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"MARKETING MYTH: PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS DON'T PERMANENTLY HARM THE BRAIN THINK OF PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS as pollutants. The brain is wrapped in thin protective membranes and defensive chemical reactions that try to prevent the entrance of pollutants. The protective system is called the blood brain barrier. All psychoactive substances including psychiatric drugs pierce these defenses. Once inside they wreak havoc with the brain's biochemical activities. We now know that atmospheric pollutants in minute concentrations can inadvertently pose hazards to the life on Earth." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"And you are exposed to these pollutants in many combinations. For instance, now that you are paying more attention to what you are putting into your body, it's time to start thinking about what you are putting around your body: the water you bathe in, the air you breathe, the products you clean your house with. More and more research now suggests that environmental pollutants disrupt our hormonal systems, sending mixed or unclear messages to their targets. Many of the chemicals dumped into our environment have been banned in Europe but are still in wide use in the United States." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"Compared to most atmospheric pollutants, psychiatrically induced brain pollutants are highly concentrated and they are specifically tailored to disrupt normal functions. Mounting laboratory evidence—reviewed in more detail in my medical book, Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry (2008)—indicates that psychiatric drugs can cause permanent brain dysfunction and damage. The antipsychotic drugs cause obviously observable brain damage in the form of tardive dyskinesia and a variety of studies show that they kill or maim brain cells." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.) "The brain is wrapped in thin protective membranes and defensive chemical reactions that try to prevent the entrance of pollutants. The protective system is called the blood brain barrier. All psychoactive substances including psychiatric drugs pierce these defenses. Once inside they wreak havoc with the brain's biochemical activities. We now know that atmospheric pollutants in minute concentrations can inadvertently pose hazards to the life on Earth." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"If there are stagnant streams with poor hormone metabolites, as may occur from excess caffeine, drugs, fatigue, pollutants, or stress, the river will flow poorly and some streams may overflow with water and debris, giving rise to tumultuous moods; swollen, tender breasts; headaches; and cramps from heavily flowing blood. This liver congestion of which the Chinese speak so poetically can actually be seen when you look at lab reports of hormone metabolites." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "In addition, pollutants and pesticides in the animals' food supply (which then becomes stored in the animals' fat) might trigger breast cancer. 2. Women who eat high-fat foods tend to be overweight, and overweight women produce more estrogen and have a higher rate of breast cancer. So is it what's in the fat or what the fat does? Fat is active. It is constantly producing hormones and inflammatory proteins. Unfortunately, fat tends to make estrone, and a form of estrogen, which is associated with breast cancer. 3. The way you cook your meat plays a role, too." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"There can be many reasons for increased blood pressure, such as the narrowing of arteries due to fat and mineral deposits; the congestion and clogging of organs from cellular waste products; a build-up of plaque, calcium, or cholesterol in the arteries; a loss of elasticity in the blood vessel walls; negative emotions; stimulants like drugs, food excesses, salt, and pollutants; lack of exercise; and blood that is too thick or too thin. Correcting high blood pressure requires an elimination of all its causes." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Smoking is one of the worst things an asthmatic can do, as it directly takes pollutants and allergic triggers into the sensitive airways. However, it is not so widely known that cigarette smoking uses up Vitamin C in the body. Levels of the vitamin have been measured in smokers and it has been shown that one cigarette can use up to 25 mg of Vitamin C. It is therefore doubly important that asthmatics who smoke supplement their diet with Vitamin C. Obviously the best solution would be to stop smoking altogether, and you will find suggestions to help you do so in Chapter 15." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "AIR PURIFIERS AND ASTHMA Air purifiers significantly reduce pollutants in the atmosphere. Anything that will rid the environment of dust, pollens, fumes, tobacco smoke, cooking smells, mildew, airborne particles and the like will reduce potential asthma triggers and thus help people with asthma. Diagnostic Devices Bio-electronic regulatory techniques (BER) The idea behind these is that electrical activity in the body can be measured by bio-electronic regulatory techniques (BER)." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Plastic food wrappings leach out pollutants and contaminate food. Avoid plastic cookware and servingware, too. Limit alcoholic intake as it can cause swelling of blood vessels in the nasal passages. Don't smoke and stay out of smoke-filled rooms. Fireplaces, wood stoves and cigarettes are fuel for asthma. Ensure your heating and cooling systems, and exhaust fans in your home and car, work efficiently. Rid your garden of pests with herbs, not insecticides. Sit at least two metres away from the television." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "ALTERNATE NOSTRIL BREATHING Your nose, the body's air-conditioner, can clear accumulated allergens, pollutants and irritants which clog your nasal cavities and respiratory tract, to give speedy relief from asthma attacks, dust sensitivities and stubborn coughs. Five minutes a day of alternate nostril breathing will clean out irritants, help you breathe better and strengthen your immunity to allergies. þ Place your index finger on your forehead between your eyebrows, with thumb on one side of your nose and bent middle finger on the other. þ Breathe in through both nostrils." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"One example of this comes from a 2003 study in which blood and urine samples from Americans were tested for 210 substances, including industrial compounds, pollutants, PCBs, insecticides, dioxins, mercury, cadmium, and benzene. The volunteers, none of whom had any occupational or residential risks for such exposure, had detectable levels of 91 of these. In other words, these are ordinary people with ordinary lives who have numerous toxins in their body from ordinary exposure." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "Exposure to pollutants can increase free radicals, as can smoking and the use of cooking oils that become overheated. Antioxidants help to repair the damage done by free radicals. Oxidative damage has been linked to the development of antibodies in lupus, and one recent study that followed the diet of twenty-five thousand individuals for nine years found that those who developed rheumatoid arthritis consumed 40 percent fewer antioxidants. Another study found low levels of antioxidants in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or lupus." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"VCD can also signal that you're being exposed to environmental or occupational pollutants. FREQUENT THROAT CLEARING Do you constantly clear your throat? This may be a bad habit you acquired after a persistent cough or a long bout of laryngitis. Frequent throat clearing may also be the sign of anxiety and nervousness or of a tic or other movement disorder. As with hoarseness, it can also be an important clue that you have chronic postnasal drip or GERD. (See A Hoarse, Raspy Voice, above.) STOP SIGN When you feel the urge to clear your throat, sip water or hum instead." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"THE BURDEN OF CHEMICALS WE ALL CARRY IN OUR BODIES For decades, scientists have been studying pollutants in the air, water, and on land. But over the past five years, they have begun studying pollution in people, and the findings are causing many researchers to reevaluate their assumptions about how successfully our bodies interface with the chemical-laden world in which we live." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Water should be filtered to remove pollutants and chemicals, then remineralized with ionic minerals or sea salt for optimum results. 4 Energized water is better. 5 Filtered and hexagonally structured, primal-source energized water provides maximum life force that is far superior to other waters, unless one has access to pristine, alkaline, alive, natural spring water or melted snow water. We all have to eat food and we usually look forward to mealtimes. Most people select their meals based solely on what tastes good and what satisfies their hunger at the moment." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Comitris For some 400 million years, sharks have inhabited the oceans of the world, living long and, for the most part, cancer-free lives, despite the increased toxins and pollutants introduced into their habitats. Sharks' ability to adapt to and remain healthy in their environment may be linked to the cartilage that makes up their skeletons. A strong, connective tissue, like that in the human ear, cartilage appears to inhibit angiogenesis, which is the development of blood vessels that feed tumors." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"The causes of miscarriage include unknown factors, stressors, environmental factors (toxic substances in food, water, and air and pollutants in the workplace), smoking, drinking alcohol, dietary deficiencies, and fetal abnormalities. As discussed earlier in the nutrition section, low zinc intake has been associated with spontaneous aborrion and premarure delivery, and vitamin E supplementation and bioflavonoids may help to prevent miscarriage. In addition, Susun Weed lists the following herbs as being used in traditional herbal medicine for preventing miscarriage:140 • Black haw root." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"I was drowning in internal pollutants. CONNIE, 65 YEARS OLD My positive changes began in a health support group. I simply changed my diet, began juicing, and did homework assignments. Although not familiar with exercise, I tried power walking. Within weeks I realized I had more energy, I no longer felt sluggish each afternoon. I lost twenty pounds, look younger, and my hair and nails grew. Physically, life is happier without aches and pains. Emotionally, I handle what were once overwhelming family issues with acceptance. Vegetarian food is delicious." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Furthermore, epidemiological studies over the past two decades have consistently failed to establish any causal relationship between breast cancer and the consumption of fat per se, though meat and dairy fats heavily contaminated with carcinogenic pesticides and industrial pollutants do appear to play a role. Finally, these increasing cancer rates also cannot be attributed to genetic factors. At most, genetics can be directly implicated as a cause in less than 10 percent of all cancers." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "The new law also bans persistent organic pollutants and other persistent chemicals like lead, and requires the phasing out of chlorinated paraffins, such as plasticizers and flame retardants. Swedish companies were given five years, until [_], to test the estimated 2,500 chemicals used in quantities over 1,000 tons per year for such effects. By 2010, chemicals used in lesser amounts will also have to be tested. Safety Regulations in Other Countries In China, the first regulations on cosmetics and personal care products were issued in 2002, banning approximately 400 ingredients." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"The liver uses NAC to detoxify pollutants and toxins like smoke and alcohol. This supplement is not for diabetics as it interferes with insulin. Did you know? The liver is the biggest internal organ weighing in at 3 1/3 pounds. It has two blood supplies, one from the hepatic artery and one through the portal vein. Blood is cleaned and leaves the liver through the hepatic vein. The hepatic vein empties the blood into the inferior vena cava of the heart. The liver can usually re-grow or regenerate itself if a portion of it is removed and it is not injured beyond repair." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Some lake trout and catfish have industrial pollutants (polychlorinated biphenyls). When eating fish, cut out the dark fatty portions, as these are the sites where pollutants are stored. Several natural treatments to correct high cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia) will be discussed in this chapter. Inositol Hexaniacinate (IHN) Conventional niacin lowers cholesterol levels and relieves symptoms of Raynaud's Syndrome. This vitamin has serious side effects (facial flushing and gastrointestinal distress), which are avoided in the inositol formulation." - James A. Howenstine, A Physician's Guide to Natural Health Products That Work (Get the book.)

"If you live in an industrial town, your raspy voice may be telling you that environmental irritants and pollutants are lurking about. Huskiness can also be a reaction to radiation therapy as well as to certain medicines. The most common culprits are blood thinners, antihypertensives, antihistamines, steroids, asthma medicines, antidepressants, diuretics, and high doses of vitamin C. A hoarse voice may also signal iron deficiency anemia, as well as a host of serious autoimmune condi- . , ,. , ." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"These included a complex soup of pollutants including dioxin, mercury, and the same compounds found in diesel exhaust. Moreover, the sheer volume of particles was in and of itself shocking: the particulate matter in the air that wildfire season was ten times greater than the standard set as safe by the Environmental Protection Agency. Five months after Jan's ordeal, three EPA researchers would publish a study on how twenty-four hours of breathing such densely polluted air particles can lead to dramatic, negative changes in our blood, including shifts in clotting factor." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Many toxic substances are pollutants and contaminants in the environment. Toxic waste: Toxic waste is a waste that can produce injury if inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin. Toxicology: The study of the harmful effects of chemicals on humans or animals. Tumor: Abnormal growth of tissue or cells that produces a lump or mass. Volatile organic compound (VOC): VOCs are substances containing carbon and different proportions of other elements such as hydrogen, oxygen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, sulfur, or nitrogen; these substances easily become vapor or gases." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"The half-life of ions—which is related to the amount of time that ions maintain their effective radiation—depends on the amount of pollutants in the air. The cleaner the air, the longer the half-life of small ions, if there is a source of ionization (e.g., running water) present. The best levels of ions are: ?in the uninhabited country, away from industrialized areas ?near running water, whether a shower or a waterfall ?in natural habitats ?in clear sunshine—a natural ionizer ?after storms ?in the mountains The worst are: ?enclosed spaces with a gathering of a number of people ?" - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"Environmental toxins include household chemicals, industrial pollutants, food additives, and pesticides. Internal toxins consist of waste products created by normal metabolic processes within the body. Such digestive toxins are produced as a result of breaking down proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. But I also want to point out another dimension to this definition that's frequently overlooked. Substances you wouldn't normally view as "toxic" or "poisonous" are indeed members of this category. These include pharmaceutical drugs, caffeine, and alcohol." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Once you know what's in your water, you can find a filter that's geared toward getting rid of the specific pollutants, if any, that may be present. Don't forget also to consider additional contaminants unique to your home and that may be present in your individual water supply, such as copper, which may be leaching from your household plumbing. If you have a well, you can hire someone to conduct private testing." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

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