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How to be a skeptical health consumer and avoid bad health advice Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

By applying these two rules, you can weed out perhaps 90% of all the bad health advice out there (like the absurd Food Guide Pyramid constructed by the USDA in order to sell more agricultural products) and educate yourself with the remaining 10%. In short order, you'll be healthier than 90% of the population -- the same 90% that still listen to the advice of their doctor and believe everything they hear in televised drug ads, by the way.

Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 Bottom Line Health See book keywords and concepts

What does a medical consumer do when new scientific research contradicts long-standing health advice? In previous years, we've confronted this problem as new major studies called into question the use of aspirin, sunscreen and vitamin E. Doctors were left scrambling, and consumers felt utterly confused. Because I advocate on behalf of medical consumers in all health matters, I followed up on these issues by reviewing the studies and consulting leading experts. Myfindings... •Aspirin.

The sunscreen myth: How sunscreen products actually promote cancer Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Does it really make any sense to get your health advice from a group of professionals who kill more Americans each year than all the terrorists have ever killed in the history of this country? Besides, doctors know that if they start recommending sunlight and vitamin D, they'll lose patients and profits because people will start getting well and have no need to keep visiting the doctor. Vitamin D, as you will learn in our free report, The Healing Power of Sunlight and Vitamin D, prevents not only cancer, but also diabetes, osteoporosis, depression, heart disease and obesity.

Why Doctors are Idiots: 150 Years of Disatrous Advice on Children's Health (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The scourge of modern medicine continues as corrupt, ignorant and downright incompetent doctors continue to harm millions of expectant mothers, infants, babies and children with their deadly Big Pharma chemicals and disastrous health advice. The reputation of doctors plummets in the minds of the American public, and most patients now turn to the Internet to find answers that their doctors either don't know or refuse to tell them. The mass exodus of patients away from conventional medicine is now well underway...

Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Just bear in mind that this isn't health advice.) Basic Supplementation: ¦ A high-quality, professional-grade multivitamin and mineral without iron (unless recommended by your doctor). To Aid in Alleviating Sugar Cravings: ¦ Chromium (in amino acid chelate form)—200 micrograms with breakfast, lunch, and dinner. High-quality, clean, professional-grade fish oil (from anchovy, sardine, mackerel, or cod)—one gram or one teaspoon per meal at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. L-glutamine powder—1 teaspoon (about two to three grams) morning, midday, and evening, mixed in a small amount of water.

Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

It just doesn't make sense to seek health advice from a so-called authority who can't, themselves, demonstrates a high degree of health. Would you take your car to a car mechanic who had to get a ride to work because his own car wouldn't start? Would you get your haircut from a person whose own hair looked like a ragged mop? Would you hire a web site designer whose own site looked awful? If you said no to these examples, then why on earth would you seek health advice from a person whose own health is anything other than stellar? You see, a piece of paper on the wall that says "M. D.

The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S. See book keywords and concepts

CHAPTER 9 Fish and Seafood Given how confusing and contradictory health advice from the "experts" can frequently be, it's refreshing to find a principle upon which absolutely everyone agrees. One such principle is to eat more vegetables and fruit. Another is that seafood is one of the healthiest foods on the planet. Fish in general is a high-protein, low-calorie food that provides a range of health benefits, but some fish are real superstars.

The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S. See book keywords and concepts

The problem isn't that there's an absence of research—it's that a great deal of this research flies under the radar screen of those whom we turn to for health advice (more on this later). But the research exists. I've found it, you can find it, and your doctor can find it. You just have to be open to looking at it. You'll find dozens and dozens of references to published studies throughout the text of this book. Now let me be fully frank—I wish the research were more definitive.

Food, Health, and Medicine For anyone interesting in digging deeper into the forces that shape how we look at medicine, food, and health in this country, here are some books that may forever change the way you see natural medicine, health advice, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, drug safety, and the business of drug (and food) marketing. Read them in the spirit of "information is power." Warning: Don't even dabble in these excellent books unless you're willing to have some cherished myths and beliefs about health and medicine challenged. The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney.

You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore Bill Sardi See book keywords and concepts

Smokers somehow felt conned. health advice to avoid smoking didn't cause smokers to back away from their habit, x-ray pictures of scarred lungs didn't frighten them away from their habit, nor did the testimony of the "Marlboro man" who developed lung cancer, but only when smokers realized they were being lied to, did many throw away their stash of tobacco. Not only do smokers vastly underestimate their risk for developing lung cancer, but surveys indicate more than half of smokers falsely believe exercise undoes most of the adverse effects of smoking.

Interview with David Wolfe on raw foods, the bird flu and herbal healing Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

With health advice, they have no idea what they're talking about. Usually with doctors, you can just look at them and say, "Hey, I don't want that guy to help. My God!" That is a great way to tell what advice is good and what advice is not. You just look at the person and say, "Hey, do I want to look like that, be like that, feel like that or have an aura and glow like that?" If the answer is yes, do what they're saying. If the answer is no, you've got to do something else.

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II See book keywords and concepts

James Anderson, who achieved profound results with many patients by prescribing a near-vegetarian diet, is not immune to habitual health advice. He writes, "Ideally diets providing 70% of calories as carbohydrate and up to 70 gm fiber daily offer the greatest health benefits for individuals with diabetes. However, these diets allow only one to two ounces of meat daily and are impractical for home use for many individuals."20 Why does Professor Anderson, a very fine researcher, say that such a diet is "impractical" and thereby prejudice his listeners before they even consider the evidence?

Natural Health Solutions Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

Maybe it's time we all stopped listening to diseased doctors and started getting our health advice from people who are healthy. So, those are my answers to the common criticisms that will be leveled against this book. There will be other critics who will no doubt come up with new ones, and I'm sure there are a few mistakes in this book, as there are in any book. But I assure you, they are unintentional, and the sole purpose of this book is to educate, inform, and help empower people with a sense of health freedom so that they can enhance their lives through the application of useful knowledge.

The Leptin Diet: How Fit Is Your Fat? Byron J. Richards See book keywords and concepts

Public health advice is so mired in confusion and political vested interests that we, as consumers, never know whether eating eggs is good or bad—or even if we are eating a high-quality egg. Yes, there are many factors in our day-to-day lives beyond our personal control—factors that cause significant distress to our metabolism and contribute directly to poor health and obesity. The general public, sitting in the middle of PR campaigns from competing interests, is confused, to say the least. What is real food? How do you extract energy and health from real food?

Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods The Editors of FC&A See book keywords and concepts

Be wary of these popular myths It bombards you every day from your newspapers, magazines, and neighbors - the latest, greatest health advice. But many times, following it may actually put you more at risk for health problems, including kidney stones. Myth 1: A high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet is a healthy way to lose weight. "This type of diet increases the propensity to develop kidney stones," says Dr. Chia-Ying Wang, a professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Natural Health Solutions Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

Those critics are fools, and anyone who listens to the health advice of an unhealthy Doctors tend to be great technicians and lousy healers. - Deepak Chopra A teacher of health must first demonstrate credibility through personal health levels Health Measurement Recommended Ranges Mike Adams' Score Body Fat American Council on Exercise for Male Athletes: 6-13% 10.

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

Kelly Hayford has the ability and insight — borne of her own personal victory over ill-health — to reconnect us with our natural state. Her health advice is built upon common sense and the power of nature and real foods to heal, prevent illness and perpetuate vitality. Kelly Hayford bestows upon us, in complete candor, the invaluable paradigm of the Natural Healthcare Revolution: To overcome our health problems, we must embrace a lifestyle change, not a treatment method. Natural healthcare resonates with our biological, emotional, mental and spiritual needs.

Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda Jacky Law See book keywords and concepts

Official health advice, for example, included not having sex with Americans, so little was known about it. And ambulance men could be seen wearing full 'spacesuit' protection when dealing with patients suspected of carrying the mystery plague. Stewart had been living with AIDS for some years and just moved into a brand new and unusually bright basement flat in Hammersmith. He was a skinny guy in his 20s with a toothy smile and a face covered in the purple blotches characteristic of Kaposi's sarcoma, a skin cancer common in AIDS patients.

Sensible sunlight exposure prevents skin cancer; findings baffle old school doctors Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

How's that for lousy health advice? You see, milk doesn't really have much vitamin D in it, especially if it's offered in those typical translucent containers, because light destroys the vitamin D content. Also, this whole line of thinking by conventional medicine misses the point that there may be other characteristics of sunlight that encourage human health aside from just vitamin D. In other words, there's a lot more going on here. There is probably a phototherapy effect that goes well beyond the biochemistry of vitamin D production.

Interview with David Wolfe on raw foods, the bird flu and herbal healing Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

With health advice, they have no idea what they're talking about. Usually with doctors, you can just look at them and say, "Hey, I don't want that guy to help. My God!" That is a great way to tell what advice is good and what advice is not. You just look at the person and say, "Hey, do I want to look like that, be like that, feel like that or have an aura and glow like that?" If the answer is yes, do what they're saying. If the answer is no, you've got to do something else.

NewsTarget survey results, part 2: Healthy actions = healthy results Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Just by following this basic health advice, almost 50 percent of our readers are reversing depression and improving their outlook on life. I think that's a phenomenal number, and I know that if the antidepressant drug manufacturers could see this report, they would be alarmed to learn that simple, open-source health information is helping people overcome depression without dangerous, expensive prescription drugs. Eleven point six percent reported receiving praise from their doctor for making positive health changes.

Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

If you said no to these examples, then why on earth would you seek health advice from a person whose own health is anything other than stellar? You see, a piece of paper on the wall that says "M. D." can't give a person the knowledge and wisdom to be healthy. The healthiest healers I know have no such credentials, and they don't need them. Walk into any Chinese herbalist shop in any city anywhere in the world, and you're likely to find people who are in a high state of health. You won't see some obese Chinese doctor behind the counter, hawking the latest prescription drug.

Product review: AstaFactor Salmon Essentials with salmon oil and astaxanthin Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

So I take all the salmon oil and astaxanthin I want, and I personally would never ask for health advice from an M.D. They're more likely to tell me, "Don't bother with that salmon oil, we have DRUGS that are better!" But then again, that's my own personal approach, and unless you're trained in nutrition, you're probably better off seeking professional advice. Pharmaceuticals vs. nutritional supplements You may wonder about the name, "Mera Pharmaceuticals." This is a company that could have gone either way in terms of providing medicinal substances to the market.

Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals: A Handbook for Practice on a Scientific Basis Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier See book keywords and concepts

In summary, it can be said that the possibilities of treatment with herbal drugs are limited for a number of reasons: for a range of diseases such as severe cardiac insufficiency, tumors, infectious diseases, diabetes, and others, herbal drugs are not adequate remedies, even though such assertions are made in some "health advice" brochures and magazine articles. In a range of further cases, they only find use as a supportive therapy for the actual medical treatment, for which they are, however, of value.

Food industry giants had big hand in writing US dietary guidelines; nutrition experts bewildered by useless advice Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: It's all just another chapter in the history of food politics: food industry giants lobby government departments to make sure their health advice is so watered down as to be meaningless. The USDA, for example, doesn't even have the political courage to admit that drinking soft drinks causes diabetes and obesity (thanks to the lobbying efforts of the soft drink industry).

Stop the Medicine! A Medical Doctor's Miraculous Recovery with Natural Healing Cynthia A. Foster, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Doctors have no idea how to care for their bodies in order to live, but yet somehow the entire population relies on them to give out health advice. What is the old adage - "Do as I say and not as I do?" Some amazing events happened on this rotation. One was that I saw ultrasounds being performed that showed the tiny image of a baby. I could see the tiny arms and legs, and we always questioned whether the protrusion was a penis or part of the umbilical cord. This would be a very important fact to relay to the parents. Life is such a miracle.

PowerFoods: Good Food, Good Health with Phytochemicals, Nature's Own Energy Boosters Stephanie Beling See book keywords and concepts

We can satisfy our curiosity about the latest health advice or nutritional news by calling up, reading up, tuning in, or logging on. Yet in the face of these opportunities, Americans suffer chronic degenerative diseases to an extent that is unique in history and beyond the incidence of such diseases in other, less developed countries. We are gravely ill to the tune of 1.2 million cancer diagnoses a year, four million individuals disabled from arthritis, some 16 million ill with diabetes—even if about half of them do not know it.

Feed Your Body Right: Understanding Your Individual Body Chemistry for Proper Nutrition Without Guesswork Lendon H. Smith, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Most of them were stiff, sore, and moved slowly, but they were alive and their long-term memory was intact. The health advice in those early days of the 20th century had our grandparents believing that we must sleep with the windows open, drink three glasses of pure spring water daily, walk in the fresh air for thirty minutes daily, keep the bowels open, and have no negative thoughts. (Dancing, however, was thought to produce pelvic congestion and increase the risk of sterility for both male and female!

The Practical Encyclopedia of Natural Healing Mark Bricklin See book keywords and concepts

Kloss wrote with a passionate conviction; not surprisingly, you will find in Kloss's dietary and general health advice many passages that seem arbitrary, outdated, excessively emphatic or simply incorrect. On the other hand, the hundreds of herbal remedies, and especially the combination herbal therapies that Kloss presents, are a goldmine of potential usefulness. Kloss is one of the few herbal writers who actually practiced this art extensively. At various times in his life, he seems to have been not only an herbalist, but a medical assistant as well.

Prevention's Healing With Vitamins : The Most Effective Vitamin and Mineral Treatments for Everyday Health Problems and Serious Disease The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books See book keywords and concepts

Studies show that before atherosclerosis can occur, LDL cholesterol, the "bad" kind, has to undergo When it comes to smoking, the health advice is clear: Don't do it. But if you're still lighting up, one of the best ways to help protect yourself is by improving your diet. Here's how. Eat fruits and veggies. "The evidence overwhelmingly shows that people who eat high levels of fruits and vegetables have lower rates of cancer," says Eric Rimm, Sc.D., assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health.

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