Sources: included the Globe Newswire September 28, 2008 and the original article was published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Splenda Potential Harm

This website contains information on this article but also goes much further and gives a great many other studies and articles pertaining to sweeteners like aspartame and also the effects on people consuming these artificial sweeteners, particularly diabetics. Well worth clicking on and reading the articles contained.
Artificial Sweeteners

To learn even more information on these potentially harmful sweeteners I suggest that you read Dr Mercola’s comments at the link below.
Splenda

More news on health has just come to me. Since opening my healthymoneyvine website it has given me many opportunities to present to the world, news on health. Until such time as I started this website in January 2008 I had no means of getting news on health out to the world. A good example is an article on the 10 Myths of Breast Cancer. To read this article click on the link below:
10 Myths Exposed of Breast Cancer

20 Dangergous drugs you should NOT be on.
Read the list of adverse events that have occurred between 1 January and 31 March 2008. Do you take these drugs? Click on the link below.
20 Dangerous Drugs

Are toxic metals causing you to feel sick? Doctors Galen Knight and Kaayla Daniel have found that even when people have good dietary guidelines they still can be sick. For further information please click on the link below.
Toxic Metals – Do you feel sick

Can calcium in combination with Vitamin D help to reduce fractures? Read a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Click on the link below.
Calcium may reduce risk of fractures

The Pollution Within! This is the story of David Ewing Duncan has been finding out what toxic chemicals are showing up in his blood. In today’s world our modern chemistry stop the ravaging of crops by insects, can remove stains from carpets and even in some cases can save lives. But we are beginning to realise that many of these chemicals are now taking their toll on our health. For further information please click on the link below.
Pollution within

Who would have thought that acupuncture could work better than pharmaceutical drugs in treating hot flashes?
Researcher, Dr Elaine Walker of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit has found that acupuncture was just as effective as Effexor, also called venlafaxine, in managing symptoms including hot flashes and night sweats. She found that after undergoing treatment for 12 weeks that symptoms were reduced for an additional 15 weeks for women who had undergone acupuncture compared to just two weeks for those who had received Effexor. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Acupuncture and hot flashes

To read further on products that utilise acupressure and communicate with the body through the human electromagnetic field, which is known as resonant energy transfer. These products are:

• Non transdermal
• Do not contain drugs
• Contain no chemicals
• Contain no stimulants
• Nothing enters the body

Check it out at the link below.
Acupressure

News on health brings you all types of health topics. For example this one could save a life!

House Fires – Warning
The original message was written by a lady whose brother and wife learned a hard lesson this past week. Their house burnt down.. Nothing left but ashes. They have good insurance so the house will be replaced and most of the contents. That is the good news.

However, they were sick when they found out the cause of the fire. The insurance investigator sifted through the ashes for several hours. He had the cause of the fire traced to the master bathroom. He asked her sister-in-law what she had plugged in the bathroom. She listed the normal things....curling iron, blow dryer.

He kept saying to her, 'No, this would be something that would disintegrate at high temperatures'. Then her sister-in-law remembered she had a Glade Plug-In, in the bathroom.

The investigator had one of those 'Aha' moments. He said that was the cause of the fire. He said he has seen more house fires started with the plug-in type room fresheners than anything else. He said the plastic they are made from is THIN. He also said that in every case there was nothing left to prove that it even existed. When the investigator looked in the wall plug, the two prongs left from the plug-in were still in there.

Her sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light built in it. She said she had noticed that the light would dim and then finally go out. She would walk in to the bathroom a few hours later, and the light would be back on again. The investigator said that the unit was getting too hot, and would dim and go out rather than just blow the light bulb. Once it cooled down it would come back on. That is a warning sign. The investigator said he personally wouldn't have any type of plug in fragrance device anywhere in his house. He has seen too many places that have been burned down due to them.

Fred Burks from the Want to Know Information Team has given me permission to include his article on the use of human beings being used as guinea pigs! Quite an incredible thought!. If you would like to read a comprehensive list of studies ranging from 1931 right up to 1997 then please go to the following link.
Human beings as guinea pigs

Once again news on health brings warning that could help save lives.

Lead in cosmetics
The Sydney Morning Herald, on 20 July 2008 has warned women that some lipsticks could contain lead. This has come about due to warnings issued in the wake of a U.S. ruling that a class action suit against LVMH, the manufacturer of Dior Addict Positive Red Lipstick which has been found to contain lead, can proceed. This particular lipstick was among dozens of lipsticks found to contain lead when the U.S. group

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics commissioned an independent laboratory to test lead levels in 33 brand-name lipsticks. Sixty-one percent of the lipsticks tested had detectable lead levels. One-third of the lipsticks exceeded accepted U.S. levels of lead for products that are ingested. The Dior lipstick was found to contain more than twice as much lead as is allowed. To read more click on the link below:
Lead in Cosmetics

Magnesium may be key to calcium’s cancer benefits.
In November 2008 it was reported that the anti-colon cancer effects of calcium may be linked to magnesium levels, suggesting a need for both minerals in reducing the risk of the disease, says a new study.

Researchers from Vanderbilt University found that low ratios of the minerals were associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer, according to findings presented at the Seventh Annual American Association for Cancer Research International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.

The potential implications of the results include accounting for the status of both nutrients in individuals before recommending supplementation with one or the other alone.

Colorectal cancer accounts for nine per cent of new cancer cases every year worldwide. The highest incidence rates are in the developed world, while Asia and Africa have the lowest incidence rates. To read further on this study please click on the link below.
Magnesium may be key to calcium’s cancer benefits

Joint Health Potential with Pomegranate Extract
In June 2008 it was reported that an extract from pomegranate may suppress the inflammation and damage in joints linked to arthritis, if results from an animal study can be repeated in humans. The journal, Nutrition reported that in the mice models used that the onset and severity of arthritis was delayed and reduced. For further information click on the link below.
Pomegranate Extract Joint Health

Keep your brain young with Vitamin B12
0n 8 September 2008, US News & World Report advised us that older people who had low levels of Vitamin B12 are at an increased risk of having brain atrophy or shrinkage. This is associated with impaired cognitive function and Alzheimer’s disease. In a study of 100 volunteers aged 61-67 years tests were undertaken but it is interesting that none of these individuals were actually deficient in Vitamin B12, but simply just did not have a high enough level.

To read further on this please click on the link below:
Keep your brain young with Vitamin B12

Increased Hip Fracture Risk when Deficient in Vitamin D
US researchers have concluded lower blood concentrations of vitamin D increase the likelihood of hip fracture among menopausal women by up to 70 per cent. For an average of seven years the researchers studied 800 50-79 year-olds selected from nearly 40,000 candidates who were not using estrogens or other bone-active therapies. The mean age of the participants was 70 years. Of the 800 selected from 40 clinical centres across the US, 400 patients of the same sex and race had suffered hip fractures while 400 control had not.

To read further on this subject please click on the link below.
Deficient in Vitamin D

Better heart health linked to Vitamin K2
A study has found that an increased intake of Vitamin K2 from dietary sources may reduce the build up of calcium in arteries that leads to hardening of the blood vessels.

A higher intake of K2, but not K1, was associated with a 20 per cent reduction in calcification of the arteries, according to findings published in the journal Atherosclerosis.

“This study shows that high intake of menaquinone [K2], but probably not phylloquinone [K1], is associated with reduced coronary calcification. Adequate intakes of menaquinone could therefore be important for the prevention of cardiovascular disease,” wrote lead author Joline Beulens from the University Medical Center Utrecht.

The study, which examined the dietary habits and cardiovascular health of 564 post-menopausal women, adds to a growing body of science linking the vitamin to improved heart health.

However, as the researchers state, results have been inconsistent, potentially due to “different effects of phylloquinone and menaquinone on coronary calcification”, they said.

Atherosclerosis, known as hardening or furring of the arteries is a key risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the cause of over 50 per cent of deaths in Europe and the US.

To read further on this study please click on the link below.
Better Heart Health Linked to Vitamin K2

Mouthrinse Cancer Scare In January 2009 research is raising concerns in Australia about the level of alcohol contained in mouthwash and its implications with cancer.

I have information that goes way back to 1991 telling us the same thing. Click on the link below and see all the information that I have that links to this subject.
Mouthrinse and cancer

Well this can hardly be called a health story but doesn’t it just warm your heart?
Please watch the You Tube below and see the amazing sight of this lion and its woman rescuer.

The woman found this lion injured in the forest and ready to die. She took the lion with her and then nursed it back to health.

When the lion was better she made arrangements with a zoo to take the lion and give it a new and happy home.

The video was taken when the woman, after some time, went to go visit the lion to see how he was doing. Watch the lion's reaction when he sees her.

Amazing!!!!!

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