Health
Qigong ( 氣功 )
CHENG KAM-CHUNG AND QI GONG STUDENTS CANCER REHABILITATION VOLUNTARY ADVISORS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Self-Controlling QigongWalking Exercise ( 自控氣功步行功 )
http://31168168.com/Home/CKC.htm
ACSHE (Ancient Chinese Science of Human Energy)
Anatomy of the Human Circulatory System
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Circulation.html
Anticancer News
Health science
What is Sun Gazing?
http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/06/nasa-confirms-super-human-abilities-gained.html
Researchers have been programming peoples' immune systems to recognize and destory cancer.
http://www.psypost.org/2014/02/studies-find-new-links-between-sleep-duration-and-depression-22489
Cannabis Cure Cancer:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/healthprofessional/page4
papaya (木瓜)
Food & Nutrition Science
If you like papaya (木瓜), this one is for you!
A recent study relates the results of an evaluation of what effect maturity has on the physicochemical properties, antioxidant capacity and sensory characteristics of ⋯⋯papaya fruit.
The researchers tested the fruit at periods of 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 weeks after the plant first flowered. They found that it was the most mature papaya, at 20 weeks, which almost universally seemed to be superior: with a pH of 5.72 (the fruit grows more acidic as it matures) and total soluble solids of 12.56% (TSS increases as the fruit matures), and being the stage with the maximum nutritional quality and containing the highest antioxidant activity, it was also the stage that was rated highest for acceptance for color, sweetness, sourness and flavour. (To see the complete measured values, please refer to the original journal article)
Hmmm, now I want a papaya lassi.
Journal article: Antioxidant Activity and Physicochemical Properties of Mature Papaya Fruit (Carica papaya L. cv. Eksotika). Advanced Journal of Food Science and Technology (2013)
http://maxwellsci.com/jp/abstract.php?jid=AJFST&no=327&abs=06
What's Actually Inside An Average Cup of Coffee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSIF3A7C78c&feature=player_embedded
How Coffee Affects Your Brain - Mind a Minute
Caffeine is the most widely used stimulant in the world, but how much coffee is too much coffee? One hundred cups of coffee a day may kill you, but in moderation it could protect your brain against diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbuCmO8Bwhs
Omega 3 Fish Oils Linked To Increased Prostate Cancer Risk
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/263179.php
honey is a great antibacterial agent
http://naturalsociety.com/honey-shown-to-serve-as-an-all-natural-antibiotic-heals-wounds/
choosing garlic as your allium (瞀或蒜之類) family vegetable
Washington State University showed that garlic is 100 times more effective than antibiotics at fighting disease causing bacteria commonly responsible for foodborne illness.
Its anti-viral potency is perhaps even more effective.
Raw Honey Garlic Lemon Shots: A Simple Recipe To Supercharge Your Immune System
1 lemon (preferably organic)
1-2 cloves of garlic (depends on size of cloves)
1/8 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon of honey (preferably Manuka but at least Raw)
Scientists discover the molecule responsible for causing feelings of depression
For a Healthy Brain, Don’t Let the Trash Pile Up
---> 排毒 DETOX <---
Gently detox with 4 superfoods to remove toxins from chem trails, heavy metals, noxious chemicals, pesticides, drugs, GMO by-products
http://truththeory.com/2013/07/06/4-foods-that-help-you-detox-safely-and-gently/
----> diet soda should be a treat or indulgence (嗜好) just like your favorite candy, not an everyday thing <----
Study: Diet soda may do more harm than good
Is sexual addiction the real deal?
Controversy exists over what some mental health experts call “hypersexuality,” or sexual “addiction.” Namely, is it a mental disorder at all, or something else?
http://www.psypost.org/2013/07/is-sexual-addiction-the-real-deal-19133
---> The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need Supplements
---> At least 15 studies have now shown that vitamin C doesn't treat the common cold.
To sleep, perchance to prune.
睡著,恐怕要修剪。
New Hypothesis Explains Why We Sleep
During sleep, the brain weakens the connections among nerve cells, apparently conserving energy and, paradoxically, aiding memory.
What benefit sleep provides that makes it so crucial to living creatures ?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-hypothesis-explains-why-we-sleep&offset=2
The Love Hormone is Two-Faced 愛的荷爾蒙是兩面體
View of the hormone’s role in emotions
Oxytocin (催產素) 腦下垂體後葉荷爾蒙之一種
Finding shows oxytocin strengthens bad memories and can increase fear and anxiety.
Experiment shows that after a negative social experience the oxytocin triggers anxiety and fear in a new stressful situation.
http://neurosciencenews.com/neurobiology-oxytocin-fear-anxiety-326/
---> mayonnaise (蛋黃醬) is incredibly unhealthy <---
---> Listen, is mayonnaise a health product? No.
Is it duck fat?
Is it motor oil? No.
It is egg yolks, a bit of vinegar and salt and oil.
Don't DRINK the stuff, but a little in moderation will be okay.
Mayo Recipes: These Uses May Seem Crazy, But They Are Delicious
If you hate mayonnaise, I'm not going to convince you here that it is one of our better inventions as a society of cooks and eaters.
In the battle of margarine vs butter
http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/08/butter-vs-margarine-the-big-fat-butter-lie.html
Stress early in life leads to adulthood anxiety and preference for ‘comfort foods’
Foods that fight command ailments
http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/18-foods-that-fight-common-ailments
Self-monitoring your health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT8ufXQs1Mc#at=17
Dr. Rima Laibow - Depopulation Conspiracy & Self Healing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4feaQKL4v4Y#at=31
Food for brain
http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/brain-foods?cm_mmc=GooglePlus-_-MensHealth-_-Content-Nutrition-_-BestBrainFoods
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=breakfast-is-the-most-important-mea-13-08-15&WT.mc_id=SA_facebook
healing power of vitamin C
http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/06/vitamin-c-can-kill-every-virus-known-to-mankind.html
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2013/03/27/large-new-study-doubles-genetic-factors-linked-breast-ovarian-prostate-cancers/lanrz0jorgT5XYy0Cf5a6N/story.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_9U5TZiemM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9L7ZQPc8EA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4feaQKL4v4Y#at=31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BH9XTxb290#at=54
migraine 偏頭痛
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-migraine-brain-damage-20130828,0,7497521.story
This humble, but immensely powerful seed, kills MRSA, heals the chemical weapon poisoned body, stimulates regeneration of the dying beta cells within the diabetic's pancreas, and yet too few even know it exists.
The seeds of the annual flowering plant, Nigella Sativa, have been prized for their healing properties since time immemorial.
http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/09/black-seed-the-remedy-for-everything-but-death.html
http://myscienceacademy.org/2012/10/15/turmeric-prevents-one-of-the-most-malignant-cancers-in-the-world/
SIRTUIN PROTEINS could delay AGING
Ivona Percec is studying the human genome to find where sirtuin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5wlajXkXUc#t=51
Magic Mushrooms Reduce Selfish and Depressive Brain Activity
http://altering-perspectives.com/2013/11/magic-mushrooms-reduce-selfish-depressive-brain-activity.html#
How An Alkaline Approach Can Successfully Treat Cancer
In the 1930′s, an interesting natural cancer treatment was proposed as a simple, effective answer to cancer – almost any cancer. This treatment approach is not well known because it is considered alternative or experimental – or even dangerous – by the medical and scientific community and hence has been referenced primarily in obscure publications outside the mainstream press.
This treatment approach is called alkaline therapy or pH therapy, and is based in part on observations of cultures without significant incidence of cancer and in part on scientific observations of and experimentation with cellular metabolism.
Read More: http://www.undergroundhealth.com/how-an-alkaline-approach-can-successfully-treat-cancer/
78 Year Old Vegan Bodybuilder Might Make You Reconsider Your Diet - See more at: http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/01/12/78-year-old-vegan-bodybuilder-might-make-you-reconsider-your-diet/#sthash.nKhRcZkF.dpuf
http://altering-perspectives.com/2014/01/doctors-wont-tell-colds-flus.html
artemesinin 青蒿素,又名黃花蒿素,是由菊科植物黃花蒿所提煉出來的倍半萜內酯化合物,是治療惡性瘧原蟲所引發的瘧疾的特效藥。
According to studies that were published in an issue of Life Sciences, artemesinin – a derivative of the wormwood plant used in Chinese Medicine - can kill 98% of breast cancer cells in less than 16 hours. The herb used alone caused a 28% reduction in breast cancer cells, but when paired with iron, sweet wormwood was able to eradicate cancer almost entirely.
http://truththeory.com/2013/12/25/little-known-chinese-herb-iron-kill-98-of-cancer-cells-in-16-hours/
http://myscienceacademy.org/2013/08/15/10-controversial-ingredients-found-in-coca-cola/
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-controversial-ingredients-found-in-coca-cola.php
Banana's boost brain power
http://www.natureknows.org/2013/10/after-reading-this-youll-never-look-at.html
Go Bananas
Bananas are one of natures richest sources of Fructooligosaccharides (FOS), which are natural compounds that help the probiotics in our system to grow and thrive. The more FOS in our diet, the easier it is for our body to keep probiotic levels in good balance.
http://www.exposingthetruth.co/probiotics/#axzz2s2caPQEe
A new study by The University of South Florida has found that low doses of the active ingredient in magic mushrooms repairs brain damage caused by extreme trauma, offering renewed hope to millions of sufferers of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).
創傷後壓力心理障礙症(英文:Post-traumatic stress disorder;PTSD)
http://altering-perspectives.com/2013/08/new-study-magic-mushrooms-repair-brain.html
http://www.exposingthetruth.co/plastics-cancer/#axzz2sWBCG7
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1308433
The Amazing Benefits of Himalayan Pink Salt
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/02/19/the-amazing-benefits-of-himalayan-pink-salt/
http://www.richarddawkins.net/news_articles/2014/3/10/immune-upgrade-gives-hiv-shielding#
http://myscienceacademy.org/2012/08/20/banana-has-the-best-anti-cancer-effects-over-other-fruits/
Materials Science on G+
Pamela Wang
moderator
Nanomaterials - 4:59 AM #nanoparticles
Nanoparticles and Toxicity⋯⋯
After reading +Mathieu Hautefeuille 's post about titanium nanoparticles I thought I'd collect comments here about this topic so they are in one post for those that would like to explore this serious issue.
The long-term health risks of nanoparticles remain poorly understood.
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles are contained in many products: a few examples include skin products like cosmetics and sunblocks, dietary supplements, food products, medications, adhesives, building materials, coatings, eye glasses, inks, fabrics, paper and plastics. We know that plastics end up in the ocean and break down into tiny bits.
Our use of nanoparticles is a serious problem because we have not adequately studied the impacts of their use. Meanwhile we are now seeing an abundance of data that is revealing toxicity to a variety of species, including us.
Full cycle analysis and proper studies should be employed when developing anything.
I wonder at times, if our impulsive and reckless behaviours are increasingly due to the growing numbers of those of us with high functioning autism (ASD) and similar issues. To be an expert in most any field requires intense focus due to the vast oceans of data. Do we select for those traits as a consequence for the need to crunch vast amounts of data? Are these changes in the brain also a reflection of our blatant disregard for environmental damage and the potential epigenetic consequences?
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Nanoparticles Found in Common Household Items Caused Genetic Damage in Mice 11/17/2009 Once in the system, the TiO2 nanoparticles accumulate in different organs because the body has no way to eliminate them “The novel principle is that titanium by itself is chemically inert. However, when the particles become progressively smaller, their surface, in turn, becomes progressively bigger and in the interaction of this surface with the environment oxidative stress is induced,” he said. “This is the first comprehensive study of titanium dioxide nanoparticle-induced genotoxicity, possibly caused by a secondary mechanism associated with inflammation and/or oxidative stress. Given the growing use of these nanoparticles, these findings raise concern about potential health hazards associated with exposure.” The connection between inflammation and disease has been studied in depth.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0050607
http://www.cancer.ucla.edu/Index.aspx?page=644&recordid=298
Common cosmetic and sunblock ingredient, titanium dioxide, may have potential health risks
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130925130656.htm
http://www.ewg.org/2013sunscreen/nanoparticles-in-sunscreen/
http://www.nanoparticles-microspheres.com/Products/Titanium-Nitride-Nanoparticles.html
Approved to use in PET bottles because there is no exposure to food. However, what about waterways and the ocean? http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/2641.htm
Titanium nanoparticles move to the marketplace “How a mining company got into the nanotechnology business and wound up making materials for everything from environmental cleanups to cosmetics.” http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/archive/ci/30/i12/html/12ells.html
Metabolic effects of TiO2 nanoparticles, a common component of sunscreens and cosmetics, on human keratinocytes The skin connection? http://www.nature.com/cddis/journal/v4/n3/full/cddis201376a.html
Children may have highest exposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles, found in candy and other products http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120215123836.htmhttp://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es204168d
Nanotech Particles Affect Brain Development In Mice
" mice whose mothers were injected with the (TiO2) nanoparticles while pregnant showed alteration in gene expression related to neurological dysfunction " http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728201737.htm
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles trigger p53-mediated damage response in peripheral blood lymphocytes
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/em.20399/abstract
Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) Nanoparticles Preferentially Induce Cell Death “… data indicate that TiO2 nanoparticles induce cytotoxicity preferentially in transformed cells independent of a major apoptotic signaling pathway.“ http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0050607
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles a review of current toxicological data www.particleandfibretoxicology.com/content/pdf/1743-8977-10-15.pdf
http://www.particleandfibretoxicology.com/content/10/1/15
Toxicological effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles: a review of in vitro mammalian studies http://www.europeanreview.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/937.pdf
SCENIHR /002/05 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON EMERGING AND NEWLY IDENTIFIED HEALTH RISKS nanotechnologies
2006 version is a bit dated but useful overview
http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scenihr/docs/scenihr_o_003b.pdf
2009 http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scenihr/docs/scenihr_o_023.pdf
Scientific Basis for the Definition of the Term “nanomaterial”
Approved by the SCENIHR by written procedure on 8 December 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/emerging/docs/scenihr_o_032.pdf
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Carbon Fiber Body Panels Used For Batteries
https://plus.google.com/117751903650439005786/posts/7Q2CVPetrvV +Gary Ray R 's post
+Pamela Wang comment October 22, 2013 "Recycling is not easily done. Machining processes often generate aerosols of these materials let alone recycling processes or accidents. Once these materials become aerosols and become part of the environment "how in the world will we be able to clean this up?"
An evaluation of the toxicity of carbon fiber composites for lung cells www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935189800702
Subchronic inhalation toxicity of 3.5-microm diameter carbon fibers in rats. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9685051
Toxicity of PAN-based carbon fibers to the aquatic species www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA433438
Dietary toxicity of single walled carbon nanotubes and fullerenes C60 in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Fraser T.W.K. et al 2010 Nanotoxicology http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21417691
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+Pamela Wang Oct 22, 2013 comment on https://plus.google.com/115738909799447721417/posts/awy5L14xkd8 +Alan Kotok 's post Super-Antioxidant Developed from Catalyst Nanoparticles
Brain Injury in Fish
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112384316/nanoparticles-cause-brain-injury-in-fish/
Citrullination of proteins a common post-translational modification pathway induced by different nanoparticles in vitro and in vivo
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3465773/
Researchers show influence of nanoparticles on nutrient absorption http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24535.php
Health Effects of Nanoparticles report by the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST) Quebec. IRSST research covers the prevention of industrial accidents and occupational diseases. https://www.irsst.qc.ca/media/documents/pubirsst/r-589.pdf
Health Effects of Nanoparticles University of Maryland and NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
http://research.umd.edu/sites/default/files/documents/brochures/health-effects-nanoparticles.pdf
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" nano particle(s) can also damage DNA " +Shamail Ahmad
http://phys.org/news96041735.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18119-nanoparticle-dna-damage-study-what-you-should-know.html
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Plastics microlitter in the oceans
Microbeads, found in many cosmetics , are adding to the marine plastics problem. http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/08/stop-exfoliating-the-great-lakes-plastic
“ The world’s oceans are covered with a thin plastic soup that’s thickest in the middle of the gyres " http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/286/new-garbage-patch-discovered-in-indian-ocean.html
Plastic accounts for the majority of marine microlitter accumulating in the food chain " Many plankton organisms are unable to separate plastic particles from their natural food and that they therefore also ingest plastic " Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) http://www.syke.fi/en-US/SYKE_Info/Communications_material/Press_releases/Plastic_found_to_account_for_the_majorit%2827592%29
plastic pollution https://plus.google.com/105408925207475973229/posts/ShVG1KPaJDq
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" TiO2 nanoparticles may be a bigger issue than we thought " +Mathieu Hautefeuille
https://plus.google.com/114142015792791573211/posts/Q3Fxs34zQGA
#nanoparticles #aerosols #titaniumdioxide
Defensins Molecules and Cancer
http://elifesciences.org/content/3/e01808
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI3KtR3LoqM#t=15
抗性澱粉(resistant starch)又稱抗酶解澱粉及難消化澱粉,定義爲:在小腸中不能被酶解,但在人的腸胃道結腸中可以與揮發性脂肪酸起發酵反應的一類澱粉結構。澱粉不能被吸收並且能夠進入結腸具有重要的生理功效。抗性澱粉存在於某些天然食品中,如馬鈴薯、香蕉、大米等都含有抗性澱粉,特别是高直鏈澱粉的玉米澱粉(high amylosecorn starch)含抗性澱粉高達60%。
http://www.zwbk.org/MyLemmaShow.aspx?zh=zh-tw&lid=161011
Shared publicly - 9:10 PM
The science doesn't support fish oil.
Alex Lightman originally shared:
Fish Oil is Anti-Antiaging!
Holy shit! Fish oil is "anti-antiaging" and basically screws up your mitochondria, arteries, prostate...!!!
Here's the bad news in one very depressing paragraph. Read it and cry for all the billions of little fishies who died just so health nuts could unwittingly make themselves sicker:
"Lipid physiology makes the following clear: (a) Marine oil's EPA/DHA spontaneously oxidizes at room temperature and more rapidly at normal body temperature—no level of antioxidants can stop this deleterious effect.
(b) Fish oil blunts the insulin response and raises resting blood glucose levels.
(c) Fish oil decreases critical prostacyclin (PGI2) in patients with atherosclerosis—a very bad outcome.
(d) Fish oil rapidly decreases arterial compliance—increasing “hardening of the arteries.”
(e) In contrast to researcher's expectations, fish oil accelerates metastases in animals.
(g) Fish oil's EPA/DHA do nothing to increase cellular and tissue oxygenation; to the contrary, marine oils increase inflammation.
(h) Marine oil consumption im
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3914521/
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/04/15/lemon-baking-soda-shown-to-be-powerful-healing-combination/
“MIRACLE DRINK" kills cancer
You need one beet root, one carrot and one apple that combine together to make the JUICE!
http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/miracle-drink-kills-cancer-cells/
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/science/our-microbiome-may-be-looking-out-for-itself.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1
Health Map
http://healthmap.org/zh/