Why The Raw Alkaline Diet Is So Important

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21.3pt; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 31px;">‘Why The Raw Alkaline Diet Is So Important’<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21.3pt; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">By Dr. W. Andralia K., MSc (UK), DLSHTM, ABAARM, Acp<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21.3pt; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21.3pt; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">The morbidity and mortality rate of the metabolic syndrome  diseases  and  even cancer are increasing gradually  since  the last decade due to the  changes in lifestyle and the high consumption of fast food. People are becoming more aware of the importance of a healthy diet, including an alkaline plant-based diet. One of the most popular diets is the ‘Raw Alkaline Diet’ that promotes food and beverages (80 % or more) that are pure, fresh</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"> organic and have not been heated in excess of 54 degree Celsius. So why is a ‘Raw Alkaline Diet’ considered crucial for good health and fitness and the prevention of sickness and disease?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21.3pt; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18.75pt; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">There are many articles written about cancer, acidity and its microenvironment.<span>  </span>Many researchers have published their research results in the popular peer review journals, such as NCBI or Pubmed. There are many topics about the role of the tumor microenvironment in the relationship to metastasis or the tumor growth. There are two popular publications. First is published by McCarty MF, Whitaker, from the Alternative Med Rev 2010 Sep; 15(3)</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">:264-72. <span style="color: black;"><span> </span>The article was titled,<span>  </span>‘Manipulating the tumor acidification is considerable as a new potential cancer therapy’.<span>  </span>The researchers mentioned that m</span>anipulation of the extracellular and/or intracellular pH of tumors may have considerable potential in cancer therapy. The extracellular space of most tumors is mildly acidic, as it is due to exuberant production and/or presence of lactic acid.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18.75pt; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18.75pt; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">An aerobic glycolysis that is active in tumors is also attributable largely to chronic activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) - as well as tumor hypoxia, which is chiefly responsible for this phenomenon. Tumor acidity tends to correlate with cancer aggressiveness; in part, this reflects the ability of HIF-1 to promote invasiveness and angiogenesis (blood supply to the tumor). There is growing evidence that extracellular acidity per se boosts the invasiveness and metastatic capacity of cancer cells; moreover, this acidity renders cancer cells relatively resistant to the high proportion of chemotherapeutic drugs that are mildly basic, and may impede immune rejection of tumors. Thus, practical strategies for raising the extracellular pH of tumors may have therapeutic utility in preventing metastasis and tumor growth.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21.3pt; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 21.3pt; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 27px;">A second famous publication on tissue acidity and cancer was written by Robey IF, Baggett BK, Kirkpatrick ND, et al.. This article is entitled, ‘Bicarbonate Increases Tumor pH and Inhibits Spontaneous Metastases’. Cancer Res 2009, 69(6): 2260 – 2268.<span>  </span>It is explained that t</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 27px;">he external pH of solid tumors are acidic as a consequence of increased metabolism of glucose and poor perfusion. <span> </span>An acid pH has been shown to stimulate tumor cell invasion and metastasis in vitro and in cells before tail vein injection in vivo. This study has proven that the <span> </span>inhibition of this tumor acidity will reduce the incidence of in vivo metastases.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><h1 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21.75pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 33pt; margin-right: 33pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;">Over the past three and a half decades, Robert O. Young, </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;">D.Sc., Ph.D., NMD</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;">, a cancer researcher from the USA has focused on the impact of an acidic diet and an alkaline diet and its effects on the blood and tissues. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;"><span> </span>His work has been noted as,<span>  </span>‘a</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;"> threshold of a new biology, whose principle—if proven—could revolutionize the biology and medicine worlds as we know them today.’ (</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;">by <i>Neil Solomon, M.D., Ph.D. Former Head of <span> </span>Research for John Hopkins University).</i></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dr. Young considers a plant-based alkaline diet of fruit, sprouts, healthy oils, alkaline water and vegetables the most important, significant and easiest way to help people balance their life, stay healthy and fit and prevent the root causes of developing the preventable diseases, including heart disease, diabetes and cancer.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><h1 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21.75pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 33pt; margin-right: 33pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></h1><div style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_7d1be6f5-69dd-4048-8a55-ad25a6149a2f"><div class="aolReplacedBody" style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; word-wrap: break-word;"><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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Science Journal Retracts Seralini"s Research on the Toxcity of GMO Foods!

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background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.45; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="body parsys" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/elsevier-announces-article-retraction-from-journal-food-and-chemical-toxicology-233754901.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Science publisher Elsevier announced Thursday </a>that its journal, <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02786915" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Food and Chemical Toxicity, </a>was pulling the paper after lengthy review of the raw data. Because of problems with the type and number of animals used, they said, the study was inconclusive and does “not reach the threshold of publication.”</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Since the paper was published in November 2012, the last name of its author, <a href="http://gmoseralini.org/en/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Gilles-Eric Séralini </a>, became <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9ralini_affair" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">a byword for scientific scandal </a>.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0278691512005637/1-s2.0-S0278691512005637-main.pdf?_tid=2bcab77c-5866-11e3-a53c-00000aab0f02&acdnat=1385668343_e8902dc356cec0b07c48c435734105ba" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The original study </a>described rats that for two years were exposed to herbicide-tainted water and fed an unlimited diet of Roundup-resistant maize, a type of corn genetically modified to resist herbicide and marketed by the agribusiness giant Monsanto.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Séralini and his co-authors claimed many of the female GM-fed rats grew massive mammary tumours and that the males suffered from liver damage; all died more quickly than animals fed a non-GM diet.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The findings rocketed around the world, <a href="http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/51-2012/14252-seralini-and-science-an-open-letter" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">expedited by anti-GM activists </a>.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But scientists immediately and loudly objected. In <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691512005637" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">journal’s editor </a>a deluge of letters to the <i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Food and Chemical Toxicity </i>journal’s editor, other publications and around the web, researchers panned the study for being fundamentally flawed.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The type of rat Séralini used is well known to develop tumours, especially with age and especially when fed an unrestricted diet, many pointed out. In fact, the company that markets the rats itself noted the high instance of mammary tumours in females.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The study had other design and analysis problems. It used a tiny control group and offered no explanation of why females rapidly developed cancer but males appeared resistant, among other flaws. In addition, some said it was cruel to allow the rats to live so long after developing massive tumours.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“This paper as it is now presents poor quality science and dubious ethics,” <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691512008022" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">two biosafety experts wrote </a>.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Health Canada <a href="http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/gmf-agm/seralini-eng.php" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">published a statement </a>questioning Séralini’s results and stating that the “overwhelming body of scientific evidence” supports the safety of genetically modified foods. The European Food Safety Authority <a href="http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/121004.htm" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">called the paper scientifically unsound </a>.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In another move that deeply troubled observers, before allowing access to the paper Séralini <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/monsanto-corn-study-france_n_1896115.html?utm_hp_ref=green" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">asked news outlets </a>to sign a confidentiality agreement that prevented reporters from obtaining independent commentary from outside experts.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On Thursday, in a statement emailed to the Star, Séralini threatened legal action as a result of the retraction and demanded the journal also retract an unspecified article on the same genetically modified organism supposedly authored by Monsanto.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Séralini’s supporters also struck out, <a href="http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2013/15184-journal-retraction-of-seralini-study-is-illicit-unscientific-and-unethical" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">calling the retraction unethical </a>: the journal itself said it did not find evidence of misconduct or fraud and that the review panel had concluded only that the study was inconclusive, not incorrect.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Experts, meanwhile, commended the retraction, calling it “justified” and “long overdue.” But some fretted that the decision would receive less media attention than the original publication, and that it would only reinforce Séralini’s image as an anti-establishment martyr.</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div annotation="note" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The editors of <i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Food and Chemical Toxicity </i>and its publisher, Elsevier, which also puts out marquee journals such as <i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Lancet </i>, defended their peer review-process, which should have screened the paper for major problems. But critics were deeply skeptical about their claim that “at times, expediency might be sacrificed for being as thorough as possible.”</div></div><div class="text combinedtext parbase section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The saga is sure to further stoke <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/10/03/hoax_reveals_wild_west_of_openaccess_science_journals.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">controversy over the supposedly superior peer-review process at traditional journals like Elsevier’s when compared to upstart open-access journals online </a>.sssciences</div></div></div></div></div></span></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="health" height="533" src="http://www.naturalnews.com/gallery/300X250/Medical/Nurse-Doctor-Surgeon-Patient-Hospital-Bed.jpg" width="640" /></span><br /><br />Dr. Robert O. Young's thirty-plus years of research continues to be validated by other scientists and doctors.  The foundational hypothesis of Dr. Young's research is 1) The human body is alkaline by design, and 2) All functions of the human body produce acidic waste products and if NOT eliminated through the four channels (urination, defecation, perspiration and respiration) of elimination will result in sickness and disease.  Dr. Young stated over thirty years ago that,  "there is only one sickness, one diseease and one health.  The one sickness and one disease is the over-acidificaiton of the blood and then tissues due to an inverted way of living, eating and thinking.  The one health is to manage and maintain the alkaline design of the body with an alkaline lifestyle and diet."<br /><br />http://www.naturalnews.com/043076_metabolic_acidosis_causes_of_cancer_Susan_Smith_Jones.html#ixzz2m9AVKZGE<br /><br />To learn more about the alkaline lifestyle and diet and to prevent ALL sickness and disease read The pH Miracle, The pH Miracle revised and updated, The pH Miracle for Diabetes, The pH Miracle for Weight Loss and the soon-to-be released pH Miracle for Cancer.  www.phmiarcle.com<br /><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 1160px;"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 1160px;"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" valign="top" width="785"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 750px;"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 6px; vertical-align: top;" width="165"><img alt="health" src="http://www.naturalnews.com/gallery/300X250/Medical/Nurse-Doctor-Surgeon-Patient-Hospital-Bed.jpg" width="300" /></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" valign="top" width="585"><h1 class="ArticleHeadline" style="border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: none;">Metabolic acidosis causes cancer, diabetes and premature death</h1>Thursday, November 28, 2013 by: Jonathan Landsman<br /><i>Tags: <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/metabolic_acidosis.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;">metabolic acidosis</a>, <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/causes_of_cancer.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;">causes of cancer</a>, <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/Susan_Smith_Jones.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;">Susan Smith Jones</a></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"></div></td><td align="right" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" valign="top" width="375"><u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin-top: 10px; width: 1160px;"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" valign="top" width="650"><div class="Article" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 650px;">(NaturalNews) Cancer, chronic fatigue, diabetes, osteoporosis plus many other degenerative diseases are caused by 'metabolic acidosis.' Is your body pH slightly alkaline? If not, this is a serious health condition - that needs to be addressed immediately.<br /><br /><b>Shocking 'sick care' statistics!</b> The top 10 reasons for seeing a doctor include: skin disorders like acne; joint problems; back aches; cholesterol issues; upper respiratory conditions; depression; neurological disorders; hypertension; headaches and diabetes. Do you see a common thread to all these health problems?<br /><br />Most health-related problems are directly connected to being too acidic. On the next NaturalNews Talk Hour, Jonathan Landsman and Susan Smith Jones, Ph.D. will talk about how to prevent metabolic acidosis and, literally, eliminate the need for (most) doctor appointments.<br /><br /><b>A wake up call for conventional medicine - most health problems have a simple solution</b><br /><br />The typical American diet involves too much animal protein, processed grains - in the form of bread and pasta plus lots of sugar and artificial ingredients. This toxic sludge places stress on the immune system and kidney function. Eventually, as the body becomes more and more acidic, we experience disease and premature death.<br /><br />It's such a shame - when you think about it - how easy it would be for doctors to tell people the real cause of their dis-ease. Simply put, eating too many acid forming foods will lower the pH of your bodily fluids and cause a host of serious <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/health.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;">health</a> problems like de-mineralization of the bones. But I guess that advice would piss off the pharmaceutical industry which profits greatly from the ignorance of the general public - and medical profession.<br /><br />Tune in to the next NaturalNews Talk Hour and find out how to alkalize your body and prevent disease. Visit: <a href="http://www.naturalhealth365.com/" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.naturalhealth365.com</a> and enter your email address for show details + FREE gifts!<br /><br /><b>Does your family physician talk about the value of 'pH balancing' and emotional wellbeing?</b><br /><br />Ideally, the pH of our blood should be around 7.365 - 7.40 or slightly alkaline. This balance is so delicate - believe it or not - when the pH drops below 7.0, you could slip into a coma and die. If your pH is too high, you could experience a life-threatening seizure. Along with a poor diet, previously mentioned, emotional stress and toxicity issues (i.e. heavy metal poisoning) can cause pH imbalances which decrease cellular energy and increase the risk of disease.<br /><br />But, when it comes to the 'right' diet, it can be a bit confusing for the general public. For example, citrus fruits - which are <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/acid.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;">acid</a> by nature - actually have an 'alkalizing effect' on the body. In fact, many 'acidic' vegetable juices - like, carrot/apple juice - are quite alkalizing in its effect. Conversely, most animal meats are alkaline - before consumption - yet cause lots of acidic residue in the digestive process. 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Coke and Pepsi are very close to the acidity level of battery acid and consequently they can clean surfaces equivalent to and often better than many toxic household cleaners.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">It’s cheaper and easier to buy a Coke or Pepsi in some third world countries than it is to access clean water. Coke and Pepsi use “public relations propaganda” to convince consumers and entire nations that they are an “environmental company” when really they are linked to pollution, water shortages, and disease.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">People who consume soft drinks such as Coke or Pepsi have a 48% increase in heart attack and stroke risk, compared to people who did not drink the sodas at all or did not drink them every day. A study published in the journal <em style="font-style: italic;">Respirology</em> reveals that soft drink consumption is also associated with lung and breathing disorders including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">The carbonation or carbonic acid in Coke or Pepsi causes calcium loss in the bones and magnesium loss in the muscles, including the heart through a 3-stage process:</strong></div><ol style="list-style-image: none; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li>The carbonation irritates the stomach and causes the stomach lining to release sodium bicarbonate which robs the blood of alkalinity.</li><li>The stomach “cures” the irritation the only way it knows how. It adds the only antacid, sodium bicarbonate which it manufactures in the lining of the stomach.  The cover cells in the stomach pulls sodium chlorided, alkaline water and carbon dioxide from the blood to make sodium bicarbonate to buffer the acids in the Coke or Pepsi.  The chemistry is as follows:  NaCl + H2O + CO2 <=> NaHCO3 + HCL.  You can see that for every alkaline molecule of sodium bicarbonate created in response to the acids in Coke and Pepsi and equal amount of the acid molecule hydrochloric acid is created.  This may cause even more acids and a vicious cycle leading to stomach indigestion, acid refux, GERD, stomach ulcers and stomach cancer.</li><li>The blood, now low on sodium and high in acidity, replenishes its supply from the bones and muscles. If it did not do this, muscular and brain function would be severely impaired from excess tissue acidosis.</li></ol><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">But, the story doesn’t end there. Another problem with most Coke or Pepsi is it also contain phosphoric acid (not the same as the carbonation, which is carbon dioxide mixed with the water). Phosphoric acid also causes a draw-down on the body’s store of calcium.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">So Coke softens your bones and weakens your muscles (actually, makes them weak and brittle) in 3 ways:</strong></div><ol style="list-style-image: none; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li>Carbonation or carbonic acid reduces the delicate pH of the body fluids causing the release of calcium and magnesium ions from the bones and muscles in order to maintain the delicate pH balance of the blood and tissues.</li><li>Phosphoric acid reduces the calcium in the bones and magnesium from the muscles to protect the delicate pH of the blood fluids or plasma at 7.365.</li><li>Soda drinks or carbonated water do not replace sodium, magnesium, potassium and calcium-containing sources, such as green fruit and vegetables and alkaline water . Green fruit and vegetables and alkaline water at a pH of 9.5 are excellent sources for alkalizing minerals.</li></ol><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Esophageal cancer was very rare two generations ago — now, it’s common. The basic mechanism works as follows:</strong></div><ol style="list-style-image: none; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li>Mechanical damage to blood and body cells is a huge risk factor for a cancerous condition. It’s why asbestos particles, for example, causes a cancerous condition of the lungs.</li><li>All soft drinks cause acid reflux (stomach acid rising up past the esophageal valve). This is more pronounced when the body is horizontal (as in sleeping), but the sheer volume of Coke and soft drinks consumed in the USA means the acid reflux is well past the danger point. Anytime you ingest a an acidic beverage, you are going to get belching–and acid into the esophagus. How much is too much? The research doesn’t say where the limit is–it only shows that most of us are far, far, far past it.</li><li>Stomach acid or hydrochloric acid dissolves tissue — that’s its purpose. The stomach lining does not extend into the esophagus, so the lower esophagus gets damaged by acid far more frequently with soft drink users than with non-soft drink users. This results in a radical increase in cellular transformations or cancerous cells, along with a far higher level of hydrogen ions which damages healthy body cells.</li></ol><h2 style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 34px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 42px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">20 Practical Uses For Coke or Pepsi</h2><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Coke or Pepsi act as an acidic cleaner. The amount of acid in soda is enough to wear away at the enamel of your teeth, making them more susceptible to decay. In tests done on the acidity levels of soda, certain ones were found to have pH levels as low as 2.5. To put that into perspective, consider that battery acid has a pH of 1.5 and pure water has a pH ranging from 6.5 to 8.5.  Also, the fluids of the human body are perfectly balanced at 7.365.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">20 practical ways you can use Coke or Pepsi as a domestic cleaner:</strong></div><ol style="list-style-image: none; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li>Removes grease stains from clothing and fabric</li><li>Removes rust; methods include using fabric dipped in Coke or Pepsi, a sponge or even aluminum foil. Also loosens rusty bolts</li><li>Removes blood stains from clothing and fabric.</li><li>Cleans oil stains from a garage floor; let the stain soak, hose off.</li><li>Kills slugs and snails; the acids kills them immediately.</li><li>Cleans burnt pans; let the pan soak in the Coke, then rinse.</li><li>Descales a kettle (same method as with burnt pans)</li><li>Cleans car battery terminals by pouring a small amount of Coke or Pepsi over each one.</li><li>Cleans your engine; Coke distributors have been using this technique for decades.</li><li>Makes pennies shine; soaking old pennies in Coke will remove the tarnish.</li><li>Cleans tile grout; pour onto kitchen floor, leave for a few minutes, wipe up.</li><li>Dissolves a tooth; Use a sealed container…takes a while but it does work.</li><li>Removes gum from hair; dip into a small bowl of Coke or Pepsi, leave a few minutes. Gum will wipe off.</li><li>Removes stains from vitreous china.</li><li>Got a dirty pool? Adding two 2-liter bottles of Coke clears up rust.</li><li>You can remove (or fade) dye from hair by pouring diet Coke over it.</li><li>Remove marker stains from carpet. Applying Coke, scrubbing and then clean with soapy water will remove marker stains.</li><li>Cleans a toilet; pour around bowl, leave for a while, flush clean.</li><li>Coke or Pepsi and aluminum foil will bring Chrome to a high shine.</li><li>Strips paint off metal furniture. Soak a towel in Coke or Pepsi and lay it on the paint surface.</li></ol><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Now can you imagine what is does to your stomach lining? </strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Who needs the ‘household and cleaning’ section at the hardware store when we have Coke or Pepsi.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em style="font-style: italic;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Sources:</strong></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em style="font-style: italic;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">1) The pH Miracle revised and updated by Dr. Robert O. Young and Shelley Redford Young, 2010. www.phmiracle.com </strong></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><em style="font-style: italic;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">2) “</strong>20 Establish Uses For Coca Cola Proves Itt Does Not Belong In The Human Body”, from<strong style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://preventdisease.com/news/13/110613_Uses-For-Coke-Proves-It-Does-Not-Belong-In-Your-Body.shtml" style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.07s; -webkit-transition-property: initial; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-in; color: #ff5252; text-decoration: underline;">preventdisease.com</a> </strong>by John Summerly</em></div></span></section></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 24px;"></span></div>

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5.1 Channel Music Titles

I absolutely love listening to my favorite music, preferably by way of decent audio reproduction equipment. Unfortunately, due to finances, the lack of space, and self-imposed restraint, I haven't had a decent playback system for many years (I was an early adopter of home theater gear and DVD playback, but I got rid of my home theater rig a long time ago and haven't replaced it yet). That said, I have some decent portable music players, some great headphones, and a very nice computer-based 2.1 channel setup at the office. But nothing worth listening to at home . . . yet.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgh9Gur-2uEzDby2JOajsfKCCjfsZVANcSz6QVv_9BSmPBh2cra1ie_v499cBiZcCjdHcZG3nAjX4rFbp2dyqESnTcNTOEsUk9ktrz4394XQHASNDshXlD5_aAkG32NQ57l4tM95kjtYk/s1600/IMG_7124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgh9Gur-2uEzDby2JOajsfKCCjfsZVANcSz6QVv_9BSmPBh2cra1ie_v499cBiZcCjdHcZG3nAjX4rFbp2dyqESnTcNTOEsUk9ktrz4394XQHASNDshXlD5_aAkG32NQ57l4tM95kjtYk/s200/IMG_7124.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Awesome Home Theater System</td></tr></tbody></table>My place is undergoing a minor remodel to add a "bonus" room for everyone to enjoy. In this context, "everyone" includes me, so I've planned accordingly. At first, I wanted the room to accommodate a pool table, some old school pinball games, a dart board, a hi-fi rig, a shuffleboard table, a shooting range, a trampoline, and a poker table. The reasonable voice in the household scaled my plan back somewhat, leaving me with a small "hangout" and home theater room. Oh well, I'll take it.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcnK3NtakvBDnz2yraftFO6YMAznBiwLnWVNhz8GconxhnVJWk_Rv5Kcd6nBdHxKURTp3XVf5nW1QLW6wPFviLxxdI1Y6ul16WyCyL33kM4ExvYoDWmARGoror9OvNK3qhcMeJo8R_Y0/s1600/20131129_HT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcnK3NtakvBDnz2yraftFO6YMAznBiwLnWVNhz8GconxhnVJWk_Rv5Kcd6nBdHxKURTp3XVf5nW1QLW6wPFviLxxdI1Y6ul16WyCyL33kM4ExvYoDWmARGoror9OvNK3qhcMeJo8R_Y0/s320/20131129_HT.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Awesome Media Room</td></tr></tbody></table>So, I'm currently looking at various home theater equipment to outfit a room that doesn't even exist yet. Moreover, a good friend of mine (who happens to be a true audiophile and a big fan of quadraphonic music) recently gave me a demonstration of his awesome quad system, and I was instantly hooked. We listened to some Pink Floyd and King Crimson in high resolution 5.1 channel DVD formats, and the surround sound experience was something to behold. Suffice it to say, a new acquisition disorder set in that day, and I've been collecting and wish-listing various multi-channel audio titles since that day. This disorder is particularly troubling because I don't even have a compatible playback system yet. I do have a Blu-Ray disc player, but it's merely hooked up to my TV speakers. Unimpressive non-surround sound to say the least.<br /><br />Here's the problem: it's not easy or fiscally painless to acquire 5.1 channel music titles. There are a number of reasons for a lack of new and used inventory. First and foremost, there is little demand for surround sound audio because most people listen to MP3 files on the go these days. Does anyone actually sit down and listen to music anymore? Second, rapidly evolving and competing surround sound and high resolution audio formats have made it difficult for content providers to sustain sales. For example, 5.1 channel music can be delivered on a standard DVD, on a DVD-Audio disc (which may be incompatible with some DVD players), on a SACD, on a Blu-Ray disc, etc. At present, Blu-Ray audio is the newest vehicle for delivery of high resolution multichannel audio. Unfortunately, this means that it's becoming increasingly difficult to score out-of-print titles that are only available in older "obsolete" formats.<br /><br />What does one do about this? One gets addicted to hunting down multichannel audio discs. Thankfully, there are some old SACD titles that can be had on the cheap due to high inventory and little demand. There are a handful of newer Blu-Ray titles on the market, but they can be rather expensive if the disc that you seek is only available in a special anniversary deluxe collectors ridiculously priced edition.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLrtjs5QJNXWohXfARqdSBw5os4gxGwEh-rzIjrlc7-bci5W_2qndPRJrMxbico0-qPsF-f0CO18mOd9cDzPKqszql8bUV7RdgCWpj5nlbPCZbs0iR_ZlaAXX-jnGAuHU9c4jbvmNiVo/s1600/IMG_7102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLrtjs5QJNXWohXfARqdSBw5os4gxGwEh-rzIjrlc7-bci5W_2qndPRJrMxbico0-qPsF-f0CO18mOd9cDzPKqszql8bUV7RdgCWpj5nlbPCZbs0iR_ZlaAXX-jnGAuHU9c4jbvmNiVo/s200/IMG_7102.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing To Hear Here</td></tr></tbody></table>This post is not intended to be a "look at my collection" ego booster, and I know that my inventory is small compared to serious collectors. I'm not really collecting for the sake of ownership or investment; I'm simply trying to find my personal favorites before they go completely extinct so that I can enjoy them on my nonexistent home theater system in my nonexistent media room.<br /><br />Speaking of ridiculously priced exclusive collectors editions, my stack of items includes the "Immersion" box set of Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon", which includes a Blu-Ray disc that is chock full of audio goodness. The Blu-Ray disc includes a high resolution 5.1 audio version of the album - that version is currently ranked as the best surround sound title on the <a href="http://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/forum.php" target="_blank">QuadraphonicQuad</a> site. For this reason, I'll probably listen to Dark Side first. I regret that the picture does not include anything from Tool, Radiohead, Isis, Explosions in the Sky, or The Beastie Boys, but I'm pretty sure that 5.1 audio titles from those bands are not commercially available. No such luck.<br /><br />Perhaps I'll post some comments about my listening experiences if and when I am able to actually play the discs. Until then, I'll continue in my attempt to acquire more titles (if anyone want's to unload their DVD-Audio version of Deadwing by Porcupine Tree, just let me know).

5.1 Channel Music Titles

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