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Reduced Risk of Heart Disease

Here is a recent study that shows flavonoids and anthocyanidins found in fruits dramatically lower the risk of coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease.  Grandma was right when she told us to eat our fruits.  "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" appears to be true.  Problem is most people don't eat enough fruits or vegetables and they don't get enough of the free radical quenchers found in fruits and vegees.  That is why Jigsaw Health put together what I believe to be one of the finest Antioxidant Products I am aware of.

It has the standard ones like Vitamin A, C, D and E.  But it is filled with ingredients that actually blow these ingredients away with antioxidant power.  Fruit extracts of Acai, Blueberry, Pomegranite, Acai, Mangosteen, Grape Seed, Green Tea, Tumeric and Cranberry provide a broad spectrum of powerful free radical fighting antioxidants rarely found together in one product.  It really is a great product and one with ingredients which a number of research studies show helps to dramatically support your cardiovascular system.  Check it out here.

Update on Moms Against Mercury v. FDA

(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)

A follow-up from the Charlie on the Moms Against Mercury v. FDA case that was heard on Tuesday:

Report of Oral Argument before U S Court of Appeals
Moms Against Mercury, et al. v. FDA, March 27, 2007

In our case to ban mercury fillings based on FDA’s refusal to classify this device, FDA’s lawyer and I presented before three Judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington on March 27.  Two of the three Judges appeared skeptical that the Court will consider the merits of the case.  Their questions suggested the Court lacks jurisdiction – the authority from Congress to decide the case – because non-action (even for decades) may not equate to action.  We were somewhat surprised, because last year two other Judges on the same Court, sitting as the “motions panel,” ruled in our favor on this issue.

Questions from the Judges often appear to signal the direction they may be going, but have no legal weight.  All that counts is a court’s written opinion, which will likely issue in the late spring or early summer.

In its circle-the-wagons effort to block a ruling on the merits, FDA had to yield enormous ground to our side.  FDA admitted in its brief, five times, that it doesn’t know if mercury fillings are safe or unsafe.  FDA’s in-house dentists, protected by the “professional courtesy” policy of the Center on Devices’ do-nothing Director Dan Schultz MD, were told last September by FDA’s scientists, sitting on two Scientific Advisory Committees, that their pro-amalgam position is without merit.

That a federal agency allows untrammeled sales, without even warnings, to children and pregnant women of a product that they themselves can no longer certify is safe is contemptuous.  Such depravity means these regulators put their fellow bureaucrats and dentist profits ahead of the health of young children and unborn children.

It is time for one and all to write letters to their newspapers, to their Members of Congress or Parliament, and to their friends & neighbors, saying the U.S. government allows sale of a mercury product it no longer certifies as safe.  It is time for every American dentist who values the health of his/her patients, employees, or self – or who doesn’t want to lose their home in a future lawsuit – to abandon mercury fillings forthwith.  It is time for all of us to tell our family and friends not to do business with pro-mercury dentists. 

Charlie Brown, Counsel
Consumers for Dental Choice

Can't decide whether or not the mercury in amalgams is safe?  Maybe a peek at the label will help?

Another success story from the Jigsaw Health Foundation -- From Disability Insurance to Autistic Children's Instructor

(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)

Kirsten story is really encouraging!  She is one of the beneficiaries of the Jigsaw Health Foundation.  Her story was featured in last month's Jigsaw Health Foundation eNewsletter:

For years Kirsten suffered from various chronic health conditions such as chronic fatigue, adrenal gland dysfunction, depression, digestive problems, and many others. She started working with a chiropractor that believed many of her problems stemmed from her mercury amalgams. Unfortunately, she was on California Disability and was unable to afford the removal of these 8 amalgams. However, we connected her with a local dentist that generously agreed to donate his services to remove all of her amalgams.

Three months after her last amalgam was removed she wrote, “Getting the mercury amalgams out of my body means I have a second chance at life - to live it in health, both physical and mental health. I can now think straight, concentrate, and have no more debilitating mood swings, which I had suffered virtually all of my life while my old mercury amalgams were in. Jigsaw Health has given me a whole, healthy mind, and there is nothing so sacred as one's mind. Jigsaw Health is a true blessing in my life, and it came just in time, when I had virtually given up all hope and had no where else to turn to for help. I am looking forward to getting back to work, I am strong enough now, and I will start in January as an instructor for children with autism. It feels so good to know I am now healthy enough to be able to be of service to others after so many have been of service to me, in my recovery to health. Thank you, each and every one involved in Jigsaw Health for your generosity and hard work, the ripple-effects are HUGE!”

This is REALLY cool!  :)  There are hundreds of foundations doing research on diseases, genetics, etc.  And there are millions of very well-intentioned people racing / walking / riding / swimming / singing / dancing for various cures.  We believed that if the Jigsaw Health Foundation could simply help people remove a source of poison from their mouths, good things were going to happen. 

And good things ARE happening.  Read the rest of the newsletter. 

And please consider making a monthly pledge.  Every nickel in 2007 will go directly to beneficiaries like Kirsten.

Related Posts:
Moms Against Mercury vs. FDA (Trial begins Tuesday, March 27, 2007)
The Smoking Tooth

Dietary Fiber good for Inflammation

Here is a study which shows that getting a normal amount of fiber in your diet can have beneficial effects on one of the most important markers from inflammation and cardiovascular disease.  Getting at least 30 grams of fiber per day lowered the test subjects CRP (c-reactive protein) levels.  CRP is actually a better marker for Cardiovascular Disease than cholesterol. 

Cholesterol is a very valuable chemical in the body in that it is the main building block for most of our hormones.  It also distributes anti-cancer fat-soluble vitamins A, D and E through out the body.  Cholesterol also forms the neurotransmitter receptors in the brain.  That is why the body has a mechanism for reabsorbing cholesterol in the bowel before it can be eliminated.  Isn't that interesting?  Billions of dollars are spent on statin drugs that prevent the liver from making cholesterol.  But the body wants to hang onto all the cholesterol that it can.  It is not nice to fool mother nature me thinks.

I always cringe when I hear someone say that their doctor put them on a statin and yet their cholesterol is near normal at 180 - 220.  Docs seem to want to drive cholesterol as low as they can even though research directly implicates low cholesterol with both cancer, depression and suicide.

Getting enough fiber is not really all that easy with todays typical diets.  We just don't eat enough fruits and veges.  That is why taking something like flax seed meal is a very easy way to get the required amount every day.  It is relatively painless and very healthy for you.  A good way to know if you get enough is if you are regularly constipated.  Ouch!  Great topic Pat.  But true!  Flax will make you so regular that you will be amazed.  I have tried all the fibers out there and Flax is by far the best and easiest to take.  Three big tablespoons in water once a day does the job for me!

2 more positive Jigsaw Bar reviews

(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)

Two more glowing blog reviews about our Jigsaw Bars from Green(Man)Fertility and Kyra.  Thanks so much for your kind words!

Showdown, Moms Against Mercury v FDA: US Ct of App. hears oral argument Mar. 27

(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)

From Charlie Brown, National Counsel of Consumers for Dental Choice:

Showdown, Moms Against Mercury v. FDA:
US Ct of App. to hear oral argument Mar. 27

Dear friends -- The case of Moms Against Mercury, et al., v. FDA heads to a showdown next Tuesday morning, March 27.  I will argue the case against the government before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Our case, filed April 27, 2006, by 9 petitioners (names below)* charges FDA with illegally allowing the sale of mercury fillings.  For thirty years, FDA has defiantly refused to classify amalgam -- even though this step is required as the legal prerequisite to sale of any implants.  Even the repudiation of its pseudo-science by two FDA Scientific Panels on September 7, 2006 has not deterred FDA, who is making false and deceptive claims to mask the vote of these Panels.

Faced with standing before a federal court, FDA now departs from its role as chief cheerleader for mercury fillings. In its brief, FDA admits, five times, that it does not know if mercury amalgam is safe or unsafe!

This is a breakthrough not thought possible a year ago.  To repeat, FDA now admits that the evidence is “changing,” thus the safety of mercury fillings is not “definitive” and is “the subject of intense disagreement.”  Quotations from FDA’s brief, containing those admissions, are below.**

The question we have put to the Court, then, is:  Since FDA no longer knows, shouldn’t sales of this mercury device be stopped?

FDA’s defense is procedural and technical -- claiming our petitioners don’t have standing, and claiming that the Court lacks jurisdiction. 

If you wish details about attending this public event, write Freya Koss, frekossATaolDOTcom

Charlie Brown, 3/19/07


* The nine petitioners who sued FDA!:  Four organizations: Moms Against Mercury (Amy Carson, Angela Medlin), Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice (Mark Mitchell, M.D.), Oregonians for Life (Mary Starrett), and California Citizens for Health Freedom (Frank Cuny);  two state officials: California Dental Board Public Member Kevin J.Biggers, and Arizona State Senator Karen Johnson;  three individuals: Dr. Andy Landerman, Linda Brocato, and Anita Vazquez Tibau.

** FDA’s admissions in its brief to the US Court of Appeals:  “there is a lack of conclusive evidence regarding the health effects of mercury fillings”;  “constantly changing scientific evidence” exists on mercury amalgam;  “complex issues and intense disagreement [exist] about the scientific evidence regarding mercury and its potential health effects”;  “the complexity of the issue and the lack of conclusive scientific evidence on the health effects of dental amalgams”;  “the lack of … definitive scientific evidence.”

Please don't eat the humans

(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)

LOVE IT!!  :)

I met Mike Adams for the first time about a month ago at a speech he gave in Tucson, AZ.  He told me about this cartoon concept that was coming down the pike then and I loved it.  The concept and execution are classic.

"Autism is a global problem that requires global solutions."

(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)

I've been on the mb12valtrex group for the last few weeks.  Candidly, I can barely keep up with the threads and I just delete most of my bulletins.  :(  I had the same problem keeping up with EOHarm.

Well, I opened a mb12valtrex bulletin this morning and found this message from Tami Giles of AutismRecoverWA.org, posted here at here at Kim Stagliano's blog:

This is an open letter [from Dave Humphrey, founder of Kirkman Labs] to all of those involved in autism, but especially to all of those researchers and medical professionals who have been, and still are- using precious research dollars on the pretense of looking for answers at our children's expense. It's time to stop the senseless research spending on snipe hunts and begin helping our families. Indeed, it's definitely time to stop the NARAPOIA.  ["the false belief someone is trying to help you"]

[...]

What is crushing for families in the US - with pretty good resources - is unbearable in countries were families have very limited resources.

Governments in most of these countries virtually ignore the problems of autism because the just can't deal with the enormity of the problem. We were in North Korea were their solution is to send children with autism upon the first symptoms to a remote institution where their life expectancy is less than 2 years. Most starve.

Even in 2nd world countries with strong economies - lots of Starbuck's -- conditions can be horribly bad - I have been in Autism institutions where these children are literally warehoused in shocking conditions.

You are permanently changed from the experience of walking through an institution and seeing 3,000 children with autism - some tethered to their beds lying in fecal matter as a result of chronic diarrhea and untreated medical problems.

Read the whole thing.

PS - I owe a few comment replies to several recent threads.  Please forgive my delay.  Been slammed on two big projects and the blog always tends to take a back seat.  :(