Apple cider vinegar is a highly versatile kitchen product with powerful antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. It contains potassium, the fiber pectin, malic acid and acetic acid, which gives it its strong, sour flavor. In times of crisis, valuable products and medicines may be out of reach, while you are more exposed to threats. Having apple cider vinegar in your cupboard is therefore a […]
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Infection Control — The Panama Adventure — Blue Dragon Journal
With coronavirus all over the news, and misinformation all over everywhere, I thought I’d write a bit about infection control. As a nurse for 30+ years, I’m familiar with the concept. Infection control basics are the same for whatever you are trying to prevent. Stop the devils from getting from their infected host to a […] […]
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All Roads Lead to Oxygen
By Anna Von Reitz
How to use watercress and other greens-and why you should — watercress words-exploring and sharing the HEART of health
Greens are a superfood because they are so nutritious, are inexpensive to grow, and come in many varieties with a broad diversity of flavors and textures.
A MUST READ: The Aluminum/Alzheimer’s Connection — NationalAddictionNews.com
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Research has found a strong link between aluminum exposure and Alzheimer’s disease. Patients with a genetic mutation that predisposes them to early onset of Alzheimer’s and more aggressive disease have universally high aluminum content in their brains According to a British researcher, without aluminum in the brain, Alzheimer’s does not develop When aluminum […]
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How to Win Your Disability Case — Madison Area Lyme Support Group
https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2020/2/6/how-to-win-your-disability-case How to Win Your Disability Case February 06, 2020 By Mia Maysack, PNN Columnist A dear friend and I have ventured through the Social Security disability process. We’re both severely impacted by chronic head pain caused by traumatic brain injuries. Her pain stems from a motorcycle accident, while mine is a souvenir from bacterial […]
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Most Vitamins Are From China—It’s a Bigger Problem Than You Realize
Most Vitamins Are From China—It’s a Bigger Problem Than You Realize
If you are taking vitamins, there is a good chance that they were imported from China.
An aging population and growing focus on health in the United States has fueled the growth of a $28 billion vitamin and nutritional supplement market, and it is expected to continue to grow at about 3 percent a year.
Over half of American adults are popping vitamins and supplements. They may not be aware they are eating products made in China, or made using raw materials from China.
China has captured over 90 percent of the Vitamin C market in the United States, according to the Seattle Times. Think about how many labels advertise added Vitamin C. Vitamin C goes into many food and drink products—almost all processed food for humans as well as pets contains Vitamin C.
The consumer has no way of knowing the added vitamin C comes from China, because there is no rule requiring labeling the country of origin for ingredients.
This may raise quite a few eyebrows as Chinese food safety scandals make headlines every day.
Here are five facts any consumer of vitamins should know:
1. Only 2 percent of all imported vitamins and other supplements are inspected. Why? Vitamins and supplements are classified as “food” by law and therefore not subject to the tough regulatory scrutiny of prescription drugs.
2. China’s top vitamin and supplement production areas are among the most polluted in the country (and thus in the world).
Vitamins and nutritional supplements usually use agricultural products as key raw materials. The top vitamin exporting province, Zhejiang, has an alarming level of soil pollution from heavy metal. As matter of fact, one-sixth of China’s farmlands are heavily polluted.
For example, rice planted in several key agricultural provinces was reported to contain excessive Cadmium, a metal commonly found in batteries, coloring, and the industrial waste from making plastic. It may cause serious kidney disease.
Irrigation water is a nightmare: Half of the country’s major water bodies are polluted, as are 86 percent of city water bodies. Pollution is largely caused by the country’s numerous factories, which rarely have equipment for treating pollution. Seventy to 80 percent of the country’s industrial waste is directly emitted into rivers.
3. Even those labeled as “organic” are not safe, since USDA organic standards place no limit on levels of heavy metal contamination for certified organic foods.
4. Approximately 6,300 Americans nationwide complained about adverse reactions to dietary supplements between 2008 and 2012, according to FDA statistics. But the actual number may be more than eight times higher, some experts say, because most people don’t believe health products can make them sick. While not all such problems would be caused by pollution in China, that pollution may have played a role.
5. Worst of all, China-made vitamins are everywhere, and even those who do not consume vitamins and supplements can hardly escape. Many vitamins end up as ingredients in items like soft drinks, food, animal feed, and even cosmetics.
The FDA Knew the Bottled Water Was Contaminated. The Public Didn’t — opensenseme
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Will a prospective cure for the coronavirus be worse than the disease? From Bill Sardi at lewrockwell.com: While laboratories around the world are racing to develop a safe and effective vaccine against the mutated coronavirus, now known as 2019-nCoR, which is said to have killed hundreds, and with rumors Chinese health authorities are hiding more […]
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