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Emerging technology is not the answer to the world's social and economic problemsI've been reading news reports about how technology is advancing so rapidly that by the year 2050, we're supposed to be able to download our entire consciousness into our laptop computers. That right, just plug in your brain, and apparently you can download your memories and all the data in your head.
Now, what's wrong with this? First of all, the brain does not store information in bits and bytes. The brain is not a digital storage system. The brain, and more importantly, the mind, is holographic in the way that it stores and retrieves information. And, by the way, the information that the brain stores isn't even really stored with perfectly accuracy anyway.
Peoples' perceptions are distorted; peoples' memories are distorted. They're fuzzy. They waver in and out. They can be created on the fly, so it's not like you have a databank in your head that's just sitting there waiting to be downloaded. All the memories and perceptions in your head are shifting around all the time. What you think you remember today may not have happened that way at all. In fact, very little of what you remember actually happened that way.
In other words, we don't see reality. We experience a very tiny interpretation of the world around us. The universe out there, and what's encoded in our head, is really just an experience; a holographic representation of various sensory inputs, emotions and experiences at that time. This it not just some data, and this is not like a zip file. You can't just download it into a computer or slap it onto a flash drive.
Human intelligence can only be emulated by technology
So, I don't care how advanced computing technology gets, you're never going to be able to just download your memory like a giant storage file, because it's not stored that way. Your brain is not a giant flash chip.
Now, what's really important about this, and what's worth discussing about this news, is that there continues to be this great tendency by scientists, especially those in the fields of artificial intelligence and computer science, to think of the human brain as being just some really advanced computer. They think that if computers keep getting more and more advanced, at the pace that it's going today, if Moore's law holds up, and they can keep cramming more transistors onto computer chips at ever increasing rates -- they figure sooner or later, these computers will achieve consciousness.
I completely disagree. I think that computers could someday be able to emulate intelligence. There is no question in my mind that there will be artificial intelligence. But consciousness? That's another matter completely. We don't even really know what the nature of consciousness is. We don't really even know ourselves yet. Even our best scientists really have no clue how consciousness comes into being. How many people sit down and truly explore the meaning of self? How many people even know themselves? How many people understand consciousness even at a basic level? Very few, I think. The people who do are not scientists, by the way. They tend to be spiritual people who meditate and are in touch with themselves and the universe, and who don't have any technical training in the sciences.
But technicians out there love to look at the human body and the human mind as nothing but a collection of parts. This is not only true in the fields of intelligence and AI; it's also true, of course, in medicine. Doctors and surgeons, especially, tend to look at the human body as a collection of parts; they think that if we just understand all the parts, then we'll understand the organism. They think if you can x-ray and image and categorize and name all the individual components of the human body, then you understand all the biochemistry that's taking place. And then you understand the person. I completely disagree with that.
You can get lost by looking at the little components, all these little parts. You can only understand a person by taking a step back and looking at the whole person with a holistic view of health and consciousness. So, what does all this have to do with downloading your brain into a computer? We have to look at the holistic or holographic view of what human consciousness is, and even just what a basic human memory is.
"Reality" defined
In fact, if you get down to it, what is the nature of our reality, and how is it that we perceive this reality when much of it, frankly, isn't even there? Think about it. If you know anything about physics, especially quantum physics, you know that all of this so-called stuff that we think is around us is almost entirely not there from a technical point of view.
For example, consider a wall. A wall is made of certain elements made up of atoms. If you look inside those atoms, you can potentially name electrons, neutrons and protons. If you look in those, you find out it's nothing but vibrations. It's just probability waves that appear as reality, that appear to be substance, but is really not there at all. It's almost all empty space. The closer you look at it, the more it disappears, so even the stuff we think is real isn't real.
Even our memories aren't real; our memories are just holographic interpretations of our experience of this so-called real world, which isn't real anyway. Our memoirs are based only on those things that we can perceive. And our perception is very, very limited. If you look at the entire electromagnetic spectrum, and then you take a look at the tiny sliver of that spectrum that's visible light, that is what we see. What we see is just a small fraction of what's available in the electromagnetic spectrum. Even honeybees see more then we do. Other animals hear at much higher frequencies than we do. What we feel, touch and taste are basically just very crude representations of what's going on around us. It's all interpreted in our heads through a system of filters, beliefs and distortions, and then it becomes a memory. So, memory is not at all a representation of what's going on in the world.
Artificial Intelligence is about to take a quantum leap forward
Now, I don't discount the idea that computing power is going to take a quantum leap forward, and I use "quantum" deliberately in this case. If we have quantum computers and they become practical, then watch out, because there are going to be some real questions about what is reality at that point. Because if a computer can effectively solve problems by sending little qubits into other dimensions and calculate problems in an infinite number of dimensions and bring the solutions back in this world and hand it over to us, that's mind blowing.
Yet that's happening right now at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in Boulder, Colorado. They're doing this stuff; they have computers that reach into other dimensions and bring solutions back into this dimension. They're doing this today. If they can make this practical and increase the number of bits, this thing will really, again, cause us to question the whole nature of reality.
So I don't discount the fact there is really some amazing technology out there, and that artificial intelligence will certainly become a very important factor in the ongoing march of technology and how it affects society. What I'm questioning is that we'll be able to interface this digital world of computers with the world of the human mind and consciousness. I don't think these connect very well. It's not like we have a VGA connection in the back of our heads, and if we plug it into our computer monitor while we're sleeping, we could view our dreams. It would be cool, but it's not going to work that way; it's going to take a lot more than just raw computer power to even come close to figuring out how to interface with our minds.
I am very interested in the impact of emerging technology on our civilization, especially those that can enhance the quality of life on this planet -- so, even though I'm a futurist, I'm also very skeptical of other futurists. I think a lot of times when people talk about these emerging technologies, it's just a lot of hyping, someone trying to get a lot of grant money, or somebody just trying to attract some attention talking about something that really isn't practical.
You see this with nanotechnology all the time. "Nanotech, nanotech." It's nanotech all the time. Why? Because that's what gets you grant money in the scientific community these days. If you look at the statistics today, and you think about how many researchers and scientists are working on "nanotechnology," you think, "Gee, this field is exploding." It's not true. It's just that everybody who used to work on less glamorous projects just renamed all their stuff to be nanotechnology. So, now they call it nanotech, and they're getting grant money, and the statistics show that there's all this nanotech research going on. It's the same research; it's just been renamed.
Now, there is some new nanotech research going on, but I'm skeptical about this, as well. They say they'll be able to build an army of nanotechnology robots, little molecular-scaled robots that will run around your body and cure cancer. That's right, these little robots are going to snip away at cancer tumors, and I've said this before, but we already have such a system. It's in our bodies right now. It's called the immune system, and it's the most advanced nanotechnology in the world. This stuff is amazing. It cures cancer every single day in every single human being who's alive right now. It takes care of the job for us. We don't need microscopic robots to take care of it, we just need to take care of the immune system we have right now.
Social and political implications of emerging technology
So getting back to the original item here, what if we were able to download our brains into computers? It sounds great in terms of technology, but what about the social and political implications of this? What would it mean? Would it mean that if you were suspected of committing a crime, the courts would force a download of your brain? Would it mean that your memories and thoughts were no longer your own?
If it did mean that, then, of course, we'd have an era of thought crimes -- an era where it could be criminal to think the wrong thoughts or have the wrong memories, or just to have the wrong imagination. If you happen to have the wrong images pop up into your head, and it gets downloaded onto the computer, all of a sudden, you're a criminal. You're an enemy of the state. Why? Because you don't fit the norm. Because you have ideas that they consider to be a threat to their stranglehold on power. You've got to think about these things. Technologies can be promising, but they can also be very threatening, not only to our sense of who we are, but also to our security and privacy as individuals and our very freedoms.
Today in the United States, we have a federal government that is spying on millions of U.S. citizens. Our Dept. of Homeland Security is reading your international mail, digitally filtering all your international phone calls for audible keywords, scanning virtually all internet traffic, and even tracking citizens by their cell phone transponders. All of this is blatantly illegal, by the way. Do you have any doubt that this police state government would hesitate to download and scan your memories and thoughts if the technology were available? All this stuff was considered science fiction by most Americans until recently, when the mainstream press finally woke up to the realities of the NSA spying on American citizens (but those of us "in the know" have been writing about these Police State tactics for years. Just check the archives on www.Rense.com to see for yourself. Or search Google for the "echelon project.")
Ultimately, what I'm trying to say is that technology is not the solution to uplifting our civilization. It is not the answer to the problems in our world. They say we have hunger and starvation in Africa. We have the technology to grow all the food we need. We have an abundance of food right here in the United States, that is somehow not getting to the mouths of the people over there who need it. We're paying farmers to not grow crops, so how can there be a food shortage? It's not a food problem. It's not a farming technology problem. It's a political problem. It's an issue of control. Who's controlling those people? Who benefits from scarcity? Who benefits from having a population that's always at war?
More technology is not the answer. It sounds cool, and all those new electronic gadgets look cool. But technology is not the answer to solving the problems of our civilization. So what is the answer, you might ask? Well, look; I'm no master of this. I'm still a student of all of it. But I've got some ideas that the answers are in the world of consciousness, spirituality, ethics and empathy. I think the answers are in things like being able to actually care about fellow human beings and act on that care, and making efforts to end the suffering in the world, rather than trying to maintain control over people all the time. The answers are found through spiritualism, meditation and self-introspection. The answers are essentially found by looking inward, not by examining the physical stuff of the world around us and coming up with more and more clever ways to alter it or control it.
We have to look inward, and stop thinking that the answers can be found in technology, chemistry, gene therapy and medical science. These are not the answers; these are just distractions from the real answers. You can have the best technology in the world, but you will still not solve the problems of this planet unless you can act with integrity, ethics, honesty, empathy, humility and compassion. These are the issues that really matter.
Frankly, if we mastered those as a world, we wouldn't need much technology. We really wouldn't. We have plenty of technology today to take care of all the basic needs of everyone; enough to put a home over people's heads, to feed the population and to cover basic health. What we're lacking is that sense of awareness, ethics, spirituality and a higher level of operation and thinking, or rather, experiencing a higher level of being. Ultimately, I don't want a world where a bunch of computers are looking into our heads. I hope to see a world where individuals examine their own minds. That, to me, would be the most amazing breakthrough of all.
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The link between asthma and cows' milk is familiar to many young asthma sufferers and their parents. I first became aware of the connection through my cousin's experiences with his four-year-old son.... | Reducing your child's development of allergies is possible
Published August 6 2005
By follow the unconventional advice of Dr. Hugh Sampson, you may be able to reduce your child's chance of developing... | Mediterranean diet makes allergies vanish in children
Published June 4 2007
Researchers studying children in Greece found that those who eat a Mediterranean diet rich in vegetables, fruits, nuts, and olive oil experience less respiratory allergies and asthma than other... | Doctors routinely misdiagnose cow's milk allergies in babies, survey suggests
Published November 21 2006
(NaturalNews) A survey by formula milk manufacturer SHS International Ltd's Act Against Allergy initiative found that a majority of doctors believe that milk allergy symptoms in babies were being... | Allergies can be treated without traditional medicine
Published July 24 2005
Alternative therapies like acupressure, acupuncture, reflexology and chiropractic care can be effective treatments for... | Japanese Plant Prevents Seasonal Allergies and Rhinitis
Published November 15 2007
(NaturalNews) So many people suffer from allergies to pollens and foods. You step outside on a beautiful day to stop and smell the roses and next thing you know, you are sneezing uncontrollably, eyes... |
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Published May 21 2007
I'm truly excited to be bringing you this information today about the miraculous healing abilities of aloe vera. First off, in case you don't know, let me emphasize that I don't sell aloe vera... | Innovative dried aloe vera gel product now available from Good Cause Wellness
Published September 6 2007
This article introduces a significant new natural health product that has never before existed in the marketplace. It's made of aloe vera, an herb with strong anti-cancer properties that also treats... | Aloe vera plant produces miraculous, life-saving results in trauma, burns and hemorrhagic shock
Published July 31 2004
The miracles derived from the aloe vera plant never cease to amaze me. This is truly a life-saving plant. It is one of the most astounding gifts of nature, and it belongs in the first aid kit and... | Aloe vera juice can help you prevent colds and other ailments
Published January 19 2005
It is already a well known fact that the juice from the aloe plant can soothe burns, but there is also research showing that drinking aloe vera juice, such as Optima Health & Nutrition's Aloe Pura can... | Aloe vera may hold promise in treating cardiovascular disease
Published December 5 2004
Aloe vera is one of my favorite healing plants, and I believe it is quite promising in terms of enhancing cardiovascular health. This is a subject that hasn't had many studies conducted yet, but there... | Aloe Vera, Natural Alternative Medication Dermatologists Should Consider (press release)
Published June 13 2005
As more patients who suffer from skin ailments seek cost-effective alternative medications, Dermatologists would be well advised to research the time-tested results of the Aloe Vera plant’s gel. Why... | Irritable bowel syndrome can be eased with aloe vera juice
Published January 19 2005
Irritable bowl syndrome (IBS) affects approximately one-fifth of the population of Britain and up to a third of the population will suffer its effects sometime in their lives. However, there is hope... | Clear out your medicine chest and replace with natural first aid tools
Published June 21 2004
Consumers are being advised to clear out their medicine chests and throw away expired prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications, but the real story is that people should be stocking their... |
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Published March 7 2005
You may be surprised to learn that as much as prescription drugs are now being shown to be dangerous for human health, there's also a big problem in the way people turn to alternative medicines such... | Study shows the public is turning to alternative medicine and away from dangerous prescription drugs
Published April 17 2006
A study published in April 2005 revealed that more than 70 percent of adults aged 50 or older are now using some form of alternative therapy. This includes medicinal herbs, meditation and... | Folic acid deficiencies are widespread; here's why nearly everyone needs more folate
Published December 29 2005
Pregnant women plagued by cravings for pickles and ice cream must remember to include plenty of folic acid in their diets. Shown to reduce the risk of miscarriage and birth defects, folic acid –... | Alternative medicine thriving at Cleveland Clinic (because it works)
Published September 25 2006
(NaturalNews) Cleveland Clinic's Center for Integrative Medicine in Broadview Heights, Ohio only attracted a few patients when it opened in 2004, but now the center -- which offers acupuncture, yoga... | Alternative medicine gaining credibility in traditional medical schools
Published July 15 2005
Until recently, alternative medicine was widely discounted as a "false" healing art, but as the practice is gaining popularity, major medical schools such as the University of Pennsylvania are... | Health freedom action alert: FDA attempting to regulate supplements, herbs and juices as "drugs"
Published April 11 2007
When it comes to health freedom, this is the FDA's end game. A new FDA "guidance" document, published on the FDA's website, reveals plans to reclassify virtually all vitamins, supplements, herbs and... | University of Hawaii athletes use alternative medicine more often, study says
Published June 6 2005
A survey by the University of Hawaii found that the student-athletes turned to alternative medicine such as acupuncture and massage more often than they used traditional medicine. The survey found... | Alternative medicine gains popularity as disenchantment with Western medicine grows
Published October 3 2005
According to a federal survey conducted in 2004, thirty-six percent of adults in America have sought out alternative forms of medicine such as Reiki, herbal treatment, and... |
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Acetyl-L-carnitine may offer unprecedented hope for people suffering from Alzheimer's disease or the aftereffects of a stroke. The human brain is uniquely powerful and complex, but it is sometimes... | Essential fatty acid phosphatidylserine (PS) is powerful prevention for memory loss, Alzheimer's and dementia
Published January 9 2006
The link between old age and forgetfulness is cliché enough to be the subject of greeting cards, sitcoms and jokes. We take it for granted so often that very few of us take the time to question why it... | Popular Alzheimer's Drug Found to Be All But Worthless in Independent Study
Published August 7 2004
A new independent study, conducted at the University of Birmingham, UK, reveals that a popular prescription drug for Alzheimer's disease, Aricept, offers no real benefit to Alzheimer's patients... | Alzheimer's warning signs publicized by group
Published February 13 2005
The Alzheimer's Association is publicizing ten warning signs of the disease. Among them: memory loss, difficulty with familiar tasks, problems with language, disorientation as to time and place, poor... | Marijuana may help Alzheimer's patients, new Spanish study shows
Published March 8 2005
Scientists in Spain think they have discovered that the active ingredient in marijuana can help protect the brain from some of the problems caused by Alzheimer's disease. While marijuana does not cure... | New form of diabetes may be associated with Alzheimer's disease
Published March 21 2005
U.S. researchers think they have discovered a new form of diabetes, which they've named "Type 3 Diabetes" that affects the brain and may be linked to Alzheimer's disease. Unlike types 1 and 2... | Stress significantly hastens progression of Alzheimer's disease (press release)
Published October 18 2006
Stress hormones appear to rapidly exacerbate the formation of brain lesions that are the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers at UC Irvine. The findings suggest that managing... | A sweet solution for Alzheimer's disease? (press release)
Published August 3 2006
Certain variants of a simple sugar ameliorate Alzheimer's-like disease in mice, according to a new study by Canadian researchers. Although the new studies are still in the early stages, the findings... |
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Published January 9 2006
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Published August 7 2004
A new independent study, conducted at the University of Birmingham, UK, reveals that a popular prescription drug for Alzheimer's disease, Aricept, offers no real benefit to Alzheimer's patients... | Alzheimer's warning signs publicized by group
Published February 13 2005
The Alzheimer's Association is publicizing ten warning signs of the disease. Among them: memory loss, difficulty with familiar tasks, problems with language, disorientation as to time and place, poor... | Marijuana may help Alzheimer's patients, new Spanish study shows
Published March 8 2005
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Published March 21 2005
U.S. researchers think they have discovered a new form of diabetes, which they've named "Type 3 Diabetes" that affects the brain and may be linked to Alzheimer's disease. Unlike types 1 and 2... | Stress significantly hastens progression of Alzheimer's disease (press release)
Published October 18 2006
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Published August 3 2006
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Published April 2 2005
What is cruelty? It is any harmful action taken against another living entity that disregards its consciousness or awareness. In this essay, we'll explore some of the levels of cruelty: how it... | French researchers torture mice to study effects of painkillers
Published November 15 2006
(NaturalNews) A newly discovered chemical may be able to prevent pain at a much lower level in rats than the powerful painkiller morphine, according to reports from a new French research... | New Research Shows That Fish Feel Pain
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Hundreds of years ago, the forefathers of modern medicine performed live dissections on monkeys and other animals, peeling away layers of skin and muscle to observe the operating organs deep inside.... | Bird flu caused by man's inhumane treatment of animals
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When it comes to the bird flu virus, many people are asking, "Where did the virus come from?" The answer, as always, is unpopular with the popular press and the corporations that dominate the... | Animal rights agency files suit to protect chickens against cruel slaughtering methods
Published December 7 2005
In anticipation of large-scale poultry slaughter in the event of a bird flu outbreak, the Humane Society of the United States has filed suit in a U.S. District Court in San Francisco in an attempt to... | Animal rights activists stage bird flu protest in D.C.
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In Washington D.C., Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested at the Department of Agriculture by laying naked in coffins and passing out vegetarian kits, in hopes of scaring... | Animal rights activists find documents that detail horrifying lab abuses of monkeys
Published February 14 2005
Documents recently found at Cambridge University have shown that the university is in violation of animal care laws. In a lab testing the effects of degenerative brain diseases, these activists have... |
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The Chicago Tribune reports that Cho Seung Hui, the Virginia Tech shooter who killed 32 fellow students in a shooting rampage, was taking antidepressant drugs. This is not the first time a school... | Vioxx only the beginning; antidepressants and statin drugs are medication timebombs
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There's a much bigger story than you might think about the recent hoo-ha concerning Vioxx being pulled from the market. It's not just about Vioxx or Merck, the drug's manufacturer. Virtually all... | Taking antidepressants during pregnancy puts children at risk of respiratory illness, seizures
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Mothers who take antidepressant drugs during their final stages of pregnancy may suffer from mild drug withdrawal, but the babies are twice as likely to contract respiratory illness and suffer from... | Antidepressants will soon carry tougher warnings for children's suicide risks
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(NaturalNews) Research by Cancer Treatment Centers of America scientists have found that antioxidants provide nutritional benefits to cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment without interfering... | More natural "cloudy" apple juice higher in antioxidants than clear juice
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(NaturalNews) Cloudy, less processed apple juice contains up to four times the antioxidants found in highly processed, clear apple juice, according to a new Polish study appearing in the Journal of the... | The mineral selenium proves itself as powerful anti-cancer medicine
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One of the most effective naturally occurring weapons against cancer is, like most healthy things, something many of us are not getting enough of. The mineral selenium has been shown in multiple... | NaturalNews readers demand retractions from major media outlets over erroneous reporting of antioxidant study
Published August 16 2007
When the mainstream media refuses to print the truth about a significant study detailing the health benefits of antioxidants and, instead, parrots the erroneous conclusions of a pro-pharmaceutical... | Antioxidants in vegetables and fruits protect the body's immune system
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Staying disease free can, in many cases, be just a matter of eating plenty of antioxidants in most fruits and vegetables. The antioxidant compounds in such foods work against the disease causing... | Antioxidants could help boost the effectiveness of sunscreen
Published June 7 2005
Despite advances in sunscreens, skin cancer is still on the rise, according to unknowncountry.com. Animal studies have found mixing topical antioxidants with sunscreen increase the effectiveness of... | Antioxidant-Rich Foods For Beauty and Vibrant Health (press release)
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Antioxidant rich food is a subject that has become a hot topic the last few years - and for good reason. We face a daily assault against our immunity which affects our appearance as well as our... |
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Are you trying to lose weight? If so, let me ask you a question: What would make your weight loss goals easier to achieve? Aside from having those pounds magically melt off, appetite control would... | PYY3-36 appetite control nasal spray may be effective, yet still misused by consumers
Published April 17 2005
Every once in a while, a prescription drug comes along that has the potential to actually help people. In this article, I will be discussing the PYY3-36 Appetite Control Nasal Spray made by a company... | Five appetite control foods that suppress cravings without adding calories
Published January 20 2005
There is a reality about weight loss that people need to be aware of. Losing weight requires you to feel hungry from time to time. There is no way to lose weight without feeling some degree of... | Nastech PYY appetite control nasal spray holds promise as obesity treatment
Published December 20 2004
This looks like one of the most promising (and least dangerous) "drugs" for treating obesity. It's not quite accurate to call it a drug, since PYY is a natural hormone your body produces in response... | Study results of Nastech PYY nasal spray for appetite control are impressive
Published December 2 2004
No kidding: a reduction of nearly 500 calories per day is, indeed, impressive. That translates to roughly one pound of body fat loss per week, apparently without much effort, if the study results are... | Obesity Researchers Lose Sight of the Big Picture While Peering Into Their Microscopes; Modern Science Loses Perspective
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New research conducted at Brown Medical School is exploring the biochemical precursors to obesity. The research is finding that metabolism is regulated by peptides in the hypothalamus, which is a... | Almonds found to help regulate appetite, caloric intake
Published October 25 2006
(NaturalNews) Daily consumption of almonds may trigger feelings of satiety and help reduce overall calorie intake, according to new research by scientists from Purdue University.
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Published July 9 2005
If fried snack chips had a warning printed right on the bag that said, "Warning: these chips will make you obese," would you still buy them? Would you still eat them? Well, in a sense, you do see... |
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Published April 17 2005
Every once in a while, a prescription drug comes along that has the potential to actually help people. In this article, I will be discussing the PYY3-36 Appetite Control Nasal Spray made by a company... | Five appetite control foods that suppress cravings without adding calories
Published January 20 2005
There is a reality about weight loss that people need to be aware of. Losing weight requires you to feel hungry from time to time. There is no way to lose weight without feeling some degree of hunger.... | Nastech PYY appetite control nasal spray holds promise as obesity treatment
Published December 20 2004
This looks like one of the most promising (and least dangerous) "drugs" for treating obesity. It's not quite accurate to call it a drug, since PYY is a natural hormone your body produces in response... | Study results of Nastech PYY nasal spray for appetite control are impressive
Published December 2 2004
No kidding: a reduction of nearly 500 calories per day is, indeed, impressive. That translates to roughly one pound of body fat loss per week, apparently without much effort, if the study results are... | Obesity Researchers Lose Sight of the Big Picture While Peering Into Their Microscopes; Modern Science Loses Perspective
Published August 6 2004
New research conducted at Brown Medical School is exploring the biochemical precursors to obesity. The research is finding that metabolism is regulated by peptides in the hypothalamus, which is a part... | Almonds found to help regulate appetite, caloric intake
Published October 25 2006
(NaturalNews) Daily consumption of almonds may trigger feelings of satiety and help reduce overall calorie intake, according to new research by scientists from Purdue University.
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Published July 9 2005
If fried snack chips had a warning printed right on the bag that said, "Warning: these chips will make you obese," would you still buy them? Would you still eat them? Well, in a sense, you do see that... |
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Published July 6 2005
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Published April 17 2005
Every once in a while, a prescription drug comes along that has the potential to actually help people. In this article, I will be discussing the PYY3-36 Appetite Control Nasal Spray made by a company... | Five appetite control foods that suppress cravings without adding calories
Published January 20 2005
There is a reality about weight loss that people need to be aware of. Losing weight requires you to feel hungry from time to time. There is no way to lose weight without feeling some degree of hunger.... | Nastech PYY appetite control nasal spray holds promise as obesity treatment
Published December 20 2004
This looks like one of the most promising (and least dangerous) "drugs" for treating obesity. It's not quite accurate to call it a drug, since PYY is a natural hormone your body produces in response... | Study results of Nastech PYY nasal spray for appetite control are impressive
Published December 2 2004
No kidding: a reduction of nearly 500 calories per day is, indeed, impressive. That translates to roughly one pound of body fat loss per week, apparently without much effort, if the study results are... | Obesity Researchers Lose Sight of the Big Picture While Peering Into Their Microscopes; Modern Science Loses Perspective
Published August 6 2004
New research conducted at Brown Medical School is exploring the biochemical precursors to obesity. The research is finding that metabolism is regulated by peptides in the hypothalamus, which is a part... | Almonds found to help regulate appetite, caloric intake
Published October 25 2006
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Published July 9 2005
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As the song says, "You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone" -- and motor skills are no exception. Despite the ranking of the opposable thumb as one of the single most important evolutionary... | Most People With Arthritis Don’t Get Enough Exercise (press release)
Published July 17 2006
People with arthritis don’t exercise enough, and more than a third of adults with arthritis don’t exercise at all, according to a study in the May issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine.... | Exercise accelerates recovery from arthritis surgery
Published October 3 2006
(NaturalNews) A new study published in the October issue of Arthritis Care & Research suggests that weight training and cardiovascular exercise prior to knee- or hip-replacement surgery may reduce the... | Arthritis creams merely mask symptoms and offer no long-term relief, study shows
Published August 3 2004
New research published in the British Medical Journal is showing that arthritis creams used topically offer only temporary relief that fades within 2 weeks. This is the conclusion from a trial... | Fish oil supplements ease arthritis pain
Published July 21 2005
Nutritional supplements can help ease arthritis pain, according to The Lancet medical journal, and patients with rheumatoid arthritis can especially benefit from adding fish oil supplements to their... | Arthritis inflammation likely the cause of many heart attack deaths, new study says
Published April 8 2005
Scientists have known for some time that people with rheumatoid arthritis have a greater risk of dying from a heart attack, and a new study from Minnesota's famed Mayo Clinic points to a joint... | Arthritis Drugs Linked to Skin Cancer Risk
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(NaturalNews) "TNF blocker" drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis increase a patient's risk of contracting skin cancer, according to a new study published in the journal Arthritis &... | Myth of exercise's negative effects on arthritis persists despite evidence to the contrary
Published June 15 2005
The belief that drugs are the only alternative to arthritis pain, and that exercise is bad for the condition, is still prevalent, according to Medical News Today, but many patients and doctors are... |
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(NaturalNews) If you are among those calorie-conscious consumers who opt for diet sodas or other diet products, you may actually ruin your health and become fat, according to several new studies.
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Published November 20 2005
New Mexico may become the first state in the nation to enact an official statewide ban on the artificial sweetener aspartame, if a group of determined activists has its way. Activists there are... | Nearly two-thirds of Americans are concerned about the safety of artificial sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose
Published July 7 2006
(NaturalNews) -- According to a June report by Mintel, nearly two-thirds of Americans are concerned about the safety of artificial sweeteners such as sucralose and aspartame, which could impact the... | Aspartame consumption strongly associated with migraines and seizures
Published June 22 2005
You can't walk into a convenience store, grocery store or restaurant without being offered a dose of aspartame. You can't buy a stick of gum or a box of mints without having to read the label like a... | Artificial sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose may actually promote obesity and weight gain, says research
Published July 1 2004
Groundbreaking new research published in the International Journal of Obesity reveals that artificial sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose -- precisely the kinds of chemical sweeteners found in... | The link between aspartame and brain tumors: What the FDA never told you about artificial sweeteners
Published September 22 2005
On September 30, 1980, a public Board of Inquiry advised against the approval of aspartame, stating: "The Board has not been presented with proof of a reasonable certainty that aspartame (NutraSweet)... | Low-carb diets and artificial sweeteners both promised to help people lose weight, but the promises were empty
Published May 5 2005
As it becomes more and more clear that low-carb diets do not provide the radical weight loss that many had hoped they would give to the new, fatter America, it is time to accept the fact that there... | Even artificial sweeteners may lead to weight gain; nutritionists advise dieters to just 'pull your sweet tooth'
Published February 9 2005
As evidence is growing that even artificial, zero calorie, sweeteners can lead to weight gain, nutrition experts say it's time for dieters to just "pull your sweet tooth." They say that some minerals... |
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Published September 22 2005
On September 30, 1980, a public Board of Inquiry advised against the approval of aspartame, stating: "The Board has not been presented with proof of a reasonable certainty that aspartame (NutraSweet)... | Aspartame consumption strongly associated with migraines and seizures
Published June 22 2005
You can't walk into a convenience store, grocery store or restaurant without being offered a dose of aspartame. You can't buy a stick of gum or a box of mints without having to read the label like a... | Aspartame promotes grand mal seizures, say health experts
Published June 27 2005
A nursing infant developed convulsions after his mother drank an aspartame-sweetened soft drink. A 19-year-old woman went into grand mal convulsions within minutes of chewing a piece of... | Two New Studies on Aspartame and Diet Drinks Confirm Source of Obesity, Cancer/Malignant Brain Tumor Epidemics (press release)
Published July 21 2005
The Cancer Research Center of the European Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences in Bologna, Italy reported this week that a long-term study to evaluate the potential carcinogenic effects... | Aspartame found to cause breast cancer, leukemia and lymphomas in latest animal experiments
Published June 28 2007
A new study on aspartame conducted by the Ramazzini Foundation reveals that aspartame causes a dose-dependent increase in cancers (lymphomas, leukemias and breast cancers) when consumed at levels... | FDA Studies Show Aspartame Link to Brain Tumors (press release)
Published June 13 2005
Consumer rights advocacy group Mission Possible is leading a campaign to fill a product liability lawsuit with New York and New Jersey residents whose brain tumors may be linked to the consumption of... | Interview with Dr. Russell Blaylock on devastating health effects of MSG, aspartame and excitotoxins
Published September 27 2006
Mike: I'm here with Dr. Russell Blaylock, and I'd like to explore some of the more advanced aspects of some of the things you are working on. Dr. Blaylock, I think readers know the basics of... | New Mexico activists hope to achieve an unprecedented ban on aspartame
Published November 20 2005
New Mexico may become the first state in the nation to enact an official statewide ban on the artificial sweetener aspartame, if a group of determined activists has its way. Activists there are... |
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I'd like to share the news about Mera Pharmaceuticals' AstaFactor Salmon Essentials, an exciting health product that combines potent antioxidants with heart-healthy oils. Salmon Essentials contains... | Potent antioxidant Astaxanthin shows promise as anti-inflammatory for arthritis, joint pain, back pain, muscle soreness and carpal tunnel syndrome
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Published July 25 2005
Fuji Health Science, Inc., an American subsidiary of Fuji Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Toyama, Japan announced today that it has successfully completed a New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) notification to... | An overview of new health products, plant technology, superfoods and natural health research breakthroughs
Published May 22 2005
In this article, we'll take a closer look at some of the more interesting products and issues we're uncovering these days. There’s a product that I highly recommend for those that want a nutritious... | Food companies begin to include immune-boosting ingredient
Published October 19 2005
Astaxanthin, common in fish and shrimp, has been show to enhance immune functions and the central nervous system, and can be bought from food companies like Fit Ingredients in food bars, capsules and... | Japanese market for astaxanthin growing rapidly
Published February 23 2006
Japan's food industry is hot after the carotenoid astaxanthin, a trend that Israel's Algatechnologies hopes to capitalize on in the next fiscal... |
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The link between asthma and cows' milk is familiar to many young asthma sufferers and their parents. I first became aware of the connection through my cousin's experiences with his four-year-old son.... | Asthma Foundation Applauds Family Asthma Act (press release)
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Researchers found asthma sufferers are more likely to contract pneumococcal disease, an infection caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as pneumococcus. The study tested 635... | Steroid use for asthma no more effective than placebo, study finds
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A study of 225 adults published in the New England Journal of Medicine asserts that asthmatics who took placebos did just as well as those who regularly took steroids to forestall asthma attacks. The... | Allergists proposes a higher standard for controlling asthma
Published October 31 2005
James Li, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic allergist, has authored a paper that proposes reworking the asthma classification system, which currently bases treatment on the severity of the disease, so that... | Free asthma screening tests to be offered in the U.S.
Published May 22 2005
The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology will be offering free asthma screening tests at malls, civic centers, and other public places across the the United States this spring in an... | Severe asthma sufferers may need more vitamin C
Published August 4 2005
A study by researchers at the Asthma & Allergy Research Institute in Australia shows vitamin C deficiency is linked to severe asthma, and study participants with severe asthma had much lower levels... | New asthma study recommends doctors reevaluate their patients
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The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has published a study by Dr. James T. Li that advises doctors to continually reassess asthma patients to ensure their asthma is under control.... |
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Published July 18 2004
If you look closely at the Atkins pyramid, you'll notice that it contains pictures of raw, unprocessed food ingredients. You don't see any packaged meat products in the meat category, and there are... | Dieting Americans discover they can't pig out on low-carb foods and still lose weight
Published July 18 2004
Popularity of the low-carb diet is edging downwards, say polls. The reason? More than half of all Americans who have tried the Atkins Diet and other low-carb diets have given up. The real issue here,... | MIT researchers attack Atkins diet with distorted claims about
carbohydrates and mood
Published April 20 2004
The attacks on Atkins continue: this time, with claims that the Atkins
diet can put you in a bad mood. A team from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology has issued statements about the link... | Atkins diet works better than low-fat diets, especially in men
Published November 15 2004
A new study of low-carb diets reveals that the Atkins diet seems to work better on men than women. Interestingly, the low-carb diet was three times more effective at losing weight from the trunk... | Popularity of Atkins diet grows, but low-carb dieting isn't just for
losing weight: it can reverse
Published February 2 2004
As this article from the Johns Hopkins Newsletter shows, the Atkins diet
continues to gain popularity. Some call it a "craze" or a "fad" but
whatever you call it, it works. A low-carbohydrate... | | Atkins diet having impact on fast-food menu |
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