The best scams are built around conspiracy theories. They afford the ultimate shell game.

Why?

Because it gives the scam artist “cover.” It fortifies him with an automatic defense against his critics. It exonerates him from past failures. And, importantly, it provides an excuse for future delays, gives him time to run for cover when everything collapses. In other words, it creates the perfect stage setting from which to operate.

Overall, a well-developed conspiracy theory is a great rallying theme. It blends like minds, mutual resolve, shared purpose, goals. It breeds collective paranoia. There is, therefore, a set of basic rules the scam artist follows in producing this highly-desired atmosphere of “communal harmony” to embellish his “pitch. Accomplishing this enables him to fully exploit his con game in all of its ramifications. Hence, these are those rules-of-the-game he follows, rules to watch for, in order to protect yourself to the fullest.

1. Get your sucker-audience to focus on some elaborate conspiracy, one dedicated to stomping on courageous visionaries like yourself–you, the con man, being the one who is able to cut through the enemy’s monopoly and use his investors’ funds wisely to bestow benefits upon them–earn money, save money, awards, merits, fame–never before dreamed possible. If the victims fully subscribe to your hogwash, they will earn Brownie points along the way. Good mind game.

2. Now, get your foot in the door. Light a fire under your sucker-audience. Get them, as a group, ready to go bear hunting with a stick. Talk about your valiant battles with some government bureaucracy or private organization Get them stomping mad and eager to join you in your crusade against “them.”

3. Dispensing learned counsel in rapid-fire bursts, talk bravely about your battles with the bad guys trying to steal, or bury, your ideas. Fearlessly claim that you will shred,

obliterate, destroy your records before you will permit the indignity of allowing these to fall into “their” hands. Whip them into a frenzy, figuratively ready to chase a tornado in a convertible with the top down.

4. In addition to your “base” enemy, faceless government agencies of many types also make good whipping boys. These must also be made out to be “the enemy” you must bravely fight. Cite examples of their misdeeds. Cite the Law of Bureaucracy they follow: Nothing is ever accomplished by being reasonable.

5. Don’t fear investors who defect. There will always be some. Most will feel they’ve been suckered, and be too embarrassed to make a lot of noise about their misfortunes (of dealing with you). With the few who will protest too loudly, call them agents of the “Big Conspiracy” operating against you.

(“Do you see how they infiltrate?” you will ask of your remaining, loyal followers.)

6. Bury all attacks against you in a wave of minutia. Create enough distractions to mesmerize these people, put them to sleep over endless, meaningless detail. Tire them to the point where they will do anything to avert further debate, if only to stay awake.

7. Freely and frequently threaten your detractors with lawsuits. It will make a high percentage of them run for the tall grass, shut their mouths in fear.

8. Be the true crusader in every way. Stick closely to the scam artist’s parable: To thine own self be true, and lie like hell to everyone else. Say you are not in this for the money. Piously proclaim your altruistic intent: to save humanity.

9. Make your pitch to groups of people who have had faith, trust, and American Way values instilled in them from birth. Many groupings of senior citizens, religious types, family farmers fill this bill. These are your primary targets

10. Among other preferred groups are those already pre-conditioned to accepting conspiracy theories, like those who believe in the Flat Earth Society railings against Round-Worlders, in UFO cover-ups, and JFK assassination plots.

11. Always get your victims to focus on theory and abstractions. When their minds stray from this, fog their attention, get it away from any kind of evidence which can be measured. (This is especially important when trying to pawn off worthless, hi-tech junk.)

12. Be bold, loud. Make your claims and proclamations to all who will hear. People tend to think something so transparently out in the open could not possibly be a fly-by-night undertaking.

13. Shoot for only a small, initial amount of up-front money. Maybe $49, say, for a tape, DVD, and / or an information kit of some kind.. This, on the premise that, once the sucker has paid a bit of his required dues,, it’s easier to squeeze more out

14. You must have your investors forfeit their rights to legal action any way you can. Give them a–“ho hum, just routine”–document to sign. Pull this out from under a pile of documents, as if it is so insignificant it almost got lost. Or, hide your disclaimer in a nondisclosure agreement, in the smallest of small print you can arrange with your printer to crank out.

15. Enlist a small group of the most gullible to help you recruit the rest. (If you, as a potential participant, pay heed to the urgings of these discombobulated people, it would be like listening to a rap group named, Insane Clown Posse.)

It’s all a head shaker. Trying to cut through the haze and figure the con man’s’ psychological approach is much like being forced into making a choice between having double vision and hearing a constant echo. But, it’s worth the effort. Once you do sort it out and finally understand how to zero in on all of these traits and mannerisms, the working pattern of the con artist will be clearly spelled out for you. It is only then that you will be in the best position to protect yourself from any kind of curve ball he will throw your way.

This is an exceptional story about a secret list that needed to be saved for eternity. The list of the top 300 people that ruled the world was sought after by many, most of who should not have this information. The list had changed some over the years but was sought by good and bad humans and organizations. The list was hidden in several places but the locations were known by very few. The story takes the reader on a long ride from when Douglas Hamilton was born in 1976 to his father, Sandy, and mother, Mary. Sandy was a coal miner that worked hard in the mines and eventually was part of the extremely strong union that controlled the miners. Maggie Thatcher was the British Prime Minister. She was known as the Iron Lady who had her fist on everything possible, including unions. Sandy was in poor health from his many years in the coalmines. He now worked with the unions traveling around the country serving as one of many pickets on the strike line. On one of these picket excursions, the miner’s leader gave him the list of 300 telling Sandy to keep this document safe as many were after it and would kill to get it. The family took the list, now laminated and wrapped tightly and securely, to a cemetery and buried it where only the family would know.

Sandy did die from his condition and Douglas and his mother carried on with their lives. In high school Douglas met a girl named Kelly and they became very close friends doing many activities together. They both spoke loudly for peace and worked with groups to stop nuclear threats and the weapons themselves. After they married they attended the university but all their spare time was spent doing what they could to fight for peace and the elimination of nuclear weapons. They traveled together and saw much of the English countryside and learned much of the history in the area. Douglas met a man who told him about the list of 300 and told him that this mans name was on it. He gave Douglas a copy of the list and told him to safeguard it with his life. Douglas read that this man was found dead in the river. He reported to the police the actions of the preceding night, all but the list. The police took the report but that was the end of anything Douglas knew. He could not get he incident out of his mind.

Kelly and Douglas eventually decided to try to have a baby. They camped out in a peaceful area and enjoyed a good time just before school again began. Kelly went to a peace camp with a friend, Felicity, where they both tried to stop a British submarine from going to sea but instead were placed under arrest. Douglas was beside himself not knowing where Kelly was. He went to the police at the naval base inquiring about Kelly. He was eventually given a story that she and her friend had been killed in the propeller of the submarine as they tried to interfere. Douglas didn’t believe this and kept his search going for years everywhere he went. Douglas had met and associated with just a few other men that had connections with the list. Douglas was given the name of Desperate Dan, a name that he would be known by for many years as he moved from area to area until he heard from good sources that Kelly was still alive. This made Dan more determined to find her and his long search continued while he continued his avoidance of the law. By now M15 government men were searching for him along with some very bad men, all of whom he had to avoid staying alive and finding his Kelly.

Gypsies are generally not liked but this is the group he became associated with where he could hide out in the middle of no where, sleep in s tent, and still extend his search for Kelly and the men he had formerly known in connection with the list of 300. Kelly was finally found and she and Dan joined with a bunch of Gypsies that traveled as needed to pick crops, do general cleaning, help maintain farms, and anything they could do and still keep secretive. Harman was the Gypsy leader. He took a liking to Dan and Kelly and started teaching Dan everything about the band of Gypsies, their way of living, eating, earning a living, cash sources, savings from the past for the future, and staying out of trouble with the law. Eventually a very sick Harman turned over the entire group to Dan in every way as Harman had taught him. The running of this band of Gypsies took a lot out of Dan, all the while still hiding from the law.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a very diverse story that kept me guessing all through the book as to what would occur next to the individuals and the collective Gypsies. I highly recommend “Conspiracy of Wolves” and know you will get very engrossed in the story of such interesting people, individually and groups.

It is estimated that billions of dollars are spent on prescription medication yearly. A large percentage of this money comes from persons trying to control the malady of high blood pressure. Would you believe it if I told you that, much of the money spent by individuals suffering from hypertension is spent needlessly? Well, there is a school of thought out there that supports the notion that many people who fall victims to chronic illnesses like hypertension are being fleeced with their eyes wide open.

You see, it has been demonstrated repeatedly that high blood pressure in the majority of cases can be treated naturally if members of the medical profession were inclined to do so. Instead, they appear to be contented writing heaps and heaps of prescriptions year on end while hypertension conditions persist and in some cases worsen. This fact has led many to believe that there is wicked conspiracy orchestrated by stakeholders of the medical industrial complex designed to enslave unsuspecting individuals to the mercies of economically entangled healthcare organizations and medical professionals.

Needless to say, millions of persons struggle day after day, financially in particular, to control hypertension by way of prescription drugs. Notwithstanding the fact that study, after study has shown that persons suffering from high blood pressure can effectively control this malady by simply engaging in a regimen of daily exercises. But despite these findings, few members of the traditional medical field would recommend this option to their patients.

Obviously, prescription medications work faster than natural remedies, but unlike prescriptions natural remedies are void of the negative side effects. However, researchers are reporting remarkable findings with natural remedies. In several recent studies involving mind and body exercises, hypertensive subjects demonstrated positive effects comparable to those obtained in studies involving prescription medications.

Given that exercising is essentially free such recommendations will severely impact the bottom line of the giant medical multinational organizations. Therefore, it is not likely that doctors and pharmacies would recommend this method to their patients especially if it is in fact true that they are party to the conspiracy to conceal these treatments for the sake of their own economics.

As supporters of natural remedies, it is absolutely necessary that we make a concerted effort to get the word out to as many persons using media such as this to effect change. It is through these and similar exchanges that people will learn that many chronic ailments can be treated naturally.

Is there an organized conspiracy against the use of natural remedies? You be the judge and while you are at it, let us know what natural remedy your medical practitioner recommends.

“All truth passes through three stages.

First, it is ridiculed.

Second, it is violently opposed.

Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

(1788 – 1860)

What is the true cause of heart disease, and how can we truly reduce the risk of death?

Atherosclerosis, or Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), is the leading cause of death in both men and women. In the U.S. alone, there are more than one million heart attacks every year, one third of them resulting in death. The majority of men and women currently have, or are actively developing, atherosclerosis. By age 20, most people already have a 15-25% narrowing of their arteries due to plaque formation. By age 40, there is a 30-50% clogging of their arteries.

In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, congestive heart disease (CHD) was mostly a result of rheumatic fever, which was a childhood disease. However by the year 1936 there was a dramatic change in the main cause of heart disease. Cardiovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis, or plaque buildup, took first place as the primary cause of heart disease, making congestive heart failure a distant second.

During the 1950’s, the autopsies conducted on men who died of heart disease that revealed plaque-clogged arteries concluded that cholesterol was the cause of hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and coronary artery disease. Cholesterol, not calcium, was considered the “cause” of heart disease, despite plaque consisting of 95% calcium and a relatively small percentage of cholesterol. By 1956 there were 600,000 deaths annually from heart disease in the U.S. Of those 600,000, 90% were caused by atherosclerosis, or clogged arteries. In fewer than 25 years, the number one cause of death in the U.S. had changed dramatically …from congestive heart disease to coronary artery disease.

Because cholesterol was dubbed the “cause” of atherosclerosis, the effort to lower cholesterol by any means began in earnest. Both the food industry and the pharmaceutical industry seized upon this opportunity to cash in on a cholesterol-lowering campaign by creating foods and drugs that would supposedly save lives. Diets, such as the Prudent Diet, were established to lower the amount of cholesterol intake from food. There was no doubt that both polyunsaturated oils and drugs reduced cholesterol, but by 1966 it was also apparent that lowering cholesterol did not translate into a reduced risk of death from heart disease.

As there was so much money to be made from pharmaceutical development, the campaign to produce cholesterol-lowering drugs kicked into high gear, despite the lack of evidence showing that the lowering cholesterol reduced the risk of untimely death from heart disease.

Heart disease kills 725,000 Americans annually, with women accounting for 2/3 or nearly 500,000 of those deaths. After thirty years of cholesterol-lowering medications’ failure to significantly lower the death rate from cardiovascular disease, in 1987 a new and more dangerous class of drugs was unleashed upon the world: the “statin” drugs. Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are now the standard of care that physicians are indoctrinated into prescribing to reduce cardiovascular disease. Are statin drugs the best way to prevent heart attacks and death?

Before 1936 the most common type of heart disease was congestive heart disease (CHD). It rarely caused sudden death and could be treated with the drug digitalis. The incidence of CHD remained stable until 1987, after which the incidence of the disease skyrocketed. Interestingly, the timing of the increased incidence of congestive heart disease coincides with the introduction of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. Could cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have something to do with the weakening of heart muscles and the increased incidence of congestive heart failure? We will see that lowering the body’s co-enzyme Q10 levels, a side effect of statin drugs, does indeed increase the risk of muscle damage, including the muscles of the heart.

Atherosclerosis is a disease characterized primarily by inflammation of the arterial lining caused by oxidative damage from homocysteine, a toxic amino acid intermediary found in everyone. Homocsyteine, in combination with other free radicals and toxins, oxidizes arteries, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides, which in turn releases C Reactive Protein (CRP) from the liver-a marker of an inflammatory response within the arteries. Inflammation (oxidation) is the beginning of plaque buildup and ultimately, cardiovascular disease. Plaque, combined with the thickening of arterial smooth muscles, arterial spasms, and clotting, puts a person at a high risk of suffering heart attack or stroke.

For years, doctors have hyper-focused on cholesterol levels. First it was the total cholesterol; later the focus became the ratio of “good” HDL cholesterol to “bad” LDL cholesterol. In other words, how much of your cholesterol was good, and how much was bad? Of the two, the important parameter is the level of HDL cholesterol, not LDL cholesterol. HDL, or high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, is responsible for clearing out the LDL cholesterol that sticks to arterial walls. Exercise, vitamins, minerals, and other antioxidants, particularly the bioflavonoid and olive polyphenol antioxidants, increase HDL cholesterol levels and protect the LDL cholesterol from oxidative damage, and therefore do more to reduce the risk of heart disease than any medication ever could.

There is nothing inherently bad about LDL cholesterol. LDL cholesterol is critical to maintain life. LDL cholesterol only becomes “bad” when it is damaged, or oxidized by free radicals. Only the damaged, or oxidized form of LDL cholesterol sticks to the arterial walls to initiate the formation of plaque.

Let us look towards cigarette smoking for a simple example demonstrating that we really need to reduce oxidized LDL cholesterol to prevent atherosclerosis, as opposed to indiscriminately lowering LDL cholesterol with statin drugs. Everyone knows that cigarette smoking increases the risk of many chronic diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and stroke. Smokers with normal levels of LDL cholesterol are at an even greater risk of developing heart disease than a non-smoker who has elevated levels of LDL cholesterol. Of course the reason why a smoker with normal levels of LDL cholesterol is at greater risk of disease is because his LDL gets excessively oxidized.

Cigarette smoke releases so many toxins and free radicals that the LDL cholesterol, the triglycerides, and the arterial walls are extensively oxidized. Homocysteine levels are also increased by cigarette smoking which further oxidizes LDL cholesterol and the arterial lining. Oxidation is the initiating cause of atherosclerosis. Therefore, the more and longer one smokes, the more oxidative damage he sustains and the greater his risk of developing heart disease. The degree of oxidation directly corresponds to the risk of heart disease.

If you are not taking vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants then your LDL cholesterol is being oxidized, it is sticking to your arterial walls, and you ARE developing heart disease EVEN IF YOUR CHOLESTEROL LEVELS ARE NORMAL! LDL cholesterol starts sticking to arterial walls before the age of 5.

Among the many free radicals that damage cholesterol, triglycerides and the arterial lining is homocysteine, a toxic intermediate biochemical produced during the conversion of the amino acid methionine into another important amino acid, cysteine. Both methionine and cysteine are non-toxic, but homocysteine is very toxic to the lining of the arterial endothelium. Homocysteine oxidizes LDL cholesterol, triglycerides and the arterial lining.

Homocysteine is an amino acid normally produced in small amounts from the amino acid methionine. The normal role of homocysteine in the body is to control growth and support bone and tissue formation. However a problem arises when homocysteine levels in the body are elevated, causing excessive damage to LDL cholesterol, as well as to arteries. Furthermore, homocysteine actually stimulates growth of arteriosclerotic plaque, which leads to heart disease.

Thyroid hormone controls the level of homocysteine, but numerous factors play a role in the elevation of homocysteine. Normal aging, kidney failure, smoking, some medications, and industrial toxins all elevate homocysteine levels. Interestingly, estrogen helps lower homocysteine.

Homocysteine becomes elevated in the blood with a deficiency of the B vitamins-B6, B12 and folic acid. Genetics also play a role. About 12% of the population has an undetected defect requiring higher levels of folic acid than the rest of population to help maintain homocysteine levels in a safe range (below 6.5). Therefore if you have high homocysteine levels (> 7.0) even though you are taking supplemental B complex vitamins, then you may be among the 12% who need more than 1000 mcg of folic acid per day. In addition, betaine, also known as trimethylglycine (TMG) lowers homocysteine.

Homocysteine is second only to cigarette smoking in its oxidative destruction. It causes small nicks or tears in the arterial lining, while also oxidizing and damaging LDL cholesterol. The damaged, or oxidized LDL cholesterol sticks to the homocysteine-damaged areas of the arterial lining. The combination of oxidized LDL cholesterol and a damaged arterial lining is what causes LDL cholesterol to stick to the arteries, whether or not the LDL cholesterol level is normal.

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are the standard for treating high cholesterol. This is dogma, and anyone who states otherwise is committing medical heresy. Many people find it hard to believe that pharmaceutical companies could ever succeed in paying medical researchers, medical associations, and doctors to recommend something detrimental to our health.

Most people do not know that pharmaceutical companies fund medical institutions, medical education, medical conferences, and still reward doctors and research institutions for providing favorable results on their drugs. Likewise, pharmaceutical companies often suppress negative results from studies done on their drugs. Money has the power to sweep negative results and serious side effects under the rug. Money has the power to influence the FDA to decide which drugs make it to market and which drugs become the “standard” of treatment.

Former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Dr. Marcia Angell, warned of the problem of commercializing scientific research in her outgoing editorial titled “Is Academic Medicine for Sale?” Angell called for stronger restrictions on pharmaceutical stock ownership and other financial incentives for researchers. She said that growing conflicts of interest were tainting science, warning “When the boundaries between industry and academic medicine become as blurred as they are now, the business goals of industry influence the mission of medical schools in multiple ways.” She did not discount the benefits of research but said, “a Faustian bargain” now existed between medical schools and the pharmaceutical industry. Angell left the NEJM in June 2000 and has written a book, “The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It.”

Two years later, in June 2002, the NEJM announced that it was going to begin accepting articles that were written by biased researchers, as there weren’t enough unbiased researchers left to write articles. In other words, most research institutions were now funded by one or more of the numerous pharmaceutical companies.

An ABC report noted that a survey of clinical trials revealed that when a drug company did not fund a study, favorable results regarding a drug were found only 50% of the time. In studies funded by drug companies favorable results about the drugs were reported an amazing 90% of the time. Money can and does buy the desired results. This is how most medical research and drugs are now developed and brought to market.

In 1977, the internationally-renowned heart surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey pointed out that only 30-40% of people with blocked arteries and heart disease have elevated blood cholesterol levels, and posed the logical question, “How do you explain the other 60-70%?”

Because lowering cholesterol did not reduce the risk of death from heart disease, the Cholesterol Consensus Conference in 1984 developed new guidelines to lower the “acceptable level” of cholesterol. High cholesterol would now be the diagnosis for any man or woman with a cholesterol level over 200. Doctors had to convince their patients that they had the disease and needed to take one or more expensive drugs for the rest of their lives.

However, when lowering total cholesterol levels below 200 did not translate into saving lives from heart attacks, the focus then turned to LDL cholesterol levels. The “disease” of high cholesterol was refined to the disease of high LDL cholesterol. The unfortunate patient who had an LDL cholesterol level above 130 was now condemned to a lifetime of expensive drugs. Though completely illogical, even when a person with normal LDL cholesterol levels suffered a heart attack, he would still be prescribed a cholesterol-lowering drug.

As we shall see, statin drugs reduce the risk of death by repeat heart attacks by as much as 30%, but interestingly enough, the mechanism of action in reducing the risk of death after a heart attack is not via statin drugs’ ability to lower cholesterol! It has been discovered that statin drugs have a modest anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect. Yet, there are many natural antioxidants that reduce inflammation and oxidation of LDL cholesterol and the lining of the arteries, which may soon be discovered to be more effective in reducing the risk of death than “antioxidant drugs,” without toxic side effects.

The myth that high LDL cholesterol is the primary cause of heart disease, and that we must be on drugs to protect ourselves is dispelled by the evidence. If the premise were true that people with high levels of LDL cholesterol get heart disease, then we could assume that people with normal levels of LDL should not get heart disease, or at least very few should get it. However, as Dr. DeBakey observed, approximately 60% of those who die from heart disease have normal LDL cholesterol levels!

Furthermore, after over 45 years of doctors prescribing cholesterol-lowering drugs, heart disease and stroke still remain the number one cause of death in both women and men. This says that regardless of whether you have a high or a normal level of cholesterol, you have a 50% chance of dying from heart disease. If this is so, and it is, then why take a dangerous drug to attempt to lower your cholesterol in the first place?

In 2001, the target level of LDL cholesterol was lowered from 130 to 100, and overnight the number of people considered to be candidates for cholesterol statin drugs doubled. Many people such as myself bristled at the news, because we knew the effectiveness of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants in preventing and reversing heart disease. Many of us could see the conspiracy for what it was.

The level at which LDL cholesterol is considered normal has continually been influenced by pharmaceutical companies, who pull the financial strings of research grants that keep medical schools and medical organizations in business. The lower they can establish the level at which LDL cholesterol is considered to be normal, the more people automatically become victims of the dreaded disease of “high cholesterol.” Therefore, more people will be persuaded that they need to be taking a statin drug, and voilà, more profit for the manufacturers. When you consider the size of the profits already received, let alone the potential profit from statin drugs over the next several years, the cholesterol conspiracy is one of the largest money making schemes ever perpetrated on the world.

In July 2004, the level of LDL cholesterol considered normal underwent another change. The new norm plunged from 100 to 70, virtually doubling again the number of people who are “infected” with the plague of high cholesterol. Why, it’s the epidemic of our time! Many enlightened people howled at this news, wondering if the masses would ever wake up and see who is behind this, and why. Why is the medical establishment ignoring the thousands of published medical studies that show the beneficial effects of nutritional supplements against heart disease? Why is the medical establishment down-playing the dangerous and deadly side effects of statin drugs?

The “updated” LDL cholesterol recommendations were published in the July 2004 issue of the American Heart Association’s publication, Circulation. A panel from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, which is endorsed by the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association, were the ones who actually pronounced the new cholesterol level at which drugs should be prescribed. Sounds pretty official and reliable if these powerful medical institutions are backing up these recommendations, right?

The fact is eight of the nine panel members making the new LDL cholesterol recommendations were being paid by the statin-producing pharmaceutical companies. The panelists did not disclose their financial conflict of interest. This information was uncovered by Newsday, a Long Island, New York

newspaper (D. Ricks and R. Robins, Newsday, July 15, 2004). Seven of the nine panelists have financial connections to Pfizer, the makers of Lipitor®. Five of the nine served as “consultants” to Pfizer. So, what did the other two panelists do to deserve their money? Seven of the nine panelists also received money from Merck, the producers of Zocor®, with four of them serving as “consultants” to the company. Eight of the panelists who made the recommendations that would increase the prescribing of statin drugs have received either research grants or honoraria from Pfizer, Merck, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Glaxo Smith Kline, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, and many other drug companies that produce statin drugs.

You would think that with all the advertising and recommendations from medical experts on the benefits of statin drugs, the medical community would possess overwhelming evidence that the drugs reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease. A hint of some of the smoke and mirrors in the pharmaceutical companies’ advertising can be seen in their TV commercials. Read carefully the small print on some of Crestor’s® commercial advertising. Their commercial states how much it lowers LDL cholesterol. However, in the same ad you can read, “…Crestor® has not been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease or heart attack.” If so, then why take it? Isn’t the bottom line to prevent death?

The system for reporting adverse effects from medications is tremendously flawed, so much so that many people are seriously harmed or killed by some medications before they are finally removed from the market. Most doctors do not know what symptoms or effects are due to the drug, what should be reported, or even to whom to report adverse effects. They assume that the research that went into developing the drug has already identified all the effects and that a drug brought to market is “safe.” However, only one in twenty side effects is ever reported to either hospital administrators or the FDA.

Statin drugs block cholesterol production in the body by inhibiting the enzyme called HMG-CoA reductase in the early steps of its synthesis in the mevalonate pathway. Cholesterol is one of three end products in the mevalonate chain. This same biosynthetic pathway is also used to create co-enzyme Q10, or co-Q10, as well as dilochol. Therefore, one unfortunate consequence of statin drugs is the unintentional inhibition of both Co-Q10 and dilochol synthesis.

The drug information insert of a statin drug states that it lowers co-enzyme Q10 levels. Most doctors have forgotten their biochemistry class in medical school, and forgotten about the importance of Co-Q10. Therefore they apparently are not concerned about such a statement on the drug labeling information sheet. They may even reassure their patients that lowering Co-Q10 is nothing to worry about, but at the same time warn them that the drug may cause liver damage and to have their liver enzymes checked every three to six months to make sure the drug isn’t killing them. They do not realize that it is the depletion of Co-Q10 that leads to liver damage and death.

Ubiquinone, or co-enzyme Q10, is a critical cellular nutrient created in the cell’s mitochondria, the “engines” that produce energy for the cell. Mitochondria use sugar, oxygen, and water to produce energy molecules known as ATP. Without ATP cells could do nothing. Damaged tissues could not be repaired. Cells could not divide or produce or utilize proteins, enzymes, or hormones. Death of cells, and indeed of the human body would occur if ATP could no longer be produced and utilized. Co-Q10 functions within the mitochondria as an electron carrier to cytochrome oxidase, our main respitory enzyme, which helps turn oxygen and sugar into energy. The heart requires high levels of oxygen, sugar, and Co-Q10 since it utilizes a lot of energy. A form of Co-Q10 called ubiquinone is found in all cell membranes, where it plays a role in maintaining membrane integrity, so critical to nerve conduction and muscle contraction. Co-Q10 is also vital for the formation of elastin and collagen, which make up the connective tissues of the skin, musculature, and the cardiovascular system.

The most common side effect of statin drugs is muscle pain and weakness. In fact, many patients who start on the statin drugs almost immediately notice generalized fatigue and muscle weakness. This is due to the depletion of Co-Q10 needed to support muscle function. Dr. Beatrice Golomb of San Diego, California, is currently conducting a series of studies on statin side effects. The pharmaceutical industry insists that only 2-3% of patients get muscle aches and cramps, when in fact in one study, Golomb found that 98% of patients taking Lipitor®, and one-third of the patients taking Mevacor® (a lower dose statin), suffered noticeable to significant muscle problems.

Some people on statin drugs lose coordination of their muscles. Some develop pain in their muscles, some are not able to write due to loss of fine motor skills. Many lose the strength to exercise. Others are falling more frequently as their muscles give out, still others have trouble sleeping due to muscle cramping and twitching. Even worse, many people are experiencing most of these side effects. The problems are so numerous, it is difficult to list all the symptoms people might experience. These problems do not come from the “disease” of high cholesterol, but the disease of ignorance in prescribing these drugs.

As we age, Co-Q10 levels decline naturally. From the age of 20 to 80, Co-Q10 levels fall by nearly 50%. Along with the natural decline of Co-Q10, comes a natural decrease in energy and an increase in the risk of heart disease, stroke, and cancer. If the natural decline of Co-Q10 levels increases the risk of fatigue, cancer, heart disease, and stroke, would it not make sense that accelerating the decline of Co-Q10 levels with statin drugs would have the same effect? They do indeed!

Demonstrating the importance of Co-Q10 to cardiovascular health, in a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study of people either taking or not taking statin drugs, supplementation with Co-Q10 reduced the risk of heart attacks and death in those with heart disease and prior heart attacks by 50%, regardless of whether they were on a statin drug or not. (Singh R, Neki N, Kartikey K, et al. Effect of coenzyme Q10 on risk of atherosclerosis in patients with recent myocardial infarction. Mol Cell Biochem. 2003 Apr; 246(1-2):75-82.)

Additionally, Co-Q10 was shown to increase blood levels of vitamin E and significantly increase the levels of protective HDL. As low HDL is a major risk factor for heart disease, increasing it is a definite benefit. Statin drugs were shown not to provide any benefit beyond that of supplementing with Co-Q10. Let me make this clear – in this study only the co-enzyme Q10 provided any benefit, not the drugs!

Cardiologist Dr. Peter Langsjoen of East Texas University reported the effects of Lipitor® among 20 patients who started with completely normal hearts. After six months on a low dose of 20 mg of Lipitor® per day, two thirds of the patients started to show signs of heart failure, as seen by abnormalities in the heart’s filling phase. According to Dr. Langsjoen, this malfunction is due to Co-Q10 depletion. Nine controlled trials using statin drugs in humans have been conducted thus far. Eight of these showed significant statin-induced Co-Q10 depletion leading to a decline in left ventricular function and other biochemical imbalances.

In the United States, the incidence of heart attacks over the past ten to fifteen years has declined slightly. But congestive heart failure and cardiomyopathy have risen alarmingly. Is it a coincidence that statin drugs were first marketed in 1987, and then from 1989 to 1997, deaths from congestive heart failure more than doubled? 38 It scares me that virtually all patients with heart failure are put on statin drugs, even if their cholesterol is already low. In my opinion, the worst thing to do for a failing heart is take a statin drug. The best thing is to take is a full range of quality nutritional supplements, …vitamins, minerals, fish oil, and other antioxidants, including Co-Q10.

Various antioxidants work synergistically, each contributing to the fight against free radicals in different areas and in different ways. In the blood stream, water-soluble antioxidants, such as vitamin C, and grape seed extract come in contact with and neutralize free radicals before they damage LDL-cholesterol. Other antioxidants saturate arterial walls and other tissues, and protect collagen and elastic fibers from free radical damage, reducing inflammation and plaque formation. The fat-soluble antioxidants, vitamin E, beta carotene, and co-enzyme Q10 ride along in the blood fat (triglycerides) and LDL cholesterol, protecting them and the endothelium from oxidation. Vitamin E sits on the surface of LDL cholesterol, protecting it from free radical damage. Beta carotene, grape seed extract and olive extract penetrate deeper inside the LDL cholesterol and arterial walls, adding more protection from oxidation. Quercetin and alpha lipoic acid work through nitrous oxide pathways to reduce high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease.

A report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine in 2005 looked at 97 double-blind controlled studies comparing the efficacy of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to fish oil. They found that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs reduced the risk of death from heart disease by only 13%, and

interesting enough it was NOT due to the effect of lowering cholesterol. The benefits, although small, were derived from the fact that statin drugs have a slight antioxidant effect.

Even more interesting, the salmon oil was shown to reduce the risk of death from heart disease by 23%, nearly double the benefit of statin drugs. Salmon oil is an omega-3 fatty acid that gets incorporated into cholesterol and triglycerides and prevents the oxidation of LDL cholesterol. Since LDL cholesterol is protected from excessive oxidation there is less plaque buildup and less risk of heart disease.

Inflammation is a well-known component in the formation of atherosclerosis. To keep it simple, think of inflammation and oxidation as the same process. The immune system’s response to inflammation is to

release peroxides that act like acid to break down damaged tissues, so that cells from the immune system, macrophages, can consume the molecules and clean up the site. But peroxides escalate the oxidation/inflammation process, thus damaging more tissue. The arterial walls become more inflamed, escalating the formation of plaque and scarring. The downward cycle continues until atherosclerosis is so advanced that the occurrence of a heart attack or stroke becomes imminent.

The liver’s response to inflammation is to release C reactive protein (CRP) into the blood. Other inflammatory causes can cause elevated CRP levels, including cigarette smoking, obesity, insulin insensitivity, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, infections, dementia, colorectal cancer, high blood pressure, and aging. Accordingly, elevated CRP levels are a direct indication of inflammation in the body and that atherosclerosis, including heart disease, is actively developing.

Homocysteine and high sensitivity CRP levels can and should be tested. Dr. Jialal, of the Universtity of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, is well known for his research correlating oxidized LDL cholesterol as the true cause of atherosclerosis, has also identified high sensitivity C reactive protein as a predictive risk factor for inflammation of arterial walls and plaque formation. Your doctor may not test for these routinely, but you should insist on getting these tests done. Both of these predictive values can be kept at “safe” levels. Vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and omega-3 fatty acids can lower the levels of homocysteine and CRP. The B vitamins, along with betaine, or tri-methyl-glycine (TMG), change homocysteine into safer amino acids and reduce inflammation of the LDL cholesterol and the arterial lining.

When you receive the results of your homocysteine test, do not accept the answer, “Your test was normal.” Ask for the actual number. The doctor and nurse usually know what is normal by what the lab slip states as the “normal range.” Most lab results report a normal homocysteine level as being below 10.4, when in fact, since the early 1990’s, researchers have known that a homocysteine count above 6.5 signals a rapid linear rise in the risk for heart disease.

Furthermore, with every 3 point elevation of homocysteine above 6.5, e.g., when homocysteine levels are 9.5, the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) rises by an additional 35%! Yet you may be told that 9.5 is “normal and not to worry.” With a homocysteine level of 12.5, the increase in the

risk for heart disease exceeds 70%. The greater the homocysteine level, the greater the oxidation

of both LDL cholesterol and the arterial lining. The greater the inflammation, the higher the CRP. Is it any wonder that homocysteine and CRP levels are more predictive for risk of heart disease than cholesterol levels and ratios?

I need to emphasize that anyone whether they have a medical problem or not, should discuss this information with their physician before acting upon anything written here. The information provided is not meant to diagnose or treat any disease. It is for informational purposes only; and no one should make decisions about their medications without consulting with their physician. No one should come off a cholesterol-lowering statin drug in lieu of nutritional supplements without a thorough discussion with their physician who is keenly aware of all the pros and cons of both treatment modalities.

In summary, I recommend a full spectrum of quality nutritional supplements, along with a healthy diet and exercise, to help obtain and maintain optimal heart and arterial health. I believe all would agree that lifestyle changes are the most important factor for optimal health, …and many believe that quality nutritional supplements are key in protecting against the process that leads to, and accelerates the development of almost all chronic degenerative diseases, that of oxidation. To combat oxidation we need a full range of quality antioxidants.

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The United Nations' advocacy to combat Child Labor through 'Conventions of the Rights of the Child' became universally accepted and ratified by 190 states in less than a decade since its inception in 1989. Regulation of labor issues had been entrusted with the International Labor Organization (ILO) which promoted the eradication of child labor by setting up a minimum age for employment. Child labor, however, has been common since the Victorian era but became apparently rampant since the take-off of industrial revolution. In the eighteenth century, America, the then developing nation had witnessed a deluge of immigrants. The Europeans had obviously looked for new lands to propagate business and merchandise and had targeted North and South America (the New World), Caribbean, India and Asia for the same. The Great Migration was also a result of the political upheaval that swept across Europe. The economic state was, in general, appalling.

Children, in the early twentieth century were seen working in factories, mines, quarries, fisheries, agriculture etc. The hazardous working conditions posed numerous health problems, both physical and mental. The percentage of children as workers was as high as sixty percent then. There were many laws that had been formulated at that time to keep a watchful eye on child labor, unfortunately, none of them succeeded. The last decade has seen the mushrooming of many NGOs working towards this social issue especially in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, South East Asia, Latin America, and other developing nations of Eastern Europe and the Pacific.

A common, reasonably aware citizen of any country would not be oblivious of these facts. However, a slight change in perspective shall expound the paradoxical conceptions. The main targets for accusations of child labor would be developing countries. The dangerous conditions in which the children work in these countries have been highlighted time and again by the stalwarts of the world economy who are significant professors of anti-child labor campaign. Small wonder, these developing or under developed countries are also the ones that multinationals from developed countries run to, in search of cheap and unskilled labor; an obvious cost cutting strategy after the shaping up of globalization.

For instance, GAP, an American clothing and accessories retailer, had meticulously launched a social audit system in 2004. In 2009, GAP was again in limelight when its dilapidated industrial units in India were exposed, where children as young as ten years old worked as bonded laborers. This is merely one of the many tragic consequences of the global demand. This obviously threatened the socially ethical image that GAP had been working on and to avoid further commotion the Indian subcontractors were the ones who were put the blame on, of course. As compensation for the social misconduct, the product that was being manufactured was banned for export to the consumers markets. Let's consider the gems and jewelry market. It is a significant revenue collector for importers in Europe, Britain and America. Would the diamonds that come from the mines of Africa and Asia be banned in the international market of India, Antwerp, Amsterdam, London or New York because of the involvement of child labor? West Africa alone produces sixty percent of the cocoa exported to big timers like Cadbury and Nestle. It, however, cannot be ascertained that the rather complex supply chain of cocoa from its source to these multinational giants does not involve child labor; the high percentage of trafficking of children in West Africa is an irrefutable.

So the question posed here is, whether the developing / underdeveloped nations can afford banning Child Labor? One major component that ought to be considered is the GDP per capita (purchasing power parity). When the United States of America ratified Massachusetts Law (1842) and Pennsylvania Law (1848), their respective GDP per capita were $ 1,955 and $ 2,095. When Fair Labor Standard Act (1938) was sanctioned, American GDP per capita was $ 7,229. Britain's GDP per capita at the time of ratification of 1891 Act was $ 4,791. When Japan implemented its First Factory Law in 1916, its GDP per capita was $ 1,848. Likewise, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Italy and France when implemented their first labor laws against child labor, their GDP per capita was not less than $ 1,500. The GDP per capita may not be directly proportional to the Human Development Index (HDI) but it definitely reveals a sound monetary makeup with less or no fiscal deficit. Consequently, the standard of living of the people could improve, unemployment may be reduced and hence a country could sustain its economic structure and grow.

The Human Development Report 1997, UNDP, shows the GDP Per Capita of Latin American nations in 1997 with Mexico ($ 8,370) being the highest and Haiti ($ 1270) at the lowest. The same in 2007 shows: Mexico ($ 14140), India ($ 2753), Botswana ($ 13604) etc., with Niger ($ 627) being the lowest. The 1997 data shows that the GDP per capita of these developing nations (excluding Haiti) were much higher than the now developed nations mentioned above, at the time they started taking legal action on child labor issues. The 2007 data shows income in even higher digits.

If the imports of developed nations are reviewed, their major exporters are those countries who are dealing with the issue of child labor. History is evidence enough to confirm the rampancy of child labor in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in America, Britain France, Germany, and Italy, the countries struggling at the political forefront for a stable economic foundation. They were in no position to eradicate child labor then. And yet, this fact is not considered when developing countries today are facing the same situation. Imports from those nations are banned denying them their only source of foreign income which would gradually build up their economic structure.

Simply banning the goods that involve child labor from these countries would only place them at the competitive disadvantage in the international market. It would only slow down their development and prolong the monopoly of the developed nations who already reap the benefits. The developed countries in this globalized era are in a better position to regulate child labor by enforcing the necessary laws, since it is after all the global demand that the developing countries are responding to by providing cheap labor. Instead of eliminating a source of revenue of poor nations, a much more viable solution would be to restructure the labor market and increase the wages for adult laborers. This could be explained by the simple theory of demand and supply. If the supply of child laborers is diminished, adult work force can get employed instead. This has been an apparently successful solution in the past. If this has not yet been spotted and considered by the advocates of human rights then it definitely leaves a conscious universal citizen deluded and apprehensive of the analogical conspiracy by the world leaders against the browbeaten.

It is not often that men ask about the subject of love, but DeWayne was posing that idea one day toward the conclusion of my active years.

After the usual pleasantries about families and weather, etc., DeWayne asked, “What is the basis for happiness? What is the outcome of happiness?”

I said, “What brings this idea up, DeWayne?”

“Well,… I just think everything has a foundation upon which to build, and everything has a result, like a building or house built on that foundation,” said DeWayne.

“Okay. I see where you are coming from now. I think that the basis of happiness is love and the result of happiness is love as well. When we reach for happiness we find unconditional love. When we seek to exercise happiness in our world, we deploy happiness there too. Make sense?”

“Yes and no,” said DeWayne. “I understand that you believe that to be happy is the meaning of life and that when you are in deep contact with The All There Is, what you call Tathis, Dr. Bob, you will find that happiness. Sort of like a conspiracy, then?”

“I have never heard it given the name ‘conspiracy’ but it is clever of you. Yes, it is a conspiracy of love. You find love in the happiness you discover as you have found the meaning of life – to be happy. And when you express happiness in the world outside of yourself, you are distributing love, of course. Again, very clever of you.”

“Just something that popped into my head,” said DeWayne.

“‘Love is all you need’, sang the Beatles,” said I. “So love is the basis or foundation upon which happiness is built. But for you, DeWayne, what does love mean?”

“Um, good question.” There was a pause in the conversation; looked like DeWayne was gathering his thoughts. “I suppose unconditional regard for something or someone other than yourself. But regard does not say what I really want to say.”

I said, “How about the word ‘heed’. It is seldom used but perhaps it can be used here. In other words, you pay attention to another as deeply as you can.”

DeWayne said, “That’s good, Dr. Bob, but I don’t think it is enough. I think you’ve got to do more than pay attention. I think you’ve got to try to build up the other person or thing. That’s more like what love means to me.

“Of course,” DeWayne went on to say, “you have got to pay attention to the other else there is no way to build him or her or it up. But without the up-building component, there is no result from paying attention.”

“I think you are on to something. So, be aware so that you can do some up-building when the time is right. But how do think that applies to Tathis?”

“I think Tathis has us all in total, unconditional regard and that regard is given in the form of total and unconditional acceptance. And then, Tathis vibrates with us as we project the kinds of life experiences we wish to have. Of course, those can be negative experiences as well as positive ones, according to how we vibrate within and outside of ourselves.”

“Where did you get this wisdom, DeWayne?” I asked. I was impressed.

“I been thinking and reading and listening, Dr. Bob. Some of this you have taught, some I found in books. Some I think I put together in my own thoughts.”

“I think you have done a great job in reasoning out this conspiracy of love.”

DeWayne rose then from the office visitor’s chair and we shook hands. I invited him back to talk whenever he wished it. He said he would be back.

Are you participating in the conspiracy of love that is the basis and result of happiness? If not – begin today. If so – continue conspiring.

A number of alternative medical advocates believe that yeast overgrowth is a systemic disease and the cause of many diverse, and non specific symptoms other than the apparent, typical symptoms of vaginal thrush, oral thrush and yeast skin infections. They have postulated the conspiracy theory relating to yeast overgrowth syndrome.

The collective name given to this group of non specific symptoms is yeast overgrowth syndrome, Candida hypersensitivity syndrome, yeast allergy, or gastrointestinal yeast overgrowth.

People who suffer from the overgrowth of yeast are most likely to be affected by toxins released by the yeast itself. Such toxins include ethanol and acetaldehyde which have a mild narcotic effect. These toxins, while produced in the bowel, can be absorbed into the bloodstream and affect the brain function, causing a variety of symptoms such as memory loss, a feeling of vagueness, irritability, moodiness, dizziness, spots in the vision or ringing in the ears.

These toxins negatively impact our cells by making it difficult for the white blood cells to fight infection, resulting in rashes, acne and the slowing of the healing process. It also affects the red blood cells ability to flow into capillaries, resulting in migraines, fatigue and muscle aches.

The following list includes many non specific symptoms thought to be caused by yeast overgrowth syndrome:

– abdominal bloating

– reflux and gas

– diarrhoea

– constipation

– migraines

– headaches

– asthma

– ADH

– bad breath

– premenstrual tension

– muscle pain or stiffness

– fatigue

– depression

– psoriasis

– sexual dysfunction

– food intolerances

– and much more

Often these symptoms appear even when there is no clinical sign of Candida albicans, the most common cause of this overgrowth syndrome. While these sub-clinical infections and symptoms are not medically recognised conditions, treatment for systemic yeast overgrowth in these individuals has lead to permanent relief from symptoms.

Keep in mind that just because you do not have the symptoms of obvious yeast infection such as thrush, that this does not imply that you do not have yeast overgrowth. Thrush is just an external symptom, and you may be affected in other areas.

Some people become allergic to yeast and an allergic response can be triggered by the low number of yeasts which reside normally on your body. This is called Candida hypersensitivity syndrome or yeast allergy. Just if you had a allergic reaction to strawberries or penicillin your body will react by setting up either local or systemic inflammations causing any number of symptoms such as redness, itching, rashes, swelling or more serious symptoms.

With Candidiasis now affecting up to one third of the population, and the majority of the population at risk with up to 80-90% harboring the yeast Candida, why don’t doctors diagnose yeast overgrowth syndrome as a cause of many common symptoms and illnesses? Because there has been no action, the alternative medical proponents have suggested the possibility of a conspiracy theory.

There are many conspiracy theories about this subject, but these have not been readily accepted by the medical fraternity. There has not been sufficient medical research done on this matter. This has lead to the conspiracy theory related to yeast overgrowth especially since medical universities and medical reviews that bring doctors up to date are funded and controlled primarily by the large pharmaceutical corporates who are focused on the profits from the sale of their medications. If you look at an average medical review you will see that up to two thirds is dedicated to pharmaceutical products.

By prescribing a pharmaceutical cream or ointment for a yeast infection such as thrush, doctors see immediate results with their patients. But if treatment fails to cure the symptoms or if the symptoms recur, then the doctor may take samples to confirm the diagnosis and to check that the patient is not suffering from a more serious underlying disease such as diabetes. There is an issue with treating the symptoms and not finding out what the root cause of the infection is, because the yeast infection will come back in time. If you use the same medication again and again, the Candida may mutate and become resistant to the medications prescribed.

In a number of countries several of the medications available for yeast overgrowth can be bought over the counter and this has set up a culture where people self diagnose and treat their own Candida infections. There is a risk that the yeast infection is not properly diagnosed and treated correctly. It has also lead to commercial advertising of pharmaceutical medications to treat yeast infections.

Most doctors know about the alternative methods of treating and controlling yeast infections such as thrush. However they have been trained to follow standard protocols for the treatment of these infections. These protocols, in the main, have been established by the medical fraternity and have been confirmed by scientific research.That does not imply that doctors will not assist you to find some natural treatments for controlling recurrent thrush.

If you believe you are suffering from yeast overgrowth syndrome it is important to do research to find out more about this disease and the rationale behind the conspiracy theory suggested by these alternative medical proponents. You can talk to your doctor or do research on the internet. However the best proof is in the cure. Treat your Candida infection and see if your other non- specific symptoms disappear at the same time. It cannot hurt you and may even do you some good.

In today’s world, health conscious people and diabetics throughout the world have been on a seemingly everlasting mission to keep clear of refined sugar inside food that they take in. Sadly virtually all of today’s low calorie sweeteners can be chemical laced health hazards or simply miss the mark in regards to mimicking the taste of sugar. With a large desire for a safer, natural and chemical free alternative option to sugar, it’s a real shame there is not an organic, readily accessible sugar alternative for sweetening our foods.

Well actually, a fantastic all natural substitute does exist, although it’s become concealed from the public for many years by money grabbing sugar replacement suppliers that lobbied the govt for their private fiscal profits at the cost of the nation’s health and well-being. Dubbed “The Miracle Fruit Conspiracy,” this suppression of a purely natural ingredient that could easily relieve the shackles of diabetic issues and consequently help citizens dine healthier could go down in record among the list of boldest nutritional cover-ups of all times.

The Miracle Fruit, that sometimes goes by a number of names including Miracle Berry as well as it’s scientific label Synsepalum Dulcificum, is a particular bush which comes from West Africa. Its red colored, cranberry sized, fruit contain a natural substance named Miraculin that has the power to limit the tongues sour and bitter taste buds, altering the taste associated with sour and bitter into sweet. You heard that right; Miraculin is able to cause all sour and bitter flavored foods taste as delicious as the sweetest sugar you’ve previously tasted. The Miracle Berrie’s flavor transforming attributes are so very highly effective and strong that the Miracle Berry has been utilized as a good sugar alternative all over the globe for many years. So if this type of super fruit is truly so wonderful, why haven’t you come across it until now?

This particular conspiracy starts up as a tale of 2 organizations. GD Searle, led by Donald Rumsfeld (yes precisely the same ex-secretary of defense Rumsfeld), became the business assigned to move aspartame through the FDA approval process as an artificial sweetener, and Maralin, headed by Robert Harvey, whose ambition was to use the Miracle Berry’s Miraculin as an organic sugar alternative.

Mr. Harvey and Marailin realized great results using Miracle Fruit as a sweetener. Their Miracle Berry enhanced foods tested very well, with people preferring goodies made with the Miracle Berry over sugar by a considerable margin. These positive effects unnerved the sugar makers along with sweetener manufacturers that for no reason desired to have their billion $ businesses upturned because of a simple organically grown ingredient.

GD Searle maintained substantial ties with the government, had enormous amounts to pay to lobbyists and was even able to insert an agreeable face as the new FDA commissioner just in time to be able to move aspartame through FDA authorization. Not only were they successful in getting their own chemically developed product accepted, but they were at the same time able to persuade the FDA to slap a “food additive” designation on Miracle Fruit the day before Marailin had been set up to launch it’s very first product run. Deemed as a food additive, Mr. Harvy and Marailin were now being expected to run many more years of considerable examination and expensive tests before the FDA could possibly authorize Miraculins use as a viable retail sugar substitution. The additional time and expense imposed from the FDA ultimately caused the demise of Marilin and therefore the Miracle Berry’s usage as an effective commercial sugar alternative. In addition to the FDA’s reclassification, Mr. Harvie’s business ended up being burgled, ransacked with his research papers robbed and demolished. In the end, it appears that Big Business eventually got it’s way and was successful in thwarting the prolific use of the Miracle Berries as a viable commercialized sweetener.

Nowadays, dozens of years later, after more-or-less becoming wiped totally from the map, Miracle Fruit is at last being allowed back in the American market and it is only a matter of time until individuals be aware of the wool which was pulled over their eyes due to corporate and business greed. This natural plant based sweetener is poised to start a sugar supplement revolution.

It is interesting that the Energy Saving Trust promotes all sorts of Energy Saving appliances. They have condensing boilers, energy meters and ‘A’ grade washing machines, refrigerators and freezers. They recommend increased home and cavity wall insulation and double or triple glazing and Velux windows. Energy saving lamps are top of the list and you can get special grants for use of LED lights. However all of these items continue to use fossil fuels. They simply cut them down.

Clothes Airers are not mentioned by the Trust. Placing your laundry on a zero cost drying system is the simplest and most effective step you can take. Every time you use an airer you eliminate use of fossil fuels. If you install more than one airer you actually can double or triple the reduction in your carbon footprint. A survey says we use on average 460 kw/h per tumble dryers for every household per year. So every year, every house is using up to 416Kw hours of electricity just for tumble drying clothes. Imagine if the Trust decided to issue an airer with every new home. With 300,000 homes projected that could save almost 130 million kilo watt hours of electricity. Surely a significant saving. Imagine if that extended in to millions of households?

Clothes Airers can be wall mounted or installed in a Double Decker formation. You can even buy clothes hangers with pegs already installed. These can make hanging out and releasing loads of socks or smalls so easy. Wall mounted airers can also be installed side by side. Two three or four can be installed the length of the wall. Space not usually usable, can be utilised up in the eves or in the corner. There are also pullout extending washing lines. Ideal for over the bath, they give you 70 feet of line indoors. They dry your clothes in all weathers. There’s also an in bath airer ideal for drying sweaters and designer clothes.

If you are worried about outside pollution or acid rain stop worrying, the indoor drying system will make you independent. If you are worried about the dark or have security issues, stop worrying. They don’t exist with a clothes airer. Those wheelchair users unable to get outside for security reasons or harsh weather, need not be condemned, help is at hand especially with the wall mounted retractable airers. Easy to install at wheelchair/chest height they provide a simple opportunity for the user to be independent. Also the aged or infirm will find the wall mounted airer a great help. Drying indoors using your natural drying clothes airers and drying racks is ideal for the job. Blow the conspiracies away. Break the silence and install an airer.

Based on investigation and research, I have gathered enough information that I'd like to now share with you people.

Hopefully- Some of you might have heard before about 'chem trails' or 'climate change', but as I'll be writing in this article I'll be using different terms.

As for climate change, I'll be saying 'Geo-engineering'. Keep in mind that even though this is mostly opinion-based, this holds upon mostly research and some pretty obvious stuff. I hope you keep an open mind for this subject and feel free to comment bellow what are your opinions.

Now, let's begin.

Geo-engineering ?: What Is It?

While some people can take comfort in the term Geo-engineering, thinking this couldn't harm us, we can be brutally wronged. Geo engineering: the deliberate large-scale manipulation of an environmental process that affects the earth's climate, in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming.

OK, so in short terms we have basically turned into Mother Nature. We now have the science and the technology to pretty much build up an ice storm, snow storm or create heat waves. We can almost take full control of the environment, which I don't know about you, but with the wrong hands it can easily lead to disaster. This seems to be the situation right now, unfortunately. Look at the sky; you don't often see normal bubbly clouds anymore, do you? What we see more frequently, is trails. When we see planes flying, they leave trails. There are con trails and your chemical trails. What you see in your skies today, are mostly chemical trails. This is NOT false, this has been monitored and placed as not normal, to have trails that give off TOXIC chemicals into OUR atmosphere. The dangerous mix of chemicals includes: barium, nano aluminum-coated fiberglass [known as CHAFF], radioactive thorium, cadmium, chromium, nickel, desiccated blood, mold spores, yellow fungal mycotoxins, ethylene dibromide, and polymer fibers. Which all plays a harmful part for our health? This can reduce a big population, and cause health problems for the long run. As you read, nano aluminum-coated fiberglass (also known as CHAFF) is exactly as it says. They release nano sized aluminum coated fiberglass into our atmosphere (which ends up looking like abnormal clouds) and what this does, it reflect sun rays back into space. Yes, like tiny mirrors. (To 'prevent' global warming)

However, there is a big deal. Aluminum has 4 times the volumetric rate, and are being breathed in by mammals and plant life. (As they are nano). Aluminum nanoparticles can enter the brain and spinal cord quickly through the lungs and nostrils, adding that nanoparticles are much more inflammatory to tissue than other forms of environmental aluminum. Dr. Russell Blaylock, retired neurosurgeon, neurotoxin expert and author, sees a connection of chemical trails' aluminum deposits to the rise of neurodegenerative diseases, especially among young people. He's talking about Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's diseases.

For a long time, we were lead to believe that these were to help our weather, to make it better. To make global warming easier on the population. However, things quickly turned upside down, many people started to question with little answers. Authorities continually denied the idea of ​​Geo-engineering. After a while of asking questions, demanding answers and starting to get angry, they have now developed the term Geo-engineering as not a harmful name, but mainly something good. Which is NOT? Chemical trails are being recorded and monitored. What seems to be "doing good" is obviously doing badly. This might be some news to you, as the media are doing their best to keep this a quiet subject. In the pass, we did see a few articles regarding weird trails in our skies, but as the situation got worse, they are no longer putting the stories out there. Make it look like it's nothing. do NOT believe this is con trails (The trails that normal planes can leave behind) as the reason they would vanish in a matter of time, as for Chem-trails, they last and fan out. It feels like we are being poisoned.

The amount of metals falling on us in the past 2 years has increased thousands of times. If our waters are being toxified and our air is being populated, what will be left for us to work with? As Dane Wingington once said, If only people would stop to realize that the atmosphere is as thin as a layer of paint on a basketball, and that it is the only thing making life possible on this earth, we wouldn't use our home as a physics lab.

I have mainly been spotlighting chemical trails today in the concept of Geo-engineering, but that doesn't mean it is the only thing that they are doing. From gmo's in our food, [Genetically modified organism], to fluoride in our own water (Again, a harmful chemical being put in our drinking water. Supposed to 'Help teeth', but all it is doing is causing often fatal bone cancer, DENTAL problems, and brain problems. It is being strongly recommended for younger children to avoid fluoride water, this is getting out of hand and there are many, many more of this where it came from.

-Thank you!

Nadia.