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Intestinal Gut microbes and Obesity

Gut microbes and Obesity

Research Front Maps
Research front maps are diagrammatic representations of the core papers comprising each front. They are selected from the current Research Front set that are relevant to the featured special topic, in this case, Obesity. The title for this Research Front Map is “GUT MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND OBESITY,” containing 29 core papers. Source dates: 1999-December 31, 2009 (sixth bimonthly period 2009).
Each circle represents a highly cited paper whose bibliographic information is displayed when the user clicks on the circle. The solid lines between circles represent the strongest co-citation links for each paper (that is, indicating that the papers are frequently cited together); weaker links are indicated by dashed lines. Papers close to each other on the map are generally more highly co-cited. The most recent paper(s) are indicated in pink. Annotations may have been added to this map which represent the main research themes. These appear as labels attached to specific regions on the maps.

Two groups of beneficial bacteria are dominant in the human gut, the Bacteroidetes and the Firmicutes. Here we show that the relative proportion of Bacteroidetes is decreased in obese people by comparison with lean people, and that this proportion increases with weight loss on two types of low-calorie diet. Our findings indicate that obesity has a microbial component, which might have potential therapeutic implications.

Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA

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Justin Sonnenburg, a microbiologist at Stanford, suggests that we would do well to begin regarding the human body as “an elaborate vessel optimized for the growth and spread of our microbial inhabitants.” This humbling new way of thinking about the self has large implications for human and microbial health, which turn out to be inextricably linked. Disorders in our internal ecosystem — a loss of diversity, say, or a proliferation of the “wrong” kind of microbes — may predispose us to obesity and a whole range of chronic diseases, as well as some infections. “Fecal transplants,” which involve installing a healthy person’s microbiota into a sick person’s gut, have been shown to effectively treat an antibiotic-resistant intestinal pathogen named C. difficile, which kills 14,000 Americans each year. (Researchers use the word “microbiota” to refer to all the microbes in a community and “microbiome” to refer to their collective genes.) We’ve known for a few years that obese mice transplanted with the intestinal community of lean mice lose weight and vice versa. (We don’t know why.) A similar experiment was performed recently on humans by researchers in the Netherlands: when the contents of a lean donor’s microbiota were transferred to the guts of male patients with metabolic syndrome, the researchers found striking improvements in the recipients’ sensitivity to insulin, an important marker for metabolic health. Somehow, the gut microbes were influencing the patients’ metabolisms.
Our resident microbes also appear to play a critical role in training and modulating our immune system, helping it to accurately distinguish between friend and foe and not go nuts on, well, nuts and all sorts of other potential allergens. Some researchers believe that the alarming increase in autoimmune diseases in the West may owe to a disruption in the ancient relationship between our bodies and their “old friends” — the microbial symbionts with whom we coevolved.
These claims sound extravagant, and in fact many microbiome researchers are careful not to make the mistake that scientists working on the human genome did a decade or so ago, when they promised they were on the trail of cures to many diseases. We’re still waiting. Yet whether any cures emerge from the exploration of the second genome, the implications of what has already been learned — for our sense of self, for our definition of health and for our attitude toward bacteria in general — are difficult to overstate. Human health should now “be thought of as a collective property of the human-associated microbiota,” as one group of researchers recently concluded in a landmark review article on microbial ecology — that is, as a function of the community, not the individual.
Such a paradigm shift comes not a moment too soon, because as a civilization, we’ve just spent the better part of a century doing our unwitting best to wreck the human-associated microbiota with a multifronted war on bacteria and a diet notably detrimental to its well-being. Researchers now speak of an impoverished “Westernized microbiome” and ask whether the time has come to embark on a project of “restoration ecology” — not in the rain forest or on the prairie but right here at home, in the human gut.

Connie’s comments: The goal is to have an alkaline body. Start your day with water with freshly squeezed lemon. Flush the toxins in our body with foods rich in fiber and are alkaline such as whole foods of vegetables, nuts, grains and fruits. 70% of our immune system reside in our intestine. A clean intestine free of bugs will do well with our health. In care homes, most of our elderly are suffering from constipation with daily diet rich in meat for many of their years. Drugs also exacerbate their condition. Live a healthy lifestyle, free from damaging effects of toxins, drugs, meat rich diet and other chemicals unknown to us.

Depression and risk for stroke in younger women

Being depressed is known to increase the risk for stroke. Now a new study suggests that the association is even stronger in younger women.

Australian researchers studied 10,457 women, average age 52, without a history of stroke, surveying them every three years for 12 years. Using a well-validated depression scale, they found that about 24 percent were depressed at each survey. The study, published online this month in the journal Stroke, found 177 strokes over the study period.

Being depressed nearly doubled the risk for stroke, even after the researchers accounted for other risk factors like age, education, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, smoking, alcohol intake, physical activity and body mass index.

A study published in 2011 on the same subject found an increased risk of only 30 percent, but the average age in the study was 14 years older, and at least one analysis found no increased risk at all in people over 65.

“The study adds to the evidence around depression and increased risk of stroke. And it’s possibly even stronger in younger women,” said the lead author, Caroline A. Jackson, an epidemiologist at the University of Queensland. “But it’s important to remember that this is a relatively small study, and it needs to be explored in a much larger population.”

Connie’s comments:
As I was driving my daugther Esther, 16 yr old, to school one early morning she was crying uncessantly because her dad had shouted and scolded her. So I explained to her to look at the positive things in life and to understand where some people are coming from. Talk about courage, fear, forgiveness and love. Take a deep breath Esther, I said. Yes, it is good to release any hurt feelings that you might have. Now believe that all is well soon.

Anti-aging steroids, pregnenolone, progesterone and DHEA

PREGNENOLONE, A FRUIT OF CHOLESTEROL

Mother of Progesterone & D.H.E.A.

The following information comes from Dr. Ray Peat, who has done pioneering research on the anti-aging steroids, pregnenolone, progesterone and DHEA (Dehydroepiandrosterone). I have included excerpts from his writings plus the results of interviews. Research references are provided when available, but in many cases, I could only describe the group of researchers who did the experiment. My purpose for this article is not to start a riot but to illustrate why I think it’s dangerous to artificially inhibit cholesterol formation in your body with drugs and synthetic foods.

Dr. Peat accidentally discovered the effects of pregnenolone when he took some vitamin E containing a residue of pregnenolone that was left over from an experiment in solubility. Peat had been suffering from a variety of complaints, including “inflammation of the arteries, dental abscesses, asthma, migraines, and colitis.” When he took the vitamin E containing some pregnenolone in the vitamin E, he crawled out of his sick bed, took a pinch of pure pregnenolone and felt immediately better. All of his symptoms gradually disappeared and in ten weeks, his appearance changed. Many aging characteristics, such as sagging skin, “chicken neck,” bags under the eyes, etc. receded.

These changes were dramatically reported in a passport photo, taken one year before pregnenolone and another one taken 10 weeks after pregnenolone therapy was initiated. I regret that the original photos are not available for inclusion here. When I saw this photo, presented in one of his newsletters, I fell off my chair, dashed to the phone and called Dr. Peat. The results of many interviews are summarized below.

Pregnenolone is a steroid precursor (starter material). It is made in the body from the bad-rap guy, cholesterol. Naturally, to get pregnenolone, we need adequate amounts of cholesterol plus other nutrients, including vitamin A, thyroid hormone and enzymes. If any of these are inadequate, you will have a less than desired supply of pregnenolone.

In a healthy person, the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone occurs inside the mitochondria, nicknamed the lungs of the cell because of their role in cell respiration. Once produced, pregnenolone leaves the mitochondria, so it cannot inhibit its own synthesis. In fact, both progesterone and pregnenolone stimulate their own synthesis so that if you take them, the body’s ability to synthesize them is not suppressed. Sometimes short-term therapy restores the body’s ability to produce adequate amounts, although Peat says that this is not as clearly established with pregnenolone as in the case of progesterone. On the other hand, synthetic progesterone has an inhibiting effect on in-vivo synthesis plus many other toxic side effects not observed with natural progesterone.

In the cytoplasm, enzymes convert pregnenolone into either progesterone or DHEA, depending on the tissue and the need. Peat calls pregnenolone, progesterone and DHEA “brain steroids” since the brain contains higher concentrations of them than other organs or the blood. Because the brain concentration decreases from its peak value at around age thirty to 5% of peak value at 90, the need for supplemental pregnenolone may increase as we age. In fact, the older and/or sicker you are, the more likely you are to feel an effect from pregnenolone.

Progesterone and DHEA are the precursors for more specialized steroid hormones, including cortisol, aldosterone, estrogen and testosterone. Taking progesterone will not increase the level of these hormones. In fact, progesterone opposes their toxic effects. Peat says that “the formation of these hormones is tightly regulated, so that taking the precursor of one will correct a deficiency . . . but will not create an excess.” However in young men, taking excess progesterone can decrease testosterone production and lead to decreased libido, so pregnenolone is preferred over progesterone for young males. The inhibitory effect on testosterone has not been observed in older men, especially those who are ill.

Because pregnenolone converts to progesterone and DHEA, its effects will parallel those of the latter hormones. It is more beneficial to take pregnenolone for certain conditions and progesterone for others but, in general, there is an overlap in their effects.

Peat says that whereas progesterone is strong medicine, just like thyroid or insulin, pregnenolone is an anti-aging food supplement such as a vitamin. Because of this, pregnenolone does not act as dramatically in a crisis, such as a seizure, as does progesterone.

PREGNENOLONE:

REPAIR OF ENZYMES: Pregnenolone apparently has the ability to repair enzyme activity. For example, in a Russian research study, adding pregnenolone to a mitochondrial suspension increased the enzyme activity. Which enzyme The enzyme which converts cholesterol into pregnenolone (one in the P-450 system). Other enzymes in the P-450 system vital to certain detoxification processes are also stabilized by pregnenolone.

Peat says, “…steroids, including cholesterol, have an anti-toxic effect. The cytochrome P-450 family of enzymes is an important factor in our resistance to toxins. Moderate amounts of cortisol promote this system, but larger amounts degrade it. Pregnenolone doesn’t affect the rate of synthesis of these enzymes, but it stabilizes them against the normal proteolytic enzymes, increasing their activity. I believe this stabilizing action is a general feature of these steroids…”

MEMORY REPAIR: In a short article in The Sacramento Bee (Tuesday, March 3, 1992) I read that Pregnenolone may help restore impaired memory, according to neurobiologist Eugene Roberts of the City of Hope Medical Center in Los Angeles, and his colleague, biologist James F. Morely, of the St. Louis VA Medical Center. These researchers tested pregnenolone and other steroids on mice. They found that pregnenolone is several hundred times more potent than any other memory enhancer that has been tested before is. Their report, in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (March 1992), says that pregnenolone was used in the late 1940’s to treat rheumatoid arthritis, and quite successfully, but fell into disuse when cortisone was discovered. But, Roberts adds, pregnenolone was never found to have adverse side effects whereas the toxic effects of cortisone are many and severe.

PROTECTION FROM CORTISONE TOXICITY: The classic effects of toxic levels of cortisol include daytime euphoria, insomnia plus hot flashes at night, osteoporosis, brain aging, atrophy of the skin plus other signs of premature aging and adrenal atrophy (shrinking). Two injections of cortisone can destroy the beta cells of diabetes in people as well.

Peat reports that pregnenolone can be used to withdraw from cortisone therapy over a one month period without developing “Addison’s” disease symptoms (from adrenal atrophy), because of its normalizing effects on the adrenal gland. In female patients, progesterone therapy may also be indicated.

Reduced exophthalmia in Graves’ disease patients: In the 1950’s pregnenolone was tested on patients with exophthalmis (bulging eyes) from Graves’ disease. It was reported that their eyes quickly receded to a more normal position in their sockets. Peat gave pregnenolone to a desperate woman with seriously bulging eyes. The next day she phoned him and said her eyes were completely normal.

PROGESTERONE:

Progesterone opposes all of the toxic effects of estrogen and cortisol. We maintained some of the toxic effects of cortisol. Estrogen’s toxic effects were described in detail in the June 1991 Earthletter. It’s cardiotoxic effects were described in Part II of “Heart Disease and the Cholesterol Fairy Tale.” In addition, unopposed estrogen promotes osteoporosis, increased menstrual bleeding in females, tumor formation including fibroids and cancer, increased fat deposition, causes edema and triples the rate of gallbladder disease in women on HRT. Progesterone has some other very interesting healing benefits, according to Peat:

Control of seizures: Progesterone will stop all cyclic seizures, related to menses and due to excess estrogen relative to progesterone. This topic has been reported by Goodman and Gillman. Estrogen lowers the threshold for both chemically and electrically-induced seizures. Progesterone will also stop (not cure) other seizures, regardless of the causes.

Case history from Peat’s files: A 52-year old lady came to Peat totally disabled following the onset of cyclic seizures at age 35. Although her estrogen level was ‘normal,’ it was unopposed by progesterone. Instead of ten-to-one ratio of progesterone, hers was one-to-one. Her doctor diagnosed her permanently mentally and physically disabled. She could not travel alone because she forgot where she was. Her fingers looked like sausages from arthritis and she could not bend them. Peat had her dip her ‘sausage fingers’ into an olive oil solution containing progesterone. In 3-4 days, her progesterone to estrogen ratio became five-to-one. She walked alone, grinning down the street to Peat’s office bending her fingers, which no longer looked like sausages!

Opposes the effects of progesterone deficiency following tubal ligation and vasectomy: In a hormone survey of females who had nervous or emotional problems following tubal ligation and males who had emotional problems and impotence following vasectomy, all had normal hormone levels except for decreased progesterone. Taking progesterone for only a week cured both females and males. How is this so? According to Peat, tubal ligation (or the IUD) sends a signal to the ovaries to stop making progesterone. Vasectomy sends the same signal to the testicles. Thus, vasectomy mimics the IUD.

DHEA – Dehydroepiandrosterone

Thirty years ago, endrocrinologists at John Hopkins University discovered that the adrenal glands manufacture large amounts of DHEA from pregnenolone starting at birth. DHEA manufacture peaks during an individual’s mid-twenties and thereafter decreases with age.

In the San Diego Union (Friday, February 12,1989), a summary of several interesting reports on DHEA research appeared. For example, it was discovered that DHEA levels were consistently lower than normal in women with breast cancer. A breed of mice genetically prone to obesity lost weight with prolonged use of DHEA and they returned to their normally rotund physiques when DHEA therapy was withdrawn. In another breed of mice genetically disposed to breast cancer, DHEA therapy not only prevented breast cancer but the mice appeared younger and thinner!

Many other researchers have reported an anti-aging effect from DHEA. For example, in the New England Journal of Medicine (December 1986), researchers reported findings that suggested DHEA had anti-aging or ‘survival’ properties. Levels of 242 San Diego men, aged 50-79, were followed. Levels of those who died during the study were only one-third that of the living study members.

Peat provided the following information on the effects of DHEA:

Libido: Men who had low libidos because of decreased testosterone, DHEA boosted libido almost as well as testosterone.
Arthritis: Topical DHEA as well as topical progesterone can stop the pain of arthritis and other inflammatory conditions. Even in 84-year-olds.
Osteoporosis: Dr. John Lee documented six years of research which showed the reversal of osteoporosis with progesterone. The same effect may be attributed to DHEA.
Diabetes: In a study in which rabbits were poisoned with alloxan (which destroys the beta cells of the pancreas), DHEA cured their diabetes. The rabbits in the study developed normal beta cells in the pancreas.

Peat ate some DHEA, not much, only several milligrams daily. He noted the following:

A mole fell off! Other patients had the same results.
Wisdom teeth impacted 20 years prior rotated into position.
Peat grew 1.5 inches at the age of 46. His weight stayed the same but his waist size decreased. In several months he lost his middle appearance because he got taller.
Topical DHEA on his gray hair caused its original color to return!

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Best Marinades for meat

We asked Steven Warrington, chef at 12 King Street, the best steak restaurant in Leicester, for his best meat marinade recipes. “There are three essential elements to any marinade,” explains Warrington, “acid, oil and flavour.”

The acid: Lemon juice, vinegar or yoghurt. “This breaks down the protein, making the meat more tender,” says Warrington.
The oil: “Use olive oil,” says Warrington. “It keeps the meat moist on the grill.”
The flavourings: “Try sugar or caramelised honey, these help balance the acid,” says Warrington. “And add herbs and spices to create different flavours. Once you have learnt this you can pretty much create any marinade you like,” he adds. But if you’re stuck for ideas we have a few below.

(All recipes serve 4)

For lamb chops
Red wine and rosemary
2 tbsp red wine
2 tbsp olive oil
1 crushed garlic clove
1 tbsp chopped fresh rosemary

Mix all of the ingredients together and simply brush on the marinade on while the meat is cooking.

For fish
Basil and garlic
1 tbsp finely chopped basil leaves
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp dry white wine
2 cloves crushed garlic
Black pepper

Mix all the ingredients together and leave the fish to marinate overnight.

For chicken
Ginger, honey and soy
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp white wine or dry sherry
2 tbsp honey
1 crushed garlic clove
1 tbsp grated ginger

Mix all the ingredients together and leave the chicken to marinade overnight. Cook the meat over a medium heat to stop the marinade burning and brush the left over marinade over the meat during cooking.

For pork
1 tbsp soy sauce
4 tbsp marmalade

Mix the ingredients together. Just brush marinade on while cooking. Pork is often a lean meat, so don’t over cook it and make sure you don’t char the marinade too badly either. A medium cooking heat is the best option.

For beef
1 tbsp crème fraîche
1 tbsp fresh horseradish
250g softened butter

Mix ingredients together and cook over a low heat until the ingredients become one. Brush over the beef while it’s cooking and serve on the side as an accompaniment.

Words by Sarah Hecks

Connie’s comments: Thyme, rosemary, parsley and oregano have anti-cancer properties. My brother who is a chef would replace sugar with pineapple juice to add a sweet taste to his cooking. Another chef, use maple syrup. Add fiber rich food together with your meat. Do not eat the burned part of the BBQ since it has carcinogenic properties. When marinating and storing your meat in the refrigerator, beer might give a nice flavor to the meat that is ready for sautéing or BBQ. Dark beer containing hops have anti-hypertensive properties.

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Frequency of the human body, whole foods, canned foods

In 1992, Bruce Tainio of Tainio Technology, an independent division of Eastern State University in Cheny, Washington, built the first frequency monitor in the world. Tainio has determined that the average frequency of the human body during the daytime is 62-68 Hz. A healthy body frequency is 62-72 Hz . When the frequency drops, the immune system is compromised. Check out these very interesting findings:
Human Body: Genius Brain Frequency 80-82 MHz Brain Frequency Range 72-90 MHz Normal Brain Frequency 72 MHz Human Body 62-78 MHz Human Body: from Neck up 72-78 MHz Human Body: from Neck down 60-68 MHz Thyroid and Parathyroid glands are 62-68 MHz Thymus Gland is 65-68 MHz Heart is 67-70 MHz Lungs are 58-65 MHz Liver is 55-60 MHz Pancreas is 60-80 MHz Colds and Flu start at: 57-60 MHz Disease starts at: 58 MHz Candida overgrowth starts at: 55 MHz Receptive to Epstein Barr at: 52 MHz Receptive to Cancer at: 42 MHz Death begins at: 25 MHz
Foods (fresh foods and herbs can be higher if grown organically and eaten freshly picked): Fresh Foods 20-27 Hz Fresh Herbs 20-27 Hz Dried Foods 15-22 Hz Dried Herbs 15-22 Hz Processed/Canned Food 0 HZ…(the majority of food we eat) According to Dr. Royal R. Rife, every disease has a frequency. He found that certain frequencies can prevent the development of disease and that others would destroy disease. Substances with higher frequency will destroy diseases of a lower frequency. The study of frequencies raises an important question, concerning the frequencies of substances we eat, breathe and absorb. Many pollutants lower healthy frequency. Processed/canned food has a frequency of zero. Fresh produce has up to 15 Hz, dried herbs from 12 to 22 Hz and fresh herbs from 20 to 27 Hz. Essential oils start at 52 Hz and go as high as 320 Hz, which is the frequency of rose oil. Clinical research shows that therapeutic grade essential oils have the highest frequency of any natural substance known to man, creating an environment in which disease, bacteria, virus, fungus, etc., cannot live.
American inventor Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943), a pioneer of electrical technology, said that if you could eliminate certain outside frequencies that interfered in our bodies, we would have greater resistance toward disease.
Every essential oil has a frequency and each of our organs and body parts have a frequency. The frequency of an oil will attract a like frequency in the body. Lower frequencies become a sponge for negative energy. The frequency is what stays in the body to maintain the longer lasting effects of the oil. Low frequencies make physical changes in the body. Middle frequencies make emotional changes in the body. High frequencies make spiritual changes in the body. Spiritual frequencies range from 92 to 360 Hz. (Bone frequency is 38-43; neck and down frequency is 62-68).

Dr. Robert O. Becker M.D, in his book, The Body Electric, who also explains that a person’s health can be determined by the frequency of the person’s body.

Another doctor and scientist, whose research has been buried for some time but has managed to resurface due to the work of avid supporters, is Dr Royal Raymond Rife M.D, who developed a frequency generator in the late 1920’s. In brief, Rife successfully treated 1,000 patients diagnosed with incurable cancer in the 1930’s. He was honoured with 14 awards and an honorary doctorate.

After the unsuccessful attempt by pharmaceutical companies to buy out his research and equipment, his office was ransacked, his research paperwork was stolen and the machine that healed all those 1,000 “incurable” cancer patients was destroyed.

In 1934, before this destruction occurred, the University of Southern California appointed a Special Medical Research Committee to bring terminal cancer patients from Pasadena County Hospital to Rife’s San Diego Laboratory and clinic for treatment. The team included doctors and pathologists assigned to examine the patients – if still alive – in 90 days. After the 90 days of treatment, the Committee concluded that 86.5% of the patients had been completely cured. The treatment was then adjusted and the remaining 13.5% of the patients also responded within the next four weeks. The total recovery rate using Rife’s technology was 100%. http://www.rife.org/

What Rife had developed was a 100% effective cure for many forms of cancer. So why do we not know about this and why are there so many cancer research foundations in existence? Put simply, it is due to the economic motives of the orthodox medical community, which relies on funding for cancer research – such funding often coming from pharmaceutical companies – and whose fortunes would be damaged if a cure for cancer was found. (That is, it’s OK to search for a cure but don’t really find one!) This is a story that illustrates yet another grand attempt by the mainstream medical community to control the lives – and deaths – of so many millions of people today.
“In every culture and in every medical tradition before ours, healing was accomplished by moving energy.” – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Nobel Laureate in Medicine (1937) What Rife proved is that every health disorder has a frequency, which in turn responds (resonates) to a specific (optimal) frequency for its dissolving/healing in the body.
People who maintain their optimal frequency, at least of their immune system, would prevent development of symptoms and illnesses associated with the common cold. Of course, in practise this does not work for most of us because, being human, we experience stress and emotional challenges on a daily basis, which lower our body frequency. Hence, we need to raise our body frequency regularly/daily with the right substances that are compatible at the cellular/energic level of our being, rather than wait until our body frequency has dropped so low that it becomes a friendly host for microscopic invaders.
How can we prove this? According to a report (Epidemiology, May 2001; 11:345-349) psychological stress – particularly the chronic type that may accompany a personality with a negative outlook – is a risk factor for contracting colds. An optimistic outlook and outgoing personality seemed to protect individuals, investigators found. The findings indicate that high levels of psychological stress are closely associated with contracting the common cold. While the common cold is rarely a serious health hazard, it is responsible for about 30 million days of lost work in the U.S. alone each year. To investigate whether stress increased the likelihood of developing a cold, the researchers surveyed more than 1,100 Spanish university staff and students at regular intervals over a one year period. The study focused on different types of stress, including stress from life events, perceived stress, having a generally negative outlook, anxious or compulsive personality, compared with having a positive outlook/attitude to life.

Individuals with a negative outlook were at greatest risk of developing colds – regardless of their intake of vitamin C and zinc or their smoking and drinking habits. The next highest-risk individuals were those who believed that they were under stress. These people were nearly three times as likely to develop a cold, according to the report.

A. Paulus

Journal Of Applied Physics Vol. 13, May, 1942

Jean-Claude Mainguy Evolution of neoplasic cells in culture under the influence of electromagnetic fields

Hugh Fleming

Effect of High-Frequency Fields on Micro-Organisms

Andrei G. Pakhomov Biological Effects Of Millimeter Waves
Cyril Maire Clinical Impressions and Speculations on the Use of High-Frequency Pulsed
A.J. Ginsberg, M.D Pulsed Short Wave in the Treatment of Bursitis with Calification
Panos Pappas, Ph.D
Effects Of Pulsed Magnetic Field Oscillations In Cancer Therapy

Karl H. Schoenbach Pulsed Electric Fields on Biological Cells, Science. Vol. 25, No. 2, April 1997
Douglas M. Evans, M.D. The Effect Of EMF on Rat Mammary Carcinoma
V.A. Shashlov Mechanism Of Frequency-Selective Biological Effects Of The EHF Radiation
Marcos Tello & Other Authors Evaluation Of DC Current Therapy In Mammary Cancer Tumor

Suleyman Gorgun
Collegno, Italy
Studies on the Interaction Between Electromagnetic Fields and Living Matter Neoplastic Cellular Culture
Mark J. Neveu PH.D and
Richard Blanco P.E.
Emerging Opportunity: Cancer Electromagnetic Frequency Therapy

U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Kinetics of Microbial Inactivation for Alternative Food Processing Technologies

Thiruvallur Gowrishankar and James C. Weaver
An approach to electrical modeling of single and multiple cells
UNESCO Seminar Yerevan (Armenia) September 6-10 2004 UNESCO SEMINAR on Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Biological Effects of EMF with practical workshop on ”Non-thermal effect of Extra High Power Pulses (EHPP)


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Misdiagnosed breast cancer , statistics

About 1 in 8 women in the United States (12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.
In 2010, an estimated 207,090 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 54,010 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.
About 39,840 women in the U.S. were expected to die in 2010 from breast cancer, though death rates have been decreasing since 1990. These decreases are thought to be the result of treatment advances, earlier detection through screening, and increased awareness.
For women in the U.S., breast cancer death rates are higher than those for any other cancer, besides lung cancer.
Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among U.S. women. More than 1 in 4 cancers in women (about 28%) are breast cancer.
In 2010, there were more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S.
A woman’s risk of breast cancer approximately doubles if she has a first-degree relative (mother, sister, daughter) who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. About 20-30% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have a family history of breast cancer.
About 5-10% of breast cancers can be linked to gene mutations (abnormal changes) inherited from one’s mother or father. Mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are the most common. Women with these mutations have up to an 80% risk of developing breast cancer during their lifetime, and they are more likely to be diagnosed at a younger age (before menopause). An increased ovarian cancer risk is also associated with these genetic mutations.
About 70-80% of breast cancers occur in women who have no family history of breast cancer. These occur due to genetic abnormalities that happen as a result of the aging process and life in general, rather than inherited mutations.
The most significant risk factors for breast cancer are gender (being a woman) and age (growing older).
The more common signs and symptoms of breast cancer are: presence of a mass; nipple discharge; pain in the breast; and redness in the breast. Early diagnosis of all cancers is critical. For breast cancer, early diagnosis can be accomplished by performing monthly self-breast examinations, keeping regular and routine gynecological examinations, maintaining a diet rich in beta carotene (found in many green vegetables and carrots) and low in fat and abstaining from smoking.

Connie’s comments:
Have a yearly check up with your family doctor and do daily routine exam of your own breasts. Get a second opinion if results from a mammogram indicate presence of cancerous cells. All mammogram results should be verified by another type of test. My sister and her 4 GFs worked in a factory of metals and chemicals 25yrs ago and were all diagnosed with breast cancer, one died complicated by chemo and heat stroke. My sister was blessed since during her biopsy water came out instead of cancerous cells while the doctor was using the needle to extract cells from her breasts.

 

Frequent heartburn increases the risk for throat cancer

Frequent heartburn increases the risk for throat cancer, a new study has found, and over-the-counter antacids may provide protection.

Researchers studied heartburn incidence and medication use in 631 patients with squamous cell cancers of the throat and vocal cords who were not heavy smokers or drinkers, matching them with 1,234 healthy controls. The study was published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

After controlling for age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol consumption, HPV 16 infection, education and body mass index, they found that people who had reported a history of frequent heartburn were 78 percent more likely to have cancer than those who did not. Those with frequent heartburn who took antacids reduced their risk for cancer by 41 percent, compared with those whose heartburn was untreated.

“We have confirmed that heartburn is an independent risk factor, and standard antacid treatment of heartburn may reduce the risk of throat cancer,” said the lead author, Scott M. Langevin, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Cincinnati.

There was no reduced risk among those taking proton pump inhibitors (Prilosec and others) or histamine H2 receptor antagonists (Zantac, for example) — but this may be because people taking such drugs are likely to have the most severe cases of acid reflux, and not because those drugs are ineffective, the researchers said.

Connie’s comments: Eat good fats and whole foods, up intake of Vitamin C, find natural ways to increase your immune system from destressing and healthy lifestyle, take a good dietary supplement.

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2% of population who are successful believe fear is not an option

The 2% of population who are successful create their own success and money, invest their time wisely, rejection and limitation are not options, believe in finding what is the value of things and their worth and is not afraid of making a decision.

The 98% of population argue for their limitations, make excuses, work for others, spends more time watching TV, and do not create or build their own success.

Let’s move the 98% to the 2% mentality by opening our minds and that of others to the possibilities and opportunities and start investing our time wisely for our future.

We can reach out to our global village and share our own skills.

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Intestinal Dysbiosis from sugary processed foods

Intestinal Dysbiosis is an imbalance in microorganisms in the intestines. Antibiotics, lack of fiber, fruits and vegetables and consumption of bad fats and sugary processed foods contribute intestinal dysbiosis.
Vitamin K and B12 provide a balance in the growth of friendly bacteria. Candida albicans become dominant in the intestines and also some parasites may thrive.

Natural, healing remedy: stop sugary foods, up intake of fiber and veggies, garlic and sulfur rich foods like the onion family, acidophilus, Pau d’arco tea, black walnut tincture, alkaline diet (add lemon to water), avoid cow’s milk, take digestive enzymes, yeast-free Vitamin B complex, zinc and selenium supplements, oil of oregano, glutamine, probiotics, cilantro and thyme, small seeds and nuts, avoid stress and exhaustion, parsley and watermelon, avoid malted products, avoid cheese and all yeast-containing products

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Blood test results indicating infection

Increased or decreased white blood cell count
Mildly increased sedimentation rate (ESR)
Increased total serum globulin
Increased lymphocytes
Increased LDH isoenzyme #1
Decreased lymphocytes with neutrophils increased = chronic bacterial infection
Increased lymphocytes with neutrophils decreased = chronic viral infection

Source: Adrenal Fatigue, Dr James Wilson

Connie’s comments: Urinary Track Infection (UTI) with fever is common with the elderly in carehomes and their homes. Contact your physician for any signs of infection. Prevent infection thru proper hygiene and a strong immune system.

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Green juice and whole foods, body pic before and after

My friend Pete controlled his extra weight with green freshly squeezed juice of kale, carrots, parsley, beets, green grass, spinach, celery and other whole foods. He stopped drinking soda and sugary foods. He is now happy with his weight. A year and 8 months later his weight of 420 lbs is now down to 185 lbs. He credits whole foods, juicing, biking, use of elliptical machine and supplements.

Green Juicing and whole foods

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Sore eyes, viral not bacterial infection, breastmilk

In the Philippines, when one has sore eyes they would drop some breastmilk into their eyes and healing happens.
Breastmilk contains white blood cells that can fight a viral infection better than an anti-bacterial antibiotic that a doctor prescribed to me last year in the absence of a anti-viral eye med, he said.

In the USA, I immersed my face in a big bowl of water with salt and few drops of Tea tree oil. Tea tree has anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties.

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