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Too Profitable to Cure

Brent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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When the A and B strands of human insulin are twisted (wrapped) to form the hormone molecule insulin, a cystine bridge is formed between a specific amino acid on the A strand and a specific amino acid on the B strand. The disulfide that completes this bonding bridge between the amino acids, has 15 possible chemical positions along and A and B strands. The A and B chains are bonded by two cystine bridges with one bridge located on the A chain for a total of three bridges. Six residues (amino acids) are found in the two (A and B) chains.

New "Juice Feasting" Emerging as Phytonutrient-Rich Disease-Fighting Nutritional System

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Population studies have linked fruit and vegetable consumption with lowering the risk for chronic diseases including specific cancers and heart disease. However, media and consumer interest in phytonutrients and functional foods is far ahead of established proof that documents the health benefits of these foods or food components for humans. Phytonutrients research is experiencing remarkable growth. Hopefully, more specific information on phytonutrient consumption and human health will be forthcoming in the near future.

Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown

David Steinman
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In-utero exposure to organic solvents is associated with poorer performance on some specific subtle measures of neu-rocognitive function, language, and behavior," they concluded. "Reducing exposure in pregnancy is merited until more refined risk assessment is possible." The study's authors classified both the tested and observed differences between the two groups of children as "subtle," and noted that their research did not attempt to determine how much exposure and what specific solvents caused which kinds of impairment.

From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life

C. W. Randolph, M.D.
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These hormones travel through the bloodstream to fit into specific hormone receptor sites located throughout your body and brain. Each hormone receptor site will recognize the specific molecular structure of only a single type of hormone. This means that a receptor site for progesterone will not recognize estrogen or testosterone; it will recognize only the molecular structure of progesterone. Natural human hormones attach to their receptor sites like keys fitting into locks. The chemical term for this key-and-lock phenomenon is relative binding affinity (RBA).

NewsTarget launches citizen journalism program, invites writers to contribute articles for publication

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The more articles you contribute to NewsTarget, the more Adsense earnings you will accumulate over time. specific earning levels are not guaranteed, and they may vary widely based on the topics you're writing about, the quality of your writing, the behavior of readers, and so on. The kind of writing we are seeking is news reporting on specific topics. We are not looking for opinion pieces or satire pieces, only fact-based reporting on current events. Articles should be a minimum of 400 words long, and can be up to 2000 words.

Too Profitable to Cure

Brent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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When the A and B strands of human insulin are twisted (wrapped) to form the hormone molecule insulin, a cystine bridge is formed between a specific amino acid on the A strand and a specific amino acid on the B strand. The disulfide that completes this bonding bridge between the amino acids, has 15 possible chemical positions along and A and B strands. The A and B chains are bonded by two cystine bridges with one bridge located on the A chain for a total of three bridges. Six residues (amino acids) are found in the two (A and B) chains.

Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind

Henry Hobhouse
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Or is addiction genetically particular to a specific drug? Alternatively, can a genetic predisposition become activated by a specific substance? A further hypothetical area for study would be whether genetic bias can be precise rather than general, and whether a tendency to specific (as opposed to general) addiction can be inherited. 6 Drugs have come to dominate crime, especially violent crime, in the streets of the First World and drug-related offenses are responsible for at least half the prisoners in detention in most Western countries. In turn, few if any prisons are drug-free.

Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good

Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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Before we get to the specific ways in which you take your diet to the next level so your genes know that you deserve to live a long, long life blessed with robust health, you now know me well enough to not be surprised that first I have to explain the scientific underpinnings. Some of this is a bit complicated, but I'll make it as simple as possible, so please stay with me. It's vitally important for you to understand the "why" so that you can concentrate on the "how" that follows. Specifically, you need to understand the role that horme-sis plays in activating your longevity program.

Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food

Ann N. Martin
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Ask for more specific information, such as, "Do you use human-grade ingredients?" If the company cannot provide satisfactory information, don't feed it to your pet. Depending on your level of concern, you may ask some or all of the following questions. Questions About Protein 1. What parts of the animal are used in your food product? 2. Is the meat coming from federally inspected facilities? 3. Is the meat inspected and approved as fit for human consumption? 4. Is the meat denatured in any way? 5. What preservatives are used on the meat? 6.

Interview: Medicinal mushroom expert Mark Kaylor discusses maitake and reishi mushrooms, cancer, syndrome X and integrative medicine

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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They also are very specific for allergies and seasonal allergies, because of the inflammatory response often in the membranes of your nose and throughout other parts of the body. Reishi is very effective for that and certainly anti-inflammatory. Mike: Interesting. Products that people can look for in the health food stores are the D-fraction? Is that the number one? Kaylor: If you're concerned about immune health, whether it's because of a disease or you just know it runs in the family, the maitake D-fraction is a product specifically for that, for boosting immune response.

Vitamins and Minerals Demystified

Dr. Steve Blake
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Once in the blood, transport of vitamin B12 is dependent on specific binding proteins. Circulating vitamin B12 is recovered by the liver and returned to the intestines in bile. Most of this vitamin B12 is reabsorbed from the intestines. Because of this efficient recycling, most people do not develop a deficiency, even with minimal intake.
Figure 1-7 Riboflavin is needed for energy production in the cell. No specific disease is caused by riboflavin deficiency. However, riboflavin deficiency can cause inflammation of the membranes of the eyes, the mouth, the skin, and the gastrointestinal tract. This condition is called ariboflavinosis (the prefix "a-" means without and the suffix "-osis" means disease). Riboflavin deficiency also can cause sensitivity to light. Cracks on the side of the mouth are another possible sign of riboflavin deficiency.

What If Medicine Disappeared?

Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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The joke, which is probably not funny, nicely illustrates the so-called anatomo-clinical gaze, in which physicians believe that pain is associated with a specific body site. What if we were to edit the joke and for the word "head" substitute the word "mind?" This changes everything. Instead of being associated with a body part, pain is now expressed independently of any organ, structure, or tissue—and also independently of clear definition. For who can adequately define "mind," let alone appreciate its very great mystery? Surely the task is beyond this book, and perhaps beyond any tome.
Without a diagnostic category, there is no disease and therefore no need for treatment; with one, there may be a designer drug that was created just for the amelioration of that specific ailment.22 In sum, DSM named things, and named them with authority. This is an achievement that cannot be ovetestimated. Sociologists understand that without a name, a phenomenon—real or not—has no social or cultural existence. It cannot even be referred to in ordinary conversation, let alone submitted for an insurance claim.

Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods

Jeffrey M. Smith
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In October 2005, Wayne Parrot compiled 60 abstracts entitled, "General Safety and Safety Assessment of specific Genetically Modified Crops from Scientific Journal Articles."8 The list was presented to the minister for agriculture and food in the government of western Australia as evidence that sufficient research had been conducted to conclude that GM food was safe. According to an analysis by epidemiologist Judy Carman, "A review of these abstracts found that most were animal production studies.... In fact, only nine abstracts could be considered to contain measures applicable to human health.

Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food

Ann N. Martin
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PFI has not answered these specific questions. In 1990 when I began investigating the ingredients used in commercial pet food, a veterinarian in the United States advised me that the use of pets in pet food was routine practice. Rendering is a cheap viable means of disposal for euthanized pets. Pets are mixed with other materials, including condemned material from slaughterhouse facilities, rotten meat from supermarket shelves, restaurant grease and garbage, "4-D" (dead, diseased, dying, and disabled) animals, roadkill, and zoo animals.

What If Medicine Disappeared?

Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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Thus, in five decades the number of specific diagnoses has tripled. One psychiatrist critic offered two hypotheses to explain the growth of the DSM: that with advances in medical science, we can now "identify mental illnesses that were there all along, but went unrecognized" because of our "primitive knowledge"; alternatively, "we are witnessing the expansion of mental health professions, which label as mental disorders human behaviors that only four decades ago were considered either medical disorders or routine difficulties of ordinary life.
Very clear and specific standards and targets need to be set for interpretation of mammography," said the study's lead author. "Radiologists who perform outside acceptable ranges need to be told: 'that's not acceptable.'"37 We are not saying that a substantial proportion of physicians are incompetent. What we are saying is that the competence of physicians, even specialists, cannot be assumed as a given. 2. Does Screening Improve Prognosis? The question is fundamental. Diagnosis has value, but not in and of itself.

Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods

Jeffrey M. Smith
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Once it is functioning in the plant genome, that specific sequence from the bacterium causes the plant to grow tumors. Genetic engineers, however, replace the tumor-creating section of the bacterial DNA with one or more genes. The newly-equipped bacterium "infects" the plant's DNA with those foreign transgenes instead. (The bacterium uses its circular "plasmid" DNA to infect plants.) The second method of gene insertion uses a gene gun, or particle insertion method. Scientists coat millions of particles of tungsten or gold with gene cassettes and then shoot these into millions of plant cells.
According to a UK government funded study, changes "to a specific biochemical pathway can result in unintended effects to related and unrelated pathways."88 This can be triggered by the GM protein and by unintended changes in gene expression due to genetic engineering. Toxins may increase "Most of mankind's staple food plants were once low yield and very pest resistant," says microbiologist Mark Rasmus-sen. "Pest resistance was due to the presence of a wide array of defensive chemical compounds within the plant.

What If Medicine Disappeared?

Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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Your PSA, that's 'prostate specific antigen,'" she said didactically, "is a little high." I knew something about the test's unreliability, but that was intellectual stuff. " It's a test we use to detect prostate cancer," she continued, "but it's probably nothing to worry about." It all began innocently enough. I had gone to my internist with a minor complaint, a cough or something like that, probably treated with some antibiotic, though I don't remember. "When was your last physical?" she asked.
Either one was mentally ill, in which case a specific and unique diagnosis was necessary, or one was not mentally ill. "Each of the mental disorders," according to the editors is conceptualized as a clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome... associated with either a painful symptom (distress) or impairment in one or more areas of functioning (disability)____There is behavioral, psychological, or biological dysfunction... the disturbance is not only in the relationship between the individual and society.

The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell
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The bold and truly epoch-making writings of the psychoanalysts are indispensable to the student of mythology; for, whatever may be thought of the detailed and sometimes contradictory interpretations of specific cases and problems, Freud, Jung, and their followers have demonstrated irrefutably that the logic, the heroes, and the deeds of myth survive into modern times. In the absence of an effective general mythology, each of us has his private, unrecognized, rudimentary, yet secretly potent pantheon of dream.

Vitamins and Minerals Demystified

Dr. Steve Blake
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Vitamin B12 is bound to protein in food Hydrochloric acid | Pepsin Transport in blood needs a specific binding protein Absorbed into Blood <- Vitamin B12 Vitamin '12 Intrinsic Factor Intrinsic factor is needed to absorb Vitamin B12 Figure 1-22 Assimilation of cobalamin. DEFICIENCY OF VITAMIN B12 Deficiency of vitamin B12 is not usually from lack of intake, but rather from lack of absorption. Inadequate hydrochloric acid in the stomach will prevent vitamin B12 from being released from dietary proteins so it cannot be utilized. Lack of intrinsic factor can also prevent absorption.

Hunger Free Forever: The New Science of Appetite Control

Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
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Be specific. The clearer your goal is defined, the more likely you are to reach it. What is the exact weight you desire? What are the body fat percentage or measurements you desire? Clearly define what it is you want to achieve. 4. State the goal in present tense, not future tense. In order to reach your goal, you have to believe you have already attained it. As noted psychologist Dr. Wayne Dyer says "You'll see it, when you believe it." You must literally program yourself to achieve the goal. See and feel yourself having already achieved the goal and success will be yours.
Extreme or prolonged stress results in the final stage of the general adaptation syndrome, exhaustion, which may manifest as a partial or total collapse of a body function or specific organ. Two of the major causes of exhaustion are loss of potassium ions and depletion of adrenal hormones like DHEA and Cortisol. Loss of potassium results in cellular dysfunction and, if it is severe, cell death. Lower levels of DHEA and Cortisol are associated, with extreme fatigue, impaired blood sugar control, and a diminished response to stress.
By focusing on eating strategies rather than a specific diet, our program becomes an acceptable, long-term way of life rather than something that you endure for a few weeks and then forget as you migrate back to your old habits once again. Instead, once you have your appetite under control with the Hunger Free Forever program, you can make other sensible changes in your lifestyle habits and behaviors to help you gain healthy control over your weight as a way of life. Appetite reflects a very complex system that has evolved to help humans deal with food shortages.
And, although there may or may not be a specific fat gene, the tendency to be overweight is definitely magnified by the presence of obesity in our parents. If one of our parents was obese, we have an uphill battle in life with obesity. If both parents were obese, it is an uphill battle with a fifty-pound backpack—a little harder, but not impossible. Like most health conditions, however, while there may be a genetic tendency toward obesity or thinness, environmental and dietary factors are more important. For an example, let's take a look at the case of the Pima Indians.

Interview: Medicinal mushroom expert Mark Kaylor discusses maitake and reishi mushrooms, cancer, syndrome X and integrative medicine

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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So that's very specific. They also are very specific for allergies and seasonal allergies, because of the inflammatory response often in the membranes of your nose and throughout other parts of the body. Reishi is very effective for that and certainly anti-inflammatory. Mike: Interesting. Products that people can look for in the health food stores are the D-fraction? Is that the number one?

Hunger Free Forever: The New Science of Appetite Control

Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
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Unlike all of the popular diets, we reveal specific eating strategies and appetite-reducing discoveries that eliminate unhealthy food cravings and create a high level of satiety even with significant reductions in caloric intake. Just think about it: If you feel satisfied, eating fewer calories is not deprivation. In fact, followers of our program gain an even greater appreciation and love for food. By retraining appetite and metabolism, you can change your relationship with food from unhealthy and excessive to healthy and moderate. It is a liberating experience.

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