Killer Milk

Milk and cookies make a great snack, right? Well, maybe not so much.
Besides the fact the cookies almost certainly have high fructose corn syrup in them, everyday milk is a killer. Literally.
I mean, you don't keel over right away, but take it from me, you're asking for trouble.
Here's the deal: Factory farms give hormones to their cows to force greater milk production. This changes the composition of the milk, reducing its nutritional value.
The hormones also give the cows mastitis. Not a problem! Just shoot 'em up with antibiotics. That's the ticket.
Well, actually, some mastitis-related pus gets left behind, but the heat of pasteurization kills those germs, right? It's starting to look like the answer to that question is 'no.' Pasteurization kills a lot of milk's nutritional value, but not all the pus toxins.
But our government in action jumps in to protect us-by limiting how much pus can be in our milk. It's still there. It still brings viruses to our table. But we can rest assured that the government's on the case.
End result? Regular grocery store milk retains hormones, antibiotics and pus for our dining pleasure.
Two glasses a day puts a man on the fast track for prostate cancer. Women head down the breast cancer track.
Why? Hormones in the milk dump bogus estrogen into our bodies. Chaos ensues. And when the dust settles, bogus estrogen has won the day-and that's what puts us on the road to endocrine cancers such as prostate and breast cancer.
At the very least, then, buy organic milk. It comes from cows who haven't been treated with hormones or antibiotics. Pasteurization still kills a lot of its nutritional value, though. Including enzymes that prevent lactose intolerance.
And buy whole-fat milk, for crying out loud. Dairy companies often add soy to low fat and no fat milk to raise the protein count. In lieu of my usual two-page rant about soy, I'll just mention that it's poison.
A recent study showed that kids who drank whole milk were leaner than those who chugged down the low/no fat stuff.
Our bodies need saturated fat and work a whole lot better when they get it. And the good news is when it comes to saturated fat, a calorie is not a calorie.
Saying all calories are the same uses logic instead of biochemistry. Our bodies work biochemically, not logically. Which is probably why doctors study science instead of philosophy. But I digress.
Raw milk is the real deal. The dairy industry, proud purveyors of pus, yell loud and long about how raw milk may contain bacteria and who knows what else. But it's only about the money, honey. Raw milk is certified for safety, which you can't say about factory farm milk.
No nutrition-killing pasteurization here, either. Back in the day, doctors ordered raw milk to heal the gastrointestinal system-which it still does. Anybody with touchy digestion might want to hunt some down.
Even better, raw milk comes from grass-fed cows, so it's high in the omega3 fats that bless our bodies so much. Milk from factory farms, including organic milk, is high in omega6 fats-which cause inflammation, the leading cause of dread diseases.
And raw milk doesn't give lactose intolerant folks stomach cramps or make them toot. Sweet!
One hiccup. Some Holsteins have been bred to give prodigious amounts of milk and, as a result, can require antibiotics. And since their milk's also weak in nutrition and low in natural fats, now we have to know the breed of cow. Sigh.
But it sure beats drinking milk that kills.

A drunk driver whacked Bette Dowdell's endocrine system, and she had to research her way out of the mess when doctors couldn't help. It took years. Now she uses her research to help others with a free, weekly e-zine that spells out what's good, what's bad and what's the difference.

Breaking The Food Addiction - Cancel the Cravings

One of the reasons you feel extra hungry when eating processed foods, aside from the fact that they are intentionally made to be addictive, is that they are depleted of any of their nutritional components. Your body alerts you to hunger because it needs nutrition. You can literally be obese and be "starving" your body to death if you're not taking in the nutrients your body needs in order to thrive. Supplements, while helpful in some cases, are not the answer to all nutritional deficiencies, eating right is.

The answer is to have an abundance of nutrient rich, delicious food on hand to eat when you are hungry. Honestly, no one ever got fat from eating too many fresh, organic, unaltered apples! When you feed your body food with nutrition in it, your body will quickly become accustomed to the fact that you are going to feed it real food (and nutrition!) that you'll start becoming full faster. Your body will be so satisfied that you are eating food that actually fills you up and provides everything you need for good health and energy, that you won't be hungry all the time any longer. Once this happens, thinness will become a natural byproduct because you won't overeat due to the compulsive, addictive behavior that the processed foods cause.

In addition, you won't even want those stale packaged foods anymore. If you do have an occasional slip up, you'll have one bite and not like it at all. Trust me on this. The fake food will taste too salty, too sweet, and too fake for your taste buds to enjoy. There really will come a day when you will crave fresh steamed broccoli over packaged fake cheese covered chopped broccoli. You might even enjoy the steamed broccoli more than you enjoy eating Twinkies.

I know it's hard to believe right now, but the truth is, this has been proven time and time again by people who cut out processed foods and excess sugars from their diet. Eating nutrient dense food is one of the most important components of weight management. It doesn't matter how much you weigh now, or who you are, if you eat a diet that is full of nutrients your body will not crave food as often, and it will become a normal weight. It won't happen overnight, but it will happen. The great thing is, it will feel like it's happening quite fast, because you won't be suffering from deprivation, hunger, or starvation.

Salt Your Way to Health

The human body was designed to crave and utilize salt, says David Brownstein, MD.

An article in The Journal of The American Medical Association (May 4, 2011. Vol. 305, N. 17) looked at the influence dietary salt had in cardiovascular disease. The authors studied 3681 subjects for a median of 7.9 years. What the researchers found made headlines in major newspapers.

The scientists reported that there was a direct, inverse linear correlation between the amount of salt ingested and the rate of cardiovascular deaths. What that means is that as salt intake went up, cardiovascular deaths went down. They stratified the subjects into three groups; a low, medium and high salt intake group. The death rates declined as the subjects ate more salt: from 4.1% in the lowest group to 1.9% in the medium group and 0.8% in the highest group. Read more

The Health Benefits of Blue-Green Algae

Edward Group discusses the health benefits of blue-green algae..

Simply stated, organic blue green algae is the single most nutrient dense food on the planet. You may have heard of algae such as blue green or Spirulina being touted as the world's best "super foods" due to their incredibly high concentration of proteins, vitamins and nutrients.

Two varieties – Spirulina and Aphanizomenon flos-aquae – are the most commonly-consumed forms of the microscopic plant. Not only does this algae super food increase endurance and stamina, but it also can be used to achieve deeper levels of mental balance and mood stability, as well as reduce overall levels of stress. Read more

How Much Nutrition Do You Really Need?

Bill Sardi discusses which nutrition chart you should rely upon, the RDA, RDI, AI, EAR or DV, or how much nuutrition do you really need?

It is so strange, in an era of overly processed foods and refined sugars, nutritionists continue to maintain the American diet is sufficient to meet the nutrient needs of Americans. This drivel continues despite the fact recent studies do not confirm the consumption of fruits and vegetables significantly reduces mortality rates for heart disease and cancer, the number one and two chronic diseases that drive mortality rates. Even the 9-13 servings of plant foods-regimen now recommended by health authorities still is an unproven measure.

If you are totally confused by the array of acronyms RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance), RDI (Reference Dietary Intake), AI (Adequate Intake), EAR (Estimated Average Requirement) and DV (Daily Value) used to inform Americans how much nutrition they need, join the crowd. For various reasons, all of these should be disregarded, as explained below. Read more

Researchers Find Natural Way to Cut Stroke Risk by Half

Researchers have discovered a side effect-free natural way to cut stroke risk by half: eat white fruits and vegetables.

It is common sense that eating a healthy diet should help prevent disease. But Big Pharma must surely have superior elixirs, pills, potions and shots when it comes to serious prevention of the big killer diseases like stroke, right?

If the drug companies have a prescription drug, without any side effects, that can slash the risk of a stroke by 52 percent, please write and let NaturalNews know - because we can't find it anywhere in the scientific literature.

Instead, we've found a mountain of evidence from peer reviewed studies showing that natural substances in food can help prevent and heal a multitude of illness. And now there's another dramatic finding that shows eating an abundance of certain foods can help protect against stroke -- specifically the white flesh of foods like pears and apples. Read more

The Ultra-Nourishing, Anti-Inflammatory Immune Booster

Edward Groups gives eleven reasons why goat's milk is far healthier than cow's milk.

While cow’s milk remains one of America’s most common daily drinks, it is interesting to note that it may also be the reason why many Americans experience gas, bloating, mucous and other forms of indigestion.

Moreover, in a world where the common cow is pumped full of growth hormones, antibiotics, GMO feed, vaccinations and exposed to toxic conditions, it is no wonder that many humans experience negative effects of consuming pasteurized cow milk.

Goat’s milk is a much healthier alternative, especially if it is consumed raw and from a good organic source. The most common form of milk used on a global scale, it is estimated that around three fourths of the milk consumed worldwide comes from goats, not cows. And most of the people drinking this milk are not fat and do not have allergies or digestive complaints.

The Benefits of Goat Milk

Goat’s milk offers a wide variety of health benefits, with very few of the negative side effects of drinking regular cow milk. Read more

How to Tell If You're Running Low on Vital Nutrients

Tired? Feeling ratty? It may time to ramp-up some vital nutrients, says Angela Epstein.

Despite following all the healthy eating advice about getting your five a day, experts suggest many of us lack the vitamins and minerals essential for keeping us fighting fit.

Though we are advised to try to get as many of these as possible through our diet, pills may help top up our levels.

Indeed, a recent study revealed that you will recover from a cold 40 per cent quicker if you take zinc supplements.

So, what other symptoms and ailments indicate a nutritional deficiency?

Here, we reveal which vitamins and minerals your body may be lacking, and how to boost your levels. Read more

Enjoy Saturated Fats, They’re Good for You!

Cardiac surgeon Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD, discusses the heart=damaging effects of the low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet pushed by the medical establishment, the federal government, and the mainstream media.

This article is taken from a talk I gave at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness in Albuquerque last week, on the controversial subject of saturated fats. Some of the slides that I used for this talk are put in here.

The medical establishment and government health authorities say that consumption of saturated animal fats is bad for us and causes heart disease. According to the lipid hypothesis – the label used for the diet-cholesterol theory of heart disease – saturated fats raise serum cholesterol levels, and high blood cholesterol causes obstructive plaques to form in arteries, called atherosclerosis. This pathologic process causes coronary heart disease and the need for coronary artery bypass surgery, which is what I do. Read more

Thirsty? Tired? What to Drink When

We have an unprecedented choice of drinks nowadays, but not all are equally good - at least not for every situation.

Staying hydrated is an important aspect of exercise -- it can make or break your workout performance. So what type of beverage is best? Find out when you should use energy or sports drinks, coconut or electrolyte waters, juice, milk or just plain water. Read more

The Proof Is in the Cure with Alternative Cancer Treatments

If you think that chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery are the only ways to treat cancer, you are badly uninformed. Alternatives to dangerous, expensive medical procedures exist, says Paul Fassa.

Science can be used to obfuscate reality, especially in medicine. Several disclosures from whistle blowers and investigators have uncovered scandalous false medical journal reports. Most oncologists don't want to know the power of nutrition and detoxification. The extremely low rate of recovery from cancer using expensive toxic methods and creating more suffering continues. Why? Authoritative medical science says it's the only way.

A Few Examples of Real Cancer Cures

A retired teacher decides to burn both ends of her life's candle and winds up with cancer. Her oncologist was insisting on surgery. She went to a friend who told her of the Gerson Institute and a retreat in Australia that applies pretty much the same approach as Gerson. She was cured beyond expectation. Hear this incredible woman tell her story with link (1) in the sources below. Read more

10 Foods Naturally High in Vitamin D

Vitamin D supplements are cheap, safe, and effective, but it's still best to get your nutrients from food as much as possible. Edward Group gives a list of ten foods naturally high in vitamin D - not fortified.

Although we can find many foods in the supermarket that have been fortified with a synthetic form of Vitamin D, there are only a select number of foods containing vitamin D in them naturally.

Normally, our body takes in Vitamin D in the form of sun-synthesis through the skin. But in our modern times, where many of us spend countless hours inside houses, cars and shopping malls, our actual exposure to the sun is limited. This fact may be a principle cause of many ailments, including depression. For this reason, it is extremely important to have a diet high in Vitamin D or take a vitamin D supplement.

This is my ‘List of Foods Containing Vitamin D’, as well as some of the great potential benefits of the vitamin. (In no particular order) Read more

The Best Foods To Fill You Up and Keep You Young

Ori Hofmekler discusses satisfying hunger, boosting metabolism, and helping you shed pounds.

What you're about to read here may change the way you think about food. Yes, once you see the facts, you'll realize that most of the products on the grocery shelves don't fit your biology. Most of today's dietary products are not designed to keep your body young.

The genes that regulate your biological age are highly sensitive to your diet, as they're triggered or inhibited by what you eat, how much you eat, and how often. The point is: You need to know how your diet affects your biological age. You need to know what food keeps you young and what food is making you old.

How Your Diet Affects Your Biological Age

It has been largely agreed that one of the most detrimental causes of aging is excessive calorie intake. Scientists speculate that humans have an overly strong drive to eat when food is readily available. And since people are surrounded today with calorie dense food, they tend to consume excess calories, which then cause them to gain weight, lose health, and age prematurely. Read more

18 Best Dietary Supplements for Men

Men's Health reveals which dietary supplements can help a man needs keep his heart, immune system, and sex life in top shape.

The right supplements can help your heart, sharpen your immune system, and even improve your sex life. The wrong ones, however, can be ineffective or even harmful. "You run into problems because most men are 'prescribing' these things themselves," says Tod Cooperman, M.D., president of consumerlab.com, an independent tester of health and nutritional products. "Don't take supplements with abandon. They should be used carefully, because taking in too much of certain nutrients can cause problems."

We consulted with top doctors, reviewed the latest research, and waded through marketers' claims to bring you 18 of the best supplements for men. Use our guide—along with advice from your own doc, since many supplements can interact with other medications—to fine-tune your strategy. Read more

The One Food for Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat

Dr. Joseph Mercola reveals the one food you need to eat for maximum muscle and minimum fat.

... So, there are two primary factors involved in effective fitness nutrition:

1. A high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet
2. Your diet must contain certain amino acids, the most notable of which is leucine

Leucine – A Powerful Muscle Builder

Leucine is part of branched-chain amino acid found in certain foods. It serves multiple functions in your body, one of which is signaling the mTOR (Mammalian Target of Rapamycin) mechanism, which causes protein to be created and builds your muscle. However, according to Ori, you need far more than the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of leucine in order to reap the optimal effect. Read more

How to Make Your Own Super Water

Dr. Edward Group says that the human body is a water machine, designed to run primarily on water and minerals. He explains what he means by that and gives a recipe for making your own toxin-free "super water."

Until recently most medical theory was based on the assumption that the 20% of our body that is solid tissue is what determined our health, since that is where most outward signs of disease and illness are found. It was thought that the 80% of our body that is liquid merely supported the structure of bone and organ tissue. We now know the opposite to be true, the fluids that flow through our body are what create our level of well being. The human body is a water machine, designed to run primarily on water and minerals. By weight our body is about 72% water, another 8% is a combination of chemical compounds and the remaining 20% is bone and solid tissue. From the most basic standpoint it is a common sense equation, if we are made up of 72% plain water, then naturally the quality of the water we consume will have a very dramatic impact on our overall state of health. Every healing and life giving process that happens in our body happens through Water! Read more

To Switch On Your "Youth Gene," Avoid Carbs

Joseph Mercola reveals the eating mistakes that age us.

... Interestingly enough, while sugar, and fructose in particular, acts as a toxin in and of itself, and as such drive multiple disease processes in your body, excess grain carbohydrates, which are broken down into glucose, has been found to detrimentally affect your genetic expression and contribute to accelerated aging that way! Read more

Are You a Sheeple?

Are you a sheeple? Take the quiz and grade yourself, says Mike Adams.

Have you herd about the Sheeple Quiz? Although most NaturalNews readers will easily beat it, it's a fun quiz to find out how smart (or gullible) your friends really are. So let 'em take the Sheeple Quiz! And then you'll know whether they're independent thinkers or just zombie-minded sheeple like the rest of the flock.

Here's the quiz. Choose "A" or "B" as the answer for each question, then check your score below.

The Sheeple Quiz


#1) The purpose of the mainstream media is to:

A) Keep you informed.
B) Feed you misinformation while keeping you distracted from the real issues our world is facing. Read more

Washington's Diet Can Make You Fat and Sick

Steven Malanga covers the perils of following the federal government's dietary guidelines. Following the government’s nutritional advice can make you fat and sick.

... Under Farley and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York’s health department has been notoriously aggressive in pursuing such “lifestyle-oriented” campaigns (see the sidebar below). But America’s public-health officials have long been eager to issue nutrition advice ungrounded in science, and nowhere has this practice been more troubling than in the federal government’s dietary guidelines, first issued by a congressional committee in 1977 and updated every five years since 1980 by the United States Department of Agriculture. Controversial from the outset for sweeping aside conflicting research, the guidelines have come under increasing attack for being ineffective or even harmful, possibly contributing to a national obesity problem. Unabashed, public-health advocates have pushed ahead with contested new recommendations, leading some of our foremost medical experts to ask whether government should get out of the business of telling Americans what to eat—or, at the very least, adhere to higher standards of evidence. Read more

What's the Best Breakfast for a Toned, Healthy Body?

Joseph Mercola discusses the latest research on what's the best breakfast for a toned, health body.

You probably realize the importance of your food choices, but does it matter when you eat? Yes, it does. To shed some light on this issue, I asked fitness expert Ori Hofmekler to share his insights.

What to Eat for Breakfast

You need to be very particular with your meal size and food choices. Contrary to popular opinion, the morning is not the ideal time to eat large meals because during this time your body is in elimination (detox) mode.

When your metabolic system is operating well, you’ll find that you have to go to the bathroom each morning, like clockwork. This is important in order to effectively eliminate toxins and prevent disease. Unfortunately, constipation is an extremely common problem, and part of the reason for this is that your body is not “set” to eliminate properly due to poor diet and improper meal timing.

So, if you’re constipated, or do not automatically eliminate every morning, it’s a giant clue you need to re-examine what and when you eat.

Ori recommends eating only detoxifying foods until noontime, such as: Read more