The Real Statistics on Osteoporosis (Dr. Brown)

Summary:

3of the most common osteoporosis statistics addressed:

1. 50% of women will suffer osteoporosis: the measurement of bone denisity is only risk factor for fractures. See the article for other factors.

2. 58% of women aged 50-59 have low bone mass: this relates to the DEXA measure of T-score (comparing bone mass of 50 year olds to 20-30 year olds in their peak bone mass age) vs. Z-scores (comparisons based on age, ethnicity, and weight.)

3. Osteoporosis causes 1.5 million fractures in the US/year: This statistic takes into account silent fractures of the spine, in which many occur without symptoms and recover. Some are diagnosed by accident. Fractures usually are related to regular bone strength individuals who have experienced a trauma too much for the bone.

For healthy tips on bone health, see the above link.

Raw cabbage helps prevent acetaminophen Liver Damage (Genome Research)

FASBE journal

Excerpt: Through an effect on methionine and glutathione biosynthesis, Bhmt2 could utilize its substrate (S-methylmethionine [SMM]) to confer protection against acetaminophen-induced injury in vivo. Since SMM is only synthesized in plants, Bhmt2 exerts its beneficial effect in a diet-dependent manner.

Notes:

SMM is found in foods such as cabbage, wheat germ, legumes, and peanuts (AKA vitamin U). It helps with the conversion of methionine into glutathione.

Maximum daily dose of ASA is 4 g/d, toxic levels range from 7-10 g/d

Vitamin D & Heart Health (Dr. Mercola)

Excerpt:

It’s also been suggested that the more sunlight you get, the better your cardiovascular health will be, as there are a number of physiological mechanisms triggered by vitamin D production through sunlight exposure that act to fight heart disease, such as:

  • An increase in your body’s natural anti-inflammatory cytokines
  • The suppression of vascular calcification
  • The inhibition of vascular smooth muscle growth

Heart disease is one of the leading killers in the United States, so making sure you’re getting enough vitamin D is a step nearly everyone should be taking.

Why Organic Products (Dr. Mercola)

Excerpt:

Below I’ll offer a few simple, non-toxic alternatives to help you avoid some of these hazardous chemicals, which can be found in many personal care products:

Paraben, a chemical found in underarm deodorants and other cosmetics that has been shown to mimic the action of the female hormone estrogen, which can drive the growth of human breast tumors.

Phthalates, plasticizing ingredients (present in nearly three-quarters of 72 products tested by the Environmental Working Group), which have been linked to birth defects in the reproductive system of boys and lower sperm-motility in adult men, among other problems.

Musks, used as fragrances, can accumulate in your body, and have been linked to skin irritation, hormone disruption, and cancer in laboratory studies.

Artificial fragrances, which are among the top five known allergens, and can cause asthma and trigger asthma attacks.

Methylisothiazolinone (MIT), a chemical used in shampoo to prevent bacteria from developing, which may have detrimental effects on your nervous system.

Toluene, made from petroleum or coal tar, and found in most synthetic fragrances. Chronic exposure linked to anemia, lowered blood cell count, liver or kidney damage, and may affect a developing fetus.

Mineral Oil, Paraffin, and Petrolatum, these products coat your skin like plastic, clogging pores and creating a build-up of toxins. They also slow cellular development, which can cause you to show earlier signs of aging, and are a suspected cause of cancer and disruption to hormonal activity.

I highly recommend using the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database where you can look up a wide variety of products and brands to find out what they’re really made of, and whether or not they’re safe.

The Organic Environment

E-News on Increased Pesticide Use of Roundup and Help for Bees (OCA)

5 minute e-video with Alexis-Baddan-Mayer on

20,000 Varieties of Corn (OCA)

Excerpt:

Few regions in the world have an organic farming system as sustainable and productive as the traditional milpa or “three sisters” organic corn fields of Mexico and Central America. The Mayan milpa tradition is the planting of heirloom varieties of corn in mounds or raised beds, intercropped with biologically complimentary species such as beans and squash, fertilized through natural processes, weeded, harvested and hulled by hand and tended individually. The ancient milpa tradition, in fact, has produced traditional varieties that are healthier and more pest-resistant than modern chemical and water-intensive hybrid and GMO varieties. There are over 20,000 varieties of corn in Mexico and Central America. In southern and central Mexico approximately 5,000 varieties have been identified. In one village in Oaxaca, researchers have identified 17 different micro-environments where 26 varieties of corn are growing.

Swine Flu Vaccine Package Insert (FDA)

Please note that the vaccine safety has not been tested for pregnant women and is unknown if it causes fetal harm (pg 12), the warnings and contraindications including GBS (pg 5), the use of only 4 clinical studies (pg 6),  and the effectiveness (pg 12-13)

Excerpt:

12.1 Mechanism of Action

Influenza illness and its complications follow infection with influenza viruses. Global

surveillance of influenza identifies yearly antigenic variants. For example, since 1977

antigenic variants of influenza A (H1N1 and H3N2) and influenza B viruses have been in

global circulation. Specific levels of hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody titers

post-vaccination with inactivated influenza virus vaccine have not been correlated with

Influenza A (H1N1) 2009

Monovalent Vaccine

Package insert

protection from influenza virus. In some human studies, antibody titers of 1:40 or greater

have been associated with protection from influenza illness in up to 50% of subjects.3,4

Antibody against one influenza virus type or subtype confers limited or no protection

against another. Furthermore, antibody to one antigenic variant of influenza virus might

not protect against a new antigenic variant of the same type or subtype. Frequent

development of antigenic variants through antigenic drift is the virologic basis for

seasonal epidemics and the reason for the usual change to one or more new strains in each

year’s influenza vaccine.

Translation: If the antibody’s achieve 100% effectiveness in your body, it will work 50% of the time.

Death Rate Stats In US (Mercola)

How Green Tea Fights Cancer (Mercola)

Excerpt:

There are several primary ways that green tea, and also green tea extract, may help prevent cancer:

  • Green tea extract works by affecting actin remodeling, an event that allows cancer cells to move and invade nearby healthy tissue.
  • When a human moves, the muscles and skeletal structure function together to assist that movement. In order for cancer to grow and spread, the malignant cells must be able to move; this movement depends on actin remodeling.
  • Green tea extract makes the cancer cells more mature and joins them together more closely (a process referred to as cell adhesion).
  • Both the maturity of the cells, as well as the occurrence of adhesion, inhibits their mobility, thus hindering spreading.

Statin Side Effects- A review of the studies (Pub Med)

Excerpt: AE=adverse effect
AEs are dose dependent, and risk is amplified by drug interactions that functionally increase statin potency, often through inhibition of the cytochrome P450 3A4 system. An array of additional risk factors for statin AEs are those that amplify (or reflect) mitochondrial or metabolic vulnerability, such as metabolic syndrome factors, thyroid disease, and genetic mutations linked to mitochondrial dysfunction. Converging evidence supports a mitochondrial foundation for muscle AEs associated with statins, and both theoretical and empirical considerations suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction may also underlie many nonmuscle statin AEs

An Autistic Mom’s Viewpoint on the Blood Type Diet (Autism Web Forum)

Excerpt:
Very briefly, the blood type diet disallows certain foods for each blood type. Dr. D’Adamo says that foods contain lectins, and these lectins interact either favorably or unfavorably with your system depending on your blood type. Basically, many molecules have characteristics that are similar to blood type antigens, and your body will react the same way to these foods as it would to an infusion of the wrong type of blood. So your body sees these compounds as toxins and rallies its defenses against them, setting off a big immune response. This process is called “agglutination,” and can be clearly seen under a microscope. Dr. D’Adamo can order lectins from all types of foods from a lab supply company. He mixes these lectins with blood under the microscope, and this agglutination can be clearly seen. So, of course, this would have big implications for our kids.
Excerpt:

By making sure your blood is continuously supplying healthy nutrients to every cell in your body, you can experience radiant, blemish-free skin. This is no easy task in today’s toxic-filled world. But by cleansing these dangerous substances from your body while optimizing your nutrient intake, great skin is still an achievable goal for most.

The good news is that your body is constantly in a cleansing mode and was created with the ability to push out toxins as long as you supply it with the energy to do so.

Polio Vaccines Blamed for Outbreak in Nigeria (MSNBC)

Could it be the use of the live vs. killed virus? This article believes so.

Synthetic Progestin vs. Progesterone (Dr. Northrup)

Excerpt:

Synthetic progestins are not the same as progesterone, and reporting on them as if they confer the same risks and benefits is absurd.

I’m talking about the study in the New England Journal of Medicine dated February 5, 2009, which concludes that hormone therapy doubles the risk of breast cancer. Specifically, women past menopause who take both estrogen and progestin (such as in the form of Prempro) for five years or more have twice the risk of developing breast cancer. When these same women stopped their combination hormone formula, the number of breast cancer incidents dropped by about 28 percent within the first year.

Vitamin D & Immune Summary (Better Bones)

Excerpt:
Innate immunity is the heart of our defense system that is “hard wired” to respond rapidly to microorganisms using genetically encoded response mechanisms. These innate immune system responses include the production of broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents known as antimicrobial peptides (AMP’s). Epithelial cells (skin cells and cells that line our internal passageways) and a wide range of immune cells (such as macrophages) create these natural antibiotic AMP’s upon exposure to microbes. This action, however, is dependent on the presence of vitamin D! This means that our bodies produce their own “homemade” antibiotics — some 200 different types — all of which are up-regulated and stimulated by the active vitamin D hormone. These homemade antibiotics attack and irreversibly damage a wide range of fungi, bacteria, and viruses.

http://www.betterbones.com/bonenutrition/vitamind-swinefluprevention.aspx

The Importance of Physical Exercise (Chiro Access Newsletter-December 2009)

By Will Evans, DC

Parker College of Chiropractic

Excerpt:

A recent study on cardio respiratory fitness (CRF) looked at over 3,400 women and 16,800 men.7 This study found PA levels necessary to sustain healthy CRF levels started to decline at an accelerated rate after 45 years of age.  Being physically active, not smoking and maintaining a low body mass index were all associated with higher CRF scores across the adult lifespan.  According to a study of US women reported on in 2008, 47-62% of premature deaths in America can be attributed to a combination of smoking, being overweight, lack of PA, and low diet quality.8 Additionally, it is estimated that between 164,000-222,000 deaths can be attributed directly to physical inactivity.9

The article recommends the importance of doctors PRESCRIBING 50 minutes of physical activity a day to prevent chronic disease.

OCA Year in Review: Organic Wins!

OCAs summary of major wins for organic and environment

How to Avoid the Dirty Dozen (OCA)

A convenient summary card of the top 12 pesticide-ridden produce and the produce with the least amount

A Danger in Swimming Besides Sharks! (Mercola)

Excerpt:

Your body absorbs more chlorine, and more importantly disinfection byproducts, by swimming in a chlorinated pool than you would by drinking tap water for one week. Disinfection byproducts (DBPs) are far more serious than chlorine. They form when the chlorine in your pool water reacts with organic matter such as skin and hair.

One group of these DBPs, trihalomethanes (THMs), can be found in higher levels in swimming pools than in unfiltered tap water. They’re a major problem because they hover in the air just above the pool water, and you breathe them in when you swim.

  1. Chlorine DBPs can cause weakening of your immune system, disruptions to your central nervous system, damaging effects to your cardiovascular system, unhealthy functioning of your renal system and harmful impacts to your respiratory system
  2. In a 2007 study, participants who drank chlorinated water had a 35 percent greater risk of bladder cancer than those who didn’t, while those who swam in chlorinated pools had a 57 percent greater

Swine Flu Vaccine Deaths (Digital Journal)

Excerpt:
The Irish Times reported Dr. Frank Ulrich Montgomery, the Vice-President of the German Medical Association, as saying

“It would be wise to swap – the federal government should use the normal vaccine and make its own doses available to those who should be using the better-tested vaccine. We know the effects of the various ingredients in adjuvant vaccines but not the combined effect. It’s understandable that people are wary of getting jabs of drug cocktails.”

Pandemrix contains the booster adjuvant squalene, and many German physicians have recommended that young children not receive the adjuvanted vaccine. Germany’s inoculation program for H1N1 began Monday, and the German population is angry that there are two different immunizations shots for people, with the riskier one going to the general public. Cevlapan is made by Baxter, does not contain an adjuvant, and is believed to have less adverse side effects than Pandremix.

Mercola’s Excerpt:

Here are just a few adverse reactions listed in the package insert from MedImmune’s Intranasal “live” vaccine (the one you see being administered up children’s noses on TV):

  • Guillian-Barre syndrome
  • Exacerbation of symptoms of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy
  • Gastrointestinal disorders
  • Immune system disorders, including anaphylactic reaction

The insert includes a disclaimer that it’s not possible to “reliably estimate” the frequency of these reactions or to establish a “causal relationship” to the vaccine, but the point is, they were reported reactions that the manufacture was required to list.

More News on the Swine Flu-Anaphlyatic Reactions in Canada

Excerpt (canadaeast.com)

Anaphylaxis is an allergic response to exposure to an allergen, a non-pathogenic (i.e. not a germ or a fungus) substance that’s capable of triggering a response from the immune system. For some people, pollen is an allergen. For others, peanut protein is.

Why some people are allergic to some things and others are not isn’t clear. But when a person with an allergy encounters the specific allergen, his or her immune system generates a type of antibodies that trigger the release of histamines into their system, says Dr. Scott Halperin, a vaccine expert at Dalhousie University. Histamines induce the response.

Most flu vaccine – and all the flu vaccine used in Canada – is produced in eggs. If there was residual egg protein in the vaccine it could trigger an allergic response in people with egg allergies, he says.

With the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, reactions have occurred that are believed to be due to an antibiotic that is used in the production process, Halperin says.

Dr. Mercola’s comment:

However, according to Dr. Shiv Chopra, the excessive reactions to a certain batch of Glaxo’s H1N1 vaccine cannot be ascribed to “anaphylaxis.”

For the occurrence of anaphylaxis, which is a serious and potentially deadly hypersensitivity reaction in individuals receiving an antigenic material, there must be a pre-existing hyper-allergenic disposition to the substance, due to one or more previous exposures to the same antigenic material in the individuals concerned.

Chopra believes that in the present situation, that would be virtually impossible, unless the antigens in the present instance are reacting to the antibodies produced by some previously received seasonal flu vaccines.

On the other hand, the excessive reaction could conceivably be due to a greater toxicity, instead of hypersensitivity, of the “N” (neuraminadase), or some such component of the H1N1 viral strain Glaxo employed to manufacture the batch in question.

Also-please check the listings on vaccine package insert, this particular  brand of vaccine has unconfirmed issues with fetal deformities.

Adverse reactions such as miscarriages, allergic reactions, paralysis or even death after vaccination are especially tragic when you consider the fact that the real danger of the swine flu itself is so minimal.

WHO Denies Link to Death & Swine Flu Vaccine (Dr. Mercola)

Excerpt:

I, for one, am truly curious about what kinds of “investigations” have been done, and how they’ve been able to completely rule out the vaccine as a potential cause of all those side effects and deaths.

I find it very interesting that if someone exhibits flu like symptoms and then dies, they officially died from the swine flu, even though the CDC no longer requires lab testing to verify infection.

And when someone dies shortly after receiving the flu shot, they died from some underlying cause that would have crippled or killed them anyway, no matter how young or healthy they were prior to the shot!

This kind of unscientific, illogical nonsense is downright infuriating.

Cochrane Data Review of HINI Vaccine (ABSTRACT)

Mercola Link with sources

What is the difference between efficacy and effectiveness? Nasty trick? Efficacy means the vaccines increased antibody titers, effectiveness means the H1N1vaccination offered protection.

Main results

Fifty-one studies with 294,159 observations were included. Sixteen RCTs and 18 cohort studies were included in the analysis of vaccine efficacy and effectiveness. From RCTs, live vaccines showed an efficacy of 82% (95% confidence interval (CI) 71% to 89%) and an effectiveness of 33% (95% CI 28% to 38%) in children older than two compared with placebo or no intervention. Inactivated vaccines had a lower efficacy of 59% (95% CI 41% to 71%) than live vaccines but similar effectiveness: 36% (95% CI 24% to 46%). In children under two, the efficacy of inactivated vaccine was similar to placebo. Variability in study design and presentation of data was such that a meta-analysis of safety outcome data was not feasible. Extensive evidence of reporting bias of safety outcomes from trials of live attenuated vaccines impeded meaningful analysis.

Authors’ conclusions

Influenza vaccines are efficacious in children older than two but little evidence is available for children under two. There was a marked difference between vaccine efficacy and effectiveness. No safety comparisons could be carried out, emphasizing the need for standardisation of methods and presentation of vaccine safety data in future studies. It was surprising to find only one study of inactivated vaccine in children under two years, given current recommendations to vaccinate healthy children from six months old in the USA and Canada. If immunisation in children is to be recommended as a public health policy, large-scale studies assessing important outcomes and directly comparing vaccine types are urgently required.

New Doubts over Tamiflu (Channel 4 news- UK)

New scientific research finding doubts that Tamiflu is an effective public health drug to manage complications. Tamiflu may only shorten duration of symptoms by one day. British Medical Journal doubts Kaiser paper on 59% reduction and finds it questionable.

Excerpt:

Dr Jefferson told Channel 4 News: “We didn’t find any convincing evidence that Tamiflu affects complications such as as hospitalisations and chest infections.”

Dr Fiona Godlee, editor-in-chief of the BMJ, says this leaves important questions about effectiveness unresolved.

She said: “I think we’re now in a situation where the evidence base for Tamiflu is far from compelling. Really, government needs to get to grips with this and to understand the truth around the evidence, given that this is a drug on which vast sums of public money have been spent.”

A New View on the Cause of Cholesterol (Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD:)

Excerpt::

Little attention has been paid to the function of lipoproteins as part of a nonspecific immune

defense system that binds and inactivates microbes and their toxins effectively by complex formation.

Because of high extra-capillary tissue pressure, aggregates of such complexes may be trapped in vasa vasorum

of the major arteries. This complex formation and aggregation may be enhanced by hyperhomocysteinemia,

because homocysteine thiolactone reacts with the free amino groups of apo-B to form homocysteinylated

low-density lipoprotein (LDL), which is subject to spontaneous precipitation in vitro. Obstruction of the

circulation in vasa vasorum, caused by the aggregated complexes, may result in local ischemia in the arterial

wall, intramural cell death, bursting of the capillary, and escape of microorganisms into the intima, all of

which lead to inflammation and creation of vulnerable plaques. The presence of homocysteinylated LDL

and oxidized LDL stimulates production of LDL autoantibodies, which may start a vicious circle by

increasing the complex formation and aggregation of lipoproteins. The content of necrotic debris and

leukocytes and the higher temperature than its surroundings give the vulnerable plaque some characteristics

of a micro-abscess that by rupturing may initiate an occluding thrombosis. This suggested chain of events

explains why many of the clinical symptoms and laboratory findings in acute myocardial infarction are

similar to those seen in infectious diseases.

From Mercola:

My biochemical knowledge was still intact at that time and I knew that cholesterol was one of the most important molecules in your body, indispensable for the building of your cells and for producing stress and sex hormones as well as vitamin D.

The idea that cholesterol in the blood should kill us if its concentration is a little higher than normal, as they wrote in the Framingham paper, seemed to me just as silly as to claim that yellow fingers cause lung cancer.

The Dangers of Second Hand Smoke (NIEHS)

Excerpt from study on secondhand smoke from NIEHS:

Results: Fifteen different classes of bacteria and a broad range of potentially pathogenic organisms were detected in all cigarette samples. Most notably, we detected Acinetobacter, Bacillus, Burkholderia, Clostridium, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Serratia in ? 90% of all cigarette samples. Other pathogenic bacteria detected included Campylobacter, Enterococcus, Proteus, and Staphylococcus.No significant variability in bacterial diversity was observed across the four different cigarette brands.

Dr. Mercola’s comment:

To give you an idea of the types of toxic chemicals released into the air (and your lungs) when you smoke or are around someone who does, here’s a list from the American Lung Association of a few chemicals in tobacco smoke, and other places they are found:

  • Acetone – found in nail polish remover
  • Acetic Acid – an ingredient in hair dye
  • Ammonia – a common household cleaner
  • Arsenic – used in rat poison
  • Benzene – found in rubber cement
  • Butane – used in lighter fluid
  • Cadmium – active component in battery acid
  • Carbon Monoxide – released in car exhaust fumes
  • Formaldehyde – embalming fluid
  • Hexamine – found in barbecue lighter fluid
  • Lead – used in batteries
  • Napthalene – an ingredient in moth balls
  • Methanol – a main component in rocket fuel
  • Nicotine – used as insecticide
  • Tar – material for paving roads
  • Toluene – used to manufacture paint
And a recent study shows an increase in the substance cotinine in second hand smoke.

Zero Waste for Zero Warming (OCA):

Excerpt:

When composted and returned to the soil, organic matter provides multiple benefits. It locks carbon in soil; improves the structure and workability of soils (reducing the need for fossil fuels for plowing and tilling); improves water retention (irrigation is a heavy consumer of energy); displaces energy-intensive synthetic fertilizers; and results in more rapid plant growth (which takes CO2 out of the atmosphere).

But, when organic waste ends up in landfills, the organic content (paper, yard waste and food scraps) putrefies, producing methane (CH4), a greenhouse gas 20-70 times more potent and damaging than carbon dioxide (CO2).

Fact: For every one garbage can we fill, industry fills 70 more.

This is Way Tooooo Cool and Too Important to Not Check out!!

Filling the gap between physical and digital world.

2 Key Spices Shown to Reduce Stem Cells in Breast Cancer (Webmd)

Yeah for pepper and curry!

Healthy Lifestyle Factors Prevent Chronic Diseases by 78% (ChiroAccess)

This article reported on a large epidemiological study demonstrating how chronic diseases can be prevented  by doing four things; 1) not smoking, 2) keeping your BMI under 30,  3) getting 3.5 hours a week of physical activity, and 4) adopting diet rich in vegetables, fruit, grains and low in meats. These four factors can reduce your risk of developing chronic disease by 78%.

The NEW: “ARE YOU SERIOUS???” Section:

Increase your Water Intake and Get Your Drugs at the Same Time (Dr. Mercola)

20% of US water treatment systems have violated the Safe Drinking Water Act, not only does this water contain sewer sludge and waste excrement, but:

As reported in New Scientist, a comprehensive survey of U.S. drinking water revealed the 11 most frequently detected toxic pharmaceuticals were:

  • Atenolol, a beta-blocker used to treat cardiovascular disease
  • Atrazine, an organic herbicide banned in the European Union which has been implicated in the decline of fish stocks and in changes in animal behavior
  • Carbamazepine, a mood-stabilizing drug used to treat bipolar disorder
  • Estrone, an estrogen hormone secreted by the ovaries and blamed for causing gender changes in fish
  • Gemfibrozil, an anti-cholesterol drug
  • Meprobamate, a tranquilizer used in psychiatric treatment
  • Naproxen, a painkiller and anti-inflammatory linked to increases in asthma incidence
  • Phenytoin, an anticonvulsant used to treat epilepsy
  • Sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic
  • TCEP, a reducing agent used in molecular biology
  • Trimethoprim, another antibiotic

And this is just from the environmental chemicals and pollutants that are washing into the water supply. There are also dangerous toxins that are being intentionally added to the water supply, as well.

Would You Eat This Meat…Grown in a lab? (Live Science)

Processed Food has entered a new level……tissue engineered skeletal muscle….me?? I’ll stick to undenatured, organic, whey from humanly treated cows…..

The World’s Fattest People: US # 3 (Dr. Mercola)

Unfortunately, I am serious!

Winter Cold Can Help Insomnics (Dr. Mecola)

Excerpt: Researchers have shown, for example, that insomniacs tend to have a warmer core body temperature than normal sleepers just before bed, which leads to heightened arousal and a struggle to fall asleep.

For troubled sleepers, a cool room and a hot-water bottle placed at the feet, which rapidly dilates blood vessels and therefore actually helps lower core temperature, can push the internal thermostat to a better setting.

Sleep And Cancer Risk excerpt: Meanwhile, when your eyes signal to your SCN that it’s dark outside, your body will begin to produce melatonin, a hormone that helps you sleep and radically decreases your risk of cancer. There are many studies on this powerful association. The more your sleep is disrupted by light pollution, the lower your melatonin levels and the greater your risk of developing cancer becomes.

Melatonin is secreted primarily in your brain and at night it triggers a host of biochemical activities, including a nocturnal reduction in your body’s estrogen levels. It’s thought that chronically decreasing your melatonin production at night — as occurs when you’re exposed to nighttime light — increases your risk of developing cancer.

US Gets a D in Premature Births (NY Times)

Excerpt: All babies born before 37 weeks of gestation are considered premature. They are at higher risk for death and for complications that includecerebral palsy and mental retardation.

Dr. Mercola states, “The rate of premature birth in America is higher than that of most other developed nations, and rose 36 percent between the early 1980s and 2006.” Moms can use nutrition such as taking vitamin D3 and omega 3 fatty acids to reduce risk.

Tips to Longevity (Dr. Mercola)

Great CNN interview with renowned geneticist and researcher.

The Favorite Holistic Websites of 2009 (Chicago Examiner)

Dr. Mercola is number 1.