Lead Developer Of HPV Vaccines Comes Clean To Warn Parents & Young Girls

Reposted from Collective Evolution

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Gardasil, the vaccine that supposedly protects young girls from the human papillomavirus and the cervical cancer which it can lead to, has come under intense scrutiny from medical professionals around the world over the past few years. Unfortunately, mainstream media outlets rarely if ever share information related to this scrutiny, despite the many eye-opening revelations which have made their way into the public domain.

This is why I commonly write about the HPV vaccine and continue to push this information; because it’s not really openly discussed, but should be.

One of these revelations comes from Dr. Dianne Harper, one of a select few specialists in OB/GYN (in the world) who helped design and carry out the Phase II and Phase III safety and effectiveness studies to get Gardasil approved. There are only 50 HPV experts in the world, and Dr. Harper is one of them, inarguably making her an expert on the subject.

Since Harper’s involvement in getting Gardasil approved, she has condemned the vaccine, stating that it is neither safe nor effective. She has mentioned that the tested length of the efficacy of the vaccines in preventing HPV infection is not long enough to prevent cervical cancer, which, as she states, can take decades to develop. She has also stated that vaccination will not decrease the number of cervical cancer cases, but a routine of regular pap smears will.

Of all the women who get an HPV infection, approximately 70 percent of those will clear that infection all by themselves in the first year. You don’t even have to detect it or treat it. Within two years, approximately 90 percent of those women will clear it all by themselves. By three years, you will have 10 percent of that original group of women left who still have an HPV infection, and 5 percent of this 10 percent will have progressed into a pre-cancerous lesion. So, “now you have that small group of women who have pre-cancerous lesions and now let’s look at that moving into invasive carcinoma. What we know then is that amongst women with. . . [pre-cancerous] lesions. . . it takes five years for about twenty percent of them to become invasive carcinomas. That’s a pretty slow process. It takes about thirty years for forty percent of them to become invasive cervical carcinomas.” (source)

This begs the question, why do nine-year old girls need vaccinations for symptomless venereal diseases that their immune systems kill anyway?

Harper has told CBS that these vaccines are essentially useless, explaining that “the benefit to public health is nothing, there is no reduction in cervical cancers, they are just postponed, unless the protection lasts for at least 15 years, and over 70% of all sexually active females of all ages are vaccinated.”

She also goes on to caution of their dangers:

Parents and women must know that deaths occurred. Not all deaths that have been reported were represented in Dr. Slade’s work, one-third of the death reports were unavailable to the CDC, leaving the parents of the deceased teenagers in despair that the CDC is ignoring the very rare but real occurrences that need not have happened if parents were given information stating that there are real, but small risks of death surrounding the administration of Gardasil.

“It is a vaccine that’s been highly marketed, the benefits are over-hyped, and the dangers are underestimated.” – Dr. Chris Shaw, Professor at the University of British Columbia, in the department of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, and Visual Sciences (Taken from the One More Girl documentary)

“When one looks at the independent literature, so studies which are not sponsored by the vaccine manufacturers, so with relation to Gardasil there have been several reports documenting multiple sclerosis and encephalitis, which is brain inflammation, in girls who have received their Gardasil vaccine. So just because a study sponsored by the manufacturers does not identify problems with the vaccine does not necessarily mean that the vaccine is safe. In fact if one looks at the manufacturer studies, they’re often not designed to detect serious adverse events. There was a study done by a group of researchers sponsored by Glaxo Smith and Kline and they were looking at Cervarix, which is another HPV vaccine, and the authors acknowledged that none of the studies that they evaluated have been designed to detect autoimmune diseases. So obviously, you’re not going to find what you’re not looking for. And in spite of these obvious flaws, they concluded that there is no evidence that Cervarix is associated with increased risk for autoimmune diseases, and this is absurd because you haven’t looked for it, the study has not been designed to detect autoimmune diseases.”

Brand New Study Outlines Why Many Doctors Don’t Recommend HPV Shots

A brand new study recently published in the journal Pediatrics has found that many paediatricians don’t strongly recommend the HPV vaccine. For those of you who are unaware, the HPV vaccine, also known as the Gardasil vaccine, is designed to protect against four types of human papillomavirus, or HPV.  Although the HPV vaccine is banned in multiple countries, like Japan for example, it has been approved for use in Canada and approximately 100 other countries.

Researchers used a national survey asking approximately 600 doctors to outline their stance on the HPV vaccine. Conducted between October 2013 and January 2014, the study found that a large percentage of paediatricians and family doctors — nearly one third of those surveyed — are not strongly recommending the HPV vaccine to parents and preteens, which is why, as illustrated by the study, HPV vaccination rates continue to drop.

The study mentioned that some doctors felt the need for a clearer understanding of reasons to vaccinate preteens, particularly given the fact that most do not become sexually active until later on in life, and that many parents would object to them assuming otherwise.

Prior to this, another study was published in the journal Cancer Epidemiolog in 2015. Written by Melissa B. Gilkey, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, the study was designed to assess how physicians recommend the HPV vaccine. The authors were surprised to find that “physicians so often reported recommending HPV vaccination inconsistently, behind schedule, or without urgency. Of the five communication practices we assessed, about half of physicians reported two or more practices that likely discourage timely HPV vaccination.” (source)

This study found that 27 percent of physicians across the United States do not strongly endorse HPV vaccination, and 39 percent reported that they do not give the vaccinations on time as recommended. Approximately 59 percent of physicians recommended it for adolescents.

Physicians questioning vaccine safety seems to be a growing trend, and this is evident and expressed in multiple publications. For example, a fairly recent study published in the journal Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics emphasized that “more research is needed to understand why some health professionals, trained in medical sciences, still have doubts regarding the safety and effectiveness of vaccination.” (source)

A new study published in the journal EbioMedicine outlines how more and more physicians, more specifically those in France, do not follow the recommended vaccination schedule and have hesitancy with regards to vaccination for a number of reasons, mainly due to a lack of trust in pharmaceutical grade products, their perception of the utility and risks of vaccines, and their comfort in explaining them to patients. (source)

American College of Pediatricians Links HPV Vaccine (Gardasil) To “Very Rare But Serious Condition.”

“It has recently come to the attention of the College that one of the recommended vaccines could possibly be associated with the very rare but serious condition of premature ovarian failure (POF), also known as premature menopause. There have been two case report series (3 cases each) published since 2013 in which post-menarcheal adolescent girls developed laboratory documented POF within weeks to several years of receiving Gardasil, a four-strain human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4).”  

The press release goes on to state that adverse reactions are not commonly caused by the vaccine, and that there has not been a noticeable rise in POF cases in the last 9 years that the vaccine has been widely used. This is not the first time a statement from a government medical agency has contradicted the evidence of various scientists and doctors around the world. Nevertheless, it’s great to see them at least acknowledge these potentials, stating that there are “legitimate concerns that should be addressed.” These concerns, according to them, are as follows:

• Long term ovarian function was not assessed in either the original rat safety studies, or in the human vaccine trial
• Most primary care physicians are probably unaware of a possible association between HPV4 and POF and may not consider reporting POF cases or prolonged missing menstrual periods to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
• Potential mechanisms of action have been postulated based on autoimmune associations with the aluminum adjuvant used and previously documented ovarian toxicity in rats from another component, polysorbate 80
• Since licensure of Gardasil in 2006, there have been about 213 VAERS reports involving amenorrhea, POF or premature menopause, 88 percent of which have been associated with Gardasil

“The overwhelming majority (76%) of VAERS reports since 2006 with ovarian failure, premature menopause, and/or amenorrhea are associated solely with Gardasil. . . . A Vaccine Safety Datalink POF study is planned to address an association between these vaccines and POF, but it may be years before results will be determined. Plus, POF within a few years of vaccination could be the tip of the iceberg since ovarian dysfunction manifested by months of amenorrhea may later progress to POF.”

It’s also worth mentioning that more than a dozen girls recently came forward in Europe claiming that they are suffering from acute physical side effects from the HPV vaccine. You can read more about that here.

Concordia Professor Criticizes HPV Vaccine After Winning A Federal Grant To Study It

Dr. Genevieve Rail, Professor of Critical Studies of Health at Concordia University, recently received a grant of $270,000 from the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR)  to study the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). She concluded that there is absolutely no proof that the human papillomavirus directly causes cervical cancer.

“I’m sort of raising a red flag, out of respect for what I’ve found in my own study, and for the despair of parents who had totally perfect 12-year-olds who are now in their beds, too tired to go to school,” she said. “Yes, we’re going against the grain, and we are going against those who are believed, i.e. doctors and nurses and people in public health.” (source)

She feels there are “serious concerns” about the vaccine, yet no research on how young people “experience” the vaccine. (source)

You can read more about this story here.

Merck’s Former Doctor Predicts Gardasil To Become The Greatest Medical Scandal of All Time

Dr. Bernard Dalbergue is a former pharmaceutical industry physician with Gardasil manufacturer Merck who has started to raise his voice against the HPV vaccine, and against the pharmaceutical industry as a whole. He joins a long list of experts from within the industry who have slammed the rampant manipulation and control of clinical research done by the pharmaceutical industry.

This quote is taken from an interview that happened in April of 2014, from an issue of the French magazine Principes de Santé (Health Principles):

The full extent of the Gardasil scandal needs to be assessed: everyone knew when this vaccine was released on the American market that it would prove to be worthless.  Diane Harper, a major opinion leader in the United States, was one of the first to blow the whistle, pointing out the fraud and scam of it all.I predict that Gardasil will become the greatest medical scandal of all time because at some point in time, the evidence will add up to prove that this vaccine, technical and scientific feat that it may be, has absolutely no effect on cervical cancer and that all the very many adverse effects which destroy lives and even kill, serve no other purpose than to generate profit for the manufacturers. Gardasil is useless and costs a fortune!  In addition, decision-makers at all levels are aware of it! Cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, paralysis of the lower limbs, vaccine-induced MS and vaccine-induced encephalitis can be found, whatever the vaccine. (source)

Dr. Dalbergue has also recently released a book titled Omerta dans les labos pharmaceutiques: Confessions d’un medicine which goes into more detail about corruption in the medical/pharmaceutical industry. He also recently made an appearance on a popular radio show in France which you can watch here. Althought it’s in French, it’s nice to put a face to the name so that you can see he is real.

Gardasil Contains More Than Double The Amount Of Aluminum Than It Previously Had

Gardasil, like several other vaccines, contains aluminum. Health authorities will tell you that using aluminum as an adjuvant in vaccines is completely safe, but what they won’t tell you is that there are no safety assessments (toxicity studies) for vaccine ingredients. This can be quite eye-opening for those who were not already aware of this, especially considering the fact that aluminum has been being added to vaccines for approximately 90 years. Yet the Food and Drug Administration, or any other government agency for that matter, has not conducted or included appropriate toxicity studies/testing proving the safety of aluminum. Why is this? One reason could be that vaccines have traditionally (over the years) been viewed as non-toxic substances, therefore not warranting such research. (source)

“I have a document from 2002 from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)… discussing the assessment of vaccine ingredients… and testing specifically in animal models. Back then, the FDA stated that the routine toxicity studies in animals with vaccine ingredients have not been conducted because it was assumed that these ingredients are safe. When I read that I was kind of pulling my hairs out [thinking] ‘So, this is your indisputable evidence of safety?’  These documents never made it to mainstream media. It’s just a lie perpetuated over and over again; that we’ve been using these things for over nine decades and it’s been proven safe. No, it’s been assumed safe.” 

– Dr. Lucija Tomljenovic (source)

Even if we look at the FDA’s current website/guidelines, this is not a secret. The statement above was made in response to their 2002 guidelines, which is a fairly recent document. More than 10 years later, however, despite all of the studies demonstrating clear cause for concern, not much has changed.

“Until recently, few licensed vaccines have been tested for developmental toxicity in animals prior to their use in humans.” (source)

Studies also continue to emerge every single year stressing the need to actually test vaccine ingredients for safety. You’d think this would be a no-brainer, wouldn’t you?

Here is a study published in 2015 that stresses how important it is for us to further examine the inclusion of mercury and aluminum in vaccines, arguing that “the safety levels of these substances have never been determined, either for animals or for adult humans—much less for fetuses, newborns, infants, and children.” (source)

A growing number of studies have linked the use of aluminum adjuvants to serious autoimmune outcomes in humans.  (source)(source)(source)(source)

Below is an excerpt from a paper that was published in 2015 in the journal Frontiers In Neurology which emphasizes various concerns about aluminum in vaccines:

The conceptual link between long-term persistence of alum particles within macrophages at the site of previous immunization, and the occurrence of adverse systemic events, in particular neurological ones, has long remained an unsolved question. Aluminum has long been identified as a neurotoxic metal, affecting memory, cognition and psychomotor control, altering neurotransmission and synaptic activity, damaging the blood–brain barrier (BBB), exerting pro-oxidant effects, activating microglia and neuroinflammation, depressing the cerebral glucose metabolism and mitochondrial functions, interfering with transcriptional activity, and promoting beta-amyloid and neurofilament aggregation (56). In addition, alum particles impact the immune system through their adjuvant effect and by many other means. They adsorb vaccine antigens on their surface, which protect them from proteolysis thus forming a persistently immunogenic pseudo-pathogen (57). Alum particles may also bind undesirable residual products inherent to vaccine production procedures, as shown for HPV DNA sequences (58) or yeast proteins (59) that may be potentially hazardous (60). Finally, alum particles can directly induce allergy (61, 62) as other metals (63) Concerns about long-term biopersistence of alum largely depend on the ability of alum particles to reach and exert toxicity in remote organs. This ability has been suggested by several studies.

Here is another paper, published in 2013 in the journal Immunome Research, which provides further evidence of the dangers associated with aluminum in vaccines.

A study published in the journal Current Medical Chemistry in 2011 does the same:

Aluminum is an experimentally demonstrated neurotoxin and the most commonly used vaccine adjuvant. Despite almost 90 years of widespread use of aluminum adjuvants, medical science’s understanding about their mechanisms of action is still remarkably poor. There is also a concerning scarcity of data on toxicology and pharmacokinetics of these compounds. In spite of this, the notion that aluminum in vaccines is safe appears to be widely accepted. Experimental research, however, clearly shows that aluminum adjuvants have a potential to induce serious immunological disorders in humans. In particular, aluminum in adjuvant form carries a risk for autoimmunity, long-term brain inflammation and associated neurological complications and may thus have profound and widespread adverse health consequences.

Another one published in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry shared the following conclusions:

We show that Al-adjuvanted vaccines may be a significant etiological factor in the rising prevalence of ASD. We also show that children from countries with the highest ASD prevalence appear to have a much higher exposure to Al from vaccines, particularly at 2 months of age. . . . According to the FDA, vaccines represent a special category of drugs as they are generally given to healthy individuals [15]. Further according to the FDA, ‘this places significant emphasis on their [vaccine] safety’ [15]. While the FDA does set an upper limit for Al in vaccines at no more than 850 μg/dose [89], it is important to note that this amount was selected empirically from data showing that Al in such amounts enhanced the antigenicity of the vaccine, rather than from existing safety data or from the basis of toxicological considerations [89]. . . . Nonetheless, given that the scientific evidence appears to indicate that vaccine safety is not as firmly established as often believed, it would seem ill advised to exclude pediatric vaccinations as a possible cause of adverse long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes, including those associated with autism.  

B12 Deficiency Caused by This Popular Drug

Reposted from Dr. Mercola

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By Dr. Mercola

Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin that your body does not make, which means you must get it via your diet or supplements. Vitamin B12, along with other B vitamins, is used by your body to convert the carbohydrates you eat into glucose that your body uses for energy.
Vitamin B12 also plays a role in the production of DNA and RNA and works closely with folate to make red blood cells and produce S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe), which is involved in immune-system function and mood.¹
Vitamin B12 is also important for the maintenance of your central nervous system, including the conduction of nerve impulses and producing the myelin sheath, which protects and "insulates" your nerves.²
A deficiency in vitamin B12 can be difficult to detect and may lead to numerous, sometimes-irreversible issues with your health, including nerve damage. If you take the diabetes drug metformin, it's important to be aware that you're at an increased risk of this potentially serious vitamin deficiency.

Diabetes Drug Metformin Linked to Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City used data from the Diabetes Prevention Program and the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study to look into the effects of metformin use on vitamin B12 levels.
Data from participants taking metformin twice daily or those taking a placebo were included, and the participants had their vitamin B12 levels measured after five and 13 years.
Significant differences in vitamin B12 levels were found. Among those taking metformin, average vitamin B12 levels were lower and 4 percent were deficient compared to 2 percent in the placebo group.³
Further, nearly 20 percent of those taking metformin had borderline low vitamin B12 levels compared to 10 percent of those taking a placebo. More people in the metformin group were also anemic, which is associated with vitamin B12 deficiency.
Neither the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nor the American Diabetes Association formally recommends monitoring vitamin B12 levels in people taking metformin, but the researchers suggested patients ask their doctors to do so.⁴

How Common Is Vitamin B12 Deficiency?

Studies from the U.S. Framingham trial show nearly 40 percent of the U.S. population may have suboptimal blood levels of vitamin B12, which is a level low enough to experience neurological symptoms.⁵ Another 9 percent were considered deficient in the vitamin, while 16 percent were near deficient.
It's often said that vitamin B12 deficiency is more common in the elderly. This is because stomach acid decreases as you get older, and stomach acid is essential for your body to absorb vitamin B12.
However, the Framingham trial found low levels of the vitamin across the board; low levels were common in young people and the elderly alike.⁶
It should be noted, however, that many symptoms often attributed to aging may actually be due to vitamin B12 deficiency. This includes memory loss, cognitive decline, muscle weakness and more.

Why Low Levels of Vitamin B12 Are Often Missed

Most physicians do not routinely test their patients' vitamin B12 levels. Even if you have yours tested, the levels considered "normal" in the U.S. may still be too low.
Normal ranges of vitamin B12 in the U.S. are 200 pg/mL to 1100 pg/mL, even though people at the lower end of this spectrum (between 200 pg/mL and 350 pg/mL) often have symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency.⁷
In fact, if your levels are below 600 pg/mL, you might be suffering from B12 deficiency. Integrative medicine practitioner Chris Kresser explains:⁸

"In Japan and Europe, the lower limit for B12 is between 500 to 550 pg/mL, the level associated with psychological and behavioral manifestations such as cognitive decline, dementia and memory loss.
Some experts have speculated that the acceptance of higher levels as normal in Japan and the willingness to treat levels considered 'normal' in the U.S. explain the low rates of Alzheimer's and dementia in that country.
Experts who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of B12 deficiency, like Sally Pacholok, R.N. and Jeffery Stuart, D.O., suggest treating all patients that are symptomatic and have B12 levels less than 450 pg/mL.
They also recommend treating patients with normal B12, but elevated urinary methylmalonic acid (MMA), homocysteine and/or holotranscobalamin (other markers of B12 deficiency)."

The Signs and Four Stages of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

There are four stages of vitamin B12 deficiency:

• Stage 1: Declining B-12 blood levels due to absorption problems
• Stage 2: B12 stores are depleted at the cellular level
• Stage 3: Ability to synthesize new red blood cells is decreased
• Stage 4: Macrocytic anemia is considered a late indicator of B12 deficiency

The symptoms also progress in stages. Some of the initial signs of B12 deficiency include unexplained anemia and neuropsychiatric disorders, and gastrointestinal disorders such as Crohn's disease or infection with Helicobacter pylori.
If you are also elderly or a vegetarian and have some of these symptoms, a B12 deficiency may also be suspect for causing these problems.
Low levels can also lead to mental fogginess, memory troubles, muscle weakness, and — one of the hallmark signs — fatigue. Vitamin B12 also plays a role in:

Proper digestion, food absorption, iron use, carbohydrate and fat metabolism	Healthy nervous system function	Promotion of normal nerve growth and development
Help with regulation of the formation of red blood cells	Cell formation and longevity	Proper circulation
Adrenal hormone production	Healthy immune system function	Support of female reproductive health and pregnancy
Feelings of well-being and mood regulation	Mental clarity, concentration, memory function	Physical, emotional, and mental energy

Vitamin B12 for Bone Health

Accumulating research also suggests low levels of vitamin B12 may wreak havoc on your bone health.
Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), for instance, revealed that mice deficient in vitamin B12 have growth retardation and fewer osteoblasts (cells responsible for bone formation).⁹
The researchers suggested that lack of vitamin B12 may interfere with growth signaling in the liver and its "downstream effect" on the osteoblasts. Meanwhile, low vitamin B12 status may increase the risk for bone fractures in older men.¹⁰
Older women with low levels of vitamin B12 (below 208 pg/ml) also experienced significantly more rapid bone loss in the hips — a sign of osteoporosis — than women with higher levels of B12 in a separate study¹¹ A meta-analysis even found that raising vitamin B12 levels in older individuals lead to a reduction in fracture risk.¹²

Vitamin B12 Is Crucial for Mental and Cognitive Health

Vitamin B12's role in brain health and mental health is particularly significant and can cause a range of neurological disturbances that mimic depression, dementia and confusion, as well as serious mental illness .
According to a small Finnish study published in the journal Neurology, people who consume foods rich in vitamin B12 may reduce their risk of Alzheimer's disease in their later years.¹³ For each unit increase in the marker of vitamin B12 (holotranscobalamin), the risk of developing Alzheimer's was reduced by 2 percent.
Meanwhile, B-group vitamins may slow brain shrinkage by as much as seven-fold in brain regions specifically known to be most impacted by Alzheimer's disease.¹⁴ Among participants taking high doses of folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12, blood levels of homocysteine were lowered, as was the associated brain shrinkage — by up to 90 percent.

Who Is Most at Risk of Vitamin B12 Deficiency?

If you're a vegan who does not eat animal products, you are at high risk of deficiency, as vitamin B12 is available in its natural form only in animal food sources. This doesn't necessarily have to be meat — eggs and dairy are options also. Top foods to include are:

• Wild-caught Alaskan salmon
• Raw grass-fed dairy products
• Organic free-range eggs
• Grass-fed beef and beef liver
• Organic, free-range chicken

Children fed a vegan diet may continue to be deficient in the vitamin for years even after animal foods are added to their diet. It's extremely important for kids to receive adequate levels of vitamin B12 during these formative years. One study found children fed a vegan diet up until the age of 6 who had marginal vitamin B12 status may have impaired cognitive performance as adolescents.¹⁵
As mentioned, when you get older the lining of your stomach gradually loses its ability to produce hydrochloric acid (the stomach acid suppressed by proton pump inhibitors), which releases vitamin B12 from your food. If you're over 50, it's safe to assume you are not absorbing vitamin B12 at an optimal level. Other factors may also influence your body's ability to absorb vitamin B12 properly, including:

Intestinal dysbiosis	Leaky gut or gut inflammation	Low stomach acid
Pernicious anemia	Medications including acid-suppressing drugs (antacids) and metformin	Alcohol
Exposure to nitrous oxide

In general, those most at risk of vitamin B12 deficiency include:

Vegetarians and vegans	Elderly people
People who regularly use proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)	People taking metformin
People with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)	Women with a history of infertility or miscarriage

Oral Vitamin B12 Supplements Are Difficult to Absorb

Many people, including the elderly, those with gut disorders and vegetarians and vegans, could benefit from adding extra vitamin B12 to their bodies. There is one problem with supplementation however, which is the poor absorbability of oral vitamin B12 supplements.
Vitamin B12 is the largest vitamin molecule known. Because of its large size, it is not easily absorbed passively like most supplements, making many, if not most, oral B12 supplements are grossly ineffective. This is why vitamin B12 is often given via injection, especially for people with absorption issues. Sublingual (under your tongue) sprays are also effective, as they allow the large B12 molecule to be absorbed directly into your bloodstream.

Are You Taking Metformin for Diabetes or Diabetes Prevention?

During the three-year Diabetes Prevention Program study, lifestyle interventions were found to be more effective than metformin at preventing or delaying the development of diabetes. A follow-up study monitored the group for 15 years — and lifestyle interventions were still more effective than metformin at preventing diabetes.¹⁶
After the initial three-year study, those who made dietary changes and exercised at moderate intensity for 15 minutes daily were 58 percent less likely to develop diabetes compared to a placebo group. Those taking metformin were 31 percent less likely to develop the disease.
Such lifestyle interventions also work for treating and reversing diabetes, which should be welcome news for those looking to avoid the increased risks of B12 deficiency that may come with taking metformin long-term. You can find my recommended diet and exercise changes to prevent or treat type 2 diabetes here.

Damning Research Proves Chemo and Cancer Industry Is A Huge Scam

Reposted from Healthy Holistic Living

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Cancer is big business, no doubt about it. But did you know that the treatment your doctor orders could actually increase the likelihood that you will become a repeat customer? Conventional cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation actually promote cancer. Yes, you read that correctly… they promote cancer!
Cancer is increasingly becoming a survivable disease, yet the treatments cause considerable collateral damage – including initiating new, second cancers.

Second cancers are cancers unrelated to the original cancer, which can be triggered by the very same imbalances or cancer-causing agents that led to the first cancer. In fact, doctors sometimes refer to the risk of a second cancer as “friendly fire” – that is treatment for one cancer resulting in the initiation of a second cancer. How in God’s name could any doctor fail to mention to a patient the possibility that second cancers can be created by the very cancer treatment they are administering?
Even more shocking a Washington state research team discovered chemotherapy does not in any way treat or cure cancer. To the contrary, their research showed that invasive, chemo treatments actually cause the development and spread of cancer cells, making the disease exponentially harder to treat. The study confirms that chemotherapy, the go-to cancer treatment in Western medicine, is a complete scam and incredibly harmful to cancer patients.

According to the study, chemotherapy causes healthy cells to release WNT16B, a protein that actually helps cancer cells to flourish. The research team showed undeniably that chemotherapy damages the DNA of healthy cells, a critical factor as this is a long-lasting issue that persists long after treatments are concluded. This is exemplified by secondary cancers, which likely return after an initial cancer diagnosis in a vast majority of survivors. Secondary cancers often originate in an entirely separate area of the body from the first diagnosis and are typically much more aggressive and harder to treat.

How Long Has it Been Known That Chemotherapy and Radiation Can Lead to Second Cancers?

The link between chemotherapy and radiation and the development of second cancers has been known for decades! Even the American Cancer Society acknowledges that radiotherapy and chemotherapy are carcinogens and may increase risk for developing a second cancer, and that the risk is even higher when both therapies are given together. Yet still this information is not typically shared with patients or is severely downplayed by oncologists.

Chemotherapy and Second Cancers

Chemotherapy targets the DNA of cancer cells, specifically rapidly dividing cells. However, in the process it also impacts healthy cells. Risk is dose and treatment-duration related.

The most common cancers linked to chemotherapy drugs are AML (acute myelogenous leukemia) and MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome). The news of ABC’s Good Morning America host Robin Robert’s diagnosis of MDS is a perfect example.

Radiation and Second Cancers

Beyond the obvious link from radiation exposure to cancer (Chernobyl, Fukushima, and atomic bomb blasts in Japan) and all the credible new information linking cell phones and EMFs to cancer, radiation therapy has been recognized as carcinogenic for many years. Like chemotherapy drugs, radiation therapy destroys cancer cells but also harms healthy cells.

Radiation therapy has been linked to the occurrence of solid tumors of the lung, stomach, and bone, and to various types of leukemia such as AML (acute myelogenous leukemia), CML (chronic myelogenous leukemia), and ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia).

The Links Between Chemotherapy and Radiation to Second Cancers are Known and Vast

• Chemotherapy drugs that are alkylating agents such as mechlorethamine, cyclophosphamide, chlorambucil, melahalan, and others interfere with a cell’s DNA that can sometimes cause AML and MDS.
• Non-alkylating chemotherapy agents (platinum-based drugs) such as cisplatin and carboplatin attack cancer cells in a similar way, increasing the risk for leukemia. Risk is dose related and the risk of developing leukemia increases even more if radiation is given along with cisplatin or carboplatin (or other platins).
• In the case of topoisomerase II inhibitors such as Etoposide, Teniposide, and Mitoantrone, the drugs stop cells from being able to repair DNA, sometimes causing leukemia, often within as little as 2-3 years. Anthracyclines, while still topoisomerase II inhibitors, are less likely to cause leukemia.
• Targeted therapy drugs such as Zelboraf and Tafinlar, which are used to treat melanoma, increase the risk of squamous cell carcinomas of the skin.
• Patients given immunosuppressive medication (they suppress the immune system), such as cyclophosphamide, chlorambucil and nitrogen mustard (for treatment or during organ transplants) are proven to develop second cancers.
• Radiation treatment for breast cancer significantly increases risk for developing lung cancer.
• Radiation treatment to the prostate can result in carcinomas.
• Chemo used to treat lymphomas and breast cancer can initiate bladder cancer.
• Chemo has been linked to the initiation of testicular cancer.
• Prior cancer treatments are a key risk factor for subsequent neoplasms for childhood cancer survivors.
• Stem cell transplants increase risk of second cancers from the chemotherapy and radiation used as well as the associated suppression of the immune system.

While secondary malignancies may be due to many factors, chemotherapy and radiation are both carcinogens; exposure to these therapies can result in an increased risk of second cancers.

Sadly, many oncologists do not inform their patients that the treatments they prescribe could possibly lead to a second cancer. Now you know and The Truth About Cancer is here to educate and empower you with this knowledge and information.

Cancer will kill over 8 million people this year.

True cures are being suppressed and the mainstream media has played a big role in keeping people in the dark on how to prevent such a dire diagnosis.

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SHOCKING: People Do Not Die of Cancer! People Die of Chemotherapy and in Terrible Pain

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For more than two decades, this professor was focused on studies related to people suffering from cancer and he was finally able to come up with a shocking conclusion. It seems that the cancer industry has only one objective – more profit.
Big Pharma, doctors, healthcare facilities and other participants in this industry share the profit whenever some patient accepts to practice regular cancer treatment. This therapy includes taking chemotherapy toxins in the system, radiating the body with ions or removal of certain body parts and in many cases the therapy includes all methods.


If we take a close look at the statistics, we will see that chemotherapy is ineffective when it comes to curing cancer and for some reason scientists are ignoring or hiding this fact.
According to Dr. Hardin B. Jones who once worked as a professor of medical physics and physiology at the famous Berkeley College, chemotherapy is ineffective and he spent more than 20 years of his life studying the effects of this therapy in cancer patients and analyzing their life expectancy.
Dr. Jones says that the majority of people suffering from cancer exposed to chemotherapy end their lives in great pain. In addition, he is emphasizing the fact that cancer patients who practice chemotherapy will most likely die faster and in greater pain compared to patients who have chosen any other treatment or no treatment at all.
The research that lasted for a long period of time, helped him to come up with a conclusion that conventional cancer therapy reduces life expectancy and accelerates the deterioration of the system. What is even worse, the cancer industry is well aware of this fact, but this is a billion-dollar industry and they ignore this fact.


Dr. Jones says that patients who don’t practice chemotherapy live about 12 years longer (on average) compared to those who follow this therapy. His study was released in the reputable New York Academy of Sciences journal. Those who thought that chemotherapy is the best choice usually die three years after they were diagnosed with cancer and there are many patients who die after a month or two.

Breast cancer patients that don’t receive chemotherapy manage to live four times longer compared to those who receive it. This is a fact and you have probably never heard about it. Mass media are covering up this because of their connections with the cancer industry.
Another scientific study found in the American Medical Association Journal from 1979 pointed out that the majority of the popular techniques for treating and diagnosing breast cancer (and most of them are used today too), didn’t have positive effects in most patients.
In addition, two other studies from the period when the influence of Big Pharma was not that great, one from Britain published in the Lancer 35 years ago and one from Israel (1978), had the same conclusion. The study published in the Lancet has shown that despite the fact that more and more patients have received chemotherapy; the survival rate of patients with breast cancer had not decreased in the past 10 years.
What the Big Pharma doesn’t want us to know is that cancer patients die from the treatment (mostly from chemotherapy) not from the effects of cancer. Chemotherapy is a specific treatment that is focused on elimination of healthy cells in order to prevent the spreading of cancer and after that it is focused on cancer cells.

The majority of patients who have died because of this disease are patients who died of malnutrition. Cancer-affected cells absorb all the nutrients from our body and block the work of the immune system. After some time, the system is so weak that it cannot defend itself from any threat.

According to MD UCSF Allen Levin, modern medicine already has the universal cure and all the facts related to cancer are hidden from the public. The reason is simple – one treatment costs up to one million dollars. Chemotherapy cannot eliminate colon cancer, breast cancer or lung cancer. We have evidence for this, but healthcare professionals are still practicing chemotherapy.
Dr. Ulrich Abel, a famous German epidemiologist, has performed a thorough research and analysis of all the popular studies related to chemotherapy from all over the world. The conclusions he has are surprising and these conclusions must be read by people who are planning to receive chemotherapy. Dr. Ulrich Abel has published a book called The Doctor In The House.


 
 

8 Herbs That Naturally Kill Internal Parasites

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Evil parasites can rapidly develop in your body and cause serious problems without being realized! Evil organism causes most health problems in humans.
Experts recommend patients to undergo parasite test before receiving some specific health therapy. The test applies to bacteria and fungi.

This article recommends a variety of natural foods, including herbs that can function effectively in the therapy to kill the parasite.

1. Garlic

Garlic is a natural antibiotic source. This is an aromatic spice that has a great ability to combat various microorganisms. Garlic also stimulates the elimination of heavy metals from the body. The herb is also undesirable by insects such as mosquitoes and ticks.

2. Black walnut (Juglans nigra, lat.)

Black walnut grain is useful to detoxify intestines and blood naturally. Black walnuts can solve a variety of infections caused by fungi. Black walnut juice is a herb that is recommended to kill a variety of parasites in the stomach.

3. Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium, lat.)

It is a shrub with yellow and green light flowers. Wormwood is highly recommended in the treatment of diseases caused by worms. However, wormwood is not recommended for pregnant women or nursing mothers. This shrub has an antimicrobial agent that is capable of fighting infections.

4. Clove

Clove oil can remove a variety of worms left in the intestinal tract. Clove oil is stronger than the combination of wormwood and black walnuts. Clove’s antimicrobial capability is very strong.

5. Thyme

This herb is recommended to stimulate the performance of the thymus gland. Thyme builds natural defense system and can be combined with Echinacea. Thyme oil can prevent the growth of parasites in the gut.

6. Oregano oil

Oregano oil can significantly prevent cell damage caused by free radicals. This oil is also able to inhibit the growth of harmful microbes in the digestive tract. Scientists recommend oregano oil to prevent bacterial infection and cancer.

7. Goldthread China (Coptis chinensis)

This traditional Chinese herb is able to combat various parasites and bacteria as well as protozoa.

8. Diatomaceous earth

Diatomaceous earth is able to accelerate the uptake of heavy metals (mercury), bacteria (E. coli), viruses, various residues of pesticides and chemical drug residues. Diatomaceous earth is particularly recommended for cleaning of the digestive tract. But you have to be careful not to inhale it because it can interfere with your lungs.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Protocol

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Dr. Mercola has made changes in the program of rheumatologist Thomas Brown, known as the Brown protocol, on the basis of modern science discoveries, and his experience in natural medicine.
He noted improvement in 60-90 % of his patients that used this specific approach.

Naltrexone (LDN) in a low dose

It’s pharmacologically active as an opioid antagonist, which was used in the treatment of alcohol and drug addiction. But if taken in a small dose, it’s non-toxic, and has immunomodulating effects which are known to help in quitting harmful arthritis medicines.

Astaxanthin

This antioxidant has incredible anti-inflammatory properties and it’s highly effective in pain control.
One study showed that after 8 weeks of taking astaxanthin, 40 % of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis were able to perform their everyday activities much better, and 35% had lower pain.
4 mg of astaxanthin a day is highly beneficial for people on prednisone since it protects from cataracts and macular degeneration due to age.

Vitamin D

Rheumatoid arthritis is highly connected to lack of this vitamin. You can start using oral D3 supplement, or do more sunbathing or use safe tanning bed. Make sure your level is 50-70 ng/ml year-round.

Exercise

RA sufferers should be physically active and their workout program should be consisted of various activities, such as high intensity exercises, stretching, weight training, core work, and cardio, and even walking, swimming, tai chi and yoga.

However, be careful not to exaggerate, and ice your inflamed joints when you feel there’s need for it, but usually before or after the training. If you have regular sessions of exercising, you’ll avoid functional decline from RA. This condition can result in reduced stress and smaller muscle mass.

Natural Relief for Pain and Inflammation

Curcumin

Curcumin is the active substance of Turmeric that affects over 700 genes, and is widely known for its anti-inflammatory effects, since it hinders inflammatory enzymes, as well as the ones against acute and chronic pain.

Boswellia

This is another herb, also known as “Indian frankincense”, which is extremely beneficial in the treatment of arthritic inflammation and pain.

Ginger

It reduces the pain and acts anti-inflammatory. Make tea or juice from fresh ginger well soaked in boiling water

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

EFT can help RA patients. People can do this technique at home, but the best option is to have well-trained professional that will help you.

Conclusion

Couple of basic changes in the lifestyle of OA or RA sufferers, can put an end on the inflammation responsible for their swollen, stiff, and achy joints. Regardless if they deal with the pain when the weather changes, or every single day of the year, Dr. Mercola’s advices will help them feel a lot better. Thousands of his arthritis patients prove that.
RA drugs are one of the most harmful drugs that can actually cause a lot more health problems than they can solve. This is why people with arthritis should start reducing their amounts, and instead use natural treatments, such as the Dr. Mercola’s advices given in this article.
Taking analgesic on a regular basis is much more risky than taking them occasionally, and if their condition improves drastically, they can stop using them completely.

The Benefits of Zinc: Essential for Optimal Health

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by Dr. Julian Whitaker

Although it’s not as widely discussed as other vitamins and minerals, zinc is essential for health and well-being. Adequate levels of this trace mineral are necessary for optimal immune function, vision, prostate health, and skin health. Other benefits of zinc include its roles in wound healing, learning and memory, and proper functioning of many hormones, including thymus hormones, insulin, growth hormone, and sex hormones.
Unfortunately, marginal zinc deficiencies are quite common, and are reflected by an increased susceptibility to infection, poor wound healing, decreased sense of taste or smell, and skin problems such as acne, eczema, and psoriasis. Pregnancy and lactation also increase the need for zinc, as do certain medications, alcohol use, vegetarian diets, and a high intake of calcium and fiber.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the varied benefits of zinc.

Benefits of Zinc: Optimal Immune Function

Vitamin C is usually the first supplement people reach for when they want to boost their immune health. However, you may want to think zinc. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, people ages 55–87 who took 45 mg of zinc daily for a year had significantly fewer infections and markedly lower levels of oxidative stress than participants who took a placebo.
Zinc is also protective against cancer. Women who supplemented with zinc for a decade or more had half the risk of developing breast cancer as women who did not take supplements. This may be due in part to zinc’s unique ability to ameliorate the carcinogenic effects of cadmium, a heavy metal found in cigarette smoke, shellfish, and grains.

Zinc for the Common Cold

Speaking of optimal immune function, some studies have found that zinc can reduce a cold’s length and severity, while others have declared it to be ineffective. Fortunately, two recent meta-analyses help confirm that treating the common cold is among the many benefits of zinc.
Finnish researchers analyzed all of the placebo-controlled trials examining the effects of zinc supplements on colds and found that in the trials using daily doses of 75 mg or more, the duration of symptoms was reduced by an average of 42 percent.
Likewise, a Cochrane review of 15 trials found that cold duration and severity were reduced if zinc was taken within the first 24 hours of symptom onset. What’s more, the same review found that daily, 10–15 mg doses of zinc taken for five months or longer actually helped prevent colds in children.
At the first sign of a cold, I suggest you start taking 75 mg of zinc daily. You can get this amount through a combination of a daily multivitamin and other targeted supplements that contain zinc. And if you’re susceptible to colds, take extra zinc (adults 30 mg, children 10–15 mg daily) before the season begins.

Zinc for Wound Healing

One of the lesser known benefits of zinc is its ability to heal wounds. Zinc interacts with platelets in blood clotting and aids protein synthesis and cell growth. Plus, it tends to accumulate around wounds, where cell division takes place more vigorously, particularly during the initial week of wound healing. Studies have shown that high doses of zinc speed healing following trauma, including surgery, burns, and wounds.

Zinc and Sense of Smell

Anosmia, the inability to detect odors, can be caused by a deficiency of zinc. Infections are known to deplete the body’s stores of this mineral, which may explain why our sense of smell is sometimes impaired after a cold or flu. Note that zinc nasal sprays are not recommended; though they have been shown to reduce cold severity, the spray formulations have also been linked with anosmia.

How to Reap the Benefits of Zinc

The best food source of zinc, by far, is oysters. Other good sources are pumpkin seeds, ginger root, nuts, and whole grains. For general health, I suggest that everyone take a minimum of 30 mg of zinc daily, balanced with 2 mg of copper. Even at high doses, zinc is safe, as illustrated in another large clinical trial involving daily doses of 80 mg. Compared to the participants who took no zinc, those who supplemented with 80 mg per day had a 27 percent reduction in total mortality.