Many people come by the Farmers Market on Sunday and tell me what FFO has done for them I decided to ask for testimonials from people who use it on a regular basis. Just got this one the other day. It's usually the ones who use it consistently that comment.
"When I went in to see my chiropractor and he muscle tested me on everything I was taking as well as many things that he suspected I was allergic or intolerant to. What he discovered is that my nervous system was very clearly under stress, such that my sympathetic system was dominant and kept overriding my parasympathetic system and I was unable to sleep. (No kidding . . . I was exhausted!)
Of all the supplements I took in the one that strengthened my system the most was your product, the diatomaceous earth preparation that you sell. He immediately asked me what in the world that was! He’d never heard of diatoms and I did my best to explain to him what they are. But in the final analysis – whether we can understand them or not – they certainly proved to be beneficial to me!
Thank you,
MR"
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
CDC and ADA Now Advise to Avoid Using Fluoride
CDC and ADA Now Advise to Avoid Using Fluoride
Two top public health agencies have finally conceded there are risks to fluoride in your drinking water...Link to full story:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/13/cdc-and-ada-now-advise-to-avoid-using-fluoride.aspx
Organic Food May Become a Thing of the Past
These five companies own the vast majority of worldwide seeds. And now many organic livestock farmers are being forced to use GM foods, simply because there are no other options available. If you care about your family's health, this is what you must do to fight back...Link to full story:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/11/how-monsanto-controls-the-future-of-food.aspx
Don't Give This to Your Daughter - Despite What Your Doctor Says
Doctors recommend ALL young girls take this. But they don't tell you about these common post-marketing adverse events including sudden fainting, dizziness, seizures, and blood clots. Read this before visiting your doctor to protect your daughter's life...Link to full story:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/05/gardasil-vaccine-is-a-flop-for-good-reasons.aspx
Two top public health agencies have finally conceded there are risks to fluoride in your drinking water...Link to full story:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/13/cdc-and-ada-now-advise-to-avoid-using-fluoride.aspx
Organic Food May Become a Thing of the Past
These five companies own the vast majority of worldwide seeds. And now many organic livestock farmers are being forced to use GM foods, simply because there are no other options available. If you care about your family's health, this is what you must do to fight back...Link to full story:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/11/how-monsanto-controls-the-future-of-food.aspx
Don't Give This to Your Daughter - Despite What Your Doctor Says
Doctors recommend ALL young girls take this. But they don't tell you about these common post-marketing adverse events including sudden fainting, dizziness, seizures, and blood clots. Read this before visiting your doctor to protect your daughter's life...Link to full story:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/05/gardasil-vaccine-is-a-flop-for-good-reasons.aspx
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
A Shot in the Arm for Big Pharma...The Epic $40 Billion Business
Boom Behind the Vaccine Machine
Highlights:
"All are at risk from being harmed by the (flu) vaccine," says Dr. Morris. "Particularly from the mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde in it."
And there are many reasons why these other ingredients are risky too:
• Aluminum: Another neurotoxin that often linked to Alzheimer's disease and cognitive diseases.
• Formaldehyde: A substance that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lists as a carcinogen.
• Triton X-100: A dangerous detergent never intended to be injected into the human bloodstream.
"The CDC and FDA, for reasons not explained, have chosen to ignore this fact," says Dr. Miller.
And he says this is unacceptable...given the amount of evidence available.
The whole story below:
Every year at this time...the flu specter rises again. And our health leaders rally us to fight back against it...and they arm us with flu shots.
They tell us we need these shots...because our lives may literally depend on them. And they have lots of scary figures to "prove" this.
The CDC tells us that every winter up to 20 percent of people catch the flu. Almost 200,000 people wind up in the hospital because of it. And 36,000 people die from it.
But one top doctor from the University of Washington (UW) says these numbers don't paint a true picture. He says these numbers are distorted...and are part of a huge fear campaign that generates billions of dollars for the drug makers.
In fact...he says flu vaccines are the fastest growing medical money-maker of our time.
And while most doctors may say flu shots are vital to your health and are totally safe...decades of research shows these drugs may do a lot more harm than good.
That's why our UW expert says...
"Seventy percent of doctors do not get a flu shot."
And why another doctor–recognized by Time Magazine–says...
"The flu vaccine is one more attempt by our federal health officials to open up our bodies to the free market capitalism of the pharmaceutical coffers."
So stay with us as we look at the real figures behind flu shots...compare the true risk-to-benefit ratio...and uncover what is fueling the epic rise of flu vaccines.
New Video Presentation: 11 Breakthrough Cures From Around The World
What if there was a simple method that could use your body's hormones to root out and separate cancer cells from healthy cells so they could be easily targeted and killed?
What if a biopharmaceutical company had actually discovered a way to reverse aging on a genetic level?
What if there was a simple, 3-step process that uses a volcanic mineral to eliminate the underlying causes of heart disease (and has never yet failed to work)?
These aren't just theoretical cures of the future... in this video presentation you'll discover these amazing cures and more from around the world.
Click here to watch this video now.
Shooting Down Flu
Flu shots are now a part of the season. Millions of people get them every winter. And up to 65 percent of seniors get an annual shot.
You can't ignore them at this time of year.
Every CVS and Walgreens has banners in their windows...the CDC distributes mailings...and even Wal-Mart and Target are getting in on the act by offering "free" shots at their in-store clinics.
The message over and over again is that they're a powerful preventative step to keep you flu-free this year...a cheap and easy measure that may potentially save your life. And as we've already shown you...the official figures back this up.
But an educated review of those figures paints a different picture.
"The CDC mounts a well-orchestrated campaign each season to generate interest and demand for flu shots," says Dr. Donald Miller.
Dr. Miller teaches at the University of Washington. He's also a practicing cardiac surgeon and a member of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness. After graduating from Harvard Medical School over 40 years ago he began his career as a naval surgeon...before moving into civil practice. And he currently directs the surgery program at the Seattle VA Medical Center.
He says if you actually break down the CDC reports those figures get a lot more murky. In fact...about 35,000 of the deaths that are attributed to flu are actually just flu-associated...and are actually due to things like hearts attacks.
Dr. Gary Null agrees. He's been on the forefront of medicine for the last 30 years and was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the top health gurus in the US. They call him "The New Mr. Natural." He's published over 70 papers and is a New York Times best-selling health author.
And he doesn't buy into the official flu figures either.
"The CDC is completely clueless about this past season's flu infection rate," he says.
But Dr. Morris takes these thoughts further. He says it's not just that the CDC makes the threat sound much greater than it actually is...he says the "solution" doesn't do much good.
"There is a lack of evidence that (we) benefit from flu shots," he says. "A review of 51 studies involving 260,000 children found no evidence that the flu vaccine is any more effective than a placebo."
The figures he's quoting come from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. (And Cochrane studies are considered the gold standard for scientific research.)
The review was led by Dr. Tom Jefferson. He heads up the Vaccine Field Group for the Cochrane Library. And his findings were published in the Lancet.
Dr. Jefferson also found that flu shots weren't much better for adults. In fact...they did nothing for 94 percent of adults.
"Vaccination of healthy adults only reduced (flu) risk by six percent," says Dr. Jefferson.
There's plenty of other research that confirms Dr. Jefferson's findings.
A study was just published in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine.
It also found that flu shots didn't reduce flu-related hospitalizations or doctor visits during the last two flu seasons.
The researchers concluded that:
"Influenza vaccine effectiveness could not be demonstrated
for any season, age or setting."
And further findings from the Group Health study found that flu shots don't protect seniors against developing pneumonia.
They looked at research dating back to 1980. And they found that while 40 percent more seniors now get flu shots...there's been no difference in flu-related death numbers.
Back in 1980, just 15 percent of seniors got shots. These days 65 percent get them. But there's no difference whatsoever in deaths from influenza or pneumonia.
And there are many scientists around the world who say these shots just don't do any good.
In Canada there is a network of scientists, doctors and journalists looking into vaccines. It's called the Vaccination Risk Awareness Network (VRAN).
And after looking through available findings and published papers these doctors and journalist have reached one conclusion.
They say that the flu shot is "the most useless vaccine of all time."
And it's not just overseas authorities who say flu shots are worthless.
Believe it or not...the former Chief Vaccine Office of the FDA agrees. His name is Dr. Anthony Morris. Before he took over the vaccine investigations group for the FDA he was the top virologist for the US Division of Biological Standards.
He's spent a long and distinguished career studying flu vaccines. And he was so good at his job that he rose to the top government spot in the field.
He surprised the world when he came out and said flu shots simply don't work.
"There is no evidence that any flu vaccine is effective in preventing any attack of flu," he said. "The producers of these vaccines know they are worthless, but they go on selling them anyway."
He was fired by the FDA shortly after making his statement.
That's a lot of scientists and studies that say flu shots don't do much good.
But Dr. Morris takes this one step further. He doesn't just say flu shots are worthless. He also says they're dangerous.
"There is a great deal of evidence to prove that immunization does more harm than good," he says.
Flu Shots May Pose Plenty of Risk
So why does Dr. Morris think flu shots are risky?
He says it's because many include an ingredient called thimerosal.
This is a preservative that's in 90 percent of flu shots and vaccines. The problem is that over 49 percent of it is made up from mercury.
"Mainstream medical journals publish studies that claim thimerosal is safe," says Dr. Miller. "These articles are written in large part by researchers in the pay of vaccine makers."
But Dr. Miller says there's plenty of research which clearly shows the dangers of thimerosal.
He points to one study by Mark and David Geier. Their study "documents a strong association between the amounts of mercury injected in vaccines and autism," says Dr. Miller.
"The mercury in flu vaccines plays a role in this disease," says Dr. Miller. "One investigator has found that people who received the flu vaccine each year for three years had a 10-fold greater chance of developing Alzheimer's disease than people who had zero shots."
And there's lots of other research that shows mercury is dangerous to your health. We've reported on the dangers of it in the past. And you can read those stories here and here.
So...when you get a flu shot you're also getting high levels of mercury. That's because most flu shots contain about 25 micrograms of thimerosal. And its mercury content exceeds the EPA safety levels by 250 times.
That's a big number...and it comes from Mike Wagnitz. He's a senior chemist at the University of Wisconsin. He's spent the last 20 years evaluating products for mercury.
"A common myth is that thimerosal is added to vaccines in 'trace' amounts," he says.
But he says this just isn't true.
"The concentration of mercury in a flu vaccine is 50,000 parts per billion," he says.
That might not mean much on its own...so he explains why that's a bad number.
"Drinking-water can't exceed two parts per billion of mercury," he says. "Waste is considered hazardous if it has only 200 parts per billion."
But flu shots are OK with 50,000 parts per billion. That means your average flu shot contains literally 250 times more mercury than hazardous waste.
He says there's no denying this simple fact. That means flu shots are a danger to the people they are most often aimed at...pregnant mothers, children and seniors.
And these are the people who have the least defense against mercury.
And this has been a big problem for years. So you'd think that the government would step in...
But they haven't so far.
In fact...the Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs contacted the FDA about it back in 2004. They noted the dangers of mercury. And sent a petition to cut thimerosal in flu shots.
But the FDA denied the petition...and that reply eventually went public a few years later on MSN.
"Pharmaceutical companies still add thimerosal in their Flu vaccines, which the FDA has chosen not to recall," says Dr. Miller.
Since then there's been plenty more studies showing that mercury is dangerous.
The latest one came out just a few months ago...and it's the sixth to be published recently. It specifically linked flu shots to Alzheimer's and autism.
And flu shots don't just contain mercury. They are loaded with other dangerous fillers too.
"All are at risk from being harmed by the (flu) vaccine," says Dr. Morris. "Particularly from the mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde in it."
And there are many reasons why these other ingredients are risky too:
• Aluminum: Another neurotoxin that often linked to Alzheimer's disease and cognitive diseases.
• Formaldehyde: A substance that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lists as a carcinogen.
• Triton X-100: A dangerous detergent never intended to be injected into the human bloodstream.
"The CDC and FDA, for reasons not explained, have chosen to ignore this fact," says Dr. Miller.
And he says this is unacceptable...given the amount of evidence available.
"There is growing evidence that vaccines cause both autism and Alzheimer's disease," says Dr. Miller. "(That) evidence includes privately funded studies. Research on how mercury damages brain cells grown in culture. Animal studies in rodents, sheep and primates. And clinical studies in children and adults."
And yet these vaccines still contain mercury.
So the big question is...why do these shots stay on the market?
Dr. Morris says that "one reason" is that many health leaders are "in the pay of vaccine makers."
And because of that...many of the true dangers behind flu shots stay hidden.
Burying the Truth
While there's loads of evidence against flu shots...most it stays buried.
"The medical and public health communities publicize only what they want us to know about vaccines," says Dr. Kristine Severyn.
Dr. Severyn is an Ohio pharmacist with a Ph.D. in bio pharmaceutics from the University of Cincinnati. She's testified before many federal vaccine policy-making groups in Washington, D.C.
"I was taught that vaccines work all the time (and) with extremely rare adverse effects," she says. "Researching federal health information, reading medical literature, and attending vaccine policy-making meetings have caused me to reverse my original trust in vaccines."
During the last five years she's been in many FDA and CDC meetings about flu shots. And she says that at one meeting the CDC said "influenza vaccines are among the least effective immunizing agents available, and this (is) particularly true for elderly recipients."
All of her research has led her to one firm conclusion.
"The taxpayer has been defrauded about flu shots," she says. "We do not know what the risks are because our government is not interested in finding out."
She says the FDA should "do its job of monitoring safety and efficacy of licensed vaccines."
But she says that's not happening at the moment. And until that happens it's up to independent scientists to bring these truths to light.
Dr. Severyn says she's been doing just that. She's spent several years going through the FDA database...studying reports of bad reactions to vaccines.
"The FDA (has) collected nearly 32,000 reports of (bad) reactions (to) vaccination," she says. And she notes that there were "more than 700 deaths."
But she says you won't hear about them.
"The FDA dismisses them as coincidental," says Dr. Severyn. "Nearly all reports languish in a government computer data base."
Dr. Severyn says these cases are real...and there is a money trail showing that families are quietly compensated in these cases.
But she says these cases are kept quiet. That's because the government passed a law back in 1986 to get around noisy legal battles.
"To compensate those killed or injured by vaccines, congress passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act," she says.
And that act created the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
"As of 1994, the program has paid $452.5 million for vaccine injury or death, and is backlogged with more than 2,600 cases," she says.
"Vaccine manufacturers enjoy the enviable position of having their products mandated and their liability costs shouldered by the US taxpayer," she says. "Victims of vaccine are prohibited from suing the drug companies until they are denied assistance from the VICP."
So that's how bad news about vaccines stays buried.
And burying the truth helps promote vaccines. But why are so many groups working to keep them on the market?
Dr. Severyn says it's all about money. And in the case of vaccines...epic amounts of it.
"Flu shots (are) useless," says Dr. Severyn. "The shots only benefit the companies that make them...public health bureaucrats who promote them...and medical personnel who administer them."
And Dr. Null agrees with this.
"Big Pharma money and corporate favors are what shape drug and vaccine policies and this is rampant throughout the system," he says.
Vaccines Are Epic Business
Most people wouldn't link flu shots to big money. After all...there are always chain stores giving them away for "free". And they're often promoted as a cheap way to protect your health.
Most insurers cover them. And even people without coverage can get them for as little as $15 or $25.
But they're generating billions of dollars in profits for the drug companies.
Sales of just one flu vaccine made Sanofi-Aventis $500 million in the final quarter of 2009. Vaccines brought in around $6 billion for the company the following year. And the company expects sales to double by 2013.
"There's a huge demand and a lot of people are jumping on the bandwagon," says Dr. Michael Ossi. He's a disease expert with GlaxoSmithKlein.
"It's something that will continue for good now," he says. "It's a new marketplace."
Philippe Monteyne agrees. He's the senior vice president of global vaccines development at the same company.
"We are just at the early days of a new era which is just exploding," he says. "The whole vaccine industry is changing."
And vaccines are so big...that whole countries are now clients to the drug makers.
Monteyne says the cost of flu shots is flexible...depending on the wealth of the country.
"We have a tiered pricing strategy," he says. "It is mainly based on the level of income of the country."
Why Vaccines Are So Valuable to the Drug Makers
There are two big reasons why vaccines are so valuable to the big drug makers.
Most other drugs have limited potency. With time...their effects lessen. But flu shots don't have this problem because they're largely used seasonally.
The second reason is that flu shots offer the big drug makers an exclusive market to mine and plunder.
Most drugs have a limited patent protection. Once those patents end, generic versions undercut the market. But this isn't a problem for vaccines.
That's because it's very expensive to make them. A new plant costs up to $1-billion to set up. So only the biggest players can even afford to sit at the table. That means companies like Glaxo, Novartis and Sanofi-Aventis have the market to themselves.
"The barriers to enter the market are extremely high," says Monteyne. "You don't become a vaccine maker overnight. That's why we have a few big players...and very few only."
And the big players plan on keeping it that way.
Over the last couple of years they've bought out any smaller players...as you can see from the following figures:
• Novartis spent $5 billion to buy flu vaccine maker Chrion
• Astra Zeneca paid $15 billion for Medimmune
• Glaxo bought out BioChem's vaccine operation for $1.4 billion
So now it's just the big players in the game.
But for those players...the payoffs are huge.
In the three years between 2004 and 2007...vaccine sales have soared by 32 percent each year. That's four times as fast as any other drug. And leading all vaccines were flu shots.
Vaccines are now a $24 billion business. Analysts expect that business to grow to $40 billion next year.
The CEO of Sanofi is Chris Viehbacher. He simply had this to say about the sales....
"Vaccines, vaccines...wonderful business..."
So there's little doubt that vaccines are a booming market. And as we've seen...there are many potential conflicts of interest within the world of vaccines. And there are plenty of benefits to be had from flu shots.
But there are many experts who don't think those benefits have anything to do with your health. As always, we'll keep you updated on any developments in this story...as they happen.
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Boom Behind the Vaccine Machine
Highlights:
"All are at risk from being harmed by the (flu) vaccine," says Dr. Morris. "Particularly from the mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde in it."
And there are many reasons why these other ingredients are risky too:
• Aluminum: Another neurotoxin that often linked to Alzheimer's disease and cognitive diseases.
• Formaldehyde: A substance that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lists as a carcinogen.
• Triton X-100: A dangerous detergent never intended to be injected into the human bloodstream.
"The CDC and FDA, for reasons not explained, have chosen to ignore this fact," says Dr. Miller.
And he says this is unacceptable...given the amount of evidence available.
The whole story below:
Every year at this time...the flu specter rises again. And our health leaders rally us to fight back against it...and they arm us with flu shots.
They tell us we need these shots...because our lives may literally depend on them. And they have lots of scary figures to "prove" this.
The CDC tells us that every winter up to 20 percent of people catch the flu. Almost 200,000 people wind up in the hospital because of it. And 36,000 people die from it.
But one top doctor from the University of Washington (UW) says these numbers don't paint a true picture. He says these numbers are distorted...and are part of a huge fear campaign that generates billions of dollars for the drug makers.
In fact...he says flu vaccines are the fastest growing medical money-maker of our time.
And while most doctors may say flu shots are vital to your health and are totally safe...decades of research shows these drugs may do a lot more harm than good.
That's why our UW expert says...
"Seventy percent of doctors do not get a flu shot."
And why another doctor–recognized by Time Magazine–says...
"The flu vaccine is one more attempt by our federal health officials to open up our bodies to the free market capitalism of the pharmaceutical coffers."
So stay with us as we look at the real figures behind flu shots...compare the true risk-to-benefit ratio...and uncover what is fueling the epic rise of flu vaccines.
New Video Presentation: 11 Breakthrough Cures From Around The World
What if there was a simple method that could use your body's hormones to root out and separate cancer cells from healthy cells so they could be easily targeted and killed?
What if a biopharmaceutical company had actually discovered a way to reverse aging on a genetic level?
What if there was a simple, 3-step process that uses a volcanic mineral to eliminate the underlying causes of heart disease (and has never yet failed to work)?
These aren't just theoretical cures of the future... in this video presentation you'll discover these amazing cures and more from around the world.
Click here to watch this video now.
Shooting Down Flu
Flu shots are now a part of the season. Millions of people get them every winter. And up to 65 percent of seniors get an annual shot.
You can't ignore them at this time of year.
Every CVS and Walgreens has banners in their windows...the CDC distributes mailings...and even Wal-Mart and Target are getting in on the act by offering "free" shots at their in-store clinics.
The message over and over again is that they're a powerful preventative step to keep you flu-free this year...a cheap and easy measure that may potentially save your life. And as we've already shown you...the official figures back this up.
But an educated review of those figures paints a different picture.
"The CDC mounts a well-orchestrated campaign each season to generate interest and demand for flu shots," says Dr. Donald Miller.
Dr. Miller teaches at the University of Washington. He's also a practicing cardiac surgeon and a member of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness. After graduating from Harvard Medical School over 40 years ago he began his career as a naval surgeon...before moving into civil practice. And he currently directs the surgery program at the Seattle VA Medical Center.
He says if you actually break down the CDC reports those figures get a lot more murky. In fact...about 35,000 of the deaths that are attributed to flu are actually just flu-associated...and are actually due to things like hearts attacks.
Dr. Gary Null agrees. He's been on the forefront of medicine for the last 30 years and was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the top health gurus in the US. They call him "The New Mr. Natural." He's published over 70 papers and is a New York Times best-selling health author.
And he doesn't buy into the official flu figures either.
"The CDC is completely clueless about this past season's flu infection rate," he says.
But Dr. Morris takes these thoughts further. He says it's not just that the CDC makes the threat sound much greater than it actually is...he says the "solution" doesn't do much good.
"There is a lack of evidence that (we) benefit from flu shots," he says. "A review of 51 studies involving 260,000 children found no evidence that the flu vaccine is any more effective than a placebo."
The figures he's quoting come from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. (And Cochrane studies are considered the gold standard for scientific research.)
The review was led by Dr. Tom Jefferson. He heads up the Vaccine Field Group for the Cochrane Library. And his findings were published in the Lancet.
Dr. Jefferson also found that flu shots weren't much better for adults. In fact...they did nothing for 94 percent of adults.
"Vaccination of healthy adults only reduced (flu) risk by six percent," says Dr. Jefferson.
There's plenty of other research that confirms Dr. Jefferson's findings.
A study was just published in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine.
It also found that flu shots didn't reduce flu-related hospitalizations or doctor visits during the last two flu seasons.
The researchers concluded that:
"Influenza vaccine effectiveness could not be demonstrated
for any season, age or setting."
And further findings from the Group Health study found that flu shots don't protect seniors against developing pneumonia.
They looked at research dating back to 1980. And they found that while 40 percent more seniors now get flu shots...there's been no difference in flu-related death numbers.
Back in 1980, just 15 percent of seniors got shots. These days 65 percent get them. But there's no difference whatsoever in deaths from influenza or pneumonia.
And there are many scientists around the world who say these shots just don't do any good.
In Canada there is a network of scientists, doctors and journalists looking into vaccines. It's called the Vaccination Risk Awareness Network (VRAN).
And after looking through available findings and published papers these doctors and journalist have reached one conclusion.
They say that the flu shot is "the most useless vaccine of all time."
And it's not just overseas authorities who say flu shots are worthless.
Believe it or not...the former Chief Vaccine Office of the FDA agrees. His name is Dr. Anthony Morris. Before he took over the vaccine investigations group for the FDA he was the top virologist for the US Division of Biological Standards.
He's spent a long and distinguished career studying flu vaccines. And he was so good at his job that he rose to the top government spot in the field.
He surprised the world when he came out and said flu shots simply don't work.
"There is no evidence that any flu vaccine is effective in preventing any attack of flu," he said. "The producers of these vaccines know they are worthless, but they go on selling them anyway."
He was fired by the FDA shortly after making his statement.
That's a lot of scientists and studies that say flu shots don't do much good.
But Dr. Morris takes this one step further. He doesn't just say flu shots are worthless. He also says they're dangerous.
"There is a great deal of evidence to prove that immunization does more harm than good," he says.
Flu Shots May Pose Plenty of Risk
So why does Dr. Morris think flu shots are risky?
He says it's because many include an ingredient called thimerosal.
This is a preservative that's in 90 percent of flu shots and vaccines. The problem is that over 49 percent of it is made up from mercury.
"Mainstream medical journals publish studies that claim thimerosal is safe," says Dr. Miller. "These articles are written in large part by researchers in the pay of vaccine makers."
But Dr. Miller says there's plenty of research which clearly shows the dangers of thimerosal.
He points to one study by Mark and David Geier. Their study "documents a strong association between the amounts of mercury injected in vaccines and autism," says Dr. Miller.
"The mercury in flu vaccines plays a role in this disease," says Dr. Miller. "One investigator has found that people who received the flu vaccine each year for three years had a 10-fold greater chance of developing Alzheimer's disease than people who had zero shots."
And there's lots of other research that shows mercury is dangerous to your health. We've reported on the dangers of it in the past. And you can read those stories here and here.
So...when you get a flu shot you're also getting high levels of mercury. That's because most flu shots contain about 25 micrograms of thimerosal. And its mercury content exceeds the EPA safety levels by 250 times.
That's a big number...and it comes from Mike Wagnitz. He's a senior chemist at the University of Wisconsin. He's spent the last 20 years evaluating products for mercury.
"A common myth is that thimerosal is added to vaccines in 'trace' amounts," he says.
But he says this just isn't true.
"The concentration of mercury in a flu vaccine is 50,000 parts per billion," he says.
That might not mean much on its own...so he explains why that's a bad number.
"Drinking-water can't exceed two parts per billion of mercury," he says. "Waste is considered hazardous if it has only 200 parts per billion."
But flu shots are OK with 50,000 parts per billion. That means your average flu shot contains literally 250 times more mercury than hazardous waste.
He says there's no denying this simple fact. That means flu shots are a danger to the people they are most often aimed at...pregnant mothers, children and seniors.
And these are the people who have the least defense against mercury.
And this has been a big problem for years. So you'd think that the government would step in...
But they haven't so far.
In fact...the Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs contacted the FDA about it back in 2004. They noted the dangers of mercury. And sent a petition to cut thimerosal in flu shots.
But the FDA denied the petition...and that reply eventually went public a few years later on MSN.
"Pharmaceutical companies still add thimerosal in their Flu vaccines, which the FDA has chosen not to recall," says Dr. Miller.
Since then there's been plenty more studies showing that mercury is dangerous.
The latest one came out just a few months ago...and it's the sixth to be published recently. It specifically linked flu shots to Alzheimer's and autism.
And flu shots don't just contain mercury. They are loaded with other dangerous fillers too.
"All are at risk from being harmed by the (flu) vaccine," says Dr. Morris. "Particularly from the mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde in it."
And there are many reasons why these other ingredients are risky too:
• Aluminum: Another neurotoxin that often linked to Alzheimer's disease and cognitive diseases.
• Formaldehyde: A substance that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lists as a carcinogen.
• Triton X-100: A dangerous detergent never intended to be injected into the human bloodstream.
"The CDC and FDA, for reasons not explained, have chosen to ignore this fact," says Dr. Miller.
And he says this is unacceptable...given the amount of evidence available.
"There is growing evidence that vaccines cause both autism and Alzheimer's disease," says Dr. Miller. "(That) evidence includes privately funded studies. Research on how mercury damages brain cells grown in culture. Animal studies in rodents, sheep and primates. And clinical studies in children and adults."
And yet these vaccines still contain mercury.
So the big question is...why do these shots stay on the market?
Dr. Morris says that "one reason" is that many health leaders are "in the pay of vaccine makers."
And because of that...many of the true dangers behind flu shots stay hidden.
Burying the Truth
While there's loads of evidence against flu shots...most it stays buried.
"The medical and public health communities publicize only what they want us to know about vaccines," says Dr. Kristine Severyn.
Dr. Severyn is an Ohio pharmacist with a Ph.D. in bio pharmaceutics from the University of Cincinnati. She's testified before many federal vaccine policy-making groups in Washington, D.C.
"I was taught that vaccines work all the time (and) with extremely rare adverse effects," she says. "Researching federal health information, reading medical literature, and attending vaccine policy-making meetings have caused me to reverse my original trust in vaccines."
During the last five years she's been in many FDA and CDC meetings about flu shots. And she says that at one meeting the CDC said "influenza vaccines are among the least effective immunizing agents available, and this (is) particularly true for elderly recipients."
All of her research has led her to one firm conclusion.
"The taxpayer has been defrauded about flu shots," she says. "We do not know what the risks are because our government is not interested in finding out."
She says the FDA should "do its job of monitoring safety and efficacy of licensed vaccines."
But she says that's not happening at the moment. And until that happens it's up to independent scientists to bring these truths to light.
Dr. Severyn says she's been doing just that. She's spent several years going through the FDA database...studying reports of bad reactions to vaccines.
"The FDA (has) collected nearly 32,000 reports of (bad) reactions (to) vaccination," she says. And she notes that there were "more than 700 deaths."
But she says you won't hear about them.
"The FDA dismisses them as coincidental," says Dr. Severyn. "Nearly all reports languish in a government computer data base."
Dr. Severyn says these cases are real...and there is a money trail showing that families are quietly compensated in these cases.
But she says these cases are kept quiet. That's because the government passed a law back in 1986 to get around noisy legal battles.
"To compensate those killed or injured by vaccines, congress passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act," she says.
And that act created the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
"As of 1994, the program has paid $452.5 million for vaccine injury or death, and is backlogged with more than 2,600 cases," she says.
"Vaccine manufacturers enjoy the enviable position of having their products mandated and their liability costs shouldered by the US taxpayer," she says. "Victims of vaccine are prohibited from suing the drug companies until they are denied assistance from the VICP."
So that's how bad news about vaccines stays buried.
And burying the truth helps promote vaccines. But why are so many groups working to keep them on the market?
Dr. Severyn says it's all about money. And in the case of vaccines...epic amounts of it.
"Flu shots (are) useless," says Dr. Severyn. "The shots only benefit the companies that make them...public health bureaucrats who promote them...and medical personnel who administer them."
And Dr. Null agrees with this.
"Big Pharma money and corporate favors are what shape drug and vaccine policies and this is rampant throughout the system," he says.
Vaccines Are Epic Business
Most people wouldn't link flu shots to big money. After all...there are always chain stores giving them away for "free". And they're often promoted as a cheap way to protect your health.
Most insurers cover them. And even people without coverage can get them for as little as $15 or $25.
But they're generating billions of dollars in profits for the drug companies.
Sales of just one flu vaccine made Sanofi-Aventis $500 million in the final quarter of 2009. Vaccines brought in around $6 billion for the company the following year. And the company expects sales to double by 2013.
"There's a huge demand and a lot of people are jumping on the bandwagon," says Dr. Michael Ossi. He's a disease expert with GlaxoSmithKlein.
"It's something that will continue for good now," he says. "It's a new marketplace."
Philippe Monteyne agrees. He's the senior vice president of global vaccines development at the same company.
"We are just at the early days of a new era which is just exploding," he says. "The whole vaccine industry is changing."
And vaccines are so big...that whole countries are now clients to the drug makers.
Monteyne says the cost of flu shots is flexible...depending on the wealth of the country.
"We have a tiered pricing strategy," he says. "It is mainly based on the level of income of the country."
Why Vaccines Are So Valuable to the Drug Makers
There are two big reasons why vaccines are so valuable to the big drug makers.
Most other drugs have limited potency. With time...their effects lessen. But flu shots don't have this problem because they're largely used seasonally.
The second reason is that flu shots offer the big drug makers an exclusive market to mine and plunder.
Most drugs have a limited patent protection. Once those patents end, generic versions undercut the market. But this isn't a problem for vaccines.
That's because it's very expensive to make them. A new plant costs up to $1-billion to set up. So only the biggest players can even afford to sit at the table. That means companies like Glaxo, Novartis and Sanofi-Aventis have the market to themselves.
"The barriers to enter the market are extremely high," says Monteyne. "You don't become a vaccine maker overnight. That's why we have a few big players...and very few only."
And the big players plan on keeping it that way.
Over the last couple of years they've bought out any smaller players...as you can see from the following figures:
• Novartis spent $5 billion to buy flu vaccine maker Chrion
• Astra Zeneca paid $15 billion for Medimmune
• Glaxo bought out BioChem's vaccine operation for $1.4 billion
So now it's just the big players in the game.
But for those players...the payoffs are huge.
In the three years between 2004 and 2007...vaccine sales have soared by 32 percent each year. That's four times as fast as any other drug. And leading all vaccines were flu shots.
Vaccines are now a $24 billion business. Analysts expect that business to grow to $40 billion next year.
The CEO of Sanofi is Chris Viehbacher. He simply had this to say about the sales....
"Vaccines, vaccines...wonderful business..."
So there's little doubt that vaccines are a booming market. And as we've seen...there are many potential conflicts of interest within the world of vaccines. And there are plenty of benefits to be had from flu shots.
But there are many experts who don't think those benefits have anything to do with your health. As always, we'll keep you updated on any developments in this story...as they happen.
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To Your Health
Organic Jan
Grade Your Dog Food...
Ok this is helpful and an eye opener:
Nutrition and Dog Food
GRADE YOUR DOG FOOD
Start with a grade of 100:
1) For every listing of "by-product", subtract 10 points
2) For every non-specific animal source ("meat" or "poultry", meat meal or fat) reference, subtract 10 points
3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points
4) For every grain "mill run" or non-specific grain source, subtract 5 points
5) If the same grain ingredient is used two or more times in the first five ingredients (i.e. "ground brown rice", "brewer's rice", "rice flour" are all the same
grain), subtract 5 points
6) If the protein sources are not meat meal and there are less than two meats in the top three ingredients, subtract 3 points
7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points
8) If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3 points
9) If corn is listed in the top five ingredients, subtract 2 more points
10) If the food contains any animal fat other than fish oil, subtract 2 points
11) If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources), subtract 2 points
12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points
13) If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog isn't allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points
14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog isn't allergic to beef), subtract 1 point
15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point
Extra Credit:
1) If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points
2) If the food is endorsed by any major breed group or nutritionist, add 5 points
3) If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points
4) If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points
5) If the food contains fruit, add 3 points
6) If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3 points
7) If the animal sources are hormone-free and antibiotic-free, add 2 points
8 ) If the food contains barley, add 2 points
9) If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds), add 2 points
10) If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point
12) For every different specific animal protein source (other than the first one, count "chicken" and "chicken meal" as only one protein source, but "chicken"
and "" as 2 different sources), add 1 point
13) If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point
14) If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are pesticide-free, add 1 point
Scores:
94 -100+ = A BEST!
86 -93 = B STILL GOOD.
78 -85 = C May need to change or add additives.
70 -77 = D Need to think about changing.
69 or < = F AWFUL! CHANGE! Here are some foods that have already been scored. Scored Dog Foods:
Arkat VF Large Breed Puppy 103 A+
Diamond Large Breed 60+ Formula 99 A
Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice 97 A
Wolfking Adult Dog (bison) by Solid Gold 97 A
Authority Harvest Baked 116 A+
Canidae 112 A+
Chicken Soup Senior 115 A+
Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium 122 A+
Dick Van Patten's Duck and Potato 106 A+
Foundations 106 A+
Innova Dog 114 A+
Innova Evo 114 A+
Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables 110 A+
ProPlan Natural Turkey & Barley 103 A+
Royal Canin Bulldog 100 A+
Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult 106 A+
Wellness Super 5 Mix Chicken 110 A+
Diamond Lamb Meal & Rice 92 B
Nutrisource Lamb and Rice 87 B
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy 87 B
Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold 73 D
Iams Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Premium 73 D
Bil-Jac Select 68 F
Diamond Maintenance 64 F
Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice 23 F
Purina Beneful 17 F
Purina Dog 62 F
Purina Come-n-Get It 16 F
Science Diet Advanced Protein Senior 7+ 63 F
Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies 69 F
Nutrition and Dog Food
GRADE YOUR DOG FOOD
Start with a grade of 100:
1) For every listing of "by-product", subtract 10 points
2) For every non-specific animal source ("meat" or "poultry", meat meal or fat) reference, subtract 10 points
3) If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points
4) For every grain "mill run" or non-specific grain source, subtract 5 points
5) If the same grain ingredient is used two or more times in the first five ingredients (i.e. "ground brown rice", "brewer's rice", "rice flour" are all the same
grain), subtract 5 points
6) If the protein sources are not meat meal and there are less than two meats in the top three ingredients, subtract 3 points
7) If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points
8) If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3 points
9) If corn is listed in the top five ingredients, subtract 2 more points
10) If the food contains any animal fat other than fish oil, subtract 2 points
11) If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic to other protein sources), subtract 2 points
12) If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points
13) If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog isn't allergic to wheat), subtract 2 points
14) If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog isn't allergic to beef), subtract 1 point
15) If it contains salt, subtract 1 point
Extra Credit:
1) If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points
2) If the food is endorsed by any major breed group or nutritionist, add 5 points
3) If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points
4) If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points
5) If the food contains fruit, add 3 points
6) If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3 points
7) If the animal sources are hormone-free and antibiotic-free, add 2 points
8 ) If the food contains barley, add 2 points
9) If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds), add 2 points
10) If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point
12) For every different specific animal protein source (other than the first one, count "chicken" and "chicken meal" as only one protein source, but "chicken"
and "" as 2 different sources), add 1 point
13) If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point
14) If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are pesticide-free, add 1 point
Scores:
94 -100+ = A BEST!
86 -93 = B STILL GOOD.
78 -85 = C May need to change or add additives.
70 -77 = D Need to think about changing.
69 or < = F AWFUL! CHANGE! Here are some foods that have already been scored. Scored Dog Foods:
Arkat VF Large Breed Puppy 103 A+
Diamond Large Breed 60+ Formula 99 A
Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice 97 A
Wolfking Adult Dog (bison) by Solid Gold 97 A
Authority Harvest Baked 116 A+
Canidae 112 A+
Chicken Soup Senior 115 A+
Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium 122 A+
Dick Van Patten's Duck and Potato 106 A+
Foundations 106 A+
Innova Dog 114 A+
Innova Evo 114 A+
Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables 110 A+
ProPlan Natural Turkey & Barley 103 A+
Royal Canin Bulldog 100 A+
Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult 106 A+
Wellness Super 5 Mix Chicken 110 A+
Diamond Lamb Meal & Rice 92 B
Nutrisource Lamb and Rice 87 B
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy 87 B
Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold 73 D
Iams Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Premium 73 D
Bil-Jac Select 68 F
Diamond Maintenance 64 F
Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice 23 F
Purina Beneful 17 F
Purina Dog 62 F
Purina Come-n-Get It 16 F
Science Diet Advanced Protein Senior 7+ 63 F
Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies 69 F
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The New Epidemic Sweeping Across America (and it's Not a Disease)
Some of you who have spoken to me at the Sundays Encinitas Farmers Market know my issues with western medicine and nutrition.......This is something I was aware of many years ago as a nurse. It is only now being reported.
The New Epidemic Sweeping Across America (and it's Not a Disease)
Story at-a-glance
• For the first time, deaths from properly prescribed drugs now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States
• Drug-induced fatalities are being fueled by overdoses on prescription pain and anxiety medications
• Those most at risk from dying from this new drug crisis are people in their 40s, but teenagers and the elderly are also at risk
• Between 2001 and 2008, there was a 36 percent increase in hospital admissions, and a 28 percent increase in emergency room visits, among children 5 and younger who had accidentally ingested medication
By Dr. Mercola
Death by medicine is a 21st-century epidemic, and America's "war on drugs" is clearly directed at the wrong enemy!
Prescription drugs are now killing far more people than illegal drugs, and while most major causes of preventable deaths are declining, those from prescription drug use are increasing, an analysis of recently released data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by the Los Angeles Times revealed.
The Times analysis of 2009 death statistics, the most recent available, showed:
• For the first time ever in the US, more people were killed by drugs than motor vehicle accidents
• 37,485 people died from drugs, a rate fueled by overdoses on prescription pain and anxiety medications, versus 36,284 from traffic accidents
• Drug fatalities more than doubled among teens and young adults between 2000 and 2008, and more than tripled among people aged 50 to 69
Again, these drug-induced fatalities are not being driven by illegal street drugs; the analysis found that the most commonly abused prescription drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin, Xanax and Soma now cause more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined.
"Pharmageddon" is Upon Us
Pharmageddon is "the prospect of a world in which medicines and medicine produce more ill-health than health, and when medical progress does more harm than good" -- and it is no longer a prospect but fully upon us. Those most at risk from dying from this new drug crisis are people you would least expect; the analysis revealed the death toll is highest among people in their 40s, but all ages, from teenagers to the elderly, and all walks of life are being affected. In fact, prescription drugs are now the preferred "high" for many, especially teens, as they are typically used legally, which eliminates the stigma of being a "junkie."
And even if you don't have your own prescription, drugs of all kinds can be found in the nearest medicine cabinet in most homes.
Yet, these drugs are also now being sold on the black market and on street corners, where people who have run out of prescriptions are willing to pay upwards of $80 a pill to get their fix. Many become addicted after using the drugs for headaches or back pain, and teens are increasingly taking the pills from their parents to use recreationally, under the false assumption that they are not dangerous.
As written in the Baltimore Sun:
"According to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, prescription drugs are second to marijuana as the drug of choice for today's teens. In fact, seven of the top 10 drugs used by 12th-graders were prescription drugs.
More than 40 percent of high school seniors reported that painkillers are "fairly" or "very" easy to get. They also reported that they believed that if they were to get caught, there was less shame attached to the use of prescription drugs than to street drugs. This mirrors the perceptions of their parents, who when queried said that they felt prescription drugs were a safer alternative to drugs typically sold by a drug dealer."
How Many are Dying From Prescription Drugs?
Nearly 20 percent of Americans have used prescription drugs for nonmedicinal reasons, three-quarters of whom may be abusing them. Legal prescription drug abuse is a silent epidemic, and is part of the reason why the modern American medical system has become the leading cause of death and injury in the United States. Authored in two parts by Gary Null, PhD, Carolyn Dean, MD ND, Martin Feldman, MD, Debora Rasio, MD, and Dorothy Smith, PhD, the comprehensive Death by Medicine article described in excruciating detail how everything from medical errors to adverse drug reactions to unnecessary procedures caused more harm than good.
Seven years after the original article was written, an analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine November 25, 2010 piqued my interest -- the researchers found that, despite efforts to improve patient safety in the past few years, the health care system hasn't changed much at all. So, earlier this year I updated posted an update to the original Death by Medicine article, which, unfortunately, shows more of the same:
• In a June 2010 report in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, study authors said that in looking over records that spanned from 1976 to 2006 (the most recent year available) they found that, of 62 million death certificates, almost a quarter-million deaths were coded as having occurred in a hospital setting due to medication errors.
• An estimated 450,000 preventable medication-related adverse events occur in the U.S. every year.
• The costs of adverse drug reactions to society are more than $136 billion annually -- greater than the total cost of cardiovascular or diabetic care.
• Adverse drug reactions cause injuries or death in 1 of 5 hospital patients.
• The reason there are so many adverse drug events in the U.S. is because so many drugs are used and prescribed – and many patients receive multiple prescriptions at varying strengths, some of which may counteract each other or cause more severe reactions when combined.
There are numerous repercussions to a society that eats, breathes and sleeps prescription medications, not the least of which is its impact on children. Between 2001 and 2008, there was a 36 percent increase in hospital admissions, and a 28 percent increase in emergency room visits, among children 5 and younger who had accidentally ingested medication. ER visits for ingestion of prescription opioid painkillers, such as Oxycodone, increased 101 percent!
And in 2009, there were nearly 4.6 million drug-related visits to U.S. emergency rooms nationwide, with more than half due to adverse reactions to prescription medications – most of which were being taken exactly as prescribed. When you add in the growing numbers of people who are using these drugs recreationally or due to addiction, you begin to see the magnitude of the problem that the pharmaceutical industry is propagating.
Unfortunately, this problem is now seriously impacting the next generation. When you were a teenager you may have snuck a beer or two at a party … nowadays teens will mix a variety of prescription pills together in a bowl and take a mouthful of them like candy! The kids think this is a safe way to get high, since they see their parents taking the same medications all the time, but it often turns out to be a literal prescription for disaster that can even be deadly.
The Real Thugs of the Drug World
The "war on drugs" has focused nearly exclusively on the illegal trafficking of drugs like cocaine, heroin and marijuana, while the most powerful drug dealers of all -- the pharmaceutical companies -- are allowed to grow their businesses with the U.S. government's gold seal of approval.
But make no mistake – the leading pharmaceutical companies are also among the largest corporate criminals in the world, and they are really nothing more than white-collar drug dealers.
Although many fail to realize this, prescription drugs can be just as addictive as illegal drugs. In fact, in many cases there's no difference between a street drug and a prescription drug. For example, hydrocodone, a prescription opiate, is synthetic heroin. It's indistinguishable from any other heroine as far as your brain and body is concerned. So, if you're hooked on hydrocodone, you are in fact a good-old-fashioned heroin addict.
But aside from the nature of their business, fraud, kickbacks, price-setting, bribery and illegal sales activities are all par for the course for big-name drug companies. Last year I set out to investigate some of the criminal activities that some of the largest pharmaceutical companies had been convicted of lately, and the amount of gross misconduct, fraud and deceit I found was so insidious, so massive, and so overwhelming that it shocked even me.
You can read the grim details in full here, but here is just a sampling of what the top drug companies are up to:
• Merck: With a long list of deaths to its credit, and more than $5.5 billion in judgments and fines levied against it, it was five years before Merck made its $30-billion recall of the painkiller Vioxx that I warned my readers that it might be a real killer for some people. After the drug was withdrawn, and 60,000 had already died, Merck picked up the pieces painlessly by getting a new drug fast-tracked and on the market.
That drug is Gardasil, a vaccine that so far has been linked to thousands of adverse events and at least 49 unexplained deaths. It's a situation that the FDA and CDC have been denying repeatedly, keeping their heads buried in the sand even as the adverse reports mount.
• Baxter: Dozens of recalls of products that caused deaths and injuries, at least 11 different guilty pleas to fraud and illegal sales activity, more than 200 lawsuits – many of them stemming from selling AIDS-tainted blood to hemophiliacs – and more than $1.3 billion in criminal fines and civil penalties.
• Pfizer: In the largest health care fraud settlement in history, Pfizer was ordered to pay $2.3 billion to resolve criminal and civil allegations that the company illegally promoted uses of four of its drugs, including the painkiller Bextra, the antipsychotic Geodon, the antibiotic Zyvox, and the anti-epileptic Lyrica.
How Can You Avoid Being Killed by a Prescription Drug?
There is a risk of side effects every time you take a prescription drug. No one (except for those who intentionally overdose) expects these medications to kill them, but they can do just that, and it happens far more often than you might think! In a study recently released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), officials emphasized that people should not assume there's no risk in prescribed medicines. The truth is, the only way to avoid all risk, including death, from prescription drugs is to not take them at all.
It is your body, not your doctor's and not your pharmacist's, so it is up to you to make the decision of what drugs to take, if any. Be SURE you are aware of the risks of any medication prescribed to you, and weigh them against any possible benefit. Then you can make a well-informed decision of whether it's a risk you're willing to take.
Of course, of paramount importance is also taking control of your health so you can stay well naturally, without the use of drugs or even frequent conventional medical care. If you adhere to a healthy lifestyle, you most likely will never need medications in the first place. This includes:
1. Proper Food Choices
Generally speaking, you should be looking to focus your diet on whole, unprocessed foods (vegetables, meats, raw dairy, nuts, and so forth) that come from healthy, sustainable, local sources, such as a small organic farm not far from your home.
For the best nutrition and health benefits, you will want to eat a good portion of your food raw. Personally, I aim to eat about 80-85 percent of my food raw, including raw eggs and humanely raised organic animal products that have not been raised on a CAFO (confined animal feeding operation).
Nearly as important as knowing which foods to eat more of is knowing which foods to avoid, and topping the list is fructose. Sugar, and fructose in particular, acts as a toxin in and of itself, and as such drive multiple disease processes in your body, not the least of which is insulin resistance, a major cause of accelerated aging.
2. Comprehensive Exercise Program, including High-Intensity Exercise like Peak Fitness
Even if you're eating the healthiest diet in the world, you still need to exercise to reach the highest levels of health, and you need to be exercising effectively, which means including not only core-strengthening exercises, strength training, and stretching but also high-intensity activities into your rotation. High-intensity interval-type training boosts human growth hormone (HGH) production, which is essential for optimal health, strength and vigor. I've discussed the importance of Peak Fitness for your health on numerous occasions, so for more information, please review this previous article.
3. Stress Reduction and Positive Thinking
You cannot be optimally healthy if you avoid addressing the emotional component of your health and longevity, as your emotional state plays a role in nearly every physical disease -- from heart disease and depression, to arthritis and cancer. Effective coping mechanisms are a major longevity-promoting factor in part because stress has a direct impact on inflammation, which in turn underlies many of the chronic diseases that kill people prematurely every day. Meditation, prayer, social support and exercise are all viable options that can help you maintain emotional and mental equilibrium.
4. Proper Sun Exposure to Optimize Vitamin D
We have long known that it is best to get your vitamin D from sun exposure, and if at all possible, I strongly urge you to make sure you're getting out in the sun on a daily basis. There is preliminary evidence suggesting that oral vitamin D may not provide the identical benefits, although it's still better than none at all.
Just keep in mind that it's really best to get ALL your vitamin D from the sun. It appears that vitamin D plays a crucial role in sulfur metabolism and when you swallow it orally it may not have the same benefit as getting it from the sun.
5. Take High Quality Animal-Based Omega-3 Fats
Animal-based omega-3 fat is a strong factor in helping people live longer, and many experts believe that it is likely the predominant reason why the Japanese are the longest lived race on the planet.
6. Avoid as Many Chemicals, Toxins, and Pollutants as Possible
This includes tossing out your toxic household cleaners, soaps, personal hygiene products, air fresheners, bug sprays, lawn pesticides, and insecticides, just to name a few, and replacing them with non-toxic alternatives.
The New Epidemic Sweeping Across America (and it's Not a Disease)
Story at-a-glance
• For the first time, deaths from properly prescribed drugs now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States
• Drug-induced fatalities are being fueled by overdoses on prescription pain and anxiety medications
• Those most at risk from dying from this new drug crisis are people in their 40s, but teenagers and the elderly are also at risk
• Between 2001 and 2008, there was a 36 percent increase in hospital admissions, and a 28 percent increase in emergency room visits, among children 5 and younger who had accidentally ingested medication
By Dr. Mercola
Death by medicine is a 21st-century epidemic, and America's "war on drugs" is clearly directed at the wrong enemy!
Prescription drugs are now killing far more people than illegal drugs, and while most major causes of preventable deaths are declining, those from prescription drug use are increasing, an analysis of recently released data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by the Los Angeles Times revealed.
The Times analysis of 2009 death statistics, the most recent available, showed:
• For the first time ever in the US, more people were killed by drugs than motor vehicle accidents
• 37,485 people died from drugs, a rate fueled by overdoses on prescription pain and anxiety medications, versus 36,284 from traffic accidents
• Drug fatalities more than doubled among teens and young adults between 2000 and 2008, and more than tripled among people aged 50 to 69
Again, these drug-induced fatalities are not being driven by illegal street drugs; the analysis found that the most commonly abused prescription drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin, Xanax and Soma now cause more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined.
"Pharmageddon" is Upon Us
Pharmageddon is "the prospect of a world in which medicines and medicine produce more ill-health than health, and when medical progress does more harm than good" -- and it is no longer a prospect but fully upon us. Those most at risk from dying from this new drug crisis are people you would least expect; the analysis revealed the death toll is highest among people in their 40s, but all ages, from teenagers to the elderly, and all walks of life are being affected. In fact, prescription drugs are now the preferred "high" for many, especially teens, as they are typically used legally, which eliminates the stigma of being a "junkie."
And even if you don't have your own prescription, drugs of all kinds can be found in the nearest medicine cabinet in most homes.
Yet, these drugs are also now being sold on the black market and on street corners, where people who have run out of prescriptions are willing to pay upwards of $80 a pill to get their fix. Many become addicted after using the drugs for headaches or back pain, and teens are increasingly taking the pills from their parents to use recreationally, under the false assumption that they are not dangerous.
As written in the Baltimore Sun:
"According to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, prescription drugs are second to marijuana as the drug of choice for today's teens. In fact, seven of the top 10 drugs used by 12th-graders were prescription drugs.
More than 40 percent of high school seniors reported that painkillers are "fairly" or "very" easy to get. They also reported that they believed that if they were to get caught, there was less shame attached to the use of prescription drugs than to street drugs. This mirrors the perceptions of their parents, who when queried said that they felt prescription drugs were a safer alternative to drugs typically sold by a drug dealer."
How Many are Dying From Prescription Drugs?
Nearly 20 percent of Americans have used prescription drugs for nonmedicinal reasons, three-quarters of whom may be abusing them. Legal prescription drug abuse is a silent epidemic, and is part of the reason why the modern American medical system has become the leading cause of death and injury in the United States. Authored in two parts by Gary Null, PhD, Carolyn Dean, MD ND, Martin Feldman, MD, Debora Rasio, MD, and Dorothy Smith, PhD, the comprehensive Death by Medicine article described in excruciating detail how everything from medical errors to adverse drug reactions to unnecessary procedures caused more harm than good.
Seven years after the original article was written, an analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine November 25, 2010 piqued my interest -- the researchers found that, despite efforts to improve patient safety in the past few years, the health care system hasn't changed much at all. So, earlier this year I updated posted an update to the original Death by Medicine article, which, unfortunately, shows more of the same:
• In a June 2010 report in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, study authors said that in looking over records that spanned from 1976 to 2006 (the most recent year available) they found that, of 62 million death certificates, almost a quarter-million deaths were coded as having occurred in a hospital setting due to medication errors.
• An estimated 450,000 preventable medication-related adverse events occur in the U.S. every year.
• The costs of adverse drug reactions to society are more than $136 billion annually -- greater than the total cost of cardiovascular or diabetic care.
• Adverse drug reactions cause injuries or death in 1 of 5 hospital patients.
• The reason there are so many adverse drug events in the U.S. is because so many drugs are used and prescribed – and many patients receive multiple prescriptions at varying strengths, some of which may counteract each other or cause more severe reactions when combined.
There are numerous repercussions to a society that eats, breathes and sleeps prescription medications, not the least of which is its impact on children. Between 2001 and 2008, there was a 36 percent increase in hospital admissions, and a 28 percent increase in emergency room visits, among children 5 and younger who had accidentally ingested medication. ER visits for ingestion of prescription opioid painkillers, such as Oxycodone, increased 101 percent!
And in 2009, there were nearly 4.6 million drug-related visits to U.S. emergency rooms nationwide, with more than half due to adverse reactions to prescription medications – most of which were being taken exactly as prescribed. When you add in the growing numbers of people who are using these drugs recreationally or due to addiction, you begin to see the magnitude of the problem that the pharmaceutical industry is propagating.
Unfortunately, this problem is now seriously impacting the next generation. When you were a teenager you may have snuck a beer or two at a party … nowadays teens will mix a variety of prescription pills together in a bowl and take a mouthful of them like candy! The kids think this is a safe way to get high, since they see their parents taking the same medications all the time, but it often turns out to be a literal prescription for disaster that can even be deadly.
The Real Thugs of the Drug World
The "war on drugs" has focused nearly exclusively on the illegal trafficking of drugs like cocaine, heroin and marijuana, while the most powerful drug dealers of all -- the pharmaceutical companies -- are allowed to grow their businesses with the U.S. government's gold seal of approval.
But make no mistake – the leading pharmaceutical companies are also among the largest corporate criminals in the world, and they are really nothing more than white-collar drug dealers.
Although many fail to realize this, prescription drugs can be just as addictive as illegal drugs. In fact, in many cases there's no difference between a street drug and a prescription drug. For example, hydrocodone, a prescription opiate, is synthetic heroin. It's indistinguishable from any other heroine as far as your brain and body is concerned. So, if you're hooked on hydrocodone, you are in fact a good-old-fashioned heroin addict.
But aside from the nature of their business, fraud, kickbacks, price-setting, bribery and illegal sales activities are all par for the course for big-name drug companies. Last year I set out to investigate some of the criminal activities that some of the largest pharmaceutical companies had been convicted of lately, and the amount of gross misconduct, fraud and deceit I found was so insidious, so massive, and so overwhelming that it shocked even me.
You can read the grim details in full here, but here is just a sampling of what the top drug companies are up to:
• Merck: With a long list of deaths to its credit, and more than $5.5 billion in judgments and fines levied against it, it was five years before Merck made its $30-billion recall of the painkiller Vioxx that I warned my readers that it might be a real killer for some people. After the drug was withdrawn, and 60,000 had already died, Merck picked up the pieces painlessly by getting a new drug fast-tracked and on the market.
That drug is Gardasil, a vaccine that so far has been linked to thousands of adverse events and at least 49 unexplained deaths. It's a situation that the FDA and CDC have been denying repeatedly, keeping their heads buried in the sand even as the adverse reports mount.
• Baxter: Dozens of recalls of products that caused deaths and injuries, at least 11 different guilty pleas to fraud and illegal sales activity, more than 200 lawsuits – many of them stemming from selling AIDS-tainted blood to hemophiliacs – and more than $1.3 billion in criminal fines and civil penalties.
• Pfizer: In the largest health care fraud settlement in history, Pfizer was ordered to pay $2.3 billion to resolve criminal and civil allegations that the company illegally promoted uses of four of its drugs, including the painkiller Bextra, the antipsychotic Geodon, the antibiotic Zyvox, and the anti-epileptic Lyrica.
How Can You Avoid Being Killed by a Prescription Drug?
There is a risk of side effects every time you take a prescription drug. No one (except for those who intentionally overdose) expects these medications to kill them, but they can do just that, and it happens far more often than you might think! In a study recently released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), officials emphasized that people should not assume there's no risk in prescribed medicines. The truth is, the only way to avoid all risk, including death, from prescription drugs is to not take them at all.
It is your body, not your doctor's and not your pharmacist's, so it is up to you to make the decision of what drugs to take, if any. Be SURE you are aware of the risks of any medication prescribed to you, and weigh them against any possible benefit. Then you can make a well-informed decision of whether it's a risk you're willing to take.
Of course, of paramount importance is also taking control of your health so you can stay well naturally, without the use of drugs or even frequent conventional medical care. If you adhere to a healthy lifestyle, you most likely will never need medications in the first place. This includes:
1. Proper Food Choices
Generally speaking, you should be looking to focus your diet on whole, unprocessed foods (vegetables, meats, raw dairy, nuts, and so forth) that come from healthy, sustainable, local sources, such as a small organic farm not far from your home.
For the best nutrition and health benefits, you will want to eat a good portion of your food raw. Personally, I aim to eat about 80-85 percent of my food raw, including raw eggs and humanely raised organic animal products that have not been raised on a CAFO (confined animal feeding operation).
Nearly as important as knowing which foods to eat more of is knowing which foods to avoid, and topping the list is fructose. Sugar, and fructose in particular, acts as a toxin in and of itself, and as such drive multiple disease processes in your body, not the least of which is insulin resistance, a major cause of accelerated aging.
2. Comprehensive Exercise Program, including High-Intensity Exercise like Peak Fitness
Even if you're eating the healthiest diet in the world, you still need to exercise to reach the highest levels of health, and you need to be exercising effectively, which means including not only core-strengthening exercises, strength training, and stretching but also high-intensity activities into your rotation. High-intensity interval-type training boosts human growth hormone (HGH) production, which is essential for optimal health, strength and vigor. I've discussed the importance of Peak Fitness for your health on numerous occasions, so for more information, please review this previous article.
3. Stress Reduction and Positive Thinking
You cannot be optimally healthy if you avoid addressing the emotional component of your health and longevity, as your emotional state plays a role in nearly every physical disease -- from heart disease and depression, to arthritis and cancer. Effective coping mechanisms are a major longevity-promoting factor in part because stress has a direct impact on inflammation, which in turn underlies many of the chronic diseases that kill people prematurely every day. Meditation, prayer, social support and exercise are all viable options that can help you maintain emotional and mental equilibrium.
4. Proper Sun Exposure to Optimize Vitamin D
We have long known that it is best to get your vitamin D from sun exposure, and if at all possible, I strongly urge you to make sure you're getting out in the sun on a daily basis. There is preliminary evidence suggesting that oral vitamin D may not provide the identical benefits, although it's still better than none at all.
Just keep in mind that it's really best to get ALL your vitamin D from the sun. It appears that vitamin D plays a crucial role in sulfur metabolism and when you swallow it orally it may not have the same benefit as getting it from the sun.
5. Take High Quality Animal-Based Omega-3 Fats
Animal-based omega-3 fat is a strong factor in helping people live longer, and many experts believe that it is likely the predominant reason why the Japanese are the longest lived race on the planet.
6. Avoid as Many Chemicals, Toxins, and Pollutants as Possible
This includes tossing out your toxic household cleaners, soaps, personal hygiene products, air fresheners, bug sprays, lawn pesticides, and insecticides, just to name a few, and replacing them with non-toxic alternatives.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
PET PEEVES>>>>
This is a message I sent to a Pet Cancer Organization that is obviously making money from pets diseases.
“ This really pisses me off. You KNOW where cancer in animals comes from. Textbook cognitive dissidence is no excuse. You will continue to make money from canine cancer the same way the Cancer organizations do...by not taking responsibility for the cause as the main issue. If you cannot address this issue then you are part of the problem not the cure!”
“ This really pisses me off. You KNOW where cancer in animals comes from. Textbook cognitive dissidence is no excuse. You will continue to make money from canine cancer the same way the Cancer organizations do...by not taking responsibility for the cause as the main issue. If you cannot address this issue then you are part of the problem not the cure!”
Friday, October 14, 2011
What People are Saying about FFO
Works on People and Pets!
Works on People and Pets! I first ordered the FFO with regard to controlling insect and flea activity in my yard and not having to pay Tru-Green Chem Lawn it's outrageous yearly fee that is now up to $900.00 dollars. After reading all in information on FFO I decided to take it myself, and also to give it to our 2 German Shepperds and our cats. I also talked my wife, daughter and son into using it and it has been great. I no longer have stomach or digestive problems. My blood pressure is now normal without medication. I haven't had a headache since using the FFO and I use to have them on a regular basis. My daughter, age 35, no longer has IBS or migraine headaches. We all feel better and have more energy. The dogs no longer have any body odor and have very healthy stools, and they also seem more active. The cats fur looks sleeker and more healthy even though both cats are getting on in years. They also seem happier and very healthy. I have also told several friends about FFO and have given them quart size ziplock bags of FFO to try. Thanks very much,
Amazing!!
Holy Cow, this stuff is amazing!!! We have been using this product for about two weeks, and today my husband, who's bald on the top, came to me and asked if it was his imagination but he thought his hair was growing back. LO and BEHOLD it was, not like all over , but in noticeable patches, talk about a happy man! That alone prompted me to write this letter. As for me, I have noticed a decrease in floaters, my Fibromyalgia pain has "dulled" in it's intensity, and the skin on my arms, which had red itchy bumps, from my sun allergy, have almost disappeared. I also use FFO to keep the "ever so annoying" soap bugs off the walls and out of my patio by making a perimeter around the fence and across the sidewalk. My Chihuahua also takes it everyday in some wet dog food. It got rid of those disgusting roundworms she picked at the dog park, and I'm confident it killed other parasites that I didn't see too..YUCK! I read that FFO is as important to normal body function as oxygen is, and since this type of silica is lacking in most foods, taking this product as a supplement is the best thing one can do for their family's health. This is an excellent natural product with outstanding health benefits, and a great price to boot! LOVE IT! Sincerely, Ellen and family
Worked So Fast!
My cats have been having problems with diarrhea for so long. We used worm medicine from the vet several times. Their diarrhea would clear up, only to return again. I was searching the internet looking for an alternative to what my vet was prescribing and came upon your web site. I am a medical transcriptionist and have suffered for the last several years with severe back pain, from sitting at my computer all day. I also have hand and knee pain and low energy levels. Most of the time, I just want to sleep and after sleeping, I wake up feeling worse---more pain and no energy. I am only 52 and this just doesn't seem normal to feel so tired all the time. I decided to try your FFO. My order arrived early Monday morning---today is Friday. I opened it right up, put a tablespoon in my OJ and drank it down. I also mixed it into my cats food and fed them immediately. I am giving it to them once a day. My mom and myself are taking 2 tablespoons a day, morning and evening. It has been 4 days since I started FFO and I CANNOT believe the change in my mom, myself and my cats. Their diarrhea has stopped completely. Even though some of them are getting up there in years, they are all playing like kittens. I mix the FFO in their canned food and they inhale it--almost as if they are craving this stuff. But for me, the most remarkable effect is that I have no pain. I just can't believe anything can work this fast and this well. I just cannot believe it. My mom also suffers from chronic diarrhea, which her physician can find no cause for, or effective treatment for. She has just accepted that she will have to live with it the rest of her life. She also suffers from arthritis. She also started on FFO last Monday and cannot believe the changes taking place in her body. She has had no diarrhea in the past week and she says her joint pain is gone. Neither of us has had any ill-effects from taking the FFO, only positive results. i can't help wondering if both of us feel this good after only a week, what will a month on FFO bring? And, my skin, it is getting so soft and shiny! I know I've said too much, but I've been mislead on so many other products that promise so much and do nothing, and this one is so AMAZING! I'm telling everyone that I know about FFO---I think it is a miracle from GOD! Carol from IN
Triglycerides Down!
I have been on FFO for 6 months now and I just had my lab work done. My triglycerides have been reduced from 495 down to 203. I have so much more energy and my hair and nails are growing so much better. My husband has had HBP and since being on the dirt, his BP is now in the normal range. It has also helped with my varicose veins and I no longer have any pain from them.. Rhonda from Louisiana
Lower Blood Pressure!
Hope you are well. As promised back on July 29, I wanted to provide some feedback on the product that you gave me. Of the approximately 40 days I could have taken it, I HAVE probably 36-37 of those days and must tell you I am very pleased with the results. I have been mixing it with Orange or Cranberry juice and there is absolutely no bad flavor which I have experienced with other products. My energy level is at an all time high, and although aches and pains, and the regular "creaks" you have in a 43 year old body have never been HUGE for me, but I can tell you that my joints have never felt better. The best part is how it affected my blood pressure. I have been battling some borderline high blood pressure for years, generally somewhere in the 135/145 over 90/95 range. Over the last week or two, it has been consistently around 132/83, which I am thrilled with. I have yet to take that physical to get some of the other numbers checked, but I am excited about that process and feel that I will see some overall improvement in things such as triglyceride and cholesterol levels. Thanks so much for the product?.You have a customer for life! Tom
Works on People and Pets! I first ordered the FFO with regard to controlling insect and flea activity in my yard and not having to pay Tru-Green Chem Lawn it's outrageous yearly fee that is now up to $900.00 dollars. After reading all in information on FFO I decided to take it myself, and also to give it to our 2 German Shepperds and our cats. I also talked my wife, daughter and son into using it and it has been great. I no longer have stomach or digestive problems. My blood pressure is now normal without medication. I haven't had a headache since using the FFO and I use to have them on a regular basis. My daughter, age 35, no longer has IBS or migraine headaches. We all feel better and have more energy. The dogs no longer have any body odor and have very healthy stools, and they also seem more active. The cats fur looks sleeker and more healthy even though both cats are getting on in years. They also seem happier and very healthy. I have also told several friends about FFO and have given them quart size ziplock bags of FFO to try. Thanks very much,
Amazing!!
Holy Cow, this stuff is amazing!!! We have been using this product for about two weeks, and today my husband, who's bald on the top, came to me and asked if it was his imagination but he thought his hair was growing back. LO and BEHOLD it was, not like all over , but in noticeable patches, talk about a happy man! That alone prompted me to write this letter. As for me, I have noticed a decrease in floaters, my Fibromyalgia pain has "dulled" in it's intensity, and the skin on my arms, which had red itchy bumps, from my sun allergy, have almost disappeared. I also use FFO to keep the "ever so annoying" soap bugs off the walls and out of my patio by making a perimeter around the fence and across the sidewalk. My Chihuahua also takes it everyday in some wet dog food. It got rid of those disgusting roundworms she picked at the dog park, and I'm confident it killed other parasites that I didn't see too..YUCK! I read that FFO is as important to normal body function as oxygen is, and since this type of silica is lacking in most foods, taking this product as a supplement is the best thing one can do for their family's health. This is an excellent natural product with outstanding health benefits, and a great price to boot! LOVE IT! Sincerely, Ellen and family
Worked So Fast!
My cats have been having problems with diarrhea for so long. We used worm medicine from the vet several times. Their diarrhea would clear up, only to return again. I was searching the internet looking for an alternative to what my vet was prescribing and came upon your web site. I am a medical transcriptionist and have suffered for the last several years with severe back pain, from sitting at my computer all day. I also have hand and knee pain and low energy levels. Most of the time, I just want to sleep and after sleeping, I wake up feeling worse---more pain and no energy. I am only 52 and this just doesn't seem normal to feel so tired all the time. I decided to try your FFO. My order arrived early Monday morning---today is Friday. I opened it right up, put a tablespoon in my OJ and drank it down. I also mixed it into my cats food and fed them immediately. I am giving it to them once a day. My mom and myself are taking 2 tablespoons a day, morning and evening. It has been 4 days since I started FFO and I CANNOT believe the change in my mom, myself and my cats. Their diarrhea has stopped completely. Even though some of them are getting up there in years, they are all playing like kittens. I mix the FFO in their canned food and they inhale it--almost as if they are craving this stuff. But for me, the most remarkable effect is that I have no pain. I just can't believe anything can work this fast and this well. I just cannot believe it. My mom also suffers from chronic diarrhea, which her physician can find no cause for, or effective treatment for. She has just accepted that she will have to live with it the rest of her life. She also suffers from arthritis. She also started on FFO last Monday and cannot believe the changes taking place in her body. She has had no diarrhea in the past week and she says her joint pain is gone. Neither of us has had any ill-effects from taking the FFO, only positive results. i can't help wondering if both of us feel this good after only a week, what will a month on FFO bring? And, my skin, it is getting so soft and shiny! I know I've said too much, but I've been mislead on so many other products that promise so much and do nothing, and this one is so AMAZING! I'm telling everyone that I know about FFO---I think it is a miracle from GOD! Carol from IN
Triglycerides Down!
I have been on FFO for 6 months now and I just had my lab work done. My triglycerides have been reduced from 495 down to 203. I have so much more energy and my hair and nails are growing so much better. My husband has had HBP and since being on the dirt, his BP is now in the normal range. It has also helped with my varicose veins and I no longer have any pain from them.. Rhonda from Louisiana
Lower Blood Pressure!
Hope you are well. As promised back on July 29, I wanted to provide some feedback on the product that you gave me. Of the approximately 40 days I could have taken it, I HAVE probably 36-37 of those days and must tell you I am very pleased with the results. I have been mixing it with Orange or Cranberry juice and there is absolutely no bad flavor which I have experienced with other products. My energy level is at an all time high, and although aches and pains, and the regular "creaks" you have in a 43 year old body have never been HUGE for me, but I can tell you that my joints have never felt better. The best part is how it affected my blood pressure. I have been battling some borderline high blood pressure for years, generally somewhere in the 135/145 over 90/95 range. Over the last week or two, it has been consistently around 132/83, which I am thrilled with. I have yet to take that physical to get some of the other numbers checked, but I am excited about that process and feel that I will see some overall improvement in things such as triglyceride and cholesterol levels. Thanks so much for the product?.You have a customer for life! Tom
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