Filthy
Foreign Drugs Flunked Quality Tests, But Shipped Anyway
A plant in India that makes generic drugs sold right here in the United States has been caught red-handed cooking the books after repeatedly failing quality inspections.
The company, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, can't ship their meds until they pass a quality check. So whenever a batch of drugs flunked a test for impurities, they didn't toss the medicine in the trash like they're supposed to.
Instead, they erased the results and kept testing subsequent batches until they got the results they wanted. Then they shipped everything -- including the failed, tainted batches.
The FDA recently found that Sun Pharmaceutical messed with test results more than 5,300 times at one plant. And they caught other companies doing it at a dozen other plants around India.
The FDA knows exactly which test results got wiped and which drugs and ingredients were affected -- they know, but they're keeping it a SECRET.
Some of those companies were later banned from sending drugs to the U.S., but the stuff that's already here was never recalled, and you and your doctor were never told.
Yes, friend, your "globalization-friendly" government in Washington would rather protect the profits of a foreign firm than protect your health or risk ruining their image of ensuring only high quality drugs are sold in the US……..at much higher prices.
This is guaranteed to happen again. The FDA has about a dozen people keeping watch over 600 plants in India, which is like hiring a dozen people to count snowflakes in Alaska -- except India is twice the size.
And if you think the big-name companies are any better, I have some Tylenol plants I'd like to show you. Some of those factories are so filthy the feds had to seize control.
I don't know about you, but if there's anyone I trust LESS than Big Pharma, it's the federal government, so the lesson here isn't to choose big names over generics.
It's to pick "none of the above" whenever you can -- because in many cases, you never needed those meds in the first place.
A plant in India that makes generic drugs sold right here in the United States has been caught red-handed cooking the books after repeatedly failing quality inspections.
The company, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, can't ship their meds until they pass a quality check. So whenever a batch of drugs flunked a test for impurities, they didn't toss the medicine in the trash like they're supposed to.
Instead, they erased the results and kept testing subsequent batches until they got the results they wanted. Then they shipped everything -- including the failed, tainted batches.
The FDA recently found that Sun Pharmaceutical messed with test results more than 5,300 times at one plant. And they caught other companies doing it at a dozen other plants around India.
The FDA knows exactly which test results got wiped and which drugs and ingredients were affected -- they know, but they're keeping it a SECRET.
Some of those companies were later banned from sending drugs to the U.S., but the stuff that's already here was never recalled, and you and your doctor were never told.
Yes, friend, your "globalization-friendly" government in Washington would rather protect the profits of a foreign firm than protect your health or risk ruining their image of ensuring only high quality drugs are sold in the US……..at much higher prices.
This is guaranteed to happen again. The FDA has about a dozen people keeping watch over 600 plants in India, which is like hiring a dozen people to count snowflakes in Alaska -- except India is twice the size.
And if you think the big-name companies are any better, I have some Tylenol plants I'd like to show you. Some of those factories are so filthy the feds had to seize control.
I don't know about you, but if there's anyone I trust LESS than Big Pharma, it's the federal government, so the lesson here isn't to choose big names over generics.
It's to pick "none of the above" whenever you can -- because in many cases, you never needed those meds in the first place.
By Jenny Thompson at Health Science Institute
If your new
year's resolution is about losing weight -- then don't fall for the skim scam.
It's the ongoing fable that skim milk will help you drop the pounds.
Stop in any Starbucks and you'll hear just about everyone ordering skim this and skim that. But what all those people ordering skinny lattes don't realize is that their non-fat choice is actually less healthy -- and MORE likely to cause weight gain.
In the world of mainstream "nutrition" skim milk is supposed to equal skinny. End of discussion.
Even the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says parents should give kids low-fat milk, beginning at age two, to prevent weight gain.
Well, they can cling to that myth all they like. But it won't make it right
A study of more than 10,500 U.S. pre-school kids shows the exact opposite is true. In this study, there is a clear (and significant) link between drinking skim milk and higher body weight. And it held up across all racial, ethnic, and economic groups.
Researchers say they are mystified. But that just means they haven't read the literature. Previous research has produced similar results.
NPR talked to a pediatrician who's a member of the AAP Committee on Nutrition. Of course, he's not letting go of the advice about switching kids to low-fat milk at age two. No way. He claims that the results of the new study don't make sense "from a biological perspective."
Really? Well here are some biology fun facts I've been talking about for 10 years...and it's not just about kids.
One: calcium intake helps kids lose weight. This isn't a surprise. Calcium does the same thing for adults. But Dr. Spreen has two important points to add... 1) The milk skimming process strips away nutrients, such as calcium. 2) Your body absorbs calcium better when you consume the mineral with -- yep! -- milk fat.
But wait. There's more... Your body absorbs milk sugars slower when they're consumed with milk fat. Take away the milk fat, and your body absorbs the sugars rapidly and turns them into fat. That's why low-fat milk has a HIGHER glycemic index rating than whole milk.
Wow! Biology! Who knew?
Well... We knew. These aren't secrets we've been hiding from mainstream nutritionists. It's more like those nutritionists are stubbornly hiding from any details that will shatter their "fats are bad" myth.
Stop in any Starbucks and you'll hear just about everyone ordering skim this and skim that. But what all those people ordering skinny lattes don't realize is that their non-fat choice is actually less healthy -- and MORE likely to cause weight gain.
In the world of mainstream "nutrition" skim milk is supposed to equal skinny. End of discussion.
Even the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says parents should give kids low-fat milk, beginning at age two, to prevent weight gain.
Well, they can cling to that myth all they like. But it won't make it right
A study of more than 10,500 U.S. pre-school kids shows the exact opposite is true. In this study, there is a clear (and significant) link between drinking skim milk and higher body weight. And it held up across all racial, ethnic, and economic groups.
Researchers say they are mystified. But that just means they haven't read the literature. Previous research has produced similar results.
NPR talked to a pediatrician who's a member of the AAP Committee on Nutrition. Of course, he's not letting go of the advice about switching kids to low-fat milk at age two. No way. He claims that the results of the new study don't make sense "from a biological perspective."
Really? Well here are some biology fun facts I've been talking about for 10 years...and it's not just about kids.
One: calcium intake helps kids lose weight. This isn't a surprise. Calcium does the same thing for adults. But Dr. Spreen has two important points to add... 1) The milk skimming process strips away nutrients, such as calcium. 2) Your body absorbs calcium better when you consume the mineral with -- yep! -- milk fat.
But wait. There's more... Your body absorbs milk sugars slower when they're consumed with milk fat. Take away the milk fat, and your body absorbs the sugars rapidly and turns them into fat. That's why low-fat milk has a HIGHER glycemic index rating than whole milk.
Wow! Biology! Who knew?
Well... We knew. These aren't secrets we've been hiding from mainstream nutritionists. It's more like those nutritionists are stubbornly hiding from any details that will shatter their "fats are bad" myth.
Are
Statin Drugs The Cause of Widespread Decline in Brain Function?
(NaturalNews) Diseases of the brain are rampant in America today, and evidence suggests that a popular class of pharmaceutical drugs may be largely to blame. They're known as statins, and the science behind how they function in the body reveals that these powerful drugs gradually degrade the brain by depriving it of cholesterol, leading to memory problems, dementia and other similar conditions.
In his book Lipitor: Thief of Memory, Dr. Duanne Graveline, M.D., wrote about his horrific experience with statins, and how they caused him to suffer two transient global amnesia events as well as chronic neuropathy. The former astronaut and aerospace medical research scientist explains how these traumatic events were the direct result of statins altering his brain.
His good friend Dr. David Brownstein also highlighted the mechanics behind this damage on his blog, pointing out that statins work by poisoning an enzyme known as HMG-CoA reductase, which the body uses to produce cholesterol, adrenal hormones, sex hormones and memory proteins. HMG-CoA reductase is also responsible for maintaining cell energy, which is needed by every system of the body.
Artificially blocking or otherwise inhibiting this vital enzyme is a recipe for health disaster, explains Dr. Brownstein, which is why he advises against anyone taking statin drugs. He also questions why any cognizant doctor would prescribe them, knowing that as many as 3.6 million people have reported brain dysfunction as a result of their use.
"You can't poison a crucial enzyme or block an important receptor for the long-term and expect a good result," explained Dr. Brownstein in his book Drugs That Don't Work and Natural Therapies That Do.
(NaturalNews) Diseases of the brain are rampant in America today, and evidence suggests that a popular class of pharmaceutical drugs may be largely to blame. They're known as statins, and the science behind how they function in the body reveals that these powerful drugs gradually degrade the brain by depriving it of cholesterol, leading to memory problems, dementia and other similar conditions.
In his book Lipitor: Thief of Memory, Dr. Duanne Graveline, M.D., wrote about his horrific experience with statins, and how they caused him to suffer two transient global amnesia events as well as chronic neuropathy. The former astronaut and aerospace medical research scientist explains how these traumatic events were the direct result of statins altering his brain.
His good friend Dr. David Brownstein also highlighted the mechanics behind this damage on his blog, pointing out that statins work by poisoning an enzyme known as HMG-CoA reductase, which the body uses to produce cholesterol, adrenal hormones, sex hormones and memory proteins. HMG-CoA reductase is also responsible for maintaining cell energy, which is needed by every system of the body.
Artificially blocking or otherwise inhibiting this vital enzyme is a recipe for health disaster, explains Dr. Brownstein, which is why he advises against anyone taking statin drugs. He also questions why any cognizant doctor would prescribe them, knowing that as many as 3.6 million people have reported brain dysfunction as a result of their use.
"You can't poison a crucial enzyme or block an important receptor for the long-term and expect a good result," explained Dr. Brownstein in his book Drugs That Don't Work and Natural Therapies That Do.
Statins destroy the body and they don't even work
Based on the thousands of entries
published in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Adverse Events
Database, statins have been linked to everything from short-term memory loss
and disorientation to chronic depression and dementia. This same database
reports well over 100,000 adverse events in other areas as well, which based on
the 1-10% reporting rate probably translates into millions of people harmed by statins.
As we've reported in multiple instances, statin use is linked to liver damage, kidney poisoning, muscle pain and degradation, and heart failure, as well as many other health conditions. And the worst part is that statins have never even been shown to work as claimed, which means they're both ineffective and highly destructive.
"Perhaps we could live with all these adverse drug reactions if statins significantly lowered the risk for cardiovascular disease. But, they don't," wrote Dr. Brownstein on his blog.
"Statins have never been convincingly shown to prevent a first heart attack in both men and women. In men, the best of the statin studies show a 1-4% reduced risk of preventing a secondary cardiac event. In women, the numbers are worse."
This is highly disconcerting in light of calls by some medical professionals for statins to be handed out like candy, or even dripped into public water supplies alongside fluoride. This so-called "medicine" is wreaking havoc on public health, and it doesn't even provide any legitimate therapeutic benefits. So why is it still on the market?
"These drugs frequently cause muscle damage, muscle cramps, muscle weakness, muscle aches, exercise intolerance (even in the absence of pain and elevated CPK -- a muscle enzyme), sexual dysfunction, liver and nerve damage and other problems in 10-15 percent of patients who take them," added Dr. Mark Hyman.
"They can also cause significant cellular, muscle, and nerve injury as well as cell death in the ABSENCE of symptoms."
As we've reported in multiple instances, statin use is linked to liver damage, kidney poisoning, muscle pain and degradation, and heart failure, as well as many other health conditions. And the worst part is that statins have never even been shown to work as claimed, which means they're both ineffective and highly destructive.
"Perhaps we could live with all these adverse drug reactions if statins significantly lowered the risk for cardiovascular disease. But, they don't," wrote Dr. Brownstein on his blog.
"Statins have never been convincingly shown to prevent a first heart attack in both men and women. In men, the best of the statin studies show a 1-4% reduced risk of preventing a secondary cardiac event. In women, the numbers are worse."
This is highly disconcerting in light of calls by some medical professionals for statins to be handed out like candy, or even dripped into public water supplies alongside fluoride. This so-called "medicine" is wreaking havoc on public health, and it doesn't even provide any legitimate therapeutic benefits. So why is it still on the market?
"These drugs frequently cause muscle damage, muscle cramps, muscle weakness, muscle aches, exercise intolerance (even in the absence of pain and elevated CPK -- a muscle enzyme), sexual dysfunction, liver and nerve damage and other problems in 10-15 percent of patients who take them," added Dr. Mark Hyman.
"They can also cause significant cellular, muscle, and nerve injury as well as cell death in the ABSENCE of symptoms."
Government Pays Compensation To 80 Flu Vaccine Injuries and Deaths
(Republished from VaccineImpact.com) The December 2014 report from the Department of Justice on damages paid by the U.S. Government to vaccine victims was recently published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources. There were 180 cases of vaccine injuries decided. 134 cases received compensation, while 46 cases were denied.
Most of the U.S. public is unaware that a U.S. citizen, by law, cannot sue a pharmaceutical company for damages resulting from vaccines. Congress gave them total legal immunity in 1986, and that law was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011. There is a special "vaccine court" called the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program that is funded through a tax on vaccines. If you are injured or killed by a vaccine, you must hire an attorney and fight tax-funded government attorneys to seek damages, as you cannot sue the drug manufacturers.
It can take years to reach a settlement. Therefore, this report probably only represents a tiny fraction of the actual number of people harmed or killed by vaccines, since it is so difficult to fight the government in court to win a settlement.
This report clearly shows that the flu vaccine is the most dangerous vaccine in America. 134 cases were awarded settlements for vaccine injuries, with 79 of the settlements being for the flu shot, including three deaths.
Most of the settlements for injuries due to the flu shot were for Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Other flu vaccine injuries included: acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, transverse myelitis, shingles (herpes zoster), neuropathic demyelination, seizures, neuropathy, brachial plexopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, optic neuritis, and Bell's palsy.
You didn't read about this in your local or national news, did you? And remember, this is only the people who sued the government and followed through in court. There are sure to be many times more who never filed a law suit and you will never hear about.
(Republished from VaccineImpact.com) The December 2014 report from the Department of Justice on damages paid by the U.S. Government to vaccine victims was recently published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources. There were 180 cases of vaccine injuries decided. 134 cases received compensation, while 46 cases were denied.
Most of the U.S. public is unaware that a U.S. citizen, by law, cannot sue a pharmaceutical company for damages resulting from vaccines. Congress gave them total legal immunity in 1986, and that law was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011. There is a special "vaccine court" called the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program that is funded through a tax on vaccines. If you are injured or killed by a vaccine, you must hire an attorney and fight tax-funded government attorneys to seek damages, as you cannot sue the drug manufacturers.
It can take years to reach a settlement. Therefore, this report probably only represents a tiny fraction of the actual number of people harmed or killed by vaccines, since it is so difficult to fight the government in court to win a settlement.
This report clearly shows that the flu vaccine is the most dangerous vaccine in America. 134 cases were awarded settlements for vaccine injuries, with 79 of the settlements being for the flu shot, including three deaths.
Most of the settlements for injuries due to the flu shot were for Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Other flu vaccine injuries included: acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, transverse myelitis, shingles (herpes zoster), neuropathic demyelination, seizures, neuropathy, brachial plexopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, optic neuritis, and Bell's palsy.
You didn't read about this in your local or national news, did you? And remember, this is only the people who sued the government and followed through in court. There are sure to be many times more who never filed a law suit and you will never hear about.
Remineralize
Teeth and Fight Tooth Decay with Cacoa!
(TRFW
News) Cacao has been used for thousands of years and was so highly prized by
the Mayans that they even used it in their religious rituals and ceremonies,
hailing it as a food of the gods. The Spanish then began importing this special
bean to Europe and it quickly became one of the most expensive and sought after
commodities of the time.
Yet
for all its popularity, I doubt chocolate was being used to keep the teeth
strong and healthy. Recently a team of researchers from Tulane University
discovered that chocolate trumps fluoride in fighting tooth decay!
It is
no secret that the pros and cons of fluoride are under great debate.
Regardless, studies do show that it’s toxic, harmful to our health, and damaging
to the environment. Now, we have new information that chocolate is a
better alternative to keep our teeth strong.
Researchers
comparatively tested an extract obtained from the cacao bean and fluoride,
which were applied to extracted human molars. In the first comparison,
treated teeth were left in a specialized machine, which gradually indented into
each tooth, revealing the hardness of the enamel. The results show that teeth
treated with cocoa extract proved to be much stronger than when fluoride was
used.
In
the second test, each tooth was placed in either cocoa extract or fluoride and
left overnight. The next day, each tooth was soaked in strong acid for 10
minutes and then measured to see how much calcium leached into the acid. The team
found that tooth soaked in cocoa extract had lost 8% less than those soaked in
fluoride.
Tulane
University press revealed, “The extract, a white crystalline powder whose
chemical makeup is similar to caffeine, helps harden teeth enamel, making users
less susceptible to tooth decay. The cocoa extract could offer the first major
innovation to commercial toothpaste since manufacturers began adding fluoride
to toothpaste in 1914.”
My
Comment:
Keep
in mind that you should avoid toothpastes with artificial sweeteners and
fluoride. Fluoride is toxic and does not belong in your mouth or your body, and
it is not necessary for healthy teeth. As more companies start to include cocoa
in their toothpastes you want to select one that has only natural ingredients
and uses Xylitol, which prevents cavities and is a natural sweetener.
Until
next time, stay healthy and happy
JD
Roma
The information on this blog is
provided for educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional
medical care, and medical advice and services are not being offered. If you
have, or suspect you have, a health problem you should consult your physician
(preferably a Naturopath).
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