| First, they gave the mice drinking water that contained a fairly high dose of TCE. The dose was, in fact, about double what a worker in a dry cleaners or tannery might be "safely" exposed to under standards set by both EPA and Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards. For four weeks Gilbert and Pumford monitored the mice. "We had no idea what kind of immune-system alteration we might see," says Gilbert. So they did a whole battery of tests to look at what was happening with some of the cells in the mice that would tell them if there was, indeed, an autoimmune reaction. |
| TCE is regularly detected in breast milk, and 10 percent of Americans now have detectable levels of TCE in their blood, from exposure through drinking water as well as breathing it in from the air around us. One of our most significant contacts, however, comes from taking showers. Exposure from breathing TCE released when shower water converts into shower steam is even higher, say experts, than what we get through drinking tap water or breathing TCE. |
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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 When we ask representatives of our government to establish safe levels of bacteria in our drinking water, they do not select a level at which a substantial proportion of the population will contract cholera and dysentery; instead, they set a level that guarantees none of us will be infected. The case is similar with official standards for other contaminants. We do not choose a level at which 20 percent of our children will develop lead-induced brain disease from lead in the water. We choose a level that ensures the safety of everyone. |
Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., Makoto Suzuki, M.D.
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 While Okinawan drinking water has higher calcium content than that in the rest of Japan, the actual amount of extra calcium Okinawans drink is only about 50 mg/day—a far cry from the 100,000 mg/day being claimed by some; it is unlikely to be much of a factor in their longevity.80 The low calorie content of the diet is far more critical to Okinawan leanness, health, and longevity than their drinking water.81
We highly recommend spring water or filtered water as your main drinking water. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Adding a pinch of salt to drinking water generates alkaline properties and provides you with important minerals and trace elements.
It may be worth mentioning that food should taste delicious, but not salty, in and of itself. Pitta and Kapha body types require less salt than does the Vata body type. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Water systems affected by sewage can also pollute public drinking water and, in this manner, viruses can be transmitted to people.
How Do I Avoid These Harmful Organisms?
Your body is subjected to a massive amount of toxins caused by various intestinal invaders every day! Parasites can potentially contribute more toxins to your colon than any other source (food, water, air, etc.). Parasites can live, breed, consume valuable nutrients, and excrete toxic waste inside your body as long as you are alive. |
Michael T. Murray
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 Reducing your intake of nitrates means making sure your drinking water does not contain nitrates as well as avoiding smoked or cured meats.
State and federal laws set the maximum allowable level of nitrate-nitrogen in public drinking water at 10 mg/L (10 ppm). If you are on a public water supply, ask your local water department for a printout of the latest testing. If you have well water, have the water tested by a local water testing company. A nitrate test is recommended for all newly constructed private wells and wells that have not been tested during the past 2 years. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 Filter your drinking water.
Use dishwasher soap without phosphates or chlorine or nonylphenol ethoxy-late (NPE), which is called a gender-bender and feminizes fish in the waters where we humans dump our waste. Also make sure they are biodegradeable and nontoxic so kids will survive if they decide to take a swig. Don't have any cleaner anyplace near where anyone could drink it or spill it if it isn't okay to drink.
IN PEPROOM Use products that protect your pillows and mattresses from dust mites. Their excrement, which totals two pounds every two years in pillows, can lead directly to asthma. |
Marshall Editions
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 If you are taking antibiotics to resolve bronchitis, add kefir and sauerkraut to your diet to replenish the beneficial flora in your gut that may be lost. drinking water at regular intervals throughout the day will also help to flush mucus from your body.
Supplements: N-acetylcysteine (NAC) thins phlegm and makes it easier to cough up mucus. Take 300-500 mg twice daily. Also take 1,000 mg of vitamin C two to four times a day for its anti-allergenic benefits and its ability to enhance the immune system. If loose stools develop, cut back the dose. |
| Be aware of foods that provoke allergy reactions and avoid those foods. drinking water every waking hour will flush out mucus and phlegm from your body.
Supplements: Take 4-8 g of fish oils a day for their anti-inflammatory components. Magnesium has been shown to relax the bronchial tubes and improve overall lung function. Take 250 mg three times a day, but cut back if stools loosen. Take 1,000 mg of vitamin C two to four times a day for its anti-allergic benefits, but again cut back if stools become loose. |
| To treat obesity with thirst and lower backache: You may still feel dry despite drinking water, and there may be ringing in the ears. Mix 12 g of Shu Di Huang (Chinese foxglove cooked in wine), 12 g of Shan Yu (Asiatic cornelian cherry), 15 g of Shan Yao (Chinese yam), 15 g of Fuling (poria), and 12 g of Ze Xie (water plantain rhizome).
Acupuncture: Studies show that acupuncture has some effectiveness in treating obesity as it helps to suppress appetite and boost the metabolism. Acupuncture needles will mainly be placed in your abdomen, arms, and legs. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Chewing Gum.. .Drinking Water...and More Natural Ways to Relieve Heartburn
Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, nutrition expert for the WebMD Weight Loss Clinic, and author of numerous books on nutrition and healthy cooking, including Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Acid Reflux. New Page. www. recipedoctor.com.
Millions of Americans experience gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), the chronic backsplash of acid into the esophagus, more commonly known as heartburn. |
David R. Montgomery
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 Yet soils and the biota that inhabit them provide clean drinking water, recycle dead materials into new life, facilitate the delivery of nutrients to plants, store carbon, and even remediate wastes and pollutants—as well as produce almost all of our food.
Out of sight and out of mind, soil-dwelling organisms can be greatly influenced by agricultural practices. Tilling the soil can kill large soil-dwelling organisms, and reduce the number of earthworms. Pesticides can exterminate microbes and microfauna. |
Amarjit S. Basra
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 The incidence of lung tumors was also significantly reduced by administration of ginsan (1 mg-niLr1 ad lib) in drinking water after the third week of benzopyrene treatment. Two ginsenosides purified from red ginseng, Rg3 and Rg5, have subsequently been shown to significantly reduce the incidence of lung tumors (Yun's model), when administered at 80 ug-mLr1 in drinking water for six weeks after benzopyrene treatment. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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 Sources: fluoridated drinking water.
Forms in the body: fluoroapatite in bones and teeth. \^
More research needs to be done to determine if normal levels of fluoride added to water cause lower intelligence in children or cause earlier onset of puberty in girls. High levels of fluoride are certainly toxic and can result in skeletal fluorosis, which can cause deformities.
To summarize, current information indicates that growing children can greatly reduce their risk of dental decay by receiving periodic fluoride applications to the surface of their teeth. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| These airborne lead particles drift to the ground after a week or so, and pollute the soil and water sources. drinking water can be contaminated in this manner, or from traveling through lead-based plumbing materials. Pipes, for example, can become corroded, resulting in higher concentrations of lead in the water. Many homes built before 1940 are danger zones, especially if lead pipes haven't been replaced and the walls were painted with lead-based paints. Tobacco smoke can also contain dangerous amounts of lead. |
Devra Davis
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 Whether about smoking in public spaces or the chlorination of drinking water, each volume navigated treacherous and uncertain waters, and each ended with the familiar message: we need more research before we can be sure. I watched the maturing of the science of doubt promotion—the concerted and well-funded effort to identify, magnify and exaggerate doubts about what we could say that we know as a way of delaying actions to change the way the world operates.
How did we get to this point? |
Jack Challem
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 If you work the swing or the graveyard shift, avoid eating anything for two to three hours before going to sleep, although drinking water is perfectly fine.
Go to bed at a consistent time. We often push ourselves on workdays, staying up too late and waking up early. Come the weekend, we sleep late at least one day. In the process, we go from feeling sleep deprived to sleep saturated. It's far better to wake up and go to sleep at consistent times. Don't vary your wake and sleep times by more than one hour on your days off.
Prepare for sleep. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 If so, it may be a sign of enamel fluorosis, an overexposure to fluoride from fluorinated drinking water, toothpaste, and oral rinses. In mild cases, the spots are small, whitish, and opaque. As the problem gets worse, the spots become brown and the teeth look mottled. While this condition often starts during childhood when developing teeth are exposed to too much fluoride, the brown stains
SIGN OF THE TIMES
4f""jfc., In the first century B.C., the vKF-H? Roman author and philosopher Pliny the Elder recommended goat feet ashes to clean teeth. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
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 According to Maia Appleby author of "Why drinking water Really Is the Key to Weight Loss":
If the kidneys are water-deprived, the liver has to do their work along with its own, lowering its total productivity. It then can't metabolize fat as quickly or efficiently as it could when the kidneys were pulling their own weight. If you allow this to happen, not only are you being unfair to your liver, but you're also setting yourself up to store fat.
BELLY-BLASTING DAILY FOOD LIST
Here, for your easy reference, are the recommended foods in their optimum amounts. |
Bill Sardi
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 International Journal Cancer 82:484-89, 1999]
Long-term exposure to chlorinated drinking water (30-40 years) increases the risk of colon cancer. [Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention 9:813-8, 2000]
Foods with refined sugars confer a three-times increased risk for colon cancer. [Nutrition & Cancer 21: 233-46, 1994]
It has long been known that blood clots are common among cancer patients. Researchers now suggest patients admitted to the hospital for blood clots in their legs be screened as they exhibit a three times greater risk for colon cancer. |
| Tumor Biology 14: 9-17, 1993]
An animal experiment in 1988 showed that the addition of a sulfur antioxidant (MSM (methylsulfonylmethane) to drinking water delayed the onset of tumors after colon cancer cells were injected into the animals. [Cancer 62:944-8, 1988]
Most antioxidant studies show modest colon cancer prevention with antioxidants. [Cancer Causes Control 8: 786-802, 1997] However, if colon cancer is initiated by an infectious agent, then the antioxidants would only protect against the inflammation and oxidation germs produce and wouldn't address the cause of the problem. |
| International Journal Nutrition Research 23: 103-13, 1982]
1983: Vitamin C, added to the drinking water of mice that had been inoculated with melanoma cancer cells, resulted in a delay in the appearance of visible tumors (2-4 weeks) and increased the survival time, by 12-50% at the 3-month post-inoculation period. [Life Sciences 32: 1559-64, 1983]
1983: Ewan Cameron and Allan Campbell are joined by L Moffat in reviewing their published papers on cancer treatment involving high-dose intravenous vitamin C. |
| Japanese doctors report that people who live in the Misasa villages in Japan, where there are high radon levels in drinking water, exhibit far lower rates of cancers than do people in adjacent villages. [Journal Japanese Cancer Research 83: 1, 1992]
Evacuate Ramsar, Iran?
Another compelling study is that of the people in Ramsar, Iran, who receive an annual dose of radiation from environmental sources that is 25 times higher than in the U.S. and 13 times higher than what is permitted for radiation workers in health care and industry. |
| Radon in drinking water causes an additional 1 80 deaths a year, estimates the EPA. The EPA offers a videotape about radon and has produced several publications about radon for homeowners.
But before you buy into the EPA's propaganda on radon, you might want to examine the following information.
Two maps are reproduced to help you analyze this issue for yourself. One displays the areas of high radon gas emission. The other is a map displaying areas with high and low cancer rates. It's obvious from the maps that high radon gas areas have low rates of cancer. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Many herbal supplements have been found to contain levels of heavy metals exceeding federal standards for drinking water by as much as 10 to 20 times! These types of supplements are cheaply made and you will typically find them at drug stores, supermarkets, websites, or discount stores that don't specialize in alternative health. Invest your money on quality health supplements and you'll be investing in your own health at the same time.
Four additional metals that cause damage to the intestinal tract and contribute to colon toxicity are mercury, aluminum, lead, and cadmium. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 In fact, in the United States, there is no government agency that is even testing the level of pharmaceuticals in public drinking water on a regular basis. So it is possible, in fact likely, that these levels will continue to rise in the years ahead without being detected or reported to the public at all. I often think about the environmental impact of our culture's massive consumption levels of prescription drugs. Currently this is an underacknowledged area of study that will surely take on a more prominent place in research and public health circles. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Although they cannot replace a water filter, they still cleanse your drinking water and make it "thinner." This has a positive effect on the blood, lymph, and basic cellular processes. Prill beads are available on the Internet (see Suppliers Lists in the Appendix). I can attest to the good taste of the water, its "thinness," and its excellent hydrating and cleansing effects.
Yet another good water treatment is Molecular Resonance Effect Technology (MRET)—a device that alters the molecular organizational state of water and other liquid substances. |
| Fluoride is added to 60 percent of the drinking water in the United States and a number of other countries. Manufacturers add it to a wide range of products, including soy products, toothpaste, fluoride tablets, fluoride drops, fluoride chewing gum, tea, vaccines, household products, fluoridated salt or milk, anesthetics, mattresses emitting fluoride gases, Teflon, and antibiotics. It is also found in polluted air and polluted ground water. Because of its proven high toxicity, in August 2002 Belgium became the first country in the world to prohibit fluoride supplements.
"Fluoridation ... |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 Quality of Community drinking water and the Occurrence of Late Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes." Archives of Environmental Health 48 (1993): 105-113.
Aschner, M. and Kimelberg, M., eds. The Role of Glia in Neurotoxicity. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1996.
Bailey, A.J.; Sargent, J.D.; Goodman, D.C.; Freeman, J. and Brown, M.J. "Poisoned Landscapes: The Epidemiology of Environmental Lead Exposure in Massachusetts Children 1990-1991." Social Science Medicine 39 (1994): 757-776.
Bellinger D. et al. "Pre- and Postnatal Lead Exposure and Behavior Problems in School-Aged Children. |
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