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Couldn’t resist this little snippet! Apparently, if you zap sweet potatoes with an electric current can boost levels of antioxidants by as much as 60%, according a new study. The days of electrical nutrition have arrived! Actually, it makes sense: if you stress the vegetables, they release more antioxidants to protect themselves. It reminds me of the old (wicked) Chinese belief that if you torture the pig before eating it, the flesh tastes better. Add that to Cleve Backster’s discovery that plants know what’s going on and you’ll see what I mean. I don’t think I can bring myself to deliberately “hurt” sweet potatoes, just to enrich them nutritionally*. Nevertheless, the science is there…

A new study just published in the British Medical Journal (30th Aug 2012) underscores, yet again, the importance of lifestyle in remaining healthy. There are also some interesting statistics buried in the paper. For example, if you reach 75 years, you have a 50/50 chance of making it to 90! [all subjects included in the […] The post Lifestyle Aging Secrets Again appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.

Asian AIDS Lets call is Asian AIDS or A2IDS. A new 2012 scourge of Mankind is emerging in the Far East (or is that the Far West for us Californians?) Well, it’s something new to worry about, along with asteroids, nuclear fallout, global pandemic, Mayan curses and all the other 2012 hoopla. It looks like AIDS… but it isn’t. The person’s immune system goes down (fails) but they don’t necessarily die. Most importantly, it’s NOT a viral infection. There is no HIV (or at least all patients are HIV negative). Still, it’s a massive new alarm.

Asian AIDS Lets call is Asian AIDS or A2IDS. A new 2012 scourge of Mankind is emerging in the Far East (or is that the Far West for us Californians?) Well, it’s something new to worry about, along with asteroids, nuclear fallout, global pandemic, Mayan curses and all the other 2012 hoopla. It looks like AIDS… but it isn’t. The person’s immune system goes down (fails) but they don’t necessarily die. Most importantly, it’s NOT a viral infection. There is no HIV (or at least all patients are HIV negative). Still, it’s a massive new alarm.

You can imagine this kind of conversation: Dr A: Nutrition improves body function. Omega-3s are good… Dr B: I doubt it but I have heard rumors; something about reducing risk of heart disease. Dr A: Not just that, all body function. Even sexual performance and fertility. Dr B: How can that be? Dr A: Sexual performance is part of body function… Dr B: The dirty stuff? That’s not physiology! I despair sometimes of my colleagues. Don’t they get it? Physiology is all of body function: everything. Penises, ovaries, testicles and vulva! Now they have made a wonderful discovery: if you eat right, you can be more fertile! It’s been in my health books since 1985 but it’s still considered ludicrous. Pre-conceptual nutrition is vital for healthy reproduction. Vets know this. Animals in poor shape are never sent to stud. But humans?

You can imagine this kind of conversation: Dr A: Nutrition improves body function. Omega-3s are good… Dr B: I doubt it but I have heard rumors; something about reducing risk of heart disease. Dr A: Not just that, all body function. Even sexual performance and fertility. Dr B: How can that be? Dr A: Sexual performance is part of body function… Dr B: The dirty stuff? That’s not physiology! I despair sometimes of my colleagues. Don’t they get it? Physiology is all of body function: everything. Penises, ovaries, testicles and vulva! Now they have made a wonderful discovery: if you eat right, you can be more fertile! It’s been in my health books since 1985 but it’s still considered ludicrous. Pre-conceptual nutrition is vital for healthy reproduction. Vets know this. Animals in poor shape are never sent to stud. But humans?

Leaving out the ethnic elements woven into the findings, this much was clear: More educated people live longer. In some cases, life expectancy for people who don’t finish high school is actually getting shorter. Meanwhile, those with higher levels of education and more socioeconomic benefits are living much longer than they were in the 1950s […]

Leaving out the ethnic elements woven into the findings, this much was clear: More educated people live longer. In some cases, life expectancy for people who don’t finish high school is actually getting shorter. Meanwhile, those with higher levels of education and more socioeconomic benefits are living much longer than they were in the 1950s […] The post Education Extends Life and Living appeared first on Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby.

Not strange, maybe, but that fact that orthodox doctors were testing out grapefruit juice on cancer cases is little short of amazing! The study’s main finding was that grapefruit juice might allow treatment using smaller drug dosages, therefore reducing side effects and perhaps costs. Sirolimus (Rapamune) is an immunosuppressant and not approved as a cancer drug. Its primary use is to prevent rejection after kidney transplants. Some early studies suggest that sirolimus may have tumor-fighting effects. Derivatives of the drug are used in kidney cancer and breast cancer. But sirolimus has poor bioavailability, meaning it isn’t absorbed well and not much gets into the blood (14% or so). When grapefruit juice is taken concomitantly, absorption was much higher. Do as well as increasing the benefits of this drug, it could allow lower doses and hence cost saving.

Not strange, maybe, but that fact that orthodox doctors were testing out grapefruit juice on cancer cases is little short of amazing! The study’s main finding was that grapefruit juice might allow treatment using smaller drug dosages, therefore reducing side effects and perhaps costs. Sirolimus (Rapamune) is an immunosuppressant and not approved as a cancer drug. Its primary use is to prevent rejection after kidney transplants. Some early studies suggest that sirolimus may have tumor-fighting effects. Derivatives of the drug are used in kidney cancer and breast cancer. But sirolimus has poor bioavailability, meaning it isn’t absorbed well and not much gets into the blood (14% or so). When grapefruit juice is taken concomitantly, absorption was much higher. Do as well as increasing the benefits of this drug, it could allow lower doses and hence cost saving.

Don’t be fooled by the ads: “It looks like butter; it tastes like butter… It must be butter.” Chances are it’s toxic filth called diacetyl, which the food industry laughingly calls “butter flavor”. Chronic exposure to diacetyl, may worsen the harmful effects of a protein in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a […]