Thursday, February 16, 2023

Molecular Hydrogen helps Immune System

Molecular hydrogen (H2 gas) has powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, making it potentially useful for COVID-19

Being the smallest molecule in the universe and having no polar charge, the hydrogen molecule is also able to diffuse through all cell membranes and subcellular compartments, including the nucleus and the mitochondria. It doesn’t need any transporters to do this, so it’s exceptionally bioavailable

Several Chinese investigators are using H2 therapy in COVID-19 patients, and preliminary results are encouraging

Tyler W. LeBaron, founder of the Molecular Hydrogen Institute, explains the pathophysiology of COVID-19, and the rationale for why H2 is being clinically investigated and recommended by prominent doctors and organizations for COVID-19

It’s important to pulse or create an acute elevation of H2 in your system over a short period rather than having continuous exposure. That acute elevation is what activates the Nrf2 pathway that upregulates your endogenous antioxidants

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Fasting for metabolic fitness and hormone balance

The vast majority of people eat across 12 hours or more, which is a recipe for metabolic disaster. Health statistics bear this out, showing that 93.2% of Americans are metabolically unfit
 

Time-restricted eating (TRE) is one of the most foundational strategies to stay healthy, and when done appropriately can also help balance your sex hormones
 

Your body has two primary energy systems. One of them is activated when you eat. When your blood sugar goes up, your body uses that glucose for energy. When you don’t eat for a period of time, your blood sugar goes down, which switches when your body is metabolically flexible to a different energy system that uses ketones derived from fat instead of glucose

These energy systems are intimately tied to your circadian rhythm. Food is the most important regulator for the clocks inside your cells. If you don’t get your feeding times right, your circadian rhythms, which are responsible for turning cellular protein production on and off, will become seriously impaired

Three key rules of TRE are: Your eating window should be shorter than 12 hours; avoid eating first thing in the morning — wait at least two or three hours; avoid eating right before bed. Have your last meal at least three hours or more before bedtime. With those rules in mind, your eating window could be anywhere from two to 10 hours, tailored to your unique circumstances

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Is CBDC the mark of the beast?

In 2023, 11 countries have fully launched a digital currency while more than 20 more will move toward starting one

114 countries, which represent more than 95% of global GDP , are looking into CBDC — up from just 35 countries in 2020

Finance guru Catherine Austin Fitts details 10 practical steps individuals can take to stop implementation of CBDCs


Tips include using cash as much as possible and minimizing your use of digital systems, including avoiding biometric technology and QR codes

Doing business with local people and entities you know and trust, and ditching large,multinational banks in favor of trustworthy local banks or credit unions will also help

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Fluoride affects brain & disrupts sleep

More than 400 animal and human studies show §uoride is a neurotoxic substance, and many have found harm at, or precariously close to, the levels millions of American pregnant women and children receive

A 1 mg-per-day increase in the fluoride a mother gets from drinking water may lower the IQ of her child by 3.7 points


Infants fed baby formula made with fluoridated water have lower IQs than those fed formula made with unfluoridated water. An increase of 0.5 mg/L of §uoride corresponds with a 4.4 point lower IQ score at age 3 to 4

Fluoride may have an adverse impact on sleep by preferentially accumulating in the pineal gland, thereby inhibiting the production of melatonin


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Vaccines Increase Mortality

The improved measles vaccine rolled out in Africa in 1989 was found to double mortality from other diseases in girls. The diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine (DTP) was found to have the same disastrous effect, doubling mortality among children under the age of 5, and girls were again more likely to die

Inactivated (non-live) vaccines — the DTP , pentavalent vaccine, inactivated polio vaccine, H1N1 in§uenza vaccine and the hepatitis B vaccine — all increased all-cause mortality, especially among girls, even when they offered a high degree of protection against the target disease


GlaxoSmithKline’s antimalarial vaccine Mosquirix, which appears to offer 18% to 36.3% protection against malaria depending on the age group, was found to increase all-cause mortality by 24%

In Phase 3 trials, Mosquirix increased the risk of meningitis 10 fold, as well as the risk for cerebral malaria, and doubled female all-cause mortality

According to bioethicists, the World Health Organization’s malaria vaccine study breaches international ethical standards as they are testing vaccine safety in clinical trials without ¦rst obtaining informed consent from parents of child participants in Malawi, Ghana and Kenya 

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Monday, February 13, 2023

Antibiotics cause Crohn’s & Colitis

A review of over 6 million medical records found exposure to antibiotics may increase
your risk of developing Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, two main types of
in§ammatory bowel disease

The risk rose in a dose-dependent manner and was highest in those taking
nitroimidazoles and §uoroquinolones — often used to treat gut infections

Just one course of antibiotics can negatively affect your gut microbiome for up to 12
months and can increase your risk of heart attack, stroke and colorectal cancer.
Unnecessary use of antibiotics increases the risk of antimicrobial resistance, which is
rising and experts estimate it will kill 10 million each year by 2050

Emulsifiers, a common food additive found in mayonnaise, salad dressings, baked goods
and ice cream, have been associated with the development of gut inflammation and
"robust" colitis in an animal model

Natural options that may help reduce symptoms include ginger, curcumin, omega-3 fats,
probiotics, coconut oil and optimizing vitamin D levels

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UV nail drying devices damage DNA

Ultraviolet (UV) light nail polish dryers used by nail salons to set nail gel commonly emit
UVA light. Researchers have found consistent exposure can increase the risk of
developing skin cancer on your ¦ngers

One 20-minute session under UVA light damages 20% to 30% of DNA, much of which
does not repair, and causes mitochondrial dysfunction. Three consecutive 20-minute
exposures resulted in 65% to 70% of cell death

Personal care products are poorly regulated, and laws have remained unchanged since
1938. Popular hair straightening product is linked to an increased risk of uterine cancers

Sunscreens are another product with ingredients that can accumulate in your body at
unhealthy levels. The FDA con¦rms there is an additive effect to the exposure to benzene,
avobenzone, oxybenzone, octocrylene and octinoxate, to name a few

Very few chemicals are safety tested and even then may not be safe as they are tested
individually under lab conditions and you use them in combination in real-world
scenarios

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