre-dinner snack:

Breakfasts (Choose one)  

• One sliced boiled egg served with one or two slices of grilled lean bacon and a small glass of tomato juice

• Two scrambled eggs plus a small slice of roast beef and sliced tomatoes

• One turkey and cheese roll-up (place a large slice of turkey on top of a slice of reduced-fat cheese, such as  eerdammer Lightlife, and roll up) plus a glass of vegetable juice

• Egg-white omelette (made using two egg whites and a squirt of cooking spray) with lean ham and mushrooms

• A handful of mixed nuts with vegetable crudités (celery, radishes, carrots, cucumber and peppers are all suitable)

Snacks (Choose one mid-morning and one mid-afternoon)

• One Babybel Light cheese plus a handful of carrot batons

• Cut out starchy food and fill up on veg

• One small no-fat yoghurt plus ten walnuts or cashews

• One dessert spoon of peanut butter with celery sticks

• One stick of low-fat cheese served with celery sticks

• Two tablespoons of low-fat cottage cheese with crudités

Lunches (Choose one, plus a pot of sugar-free jelly for dessert)

• One grilled chicken breast served with large green salad dressed with oil and vinegar

• Two or three ham and cheese roll-ups (place a slice of low-fat/light cheese on top of a slice of lean ham). Served with a tablespoon of raw coleslaw topped with an oil and vinegar dressing and cucumber

• One can of flaked tuna in spring water mixed with light mayonnaise and finely chopped pepper and onion, served with a large salad dressed with an oil and vinegar dressing

• Large tomato stuffed with low-fat cottage cheese with chives and black pepper, served with a side salad

• One grilled Portobello mushroom topped with one thin slice of ham and sprinkle of low-fat cheese

Pre-dinner snacks (Optional)

• Red pepper strips with a tablespoon of guacamole

• Handful of unsalted, roasted peanuts or pistachios (approx 20)

• Tablespoon of low-fat hummus with crudités

Dinners (Choose one, plus a pot of sugar-free jelly for dessert)

• One lean grilled beef burger served with steamed vegetables

• Portion of rotisserie chicken served with a vegetable salad, sprinkled with pine nuts and oil and vinegar dressing

• Stir-fried salmon portion with Chinese vegetables (use a Chinese or Thai spice paste for flavouring)

• Grilled pork chop with mashed cauliflower and green beans with balsamic dressing

• Three-bean salad served with a large green salad

Cut out starchy food and fill up on veg

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