Removing a stye from the eye

Your eyelids protect your eye from injury, regulate how much light is admitted to your retina and maintain a film of tears by distributing tears over your eye

A stye is formed after dirt, dust or skin cells block your Meibomian gland duct and bacterial growth forms a lump, similar to a pimple or a boil, at the edge of your eyelid; this should be differentiated from a chalazion or cellulitis 

Home treatments for a stye include warm compresses, coriander seed tea wash, tea bag compresses and washing your eyelids with mild soap to eliminate the dirt and dead skin cells that plug your oil gland duct

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Lab-grown chicken meat disaster !

Upside Foods, a leader in the fake meat market and one of two companies allowed to sell cultured meat in the U.S., has failed to scale up its production to produce meaningful amounts of synthetic meat

Plagued by contamination issues, Upside had problems with rodent DNA found in one of its chicken cell lines

While parading its expensive stainless-steel bioreactors for the press, Upside is actually growing only small amounts of fake meat bits inside small, single-use plastic bottles 

Fake meat, presented as a solution to save the environment, may end up being worse for the planet than real meat

Lab-grown meat is often made using animal components, so it’s not really animal-free, and when Upside tested its fake meat for heavy metals, some samples contained 20 times more lead than conventional ground chicken

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Choose organic cotton

While making up less than 2.5% of global cropland, nonorganic cotton receives 25% of all insecticides, 10% of all pesticides and nearly 7% of all herbicides used worldwide

Ninety to 95% of nonorganic cotton clothing is made from genetically engineered cotton GMO). Organic cotton accounts for a mere 1% of the global cotton production

When buying nonorganic cotton, you expose yourself to potentially heavy doses of toxins, contribute to ever-worsening environmental destruction and enable human rights violations (China)
 

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Chewing gum is not so harmless

Global chewing gum sales are expected to reach $48.68 billion in 2025, but there are downsides to gum chewing to be aware of

If you chew gum excessively, it signals to your body that it’s time to digest food when it’s really not, which could have health implications

When you chew gum, it may increase the amount of air and saliva that you swallow, leading to bloating, pressure on the stomach and possibly worsened acid reflux symptoms 

Gum is essentially made of plastic and often contains titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, artificial colors and other harmful additives

Chewing gum is also linked to headaches and temporomandibular disorders, and poses a significant threat to the environment due to plastic pollution

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Covid shots & boosters make the virus more dangerous

The latest SARS-CoV2 variant, JN 1, was first detected in the U.S. in September 2023. By mid-December, it accounted for about half of all COVID cases in the country

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the rapid spread of JN 1 suggests it may be more transmissible and/or has greater immune-evading abilities

A vaccinology concept called "immune refocusing" explains how more dangerous viruses can be created by leaky vaccines that do not prevent infection

By continuing with boosters, we accelerate immune escape. Over time, variants will get better and better at evading our immune responses, and those who keep taking boosters will be the most vulnerable to infection of all

Because of the mutations ween in JN 1, vaccinologist Geert VANden Bossche, Ph.D., predicts we will "very soon" see variants that are more virulent but less infectious. If this happens, healthy unjabbed individuals are unlikely to be affected because their first line of defense - their innate immune system - still works as it should. The jabbed, on the other hand, whose innate immune systems have not been trained, and whose adaptive immune systems have become increasingly useless, will be at very high risk of severe complications and death

 

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Only use CPR with a defibrillator

CPR classes were introduced to the public in 1972; after decades of data, a 2010 study showed the overall survival rate of CPR outside the hospital was 7.6% in a cohort of 142,720 people. Another study demonstrated those with underlying chronic disease generally had worse outcomes than those without chronic disease

A significant factor that influences CPR outcome is the reason for the cardiac arrest. When your heart stops because of an abnormal heart rhythm, such as tachycardia or fibrillation, the process can be reversible with a defibrillator. Those with a shockable rhythm had a nearly three-fold higher odds of 30-day survival

The coronary artery calcium measurement or CAC score, may be the “master measure for cardiac disease, " according to Ivor Cummins and which the American Heart Association says is one way to estimate the risk of heart attack or stroke

Your cardiovascular system is influenced by several factors, including nutrition, sleep, exercise, stress and medications. Each plays a unique role in supporting or damaging cardiovascular health. Consider this list of suggested factors and links to articles with more in-depth information to help you on your journey to better health

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First milk crucial for surival

Colostrum, or first milk, is the substance that all mammals produce in the first few days after giving birth. Knowing the female & the baby, it is designed to provide a rich, concentrated source of nutrition to the newborn, colostrum has a different composition from mature milk, including more fat, protein, peptides, vitamins, hormones and growth factors, along with less lactose

Among the most important compounds in colostrum are antimicrobial factors that stimulate immune system development

The gastrointestinal tract also benefits from colostrum intake, as do the metabolic and endocrine systems; it’s also useful for muscular-skeletal repair and growth 

Colostrum is a rich source of antibodies, including immunoglobulins that “lay the foundation of lifelong immunity”

Colostrum’s ability to heal the mucosal barrier in the gut makes it ideal for gastrointestinal health, especially in disorders that involve failure of the mucosal barrier, such as inflammatory bowel disease

Lactoferrin in colostrum promotes the production of anti-inflammatory cytokines that may help prevent infections and sepsis; lactoferrin also has antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antiparasitic, antitumor and immunomodulatory effects

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