Except for Chipotle & Panera Bread. In the US, animals raised in confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are routinely fed low doses of antibiotics to make them grow fatter, faster, and to prevent disease associated with crowded and unsanitary living conditions.

Consumers pay for cheap meat on the back end, via exorbitant health care costs and lives cut short. In the US alone, the price tag for antibiotic resistance is $20 billion in additional annual health care costs and an estimated 23,000 Americans die from antibiotic-resistant infections each year.

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Majority of Fast Food Restaurants Get Fail Rating in Antibiotics Meat Report

By Dr. Mercola 

 Antibiotic resistance has been declared "an increasingly serious threat to global public health that requires action across all government sectors and society" by the World Health Organization (WHO).1 The cause for this growing drug resistance was once thought to be restricted to overuse of antibiotics in medicine, but it's become quite clear that our food supply significantly contributes to the problem.
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Chain Reaction: How top restaurants rate on reducing use of antibiotics in their meat supply

Report:

Read the full report here.

Chain Reaction is a new report and scorecard that grades America’s top restaurant chains’ on their policies and practices regarding antibiotics use and transparency in their meat and poultry supply chains. All but five companies received a failing grade.

70-80 percent of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used in factory farms. This practice enables crowded, filthy conditions for animals and drives antibiotic resistance that threatens our health.

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- See more at: http://www.foe.org/projects/food-and-technology/good-food-healthy-planet/chain-reaction#sthash.AcsiS4OJ.dpuf

Why You Don't Want To Take Antibiotics

A doctor tells why you don't want to take antibiotics you don't really need for chronic sinusitis (mold allergy) & colds & all "itises" (viruses). who knew life saving health info. could be so funny.

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8 Cold Hard Truths About Colds

by Kristin Prentiss Ott, M.D.

It’s booger season.

And that means that urgent care centers, emergency departments and primary care offices everywhere are being inundated with people seeking antibiotics.

So in the spirit of community wellness, I am offering you these friendly public service announcements.

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How To Stay Safe From The Worldwide Diabetes Disaster

Recent studies show that one-half of all Americans are either pre-diabetic or diabetic. If you're a woman with a waistline of 35" or more you are pre-diabetic at least. Diabetic women under the age of 45 have a six-fold greater risk for heart attack, recent research shows.

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By Dr. Mercola

Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions around the world, with China emerging as the “epicenter” of rising prevalence.

Last year, data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that more than one-third of all Americans are prediabetic, yet nine out of 10 of them don’t know they have it.
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Why Does Chicken Taste Like Tap Water?

Why does chicken taste like tap water?....conventional raised soaked in bleach, etc...good short video

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Why Doesn’t Chicken Taste Like Grandma’s Used To?
Originally aired on 9/23/2015
Author Mark Schatzker heads to a farm

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What We Eat

It is all about WHAT we eat rather than how much. Our bodies create biological responses to everything we consume!

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Low Carb BLT

Posted by Maria Emmerich

DIABETES

It is so frustrating when I hear that Paula Deen decided to work with the pharmaceutical companies to help with her diabetes. First off, does she really need more money? and WHY would the pharmaceutical companies want people to know the truth about how diet can control Type II diabetes by eating no starch or sugar??? They won’t make any money! Here’s some proof…
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3 Important Reasons to Give Up Gluten If You Have an Autoimmune Disease

"Low Thyroid, IBS, allergies, asthma, over 55 conditions linked to modern gluten ...Do you have Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hashimoto’s, Multiple Sclerosis, or any other autoimmune disease? If so, I can say without a doubt that gluten sparked the flame of your disease, and continuing to eat it is simply adding fuel to the fire." Amy Myers is a young doctor living in Austin who let doctors remove her thyroid before she discovered that she was still sick ......

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3 Important Reasons to Give Up Gluten If You Have an Autoimmune Disease

Do you have Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hashimoto’s, Multiple Sclerosis, or any other autoimmune disease? If so, I can say without a doubt that gluten sparked the flame of your disease, and continuing to eat it is simply adding fuel to the fire.

Gluten, a protein naturally found in certain grains, is now found nearly everywhere in our modern world. It’s of course in flour-based foods such as pasta and bread, but it is also used as a filler in medications and supplements, it’s the glue that holds meat substitutes together, it’s in body products such as shampoo and toothpaste, and, thanks to cross-contamination, it’s even in grains that are marked gluten-free.

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NUTRITION is key in healing inflammation and eliminating pain.

The initial indicator of almost every illness is inflammation of our cells. Therefore it is critical for us to get a better understanding of what causes inflammation and choose the right foods to prevent it from happening. Inflammation is usually associated with pain, swelling, and heat. BUT it doesn’t always show externally; “silent inflammation” is more dangerous because we usually don’t know we have it until an illness falls upon us. Everyday issues like headaches, sinus problems, allergies, skin disorders, acne, heart disease, stroke, aching joints and back, arthritis, and cough are nothing more than a physical manifestation of silent inflammation. By the time we notice and address the symptoms, our cells have already been inflamed for a long time.

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Korean Short Ribs

Posted by Maria Emmerich in arthritis, autoimmune disease, Colitis, Crohn's, dairy free, egg free,gluten free, main dish, Paleo, PURE PROTEIN/FAT DAY, slow cooker, tired toxic liver

Pain Alternatives ibuprofen When I was in high school, I volunteered at a nursing home and I asked the residence what the “secret to a happy life” was and they often responded with “take care of your back!” At first, I thought it was a metaphor at first but they explained that if you are living with pain there’s no way to focus on on anything else in your life.
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Food Changes Your Genes

It turns out that the changes in the expression of our DNA that will favor either health or disease are, to significant degree, under our direct control.

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Food Choices Change Our Gene Expression

Without a doubt one of the most important decisions we make on a daily basis is what we choose to eat. Nowadays, those decisions are made all the more complex by the vast panorama of recommendations in the form of books, social media, television, and even advertisements at the point-of-sale.

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Eat Only Grass Fed Ground Beef

Eat only grass fed ground beef especially when eating out...a new Consumer Report study warns ALL store-bought ground beef contains fecal bacteria, and factory farmed beef often contains dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria as well.

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Conventional Ground Beef Is Three Times More Likely to Contain Antibiotic-Resistant Fecal Bacteria Than Grass-Fed Beef

By Dr. Mercola

Factory farming methods produce a number of side effects that can threaten your health and even your life. Contamination with disease-causing fecal bacteria is one of them.

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Enzyme Polymorphism

Want to know how much you really need of a vitamin, mineral, or amino acids...it's so different for each person based on their genetics...the new Molecular Medicine

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Understanding molecular medicine requires understanding how the molecules of the human body interact, and how their activities can be changed by nutrient supplementation. ~ Dr. Richard Lord.

We Can Be Nice To Our Microbiota

We can be nice to our microbiota and eat more fruits and vegetables, fermented foods, and avoid antibiotics and diet drinks. We might actually be leaner, healthier, and happier—perhaps even less cranky and dysfunctional....remember if you are eating CAFO meats (not grass fed) you are eating lots of antibiotics given to healthy cows to make them get fat faster for market.

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The Microbiome Is Science’s Hot New Kid 

WRITTEN BY Anand Veeravagu Tessa Anderman, MD

‘Microbiome’ is a word you’ve probably been reading everywhere—and it’s only the beginning. 

As Americans, we love the concept of self-improvement. Self-help books line bookstore shelves, psychologists have taken over network TV, and smartphone apps track our every step and calorie. Many months ago, a lot of us made New Year’s resolutions to be happier, stronger, and healthier. We’re constant improvement projects—fixer-uppers if you will—with positive affirmations and sticky note reminders to get to the gym TODAY.

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Adverse Reaction To A Flu Shot Vaccination

Truly shocking just published Jul 24, 2015...after having a life threatening adverse reaction to a flu shot a couple years ago forced on me by my local hospital in order to continue volunteering there, I advise anyone to research and make up their own minds for their own safety but especially guard the safety of their babies and children. At the very least be very cautious and never take multidose type vaccinations such as those given at the supermarket, CVS, etc. The preservatives (mercury & aluminum) are much stronger in these types. Your doc will give you individual vaccinations from single vials.

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What they are not telling you about vaccines.
www.westonaprice.org/vaccinations/

Best Magnesium Supplements

Wonder why an estimated 68 to 80 percent of the United States population is deficient in the essential mineral magnesium? Best magnesium supplements are malate, taurate, or carbonate depending on your purpose. Good idea to take several forms daily since it is critical to many of the bodies most important processes and protects the heart.
What brand I recommend? Most brands either don't even have the active ingredient listed on the label or have ingredients that are unsafe to consume &/or contaminated. You can google the problems with most drugstore or chain brands of supplements. Been there, done that don't w...See More

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Dr Lynch explains why he created Seeking Health.
Learn more at www.seekinghealth.com

What You Eat

Portions are unlimited....It's not how MUCH you eat....it's WHAT you eat.

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Dr Eric Westman - Duke University New Atkins Ketogenic Diet for Weight Loss and Health

Sugar and Starch

Doctors discuss our diets and why it's making us sick since 1980 in one or 2 generations

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Sugar and Starch

Starch is just sugar by another name. Starchy diets are what turned us into a nation of diabetics.

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Low Carb Cheesecake Recipes

Cheesecake is my favorite low carb, gluten free, sugar free treat. What's yours?

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31 one of the best healthy, low carb cheesecake recipes on the internet. Look no further for your favourite creamy, sweet, low carb treat!
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Personalized Medicine

An emerging practice that uses an individual's genetic profile to guide decision-making in regard to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases.

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Jumping on the Train of Personalized Medicine: A Primer for Non-Geneticist Clinicians: Part 1. Fundamental Concepts in Molecular Genetics

Aihua Li and David Meyre*

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Abstract

With the decrease in sequencing cost and the rise of companies providing sequencing services, it is likely that personalized whole-genome sequencing will eventually become an instrument of common medical practice. We write this series of three reviews to help non-geneticist clinicians get ready for the major breakthroughs that are likely to occur in the coming years in the fast-moving field of personalized medicine. 

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Eat Real Foods

Sylvia Wormley has been using me as her health guinea pig for over a year. Her health research has paid off big time. I am losing weight, cycling with more power than ever and I am happy. A healthy diet includes real unprocessed food and minerals. Well too much to summarize on this FB post.

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Vegan Chocolate Desserts

Most are gluten & dairy free & delicious mostly without cooking. The real food ingredients makes them decadently delicious.

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13 Decadent (But Healthy!) Chocolate Desserts

by Emily Holmes

Anyone who loves chocolate knows there are plenty of great ways to satisfy your craving. Here are 13 ridiculously delicious and surprisingly healthy ways to treat yourself to a chocolatey dessert.

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Are Foods Labeled "Healthy" Making You Fat?

Are Health Foods Making You Fat?

U.S. News & World Report article by K. Aleisha Fetters

Supermarkets are filled with more “health foods” than ever before. Still, America’s collective waistline has also reached record proportions. Unfortunately, there may be a link. Read More

My Personal Buying Mantra

Always read the label.  If you can not pronounce the ingredients, then do  not buy it.  If any ingredient has more than three syllables, then do not buy it.  If is is not organic, grass fed, free range then do not buy it.

I know you can not do this all of the time, but if you have this mantra running in your head when you shop you will keep a lot of junk out of your body and your health will show a lot of improvement.

Way Better Snack Chips

+Sylvia Wormley introduced me to these wonderful chips last week. I wanted to share them with you all.

The chips are sold at Sam's Club. The chips pass the Sylvia Certified for guilt free eating test.

I have pictures of the bag. I will update this post with more detailed information when I am at a computer.