28 Şubat 2017 Salı

Increased risk of 11 types of cancer linked to being overweight, researchers warn

Being overweight could increase the risk of a host of cancers, including those of the colon, breast, pancreas and ovary, researchers have warned following a wide review of more than 200 studies.


According to previous figures from two leading charities, almost three quarters of people are expected to be overweight by 2035, with 700,000 new cases of obesity-related cancer expected over the next 20 years.


The new study by an international team adds weight to the warning, revealing that there is currently strong evidence for a link between excess body fat and an increased risk of 11 cancers: colon, rectum, endometrium, breast, ovary, kidney, pancreas, gastric cardia, biliary tract system and certain cancers of the oesophagus and bone marrow.


“I think now the public and physicians really need to pay attention to obesity with respect to cancer,” said Marc Gunter, a co-author of the research from the International Agency for Research on Cancer. “Telling people to avoid being overweight not only reduces their risk of, say, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, it also reduces their risk of many different cancers.”


Published in the British Medical Journal, the study examined evidence from 204 previously published studies which each looked at combined results from multiple pieces of research probing the link between body fat and the development of particular cancers.


Of the 95 studies which looked at obesity measures on a continuous scale such as body mass index, 12 were found to offer strong evidence of an association, encompassing a total of nine different cancers.


Analysis of these studies revealed that as BMI (weight divided by height squared) increased, so too did the risk of developing certain cancers. For men, for every 5kg/m2 increase in BMI, the risk of developing colorectal cancer rose by 9%, while among women forgoing HRT, the risk of developing postmenopausal breast cancer increased by 11%. The figures were even higher for cancer of the biliary tract system, with risk increasing by 56% for every 5kg/m2 increase in BMI.


The authors note the remaining 83 such studies were of mixed quality. While 18% were deemed “highly suggestive” of a link between excess body fat and cancer, 20% had only weak evidence while 25% had no evidence for a link.


When studies that looked at other measures of obesity were included in the analysis, the total number of cancers for which there was strong evidence of a link to body fat came to 11.


While the new study does not shed light on how excess body weight is linked to an increased risk of various cancers, a number of explanations have previously been proposed. “We know that if you are overweight it causes lots of disruption of hormonal and metabolic pathways,” said Gunter, noting that excess fat has been linked to higher oestrogen levels, higher insulin levels and increased inflammation – all of which can affect cell division.


Dr Rachel Orritt, Cancer Research UK’s health information officer, said: “This research uses very strict criteria to evaluate the evidence and confirms that obesity increases the risk of cancer, linking many of the same cancer types that have been linked before.”


Being overweight, Orritt adds, is second only to smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer. “Whether it’s taking the stairs or switching to sugar-free versions of your favourite drinks, small changes can make a real difference, helping you keep a healthy weight and reducing your risk of cancer,” she said.


Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, added that awareness was key. “Less than half the population realise that being obese increases the risk of cancer and, with almost two-thirds of adults carrying excess weight, this is worrying,” she said.


Paul Aveyard, professor of behavioural Mmedicine at the University of Oxford, agreed that the study highlighted the need for society to take steps to reverse the rise of obesity. “It is one more reason for people to be concerned about the excess body weight that they carry,” he said. “This risk isn’t confined just to people who are really overweight. All of us who carry excess fat, and that is most of us in this country, are at some degree of risk.”



Increased risk of 11 types of cancer linked to being overweight, researchers warn

The 10-a-day diet tested: "I feel like a sentient composter"

Like everyone else in the world, my blood ran cold when I heard that we are now expected to eat 10 portions of fruit and vegetables every day. That is double the previous recommended amount, and even that required too much effort for my liking. Oh, sure, the effects of 10 a day sound miraculous – researchers claim that it would decrease our chance of heart disease by 24%, stroke by 33% and cancer by 13% – but it sounds a bit much, doesn’t it?


Perhaps not. “We wanted to investigate how much fruit and vegetables you need to eat to gain the maximum protection against disease, and premature death. Our results suggest that although five portions of fruit and vegetables is good, 10 a day is even better,” said Imperial College’s Dr Dagfinn Aune, lead author of the research.


What does it mean exactly? It’s 10 servings of 80g portions – so three tablespoons of peas, or one pear, say, is a single portion. So, is it do-able?


A YouGov poll from 2012 reported that only one in five of us manage to hit five portions a day, let alone 10. Brave pioneer that I am, I decided to find out over the course of a long weekend, before Guardian cook Felicity Cloake judged my efforts and offered some suggestions of how better to hit my goal.


Friday
Breakfast


My breakfast usually consists of horrifyingly sugary cereal, to provide me with the artificial jolt of energy required to see me through the morning. Today, however, I eat a grapefruit, a banana and an apple. Better yet, a whole grapefruit counts as two portions. Still, it’s 7.30am, and I’ve already almost hit half of my daily quota. In your face, science. I’m going to live for ever.


Except I’m not, obviously, because as Harley Street dietitian and sports nutritionist Raquel Britzke points out, favouring fruit over vegetables has problems of its own. “Both give you carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and fibre,” she says. “But fruits tend to have more carbs, and consequently more sugar, than vegetables. If you have a slow metabolism or are trying to lose weight, I recommend eating seven portions of veggies and three portions of fruit.” Great.



A happy start to the experiment.


A happy start to the experiment. Photograph: Stuart Heritage

Lunch


G2 sends a photographer to my house, to show the world what I look like when I’m near some vegetables. Inadvertently, my lunch becomes all the things that the photographer tells me to put into my mouth. This ends up being an apple, a banana and two different carrots.


Dinner


On a normal day, my meal of chicken and potatoes would have been entirely vegetable-free but, knowing that I now have a target to hit, I pile up a mound of cherry tomatoes on the side and work through those as well. It’s not quite the advice I was given by another nutritionist, Laura Thomas, who suggested that all meals should consist of at least 50% vegetables, but it’s a start. A bowl of watermelon for pudding and I’ve easily hit my 10.


Total intake: 10 portions.


Felicity’s verdict


Stuart has immediately discovered the easy part of fruit and veg consumption: the fruit bit. Australians are told fruit should make up just two of their recommended seven portions a day because of its effect on blood sugar – and he has got through 60g of sugar for breakfast alone. Although our own government seems to take the view that any fresh produce is better than the traditional British diet of Jammie Dodgers, it might be wise to swap some of this fruit for avocado on toast or a mushroom omelette occasionally, and save the sweet stuff for pudding later in the day.


Saturday
Breakfast


Now that I have a toddler who can shout the word “pancakes” in a vaguely threatening manner, Saturday breakfast is always a rigidly enforced stack of banana pancakes. The good news: one stack has a whole banana in it. The bad news: it also has eggs and flour in it, which fill me up much more than just a banana would. However, I still manage to heroically force down an apple and two satsumas as well. Four portions, done and dusted by 8am. I am the best.



Saturday breakfast: banana pancakes and fruit.


Saturday breakfast: banana pancakes and fruit. Photograph: Stuart Heritage

Except, wait. After checking the NHS website, I realise that a satsuma only counts as half a portion, which knocks me back down to three. Undaunted, I eat two more satsumas to boost me back up, which means that I’ve now eaten four satsumas in a row for breakfast. This is no way for a man to live.


Snack


I put my son down for a morning nap and, because of this stupid challenge, think: “What a perfect opportunity to eat an entire raw carrot.” It has been years since I last ate an entire raw carrot, and now I see why. Raw carrots are rubbish – all chew and no reward. The carrot takes a thousand years to eat. It takes so long that my son wakes up before I finish, and I have to put the rest of it in my pocket for later. All this work, trying to sneak in a vegetable whenever I have a moment of downtime, is starting to make me feel less like a person and more like a sentient composter.


Lunch


A bowl of chicken-and-vegetable soup (which counts as a portion, according to the label), and two portions of grapes. Two portions of grapes is 28 grapes, which I count out one by one like some sort of shivering Victorian waif. What have I become?


Later, while running errands, the wind begins. There is a good three-minute stretch where a brand-new fart pops out of my trousers with every step I take. This is new. So much for science; I worry that if everyone eats 10 portions of fruit and veg a day, we’ll all end up dead from methane inhalation.


Dinner


Meatballs and pasta and tomato sauce (homemade, so it counts) and another big bowl of watermelon. I’ve hit my 10 portions again, and I only had to accidentally fumigate one shop to do it.


Total intake: 10 portions.


Felicity’s verdict


Banana pancakes are a painless way to get fruit into children; top with berries to add an extra portion, and ring the changes with cheesy courgette or crispy carrot fritters occasionally. Equally, at this time of year, when salads feel a bit punishing, soup is a lifesaver: minestrone will happily absorb any old odds and ends you have in the fridge. You can also add finely chopped veg to meatballs and burgers (grated carrot or finely chopped spinach are good candidates) – and, of course, if Stuart ever finishes that sugary watermelon, he could always knock up a chocolate beetroot or parsnip-and-orange cake as an after-dinner treat.



A bountiful breakfast.


A bountiful breakfast. Photograph: Stuart Heritage

Sunday
Breakfast


The plan was to have a nice, big, healthy breakfast and then head out as a family to a fancy event in London. However, a combination of train cancellations, a sick wife and barely any sleep means that breakfast now consists of a chocolate chip cookie that I made with my son yesterday. The cookie has a glacé cherry on it. Glacé cherries apparently do not count towards your 10 a day. This feels like an oversight on the part of the NHS.


Lunch


Post-event, with my wife home unwell, my son and I find ourselves in the nightmarish epicentre of tourist hellscape London. Thomas’s advice for eating out is this: “Ordering vegetable sides is a good option, but you could also think about replacing one of your protein foods with beans – they can count as one portion per day. Trying to get more vegetarian meals in, too, will make it much easier, and this is consistent with the advice to cut back on red and processed meat.”


However, this is an emergency; I just want to survive today. Lunch ends up being something that can be eaten quickly at the nearest possible kid-friendly place: a burger and chips from Giraffe. (Chips don’t count as a portion, by the way. I checked.) I could have ordered vegetables but, after yesterday’s carrot debacle, I realise that I would still be there chewing on it now if I had. Knowing what a failure today has become, and remembering that Thomas said they count, I order a smoothie. At least that’s something.


On the train home, I distract my son and, when he isn’t looking, eat some of the snacks I bought for him. I manage six grapes and a third of a satsuma, which is about two-thirds of a portion in total. Still counts, though.



Basically watermelon is terrible for you.


Basically watermelon is terrible for you. Photograph: Stuart Heritage

Dinner


Poor marital communication means that we end up eating chips again in the evening. On the plus side, we also have baked beans. Half a can of baked beans equals one portion of vegetables, and for one beautiful moment I toy with the idea of getting back on track by gorging myself on a multipack. However, the NHS guidance points out that anything over half a can still only counts as one portion, because they “don’t give the same mixture of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients as fruit and vegetables”. This, it dawns on me, also applies to my doubled-up portions of grapefuit, apple and banana on Friday. I check the NHS’s five a day website and it explains that “to get the maximum benefits, you need to eat different types of fruit and vegetables”. Stupid NHS. This isn’t why I pay my taxes.


More watermelon for pudding, but this doesn’t really make up for anything, especially since Britzke has decided to single out watermelon as one of the worst fruits to eat, thanks to its high glycemic index. Nutritionally, today has been a disaster.


Total intake: 3.66 portions.


Felicity’s verdict


The problem with fruit and vegetables is that they tend to take more preparation than merely opening a packet (or, in Stuart’s case, the biscuit tin), so it’s a good idea to keep carrot sticks or broccoli florets handy for those moments when you don’t have time to faff about with cooking, ideally with a pot of something delicious to dip them into so you don’t lose the will to live and reach for the crisps instead. In fact, like many healthy eating regimes, fitting more fruit and veg into your diet is much easier with a bit of forward planning. Stock up on frozen veg, tins of beans and pulses, and jars of fruit to add to meals when the salad drawer is bare. Also remember that although the potato is cruelly classed, by the powers that be, as a starchy food rather than a vegetable by the powers that be, the sweet potato is not – and it makes seriously delicious chips. Just saying, Stuart.


MONDAY
Breakfast


Yesterday broke me. Carting a kid about for a day is stressful enough as it is, and fretting about hitting a seemingly arbitrary vegetable target just added another level of anxiety to proceedings. So, today, screw it. I’m just going to eat like normal. And, hey, if it kills me, it kills me. Breakfast is a leftover grapefruit. Happy now?



This only soups up the tally by one.


This only soups up the tally by one. Photograph: Stuart Heritage

Snack


An apple. If we’re being honest, it’s an apple and two Cadbury Creme Eggs. But we’re only counting the fruit and vegetables I eat, not any of my other disgusting dietary habits. Still, that’s two portions so far.


Lunch


More chicken-and-vegetable soup. That makes three portions of fruit and veg. If these were the bad old days, back when we were all gormless knuckle-draggers who only thought we needed to eat five portions a day to be healthy, I’d have been laughing. God, I miss the bad old days.


Dinner


I make shepherd’s pie. It contains two tins of tomatoes, two onions, two carrots, a leek that I had lying around and some frozen peas. If I’ve done my maths right, divided by five, I think this works out at three portions a person. Add in the requisite bowl of watermelon at the end and that’s four portions.


Total intake: seven portions.


Felicity’s verdict


In just four days, Stuart’s achieved fruit and veg enlightenment: the secret to eating more is to incorporate them into your ordinary diet, rather than hoping you’ll magically turn into the kind of person who enjoys snacking on raw kale. Adding extra portions to stews, curries, ragus and the like makes it feel a lot less like eating rabbit food than munching on a raw carrot – next time he could try mixing some celeriac into the mash on top of his shepherd’s pie, too. And don’t worry if some days are better than others: if beans on toast and an apple are the best you can manage, it’s still better than nothing. Even if you do have a Creme Egg on the side.


Total four-day intake: 30.66/40 portions


(If you let me have the doubled-up fruit and veg, which you shouldn’t, but hey.)


Without really trying, I’ve come tantalisingly close to the target. It hasn’t made me too farty. It hasn’t caused me any stress. So perhaps this is the secret here: you should just eat as many portions of fruit and vegetables as you can without letting it take over your life. If it goes belly-up for a day – which it will, because there is more to life than endlessly chewing on foliage – then that’s not a big deal. After all, what’s the point of living longer if it’s just going to make you uptight, unhappy and flatulent? Quit whining, science. I’m doing fine.



The 10-a-day diet tested: "I feel like a sentient composter"

Sleep Disorders: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

Sleep is a vital part of our physical and mental well-being but unfortunately, thousands of people suffer from a variety of sleep disorders.  Some can be very mild and barely noticed by the effected person such as snoring or grinding of the teeth while asleep.  Others can be much more severe and even dangerous such as the type of sleep disorders that interfere with breathing or that cause a person to fall asleep at random times beyond their control.


Symptoms:


Disorder sleep symptoms can range from small, minor symptoms to much more severe and troublesome.  Here is a list of some of the more common sleep disorders and their symptoms.


Restless Leg Syndrome: As the name suggests this disorder is characterized by involuntary jerky leg movements that can make falling asleep difficult.


Bruxism: This disorder involves a clenching of the jaw or grinding your teeth while you are asleep and is often not noticed by the person suffering from the disorder


Sleepwalking: Perhaps one of the most well-known sleep disorders, this disorder sleep symptom involves walking or performing other routine activities such as getting dressed or making breakfast while in a sleep state.  Again, the sleepwalker is unaware of their actions.


Narcolepsy: One of the more serious and dangerous of the sleep disorders; those who suffer from Narcolepsy may fall asleep while performing regular activities such as talking or driving.  It is characterized by an uncontrollable urge to sleep regardless of how much rest you may have gotten the night before.


Insomnia: Restlessness or an inability to fall asleep.  This can be mild and occasional or severe and reoccurring.


Sleep Apnea:  This is one of the other more worrisome of the sleep disorders.  This disorder’s sleep symptom can be somewhat frightening since it involves a pause or a stop in breathing while asleep.


These are but just a handful of the some of the more widely known sleep disorders; however, there are dozens of others that you may want to learn about.


Causes:


Sleep disorders stem from a variety of causes including physical pain such as back pain, pain from a recent injury, neck pain, and headaches.  Stress and anxiety can also be leading causes of sleep disorders.  Hormonal changes due to pregnancy, the onset of menopause, or menstruation can also be factors that interfere with normal sleep.  The side effects of various medications can lead to sleep disorders as can some medical conditions such as sciatica and endocrine imbalances.  Environmental noise and distractions can also be culprits in stealing your sleep.


Treatments:


Sleep disorders have a variety of treatments from using aromatherapy oils blended to aid sleep, for example by using one of the sleep mists that you can spray your linens with before you go to bed to help you relax.  A variety of herbal remedies using chamomile and other herbs can be effective.  When stress and anxiety are causing the disorder’s sleep symptom, learning relaxation and stress management techniques can often have a great effect on your ability to get much needed sleep.  Some disorders are more severe and may require medication and treatment by a physician.  So if you feel that you are suffering from a sleep disorder and one of the standard remedies do not seem to help, consult your healthcare provider.


  1. https://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-disorders-problems

  2. https://medlineplus.gov/sleepdisorders.html


Sleep Disorders: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

Poll shows 60% of European doctors are considering leaving UK

More than half of the doctors from Europe working in the UK are considering leaving the country because of Brexit, a survey by the General Medical Council indicates.


Charlie Massey, the chief executive of the GMC, told the health select committee that while a survey was “not necessarily predictive of future behaviour” the results indicated a potential serious depletion in the workforce.


“It does send a worrying signal in terms of the stock of doctors currently working in the UK,” he said while giving evidence to MPs on Tuesday.


Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, said it was “extremely concerning that over half of doctors from the EEA [European Economic Area] feel so undervalued as to consider leaving the UK following the Brexit vote”.


The GMC said 2,106 doctors from the EEA, about 10% of the total who are working in the UK, had responded to the survey.


Of those who responded, 60% (1,280) said they were considering leaving the UK at some point in the future, and, of those doctors, 91% said the UK’s decision to leave the EU was a factor in their considerations.


Separately, a senior Department of Health official told the committee that British people claiming pensions who had emigrated to Europe were saving the UK about £350m a year in healthcare costs. Medical treatment in the most popular countries for British retirees, France and Spain, was cheaper than it was in the UK, said Paul MacNaught, the director of EU, international and prevention programmes at the DoH.


The 190,000 British retirees living elsewhere in Europe, cost the UK an average of £2,300 a year in payments to local health providers. In Britain, the cost of supporting their European equivalents was an annual average of £4,500.


“This is one of the advantages of the current arrangements,” MacNaught said.


The UK paid about £650m to EU countries to compensate for their health services to Britons. The vast bulk of that, £500m, went on the 190,000 retired Britons in Europe. Of those, 70,000 were living in Spain, 44,000 in Ireland, 43,000 in France, and 12,000 in Cyprus.


More than 1,000 respondents in the GMC survey commented on their feelings about Brexit and its impact on their practices.


Massey said two primary reasons were cited for considering abandoning careers in Britain: “Firstly, a question of whether or not doctors felt valued working in the NHS, and secondly, the uncertainty over the continuing future residency status.”


Ashworth said: “The skills and dedication of staff from around the world are integral to our NHS and the government must immediately reassure EU nationals of their right to live and work in the UK. If they don’t, we risk facing a serious staff shortage which will only further worsen pressures on our NHS.”


In a statement, Massey said: “EEA doctors make a huge and vital contribution to health services across the UK. We want to continue attracting overseas doctors in future, and ensure we do not create any unnecessary barriers that would stop them coming here. It’s deeply worrying that some are considering leaving the UK in the next few years. If they leave, this would have a serious impact on patient care and would place the rest of the UK medical profession under even greater pressure.”


Last week the health select committee heard that about 10% of doctors in the NHS were EU nationals, while 5% of nurses had trained in European countries before moving to Britain.


The BMA’s council chair, Mark Porter, warned last week that an exodus of doctors after Brexit could be a “disaster and threaten the delivery of high-quality patient care”.


The EEA consists of all 28 members of the EU along with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.



Poll shows 60% of European doctors are considering leaving UK

Why I’m marching for the NHS on Saturday | Letters

People ask me if I think the March for the NHS in London this coming Saturday (4 March) will make any difference to the way Theresa May thinks. I can only say that I can’t be sure that it won’t. There is a risk that a small turnout will signal to the government that they can complete their project to get rid of socialised healthcare with impunity. A big turnout with no obvious result may be taken – as with the huge anti-war march in 2003 and what happened next – as evidence that protest is futile.


However, it is our chance to show we still believe in the founding principle of the NHS and the reasons for which it has lasted 69 years so far: that dealing with the risk of ill health is a shared responsibility, and how we provide healthcare reflects who we are and  how we value each other; “when you are in trouble, we are there with you”. We don’t see illness as a money-making opportunity and we want those who do to be sent packing.


Without the hole in the bucket caused by the market in healthcare and all its trappings, there would be enough money to pay the staff properly, to rebuild services in the community and to ditch the cuts and closures included in so many of the sustainability and transformation plans. We want the NHS to continue as a collective project and symbol of a civilised society. Come and march this Saturday to make clear that we don’t accept the lie that we can’t afford the NHS. The truth is that we can’t afford to lose it.
Sue Vaughan
Retired GP, Little Melton, Norfolk


Polly Toynbee (Labour’s failure on the NHS is prolonging this crisis, 28 February) says that Margaret Thatcher “punished it [the NHS] with the internal market”. That was in the early 1990s. Since then the NHS has suffered even more from Andrew Lansley’s external market “reforms”. It is estimated that “commissioning” now costs the NHS more than £10bn a year. These are not costs spent on healthcare. The commissioning processes are extremely complex and few people understand them or are aware of their costs. The Labour party should be publicising these issues and urging mass support for the NHS reinstatement bill which is due to have its second reading on 24 March.
Joyce Rosser
London


The nature of the “grown-up debate” called for to discuss funding for the NHS is another Tory attempt to reduce and finally remove the idea of healthcare available to everyone based on need. Tories and their rich media friends peddle this despicable idea so that we can be gradually brought to think that taxation should not be used to pay for everyone’s health. They want us to pay for our own. The poor cannot do this and they, therefore, will be left to be crippled and die from perfectly curable conditions because they cannot afford the cost of treatment.


No decent person would let another suffer when they could help and yet I fear the constant barrage of propaganda might make some people blind to the real aim of these shameful people. If more money is needed, raise taxes; if more doctors, nurses and beds are needed, tax us to pay for them.
Chris Coleman
Nottingham


As reported, the loss of NHS data has many potentially life-threatening implications (Report, 27 February). Having recently been treated for cancer and its ongoing side-effects, I have discovered that my health trust does not routinely inform patients or GPs of test results. We are told that we will only hear if there is a problem and that “no news is good news”. This open-ended waiting is extremely anxiety-provoking when you are waiting to hear if the cancer has returned; hearing nothing could mean that I am fine, but it may also mean that my bad news letter has been lost in the system without anyone knowing.
Caroline Betterton
Chichester, West Sussex


“NHS accused of covering up huge data loss” shouts your front page. Except it didn’t. The 500,000 documents were lost by a private company called NHS SBS, co-owned by a French company and the Department of Health, part of  government. And it was Jeremy Hunt who did the cover up. So the NHS was the victim, not the perpetrator.
Dr Richard Lawson
Winscombe, North Somerset


The subheading says it all: “NHS likely to be hit hard as private firms untouched” (Tax changes could prompt staffing crisis for public sector, report warns, 27 February). The NHS data loss proves yet again that outsourcing public services to private transnational companies is a disaster. It has to be. Service is not their priority. Profit is. Still the privatising of the NHS remains the government’s priority. It is the key element of its raison d’être. It will be interesting to see how St Theresa, having won Copeland “for the people”, will deal with her plans to strip their local hospital service to its bare bones.
John Airs
Liverpool


Aside from the harm that has undoubtedly come to some of those patients whose clinical information went effectively if not technically missing, this issue seems to be a major breach of information governance as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998. If this sort of thing happened in an NHS workplace it would be treated as a serious untoward incident.


Any such SUI would be investigated and a part of that process would be the NHS duty of candour that applies to health providers and professionals. This was introduced in 2015 by the coalition government, of which Mr Hunt was the health secretary, and obliges staff to explain to those affected what happened and why. The duty of candour was in part a consequence of the Mid-Staffs scandal and the acknowledged need for greater openness. Failure to deliver candour can lead to action by the Care Quality Commission.


From what you report of Mr Hunt’s “perfunctory, complacent and evasive” report to parliament, he is in breach of both the spirit and the letter of his own duty of candour, which seems to be very unsatisfactory and should have consequences for him.
Neil Blessitt
Bristol


We need to establish what the legal position is with regard to the establishment by the government of a private company co-owned by the Department of Health and the French firm Sopra Steria. The most important questions: who monitors their activities? And how are the profits distributed? Who pays for any damages? How many such joint companies has the government in operation at the present time? All NHS activities are monitored by NHS England – are such companies included and are they recognised within our unwritten constitution?
Dr Patricia Elliott
London


Pricewaterhousecoopers, which, at the Oscars, failed to ensure that a small number of envelopes were handed accurately to an even smaller number of designated people (Report, 28 February), is more famous in the UK as one of the government’s principal advisers on the reorganisation of the NHS. It was presumably chosen for this role on the strength of its international renown as management consultants.
Paul Hewitson
Berlin, Germany



Why I’m marching for the NHS on Saturday | Letters

The Guardian view on Jeremy Hunt: he must practise what he preaches | Editorial

“Just how easy is it to speak about things that have gone wrong?”, asked health secretary Jeremy Hunt in a speech he made last year about improving transparency and ending the blame culture in the NHS. Mr Hunt is himself failing badly on this critical benchmark for greater openness. The Guardian this week has revealed that half a million pieces of medical correspondence, including test results and diagnoses for life-threatening conditions like cancer, sat undelivered in a warehouse between 2011 and 2016. Yet it has taken almost a year for the full extent of this failure to emerge.


Mr Hunt was first made aware of the problem in March last year. But he did not inform MPs until July last year, in a 138-word written statement that mentioned neither the scale of the problem nor the potential harm to patients. The incident was confined to a single paragraph buried in the Department of Health’s annual report. While it appears a team was set up in early summer 2016 to look into the problem, much of the undelivered correspondence did not arrive at the GP surgeries of affected patients until November and December last year. No explanation has been offered for why it has taken nine months from Mr Hunt being informed to urgent correspondence finding its way to patients and their doctors. The idea that letters containing test results and diagnoses for life-threatening conditions can go missing for years is a frightening prospect for any NHS patient. According to the government, 500 patients may have suffered serious harm as a result of the missing correspondence.


The way that Mr Hunt and his department have handled this affair seriously undermines his pitch to be an ardent advocate for patient safety. It bears all the hallmarks of a government whose primary concern is not the health of NHS patients, but sneaking out bad news in order to avoid an embarrassing story. Mr Hunt has rightly drawn lessons for the NHS from the airline industry, which radically improved its safety record by improving transparency. He has introduced grading of hospitals on the openness and honesty of their reporting cultures. But he has failed utterly to hold his own department to the standards he expects of hospitals.


It is critical that affected patients are swiftly identified and offered an apology and financial compensation. But patients who have suffered as a result of NHS mistreatment often say that what’s more important is knowing what’s happened to them will never be allowed to happen to others again. This means tough questions need to be asked within Mr Hunt’s department about what went wrong, and what needs to change. How could such a monumental failing go unnoticed by so many for so long? How could the Department of Health fail to hold the responsible private company – which it part owns – accountable for basic standards like the successful delivery of internal correspondence?


These issues will remain relevant when and if the NHS ever completes its much-delayed transition to digital patient records. Mr Hunt said he wanted the NHS to become paperless by 2018; that goal now looks a long way off. There is nothing to suggest a paperless NHS means a more competent NHS when it comes to communicating with patients and updating their records. NHS IT projects have a terrible track record: the last ill-fated attempt to create electronic patient records was abandoned after nearly £10bn had already been spent on it. The creaking IT infrastructure at many hospital trusts has resulted in several serious data failings, including at St George’s in London and the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, often resulting in cancelled operations.


Communications and IT failures are far from the only risk to patient safety. The current NHS funding crisis has crippled the finances of many hospitals, leaving them with staffing levels that fall far below those recommended as safe by the inquiry into the devastating failures at Mid Staffs. Indeed, its chair, Sir Robert Francis, has warned the NHS now faces an “existential crisis” that makes another scandal on this scale inevitable.


Mr Hunt is perhaps the first health secretary to put patient safety so firmly at the heart of his rhetoric. But rhetoric cannot save patient lives. This week’s revelations of cover-up could not run more counter to his agenda to improve transparency in the NHS to reduce avoidable deaths. Mr Hunt must reflect on why – far from modelling the culture he expects from hospitals – he and his department have so badly failed to practise what he preaches.



The Guardian view on Jeremy Hunt: he must practise what he preaches | Editorial

Fatty Liver – You Can Reverse It Naturally

All this while, you have probably been more concerned about preventing “fatty deposits” to your heart which can cause heart attacks that may result in death. Actually, you should take care of your liver from being congested by fats, conditions known as fatty livers as well as.


If isn’t addressed, fatty liver can progress to more serious liver disease and other health problems.


Fatty liver refers to a term used to describe the condition of the liver that has accumulated excess fat for one reason or another.


The condition is actually relatively common. In other words, anybody including you can experience it at any point in of your life.


No Symptoms


You can experience fatty liver without knowing it because according to Harvard experts it usually causes no symptoms and a few if any, complications. However, some people with NAFLD go on to develop irreversible liver damage that can result in liver failure and cirrhosis.


In cases with symptoms, besides inflammation, it causes several symptoms where in some cases the liver becomes inflamed and develops scars.


Fatigue, pain in the upper right abdomen, and weight loss are other common symptoms.


It is normal to have a tiny amount of fat in your liver cells. If your liver contains 5% or more fat, then it is considered fatty.


While drinking alcohol excessively was once considered to be a risk for fatty liver disease, on the other hand, in many cases it does not play a role.


NAFLD


A number of fatty liver conditions fall under the broad category of non-alcoholic liver disease (NAFLD),


Harvard expert view on NAFLD,


‘Almost unheard of before 1980, NAFLD is now believed to affect as many as 30% of adult Americans and is expected to become the main reason for the liver transplant by 2022. NAFLD is not a single disease but rather a spectrum of disorders, all marked by the accumulation of fat inside liver cells.’


Non-alcoholic liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in adults and children in Western countries, under which a number of fatty liver conditions fall.


NASH


Good news is NAFL is the initial, reversible stage of liver disease. However, as it often goes undiagnosed, over time, NAFL may lead to a more serious liver condition known as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH.


NASH is characterized by greater fat accumulation and inflammation leading to liver cell damages. As liver cells are repeatedly injured and die off, it can eventually result in fibrosis or scar tissue. NASH greatly increases the risk of cirrhosis (advanced scarring of the liver) and liver cancer.


Causes


Several factors have been determined the possible causes of fatty liver:


Obesity: Obesity involves low-grade inflammation and metabolic syndrome that may promote liver fat storage.


Excess belly fat: Having normal weight with visceral obesity is prone to develop fatty liver.


Insulin resistance: Studies have shown that insulin resistance and high insulin levels (hyperinsulinemia) to increase liver fat storage in people with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.


High intake of refined carbs: Refined carb frequent intakes promote liver fat storage, especially when excessive amounts are consumed by overweight or insulin-resistant individuals.


Sugary beverage consumption:  Most soda and energy drinks are high in fructose (simple sugar), which has been shown to cause liver fat storage in children and adults.


Impaired gut health: Leaky gut or other gut health issues caused by an imbalance in the gut microbiota may contribute to NAFLD development.


Drug intakes: Certain drugs taken over long-term can cause steatosis (accumulation of fat in the liver).


Note: Some people can develop NAFLD even without these risk factors. In my opinion, If they take drugs over time, however, this can be the possible cause (most doctors would never admit this).


Fatty Liver Symptoms


Fatty liver symptoms include fatigue and weakness, slight pain or fullness in the right or center abdominal area, elevated levels of liver enzymes (including AST and ALT), elevated insulin levels, and elevated triglyceride levels.


NASH Symptoms


NASH symptoms include loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting, moderate to severe abdominal pain, and yellowing of eyes and skin.


Treatment


From modern medicine perspective, there’s no cure for fatty liver or NASH. Treatment is usually aimed at reducing or preventing further fatty buildup and addressing underlying risk factors, such as obesity, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. Key strategies include lifestyle changes, medications (anti-inflammatory drugs), vitamin E, and liver protection.


As for liver protection, Dr. Kathleen Corey, director of the Fatty Liver Disease Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital suggests avoiding herbal supplements, including those sold for liver health, because she thinks they may be toxic to the liver.


Very funny! But they allow certain types of drugs such as anti-inflammatory to be used.


HOME REMEDY


1.Lose weight and avoid overeating


Stay lean, losing weight if you are overweight, and eating foods in normal portions may help balance lipid profile. An imbalanced lipid profile is linked to fatty liver.


2. Cut back on carbs, especially refined carbs


Refined carbs cause metabolic syndrome, one of which is an imbalance in lipid profile that is linked to fatty liver.


Eat nutritious diets and add more fruits and veggies to your diet


Avoid processed foods, charred foods, fried foods especially deep-fried, and avoid food colorings.


Studies have shown these foods may help reverse fatty liver, including monounsaturated fats, whey protein, green tea, and soluble fiber.


3. Avoid drugs


Avoid drugs as they can increase fat storage. See ‘drug intake’ under Causes.


4. Physical activity


Endurance exercise or resistance training performed several times a week have been shown to significantly reduce the amount of fat stored in liver cells, regardless of whether weight loss occurs.


5. Manage stress


Stress, especially chronic stress is linked to inflammation, which may exacerbate the fatty liver condition. Therefore, managing stress should be a top priority of lifestyle changes.


5. Take supplements


Take cordyceps, milk thistle, colloidal silver, and cod liver oil every day as they may be very helpful.


Apple cider vinegar is said to be one of the best remedies for fatty liver disease.



Fatty Liver – You Can Reverse It Naturally

Liquid Lime Extract Offers At Least 15 Health Benefits

All this while, there are perhaps thousands of articles discuss lemon water health benefits. On the other hand, very few articles that I have come across discuss lime water health benefits.


As far as I know, liquid lime extract health benefits which I would like to share with you in this article is not written or mentioned by anyone not even once.


A liquid lime extract is thought to offer higher bioavailability of nutrients and phytonutrients compared to that of lime water.


One of the reasons why lime gets less attention from American natural health practitioners and bloggers could be that lime is actually more popularly used in countries of the tropics which many varieties of lime are grown.


Conversely, lemon is popular among western natural health practitioners and the general public because it has mainly been used in cooking since antiquity.


Varieties


There are many different varieties of lime but the most commonly found in grocery stores throughout North America are key lime, Citrus aurantifolia (the ‘original lime,’ also known as Mexican lime) and Persian lime, Citrus latifolia.


The majority of cultivated species are in reality hybrids; Key limes or Mexican limes are a hybrid of 2 plants while Persian limes are a hybrid of either 3 or 4 plants.


Both lemon and lime are much less the same in term of their nutrient contents. They are both excellent sources of citric acid, vitamin C, all B vitamins except B3 and B12, and many types of minerals.


Compare: Each 100 gram of lime and lemon delivers 29.1 percent and 46.0 percent Daily Value (DV), respectively. Ripe lemon is yellow while ripe lime is greenish which reflects it carotenoid contents. That’s why lime has 1 percent DV whereas lemon has virtually none.


Phytonutrients


It contains various types of phytonutrients (plant nutrients), including alkaloids, carotenoids, coumarins, flavonoids, phenolic acids, triterpenoids, and limonoids. All of these contribute to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties.


It delivers the most abundant citrus flavonoids, including hesperidin, naringin, or neohesperidin. Other important constituents are apigenin, hesperetin, kaempferol, quercetin, naringenin, nobiletin, and rutin.


Besides potentially contributing anticancer activities, studies have also suggested that lime may be beneficial in preventing and slowing down atherosclerosis.


Maceration


Make it a habit putting in cut limes together with peel into your drinking water or juices, to enjoy all its holistic medicinal properties.


You can try the following suggestion to prepare a liquid lime extract in your kitchen:


  1. Remove labels and wash with clean water thoroughly.

  2. Cut a lime in half crosswise.

  3. Pour lukewarm water into a glass until ¾ full.

  4. Squeeze the lime and let it steep in the water.

  5. Cover the glass top with a saucer.

  6. Leave the preparation overnight.

  7. In the morning, remove the lime.

  8. Filter the liquid using a strainer.

  9. Drink the liquid extract first thing in the morning.

Taste


I used to prefer drinking lemon water. It offers a sour-tart taste that wakes up your taste buds. Several years ago, I found myself starting to be fond of lime water over lemon water for its smoother bitter-sweet taste.


Both are refreshing but I find lime water is more ‘cooling’, a property that may be attributed to its bitter taste.


HEALTH BENEFITS


The followings 17 health benefits of drinking the liquid lime extract are derived from lemon health benefits which I deduced on the fact that lime nutrient and phytonutrient contents are much similar to that of lemon.


1.A Post-Workout Drink


Your body is loaded with free radicals after intense workouts. Liquid lime extract with little Himalayan crystal salt and pure honey added to it is a great neutralizer of free radicals. Drinking liquid lemon extract can help replenish lost fluids during workouts.


2. ‘Alkalizes’ the Body


All nutrients and phytonutrients contents in lime synergistically promote many positives physiological effects. Lime may help neutralize free radicals, preventing/reducing inflammation, preventing cancer formation, preventing atherosclerosis, promoting better digestion, among others.


Note: Free radicals are thought by some experts to cause the blood/cell pH to ‘rise,’ which have never been proven to happen.


3. Asthma Treatment


Lime can be one of the best natural treatments for asthma because it delivers many types of nutrients, phytonutrients, and essential oils that act synergistically to reduce spasm and inflammation which are the main symptoms of asthma.


Note: lime may aggravate the symptoms in some people.


4. Balances Blood Sugar Levels


Lime peel is rich in bioflavonoids and limonoids which are believed to help control blood sugar levels. Some experts believe bioflavonoids do it by stimulating the production of insulin.


Conversely, I personally believe they do it by enhancing insulin capability to dock to insulin receptors which in turn cause efficient GLUT4 upregulation (increases in numbers) leading to better glucose transport into the cells.


5. Superb Nutrients and Phytonutrients


Besides phytonutrients, lime also contains vitamin C; many types of B vitamin except B3 and B12; minerals such as magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, copper; and essential oils, all of which uniquely promote better overall health.


6. Help You Relax


Vitamin C, magnesium, potassium, bioflavonoid, carotenoid, and limonoid contents in lime are thought to help you feel relax.


They are also thought to help reduce your high blood pressure and aid digestion.


7. Detoxifies


Please read ‘Alkalizes’ the Body’


8. Dissolves Phlegm


A traditional concoction comprises lime, warm water, and honey is said to help dissolve phlegm. Vitamin C and phytonutrients are thought to act as antiviral and antibacterial that can help alleviate upper respiratory issues such as coughs and colds.


9. Fights Cancer Cells


Vitamin C and all phytonutrient contents in lime are thought to possess potent anticancer properties. These substances help reduce oxidative stress by neutralizing free radicals which in turn preventing oxidative damage (cell component damage).


10. Heart Food


B vitamins, vitamin C, and phytonutrients found in lime are vital for your heart health. It is thought to help prevent and may possibly reverse atherosclerosis (fatty plaque build-up).


These nutrients, phytonutrients plus magnesium and potassium can help prevent heart-related illnesses like high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and irregular heartbeat.


11. Prevent and Treat Constipation


Bitter principles that include limonoids and alkaloids, vitamin C, citric acid, and perhaps essential oils are thought to help induce bile acid secretions. This, in turn, promoting better digestion as well as preventing, and treating constipation.


12. Prevent Scurvy and Atherosclerosis


Vitamin C is a co-factor for collagen production and maintenance.


When you experience scurvy, other organs are also thought to experience it at the same time as well. Therefore, taking liquid lime extract every day is believed to help prevent not only scurvy but also atherosclerosis.


13. Improves Digestive Health


Please read ‘Prevent and Treat Constipation’


14. Lowers High Blood Pressure


Many alternative practitioners believe that potassium content in lemon (thus lime) helps lower high blood pressure. Actually, the hypotensive (blood pressure-lowering) properties of lime are not solely attributed solely to potassium. Vitamin C and magnesium plus phytonutrients such as hesperidin (a bioflavonoid) and limonene (a limonoid), and possibly other types of phytonutrients, all of which have been suggested to contribute to the said properties.


15. Improves Your Immune System


Antioxidant nutrients (vitamin C, citric acid), magnesium, B vitamins, and phytonutrient (see ‘phytonutrients’) contents in lime may help harmonize and boost the immune system.


Other Health Benefits


Liquid lime extract also offers other health benefits, including


  • increasing metabolism and promoting weight loss

  • keeping your body hydrated

  • killing worms

  • preventing bad breath

  • building radiant skin

  • preventing uric acid accumulation

  • preventing and treating kidney stones

  • preventing sepsis

  • maintaining healthy liver and blood vessels


Liquid Lime Extract Offers At Least 15 Health Benefits

What you essentially need and the easiest place to find it

There’s this doctor, Dr. Joel Wallach, who wrote a book entitled, “Dead Doctors Don’t Lie”.


In his book, Dr. Wallach frowns upon the corruption of today’s MDs, saying they are all basically hookers for the pharmaceutical industry.


He references diseases like ulcers, cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer’s, kidney stones, varicose veins, stroke, cardio myopathy, cravings, liver or age spots, hyperactive children, low blood sugar, diabetes, baldness, hearing problems, osteoporosis, smell and taste loss, gingivitis, hypertension, high blood pressure, insomnia, muscle cramps, PMS, and low back pain.


Dr. Wallach says that virtually all doctors recommend synthetic chemicals to treat the symptoms of all those illnesses and never once address the cure.


So, throughout his endless verbiage he recommends vitamins and minerals to treat all illnesses. I guess for a doctor that’s a major breakthrough.


His recommendations to, in some way, treat all the above afflictions are the use of carotene, vitamin E, beta-carotene, magnesium, boron, calcium, selenium, chromium, vanadium, zinc, amino acids, and essential fatty acids.


Unfortunately, he never mentioned where all he talked about could be found in food or the mineral sulfur, which would heal just about everything he listed. To take all the other ‘healers” he mentioned, would require spending as much money on them as someone would on the synthetic pharmaceuticals.


So, I got to thinking. I’ve been studying the link between diet and disease since 1975 and was forced, in 2007, to get a Masters degree in nutrition to shut up the MDs that would call in on my radio show asking what my credentials were (I guess telling them I graduated Magna Cum Laude from the School of Hard Knocks fell a bit short).


Anyway, in my mind, I felt that there had to be a more economical way to get all he advised. So, I began researching. What I discovered absolutely agreed with what my mind thought before the process began.


Everything he talked about could be found in food. But the type was a mind-blower.


Vitamin E:
Benefits:
Structural and functional maintenance of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle. Assists in formation of red blood cells. Maintains stores of vitamins A and K. has a positive effect on the immune system and protects against oxidative damage that can lead to heart disease. Has preventative effects against cancer, helps relieve symptoms of Alzheimer’s, and may prevent diabetic-related eye damage.


Sources:
Chard, avocados, peanuts, bell peppers, asparagus, beets, mustard greens, chili peppers, kale, tomatoes, olives, cranberries, raspberries, kiwi, carrots, leeks.


Beta Carotene:
Benefits:
Considered an antioxidant. Helps maintain healthy skin. Plays a vital role in eye health. Lowers risk of heart attacks, stroke, macular degeneration, and other age related diseases.


Sources:
Baked sweet potatoes, carrots, dark leafy greens, romaine lettuce, squash, cantaloupe, bell peppers, peas, apricots, broccoli.


Magnesium:
Benefits:
Relieves headaches, muscle spasms, muscle cramps, anxiety, depression, autism, ADD, Restless Leg Syndrome, insomnia, psoriasis, acne, eczema, asthma, blood pressure, ostoporosis.


Sources:
Dark leafy greens, nuts and seeds, beans and lentils, whole grains, avocados, bananas, dried fruit, and dark chocolate.


Boron:
Benefits:
Monitors blood sugar; aids metabolism; reduces food cravings; regulates fat and cholesterol; prevents hypertension.


Sources;
Almonds, walnuts, avocado, broccoli, potatoes, pears, prunes, honey, oranges, onions, garbanzo beans, carrots, beans and lentils, bananas, red grapes, red apples, raisins.


Selenium:
Benefits:
Controls blood sugar levels.


Sources:
Brazil nuts, whole grain bread, crimini mushrooms, whole grains.


Chromium:
Benefits:
Helps metabolize carbohydrates; monitors blood sugar levels and stabilizes blood sugar; prevents hypertension of high blood pressure; helps in preventing memory loss and in treating Alzheimer’s.
Sources:
Corn (nonGMO), sweet potatoes.


Vanadium:
Benefits:
Helps control blood-sugar levels in diabetics.


Sources:
Green beans, tomatoes, corn (nonGMO), parsley.


Zinc:
Benefits:
Proper functioning of the immune and digestive systems; control of diabetes; stress reduction; energy metabolism; healing for acne and wounds; helpful in pregnancy, hair care, eczema, night blindness, colds, eye care, appetite loss.


Sources:
Toasted wheat germ, spinach, pumpkin and pumpkin seeds, squash and squash seeds, nuts, dark chocolate, beans and lentils, mushrooms.


Amino acids:
Benefits:
Muscle development and immune strength; building and strengthening the central nervous system.


Sources:
Quinoa, soy (nonGMO).


Essential fatty acids:
Benefits:
Formation of healthy cell membranes; proper development and functioning of the brain and nervous system; proper adrenal and thyroid activity; regulation of blood pressure, liver function, immune and inflammatory responses; regulation of blood clotting – omega 6’s encourage clotting and omega 3’s reduce clotting; supports healthy skin and hair; crucial for the transport and breakdown of cholesterol.


Sources:
Hemp, flax, walnuts, dark green leafy vegetables, broccoli, spinach, almonds, whole grain foods, olive oil. Yes, the EFAs are contained in mercury, toxic waste, radiated, and PCB laden fish and a chicken’s period, but who in their right mind want to eat neurologically damaging foods?


Calcium:
Benefits:
Maintaining bone health, dental health, prevention of colon cancer and reduction of obesity.


Sources:
All nuts and seeds, coconut meat and butter, beans and lentils, whole grains, artichokes, asparagus, green beans, beets and beet greens, bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, collards, corn (nonGMO), dandelion greens, eggplant, kale, leeks, okra, onions, parsnips, peas, lettuce, all potatoes, squash, chard, turnips, zucchini, apples, avocado, banana, berries, cherries, figs, grapes, guava, melons, kiwi, lemon, mango, nectarines, oranges, papaya (nonGMO), peaches, pears, persimmons, pineapple, plums, dries fruits, nonGMO soy milk, rice milk, almond milk, hemp milk, hazelnut milk, tempeh, blackstrap molasses, sesame tahini.


Calcium depleters:
Flesh protein, caffeine, excess phosphorus (sodas, flesh products), sodium (flesh products, canned or snack foods, tobacco, refined sugar, alcohol, aluminum-containing antacids, drugs such as antibiotics, steroids, thyroid hormones, vitamin A supplements, a sedentary lifestyle. Regarding dairy products, they contain too much calcium. Only 30 percent is absorbed and the remaining 70 percent never makes it past the intestinal wall and simply comes out with the doodoo.


Copper:
Benefits;
A key mineral and central to building strong tissue, maintaining blood volume, and producing energy in your cells. In the foods commonly eaten, there are small amounts of copper and the amount of copper you eat is directly related to the amounts of minimally processed plant foods you get every day. Copper deficiency has a direct link to ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Copper also enhances antioxidant protection, bone and tissue integrity, energy support, and cholesterol balance.
Refined grains have half the copper content as whole grains. Cooking at high temperatures will impair our ability to absorb the copper from those foods. The best solution is raw or lightly steamed.
Oh yeah, the following are symptomatic of low copper: Anemia, high cholesterol, fatigue, low immune function, osteoporosis, slow wound healing, cardiac arrhythmia, arthritis.


Sources:
Nuts and seeds, shiitake and crimini mushrooms, beet greens, soybeans (nonGMO), spinach, asparagus, chard, kale, mustard greens, squash, tempeh, beans and lentils, sweet potato, olives, green peas, grapes, pineapple, flaxseeds, Brussels sprouts, beets, berries, tomato, broccoli, basil, cabbage, sea vegetables, black pepper, miso, eggplant, fennel, leeks, parsley, chili peppers, romaine lettuce, quinoa, whole grains, avocado, buckwheat, oats, pears, onion, raisins, collard greens, papaya (nonGMO), banana, cantaloupe, melons, oranges, carrots, cucumber, cumin, bok choy, figs, peppermint, thyme, tumeric.


If you made it this far I am sure you noticed one predominate factor that Dr. Wallach did not: The essential foods to keep you well are mostly, as much as possible, organic, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds and whole grains. In other words, a vegan diet.


So, why if everything can be kept under control by avoiding flesh, dairy, eggs and synthetic chemicals, does the tongue override the intelligence?


As far as supplementing the basics of putting unleaded fuel in the gas tank, organic sulfur crystals, fresh bee pollen, and super foods like Orgain organic protein creamy dark chocolate powder, Rejuvenate: Berries and Herbs and Raw Power (chocolate) Protein Powder from the Natural News store, are the fuel additives that keep my engine running smoothly and do the trick. I kid you not!


Aloha!


Sources:


www.deaddocs.com
www.healthaliciousness.com
www.livestrong.com
The George Mateljan Foundation
www.completenutrition.com
www.downtoearth.org
www.asanediet.com


To learn more about Hesh, listen to and read hundreds of health related radio shows and articles, and learn about how to stay healthy and reverse degenerative diseases through the use of organic sulfur crystals and the most incredible bee pollen ever, please visit www.healthtalkhawaii.com, or email me at heshgoldstein@gmail.com or call me at (808) 258-1177. Since going on the radio in 1981 these are the only products I began to sell because they work.
Oh yeah, going to www.asanediet.com will allow you to read various parts of my book – “A Sane Diet For An Insane World”, containing a wonderful comment by Mike Adams.
In Hawaii, the TV stations interview local authors about the books they write and the newspapers all do book reviews. Not one would touch “A Sane Diet For An Insane World”. Why? Because it goes against their advertising dollars.



What you essentially need and the easiest place to find it

NaturalNews De-Listed by Google in Attempt to “Smooth the Information Flow” to the Masses

The bold attack upon NaturalNews and all it’s affiliated websites by Google de-listing them is unprecedented. Censorship in this form effectively means two thirds of the internet will not be able to access NaturalNews information or products. A huge financial hit for business side of things as well. This all falls in line with the blueprint layed out in several documents on how to “smooth the information flow” and provide a “shared understanding” of what reliable information is to the masses. In an effort to destroy so-called “fake news“. Which really means any point of view not propagated by the establishment. Real journalism linking to real facts, documents and scientific studies in now considered fake news. Truly Orwellian. This author writing about the subject just a weeks ago on BlogsNaturalNews. The very site used as a justification for the take down. I watch in horror as the mechanics of the plan fall into place.


National Intelligence Council Report Describes the Final Solution for “Fake News”


The two documents are cited in the article.


National Intelligence Council the report titled Global Trends Assessment: Paradox of Progress


World Economic Forum’s  Global Risks Report 2017


A chapter in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2017 . One of the documents covered in the article. It details how to “smooth the information flow” and questions “democratic ideals like free speech and the market place of ideas“. Falls right into line with the other document from National Intelligence Council and what is happening now with some of the major players in alternative media.


In the chapter Trends Transforming the Global Landscape there is a section titled Converging Trends Will Transform  Power and Politics. This word product puts in stark terms how the internet has empowered individuals and alternative media to influence opinion and spread information on a global scale as never before. It offers only one solution at the end of the chapter to the problem of “fake news” that has broken the monopolies. Can you guess what that is?



This report was issued a week before the Obama Administration left office. Here is their solution.


For authoritarian-minded leaders and regimes, the impulse to coerce and manipulate information—as well as the technical means to do so—will increase.   GTA p27



Chilling to free speech as it is being applied to some of the biggest names in fact based media. InfoWars being banned by Google adroll and NaturalNews being de-listed by Google off two thirds of the internet.


Undermining the “shared understanding” provided by complete corporate control of  almost all media that made globalization possible. Leading “some” to question democratic ideals like free speech and the marketplace of ideas. Wow. It doesn’t take a technocrat to figure out who the “some” are. The sky is falling and the information environment is fragmented because the globalists cannot compete in the market place of ideas. So shut it down. Competition is a sin.



Please sign the White House Petition against this tyranny


Visit RaptormanReports for news, science, and history.


Sources:


National Intelligence Council Report Describes the Final Solution for “Fake News”



https://www.dni.gov/index.php/global-trends/trends-transforming-the-global-landscape


http://blogs.naturalnews.com/


https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/petition-ban-googles-blatant-suppression-free-speech



NaturalNews De-Listed by Google in Attempt to “Smooth the Information Flow” to the Masses

Mandatory Memory Wipe – California Senate Bill No. 86

“Mandatory Memory Wipe”


SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – State Senator Richard Pan, (D), architect of California’s notorious SB-277, (mandatory school vaccination), today proposed SB-86, which calls for mandatory erasure of all painful “memories, thoughts, and emotions” from the memory banks of all school age children.


Proponents of the bill seek to protect children.  But critics, who dub it the “mandatory memory wipe,” believe it’s a diabolical scheme to plunge society farther into the more dimly lit regions of the darkside.  Many believe the radical procedure is unreasonably dangerous.


SB-86 Summary


If it becomes law, SB-86 will require: “Mandatory elimination, eradication, and removal of all brain matter that may contain painful memories, thoughts, or emotions that might cause potential harm to children.”  Ironically, in popular jargon, the term “to 86” something means to eliminate, eradicate, or remove it.


No Opt-Out – No Exemption – No Informed Consent 


The bill does not allow for children to opt-out of the procedure, except for the children of State lawmakers and judges who may opt-out.  The bill recognizes no medical exemptions.


Under the bill, the actual “wiping” procedure is deemed to be a “non-medical” event, and therefore, informed consent is not required – nor is a medical license – for the State to administer the “wipe.”


Similarities to Orwell’s 1984


Critics are quick to remark that SB-86 feels a bit like Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, in which the protagonist, Mr. Smith, works at the government’s propaganda agency, the Ministry of Truth, which they humorously call “Minitrue.”  Mr. Smith’s job is to re-write newspaper articles – so they conform to the current political landscape.  “Who controls the past controls the future.”


When Facts Cease to Exist


In a future world where nobody remembers that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves or that George Washington chopped down the cherry tree, then factually speaking, these events never occurred.  They cease to exist.


Soon, nobody will remember that, back in the 50s and 60s, many brave American mothers would throw “measles parties.”  Sadly, over time, the wisdom and success of these parties may eventually go extinct, especially if internet search engines continue to display nothing but industry-slanted search results – which unanimously warn against the (supposed) dangers of “measles parties.”


Nobody remembers that medical protocol once considered it harmful to vaccinate a child with eczema.  Sadly, modern pediatricians have forgotten this former protocol, and it may soon go extinct because the CDC no longer objects to vaccinating children with eczema.


Today, too few people remember that smallpox met its demise – not by vaccines or indoor plumbing – but because the once-deadly variola virus simply fizzled itself out after having mutated into variola minor, a less-hardy strain, (aka “mild smallpox”), which was then pronounced eradicated a few decades later.


Inner Ear Extraction Method


A hypodermic syringe is inserted into the inner ear, where substances are not injected, but extracted.  The syringe extracts, from the temporal lobe, certain memory substances which then exit the body as a foamy goo – a slimy, jellylike substance that was once the patient’s memories, thoughts, and emotions.


Because the procedure targets the temporal lobe, it extracts only “long-term” memories, while leaving “short-term” memories intact, thus allowing the children to continue performing their daily routines.


But the question arises:  After extracting the gelatinous substance – which holds the children’s deepest, darkest memories – what will the State then do with it?  Safely dispose of it?  Store it in liquid nitrogen?  Or harvest the foamy goo for nefarious medical research?


Enter Revolt Revoke Restore! 


Enter revoltrevokerestore.com – and the unsinkable Sharon Brown – who oppose the tyranny of SB-86!  Brown explains: “The State may not mandate medical procedures known to be unavoidably unsafe.”  The group’s attorney, T. Matthew Phillips, added: “Freedom means nothing if you can’t keep the government out of your body.”  The bill is now in the Senate Thought Police Committee.


~~T. Matthew Phillips, Esq. (Feb. 24, 2017)



Mandatory Memory Wipe – California Senate Bill No. 86