<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982</id><updated>2012-02-26T11:48:13.644-08:00</updated><category term='Hypertension'/><category term='Diabetes'/><category term='Research'/><category term='Cancer'/><category term='Cooking'/><category term='Fat'/><category term='Flu shot'/><category term='Big pharma'/><category term='Law and Order'/><category term='Supplements'/><category term='Distraction'/><category term='MSG'/><category term='GMOs'/><category term='Water'/><category term='Security'/><category term='Cholesterol Myth'/><category term='The Mind'/><category term='Vitamins'/><category term='FDA'/><category term='Drugs'/><category term='Vaccinations'/><category term='Herbs'/><category term='Myths'/><category term='Health Care'/><category term='Children'/><category term='Sweeteners'/><category term='Bad Legislation'/><category term='Food additives'/><category term='EU'/><category term='Detox'/><category term='USDA'/><category term='Pain'/><title type='text'>MEDICAL BITES FROM TEXAS</title><subtitle type='html'>Medical and nutrition news and alternatives for people 
&lt;br&gt;who take charge of their own health.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>26</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-660100463472087282</id><published>2012-02-26T11:47:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-26T11:48:13.931-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pain'/><title type='text'>DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;When pain is an issue, IF it is not caused by joint deterioration, deep tissue message is in order. It is famous with athletes, but seniors who have developed a problem in muscles because of favoring a leg, or overdoing some activity, can also benefit.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me wife bought a small trampolene to try to loosen up joints and move toxins out of joints. The idea is great, but she overdid it some. The result was that old pain went away, and new leg pain in muscles developed. This message is what I am using to try to loosen up contracted muscles.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do not go so far that pain is felt. This means starting with a very light pressure. Increase it over time at the rate the pain recedes. Keep walking. Keep your head up. Use a walking or hiding stick so you are not frightened of looking down. If you walk on the farm, like we do, beware of looking down all the time to not step in chicken manure. Have a pair of shoes you can leave at the door so you don't dread the de-manuring routine.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Walk tall, do not favor one leg, which means walk slow to minimize pain.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here is deep tissue massage. &lt;br /&gt;Find more body areas to deal with in the menu at the lower right of the page:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object data="http://cdn-i.dmdentertainment.com/DMVideoPlayer/player.swf" height="349" id="player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="620"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://cdn-i.dmdentertainment.com/DMVideoPlayer/player.swf" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashVars" 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/&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ehow.com/video_4409357_give-deep-tissue-leg-massage.html"&gt;How to Give a Deep Tissue Leg Massage&lt;/a&gt; -- powered by ehow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-660100463472087282?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/660100463472087282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=660100463472087282' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/660100463472087282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/660100463472087282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2012/02/deep-tissue-massage.html' title='DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-3860235364423263588</id><published>2012-02-20T16:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-20T16:46:15.126-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food additives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big pharma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flu shot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GMOs'/><title type='text'>MURDER BY FOOD</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/images/MH900400155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="agriculture,corn,cornfields,crops,farming,farms,fields,footpaths,paths,pathways,photographs,plants" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/images/MH900400155.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here is an article at my journal online about pharmaceutical and chemical companies and their worldwide program to engineer a holocaust far more deadly than that of Adolph Hitler.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blessedquietness.com/journal/prophecy/strong-delusion-holocaust-by-chemical-companies-%20Part%20Six.htm"&gt;READ THE STORY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-3860235364423263588?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/3860235364423263588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=3860235364423263588' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/3860235364423263588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/3860235364423263588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2012/02/murder-by-food.html' title='MURDER BY FOOD'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-5812318143266399647</id><published>2012-02-13T13:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T13:31:02.782-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vitamins'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supplements'/><title type='text'>VITAMIN B12</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is Dr. Mercola on Vitamin B12:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="315" width="420"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1FT2Rpnv2K0?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1FT2Rpnv2K0?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://products.mercola.com/vitamin-b12-spray/?e_cid=20120211_DNL_artTest_A5&amp;amp;source=nl"&gt;Go to the page at his site and read&lt;/a&gt;-- graphics help there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/Dg-QvfJTdbg"&gt;Dr. Jonathan Wright on B12.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-5812318143266399647?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/5812318143266399647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=5812318143266399647' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/5812318143266399647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/5812318143266399647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2012/02/vitamin-b12.html' title='VITAMIN B12'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-3358147516295356144</id><published>2012-02-08T15:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T15:07:15.450-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypertension'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Myths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food additives'/><title type='text'>SALTY LIES</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SALTY_FOODS?SITE=AP&amp;amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;amp;CTIME=2012-02-07-17-15-52"&gt;According the the CDC salt causes high blood pressure, which causes heart failure&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;LIE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;According to one of the clinical doctors (MS) we subscribe to, a doctor who does his own research of research findings worldwide, there have been around 17,000 research projects trying to link salt intake to heart disease. One, and only one, research found a connection, and that one reported that too LITTLE salt would cause&amp;nbsp;arrhythmia&amp;nbsp;issues.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The body NEEDS salt, and many people with heart rate issues are really suffering from too little sodium. That is a no brainer, for electrolytes are needed for the electrical&amp;nbsp;impulses&amp;nbsp;to flow normally in the body.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here is what I would do if I had arrhythmia issues, or rapid heart rate etc. I would try adding salt, magnesium, and potassium to my supplements. If the heart issues decrease or go away, I would ignore my doctor, and learn by experiment how much I need to add.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;As a matter of fact, that is exactly what I have had to do all the time. If I go to bed, and I have an antsy feeling and my heart is skipping beats, I get up, pour a glass of orange juice, add about a third of a teaspoon of both salt and sodium bicarbonate to the orange juice, and sip it over about fifteen minutes. It is only a very short time before I am feeling fine, and my heart is beating normally.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Research has shown that Americans are almost all low on salt. The extra salt in food in the market place is no real danger at all. Add some iodine supplement (Lugol's Solution) also-- about 80% of all Americans are low in iodine. Two drops a day of orally prepared iodine is about right.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;All doctors still tell patients to reduce their salt, even if they are normal on sodium. It is one of those magic little nanny moments doctors seem to feel justify their&amp;nbsp;existence. It is, in fact, a crock. One is tempted to believe that the medical schools, most of which hire doctors on pay or gratuity from Big Pharma, WANT you low on salt to the Big Pharma will have another customer.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If this shocks you, that is, about salt, simply to to Google and search for discussions of salt intake.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-3358147516295356144?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/3358147516295356144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=3358147516295356144' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/3358147516295356144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/3358147516295356144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2012/02/salty-lies.html' title='SALTY LIES'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-2042364233540213022</id><published>2012-01-18T07:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T07:15:04.649-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Detox'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Herbs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supplements'/><title type='text'>EDTA CHELATION</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;This is a personal account from someone who escaped mercury&amp;nbsp;poisoning&amp;nbsp;and terrible medical treatment by using EDTA suppositories.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.peak-health-now.com/mercury-toxicity-symptoms.html"&gt;http://www.peak-health-now.com/mercury-toxicity-symptoms.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;This is the page at that site describing EDTA in detail.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.peak-health-now.com/edta_chelation.html"&gt;http://www.peak-health-now.com/edta_chelation.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you want to really get a health high, add Rodiola, as the Russians do:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.raysahelian.com/rhodiola.html"&gt;http://www.raysahelian.com/rhodiola.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;So, get a rush by avoiding the shills for Big Pharma and use the pharmacopia that God gave you.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-2042364233540213022?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/2042364233540213022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=2042364233540213022' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/2042364233540213022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/2042364233540213022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2012/01/edta-chelation.html' title='EDTA CHELATION'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-7560317441015854238</id><published>2011-12-14T19:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T19:19:16.849-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Mind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bad Legislation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health Care'/><title type='text'>MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING OF CHILDREN</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ron Paul, a medical doctor as well as a Representative in the US House, is trying to protect children from a draconian fascist trick to find ways to remove more kids from their homes and put them on psychotropic drugs. This is really a clear case of pay offs by Big Pharma to limp wristed Democrats. Help Ron Paul get this stopped.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="315" width="560"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Co07T02SAvQ?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Co07T02SAvQ?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-7560317441015854238?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/7560317441015854238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=7560317441015854238' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/7560317441015854238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/7560317441015854238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/12/mental-health-screening-of-children.html' title='MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING OF CHILDREN'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-836699035039726268</id><published>2011-12-14T13:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T13:47:17.851-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Law and Order'/><title type='text'>CARJACKING WARNING</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warning..!!!! Warning..!!!! Warning..!!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS APPLIES TO BOTH WOMEN AND MEN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heads up everyone! Please, keep this circulating....You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. You start the engine and shift into reverse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you look into the rearview mirror to back out of your parking space, you notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window. So, you shift into Park, unlock your doors, and jump out of your car to remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view. When you reach the back of your car that is, when the carjackers appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off. They practically mow you down as they speed off in your car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And guess what, ladies? I bet your purse is still in the car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now the carjacker has your car, your home address, maybe credit cards, your money, and your keys. Your home and your whole identity are now compromised!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BEWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you see a piece of paper stuck to your back window, just drive away. Remove the paper later. And be thankful that you read this e-mail. I hope you will forward this to friends and family, especially to women. A purse contains all kinds of personal information and identification documents, and you certainly do NOT want this to fall into the wrong hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report from a friend:&lt;br /&gt;Just last weekend on Friday night we parked in a public parking area. As we drove away I noticed a sticker on the rear window of the car. When I took it off after I got home, it was a receipt for gas… Luckily my friend told me not to stop as it could be someone waiting for me to get out of the car… Then we received this email yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve suggests:&lt;br /&gt;I had to give the creeps ideas, but I assume they will also tie a tin can on the rear or front bumper to clang along as you start to back up. Men especially will panic, jump out to see what is wrong, and the car will be carjacked. This is a time to drive on down the road, make sure you are not followed, and stop after a few blocks to see what is happening. If a can is tied under the car, get back in fast, and drive to the nearest police station. Do not touch the can. The cops may decide to fingerprint it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This world is very ugly. So, we all must think criminal at times to be prepared for the wicked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, or anywhere with a "castle domain law," take the gun in your car as you exit, loaded, cocked, and ready as you go in the house etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-836699035039726268?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/836699035039726268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=836699035039726268' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/836699035039726268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/836699035039726268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/12/carjacking-warning.html' title='CARJACKING WARNING'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-7061076528366179664</id><published>2011-12-13T16:40:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T16:40:56.321-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Distraction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Mind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypertension'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health Care'/><title type='text'>A MERRY HEART..... IT IS STILL GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Solomon has this right, as revelation of God to him, about 2800 years ago:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blessedquietness.com/journal/housechu/warrior_ministry_of_mirth.htm"&gt;So, here is my article on my online journal on the subject&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-7061076528366179664?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/7061076528366179664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=7061076528366179664' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/7061076528366179664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/7061076528366179664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-heart-it-is-still-good-like_13.html' title='A MERRY HEART..... IT IS STILL GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-8703959826010751792</id><published>2011-12-13T16:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T16:39:53.568-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Distraction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypertension'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health Care'/><title type='text'>A MERRY HEART..... IT IS STILL GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Solomon has this right, as revelation of God to him, about 2800 years ago:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blessedquietness.com/journal/housechu/warrior_ministry_of_mirth.htm"&gt;So, here is my article on my online journal on the subject&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-8703959826010751792?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/8703959826010751792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=8703959826010751792' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/8703959826010751792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/8703959826010751792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-heart-it-is-still-good-like.html' title='A MERRY HEART..... IT IS STILL GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-7156660605406068032</id><published>2011-12-04T18:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-04T18:33:43.492-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Mind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drugs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypertension'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Myths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supplements'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big pharma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flu shot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health Care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cholesterol Myth'/><title type='text'>THIS IS THE BOMB-- IF YOU MISS THE POINT, YOU COULD WELL BE KILLED BY THE MEDICAL PROFESSION</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dr. Mercola posted this on his web page. It is a 60 Minutes program on corruption in the US Government. The massive point is this-- Big Pharma is the single most wealthy and vigorous corruptor of Congressmen, and this video tells us exactly how it was done. Jack Abramoff of the Bush era tells all.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WATCH PLEASE, BOOKMARK IT, AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" background="#333333" flashvars="si=254&amp;amp;contentValue=50114435&amp;amp;shareUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7387331n" height="279" src="http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The lessons are these:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. One man owned at least 100 greedy Congressmen, and this means they voted in his favor and kicked us constituents under the bus. If one man could do this, what did other lobbyists accomplish? Is it even possible that a Congressman exists who is honest. I doubt it.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. This also means that when your doctor tells you that you need a test for an alleged disorder, he has not idea if you need any help. When the test comes back, it will be interpreted in a way that you become a customer of Big Pharma for the rest of your life. The drugs prescribed for your&amp;nbsp;phony&amp;nbsp;"condition" are not needed, and they have terrible side effects. So, your doctor will then prescribe drugs to deal with the side effects. If this is done carefully, the medical establishment can&amp;nbsp;eventually&amp;nbsp;have you on ten to fifteen drugs, none of which are needed. The drugs are designed to keep you alive by sick until about the age of 80. Big Pharma, the doctors, the Congressmen, and lobbyists will make a very good living from&amp;nbsp;using&amp;nbsp;your body as a dump for their deadly drugs. Be it statins,&amp;nbsp;chemotherapy, MRIs, PSA tests,&amp;nbsp;mammograms, vaccinations, flu shots, psychotropic drugs, whatever, your doctor (even if he thinks he is helping you) is a shill for Big Pharma, and you are the cash cow.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. Finally, it&amp;nbsp;occurred&amp;nbsp;to me that we now know why more of these corrupt men are not investigated and tried and sent to jail. Once they are let out of prison, they have no life to speak of. All that is left for them to do is to admit what they did, and then they are VERY likely to talk and squeal on the corrupted men they used. Thus, Presidents and Committee leaders in congress do not want the guilty to be caught and convicted lest they fink on the wicked still in office.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Our system of government is toast. We have no future as a nation. We the people are being lied to, used, and are the victims of Big Pharma and a hundred other special interest groups.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;I suggest you always walk away from a doctor who claims you have some disorder, or he says this or that lab number is too low of too high. These numbers are a racket to make you sick when you are quite well. And, it is worse in the USA than just about any nation on earth. ALWAYS go home, get online, and GOOGLE, GOOGLE, GOOGLE. And, go see a doctor who&amp;nbsp;practices&amp;nbsp;integrative&amp;nbsp;and natural&amp;nbsp;medicine&amp;nbsp;along with his professional training.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personal. About five years ago I started into poor health. I had a business selling piano parts and tools on the Internet, and it was thriving. I tried to slow it down, and it only grew and grew. As time passed I developed worse and worse blood pressure issues, and I got into serious anxiety. All from success. Did anyone ask about this at the VA or in private medical offices? Never- they simply prescribed and prescribed until I was on four blood pressure meds and other drugs.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Finally, by accident, I learned I was reactive to MSG. I had to find this out myself. When I eliminated MSG from my diet, things improved greatly, but I was still in trouble. Finally, and old time Tennessee doctor with a Bible in his white smock nailed my problem and told me I would have to do something about having too much success. Sounds crazy for an American to think that way, but it was just the prescription I needed. He predicted I would one day be on only one blood pressure med if I followed the sane plan of Jehovah God for a rational person.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;I sold my business, sold the house, moved to the Texas Hill Country, and four years later I am on a quarter does of ONE of the blood pressure meds, a half dose of Fenasteride, and cranberries and other herbs appear to be making that unnecessary soon. I feel fit, walk a mile and a half briskly, my mind functions better (I hope :-), and I have nothing physically wrong but a kink in my neck. If I find a worthy chiropractor in the area, that might even go away. I am building a green house, and I manage a large journal online and four blogs. I am 68 years old.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If I had continued along the path Big Pharma, the VA, most doctors, and the FDA had me on, I suspect I might be in a nursing home right now. I no longer keep lab appointments. I make excuses and put it off. I take no fly shots. I do not do anything a doctor tells me to do, or fill a prescription, until I have been on the web pounding Google for the real truth. It can be found if you work at it.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please, stop&amp;nbsp;believing&amp;nbsp;everything&amp;nbsp;your doctor tells you. And, for pity's sake, stop watching that idiot, Dr. Patel, on that TV hook up in the doctor's office. If America has a serious propaganda problem, it is the medical information on commercial TV and the rubbish in most&amp;nbsp;doctor's&amp;nbsp;offices.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;By the way, that doctor in Tennessee who helped me..... when the drug company reps came to his office to bribe him with dinners and golf, his desk girl was under orders to run them off.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Finally, if you feel fit and better now than you have in the recent past, WHY are you still making doctor's appointments. They will only try to convince you that you are ill and have a disorder. 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color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; height: 72px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Is This Popular 'Heart Drug' Causing Dramatic Increases in the Risk of Prostate Cancer?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By Dr. Mercola&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 38px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Statins, drugs that lower your cholesterol levels, are one of the most widely prescribed drugs in the world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;In the US, a staggering&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/05/09/one-in-four-over-45-take-this-unnecessary-drug.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;one in four over the age of 45 is now taking this unnecessary drug&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Statins act by blocking a crucial &amp;nbsp;enzyme in your liver responsible for making cholesterol.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;But that's not all this enzyme is responsible for.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;This enzyme also makes CoQ10, which is essential for mitochondrial health.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Perhaps it's not so surprising then that many potentially dangerous side effects go hand-in-hand with statin drug use.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;To date, there are no less than&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/06/12/unintended-statin-sideeffect-risks-uncovered.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;900 studies proving their adverse effects&lt;/a&gt;, which run the gamut from muscle problems to diabetes, to birth defects and increased cancer risk.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2 style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 32px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Statins May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 38px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;One recent study sought to determine whether the use of statin drugs was associated with prostate cancer risk.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The researchers looked at close to 400 prostate cancer patients who had a first-time diagnosis during the period between 2005 and 2008.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;They found that use of any statin drug, in any amount, was associated with a significantly increased risk for prostate cancer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;In addition, there was an increasing risk that came along with an increasing cumulative dose.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21480313" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;According to the study&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 38px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"The results of this case-control study suggest that statins may increase the risk of prostate cancer."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2 style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 32px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Statins Have Been Linked to Increased Cancer Risk for More Than a Decade&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 38px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;While the evidence still appears a bit all over the map, with study results ranging from increased cancer risk to reduced risk, to no noticeable risk at all, what IS clear is that conventional medicine still does not understand the full ramifications of artificially lowering your cholesterol levels, and they simply&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;don't know&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;whether or not the use of these drugs may be adding fuel to an already out of control cancer epidemic.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;In short, with well over 30 million Americans now taking statin drugs, we're witnessing a massive ongoing 'live' experiment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Over 10 years ago, research indicated that besides lowering cholesterol, statins could also promote the growth of new blood vessels. And, although this effect may help to prevent heart attacks and other forms of heart disease, it may also promote cancer as well by increasing the growth of blood vessels in cancerous tumors. Meanwhile, other studies have indicated the complete opposite; that statins can inhibit angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels), so again, it's virtually impossible to say that statin safety and effectiveness is based on hard science...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;But the statin-cancer connection actually goes much farther back than that. A review published in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;amp;db=PubMed&amp;amp;list_uids=8531288&amp;amp;dopt=Abstract" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Journal of the American Medical Association in 1996&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;stated:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 38px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"All members of the two most popular classes of lipid-lowering drugs (the fibrates and the statins) cause cancer in rodents, in some cases at levels of animal exposure close to those prescribed to humans. ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Longer-term clinical trials and careful postmarketing surveillance during the next several decades are needed to determine whether cholesterol-lowering drugs cause cancer in humans.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the meantime, the results of experiments in animals and humans suggest that lipid-lowering drug treatment, especially with the fibrates and statins, should be avoided except in patients at high short-term risk of coronary heart disease."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2 style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 32px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Cholesterol Guidelines are a Health Disaster&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 38px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Needless to say, such warnings were completely ignored. Instead, public health officials have gone the opposite way, happily following the trail littered with the most cash.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Over the past decade, cholesterol guidelines have been altered to create ever more 'patients' to be treated with cholesterol-lowering drugs. In 2004, the U.S. government's National Cholesterol Education Program panel advised those at risk for heart disease to attempt to reduce their LDL (bad) cholesterol to extremely low levels, and it's been a health disaster ever since.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before 2004, a 130-milligram LDL cholesterol level was considered healthy. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cholesterol-levels/CL00001" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;updated guidelines&lt;/a&gt;, however, recommended levels of less than 100, or even less than 70 for patients at very high risk. These updated guidelines instantly increased the market for cholesterol-lowering drugs. The marked has further increased with the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.pharmpro.com/News/2011/11/Agencies-and-Organizations-New-Advice-on-Kids-Cholesterol-Tests/?et_cid=2316922" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;call to begin screening children prior to puberty&lt;/a&gt;, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/22/why-are-cholesterol-drugs-being-recommended-for-8-year-olds.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;prescribing statins to kids as young as eight&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Not surprisingly, eight of the nine doctors on the approval panel for these absurdly low guidelines had&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/11/06/cholesterol-guidelines-part-three.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;financial ties to the companies making these cholesterol-lowering drugs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2 style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 32px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;FDA Doesn't "Believe" in Statin-Cancer Link&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 38px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Back in 2008, troubling study findings were released showing a dramatically increased risk of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.prescriber.org.uk/2008/09/inegy-cancer-concerns/" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;cancer related deaths in those taking Inegy&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(also sold under the trade name Vytorin). The drug combines the widely-used statin drug simvastatin with another medication called ezetimibe, which blocks the absorption of cholesterol in your gut. The study also found no benefit whatsoever from the drug.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;This despite the fact that it reduced LDL cholesterol levels by a respectable 61 percent, which "should have" had an effect on cardiovascular events, based on the prevailing hypothesis that high LDL equates to high risk of heart disease.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;So, in a nutshell, the drug had&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;no beneficial impact&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;on the primary outcome (meaning it did not reduce major cardiovascular adverse events), while more people developed cancer on the treatment (105 versus 70 patients taking a placebo), and more cancer related deaths (39 cancer deaths versus 23 in the control group).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;A couple of months after the results were revealed, a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/299/19/2266" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;panel assembled by the American Academy of Cardiology declared&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 38px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"... the aggressively marketed drug combination should be used only as a last resort.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;There is currently no evidence that ezetimibe, which reduces levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, improves clinical outcomes such as myocardial infarction or death."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;In December 2009, the US Food and Drug Administration&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/DrugSafetyInformationforHeathcareProfessionals/ucm194964.htm" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;(FDA) announced the completion of their review&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of the disturbing SEAS trial (above), as well as interim data from two other large-scale ongoing cardiovascular trials using Vytorin: the SHARP and IMPROVE-IT trials. (The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.theheart.org/article/1131237.do" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;SHARP trial was concluded in 2010&lt;/a&gt;, while the IMPROVE-IT trial is expected to be completed in 2012.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Their conclusion?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 38px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"FDA believes it is unlikely that Vytorin or Zetia increase the risk of cancer or cancer-related death."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;I don't know how much faith&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;have in the FDA's beliefs, but mine is on pretty shaky ground... The FDA goes on to list a number of factors that were weighed to reach the conclusion that they believe cancer is unrelated to the drugs. You can&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/DrugSafetyInformationforHeathcareProfessionals/ucm194964.htm" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;review them for yourself here&lt;/a&gt;, and see if you would concur with their assessment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2 style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 32px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Statins May&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Increase&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Your Risk of Heart Disease&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 38px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Ironically, while reducing your risk of cardiovascular events and heart disease is the primary motivation for prescribing statins, these drugs can actually&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/07/26/cholesterol-drugs-part-five.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;increase your risk of heart disease&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;because they deplete your body of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), which can lead to heart failure. &amp;nbsp;Statins have also been linked to:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="background-color: #1380c1; border-bottom-color: rgb(19, 128, 193); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 4px; border-left-color: rgb(19, 128, 193); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; border-right-color: rgb(19, 128, 193); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 4px; border-top-color: rgb(19, 128, 193); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 4px; clear: both; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; width: 725px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-top-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 409px;" valign="top"&gt;Weakness&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-top-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 409px;" valign="top"&gt;Serious degenerative muscle tissue condition (rhabdomyolysis)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-top-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 409px;" valign="top"&gt;Pancreas or liver dysfunction, including a potential increase in liver enzymes&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-top-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 409px;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/10/14/cholesterol-lowering-drugs-will-wreck-your-muscles.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Muscle problems&lt;/a&gt;, aches and pains&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-top-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 409px;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/03/28/the-stealth-drug-cause-of-diabetes.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Diabetes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-top-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 409px;" valign="top"&gt;Polyneuropathy (nerve damage in the hands and feet)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-top-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 409px;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/12/24/statins-part-two.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Immune system suppression&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-top-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 409px;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/09/27/statins-increase-your-risk-of-foodborne-illness.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Increased risk of food borne illness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-top-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 409px;" valign="top"&gt;Anemia&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-top-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 409px;" valign="top"&gt;Sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-top-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 409px;" valign="top"&gt;Cataracts&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; border-right-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 3px; border-top-color: rgb(175, 225, 248); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; width: 409px;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/02/12/dr-duane-graveline-on-cholesterol-and-coq10.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Cognitive impairment, including memory loss&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and transient global amnesia&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 32px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The Importance of CoQ10 or, if You're Over 40, Ubiquinol&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 38px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;As mentioned in the beginning, statin drugs also block the production of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), and that in and of itself poses a&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt;serious health risk. As your body gets more and more depleted of CoQ10, you may suffer from fatigue, muscle weakness and soreness, and eventually heart failure. Coenzyme Q10 plays a vital role in the process of neutralizing free radicals and the optimal production of cellular energy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Unfortunately, the majority of people who take statins are unaware of their need for CoQ10, and physicians rarely advise their patients to take this supplement along with their statin—at least in the United States. It's also important to supplement right from the start, to ward off irreversible mitochondrial damage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Make no mistake about it, if you're on a statin drug, you simply&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;must&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;take a CoQ10 supplement. If you're over the age of 40, I strongly recommend using the reduced version, called&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;ubiquinol.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/06/29/this-form-of-co-q-10-found-far-superior-to-one-typically-being-sold.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Ubiquinol is a far more effective form&lt;/a&gt;—I personally take it every day as it has far-ranging health benefits. There's evidence that CoQ10/ubiquinol is beneficial for Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and even cancer, as well as staving off premature aging in general by&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/02/23/science-finally-reveals-how-you-can-actually-revese-aging.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;preventing telomere shortening, which can slow or potentially even reverse the aging process&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Unlike drugs that kill over 125,000 every year in the US alone, there are no reported side effects of CoQ10 supplementation and no one has ever died from taking it.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2 style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 32px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;What Drug Companies Don't Want You to Know About LDL&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 38px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;While statins drugs are very effective for lowering so-called "bad" cholesterol, the low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, it's important to realize that there are&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;different sizes of LDL&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;cholesterol particles&lt;/em&gt;, and it's the LDL&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;particle size&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;that is relevant,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;as small particles get stuck easily and causes more inflammation. Unfortunately, most people don't hear about that part, and very rarely, if ever, get it tested.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Naturally, the drug companies really don't want you to know about this, because&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;statins do not modulate the size of the particles&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;way to make sure your LDL particles are large enough to not get stuck and cause inflammation and damage is&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;through your diet&lt;/em&gt;. In fact, modulating LDL particle size is one of the things that insulin does.&amp;nbsp;If you eat properly and maintain normal insulin levels, then everything works as it should—the LDL particles are large and buoyant; they don't get stuck, and don't cause inflammation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;So rather than worry about your cholesterol numbers, you really want to work on&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;reducing inflammation&lt;/em&gt;, which can be caused by numerous things, including:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="list-style-position: outside; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 38px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;li style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Oxidized cholesterol (cholesterol that has gone rancid, such as that from overcooked, scrambled eggs)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Eating lots of sugar and grains&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Eating foods cooked at high temperatures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Eating trans fats&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;A sedentary lifestyle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Smoking&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Emotional stress&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;When you get to the bottom of it, the real "villain" of heart disease is typically an unhealthy lifestyle, characterized by a heavy reliance on sugars and grains, processed, highly cooked foods, and insufficient amounts of exercise – not "high cholesterol" per se.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;For more information about cholesterol and how to properly evaluate your heart disease risk, please see my&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/10/making-sense-of-your-cholesterol-numbers.aspx" style="color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"&gt;detailed special report on cholesterol&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script language="javascript" src="http://www.mercola.com/js/citation.js" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-8401589664916583476?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/8401589664916583476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=8401589664916583476' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/8401589664916583476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/8401589664916583476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/12/stain-drugs-destroy-not-help-your-heart.html' title='STAIN DRUGS DESTROY, NOT HELP, YOUR HEART'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-6278271297505341073</id><published>2011-11-29T18:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T11:16:43.509-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bad Legislation'/><title type='text'>ATTACKING RAW MILK PRODUCERS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;You may be sure that the reason the FDA is attacking raw milk producers is very simple. Either Obama himself, or the FDA officials, have been paid off by big milk producers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://healthimpactnews.com/2011/obama-administration-continues-attacks-on-small-raw-milk-dairy-farmers/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;READ ABOUT IT HERE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Why do they want raw milk off the market?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. As the story of ruined commercial milk passes around via raw milk users, the public is very likely to figure out that they are drinking rubbish called milk. The antibiotics are only one issue.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Commercial milk does not contain &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjugated_linoleic_acid"&gt;congudated linoleic acid&lt;/a&gt;. Only grass fed runinant cattle produce CLA. Since CLA is known to resist the development of cancer, Big Pharma will make less money. The FDA is now famous for causing cancer to spread so that they get the kick backs from Big Pharma who sell cancer drugs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. If you buy raw milk that is neither pasteurized nor homogenized, you taste real milk. It is not flat in flavor. Also, you can skim your own cream off the top, and the milk producers cannot make the premium prices for selling you cream. You are unknowingly cutting them out of a lot of cash flow.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. Big Nanny WANTS big business to destroy small businessmen. The Hidden Hand is trying to make business in America collectivist so that Big Nanny can control it all easier.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;So, buy a cow from a farmer, and sign a contract with him to feed and milk your cow. This way, you can drink the milk from your own cow.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Proverbs 17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;I pray that evil comes to stay in the corrupt Federal officials in high places.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-6278271297505341073?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/6278271297505341073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=6278271297505341073' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/6278271297505341073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/6278271297505341073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/11/obama-attacking-raw-milk-producers.html' title='ATTACKING RAW MILK PRODUCERS'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-4553078494591002950</id><published>2011-11-24T15:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-24T15:17:17.605-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cancer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sweeteners'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Mind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drugs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MSG'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supplements'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food additives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big pharma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vaccinations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health Care'/><title type='text'>WHY IS THE USA 28TH IN LIFE EXPECTANCY?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2065548/U-S-ranks-28th-life-expectancy-pay-MOST-health-care.html"&gt;Here is the story about our lousy longevity compared to other nations&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Easy answer:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;Staten&amp;nbsp;drugs and cholesterol myth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;Over diagnosing&amp;nbsp;on behalf of Big Pharma&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. High Fructose Corn syrup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. Chlorinated water&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;5. Fluoridated water&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;6. Cancer treatment which ain't&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;7. Deadly cooking oils&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;8. MSG and&amp;nbsp;Aspartame&amp;nbsp;in food&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;9. Avoiding the sun (no vitamin D)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;10. Lazy couch potatoes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;11. FDA and USDA attack alternative medicine and supplements which other nations promote&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;12. Food designed for shipping, packaging, eye appeal, not for&amp;nbsp;nutrition&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;13. four thousand plus chemicals in food&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;14. Fast food preferred to self-cooked food&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;15. Bathed 24/7 in Electromagnetic Field, Micro Wave, and Radio Wave energy&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;16. Eat 128 lbs of sugar a year compared to 9 lbs 100 years ago&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;17. Avoid animal fat and tropical oils, the best fats&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;18. Eat on the move and snack between meals&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;19. Government, schools, the FDA, and Big Pharma have become the big nanny of Americans who do not believe they must take responsibility for their own health destiny.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;20.&amp;nbsp;Nutrition&amp;nbsp;is taught (warped) in grade school instead of Medical School. Doctors have only eight hours of&amp;nbsp;nutrition&amp;nbsp;training.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;21. Peer pressure and the medical establishment threatens the average doctor into submission to the propaganda from above. These local doctors DO NOT take their own advice because they know it is lousy.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;22. Too many vaccinations that are too early, too much at a time, and do not work, AND they destroy the God given immunity process of growing up.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;23. Too much health advice from people who are reporters, not medical experts who have DONE IT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;24. Too much nannying from Presidents wives and politicians who are the most blasted unhealthy people on earth, like fat man Al Gore&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;25. Too many precautionary procedures, and too many numbers treated when the "patient" is in perfect health&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;26. Too many tests,&amp;nbsp;mammograms, MRIs, and PSA tests-- WORSE, too may biopsies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;27. ERs that are manned by drop outs from the real world of medicine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;28. To many foreign drug addicted "doctors" from India and other nations. These are doctors that would have been hanged in their nation of birth if they had not fled to the sucker republic of America. Too many losers in medical professions who treat people worse than&amp;nbsp;veterinarians&amp;nbsp;treat pigs.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;29. Dehydration treated as some other disorder. Salt avoided way too much by Americans.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;30. Woman not seen by doctors as different than men until the doctor wants to shack up with one.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;31. 365 plus mental disorders that have NEVER been proven to really exist in a laboratory. Then, the alleged patient is drugged unto oblivion and addiction.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;32. Let's face it, Americans suffer greatly from a lack of healthy&amp;nbsp;skepticism&amp;nbsp;about medical professionals.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;I must have missed a lot, but this is a start.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DO YOUR OWN THINKING PLEASE. You will live longer.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-4553078494591002950?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/4553078494591002950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=4553078494591002950' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/4553078494591002950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/4553078494591002950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/11/why-is-usa-28th-in-life-expectancy.html' title='WHY IS THE USA 28TH IN LIFE EXPECTANCY?'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-3581791918526362280</id><published>2011-11-19T18:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-19T18:41:28.487-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Myths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EU'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health Care'/><title type='text'>DUMB REACHES NEW DEPTHS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;During the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels, the authorities banned British sausage because it had to mush cereal in it to qualify as a meat product. Kudos all around for the Belgian Health Dept.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Well, the brain drain was not noticed I gather, but things have gone south, way south. It seems the EU authorities in Brussels have changed the rules on dehydration. &lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html"&gt;Water is no longer the cure of choice&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here is a video fellow who has it right:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="315" width="560"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QAUdpv1O06s?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QAUdpv1O06s?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-3581791918526362280?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/3581791918526362280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=3581791918526362280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/3581791918526362280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/3581791918526362280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/11/dumb-reaches-new-depths.html' title='DUMB REACHES NEW DEPTHS'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-7399097823563480567</id><published>2011-11-16T17:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T18:38:56.329-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Mind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drugs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health Care'/><title type='text'>RARE-- MAN COMES BACK AND GIVE GOD THE GLORY</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ted Williams, who ended us a street person begging, and was arrested for shop lifting, is on the road back.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;object height="315" width="560"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x29IReCMT5Q?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x29IReCMT5Q?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The man seems real now. There is something about hitting&amp;nbsp;bottom. There is nowhere but up. The sad thing is, the vast majority who hit bottom don't ever look up. They dive into prescription drugs and stay there until they die.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;But, Ted blessed me as he sat on a Hollywood talk show and gave all the credit to God. &lt;a href="http://youtu.be/YrtMUonPErU"&gt;His first job back in the working world was selling noodles and cheese&lt;/a&gt;. I pray he makes it, not to be famous, but to get the "gusto" he talked about. There is no value in fame if it lands you in the gutter.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;LATER: I wondered if Ted was keeping on course, and &lt;a href="http://www.necn.com/searchNECN/search/v/48421265/ted-williams-becomes-the-voice-of-necn.htm?q=ted+williams"&gt;it sure looks like it, as of November 2011&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;1 Corinthians 8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-7399097823563480567?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/7399097823563480567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=7399097823563480567' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/7399097823563480567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/7399097823563480567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/11/rare-man-comes-back-and-give-god-glory.html' title='RARE-- MAN COMES BACK AND GIVE GOD THE GLORY'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-1864710237007140190</id><published>2011-11-15T16:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T17:22:40.209-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Myths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big pharma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health Care'/><title type='text'>WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING HEALTHCARE?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Exodus 23:25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Psalms 41:3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;Psalms 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ask any believing Jew in Old Testament times this question: “Who is responsible for providing your healthcare?”, and it is unlikely they would have even had to think about the answer. The answer was very clear in the Old Testament writings: The LORD our God, the one who created us, is the one who heals us and gives us our health.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ask that same believing Jew who they would turn to for help if they were sick, and their answer would be equally as quick in their reply: the priests. They were the ones who administered God’s health care plan:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Leviticus 13:3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Deuteronomy 24:8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now let’s fast forward to the believers living in the days of Jesus and ask them the same question: Who is responsible for providing your healthcare?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;While the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;; and laying His hands on each one of them, He was healing them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Matthew 15:30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Luke 5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The news about Jesus and his power to heal spread far and wide, and crowds sought him out. Everyone who believed&amp;nbsp;in Jesus knew that he had the authority and power to heal, because they witnessed it first hand. They trusted in him for their health. But it was not yet time to set up his physical kingdom, and he was a threat to those in power at that time, so he allowed the authorities to kill him. His sacrificial death on the cross satisfied God’s punishment against sin. As we have noted in other places, sin is the cause of all sickness, either directly or indirectly. If there had never been any sin, there would never have been any disease or sickness in a perfect world. So Jesus’ death took care of that problem once and for all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the Old Testament times, continual blood sacrifices were needed to cover up the effects of sin.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;But Jesus’ healthcare plan did not stop when he died his physical death. Jesus still lives today, and he passed the administration of his healthcare plan on to his disciples:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Matthew 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Luke 9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's portico. But none of the rest dared to associate with them; however, the people held them in high esteem. And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number, to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on any one of them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acts 5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;16 &amp;nbsp;There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acts 19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;So believers living at the time of Jesus or during the beginning of the church right after his death, would answer the question as to who was responsible for their healthcare by stating their belief that Jesus was their healer, and the one who restores them to a relationship with God, resulting in health. The apostle Peter wrote:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Healing was not seen as simply dealing with sickness in the physical realm only, but also as&amp;nbsp;a spiritual problem with sin that only Jesus could heal. And if you would ask these believers in Christ who they would turn to for help when they were sick, they would reply that they turned to their leaders in the church, because Jesus passed on his ministry of healing to his disciples. James, the brother of Jesus who became one of the key leaders in the church at Jerusalem wrote the prescription for us:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;James 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now fast forward to today, the 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; century, and walk into any church in America and ask the believers this same question: Who is responsible for providing your healthcare? What would be the response? Would they respond in a similar way that believers have always responded throughout the history of the Bible, a book which is the written record of God’s people and their faith in God? I don’t think so.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I think most believers today think “healthcare” is equivalent to “medical care” and the domain of drugs, doctors, insurance companies, and hospitals, which in most cases only deal with the physical realm, and is part of a multi-billion dollar industry that controls our economy. I think most believers today would take sides in the debate as to who should be paying for this medical system that is called “healthcare,” rather than discuss what true health is, and what true healthcare is.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The world system built upon the foundation of humanism and Darwinian evolution has defined the term “healthcare” for us, and Christians are not even debating it.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wake up America! You have traded the truth for a lie, and equated “healthcare” with what is actually medical care: a system that for the most part only manages disease and brings great profit (and power) to those in charge of the system. Instead of seeing Jesus as the one who is responsible for our healthcare, and the leaders of the church as responsible for administering it, we have turned to the world system built upon the lie of evolution and humanism, and made it&amp;nbsp;our idol as we trust in it for our “health.” The result is a highly technical system, but very sick people.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;But as we have noted in other places,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;real&lt;/i&gt; health is not something that can be purchased. It is a free gift given to those who put their trust in the right things, instead of lies. When will we repent and turn to the one who truly can offer us real health? Let’s stop participating in the debate of who is going to make the providers of the medical system richer, and instead start debating the true meaning of healthcare!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"&gt;Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i style="background-color: white; color: #003366;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Shilhavy at &lt;a href="http://created4health.org/"&gt;created4health.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-1864710237007140190?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/1864710237007140190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=1864710237007140190' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/1864710237007140190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/1864710237007140190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-is-responsible-for-providing.html' title='WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING HEALTHCARE?'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-2904208988267094633</id><published>2011-11-14T16:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T16:38:28.830-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sweeteners'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food additives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big pharma'/><title type='text'>YOU ARE DEADLY, HONEY</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Most of the honey sold in chain stores  across the country doesn't meet international quality standards for the sweet  stuff, according to a Food Safety News analysis released this week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One  of the nation's leading melissopalynologists analyzed more than 60 jugs, jars  and plastic bears of honey in 10 states and the District of Columbia for pollen  content, Food Safety News said. He found that pollen was frequently filtered out  of products labeled "honey."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The removal of these microscopic particles  from deep within a flower would make the nectar flunk the quality standards set  by most of the world's food safety agencies," the report says. "Without pollen  there is no way to determine whether the honey came from legitimate and safe  sources."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An earlier Food Safety News investigation found  that at least a third of all the honey consumed in the United States was likely  smuggled from China and could be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy  metals.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;b&gt;The solution is to buy local honey processed by local people you trust. If you cannot buy locally, you should not be eating honey at all. This is yet another way the FDA and USDA are in&amp;nbsp;collusion&amp;nbsp;with Big Pharma and Big Ag. &amp;nbsp;The Federal agencies are helping you become moderately sick so that Big Pharma can cure you and make billions. If you feel good about being a victim of fascist creeps, then dive in and trust the Feds.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-2904208988267094633?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/2904208988267094633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=2904208988267094633' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/2904208988267094633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/2904208988267094633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/11/you-are-deadly-honey.html' title='YOU ARE DEADLY, HONEY'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-2520631392119651390</id><published>2011-11-12T12:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-24T15:21:45.673-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cancer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big pharma'/><title type='text'>CANCER CURE THE TERRIFIES THAT WHOLE MEDICAL SYSTEM</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The medical system, especially the multi-billion dollar cancer research fraud system, are terrified of Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, for he has found the holy grail of cancer treatment. And, it is cheap compared to&amp;nbsp;chemotherapy&amp;nbsp;and radiation murder. Conventional cancer treatment gives the victim from 4 days to 6 months to live longer....... without hair, often deaf, turned into a sexless vegetable. And, they will almost always relapse.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;I realize there have been many cancer treatment quacks. I heard about my first one in 1953 as a kid when the Coke Therapy was around California. Coke moved to Mexico and treated patients who came across the border for treatment. Was he&amp;nbsp;legitimate?&amp;nbsp;Who knows?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;But, this history and treatment protocol of Dr.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Burzynski&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;is a very well documented episode in the treatment of cancer, and there are a large number of cancer patients who were terminal and are now in prefect health. For this, Dr. Burzynski has been hounded by the FDA, and numerous web sites that are shills for the FDA have slandered the doctor.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you or a friend are in trouble with cancer, you need to look at the following video and meditate.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;object height="315" width="560"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H0ibsoqjPac?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H0ibsoqjPac?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2099/12/31/why-are-cancer-cases-rising-by-nearly-50-in-the-next-20-years.aspx?e_cid=20111112_DNL_art_B2"&gt;You also should read Dr. Mercola's recent suggestions on how to avoid cancer.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.burzynskiclinic.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dr.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Burzynski's web site&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;They are practical, and the FDA and medical establishment will not tell you these simple steps to live cancer free. You MUST understand something..... the medical professionals, Big Phama, and government medical agencies all are committed to keeping you sick but barely alive until age 80. This will give them the maximum opportunity to harvest cash off of YOU and off of Medicare.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Your VA and Medicare providers all are in complicity. Most doctors have misgivings about this, but they do not have the testicles to tell you the truth and send you to alternative doctors and treatments. So, all over the world, research is walking away from the USA criminal medical mob. The USA is becoming one of the most dangerous places on earth to get medical help.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If anyone reading here has any input, please leave a comment.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-2520631392119651390?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/2520631392119651390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=2520631392119651390' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/2520631392119651390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/2520631392119651390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/11/cancer-cure-terrifies-whole-medical.html' title='CANCER CURE THE TERRIFIES THAT WHOLE MEDICAL SYSTEM'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-5232085977395778187</id><published>2011-11-10T18:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-10T18:20:21.345-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Myths'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Research'/><title type='text'>Dangerous DiHydrogen Monoxide called pervasive, pernicious threat</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.naturalgrocers.com/store-info/blog/dangerous-dihydrogen-monoxide-called-pervasive-pernicious-threat"&gt;By permission of Natural Grocers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;A friend recently sent us a write-up about a junior high school student who won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="DiHydrogen Monoxide: dangerous scourge of the human race must be controlled!" src="http://www.naturalgrocers.com/sites/default/files/greensyringehand.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; height: 150px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 150px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;F&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;or his project, he asked people to sign a petition demanding stern regulation and possibly even a total ban of an&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;unregulated&lt;/strong&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;highly destructive chemical&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;called&lt;strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;DiHydrogen Monoxide.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /&gt;The Eagle Rock Junior High student listed reasons why the chemical needed strict controls...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /&gt;1) It can cause excessive sweating and vomiting&lt;br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /&gt;2) It is a major component in acid rain.&lt;br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /&gt;3) It can cause severe burns in its gaseous state&lt;br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /&gt;4) Accidental inhalation can kill you&lt;br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /&gt;5) It contributes to erosion&lt;br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /&gt;6) It decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes&lt;br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /&gt;7) It has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;8) It is associated with food borne illnesses and disease epidemics.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /&gt;Out of 50 people, 43 signed the petition. Six were undecided.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Importantly, only one person said "no".&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Apparently he had paid attention in chemistry class, so he knew that dihydrogen monoxide is the chemical name for&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;water&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;How easy is it to conduct a study that pulls the wool over just about everyone's eyes?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;It's THAT easy to twist anything into a piece of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.naturalgrocers.com/search/apachesolr_search/propaganda" style="color: #2d3644; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"&gt;propaganda&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;Don't be hoodwinked. There is always an agenda behind science and the scientist, so know what the intent of the study is and whether the results -- especially as they are interpreted in the short media blurbs -- are really supported or not. &amp;nbsp;Lobbyists, government agencies, and consumer organizations can use distorted facts, selective facts, and fear mongering to get your attention and make you act on their behalf. &amp;nbsp;The truth is you can understand the science and logic behind these kinds of conclusions and calls for action. &amp;nbsp;Need help? &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.naturalgrocers.com/store-info/contact-us" style="color: #2d3644; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Send us a question&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;today!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; 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color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #1f4822; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Thanks to HSI Research for bringing this frightening substance to our attention!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-5232085977395778187?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/5232085977395778187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=5232085977395778187' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/5232085977395778187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/5232085977395778187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/11/dangerous-dihydrogen-monoxide-called.html' title='Dangerous DiHydrogen Monoxide called pervasive, pernicious threat'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-2355208216903701871</id><published>2011-11-07T15:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T15:04:15.489-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cancer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cooking'/><title type='text'>FRIED OR MASHED? COULD MAKE A BIG HEALTH DIFFERENCE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1 style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; height: 72px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are You Eating This All-Time Favorite "Cancer-in-a-Can" Snack?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;By Dr. Mercola&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;To understand the nature of Pringles and other stackable chips, forget the notion that they come from actual potatoes in any recognizable way. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Pringles Company (in an effort to avoid taxes levied against "luxury foods" like chips in the UK) once even argued that the potato content of their chips was so low that they are technically not even potato chips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So if they're not made of potatoes, what are they exactly?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The process begins with a slurry of rice, wheat, corn, and potato flakes that are pressed into shape. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This dough-like substance is then rolled out into an ultra-thin sheet cut into chip-cookies by a machine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://io9.com/5851487/"&gt;According to io9&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;"The chips move forward on a conveyor belt until they're pressed onto molds, which give them the curve that makes them fit into one another.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Those molds move through boiling oil ... Then they're blown dry, sprayed with powdered flavors, and at last, flipped onto a slower-moving conveyor belt in a way that allows them to stack. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;From then on, it's into the cans ... and off towards the innocent mouths of the consumers."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;I suspect nearly everyone reading this likely enjoys the taste of potato chips. However, they are clearly one of the most toxic processed foods you can eat—whether they're made from actual potato shavings or not.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Potato Chips are Loaded with Cancer-Causing Chemical&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;One of the most hazardous ingredients in potato chips is not&amp;nbsp;intentionally added, but rather is a byproduct of the processing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acrylamide, a cancer-causing and potentially neurotoxic chemical, is created when carbohydrate-rich foods are cooked at high temperatures, whether baked, fried, roasted or toasted. Some of the worst offenders include potato chips and French fries, but many foods cooked or processed at temperatures above 212°F (100°C) may contain acrylamide. As a general rule, the chemical is formed when food is heated enough to produce a fairly dry and brown/yellow surface. Hence, it can be found in:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Potatoes: chips, French fries and other roasted or fried potato foods &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Grains: bread crust, toast, crisp bread, roasted breakfast cereals and various processed snacks &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Coffee; roasted coffee beans and ground coffee powder. Surprisingly, coffee substitutes based on chicory actually contains 2-3 times MORE acrylamide than real coffee&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2&gt;How Much Acrylamide are You Consuming?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;The federal limit for acrylamide in drinking water is 0.5 parts per billion, or about 0.12 micrograms in an eight-ounce glass of water. However, a six-ounce serving of French fries can contain 60 micrograms of acrylamide, or about FIVE HUNDRED times over the allowable limit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Similarly, potato chips are notoriously high in this dangerous chemical. So high, in fact, that in 2005 the &lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/07/07/potato-chips.aspx"&gt;state of California actually sued potato chip makers&lt;/a&gt; for failing to warn California consumers about the health risks of acrylamide in their products. A &lt;a href="http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-08-02/bay-area/17121749_1_acrylamide-kettle-foods-kettle-chips"&gt;settlement was reached in 2008&lt;/a&gt; when Frito-Lay and several other potato chip makers agreed to reduce the acrylamide levels in their chips to 275 parts per billion (ppb) by 2011, which is low enough to avoid needing a cancer warning label. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 2005 report "&lt;a href="http://www.envirolaw.org/report_how_potato_chips_stack_up.pdf"&gt;How Potato Chips Stack Up: Levels of Cancer-Causing Acrylamide in Popular Brands of Potato Chips&lt;/a&gt;," issued by the California-based &lt;a href="http://www.envirolaw.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Environmental Law Foundation (ELF)&lt;/a&gt;, spelled out the dangers of this popular snack. Their analysis found that all potato chip products tested exceeded the legal limit of acrylamide by &lt;em&gt;a minimum of 39 times&lt;/em&gt;, and as much as 910 times! Some of the worst offenders at that time included:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cape Cod Robust Russet: 910 times the legal limit of acrylamide &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kettle Chips (lightly salted): 505 times &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kettle Chips (honey dijon): 495 times&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Beware: Baked Chips May Be WORSE than Fried!&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;If you think you can avoid the health risks of potato chips by choosing baked varieties, which are typically advertised as being "healthier," think again. Remember that acrylamide is formed not only when foods are fried or broiled, but also when they are &lt;em&gt;baked&lt;/em&gt;. And according to U.S. &lt;a href="http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/foodcontaminantsadulteration/chemicalcontaminants/acrylamide/ucm053549.htm"&gt;Food and Drug Administration (FDA) data on acrylamide levels in foods&lt;/a&gt;, baked chips may contain &lt;em&gt;more than three times&lt;/em&gt; the level of acrylamide as regular chips!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interestingly, the same trend holds true for other foods, too, which suggests that baking processed potatoes at high temperature may be one of the &lt;em&gt;worst&lt;/em&gt; ways to cook them. For instance, according to the FDA's data, Ore Ida Golden Fries contained 107 ppb of acrylamide in the regular fried version and 1,098 when baked. So remember, ALL potato chips contain acrylamide, regardless of whether they are natural or not; baked or fried. Likewise, they will ALL influence your insulin levels in a very negative way.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Acrylamide is Not the Only Danger&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Acrylamide is not the only dangerous genotoxic compound formed when food is heated to high temperatures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A three-year long EU project, known as &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.slv.se/default.aspx?id=1379&amp;amp;epslanguage=EN-GB"&gt;Heat-Generated Food Toxicants (HEATOX)&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;whose findings were published at the end of 2007, found &lt;strong&gt;there are more than 800 heat-induced compounds, of which 52 are potential carcinogens&lt;/strong&gt;. In addition to their finding that acrylamide does pose a public health threat, the HEATOX scientists also discovered that you're far less likely to ingest dangerous levels of the toxin when you &lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2006/12/28/preparing-your-meals-at-home-is-the-healthier-choice.aspx"&gt;eat home-cooked foods&lt;/a&gt; compared to industrially or restaurant-prepared foods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally, the HEATOX findings also suggest that although there are ways to decrease exposure to acrylamide, it cannot be eliminated completely. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to their calculations,&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;successful application of all presently known methods would reduce the acrylamide intake by&lt;em&gt; 40 percent at the most&lt;/em&gt;—which makes me wonder whether chip manufacturers have really succeeded at this point in reducing acrylamide levels to within legal limits... There's no updated data as of yet, so there's no telling whether they've been able to comply with the 2005 settlement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more in-depth information about acrylamide, I recommend reading the online report &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.slv.se/upload/heatox/documents/D59_guidelines_to_authorities_and_consumer_organisations_on_home_cooking_and_consumption.pdf"&gt;Heat-generated Food Toxicants, Identification, Characterization and Risk Minimization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In general however, just remember that cooking food at high temperatures is ill advised. A few of the most well-known toxins created in high-temperature cooking include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Heterocyclic Amines (HCAs): These form when meat is cooked at high temperatures, and they're also linked to cancer. In terms of HCA, the worst part of the meat is the blackened section, which is why you should always avoid charring your meat, and never eat blackened sections. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): When fat drips onto the heat source, causing excess smoke, and the smoke surrounds your food, it can transfer cancer-causing PAHs to the meat. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs): When food is cooked at high temperatures (including when it is pasteurized or sterilized), it increases the formation of AGEs in your food. When you eat the food, it transfers the AGEs into your body. AGEs build up in your body over time leading to oxidative stress, inflammation and an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes and kidney disease.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2&gt;The Search for a "Healthful" Chip Continues... &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Like a modern-day search for the Holy Grail, chip manufacturers keep searching for methods to improve the image of their health-harming but profitable snacks. For example, by the end of 2011, about half of Pepsi's Frito-Lay brand snacks will be reformulated with all-natural ingredients. The switch is part of PepsiCo's master plan to tap into the healthy foods market share. The &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204467204576047900383643010.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection"&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/a&gt; recently reported the company hopes to boost their nutrition business from $10 billion to $30 billion by 2020.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The company will remove dietary hazards like monosodium glutamate (MSG), replacing it with natural seasonings, such as molasses and paprika. Artificial colors will be replaced with beet juice, purple cabbage and carrots. All in all, about different 60 snacks are scheduled to get an all-natural makeover.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is certainly a good example of how consumer demand can alter the direction of food manufacturers in a positive way. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reformulated chips may end up being &lt;em&gt;less bad&lt;/em&gt; for you than the original formulations. However, chips will &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; be truly healthful. All-natural chips may be the lesser of two evils, but if consumed regularly, they will still push your health in the wrong direction... There's no getting away from the fact that modern plagues such as cancer, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes have a dietary component, and potato chips and French fries will always be a losing bet if you want to avoid becoming another disease statistic.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2&gt;How to Avoid Heat-Induced Toxins in Your Diet&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Ideally, you should consume foods that are raw or minimally processed to avoid these types of toxic byproducts—the more raw food, the better. &lt;a href="http://www.mercola.com/nutritionplan/index.htm"&gt;My nutrition plan&lt;/a&gt; emphasizes the need for at least one-third of your foods to be consumed raw. Personally, I consume about 80 percent of my food raw, and I find it is one of the most important factors that help keep me healthy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It may take you awhile to switch over to a less processed diet, but throwing out the most obvious culprits would be a great start. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These would include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;French fries and potato chips &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;All sodas (both regular and diet, as artificial sweeteners may be more problematic than fructose) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Doughnuts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Healthy Eating Made Easy&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Aside from creating potentially toxic byproducts, cooking and processing also depletes the food of valuable micronutrients, which is another reason for eating as much raw food as possible. This includes protein sources such as eggs. &lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/02/09/raw-eggs.aspx"&gt;Raw whole eggs&lt;/a&gt; from organic, pastured chickens are an incredible source of high-quality nutrients that many are deficient in. Raw milk is another good example of a food that is &lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/04/17/mark-mcafee-interview.aspx"&gt;beneficial in its raw state but becomes harmful after it is pasteurized.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By opting for foods that will benefit your health, such as raw, preferably organic and/or locally-grown vegetables, organic grass-fed meats, &lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/10/30/rudi-moerck-on-cooking-oils.aspx"&gt;healthy oils&lt;/a&gt;, raw dairy, nuts and seeds, you can change your health for the better. These are the foods that are truly natural, and quite easy to prepare once you get the hang of it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a step-by-step guide to make the transition to a healthier diet as simple and smooth as possible, simply &lt;a href="http://www.mercola.com/nutritionplan/index.htm"&gt;follow the advice in my optimized nutrition plan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, eating fresh whole foods is the "secret" to getting healthier, losing weight and really enjoying your food. It's unfortunate that so many are under the mistaken belief that it's "next to impossible" to create a meal without processed foods. Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough tackle this issue head-on in their book &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1439160384/optimalwellnessc"&gt;Real Food Has Curves&lt;/a&gt;, which is a great starting point to "relearn" the basics of how to enjoy and prepare real food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you get used to it, you'll find you can &lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/05/29/whole-food-cooking.aspx"&gt;whip up a healthful meal from scratch&lt;/a&gt; in the same amount of time it would have taken you to drive down the street to pick up fast food. The main difference will be greater satisfaction, both physically and mentally, and perhaps even financially, as processed foods typically end up being &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; expensive than cooking from scratch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script language="javascript" src="http://www.mercola.com/js/citation.js" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-2355208216903701871?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/2355208216903701871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=2355208216903701871' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/2355208216903701871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/2355208216903701871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/11/fried-or-mashed-could-make-big-health.html' title='FRIED OR MASHED? COULD MAKE A BIG HEALTH DIFFERENCE'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-7356286998995120541</id><published>2011-11-03T18:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T15:05:34.422-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flu shot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vaccinations'/><title type='text'>THE FLU SHOT- ARE YOU LISTENING?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here is a story that should terrify you if you get fly shots every year.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="315" width="420"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BRcZZROphLM?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BRcZZROphLM?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/10/31/flu-vaccination-epa-safety-limit-for-mercury.aspx?e_cid=20111031_DNL_art_1"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MORE ON THE SUBJECT AT DR. MERCOLA'S SITE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now, what kind of people are promoting the fly shots?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/10/28/cdc-director-arrested-for-child-molestation--bestiality.aspx?e_cid=20111028_DNL_art_1"&gt;Here is one of the most powerful Federal Medical employees for generating fly shop propaganda&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The only shots you need are the ones for tropical diseases in case you travel to nations with those diseases. Cholera, small pox, typhus, typhoid, and diphtheria. The fly shots are made with this year's virus. They are ONLY GUESSING what may happen with the new strain of virus.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Merck and other pharmaceutical companies make billions on vaccinations, and the Federal Medical agencies lie and promote fly shots because they get payoffs from Merck and others in Big Pharma. The fact that some bug tough Congressman, or a pin head of a US President gets the fly shot, is NO PROOF OF ANYTHING. It simply may be proof that Presidents get a shot of saline while the cameras roll.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;All vaccinations and all fly shots have mercury in them as a preservative. Mercury accumulates until there is a reaction, and then it is too late to deal with it.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;You who take your kids to be vaccinated are maiming your children. There is much&amp;nbsp;anecdotal&amp;nbsp;history of kids developing autism from vaccinations.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;You turn-- what will you do? Are you just a lamb who swoons when you see a man in a white smock smile and tell you fly vaccines will save you from terror and physical disaster?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-7356286998995120541?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/7356286998995120541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=7356286998995120541' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/7356286998995120541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/7356286998995120541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/11/flu-shot-are-you-listening.html' title='THE FLU SHOT- ARE YOU LISTENING?'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-7988317153531848129</id><published>2011-10-23T15:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T15:06:56.678-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MSG'/><title type='text'>MSG- THE FDA'S FAVORITE SHILL FOOD</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Actually, your body makes MSG, and it has a use in good health. The problem is, if you ADD MSG, you add an excito-toxin that will turn on some area of your brain big time. The food industry uses MSG because it also turns on your taste buds and makes swill and day old garbage taste great. You dead sheeple think you are eating good food while your brain is driving some part of your system bonkers.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;You must know by now that I try to use Texas technical language like the above paragraph so you readers will find it easier to understand.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now, I want you to read the full story about MSG at my journal online. This article is the most read article on my journal for some reason. It must be that lots of people are wondering.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blessedquietness.com/journal/theworld/msg.htm"&gt;GO HERE, AND READ THE STORY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;After reading my journal page, come back and watch a terrifying series of videos please.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/SgRi38Ry47M"&gt;START WITH PART ONE&lt;/a&gt;, and then click on the following videos. Understand that MSG and&amp;nbsp;Aspartame&amp;nbsp;are mirror&amp;nbsp;molecules&amp;nbsp;which cause almost identical brain responses.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now, if you are a good godly person trying to lose weight, you may be committing suicide. &lt;a href="http://youtu.be/_rJ1jpr5c4Y"&gt;LEARN HOW TO KILL YOURSELF THE HARD WAY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Monsanto may be killing more people than Hitler did. And, the CEO of Monsanto&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Read how your favorite soldier is being killed &lt;a href="http://dorway.com/military-admits-gulf-war-illness-aspartame/"&gt;BY AMERICANS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/additives.htm"&gt;The Center for Disease Control gives a list of additives&lt;/a&gt; in vaccinations your kids get, and flu shots you seniors get. The list Thimerosal is placed last on the list. It is a mercury compound, and it goes straight to the brain and stays there. Your kid gets 52 doses in all from the vaccination protocol. The dose is NOT tiny as the CDC claims. It is up to 600 times more potent (to a child) than the FDA allows in food and drinking water usage, and it is "mainlined," not breathed or eater. You are murdering you child and seniors if you convince them to get flu shots and vaccinations.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;You may want to copy or bookmark all of the links here and at my MSG page in case I am attacked by Big Pharma or the Feds for calling them murderers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bon Apatit&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-7988317153531848129?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/7988317153531848129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=7988317153531848129' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/7988317153531848129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/7988317153531848129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/10/msg-fdas-favorite-shill-food.html' title='MSG- THE FDA&apos;S FAVORITE SHILL FOOD'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-6025359801824822997</id><published>2011-10-18T11:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T15:08:56.157-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hypertension'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supplements'/><title type='text'>NATURAL WAY TO DEAL WITH BLOOD PRESSURE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here are twelve ways to deal with&amp;nbsp;hypertension&amp;nbsp;or high blood pressure:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;Antioxidants Guard Against Free Radical Damage-- Vitamin C and E, grape seed extract, olive leaf extract, coffee, wine, green tea, and chocolate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;B-Complex Vitamins Protect the Arteries&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;3.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Magnesium Relaxes the Arteries- The best way to get enough while not getting a loose bowel is to rub on magnesium chloride known as "magnesium oil." It is mined from deep down under the Netherlands.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fish Oil Has Broad Benefits for the Cardiovascular System- Be sure your fish oil is cleaned. It will say so on the label. If not, you may be getting a stiff dose of mercury which will do far more harm than nothing at all.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Coenzyme Q10 for Hypertension- It is absolutely essential to eat grass fed beef, especially organ meat, to get enough Co Q10. A supplement will do, but eating it in food is best.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;6.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;A Sweet Solution-- Stevia lowers blood pressure and does not trigger a glucose response. Sugar and ALL other sweeteners trigger glucose response.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;7.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;Chinese Herbs Lower BP- A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;ll-heal flower, chrysanthemum flower, honeysuckle flower, notoginseng root, water fairy flower, shiitake mushroom, and pagoda tree flower.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;8. Sodium Nitrate and Nitrite- The best sources for this is celery, beets, lettuce, chard, and prepared meats. Terrifying at is may seem, prepared meats all contain sodium nitrate or nitrite. They also contain erythabate or ascorbic acid. When sodium nitrate or nitrite are in your mouth, your saliva converts them to nitric oxode (NO). This is then taken in by the gut, and NO causes the blood vessels to dilate, which lowers blood pressure. What a simply aid to solve a deadly problem. Be sure there is erythabate or ascorbic acid in the prepared meat to counter the nitrosamines which are associated with cancer issues.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;9. Walk- Get your heart rate up by walking. This expands the blood vessels, and regular expansion eventually becomes a steady state, which lowers BP.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;10. Relax- You must have several oasis experiences during the day to relax and get your mind off of your stress which raises blood pressure. Laughter is very helpful. Getting outside in the sun and fresh air helps. And, keep up an active sexual oasis time with your spouse, NOT a fornicator. That makes for guilt and worry of being caught, which raises blood pressure.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;11. Eat lots of protein and raw vegetables- Go easy on the carbs unless you work very hard physically.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;12. Lost weight- Being overweight will affect your blood pressure for sure.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I used to be on four blood pressure meds. I have changed my way of life to fit the above twelve suggestions as best I can, and I am down to one BP med, and that one is not at one fourth the dose of three years ago.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Finally, here is what my doctor in Tennessee suggested. He pulled a Bible out of the pocket of his white smock and read this passage from the Bible:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Psalms 4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="display: inline !important;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="display: inline !important;"&gt;5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="display: inline !important;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="display: inline !important;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;If you are trying to get your blood pressure down for YOU, you are not getting it right. I righteous sacrifice is when you get your health right so that God can use you to be a blessing to others and stick around to love and support your spouse and kids.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="display: inline !important;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"Stand in awe, and sin not...." You are sinning mightily if you are doing dumb things that cause your blood pressure, or any other physical disorder. If you believe you belong to God, then you owe him the best person his creation will make of you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="display: inline !important;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;To be propped up by Big Pharma instead of eating right and dealing with weight and sloth is crass wickedness.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-6025359801824822997?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big pharma'/><title type='text'>L-lisine-- Lots of health reasons to take it</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ensure you absorb enough calcium with l-lysine supplements&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;L-Lysine&amp;nbsp;is an essential amino acid or protein building block that cannot be produced by the body and must be obtained from other nutrients. The best food sources for Lysine are lean meats, fish, potatoes and milk. Lysine helps ensure the adequate absorption of calcium and the formation of collagen for bone, cartilage and connective tissue. It also aids in the production of antibodies (to help combat viruses), hormones &amp;amp; enzymes. It also maintains nitrogen balance in adults and in children; Lysine is needed for proper growth and bone development. Most individuals have an adequate intake of Lysine; however Lysine levels may be low in vegetarians and low-fat dieters. Without enough Lysine or any other of the eight essential amino acids, the body cannot build protein to sustain muscle tissue.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gematria.com/L-Lysine-p/04-90.htm"&gt;READ MORE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The issue in parallel with this L-Lysine issue is that calcium is taken from the bones to neutralize&amp;nbsp;acidity&amp;nbsp;in the system, especially the blood. This results in&amp;nbsp;osteoporosis&amp;nbsp;and calcium deficiency. While you MUST balance your diet intake of acid by moving to alkaline foods more, L-Lysine will help in the mean time to control the calcium loss.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-6845407508473119335?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/6845407508473119335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=6845407508473119335' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/6845407508473119335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/6845407508473119335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/10/l-lisine-lots-of-health-reasons-to-take.html' title='L-lisine-- Lots of health reasons to take it'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1738001203312832982.post-7059029250561824052</id><published>2011-10-01T13:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T15:11:58.450-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cancer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sweeteners'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food additives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diabetes'/><title type='text'>HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP CON JOB</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;We lead off this new blog by exposing one of the most wicked food (which is ain't) tricks. It is about to go into hiding via the FDA's wimpy policy with big business:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;_______________________________&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP NAME GAME&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;High-Fructose Corn Syrup is a man-made sweetener used in hundreds of grocery store products.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;But High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) has a serious image problem. Consumers are avoiding it. Food companies are taking it out of the products they make. Some supermarkets have banned it. Demand for this highly-processed ingredient is falling fast.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;So the corporations that make HFCS decided that changing the name was a way to fix this problem. They are trying to change the rules so that HFCS can legally be called "corn sugar" and ultimately maybe just "sugar" so we won’t know what we’re eating.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;So far, these corporations have spent more than $50 million dollars on deceptive television advertising in an attempt to convince U.S. consumers that High-Fructose Corn Syrup is “corn sugar.”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;But High-Fructose Corn Syrup is not sugar.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sugar only comes from sugar cane and sugar beets. Corn is a starch that doesn’t have enough sugar in it naturally to be used as a sweetener. So the corn has to be altered in a lab and then fructose is chemically bonded to it to make it sweet...... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://foodidentitytheft.com/culprits/high-fructose-corn-syrup/"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"&gt;MORE HERE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;object height="315" width="420"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b6frn6QrZKE?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;            &lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;            &lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;            &lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b6frn6QrZKE?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/iaHhfic0514"&gt;ANOTHER TAKE ON THIS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;You need to understand that YOU are expendable as far as the FDA and big business are concerned. They are driven by the lust for wealth. Yes, the FDA is lusting for cash. How? Answer-- When you work for the FDA, and then retire, these big businesses that the FDA rules for will hire you for a second career.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1738001203312832982-7059029250561824052?l=medical-bites.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/feeds/7059029250561824052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1738001203312832982&amp;postID=7059029250561824052' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/7059029250561824052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1738001203312832982/posts/default/7059029250561824052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://medical-bites.blogspot.com/2011/10/high-fructose-corn-syrup-con-job.html' title='HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP CON JOB'/><author><name>Steve Van Nattan ________</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06437796133874484021</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YhZXjilmwsY/Sc59cex3oxI/AAAAAAAAAAY/qFosGDoCIm4/S220/vanns+-+steve+elizabeth+for+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
