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 REPPED: This is a compilation of quotes about the destructive health effects of soft drinks from some of the leading authors on health, nutrition and junk food. This full list, and much more information, is included in The Five Soft Drink Monsters downloadable ebook.
Michael Murray ND and Joseph Pizzorno ND
Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition
"The allergenicity of penicillin in the general population is thought to be at least ten percent. Nearly 25 percent of these individuals will display hives, angioedema, or anaphylaxis upon ingestion of penicillin…. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 In terms of public health, with the exception of the negative health effects of ultraviolet radiation from the sun and radon gas from the earth, there is little scientific agreement about the health effects of energy fields, natural or man-made. Debate rages about the effects of the loss of the ozone layer and the output from high-power electrical transmission lines on health. Despite reams of studies, we are left with contradictory guidelines about the safety of cell phones, microwave ovens, computers, and other electronics that emit low-level electromagnetic or magnetic fields. |
Devra Davis
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 George Waldbott, health effects of Environmental Pollutants, Saint Louis: C.V. Mosby, 1978. f International Agency for Research on Cancer, Chemicals & Industrial Processes Associated with Cancer in Hurr 1-20, Lyon, 1979. g National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Interim Estimate, 1981.
Source: Davis, Environment, 1981. this, Doll said, was to look at the number of deaths attributed to senility and cancer of unspecified site over time. We would find that these poorly diagnosed causes of death were dropping, while those tied with specific cancers were growing. QED. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| John Gofman, professor emeritus of Medical Physics at UC Berkeley and an expert on radiation's health effects, is one of the most outspoken forces against unnecessary exposure to radiation. He states, "There is no safe threshold. If this truth is known, then any permitted radiation is a permit to commit murder." 109 Dr. Gofman certainly knows what he's talking about since he helped produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project, which was the United States' top secret program for developing the first atomic bombs. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 They think all health effects are achieved by single, isolated chemical constituents. But nutrition doesn't work that way. In nature, for example, Vitamin C is not a single chemical, but rather a symphony of complementary phytonutrients that work in concert. Conventional medical researchers almost never test plant medicine using full-spectrum nutrients. Why? Because they don't understand the concept of nutritional synergy.
The bottom line? Only fools believe research about nutrition that comes from the American Medical Association or its journal. |
Jack Challem
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 High-fructose corn syrup appears to be worse than plain old sugar in terms of its health effects. Food companies also started to use large amounts of trans fats (in the form of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils), which contribute to diabetes, overweight, and heart disease.
Another change during the 1980s was the popularity of low-fat and zero-fat diets. Such diets almost always were high-carb and high-sugar diets, with the additional carbs and sugar further propelling people toward prediabetes. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 To better support the free flow of educational information about nutrition and its positive health effects, I say we end the censorship of food and supplement companies and let them tell the truth about their products. That's not allowed to happen, of course, because it would cause the collapse of conventional medicine. If the truth were told about the safety and efficacy of nutritional supplements, people would find natural, nutritional alternatives to drugs and surgery, and drug companies would go bust virtually over night. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Spices and herbs are a natural means of preventive health care; just consider the health effects on human diseases that could be accomplished through daily diets rich in their medicinal phytochemicals. Spices are a great way to get a virtual phytopharmacy into our kitchens.
And these guys seem to work synergistically in ways that are only now beginning to be understood. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Oh yeah, and they also say aspartame and fluoride are completely safe to swallow in unlimited lifetime quantities, with zero negative health effects.
In fact, the pushers of conventional medicine still believe that the mind has no health impact on the body -- a belief that was considered modern in the 1870's, but today, in 2007, it's downright antiquated. Don't believe me? Just ask your doctor about "mind-body medicine" and watch the condemnations roll off his tongue. M.D. |
Devra Davis
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| The cigarettes people smoked in the 1920s and 1930s, industry officials claimed, were formulated differently and thus not useful in assessing the health effects of those smoked today. They had no basis for saying this, and anyway the argument was made moot by other studies that looked forward, following matched groups of smokers and nonsmokers to see what happened to them. These so-called prospective studies also found increased rates of lung cancer in those who smoked the longest. |
| That law would include a provision for an Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), with a "mission to prevent or mitigate adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life resulting from environmental exposure to hazardous substances." It was up to the Senate to set up a system to make it harder for people to commit environmental crimes in the future and to provide government authority to evaluate public health threats posed by hazardous wastes. Left out of consideration at the time was whether or how to provide funds to those who had been harmed. |
| He insisted that we include a warning, which he crafted with unusual poignancy:
It should be recognized that if exposure [to wastes] becomes general and almost uniform, current epidemiologic techniques will not be able to ascertain any related health effects. There is a window of opportunity to initiate studies in areas where groundwater pollution has remained high and localized. There is also an important opportunity for prevention that could forestall major public health problems in the future. |
| The UTSPH team evaluated 652 household-response forms for various health effects. Respondents reported 121 pregnancies, of which twenty-five (20.7 percent) ended in spontaneous abortion. They also evaluated the rates of reported birth defects and used data obtained from the CDC Congenital Malformations Surveillance Report to estimate expected rates. Among the ninety-six live births, eighteen (19 percent) were reported to have had congenital abnormalities. The investigators attempted to correct for recall bias by using a conservative risk estimate. |
| First, prior to the health survey, extensive media coverage about the site included anecdotal reports about adverse health effects. This may have biased interview responses. Second, the survey was conducted by volunteers and the response rate was low, leading to the possible biases. While there was some attempt to standardize the questioning procedure, there was no recording of home visits and outcomes or of attendance at training sessions. Volunteers may have been especially diligent in seeking positive responses, which would enhance the potential for recall bias. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| Despite popular opinion, overwhelming research suggests that moderate coffee and caffeine consumption causes no adverse health effects.
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Jeff Volek, R.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.N.
Jeff Volek is an assistant professor in the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of Connecticut. He's one of the few nutritionists I know who is also a terrific athlete. He holds numerous degrees, including a master's and a Ph.D. in kinesiology, and serves on the editorial board of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise and the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 More details on the plastics question
There is increasing concern today about the health effects of eating foods or drinking liquids packaged in plastic. Since most pomegranate juices are packaged in plastic bottles, this is a reasonable concern.
The offending chemical usually cited in this context is bisphenol-A, a hormone mimicker. Many health experts believe that the rise on hormone-related cancers in western societies today is due, in part, to all of the synthetic hormone-like chemicals found in foods, drugs and packaging. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 Potential health effects of the dietary flavonol quercetin. Eur J Clin Nutr; 50(2):63-71. 1996
Lanza F, Beretz A, Stierle A et al. Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitors prevent aggregation of human platelets by raising cyclic AMP and reducing cytoplasmic free calcium mobilization. Thrombosis Res; 45(5):477-484. 1987
Laughton MJ, Evans PA, Moroney MA et al. Inhibition of nammalian 5-lipoxygenase and cyclo-oxygenase by flavonoids ind phenolic dietary additives. Biochem Pharmacol; 42(9): 1673-681. 1991
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Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 Research shows that one of the most vital elements in reducing the negative health effects of stress is to have strong social networks. So gossiping, playing poker, having girlfriend spa days, playing golf, and going to happy hour aren't all just fun and games. They're mental medicine. So are religious and church groups. We recommend that you talk to friends or extended family daily as a way to strengthen those networks. Of course, your posse isn't just good for managing chronic stress. In periods of major stress, they can be the anchor you need when you're rocking in stormy seas. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| Feb 2000
FDA White Paper. health effects of androstenedione. March 11, 2004. Available at: http /www.fda.gov/oc/whitepapers/andro.html. Accessed 7/30/04
Josefson D: Concern raised about performance enhancing drugs in the US. BMJ; 317(7160):702. 1998
Kachhi PN, Henderson SO: Priapism after androstenedione intake for athletic performance enhancement. Ann Emerg Med; 35(4):391-393. 2000
Kicman AT, Bassindale T, Cowan DA et al: Effect of androstenedione ingestion on plasma testosterone in young women. Clinical Chemistry; 49:167-169. |
Ray D. Strand
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 What a dramatic change occurred during the two hours people commuted to their jobs.
The health effects of air pollution have caused significant concern. Air pollution contains ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and several hydrocarbon molecules, all of which generate a significant amount of free radicals. When you are exposed to these toxins day in and day out, they have a major effect on your health. Air pollution has been implicated in the causes of asthma, chronic bronchitis, heart attacks, and even cancer. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 But did you ever wonder about the health effects of all the mercury being put into the mouths of children and adults in the form of mercury fillings? (Dentists call them "silver fillings" to conceal the fact that they're made with about 40% mercury.)
Thanks to the continued promotion of mercury fillings by the American Dental Association and conventional dentists, consumers continue to be poisoned by this heavy metal that's intentionally placed into their mouths. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The 300+ synthetic chemicals now found in the blood of nearly everyone are completely harmless and have no negative health effects.
The FDA is incapable of making mistakes, and therefore, drug companies should be granted full immunity against consumer lawsuits surrounding the injuries and deaths caused by FDA-approved pharmaceuticals. It is impossible for an FDA-approved drug to cause the death of anyone, because the FDA is infallible.
There is no need to safety test chemicals used in cosmetics and personal care products because the skin doesn't absorb chemicals. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 We know that the average American carries more than a hundred chemicals in his or her body, yet we can only guess what the long-term health effects are from living with this toxic cocktail of chemicals. We remain caught in the paralysis of analysis.
I often wonder if in seventy years we will have classrooms of students grilling teachers as to why their grandparents and great-grandparents—you and me—weren't more concerned about toxic contamination and the immune system. Didn't we see what we were doing to ourselves, to our foods and water, to future generations, to our children? |
Ron Garner
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 When sound, uninfected, natural teeth, or other sterile objects were implanted in animals, no adverse health effects were experienced.
When a tooth begins to decay and a cavity is formed, a hole is created in the outer hard layers of the tooth, and decay spreads into the dentin. When decay spreads into the pulp, the only way to save the tooth is to remove the remaining pulp down to the bottom of the roots, and pack the resulting spaces with a filling compound. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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| Interestingly, we can turn to Europe to explore the detrimental health effects of geopathic stress. The reality of such fields is much more accepted, and thus more widely studied, there than it is in the United States. Part of the reason for this wider acceptance is that dowsing?the ancient art of using rods, pendulums, or other implements to detect the subtle shifts in underground energies, particularly those associated with caverns, mineral deposits, and certain types of watercourses?enjoys widespread practice throughout Europe even today. |
| Although the jury remains out on the overall health effects of magnetic fields, NES research has shown that for ideal bioenergetic health, it is best if your body-field is in alignment with Earth's Big Field, including the magnetic polar axis.
THE POLARITY FIELD
In NES, the term polarity refers to a negatively charged electrostatic field that permeates the physical body, forming in part from the overall biological and energetic activity of the body and playing a vital role in the formation and functioning of the human body-field. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It's also difficult to experience any health effects from this water if you're already healthy. This is one of the challenges I often face in trying new health-related products: Since I'm not suffering from any disease or nutritional deficiency, it's often very difficult for me to feel any significant difference in such products, whereas other people who are in a worse state of general health might notice a huge difference. So I can't say that I felt any more energy or clarity after drinking this water, but that might simply be because I feel a lot of energy and clarity on a daily basis anyway. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| However, the benefits of consuming these superfruits far outweighs the health effects of trace pesticide consumption, in my opinion, so from a personal perspective, you're still protecting your health with these juice products even if you consume some pesticide residues. For the record, I do not support pesticide use in agriculture and I believe that consumers should buy organic products whenever possible.
4. Some of the healthiest products taste the most bitter. The best-tasting products likely use filler juices such as apple juice and grape juice (which tastes sugary!). |
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