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Could soy help lower your blood pressure?
In a world of lactose-and-dairy-intolerance, what do you do to still get your early morning caffeine fix? Do you go black or do you go soy? If you read this recent headline, "Compound in Soy Products May Help Lower Blood Pressure", then you might think that going with the soy option would be a good thing. I know I did... at first.
Doctors Question Current Medical Guidelines
It seems that it all comes down to guidelines... some in the mainstream follow them, others invent their own and some have decided to ignore them altogether! I cannot help but wonder why they even bother to lay down guidelines in the first place, when clearly some doctors and scientists believe they have free reign to make up their own rules as they go along... while many patients' lives are being put at risk.
Call To Ban BPA From Food Containers Is Ignored
Three years ago, a Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) study linked high BPA urinary levels to increased risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Then, in another JAMA study published last year, subjects who ate freshly made soup every day for five days had an average BPA level of 1.1 micrograms per litre of urine. Average BPA in subjects who ate soup from cans was an astounding 20.8 micrograms per litre! Recently, the Natural Resources Defence Council petitioned the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the use of BPA in any container where food makes contact with the chemical.
Curing Diabetes With a Scalpel!
That's an extremely strict diet. And it's one most people can't stick to. Apart from the fact that it is very unhealthy because the daily recommended calorie intake, when following a healthy balanced diet, is 2000 calories for women and 2500 for men. That's why researchers are starting to turn to surgery. In two new studies, researchers tested three types of surgery that actually change the size and shape of the stomach. (You probably know it as gastric bypass surgery.) All three forms were successful in getting diabetes patients into remission.
Don't Fall Victim To This Alzheimer's Con...
Based on a new investigation from Dartmouth researchers, in the US, here's an urgent and very important warning for all Alzheimer's caregivers: Aricept is a blockbuster Alzheimer's drug with sales worth well over $2 billion in the US alone. However, the patent on the drug was due to run out in November 2010.
Antipsychotic Drugs Increase Risk Of Death In Elderly Patients
Dan's dad was elderly, but generally in good health. That was until an injury required a hospital stay. But it didn't end there. It was followed by an infection, surgery, and, of course, painkillers were used throughout, which lead to episodes of dementia and within just a few weeks, Dan's father succumbed to respiratory failure. Toward the end, he was in a nursing home. Dan admits that he's not sure exactly what drugs his father received, and now he wonders what role those drugs might have played in his father's death.
Taking Statins? Don't Exercise!
From here on out, any medical professional who recommends statin drugs to healthy patients is either delusional or in denial (or borderline criminal!). I'm not talking about the known risk of statins raising blood sugar and promoting type 2 diabetes (although that alone is all the reason you need to avoid statins). And I'm also not talking about the known risk of statins causing cognitive problems (usually referred to as "brain fog" to make it sound more cute than dangerous). This time I'm returning to familiar territory: muscle pain.
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