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Foods to Cleanse By - Do it Right, Reap the Rewards!
Colon cleansing is becoming more and more popular among those who have decided to take control of their health. These people are realizing that this is an integral part of balancing our systems, preventing disease, and eliminating the toxins that plague our health.
Insiders Health

Weight loss in individuals with metabolic syndrome given DASH diet counseling when provided a low sodium vegetable juice
Metabolic syndrome, a constellation of metabolic risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, is one of the fastest growing disease entities in the world. Weight loss is thought to be a key to improving all aspects of metabolic syndrome. Research studies have suggested benefits from diets rich in vegetables and fruits in helping individuals reach and achieve healthy weights.
Nutrition Journal

Colon Toxicity Can Lead to Poor Health
Some say that the flu begins in the intestines. Some say that the gut is a second brain. The digestive system is important to whole health, and its importance is frequently overlooked. Intestinal problems can lead to chronic problems, such as premature aging, poor eyesight, memory loss, acne, wrinkles, as well as degenerative disease, heart troubles, diabetes and cancer.
HealthNews

Top 12 Food Additives to Remove From Your Diet
There are many reasons that some people choose to shop and eat a completely organic range of foods, but the primary reason seems to center around the additives in various non-organic food items. Those additives have been studied and linked to various diseases, and instead of taking the chance that unhealthy preservatives and flavorings might be integrated into grocery store items, people often opt for the strictly organic route so as to avoid them altogether.
Health News

Too sick to work? Need health care? Take a number
Master toolmaker John McClain built machine parts with details so small they couldn't be seen with the naked eye. Then a lump on his neck turned out to be cancer
Associated Press

FDA Science and Mission at Risk
An FDA Science Board report states that the nation's public health is at risk, as are the regulatory systems that oversee the nation's drug and device supplies.
Drug Discovery & Development

FDA Takes End Run to Award Contract to PR Firm
The FDA has hired a PR firm to counter recent bad press, but the move will cost tax payers more since the FDA circumvented standard government contracting procedures.
Washington Post

Lack of Potassium Linked to High Blood Pressure
Consuming too little potassium may be as big a risk factor for high blood pressure as eating too much sodium, especially for blacks, new research says. The study also identified a gene that may influence potassium's effects on blood pressure.
Health Day News

Exercise may improve function in dementia patients
Organized exercise designed to increase strength, flexibility, mobility and coordination may improve overall physical function among nursing home patients with Alzheimer's disease, researchers report.
Reuters Health

FDA Roadblocks Revolution in Nutrition
There is a real scientific revolution taking place at the intersection of food, food extracts, and food supplements. Research suggests that changes in diet could reduce both heart disease and cancer by as much as 90%. Unfortunately the American people do not hear about this research. Food producers would like to tell them about it, but FDA rules prevent it.
ReformFDA.org

Would You Tolerate This Abuse?
Americans needlessly die while scientific discoveries that could save their lives remain trapped in bureaucratic red tape. There is a solution to this travesty. Allow free market innovation into the health care arena, and the development of new medical therapies will progress as rapidly as other technologies.
ReformFDA.org

Scientists Develop New Strategy to Fight Obesity
An antibody that breaks down and suppresses an appetite stimulant produced by the human body has been discovered.

Health Day News