The Z-Pak Antibiotic Can Kill Adults
Friday, May 18, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The New England Journal of Medicine has reported that the popular antibiotic azithromycin, often given as a five-day treatment regimen known as the Z-Pak, increases the risk of sudden cardiac death in adults by 250 percent or any cause of death by 200 percent. In 2011 U.S. doctors wrote 55. 3 million prescriptions for this antibiotic, with sales of $464.6 million.Researchers Conclude SSRI Antidepressants Do More Harm than Good
Saturday, May 12, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Researchers from Canada and the U.S. have published a bombshell article on the commonly used SSRI antidepressants, concluding they do far more harm than good. Unfortunately, due to misleading and illegal marketing of these drugs over the past 15 years,10 percent of the U.S. population, a majority of whom were not being treated for depression, have been placed on these brain-injuring drugs.FDA Review: Long-term Use of Bone Drugs Does Not Prevent Fractures
Friday, May 11, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
It never ceases to amaze me how the most stunning conclusions by government officials can be watered down with political correctness to the point that virtually nobody pays attention to them. The following alternative headline would actually be blunt and truthful, while triggering massive and appropriate lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies: FDA Review Shows Bone Drugs are A Fraud, Many Women Injured Under the False Pretense of Improved Bone Health. Once again, escaping culpability is the incompetent medical profession, who maintains a perfect streak of near uselessness when it comes to preventive health, as well as actually improving the most common metabolic issues faced by millions of Americans.Statins Cause Type 2 Diabetes
Friday, January 20, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The statin scam is one of the worst examples of how Western medicine has sold several hundred billion dollars of a near worthless drug to millions of Americans, conning the gullible into believing that a better number on paper as the result of taking a drug somehow equates to an improvement in health. The latest nail in the statin coffin shows that women who consistently take their statins, as their doctors so happily instruct them to do, have a whopping 71 percent increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.Paula Deen’s Deception for Profit
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Move over Sally Field, a new drug pimp is on the scene. Not since the roller-coaster ride of Oprah Winfrey and her “unsolvable” weight problems has the public witnessed such disability for profit. Paula Deen, The Food Network star, would like her followers with Type 2 diabetes to believe that it is God’s will that they take the Novo Nordisk drug Victoza.Doctors Continue to Poison Millions of Children with Unnecessary Antibiotics
Tuesday, November 08, 2011 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study shows that pediatricians in the United States write more than 10 million unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions every year for children, creating an untold amount of health damage that can last many years, even a lifetime. The negligence of Conrad Murray pales in comparison to this massive ineptitude of an entire profession.Scientists Demonstrate Flu Vaccine Lacks Effectiveness
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Researchers at the University of Minnesota published a study this week in the Lancet which essentially says the flu vaccine fails to meet the hype. In fact, they couldn’t find any credible data to show that the flu vaccine did anything effective at all in individuals over the age of 65.Was Giuliana Rancic’s Breast Cancer Caused by IVF?
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Reality TV show and E! News host Giuliana Rancic’s breast cancer has caught the attention of many people, since she is an apparently healthy 37-year-old. Her difficulties becoming pregnant have been front and center on her reality TV show. She has tried in vitro fertilization (IVF) three times. The medical community was quick to negate that IVF had anything to do with her breast cancer – how convenient.Thursday, September 8, 2011 – National Call-In Day to Help Save Your Supplements
Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Thursday, September 8, 2011, is the national call in day to members of Congress to protest the draconian FDA NDI regulations for dietary supplements, regulations that will retroactively remove many dietary supplement ingredients from the market – while driving up prices. This is a very serious issue. A grassroots call-in campaign has been organized for Thursday, September 8 by the Alliance for Natural Health and is being supported by many health freedom groups, many dietary supplement companies, and consumers across America. Please let your voice be heard. Even if you have already written letters, Thursday is the day that your phone call matters. We need to flood their switchboards with phone calls.FDA To Supplements: Drop Dead
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The following article, FDA to Supplements: Drop Dead, is written by attorney Jonathan Emord, a leading constitutional and health freedom attorney in this country. He has defeated the FDA in federal court a remarkable eight times. This article first appeared August 22, 2011 on the NewsWithViews website. He provides insightful legal analysis, the history of the problem, and even explains how supplement industry trade groups CRN and NPA have inappropriately sent the industry on an improper course of action that has culminated in the recent NDI attack. Here is what Emord has to say:
Losing Weight Can Prevent and Cure Type 2 Diabetes
Saturday, May 19, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Gaining weight is highly stressful to your body. Sooner or later it is likely to break down in response to the stress and “give up” trying to cope with the abuse. Western medicine marks such a tipping point with the label type 2 diabetes, which essentially means your ability to regulate blood sugar is more or less broken. In reality, it was heading that direction as your fasting blood sugar elevates above 90. A new study shows that taking off a significant chunk of weight over a two-year period can reverse the diabetes and/or prevent it, even if you still have more weight to lose.Unclog Your Liver & Lose Abdominal Fat – Leptin Diet Weight Loss Challenge #6
Monday, May 07, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Your liver plays a central role in the metabolism of any type of calorie. During weight gain your liver is being punched in the nose by inflammatory metabolic flu signals coming from your white adipose tissue (stored fat) and your digestive tract (bacterial imbalance, LPS, Candida, etc.). At the same time, your white adipose tissue is unable to store fat fast enough, turning to the primary backup location for fat storage – your liver. Now your liver gets clogged with excess fat, metabolism becomes even more strained, your waistline expands, and you are at risk for developing far more serious health problems.Germ Gangs Block Weight Loss – The Leptin Diet Weight Loss Challenge #5
Monday, April 30, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
The metabolic flu weakens your host defenses. This enables germ gangs to take up unwanted residence. Your immune system can’t get rid of them and struggles to keep them in their existing neighborhoods. Some of these germ gangs live within your digestive tract, lungs, or sinuses. Some even live in your white adipose tissue. The net result is increased tissue damage, higher levels of inflammation, higher levels of toxic exposure, food sensitivities, greater risk for immune system malfunction, and significantly more trouble engaging weight loss or sustaining a weight loss program.Higher Protein Intake Lowers Blood Pressure in Overweight Adults
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Once individuals begin to gain weight, their cardiovascular systems are placed into a situation of ongoing inflammatory distress that eventually results in blood pressure elevating. A new study makes it clear that an increase in dietary protein can have a huge benefit on reversing this trend, helping to lower blood pressure.Malfunctioning Immunity Causes Weight Gain – The Leptin Diet Weight Loss Challenge #4
Monday, April 23, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
I am entering a new term into the lexicon of the weight loss world – metabolic flu. The primary symptom of this problem is abnormal fatigue. This includes feeling like you did not sleep well, easy power outages by mid-afternoon, and erratic energy at night that is a bizarre combination of fatigue and wired energy that often results in sleep problems. This type of fatigue is also associated with difficulty getting energy from a reasonable amount of food and an inability to sustain energy between meals without snacking.Lack of Sleep Causes Overeating
Saturday, April 21, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
A new study measures the brain activity of healthy, normal weight adults aged 22-26 to determine the effects of a lack of sleep on appetite signaling in their brains. The study showed that a lack of sleep causes brain signaling to significantly increase in areas associated with food acquisition. In other words, if you don’t sleep enough you are much more likely to eat too much food and gain weight.Gymnema Has Potent Weight Loss Properties
Thursday, April 19, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Gymnema sylvestre is an herb used traditionally in Asia to treat type 2 diabetes, arthritis, and help with weight management. It has a blood sugar lowering effect, partly because it helps your pancreas make insulin. This rejuvenating effect on the pancreas is one reason why this herb is in widespread use. A new animal study now supports the traditional weight loss use, showing that it can powerfully influence multiple aspects of the obesity issue.Why Toxins and Waste Products Impede Weight Loss - The Leptin Diet Weight Loss Challenge #3
Monday, April 16, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Your body's ability to process trash, including toxic trash, is a pervasive factor in your ability to lose weight and reach a healthy goal weight. Struggling with this issue activates backup strategies for dealing with toxic overload, which include expanding the number of fat cells and stuffing them with toxins as well as fat. This is likely done to get the toxic trash out of your circulation and away from key organs. It causes easy weight gain and complicates weight loss because your body does not easily give up the toxic fat it has stored.Acetyl-L-Carnitine Helps Anti-Age Your Metabolism & Brain
Friday, April 13, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Faltering energy production is the common issue involved with faulty metabolism leading to weight gain as well as cognitive decline and memory loss. Central to this issue is the ability of your cellular engines (mitochondria) to produce energy from food, an ability that declines with age. Acetyl-l-carnitine (ALC) is proving to be a remarkable nutrient for rejuvenating the ability of a cell to make energy, with direct implications for better metabolism and brain function.Blueberries Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - (Byron J. Richards, CCN)
Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health have determined that two or more servings per week of blueberries significantly reduced the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
