Is he safe?

The remedy is worse than the disease.
Francis Bacon

Article in the Tribune.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-06/news/ct-met-flame-retardants-20120506_1_flame-retardants-candle-fire-chemicals
The Tribune found, of a decades-long campaign of deception that has loaded the furniture and electronics in American homes with pounds of toxic chemicals linked to cancer, neurological deficits, developmental problems and impaired fertility.
Chemtura Corp. and Albemarle Corp., the two biggest U.S. manufacturers of flame retardants
“The tactics started with Big Tobacco, which wanted to shift focus away from cigarettes as the cause of fire deaths, and continued as chemical companies worked to preserve a lucrative market for their products, according to a Tribune review of thousands of government, scientific and internal industry documents.
These powerful industries distorted science in ways that overstated the benefits of the chemicals, created a phony consumer watchdog group that stoked the public’s fear of fire and helped organize and steer an association of top fire officials that spent more than a decade campaigning for their cause.”

Today, scientists know that some flame retardants escape from household products and settle in dust. That’s why toddlers, who play on the floor and put things in their mouths, generally have far higher levels of these chemicals in their bodies than their parents.
Blood levels of certain widely used flame retardants doubled in adults every two to five years between 1970 and 2004. More recent studies show levels haven’t declined in the U.S. even though some of the chemicals have been pulled from the market. A typical American baby is born with the highest recorded concentrations of flame retardants among infants in the world.

People might be willing to accept the health risks if the flame retardants packed into sofas and easy chairs worked as promised. But they don’t.
The chemical industry often points to a government study from the 1980s as proof that flame retardants save lives. But the study’s lead author, Vytenis Babrauskas, said in an interview that the industry has grossly distorted his findings and that the amount of retardants used in household furniture doesn’t work.
Other government scientists subsequently found that the flame retardants in household furniture don’t protect consumers from fire in any meaningful way.

Liar

Dr. David Heimbach, a frequent witness for the industry, who has given testimony several times about a babies that died when a candle fell onto an untreated pillow. Turns out, despite repeated detail-flecked retellings, there’s no baby, no pillow, and no candle.

http://www.healthytomorrow.org/2011/05/flame-retardants.html
A study of products designed for newborns, babies, and toddlers – including car seats, breast feeding pillows, changing pads, crib wedges, bassinet mattresses and other items made with polyurethane foam – found that 80% of products tested contained chemical flame retardants that are considered toxic, according to a peer-reviewed study published in Environmental Science & Technology Journal. Other retardants discovered had so little health and safety data on them it is not possible to know their effects at this time. The same flame retardants found in some of the products are also found in children’s bodies and widely dispersed throughout the environment and in food.
Halogenated flame retardants added to fabric, to foam used in furniture and other products, to carpet padding, and to electronic equipment, also create more smoke and soot when these materials smolder or burn than do materials without these chemicals. And the smoke is deadly. First, inhalation can be deeply damaging to lungs. Fire fighters wear protective gear, but gear may not always function as intended. Second, intense smoke can be disorienting and disabling, making it impossible for fire fighters and building occupants to reach safety when surrounded by dense smoke and soot.

Fire retardants, sunscreens, air fresheners, deodorants. It is a a long list where the treatment is worse than a disease. But the industry is playing on our fears. In it is a powerful tool.
The bottom line: use common sense. Like not putting a candle on the pillow. This is just plain stupid!
Be suspicious of any chemicals.
Get educated. There is plenti information online about products safety.
Cleanse your body periodically.
Here a some products I use: http://www.marketamerica.com/product-2228/nutriclean-7day-cleansing-system.htm
http://www.deadseaherbs.com/nikuz_herbal_cleansing_detoxification_tea

New Research Finds Chickens Fed Caffeine, Prozac, Arsenic…

Caffeine infused.

While it’s already recognized that chickens are sometimes fed arsenic, this new research has also found a cocktail of drugs such as banned antibiotics, Prozac, and caffeine. The researchers originally began testing the chickens just for banned antibiotics, but expanded to look for other substances because it didn’t cost more to do. The results even had their minds blown.

Prozac was apparently fed to chickens because the more stress a chicken has, the tougher its meat will be. The brutal and harsh environments of factory farms often leave chickens nervous and distressed. These chickens were also fed green tea powder and coffee pulp to help them stay awake longer so they eat more food and plump up faster.

http://www.the9billion.com/2012/04/10/new-research-finds-chickens-fed-caffeine-prozac-arsenic/

Better than chicken!

So it’s not just us people. Even chicken gets stressed out in today’s world.

I guess some people feel just like chicken – caged in and having no control.

But unlike chicken we can change our attitude and our life.

So my friends get off Prozac, don’t eat chicken and get a life.

I want to talk about facial skin care product that is not well known here in America. 

The product is made in Israel by the company Herbs of Kedem.

Judean Desert has a particularly large number of medicinal plants thanks to the harsh desert climate, which requires plants to possess a large arsenal of compounds for self-protection and preservation. Short rain season improves the quality of oils obtained from plants growing in the region.

Easy on this stuff!

What do commercial cosmetic creams contain?

Every white cream is in fact an emulsion of water with fatty materials. Such an emulsion necessarily contains stabilizers and preserving ingredients.

Stabilizers

Include Propylene Glycol. Propylene Glycol is used in antifreeze, hydraulic fluids and as a solvent. The material safety data sheet on this ingredient warns to avoid skin contact. Propylene Glycol is implicated in contact dermatitis, kidney damage and liver abnormalities; it can inhibit skin cell growth in human tests and can damage cell membranes causing rashes, dry skin and surface damage. Is this in your moisturizer? You can find it in cosmetics, toothpaste, shampoos and conditioner, lotions, deodorants, baby wipes, processed foods and many more personal care items. Studies have shown that it is retained in your system. Find more about it and other risks of cosmetic ingredients in: www.ewg.org.

Preserving Ingredients

These appear in almost all cosmetic creams, and include triclosan, and methyl paraben (other forms are: propyl, ethyl, and butyl). Following is an excerpt from an article in the September 2002 issue of Happi (Household and Personal Products Industry) — a chemical industry trade journal “Cosmetic Product Preservation” by Jabbar Mufti: “Typical preservatives used in the cosmetic industry disable activity in the bacterial wall to prevent fungal contamination. This action continues when the product is on the skin and may be absorbed into the skin tissue, taken up by the blood stream and ultimately reside in the major organs. The preservative action is so stable, it continues to work while inside the body, limiting the normal enzyme activity of the body. How do we know this? Autopsies performed on cancerous tumours have shown residues of methyl-, ethyl- and propyl parabens.”

What are the alternatives?

All Natural Organic Facial Moisturizer

MESHI Face Nourishment Serum

General Description: A mixture of oil extracts of various plants, along with aromatic oils, for nourishment, treatment and protection of delicate skin. Especially suitable for dry or medium facial skin.

Benefits
Antioxidant
Rich in essential fatty acids
Light radiation absorber
Calming.

Active Ingredients: Wheat germ oil, Geranium, Myrtle, Sesame oil, Jojoba oil, Artemisia species.

Usage: May be applied regularly on the face skin. Recommended to apply at least once a day, in the evening.

Comments: For severely affected skin (e.g. old acne scars), combine usage with weekly application of Maccabim oil.
For regular herbal facial skin care, calm and cleanse the face before using MESHI oil with the AVIV solution, and in the morning refresh it and tone it with the BOKER solution. Monthly peeling with TISHREI is also recommended.
TSUKIM is also recommended  under-eye bags, shadows or circles. Also possible to be used on wrinkled facial skin.

Meshi ia a great replacement for the different day-night creams currently on the market which often contain harmful preservation agents which hinder healthy skin cell regeneration and moisture balance.

Detailed information on Meshi Ingredients and their properties

Olive oil – (Olea europaea) Softens, hydrates and heals your skin

Sesame oil – (Sesamum indicum) Rich in nutrients, absorbs very fast, protects, is rich in vitamin E, and protects your from external aggressors in particular UV rays

Jojoba extract – (Buxus chinensis) Hydrates the skin.

Wheat germ oil – (Triticum vulgare) Rich in vitamin E, regenerates

Geranium oil – (Geranium maculatum) Revitalizes, tonifies, regenerates, heals and limits the proliferation of bacteria

Myrtle oil – (Myrtus communis) Stimulant, anti-fungal and beneficial against certain your skin imperfections, balances sebum secretions

Beta-carotene – Obtained from Dunalliela algae is a powerful antioxidant

Italian Helichryse extract – (Helichrysum italicum) Promotes your tissue regeneration, anti-inflammatory, astringent. regenerates and heals, promotes new cell growth and circulation, promotes tissue regeneration, anti-hematome agent, anticoagulant, anti-allergic, helps tissue healing, and prevents vascularisation

Fennel leaf extract – (Foeniculum vulgare) anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, calms, has nice scent that promotes your sleep. Cleans and tonifies – particularly sensitive skin types

Lemongrass oil – Refreshes, stimultes and acts as an anti-inflammatory

Cypress – (Cupressus sempervirens) Improves your circulation, is antiseptic, astringent and anti-inflammatory, improves circulation, antiseptic, sedative, soothes nervousness, muscular tonic, expectorant, regulates hormones, healing

Ylang ylang oil – (Cananga odorata) Antiseptic and relaxing. It has a calming effect on your mind and body and has a balancing and stimulating effect on the skin. It also stimulates circulation and relieves skin irritation

Absinthe extract – (Artemisia absinthium) Antiseptic

Lavender oil – (Lavandula angustifolia) Stimulates your epidermis regeneration, heals, purifies, balances, calms, effective for your skin conditions, kills bacteria and fungi, treats burns and acne

Naturally

Calendula extract – (Calendula officinalis) reparative, anti-inflammatory, healing, soothing, hydrating and softens your skin

Myrtle oil – (Myrtus communis) Stimulant, anti-fungal and beneficial against certain your skin imperfections, balances sebum secretions From The Dead Sea.

My suggestions: try to limit usage of cosmetics and skin care products. Healthy lifestyle, good sleep and healthy food will keep your skin healthy. And healthy skin looks better than any cosmetics can achieve. Natural beauty! But if you have to use skin care products use ones that contain only natural organic ingredients.

Isotonix® Resveratrol

As I said before alcohol, especially red wine is not bad for you. Taken in moderation it is actually beneficial. One of the components of red wine that is beneficial is Resveratrol. Unfortunately to get a real benefit from Resveratrol you would have to drink a lot of wine. And a lot is not good! So here comes Red Wine Extract Resveratrol in Isotonic form.

Below is the results of a new research:

http://youtu.be/qdbK6ILyjKw

Researchers from Purdue University in Indiana are testing a compound found in red wine that has the ability to block the processes of fat cell development. The research into the compound known as piceatannol may lead towards finding a simple method to combat obesity.

Piceatannol results from the conversion of resveratrol – a compound found in red wine, grapes and peanuts that is also thought to combat cancer, heart disease and neurodegenerative diseases. When resveratrol is converted into the piceatannol compound, which naturally occurs after consumption, the compound has the ability to delay fat cell growth.

Isotonic Resveratrol

Not that much!

Poor cellular and cardiovascular health is becoming a worldwide epidemic. An unhealthy diet of processed, high-calorie, high-fat foods, pollution, smoking and sedentary lifestyles all contribute to poor cell and heart health. Scientists revealed The French Paradox, which states that even though the French drink, smoke and eat high-fat foods they have some of the lowest incidences of poor cardiovascular and cellular health. Scientists attribute this to the large amounts of red wine that the French consume or, more importantly, an extract found in red wine: Resveratrol. Resveratrol is an ingredient with incredible clinical research, revealing that it supports cardiovascular and normal cell health. Because wine is so highly processed, the actual amount of Resveratrol is quite low. One would have to drink at least three bottles of red wine a day to experience the effects of Resveratrol extract. Additionally, the content of Resveratrol in red wine is inconsistent and varies by type of wine, region and processing techniques. Resveratrol extract or more specifically, Resveravine®, which is a more concentrated form of Resveratrol, ensures that the body reaps all of the benefits of Resveratrol, without the ill effects from three bottles of wine.*

But a couple of glasses of good red wine is fine! If you are healthy. Enjoy!

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/Hi0niK Archives of Internal Medicine, online March 26, 2012.

Nate

Here are a few suggestion:

Stairs? How do you use them?

Don’t use elevators. Be reasonable now. I am not talking 100 floors because you may end up dead on the 50′s floor.

Park as far as you can on the parking lot. A little walking won’t hart and others will live you!

Take a few short breaks during the day if your job requires sitting. Walk around. Move a little. You will feel better.

Make sure your chair is comfortable. Some chairs prevent blood flow to your legs.

No not this way.

Get a dog. Walk the dog. Dogs love it and it’s good for you. For some extra workout bend over and pick up the poop.

Do light exercise before bed time. You will sleep better.

In short-get your butt off the chair(or whatever you sitting on) and live longer.

Wow!

I’ve stopped taking the medication. My doctor doesn’t know. The lack of a drug in my body makes me dizzy. It hurts, I guess. It feels rather as though I have no feeling. But how can that be? I feel sad now. But it feels like nothing.
It’ll come back. The little bit of feeling, of life, the medication took away will come back. And I can feel again. Even if I won’t like the emotion. (Sent in by Ed April 23, 2006 )

Don't overdo it!

About 90% of Americans shampoo daily. One hundred years ago, people only washed their hair monthly, and in the 1950s, it was customary for women to have their hair washed and set once a week at the salon. http://shine.yahoo.com/beauty/often-wash-hair-222900620.html

Clean hair feels fresh and smells great but over-washing can turn one’s healthy locks into a pile of straw. The average person’s hair grows less than half an inch per month so long strands that have been subjected to a lot of shampooing (as well as chemical treatments) tend to get dried out and dull at the ends and even break off.

How often you need to shampoo depends on how oily your scalp is and your hair’s texture. Oil-known as sebum-travels more easily down smooth, straight hair, making it look greasier faster. Sounds a little gross, but sebum helps moisturize and waterproof the hair shaft. This is one reason why curly or coarse hair is drier.

When you wash every day, you typically strip off this natural moisturizer and then have to put it back on in the form of commercial conditioner.

Joe Murray, owner of Hale Organic Salon in New York City, tells that shampooing a couple of times a week is plenty. “If you can’t stand a being a little oily, then coat your wet hair with conditioner up to the ears to protect it and then just wash the scalp.” On gym days, try simply rinsing with water and finish with a light conditioner to untangle.”

Too much washing?

Shampooing does stimulate the scalp, which brings blood flow and healthy nutrients to the hair follicles. As an alternative, Murray is a fan of a gentle daily scalp massage and regular brushing with a good quality hairbrush.

People with flaky scalps may be inclined to shampoo frequently, but dermatologist and spokesperson for the American Academy of Dermatology, Nia Terezakis, MD says this can actually exacerbate the problem. “When you have a flaky scalp its not dirty, its dandruff or a form of psoriasis,” she explains to Yahoo! Shine. “Use a shampoo formulated for dandruff and let it sit on your scalp for 20 seconds before rinsing.” You can follow up with a separate shampoo and conditioner of your choice, “But don’t scrub,” she advises. “It will flake even more.”

We use shampoo by “Royal Spa” http://www.marketamerica.com/product-2187/royal-spa-chamomile-shampoo.htm and conditioner http://www.marketamerica.com/product-2185/royal-spa-triprotein-plus_deep_conditioner.htm

If you are used to washing your hair daily, it can take a few weeks to get used to a new routine. You may be over producing sebum to compensate for stripping the scalp. Gradually increase the days between shampooing and see if your hair becomes healthier and takes more time to appear dirty as a result.

How often should we shower?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/fashion/31Unwashed.html?_r=2

Retention of the skin’s natural oils and water conservation are two reasons Ms. Palmer and others cite for skipping a daily shower. Some have concluded that deodorant is unnecessary after forgetting it once with no social repercussions, or are concerned about antiperspirants containing aluminum, even though both the National Cancer Institute and the Alzheimer’s Association don’t share those concerns.

Of late, researchers have discovered that just as the gut contains good bacteria that help it run more efficiently, so does our skin brim with beneficial germs that we might not want to wash down the drain. “Good bacteria are educating your own skin cells to make your own antibiotics,” said Dr. Richard Gallo, chief of the dermatology division at the University of California, San Diego, and “they produce their own antibiotics that kills off bad bacteria.”

Choline inside and outside

Chlorine in water

http://www.livestrong.com/article/299710-problems-with-the-skin-from-chlorine-in-the-drinking-water/

Chlorine from drinking water can enter your body in several ways, including ingestion. You also inhale chloroform, a byproduct of chlorine, when you take a hot shower or bath. According to an article from Science News, researchers found increases in chloroform in study participants’ lungs of about 2.7ppb after a 10-minute shower. Warm water also further opens pores, so the combination of what your skin absorbs and your lungs inhale during a 10-minute shower is greater than the amount you would ingest drinking eight glasses of water from the same tap. In fact, studies at the University of Pittsburgh found less chemical exposure from ingesting chlorinated water than from showering or washing clothes in it. The study found that, on average, absorption through the skin was responsible for 64 percent of waterborne contaminants that enter the human body.

More and more people are installing shower filters http://www.marketamerica.com/product-2312/pureh2o-shower-filter.htm

Chlorine and Aging

Chlorine has the potential to damage your skin and cause it to age more rapidly. As you shower or bathe, heat opens your pores, and some chlorine is absorbed. The combination of chlorine and hot water removes some of your skin’s natural oils. This can lead to dryness and cracking, which can lead to wrinkles. Chlorine also destroys vitamin E, which functions as an antioxidant. Trihalomethanes, or THM, are four chemicals that are formed when the chlorine in your drinking water chemically reacts with organic and inorganic matter in water. These newly formed chemicals can cause free radical production, according to research published in Chemico-Biological Interactions in 1985. Free radicals cause cell damage and accelerated aging. They also create heightened susceptibility to gene mutations and cancer, inhibit cholesterol metabolism and contribute to hardening of arteries.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/299710-problems-with-the-skin-from-chlorine-in-the-drinking-water/#ixzz1oeqMfQ54

I highly recommend Isotonic based antioxidants that have up to 95% absorption. Isotonic offers the fastest and most efficient absorption of all oral forms of nutritional supplementation. Faster and more efficient absorption into the bloodstream increases the value of taking nutritional supplements.

 In conclusion may I suggest to skip a shower sometimes. The more you shower the more your skin produces oil trying to compensate one you washed out of your skin and hair. After a while doing this you will notice that your skin and hair don’t get oily as quickly as before and you can also avoid deodorant without problems. And you save water and help the environment and your wallet!

And absorbing less chlorine would not hart either!

Embrace your feelings.

Yin and Yang

Use of Antidepressants is depleting people of life. Life is dull and foggy without pains of love and separation, there is no joy without sadness, no day without the night. Yin and yang.

Our society

Dear readers

In my previous post I discussed the Antidepressants. The question came up: if antidepressants create psychopaths?

Also the definition and the difference between  the psychopaths and sociopaths.

Can you help?

Thanks

Dead Sea Herbs team

We were watching report by “60 minutes” about the “effectiveness” of the so called ANTIDEPRESSANTS.

Stand up!

Report states that many medical researches coming to conclusion that antidepressant drugs are not effective and cause more harm than good. Most of the improvements are attributed to the Placebo Effect. As usual in today’s medical philosophy medics treat symptoms instead of addressing the root of the problem.

And the general public is being duped by advertisers and medical professionals that there is a quick fix-pills. There are a lot of stress factors in today’s society. And people’s inability to cope with with daily problems contributes greatly to depression epidemic in “advanced” societies.

Below are a few excerpts on the subject

  HORWITZ AND WAKEFIELD: Our book argues that, despite widespread beliefs to the contrary, the rate of depressive disorders in the population has not undergone a general upsurge. In fact, careful studies that use the same criterion for diagnosis over time reveal no change in the prevalence of depression. What has changed is the growing number of people who seek treatment for this condition, the increase in prescriptions for antidepressant medications, the number of articles about depression in the media and scientific literature, and the growing presence of depression as a phenomenon in popular culture. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=really-an-epidemic-of-depression

The definition of “depression” is so broad now that  people are “depressed” and need pill if they got a traffic ticket. In reality it is what we call LIFE.

Who Tends to be Most Depressed?

This study found the following groups to be more likely to meet criteria for major depression:

• 

  Modern life style and stress.

  persons 45-64 years of age

• women

• blacks, Hispanics, non-Hispanic persons of other races or multiple races

• persons with less than a high school education

• those previously married

• individuals unable to work or unemployed

• persons without health insurance coverage

Clinical Trials – What the Drug Companies Don’t Report

What Dr Kirsch and his colleagues found was that 80 percent of the medication response in the combined drug groups was duplicated in the placebo groups, and that the mean difference between the drug and placebo was a “clinically insignificant” two points on both the 17-item and 21-item Hamilton Depression Scale, regardless of the size of the drug dose. The placebo factor ranged from a high of 89 percent for the Prozac response, according to the study, and a low of 69 percent for the Paxil response. In four trials, the placebo equaled or achieved marginally better results than the drug. In the nine expert commentaries published with the study, none of the commentators disputed the study’s main findings. http://www.mcmanweb.com/clinical_trials.html

Depression is an illness with a purpose. In a new website about coping with depression, I recently published, I talk about depression, itself, being ‘OK’ – because the ‘depression’ is merely a ‘signal’ that something in our life is not ‘right’. This is simplifying things but what most treatments tend to do is address the symptoms…hence a ‘pill’ might make you ‘feel more normal’ by overwhelming the brains ability to use the ‘signal’ of depression to alert you to the need for sometimes significant change. Masking the underlying problem by the use of chemistry is a popular way for allopathic medicine to help people to cope with depression. I personally do not think that, in the long-run this really helps us address what we need to do. http://www.gonando.com/depression.html

400% Increase

According to a 2010 report released by the CDC, antidepressants were the most frequently prescribed prescription drug between 2005 and 2008 for adults aged 18 to 44 years, and the third most commonly used drug for all ages. That report also showed that use of antidepressants increased by almost 400% for all ages from between 1988 and 1994 to the period between 2005 and 2008. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/751931

Teen Suicide Risk Similar Among Antidepressants

WebMD
By Jennifer Warner
April 12, 2010

Sick society

Overall, the child and teen suicide rate after initiation of antidepressant use among participants in the study was five times higher than the rate reported among all teens aged 13 to 17 in British Columbia, which researchers say reflects the higher suicide risks among the depressed.

Psychiatrists and pharmaceutical industry spokespeople are rushing to defend the use of the medications, which are currently being taken by 17 million Americans and bring in $11.3 billion a year to drug companies. (They are not giving up $13 Billions!)

As anecdotes, statistics and case studies are being bantered about by experts, the question that comes to my mind is why are so many of us being diagnosed with depression in the first place? What is going on that we must rely on a medication to help us cope with everyday life in this country?

I believe that the root cause of our depression epidemic in the US is the fact that we cling to illusions about life that have no substance. Our illusions tell us that life should always be happy and we should not suffer. http://www.karenwyattmd.com/apps/blog/show/12567868

Standing behind the familiar surfaces of everyday life – our family, our work, the travel we undertake, our preferred recreation and so on – a single question confronts us all, rich and poor, in every country in the world – how should we respond to a world slipping deeper into crisis each and every year?

This leads me to speculate that the repressed knowledge of this failure to confront reality may be among the root causes of the ‘depression epidemic’ noted in recent years…  http://www.foresightinternational.com.au/shop/books/biggest-wake-call-history-book

Here is my prescription:

Exercise, Gardening is great, 8 hours of sleep, Meditation, Take a relaxing bath, Diet, Social interactions, Job change, Take a break, Have a hobby

To do the above no health insurance needed, no money for big pharma, no side effects.

In most cases pills are not the answer. Your attitude is.

In conclusion: doctors are considering to give antidepressants to kids as young as 2 years.  Don’t you think it is a symptom of a sick society?