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How This Doctor Cured Herself Of Multiple Sclerosis. Amazing! Dr. Terry Wahls was in a pretty tough spot. For four years, she suffered secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a wheelchair. But in this TED Talk, she explains how she used Functional Medicine to create what’s called the Wahls Protocol. With it, she transformed her health and her entire life! She walks easily without a cane and commutes to work on bike. Multiple sclerosis, or MS for short, is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of symptoms. There is no known cure for the disease, but Dr.

131 Heirloom Seed Companies by Region. Local Harvest / Farmers Markets / Family Farms / CSA / Organic Food. Monsanto GMO Brands and Foods – Printable Shopping List. Depression in men linked to folic acid deficiency. (NaturalNews) Men who do not get enough folic acid in their diets may be more susceptible to depression, studies have shown. Folic acid is the dietary form of vitamin B9 and is found primarily in green leafy vegetables, citrus fruit, beans and other legumes, liver, and yeast (including homebrewed alcohol and live yeast cultures). Folic acid is processed by the body into folate (the biologically active form) and plays a number of critical functions in sustaining human health. High blood levels of folate are particularly critical for women during the earliest phase of pregnancy to prevent certain birth defects. As early as the 1970s, studies indicated that depressed psychiatric patients had significantly lower blood folate levels than non-depressed patients.

More recent studies have indicated, however, that vitamin B9 may actually only have a significant effect on mood in men, not in women. The effects of folate among men were striking, however. Sources for this article include: What's really in the food? The A to Z of the food industry's most evil ingredients. (NaturalNews) Ever wonder what's really in the food sold at grocery stores around the world? People keep asking me, "What ingredients should I avoid? " So I put together a short list that covers all the most toxic and disease-promoting ingredients in the food supply.

These are the substances causing cancer, diabetes, heart disease and leading to tens of billions of dollars in unnecessary health care costs across America (and around the world). If you want to stay healthy and out of the hospital, read ingredients labels and make sure you avoid all these ingredients: Acrylamides - Toxic, cancer-causing chemicals formed in foods when carbohydrates are exposed to high heat (baking, frying, grilling). Aspartame - Chemical sweetener that causes neurological disorders, seizures, blurred vision and migraine headaches. Autolyzed Proteins - Highly processed form of protein containing free glutamate and used to mimic the taste-enhancer chemical MSG.

Casein - Milk proteins. Read NaturalNews.

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How Chemicals Change Us. A widely used herbicide acts as a female hormone and feminizes male animals in the wild. Thus male frogs can have female organs, and some male fish actually produce eggs. In a Florida lake contaminated by these chemicals, male alligators have tiny penises. These days there is also growing evidence linking this class of chemicals to problems in humans.

These include breast cancer, infertility, low sperm counts, genital deformities, early menstruation and even diabetes and obesity. Philip Landrigan, a professor of pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, says that a congenital defect called hypospadias — a misplacement of the urethra — is now twice as common among newborn boys as it used to be. He suspects endocrine disruptors, so called because they can wreak havoc with the endocrine system that governs hormones. Endocrine disruptors are everywhere. In this campaign year, we are bound to hear endless complaints about excessive government regulation. Yes, there are uncertainties. King Corn: The secrets of high fructose corn syrup. Uncovered, the 'toxic' gene hiding in GM crops: Revelation throws new doubt over safety of foods. EU watchdog reveals approval for GM foods fails to identify poisonous gene54 of the 86 GM plants approved contain the dangerous geneGene found in food for farm animals producing meat, milk and eggsBiotech supporters argue there is no evidence that GM foods are harmful By Sean Poulter, Consumer Affairs Editor Published: 23:20 GMT, 21 January 2013 | Updated: 11:03 GMT, 24 January 2013 A virus gene that could be poisonous to humans has been missed when GM food crops have been assessed for safety.

GM crops such as corn and soya, which are being grown around the world for both human and farm animal consumption, include the gene. A new study by the EU's official food watchdog, the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA), has revealed that the international approval process for GM crops failed to identify the gene.

A new study conducted by the EU has shown that standard tests for GM foods may be missing a potentially poisonous gene for humans. Monsanto's Roundup Ready Crops Linked to Illness, Obesity.

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