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Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, ‘In case of emergency, notify:’ I put ‘DOCTOR.’

Essential oils for fungus treatment

I want to tell you about the product that helps many people to get rid of an embarrassing problem-ugly fungus infected toenail.

Sephorris is an effective organic mix of essential oils for nail fungi treatment.

I use it (shhhhh)

- Sephorris is a totally vegetarian extract to effectively fight nail fungus.

- Sephorris is capable of penetration through infected nail to stop spread of fungus and treat it.

- Treats opaque-looking nail.

- Stops fungi development

This is a great product for nail fungi that has a 95% success rate. Sephorris is made of a mixture of essential oils that are particularly active against fungi in nails. As atop selling product satisfaction is guaranteed for obtaining desired results. One bottle of Sephorris works well for treatment for nail for quite some time.

Sephorris has strong anti-bacterial action.

The best natural solution for nail fungus.

Does not cause side affects.

Does not cause liver damage.

95% success rate.

Here are the ingredients:

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) Extract In 1725, a German apothecary discovered that the plant’s essential oil

contains a powerful disinfectant called thymol that is effective against bacteria and fungi.

Origanum vulgare leaf Extract-benefit :anti bacteria, anti infection, antioxidant, calming down skin,

Have beautiful nails

Cinnamon extracts Recent studies have shown that cinnamon extracts possess antimicrobial [MSOffice1]

and antioxidant properties. Historically, cinnamon has been used as a stimulant, astringent and antiseptic

agent.

Satureia Hortensis Extract. Methanol extract of Satureja hortensis had both anticandidal and antibacterial

effects. It inhibited the growth of 23 strains of 11 bacterial species and 6 isolates of Candida albicans,

Clove (Eugenia caryophyllus) bud oil is applied to the skin as a counterirritant for pain and for mouth and

throat inflammation.

Melaleuca alternifolia ( Tea Tree) leaf oil is “effective against bacteria, fungi, and viruses and stimulates the

immune system.

ylang-ylang oil. The therapeutic properties of ylang-ylang oil are antidepressant, antiseborrhoeic, antiseptic,

aphrodisiac, hypotensive, nervine and sedative.

Rosemary is a tonic herb with antiseptic and antibacterial properties

I realize that there is a brand name recognition issue. But Kedem products are very popular in Europe and in Israel. Use it. You will not be disappointed.

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Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

Our good friends and neighbors love Diet Coke. I e-mailed them many articles about the harmful effects of sodas and diet sodas in particular-to no avail. They keep drinking the stuff. When I asked why they said they love it.

And we are talking about high cost of Medicare!

Drink Water!

The main problem-people are uninformed or they don’t care. Here are results of yet another research. Diet soft drinks may have minimal calories, but they can still have a major impact on your waistline, according to two studies presented at a meeting of the American Diabetes Association in San Diego. Researchers at the Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio tracked 474 people, all 65 to 74 years old, for nearly a decade, measuring the subjects’ height, weight, waist circumference, and diet soft drink intake every 3.6 years. The waists of those who drank diet soft drinks grew 70 percent more than those who avoided the artificially sweetened stuff; people who drank two or more servings a day had waist-circumference increases that were five times larger than non-diet-soda consumers.

The findings are in line with those of a 2005 study, also conducted by researchers at the Texas Health Science Center, in which the chance of becoming overweight or obese increased with every diet soda consumed. “On average, for each diet soft drink our participants drank per day, they were 65 percent more likely to become overweight during the next seven to eight years, and 41 percent more likely to become obese,” said Sharon Fowler, who was a faculty associate in the division of clinical epidemiology in the Health Science Center’s department of medicine at the time.

But how does something with no calories cause weight gain? Turns out that even if our taste buds can’t tell the difference between real and fake sugar, our brains can. Another study, also presented at the American Diabetes Association meeting on Sunday, found that after three months of eating food laced with aspartame (which is also found in many diet soft drinks), mice had higher blood sugar levels than rodents who ate regular food. According to Fowler, who worked on all three studies and is now a researcher at UT Health Science Center at San Diego, the aspartame could trigger the appetite but do nothing to satisfy it. That could interfere with your body’s ability to tell when you’re full—and could lead you to eat more in general.

Aside from the health problems that go along with a widening waistline, diet soft drinks have also been linked to an increase in diabetes, heart attack, and stroke. One study of more than 2,500 people found that those “who drank diet soda daily had a 61 percent increased risk of cardiovascular events compared to those who drank no soda, even when accounting for smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and calories consumed per day,” ABC News reported in February. And a 2008 University of Minnesota study of nearly 10,000 adults ages 45 to 64 found that drinking a single can of diet soda a day led to a 34 percent higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome, a collection of health problems that includes high blood sugar, high cholesterol, and high levels of belly fat.

My advise: drink water or herbal teas. Forget sodas-diet or not diet. One interesting drink you can try is Celsius ®

The findings, released in the Archives of General Psychiatry, suggest that something in the birth environment — drugs, chemicals or infections — may be triggering autism in children who are already genetically predisposed to develop the disease.

Autism prevention

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Environmental factors may play a greater role in autism than previously thought, tipping the scale away from a strict focus on genetics, two studies released on Monday suggest.
Researchers at health insurer Kaiser Permanente found mothers of children with autism were twice as likely to have been prescribed a common antidepressant during the year before their pregnancy than mothers of healthy children. And the risk was even greater — a threefold increase — when the drug was taken in the first trimester of pregnancy. The findings, released in the Archives of General Psychiatry, suggest that something in the birth environment — drugs, chemicals or infections — may be triggering autism in children who are already genetically predisposed to develop the disease.
“We now have strong evidence that, on top of genetic heritability, a shared prenatal environment may have a greater than previously realized role in the development of autism.”one in every 150 children born today in the United States, or about 1 percent of the population.

“Environmental factors play a bigger role than previously thought,” said Dr. Joachim Hallmayer of Stanford University School of Medicine in California, who led the study. Recent studies have suggested genetics played the biggest role in autism, but his findings suggest something different, he said in a telephone interview.

My advise to expexting mothers: Avoid antidepressants. Detoxify your body with natural antioxidants, drink herbal detox teas, meditate, exerscize, learn about chemicals around you.

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CNN’s In Depth series is focusing on medication nation – and the state of prescription drugs in the United States.

Instant gratification

Some unbelievable numbers to look at this morning. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 74% of doctor visits result in a prescription. Also, 48% of Americans regularly use at least one prescription drug and a whopping 75% of Americans – that’s three out of four people – misuse their prescriptions or don’t take them as directed.
What can be done about this over reliance on medication? This morning, Christine Romans talks with John Abramson, author of “Overdosed America” and a lecturer at Harvard Medical School. She asks him whether things have gotten out of control.
Following his landmark book Talking Back to Prozac, psychiatrist Breggin follows up by arguing against what he calls the “spellbinding” effects of psychiatric medications, and he doesn’t mean “spellbinding” as praise. His point is that all psychiatric drugs are dangerous; he describes how these medications can compromise brain function, resulting in bizarre, even violent behavior. Breggin, a former staffer at the National Institute of Mental Health who has testified in liability suits against pharmaceutical companies, cautions that consumers should thoroughly examine the drug labels for side effects as a precaution for such drugs as stimulants, antidepressants, tranquilizers, antipsychotics and mood stabilizers.

New FDA logo

Breggin joins the growing group of experts who argue that the FDA is “more dedicated to serving the drug companies than consumers,” relying on doctored or incomplete evidence and botched tests. Breggin’s assertion that psychotropic drugs induce rather than treat brain imbalances is controversial, but this book is a reasoned look at these drugs, which have come under increasing scrutiny in the media as well as medical world. (July)
http://www.medicationsense.comIn 2002.

Americans filled 3,340,000,000 outpatient prescriptions.1 That’s 12 prescriptions for every man, women, and child in America. Has the American dream become 2 kids, 2 cars, and a dozen drugs in each person’s medicine chest? Despite a weak economy in which most industries have seen sales drop, U.S. drug sales increased substantially in 2002, reaching $219 billion.

According to NDCHealth, overall drug sales grew 12% 2002, 18% in 2001, and 15% in 2000 (based on wholesale acquisition costs). The trend of doctors writing more and more outpatient prescriptions each year continues without pause.
2002: 3,340,000,000 Rx 2001: 3,200,000,000 Rx 2000: 2,979,000,000 Rx 1999: 2,821,000,000 Rx 1998: 2,523,000,000 Rx
The cost of these drugs has more than doubled in five years. (here are your medicare savings!)

Pills for everything

Many doctors treating high cholesterol and high blood pressure turn to drugs without ever discussing diet and exercise, although many of these disorders are nutritional, not medical. Many patients prefer a pill to changing harmful habits. With drug advertising everywhere, what is the message being drummed into us and our children: that for every symptom and sensation the solution is a pill?

My advise: Forget instant gratification. Remove junk food from your diet. Drink water instead of Diet Coke. Turn off the TV and go to the gym. Use healthy natural supplements. Drink some good wine and enjoy life. And, yes, dump the pills!

Celliant is a technology that modifies visible and infrared light, recycling them into energy that the body can use more effectively. When Celliant is worn as clothing, or placed near the body (like in a bed liner or a blanket), it redirects this recycled energy back to the body increasing blood flow and blood oxygen levels in the tissue.

Natural minerals like titanium dioxide, silicon dioxideand aluminum oxide are ground into a powder finer than one micron. The mineral powder is melted, infused with polyester and transformed into fiber pellets. These pellets are then combined with other adidas Golf technologies, made into yarn and woven to create socks and shirts containing ClimaCool with CoolMax Energy Fabric with Celliant Fibers.

Made specifically for the wellness market, the Ao2 Rx MedCrew with Celliant is manufactured to provide maximum blood oxygen levels and pain relief for the entire upper ankle and foot. The MedCrew also contains many features to enhance wearer comfort such as super thick cushioned sock soles, morpol tops and flat toe seams for less irritation. This sock is ideal for those who work on their feet or have particular trouble with swelling.  Go to the Site »

New rule by FDA about the sunscreens. EWG

These rules — that go into effect June 2012 — fall short. While they bar the industry from continuing to use misleading claims like “waterproof,” “sweatproof” and “sunblock,” they still allow potentially dangerous ingredients like retinyl palmitate and oxybenzone. In another example of almost-but-not-quite-right, the FDA’s new standard for UVA protection is so weak that it will allow nearly every product on the market today to claim both UVA and UVB protection, indicated by the term “broad spectrum” despite the fact that some products do not offer adequate protection.

Toxic sunblocks.

If you want to protect yourself from the sun, you’ll still need more information than labels will contain to make informed choices. EWG will continue to analyze sunscreens and publish our popular Sunscreen Guide to give you the information you need to make the best decisions. Together, we’ll keep pushing for greater protections for you and your family.
http://ewg.org/release/fda-sunscreen-rules-too-little-and-very-lateWashington, D.C. –The federal Food and Drug Administration’s first sunscreen rules, released today after nearly 33 years of deliberations, fall short.“FDA’s action offers some noticeable improvements for consumers, such limiting misleading claims” said David Andrews, Ph.D, a senior scientist with Environmental Working Group. “However, it is clear that FDA caved to industry and weakened its safety standards. Its earlier draft proposed stronger health protections.”According to Andrews, the agency’s final rule for UVA protection has been substantially watered down from a draft circulated in 2007.“The agency’s weak standard for UVA protection will not allow consumers to differentiate between superior and mediocre products,” Andrews said. “FDA’s rule will allow most products on the U.S. market to use the label ‘broad spectrum sunscreen,’ even though some will not offer enough protection to assure Americans they can stay in the sun without suffering skin damage from invisible UVA radiation. For that reason, about 20 percent of products that meet the new FDA standards could not be sold in Europe, where UVA standards are strict.”

From Bottomlinesecrets.com

Sunscreen crazy.

What not to buy: Avoid sunscreens with these dangerous ingredients…
Oxybenzone. A hormone-disrupting chemical linked with endocrine disruption and cell damage (and low birth weight when used by pregnant women). Oxybenzone can penetrate the skin and enter your bloodstream and is an ingredient in about half of sunscreens.
Retinyl palmitate. A vitamin A compound associated with the accelerated growth of skin lesions and tumors. Manufacturers put vitamin A derivatives in sunscreens because they are popular antioxidants that slow signs of aging, such as wrinkles and rough skin. But FDA data suggest that vitamin A has photo-carcinogenic properties, which means that when exposed to the sun, it may speed up cancer formation. EWG found retinyl palmitate in 41% of sunscreens.
DANGER: NO UVA PROTECTION

Safe sunscreen

My advise: please use common sense. Don’t be under the sun too long. 10 minutes first time on the beach is fine. Educate yourself. Find out which sunscreens are safe. There are supplements available that will prevent skin damage.

Enjoy the sun!

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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

(CBS)  More than ever, people are worried about how all the chemicals we’re exposed to are affecting our health: among them a family of chemicals known as phthalates, which are used in everyday plastics. Not plastic bottles of water or soda, but soft and flexible things like shower curtains. They’re also in shampoos and carpeting. Phthalates are so ubiquitous, we all have traces in our bodies.

Is it safe?

Recently the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, put phthalates on a list of chemicals that “may present a risk” to the environment or human health. That’s because they disrupt hormone activity and some preliminary studies show that they may be causing a slow and steady demasculinizing of men. But if phthalates were on trial, a jury might find the evidence against them conflicting and inconclusive.

And yet last year Congress took action, doing what Europe had already done: it banned certain phthalates in children’s toys. Swan told “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl she found that the higher the level of phthalates in the mother’s urine during pregnancy, the greater the problems occurred in young boys.

Asked what she found in babies, Swan said, “We found that the baby boys were in several subtle ways less completely masculine.” Dr. Howard Snyder, a pediatric urologist at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, says Swan’s findings line up with what he’s seeing in newborn baby boys: an alarming increase in deformed sex organs. Dr. Snyder operated on one-year-old Griffin to correct something called “hypospadias,” a birth defect that causes problems in urination.

High price of beauty

Phthalates in cosmetics and beauty products

The Environmental Working Group conducted a web-based analysis to locate consumer products, particularly cosmetics and beauty aids, containing phthalates. We found both dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and diethyl phthalate (DEP) in numerous products, and butylbenzyl phthalate (BBP) in a smaller number of products. Ultimately we limited our search to DBP, because it is a more potent reproductive and developmental toxin than DEP, and is found in a greater number of products than BBP.

Several points became clear during our product search. First, alternatives to phthalates are readily available to industry, as only a fraction of any given type of cosmetic or beauty product contains phthalates. Our product label searches in electronic and real-world drugstores showed that, for the consumer, the products most easily found that contain DBP are nail enamels and hardeners. In a limited label search of nail products on online drugstore web sites, EWG found DBP in a wide variety of name brand items, including Cover Girl and Maybelline nail enamels

In America, just about anything goes with chemicals until someone shows they are dangerous. In Europe, the REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) program reverses the burden of proof; manufacturers must show that they are safe. Where chemicals are considered hazardous, REACH sets “sunset” dates, deadlines for elimination. But you can’t complain that it is the precautionary principle gone mad when it comes to HBCD; the stuff is known to be unhealthy.

A new study says chemical flame retardants are harming the brain development of children throughout Europe. Of particular concern is the retardant known as deca, used in many plastics in computers and televisions. A recent EWG investigation included the first tests for deca in the household dust of 10 American families, and found levels of the toxic chemical well above those that are causing concern in Europe.” (Environmental Working Group) [29]

So again we start using products and then discover that we get sick from it. Should we call it “Trial and Error” approach? The problem is that “error” means death!

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