The picture pretty much says it all. Look to your showerhead for hidden bacteria that may result in infections for some people.
Continue To Avoid Any Type Of Dental Metal In Your Mouth
Take A Bite Out Your Dentists Hide
Hold out for finding a dentist that uses metal-free zirconia implants which have been used in Europe and South America for a while now.
Traditional metal dental implants and fillings release metal ions into your mouth 24 hours a day. This chronic exposure may trigger inflammation, allergies, and autoimmune disease in susceptible individuals. They are a precursor to disease.
Cases of intolerance to metal implants, even the newer ones made of titanium, have been reported. The removal of any incompatible dental material has resulted in reduced metal sensitivity and long-term health improvement in the majority of patients.
Zirconia is a New Alternative to Titanium Implants
In recent years, high-strength ceramic implants have become attractive alternatives to titanium implants, and some current research has focused on the viability of materials such as zirconia (the dioxide of zirconium, a metal close to titanium on the periodic table).
Metal-free zirconia implants have been used in Europe and South America for years, but they have only recently become available in the U.S.
Zirconia implants are highly biocompatible to the human body and exhibit minimum ion release compared to metallic implants.
Moreover, zirconia ceramics have been successfully used in orthopedic surgery to manufacture ball heads for total hip replacements.
Given that titanium dental implants can induce metal sensitivity, inflammation, autoimmunity, and malignant tumors, while zirconia implants are metal-free but just as durable, why invite chronic metal exposure?
Your body would surely benefit from choosing the biocompatible, ceramic dental implant over the standard, titanium metal implant.
Over the teeth, past the gums
Researchers from two Australian dental schools reviewed a variety of research projects that investigated the effects of alcohol on oral health. One of those sources included more than 3,200 subjects in a trial that indicated daily mouthwash use might be a significant risk factor for head and neck cancer.
The Australian study concluded: “There is now sufficient evidence to accept the proposition that alcohol-containing mouthwashes contribute to the increased risk of development of oral cancer.”
Losing It – Waiting For The Magic Anti-Fat Pill
The only two approved prescription obesity drugs in the U.S. haven’t delivered results.
Xenical
6 pounds per year
Meridia
10 pounds per year
By comparison :
Diet & exercise
15 pounds per year
Sound familiar ?
Source : Forbes Magazine
When Pigs Fly . . . Swine Flu
Published on The Health Gazette
Natural Antivirals
Research suggests certain natural foods may be as effective against virus H5N1 as commercial antivirals.
A Biology teacher from Australia, Stephen Jones, has done extensive research into the H5N1 virus and has compiled a list of natural foods that are effective against it and others that are detrimental.
It’s All A Matter of Balance – Understated Quote of the Day
Important Cod Liver Oil Update
For years, cod liver oil as been forced on us as children and touted as a dietary supplement to support healthy vitamin D levels. Recent findings could be interpreted that it may not serve you as well as previously believed.
Cod liver oil contains vitamins D and A in addition to healthy omega-3 fats. These vitamins are essential for most everyone who cannot get regular sun exposure year-round.
But more recent research has discovered that the ratios of these two vitamins may be of paramount importance in order to extract optimal health benefits, and unfortunately, modern cod liver oil does not supply these vitamins in healthy ratios to each other.
Taking Control Of Your Health
More government involvement doesn’t hold the answer to the health care crisis. What is needed is more personal involvement — your personal involvement — in the form of a commitment to your own health.
If you carefully follow some basic health principles — simple things like exercising, eating whole foods, sleeping enough, getting sun exposure, reducing stress in your life, and nurturing personal relationships — you will drastically reduce your need for conventional medical care.
You could also carefully analyze newer health insurance options such as HRAs and HSAs if you live in the United States. The basic concept here is to provide protection against medical catastrophes, but to have a high deductible to lower your costs. If you stay healthy, the premium savings would more than pay for the higher deductible — IF you ever need it.
And that is really the bottom line.
As drug sales are now dwindling due to a depressed economy, you and your children are likely to be bombarded with increasingly aggressive pharmaceutical direct-to-consumer advertising, and lobbying for more forced drugging and mandatory vaccinations.
Don’t fall for the scare tactics and disease mongering! And don’t believe the fairy tale that taking a pill with a laundry list of side effects will somehow make you feel as glowing and wonderful as the well-paid actors in the commercial.
The more you take responsibility for your own health — in the form of nurturing your body to prevent disease — the less you need to rely on the “disease care” that passes for health care in the United States in the first place.
Source: mercola.com
Not So Contrarian : Drink Only Water to Wash Down Drugs and Viagra
New reasons to avoid grapefruit and other juices when taking certain drugs.
Over the past three years succeedingly more specific studies have come out that basically saying certain drugs should not be taken with grapefruit juice.
New research shows that it’s probably best to avoid washing down drugs with ANY type of fruit juice.
12 Food Additives to Avoid
If you search the Internet on this subject, the consensus would suggest these additives to your food should be closely watched and limited. If you hear it enough from different sources, there’s the strong possibility that the warnings should be heeded. Read ingredient labels closely and do your own due diligence.
The Romans Did Themselves In With Lead ~ 2000 Years Later We’re Doing It With Aluminum
Lead in the water distribution pipes of ancient Rome has been found to be a major contributor to the downfall of that civilizations health.
Today, aluminum is thought to play a major role in most of the neurodegenerative diseases and has been a suspect in Alzheimer’s for many years as well as in the development of dementia, Parkinson’s, Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) and other degenerative diseases.
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