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FDA announces suspension of english language (humor) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: The FDA's Ministry of Language today announced that the english language has been suspended. From now on, all words will only mean what the FDA declares they should mean. The word, "Pasteurization," for example, will now mean any process used to kill microorganisms, including irradiation, spraying toxic chemicals and launching foods into the dark vacuum of space where they explode like Gallagher's watermelons. Please disregard all previous definitions of words. They no longer apply in the world of FDA newspeak.

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED" shall be banned from the english language, as the phrase only misleads consumers. From now on, "genetically engineered" shall be replaced with the word, "organic." Additional language rules According go these new FDA rules, nutritional supplement companies are hereby banned from using verbs. This is to prevent them from making unsubstantiated claims that involve worlds like, "prevents" or "cures." All supplement companies shall be restricted to using only nouns, pronouns, adverbs and adjectives.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST" shall be banned from the english language entirely, since there is no such thing as any conflict of interest at the FDA or anywhere in medicine. "SAFE" shall mean any drug that makes at least a billion dollars in profit while killing less than a hundred thousand Americans each year. "SCIENTIFIC" shall mean any opinion statement or fraudulent statistical distortion that supports the definition of "safe," above. "PROVEN" shall mean any finding that is supported by a majority vote of corrupt FDA decision makers.

The Almond Board of California has also joined the effort to suspend the english language. They are starting with the word, "raw," which the Almond Board insists should now mean heating almonds to a high temperature for a duration sufficient to kill virtually all microorganisms that might be hitching a ride on the almonds. This concept was formally known to rational people as "pasteurization," but will now be called "raw" according to USDA regulations.

Again, please disregard the definitions of all words in the english language. Words are meaningless now in the food and drug industries. They only mean what their promoters want them to mean. Please note that all definitions are subject to change at any time, including the word "definition," which the FDA has threatened to change to mean, "the act of kissing one's own ass," which means that asking anyone for the definition of any word would be tantamount to a proposition bordering on sexual harassment.

Please disregard the word "organic" The USDA has joined with the FDA in its effort to suspend the english language and has announced that the word "organic" will no longer mean anything associated with what most people think of when they formerly used the word organic. Instead, it will mean any food product that was manufactured with the intention of selling it to organic consumers, regardless of whether or not the product itself was farmed and harvested using methods previously known as "organic.

How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace Paul D. Blanc, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

It was the British rubber industry that gave the english language its first use of the word gassed in its true modern sense, when an 1889 article in the Liverpool Daily Post noted that "gassed was the term used in the india-rubber business, and it meant dazed."39 Even in his very first report on the subject, Delpech recommended that carbon disulfide vulcanization be completely forbidden in small rooms. For larger facrories, he proposed that ditect contact with the toxin should be reduced if it could not be eliminated.

The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine Anne Harrington See book keywords and concepts

James Ward) —Webster's New International Dictionary of the english language, 1930 edition jk M r. Wright was a very sick man. He had been admitted to the I \ / 1 nospital with a diagnosis of lymphosarcoma, cancer of the JL T Jl lymph nodes. Tumors, some the size of oranges, infested his neck, groin, and armpits. He was on oxygen and sedatives, and when his cancer ceased to respond to any conventional therapies, his doctors gave up all hope of a recovery. He had not given up hope himself, however.

You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Major Ager Stem Cell Slowdown What You Caw Learn—and Use— from Stew Cells to Keep Your Body Strong Say the words stem cell and you've triggered almost as much controversy as any other two words in the english language (besides maybe Barry and Bonds). While some may argue that you can't strip away the moral issues from the science of stem cell research for the study of aging, the fact is, that's exactly what we're going to do.

The idiot's guide to pronouncing "nuclear" and other difficult words (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

And if you're butchering the english language in your own head with words like "New-Cue-Ler" and "Cal-va-ry" then chances are the lights are pretty dim in there. And while you may not be able to upgrade your actual I.Q., you can at least create the illusion of intelligence by practicing the correct pronunciation of these common words and phrases. Fool your friends! Impress your family! Master your native tongue! Or, at the very least, avoiding speaking like a fool.

PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition Thomson Healthcare, Inc. See book keywords and concepts

A total of 43 trials from the search of MEDLINE and the Cochrane Controlled Clinical Trials Register Database between 1966 and October 2005, as well as other databases, met inclusion criteria such as english language, double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled. There were 10 trials of clonidine, 6 trials of other prescribed medications, and 17 of of isoflavone > extracts—six trials of which used Red Clover isoflavone extracts (genistein, daidzein, formononetin, biochanin).

Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind Henry Hobhouse See book keywords and concepts

They were cannibals, and gave the english language that word by corruption and as a pun, "caribal" being transduced into "cannibal" in allusion to the canine voracity of the race. They needed animal protein, refused vegetables, and probably came from the very middle of Brazil, migrating to the Caribbean in continual search of meat, which they preferred to be hunted, not domesticated. Like the Arawaks, they objected to their harsh treatment as slaves, and many of them either pined or contracted white man's diseases and subsequently died.

America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived Dr. Timothy Scott See book keywords and concepts

A Canadian research team examined virtually all the research published in english language medical journals over a 19-month period, recording each author's position on one type of drug. The authors were then assigned to a favorable conclusions, a neutral conclusions or a critical conclusions group. They then contacted the authors of these published reports and made inquiries concerning any financial relationship they might have with the drug manufacturers. The results were dramatic.

In their study the authors looked at english language studies appearing between January 1980 and October 2002 which examined the financial relationship between drug companies, researchers and academic institutions. Their conclusions reveal how concerned we all should be: Strong and consistent evidence shows that industry-sponsored research tends to draw pro-industry conclusions. . . . Consistent evidence also demonstrated that industry ties are associated with both publication delays and data withholding.

The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D. See book keywords and concepts

Oysters have also appeared in the works of the some of the best writers in the english language, including William Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Jonathan Swift, and Ernest Hemingway. In North America, the great piles of oyster shells along many different areas of the shoreline attest to the voracious appetite for oysters shared by Native Americans on both coasts. On the East Coast, however, the early colonial settlers may have outdone even the local tribes. The colonists consumed oysters by the gross (144 at a time!

Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

I am essentially a God-fearing man, an avoider of obscenities, and a lover of the english language. On due reflection I was persuaded of the intrinsic value of this word and of its non-off ensiveness. The students have been encouraged to use it freely where clinically appropriate. Not unnaturally, there were a few titters; indeed it would be true to say there were even a few guffaws at first. But once the word had been used a few times, it came to sound natural and as unremarkable as any other suitable clinical term.

The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D. See book keywords and concepts

Animal research has reported antistress effects of Eleutherococcus senticosus (page 672) (also known as Siberian ginseng),109 and Russian research not available in the english language reportedly describes human studies showing similar effects in humans.110' 111 A double-blind study of healthy elderly people reported that those who took 60 drops per day of a eleuthero liquid extract (concentration not specified) scored higher in some quality-of-life measures after four weeks, but not after eight weeks, compared with a group taking a placebo.

Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill Kelly Patricia O'Meara See book keywords and concepts

Chapter Seven Something Wicked This Way Comes The late president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, aptly explained government intervention this way: "The nine most terrifying words in the english language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" Nowhere is this quote more appropriate than when applied to George W. Bush's President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFC).

America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived Dr. Timothy Scott See book keywords and concepts

His description of an ideal society he entitled Utopia and thereby added a new word to the english language. And yet in his book^4 Dialog of Comfort Against Tribulation (1553)2 he advises treating the mentally unstable with "betynge and correccyon." More describes his treatment of one unfortunate soul who came wandering to his door. Translating the English of his day into our vernacular, we read that the man was "taken by the constables and bound to a tree in the street before the whole town, and there they beat him with rods till he became weary. ...

If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! The No-nonsense Guide to an Eating-for-Health Lifestyle Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C. See book keywords and concepts

It is interesting to note that the words wholeness and health have the same meaning and same root in the english language. Identifying a whole food is easy. Just think of any food that is completely intact just as Mother Nature made it. Any produce, such as apples, broccoli or potatoes, whole grains such as brown rice, millet, or quinoa, vegetable proteins such as beans and legumes, animal proteins such as eggs, a piece of fish or meat. That's pretty much it, any food that is in its whole form containing all of its parts and nutrients.

What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

The Warning Letter ended on the laughable note that the FDA was getting tired of translating the Sandoz response letters from German and admonished: "Therefore, it will be necessary that you submit not only the original documents but an adequate and accurate translation of each document into the english language. Failure to submit such translations will prevent us from reviewing whatever response or submission you make.

Natural Health Solutions Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

As defined by the American Heritage Dictionary of the english language, terrorism is: The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons. So how has the FDA engaged in acts of terrorism? The FDA conducted an armed raid on the natural health clinic of Dr. Jonathan Wright.

The Missing Gene: Psychiatry, Heredity, and the Fruitless Search for Genes Jay Joseph See book keywords and concepts

On the basis of the historicla facts I have outlined, available in libraries and bookstores throughout the world in the english language, it is unfortunate that leading contemporary psychiatric geneticists such as Gottesman, Faraone, Tsuang, McGuffin, Farmer, and Kendler, who have written about the history of their discipline, have not come clean about the role that the founders of psychiatric genetics played in supporting massive forced eugenic sterilization programs and the murder of mental patients, and in helping lay the scientific groundwork for Nazi genocide.

Whole Foods Companion: A Guide For Adventurous Cooks, Curious Shoppers, and lovers of natural foods Dianne Onstad See book keywords and concepts

The English word salt comes from the Roman god of health, Salus, who gave to the english language such words as salutary, salute, and salvation. General Information One of the most traditional of food flavorings, sea salt contains about eighty necessary mineral elements, and in the proper proportions, since they occur in seawater and our blood. Refining this salt produces a table salt that is composed of 40 percent sodium and 60 percent chlotide.

Medical Herbalism: The Science Principles and Practices Of Herbal Medicine David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG See book keywords and concepts

The Collins Dictionary of the english language defines an herbalist as a person who grows, sells, collects, or specializes in the use of herbs, especially medicinal herbs. "Herbalist" was once the term used to describe botanists, although modern botanists would likely be offended! Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary defines herbalism as the "knowledge of herbs" and an herbalist as "one who grows, collects, or specializes in the use of herbs, especially medicinal herbs." A secondary definition refers to the herb doctor: "One who practices healing with herbs. Also called herbalist.

The Natural Medicine Guide to the 50 Most Common Medicinal Herbs Heather Boon, BScPhm, PhD and Michael Smith, BPharm, MRPharmS, ND See book keywords and concepts

Unfortunately, few have been translated into the english language. This monograph includes information from review articles (the review by Farnsworth is the most extensive encountered),2 as well as any original articles available in English. ADAPTOGENTIC ACTIVITY Historically, Siberian ginseng has been used as a general tonic, relying on its adaptogenic action. An adaptogen is thought to work in a non-specific manner, drawing the patient toward normal function, irrespective of the direction of the pathologic state.

Whole Foods Companion: A Guide For Adventurous Cooks, Curious Shoppers, and lovers of natural foods Dianne Onstad See book keywords and concepts

Kumquat trees were known to exist at least by the seventeenth century, when their name entered the english language in the form of "cam-quit," but the fruit was not introduced into Europe until 1846. In Western countries, kumquat plants used to be placed on the table at fashionable dinners so that guests could pick the small tasty fruit at will. Kumquat fruits are small (one to two inches in length), oblong or roundish, bright orange in color, and with the same kind of peel texture as that of citrus fruits.

The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes and Its Implications David Deutsch See book keywords and concepts

The common-sense concept of time that is assumed in the english language (based on Quirk et al., A Comprehensive Grammar of the english language, p. 175J. understand it. Therefore Quirk et al. are in no way to blame for the quality of the theory of time that they describe. They do not claim that it is a good theory. They claim only, and I think quite correctly, that it is our theory. Unfortunately it is not a good theory. To put it bluntly, the reason why the common-sense theory of time is inherently mysterious is that it is inherently nonsensical.

Breaking Out of Environmental Illness: Essential Reading for People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Allergies, and Chemical Sensitivities Robert Sampson, M.D. & Patricia Hughes, B.S.N. See book keywords and concepts

He compared this situation to that with the english language. You have a limited number of words in the english language, and you can put them together in many different ways to create the effect you want. Similarly, there is a limited amount of disease you can get, and you can play it out any way you want. We would like to think there is only one disease per one type of framework or one type of mindset, and that is not true. Trying to get some practical help, I asked about the itchy red rash which covered my legs, arms, trunk, and back.

Rational Phytotherapy: A Reference Guide for Physicians and Pharmacists volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel See book keywords and concepts

The meaning of the term tea gradually broadened in the english language, first referring to the dried tea leaf, then to the beverage brewed from it, and soon it was applied to all herbs from which potable infusions can be made. The meaning of the word in any given case is determined by the context or by explanatory modifiers such as black tea, linden blossom tea, or herbal breakfast tea.

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