Why you should question cancer tests and treatment
Cancer detection and treatment is a trillion dollar a year industry and it’s easy to see why.
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This is your brain on these popular drugs
I remember back in the 80s there was a commercial designed to discourage illegal drug use that showed an egg frying in a pan and the infamous line, “This is your brain on drugs.”
Well, nothing much has changed except LEGAL (prescription) drugs are now largely responsible for many a “fried egg brain!”
Here’s what I mean:
Surprising health benefits of chocolate
I know this is going to make a lot of chocolate lovers very happy. A recent study has shown that chocolate may boost your ability to exercise! The key appears to be in a substance called epicatechin, which is a plant nutrient found in cocoa.
Don’t do this for chronic pain—it can kill you!
A study published in The Lancet dealt a hefty blow to one of the popular go-to medications for pain relief.
Acetaminophen (also known by the band name Tylenol®).
Apparently the study, which included information from 74 trials published between 1980 and 2015 involving over 58,000 osteoarthritis patients, found that acetaminophen was only slightly better than a placebo.
Plus it was stated to play no role in treating osteoarthritis, regardless of dose, because osteoarthritis is an inflammatory condition and acetaminophen is not an anti-inflammatory.
Just the icing on the cake
The fact that acetaminophen is only a smidgen more effective than a sugar pill for inflammatory pain is just the icing on the cake. Here’s more:
My top 10 cancer prevention tips
Despite billions of dollars being spent on research and the “war on cancer,” the cancer death rate in this country has decreased only slightly in the last 60 years or so.
The good news is, it has been estimated that at least half of all cancer deaths can be prevented!
Here are the top 10 measures that I consider to be the most effective at reducing your risk of becoming a cancer statistic:
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Could your teeth be slowly killing you?
The average person probably isn’t knowingly trying to slowly kill themselves. But unfortunately, there is a silent, deadly toxin in many people’s teeth that is wreaking havoc with their health and life…and they don’t even know it!
That deadly toxin is mercury—specifically mercury in amalgam dental fillings.
Here’s what you must know about this lethal element and how to escape its deadly effects.
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