INTERESTING: How to get cattle to fatten up?

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

http://lewrockwell.com/mercola/mercola181.html

Is This More-Dangerous-Than-Aspartame Sweetener Hiding in Your Food?
by Joseph Mercola

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On August 16, 2000, the law firm of Hartman & Craven filed comments on the neotame docket pertaining to the lack of safety data submitted in support of neotameiv, stating in part:

“A food additive petition has been submitted to the FDA for the artificial sweetener neotame. In that petition, the sponsor claims the data presented demonstrate that the compound produces no adverse effects at a dose of 1000 mg/kg/day in the rat. The sponsor also claims that the product should be safe for patients with diabetes. A review of the data submitted to the FDA does not support these conclusions.

In fact, no safe human usage level can be determined based on the submitted data. The animal experimental evidence indicates a toxic effect on growth. The clinical evidence raises concerns about glucose control in patients with diabetes.

Searches for an explanation resolving the adverse findings leave no clear acceptable answers that would insure the safety of the public but does stimulate speculation on questions relating to possible liver effects.”

 

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Now I am NO fan of the FDA. If you had to advance an example of “regulatory capture” (i.e., those being regulated run the regulatory body), then probably #2 on the list of examples is the FDA.

(#1 is the UN Human Rights Council where horrible dictatorships are a majority on that Council. Talk about the fox “guarding” the hen house! Why “we, the USA, is paying for that whole UN charade is beyond me. Thank Prez Wilson and FDR, what a mess.)

I found most interesting the assertion that using artificial sweeteners fatten you up. Like the cattle cited to bring the up to market weight.

Maybe we’re being dumb about this.

What did “Grok” (i.e., the mythical caveman in the Primal Diet series) do?

Drank only water! Ate only stuff he hunted or gathered.

Maybe we should do the same?

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FUN: Taylor Swift wins twice

Monday, April 2, 2012

Stayed up too late, two nights in a row.

Saturday night, watch FLOTUS present Ms. Swift with the “Big Help” award. The two were obviously fans of each other.

(But I did think the acceptance speech was awkward, but heart felt. Maybe the little girl is growing up and can’t just wing it anymore.)

(Yeah, I know. No life watching the slime show.)

I thought FLOTUS was a good sport when the slime flew. Some commenters on the UK site thought she was the devil incarnate. Fair’s fair. While I don’t like her politics, she did well inspiring little kids. And I heard nothing political in her words. And, it seemed like her girls were having a ball.

Sunday night, ACM entertainer of the year (again). (She owes it all to Meridith the cat. That probably sent all the tweens and teens to voting.) Sad that she was dateless. But she showed real class with her “shout out”.

(It’s reported that she’s promised to make it up to the sick young man in the hospital. I bet it’s even better than the ACMs.)

So other than admitting I have no life. It was two fun evenings.

(Who else could be “entertainer of the year” when she blew them all away in dollars earned?)

Oh well, what will she accomplish next?

(And, she was a knock out. Eat your heart out all the dumb guys who let her get away. Good jokes about “Denver sacrificing a virgin” and Swebow on the ACM.)

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FUN: Child’s Prayer

Monday, April 2, 2012

Child’s Bedtime Prayer

Now I lay me down to sleep;
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

If I should die before I wake,
I pray the lord my soul to take.

God bless …

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My proposed Child’s Daytime Pryer

Now I arise from bed,
New challenges in my head.

If I should falter doing good today,
I pray the Lord to guide me back to His way.

God bless …

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INSPIRATIONAL: Swift’s date too sick to go

Sunday, April 1, 2012

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2012-03-31/taylor-swift-date/53914560/1

Cancer-stricken N.J. teen to miss date with Taylor Swift
By Steve Wood, (Cherry Hill, N.J.) Courier-Post
Updated 1h 48m ago

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CHERRY HILL, N.J. – In his second bout with cancer, 18-year-old Kevin McGuire won over the Internet and Taylor Swift.

Now the fickle fight will keep the high school senior from Stratford, N.J., from accompanying the superstar to Sunday night’s Academy of Country Music Awards.

Hours after being in “great spirits” Thursday, and a day before his planned departure to Las Vegas for the show, McGuire was dealt a 103-degree fever and taken to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, according to his mother, Vicki McGuire.

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I can’t think of a more polite way to say: “Boy, does that suck.”

Hope he gets a replacement date from Ms. Swift. (I’d expect so since she’s one sharp kookie.)

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INTERESTING: Early warning for heart attacks

Sunday, April 1, 2012

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/rethinking-healthcare/new-blood-test-predicts-heart-attack-weeks-in-advance/8268?tag=nl.e098

Home / Technology / Rethinking Healthcare
New blood test predicts heart attack weeks in advance
By Janet Fang | March 21, 2012, 9:00 PM PDT

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A simple test that spots abnormal cells coming from the lining of blood vessels can predict a heart attack a week or two beforehand.
Heart attacks happen when fatty deposits in an artery burst open. A blood clot forms to seal the break, but if that gets too big, it blocks off blood flow.

Blood vessels are lined with ‘endothelial cells’ that control the ability of arteries to widen and prevent clots. When there are a lot of large, misshapen endothelial cells, a heart attack is imminent, the new study shows.

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In the future, patients at risk could have a nanosensor implanted in a vein to detect the abnormal cells and then send an alert to their phone.

The study was published in Science Translational Medicine today.

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This is a great break thru. Fascinating that if could warn us about the widow maker.

From my time on the first aid squad, there is a whole class of victims — men in the forties, smokers, maybe Type A — that just drop dead. And, we had no chance to save them.

(Each one made me sadder. The adage was that each member had a limited number of these in their “tank”. Then when they hit “empty”, they’d have to give it up.)

My break point was a thirty something cancer victim without insurance who needed twice weekly transport in the middle of the night for cheap treatment. He was riddled with cancer and every little jiggle caused him pain, despite painkillers. That was the breaking point for me after 14 years.

I can’t imagine how “real” medical professionals, doctors and nurses, deal with this.

It’d be great to avoid that sadness for all involved. No one would be happier, except for the victim who dodges death.

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