BEWARE: Big pharm and big brother want to take over the supplement industry Posted by Mike Furci (09/20/2011 @ 9:36 am) Our government, which is getting bigger and bigger, is continually trying to take away the rights of us citizens. Being consistent, the government has taken hold of several industries over the last few years to no benefit, and is now set its sights on the supplement industry. The FDA, a sheep in wolves clothing, is claiming they’re interest in taking over the supplement industry is public safety. However, government statistics show that supplements are basically benign, especially when compared to prescription drugs. Not to mention the outstanding natural health benefits associated with supplement intake. If the government gets their way, they and the pharmaceutical industry know the supplement industry companies won’t be able to afford the FDA’s drug trial process. Most supplement companies will go out of business if supplements, which includes vitamins, are treated as drugs under the new regulations; drug companies like Merk, Pfizer and others will step in and take over. Drug companies are not in the business of building health. It is in their best interest to have as many unhealthy people as possible. Its so important that big pharma spends more money on ads than it does on research (twice as much). It’s a marketing driven industry, trying to convince people they have an affliction and the drug companies have the answer. Is it any wonder why there have been so many drug recalls associated with so many deaths. Perhaps if big pharma spent more on research, and the FDA did their job, many people wouldn’t have lost their lives needlessly. And this is who we’re supposed to put our trust in running our supplement industry? Taken from Mercola.com: Dietary Supplement Labeling Act of 2011, introduced at the end of June by U.S. Senator Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) is trying to treat vitamins as if they are drugs, allegedly to “improve the safety of dietary supplements,” which implies that supplements must be a major safety hazard to begin with. Durbin’s bill goes hand-in-hand with new FDA regulations that amend the definitions for new dietary ingredients (NDI’s), and together, they can threaten your health and freedom of choice, and further serve to strengthen the fatally flawed paradigm of health and medicine. An estimated 106,000 hospitalized patients die each year from drugs that, by medical standards, are properly prescribed and administered, and an estimated two million more suffer serious side effects. How does the safety of supplements compare? In 2001, 84.6 percent of all substances implicated in fatal poisonings were pharmaceutical drugs, according to that year’s American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) report. This compares with 0.8 percent for all dietary supplements combined, even including substances such as dinitrophenol, a dangerous (and illegal) substance banned in 1938, as well as the central nervous system stimulant Ma Huang (Ephedra). ONE drug alone, the anti-asthma drug theophylline, which was responsible for 15 deaths that year, amounted to 66 percent more than all the available dietary supplements combined. According to CDC mortality data for 2005, prescription drugs killed more than 33,500 people that year, second only to car accidents. That same year, the American Association of Poison Control Centers reported 27 deaths that were associated with dietary supplements Legal DRUGS are killing massive numbers of people, not vitamins and supplements. Unfortunately, one reason for all these drug deaths could be the lax way the FDA “regulates” the drug industry by not requiring that all serious events in a trial be made public: “When a clinical trial that is undertaken by drug companies shows that a drug has serious side effects, there is no law that says that study has to be published or made public in any way,” Dr. Dean says in her book. Vioxx is a perfect example of a product that was approved without having published all the clinical studies where serious events that resulted in the deaths of over 60,000 people were discovered. What’s obvious is that the number of people taking supplements and vitamins is continuously growing. It’s a $60-billion-a-year industry, and the drug industry wants a piece of that pie, as evidenced by drug giant Pfizer, which recently announced that it’s going into the supplement business to counter some of the losses from its blockbusters that are soon going off-patent. The FDA is apparently on-track to protect its client’s vitamin and supplement interests by proposing the new policy it slipped in just before July 4.
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8 reasons to eat more saturated fat Posted by Mike Furci (06/19/2010 @ 9:16 am) Sources of saturated fat: Beef, beef tallow (fat), dairy, palm oil, coconut oil. Saturated fats? roles in the body include: [1] ? They constitute at least 50% of our cell membranes and give our cells integrity. ? They play a vital role in the health of our bones. ? They lower Lp(a), a substance in the blood that is said to indicate proneness to heart disease. ? They protect the liver from alcohol and other toxins like Tylenol (Acetaminophen). ? They enhance the immune system. ? They are needed for proper utilization of essential fatty acids. ? Stearic acid and palmitic acid, both saturated fats, are the preferred energy source of the heart. This is why the fat around the heart muscle is mainly saturated. The best sources for palmitic acid are beef, butter and palm oil. ? Short and medium chain saturated fatty acids have strong antimicrobial properties. They help protect us from harmful microorganisms. The best sources are tropical oils such as coconut oil and palm oil. (Enig, Mary., and Sally Fallon. ?The Skinny on Fats,? westonaprice.org http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/skinny.html#benefits) Posted in: Diets, Fatty acids, Food preparation, Heart disease, Men's Health and Wellness, Nutrition, Xternal Fitness, Xternal Furci Tags: Beef tallow, Cardiovascular Disease, coronary heart disease, Dr. Weston A. Price, foods that fight heart disease, Heart disease, heart disease risk factor, how to prevent heart disease, organic beef, polyunsaturated fat side effects, prevent heart disease, saturated, Saturated fat, saturated fat and cardiovascular disease, saturated fat and cholesterol, Saturated fat consumption, symtoms of heart disease, types of heart disease, Weston A. Price, Weston A. Price Foundation, westonaprice.com, what causes heart disease, www.westonaprice.com
Top 11 tips to look and feel better for the summer Posted by Mike Furci (05/03/2010 @ 9:25 am) I know, I know — who makes an article with 11 tips and not 10? Well, I had a hard enough time getting down to the top 11. I felt there was absolutely nothing else to cut.
Anyway, summer is around the corner, and chances are you aren?t looking or feeling your best. You want to get in shape, but like most you?ve put it off again and again since January. The following are some changes you can make that will not only improve your look in a hurry, but your health as well. Everything on this list is designed to optimize your metabolism and turn you into a fat burning machine. Top 11 tips Here Posted in: Diets, Fatty acids, Foods products, General fitness, Men's Health and Wellness, Motivation, Nutrition, Xternal Fitness, Xternal Furci Tags: allergies to monosodium glutamate, benefits of coconut oil, coconut oil, coconut oil benefits, coconut oil diet, coconut oil thyroid, crystalline fructose, dangers of fast food, dangers of high fructose corn syrup, Detrimental effects of soy, does MSG cause obesity, effects of fast food, fast food, fast food and obesity, fast food coupons, fast food dangers, fast food nation, fast food nutritional information, fast food restaurants, fast foods, Fructose, Fructose and obesity, fructose corn syrup, fructose malabsorption, Headlines, health benefits of coconut oil, high fructose corn surup health issue, High fructose corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup dangers, how does organic food affect your body, how many people eat fast food, how to eat coconut oil, is fast food bad for you, Is MSG consumption detrimental to your health, is soy milk good for you, Monosodium glutamate, monosodium glutamate effects, monosodium glutamate side effects, MSG, MSG and brain damage, MSG side effects, MSG toxicity, obesity and MSG, organic, organic beef, organic coconut oil, organic farming, organic food, organic foods, organic garden, organic gardening, silk soy milk coupons, soy, soy allergy, soy formula, soy isoflavones, soy lecithin, soy milk, soy milk estrogen, soy oil, soy products, soy protein, tgi friday''s and trans fats, trans fat, virgin coconut oil, what are trans fats, what is high fructose corn syrup, what is monosodium glutamate, what is trans fat
Daily consumption for optimum health Posted by Mike Furci (01/20/2010 @ 9:56 am) As a follow-up to a previous article “Everything in moderation, right?“, I decided to educate my readers on substances so vital to there health daily consumption is essential. Below is a portion of “Daily Consumption“.
Coconut oil Taken from the fruit portion of the seed off the coconut palm tree, coconut oil is one the most beneficial foods you can consume. In tropical regions where coconut oil or fat is a large portion of their caloric intake, people are much healthier and experience a much lower incidence of the modern diseases we do in the U.S. [17, 18] There is an array of positive research published in the last few years showing the significance of coconut oil. [19] Coconut oil is classified as a “functional food” because of its health benefits that go far beyond its nutritional content. In fact, the coconut palm is so highly valued by Pacific Islanders as a source of food and medicine that it is called “The Tree of Life.” [20] Coconut oil is the most saturated of all fats. Saturated fat has three subcategories: short chain, medium chain and long chain. Coconut oil contains approximately 65% medium chain fatty acids (MCFA). Although recognized for its health benefits many centuries ago, it wasn’t until 40 years ago that modern medicine found the source to be MCFA. Remarkably, mother’s milk contains the same healing powers of coconut oil. [21]
The saturated medium chain lipid lauric acid, which comprises more than 50 percent of coconut oil, is the anti-bacterial, anti-viral fatty acid found in mother’s milk. [22] The body converts lauric acid into the fatty acid derivative monolaurin, which is the substance that protects adults as well as infants from viral, bacterial or protozoal infections. This was recognized and reported as early as 1966. [23] Sources located here
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Almonds to beat down that hunger Posted by Mike Furci (12/14/2009 @ 9:06 am) Looking for a snack to kill that between meal hunger? Try almonds. 28g, aproximatey 20 – 25 alomonds provides 5.9g of protein, 13.8g of fat, and 6.1g of carbohydrates. Don’t be alarmed by the fat content. The fat is what will suppress your appetite, and 62% of the fat found in almonds is oleic acid. In comparison, olive oil contains 71% oleic acid. This fatty acid has strong anti-inflammatory properties and is what gives olive oil it’s outstanding reputation. 7% of the fat content is palmitic acid and 2 percent is stearic acid. Both of these saturated fatty acids are the preferred energy source of the heart, which is why the fat surrounding the heart is highly saturated.
Unfortunately, up to 30% of the fat found in almonds is the polyunsaturated fat linoleic acid. This is a double unsaturated omega 6 fatty acid that has been shown to be pro-inflammatory, immuno-suppressive, and shown to cause weight gain. Thankfully, almonds have enough of the good fats to compensate for the bad polyunsaturated fats. A good source of fiber 20 -25 almonds contain 3.4g. Also Rich in minerals, almonds contain good amounts of calcium, magnesium, potassium, and zinc. So if your feeling hungry and you need something to munch on to hold you till the next meal, give almonds a try. Nutritionaldata.com Westonaprice.com Enig,Mary. Know Your Fats. Silver Spring: Bethesda Press, 2000 Posted in: Anti-Aging, Diets, Fatty acids, Foods products, Nutrition, Xternal Fitness, Xternal Furci Tags: almond, almond fingers recipes, almond flour, almond milk, almond oil, almond paste, Almonds, almonds nutrition, benefits of olive oil, bertolli olive oil, blue diamond almonds, extra virgin olive oil, Fat, Fatty acids, Headlines, health benefits of almonds, monosaturated fats, polyunsaturated fat side effects, polyunsaturated fats, Saturated fat, saturated fat and cardiovascular disease, Saturated fat consumption, sweet almond oil, Weston A. Price, westonaprice.com, what is polyunsaturated fats
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