Friday, August 7, 2009

Antibiotic-Resistant Disease Killing Humans and Swine

The bacteria has been implicated in the deaths of some of cancer and liver disease patients. The number of infected patients jumped 50 percent last year.
The antibiotic-resistant bacteria Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase (ESBL) is killing both people and swine in Denmark.
Health officials said the bacteria is being transmitted to humans through pigs. The increased use of antibiotics in agriculture may be behind the spread of the resistant strain.
what're ESBLs?
Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBLs) are actually enzymes produced by certain types of bacteria, which renders the bacteria resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat them.
ESBLs were first discovered in the mid-1980s. At the time they were mostly found in the Klebsiella species of bacteria, in hospital intensive care units. Until recently, few people were affected by these mutated bacteria and it didn't appear to be a major growing concern.
That has changed, however. According to the British Health Protection Agency (HPA), a new class of ESBL (called CTX-M enzymes) has emerged, which are now being widely detected among E.Coli bacteria. These ESBL-producing E. Coli are resistant to penicillins and cephalosporins, and are becoming more frequent in urinary tract infections.
Other species of bacteria that can now produce ESBLs include:
K. pneumoniae K. oxytoca Salmonella Proteus mirabilis Pseudomonas aeruginosa The Problem is Worse Than You Think!
According to a study published October 2007 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), there were close to 100,000 cases of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the United States in 2005, which lead to over 18,600 deaths.
To put that number in to perspective, HIV/AIDS killed 17,000 people that year.
Antibiotic-resistant disease IS a major man-made problem.
This was the study that propelled MRSA in to the news last year, combined with some of school outbreaks that took place around the same time. Discussions focused largely on reducing medical over-use of antibiotics, and proper hygiene such as washing your hands with soap and water to reduce the spread of infectious disease.
But little has been said about the rampant over-use of antibiotics in agriculture, which is a MAJOR source of human antibiotic consumption, and hence increased antibiotic resistance.
Agriculture as a Source of Antibiotic Resistance
Both MRSA and ESBL are being traced back to animals raised for food production, especially pigs.
Denmark's health officials claim they're unsure of how farmers and veterinarians, who have not consumed infected meat, are becoming infected. However, according to research cited on Johns Hopkins web-site, the main reservoir of these organisms is in the lower digestive tract, and they can persist within the gastrointestinal tract for months. So perhaps the answer doesn't have to be all that complicated.
These animals are often fed antibiotics at low doses for disease prevention and growth promotion. Animals receiving antibiotics in their feed gain 4 to 5 percent more body weight than animals that do not get antibiotics, but the price is high for you, the end consumer, because this practice also creates the perfect conditions for antibiotic resistance to flourish.
So, the meat industry practice of using antibiotics is indeed a driving force behind the development of antibiotic resistance in a now wide variety of bacteria that cause human disease.
The long stalemate on this issue constitutes a struggle between strong science and bad politics. The FDA finally banned the use of fluoroquinolones - a widely used class of antimicrobials -- from agricultural use August 1997, but not without the Bayer Corporation kicking and screaming in vehement opposition. After all, antibiotics for livestock use is big business. It constitutes about 70 percent of ALL antibiotic use! they couldn't replace that market with human consumers even if they tried.
Another heavily tainted meat product you should stay away from is conventionally raised chicken. A 2006 study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases found that bacteria from conventional chicken and from people who ate the chicken became resistant to Synercid, a strong antibiotic used to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In essence, it can cause resistance to the last lines of defense currently available in the modern medicine cabinet.
Other Agricultural Sources of Antibiotics
It also found that it was rare to find resistant bacteria among antibiotic-free chicken, while the majority of bacterial isolates from conventional poultry were resistant.
But, the ramifications of using antibiotics in agriculture don't end there. Antibiotics filter down through the food chain in sometimes non-suspecting ways.
Antibiotics are also being transferred, via manure, in to your food supply.
A 2007 study in the Journal of Environmental Quality looked at whether food crops will accumulate antibiotics from soil covered with antibiotic-containing manure.
In a greenhouse setting, corn, lettuce and potatoes were grown on soil that contained hog manure with a commonly used veterinary antibiotic added.
The antibiotics were absorbed by all three crops, in to both their leaves and tissue. Meanwhile, the antibiotics also transferred to the potato tubers, suggesting that root crops like carrots, radishes and potatoes may be at risk of antibiotic accumulation.
How to Avoid Excessive Antibiotic Exposure
These findings unfortunately also have implications for organic farmers, who often use manure as their main source of fertilizer. &, as it stands, manure that contains antibiotics is still allowed under the organic label.
Apart from growing it yourself, your best option is to get to know a local farmer near you -- one who uses non-toxic farming methods. If you live in an urban area, there are increasing numbers of community-supported agriculture programs available that give you access to healthy, locally grown foods even if you live in the heart of the city.
So how can you ensure that the food you feed to yourself and your relatives is pure and healthy?
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If you're looking for a safer alternative to commercially raised beef be sure to check out grass-fed beef. Grass-fed cattle are not routinely fed antibiotics. they may occasionally get them for an infection, but that would be the rare exception, and even then they are only used for a few days.
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Saturday, August 1, 2009

6 Established Wealth Building Strategies

Building wealth is as elementary as saving a little bit here and a little bit there. You need not have great riches in order to accumulate wealth, but you need to have the drive, determination, and discipline to successfully increase your wealth. Let’s look at 6 proven wealth building strategies you can put to use today.
2. Save Now. The earlier you start to save in your life, the more you will have later in life. Of work, if you aren’t able to save much until after your babies are grown, you can step up your savings until you retire and still have a decent nest egg.
1. Pay Yourself First. If you do not set aside currency before you start paying your bills, chances are you will never save any lots of after you pay these same bills. If your employer has a 401(k) or 403(b) plan, enroll in it and set up a reasonable percentage to invest. The currency will come out before you see your paycheck, therefore the “loss” of discretionary income will be less noticeable to you. Maximize your contribution if you are able, if your employer matches your contribution.
3. Get Rid of Debt. Even before you build up your savings it is best to get rid of your debt first before starting a wealth building campaign. If your credit card rate is 14% you will find it difficult to find any investment that gives you a return that exceeds that rate. It would be better for you to pay down your debt first and then implement an investment strategy.
4. Pick The Right Mortgage. If you plan on holding onto your home for a short period of time, select an adjustable rate mortgage as your rate will be lower than a fixed rate mortgage. Use the amount saved to pay down your mortgage quicker; refinance your home if rates begin to climb.
6. Protect Your Assets. You can have a healthy portfolio and see it disappear quickly if you aren't properly insured. Make sure that your health/dental, homeowner, life, and disability insurance coverage is adequate to meet your needs. All it takes is three legal judgment against you to wipe out your assets.
5. Build An Emergency Fund. Nothing wrecks the best laid plan more than an emergency, particularly three that costs you currency. Set aside up to three months of your income to live on in case catastrophe hits. Without an emergency fund you will be tempted to take on debt, currency in your retirement accounts, and sell valuable investments. Try recovering quickly from this sort of hit to your wealth without an effective back up plan!
Instance riches come to a few, but most riches are realized after careful planning and effective management of your resources. You can properly prepare for the days ahead by implementing these three proven wealth building strategies today.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Health and Fitness

Being active makes a person healthy & strong. it is not just for people who have a weight problem but for everyone who likes to stay fit.
Health & Fitness
there is a lot a person can do such jog or walk every morning, play basketball or any other sport with friends but if a person wants to have muscles & look lean, then one can sign up & workout in a gym.
People workout for 3 reasons;
The second is that the person is underweight & the only way to add extra pounds is to have more calories in ones diet & workout.
The first is that the person is overweight & the only way to lose those extra pounds will be to reduce ones calorie intake & at the same time workout in the gym.
The third is just for fun & to keep that person in shape.
The best exercise plan should have cardiovascular & weight training exercises. This helps burn calories & increase the muscle to fat ratio that will increase ones metabolism & gain or lose weight.
Here are some benefits of exercising;
Just like taking any medicine, one should first consult the doctor before undergoing any form of exercise.
1. It is the easiest way to maintain & improve ones health from a variety of diseases & premature death.
2. Studies have shown that it makes a person feels happier & increases ones self esteem preventing one from falling into depression or anxiety.
3. An active lifestyle makes a person live longer than a person who doesn’t.
Working out for anybody who has not completed it before should be completed gradually. Endurance won't be built in a day & doing it repeatedly will surely be beneficial to the person.
A person can consult with a dietitian or a health professional to help plan a nice diet program. It starts by evaluating the lifestyle & the health of the patient before any program can be made.
it is advisable to workout regularly with a reasonable diet.
A nice diet should have food from all the food groups.
Afterwards, this is thoroughly discussed & recommended to the person which usually consists of an eating plan & an exercise program that does not need the use of supplements or one to purchase any pricey fitness equipment.
The second is fat which can come from mono & poly saturated food sources than animal fats. Since fat contains over double the number of calories in food, this should be taken in small quantities to gain or lose weight.
This is made up by 2 things. The first is carbohydrates. The food that a person consumes should have vitamins, minerals & fiber. A lot of this can come from oats, rice, potatoes & cereals. The best still come from vegetables & fruits since these have phytochemicals, enzymes & micronutrients that are essential for a healthy diet.
For people who don’t smoke, it is best to stay away from people who do since studies have shown that nonsmokers are also at risk of developing cancer due to secondary smoke inhalation.
Another way to stay healthy is to give up some vices. Most people smoke & drink. Smoking has been proven to cause lung cancer & other diseases as well complications for women giving birth. Excessive drinking has also shown to do the same.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Lady Doctor Gets Death Threats for Revealing TOP SECRET Fat Loss Secret to General Public!

A new breakthrough secret is all you now need in order to forever shed countless pounds, stay healthy, and add many years to your life!
A lady doctor from Arizona has blown the lid off the best-kept secret in weight loss ever discovered -- and this has the whole diet food and drug industries turned upside down and in nothing less than a torrential uproar.
Her name is Dr Suzanne Gudakunst, and she's marching to the beat of a different drum.
And no, nothing about her "secret" is difficult -- nor does it require that you do something completely out of the ordinary or anything unnatural.
Instead, the Arizonian boasts proudly "...this is something that I caught onto just before 2002 when there was so much research and exploration going around concerning the human colon and digestive system working in harmony with nutritional absorption, and I started doing independent studies just to test things at first ... but which I later expanded on after seeing some fantastic results."
This same woman medical practitioner went on to accurately determine a definitive correlation between harmful plague and parasitic infestations of the human bowel tract, and people suffering chronic obesity -- and who despite intense diet and exercise appeared to be unable to lose any weight whatsoever.
Over the course of six years the Arizona doctor developed a number of natural treatments for the removal of these same harmful, even life-threatening plaques and rapidly reproducing digestive parasites -- and when applied to even worse-case patients suffering extreme obesity (98% of which were in immediate danger of dying) she saw a 100% effectiveness and success rate.
She then borrowed from her research on the severely obese, and applied the same strategies on milder cases of overweight persons -- only to find the same effectiveness and quality results as described above (although the individual weight loss per subject wasn't nearly as much as those obese patients 100 lbs to 200 lbs or more overweight).
So powerful is her secret that she's able to reverse diabetes, rid illness altogether in people suffering from cancer (linked directly to poor diet and overweight factors), as well as an elimination of an entire spectrum of serious and otherwise life-threatening diseases.
Nearly 100% of all her case subjects were told in the alternative by "conventional doctors" that they either had just months or years to live, or they would never live a life anything resembling remotely a "normal" existence -- yet after applying Dr Suzanne's treatments saw a complete contradiction to others doctors' prognoses.
Again, nothing about her secret is unnatural or requires someone to do any major action or modification in their lives.
In fact, her entire treatment is based completely on built-into-nature 'protection agents' scattered throughout the world in the form of select herbs, extracts, and organic constituents, and which can be found in a variety of plants -- but when combined in specific combinations and carefully chosen amounts make for a solution to what is perhaps the world's worst ever plague: OBESITY (and the illnesses and diseases resulting from it -- or at least severely aggravated or exacerbated by it).
Now to everyone else's great gain, whether suffering from just a few extra pounds and inches, to those extremely fat and overweight, this brave, bold lady doctor is releasing to the general public her secret for forever destroying the tight unrelenting closed-fist of obesity's stronghold over the now more than 40% of Americans labeled obese, and others worldwide.
But she's not promising any of us for how long.
Some experts and sociologists suggest that in the bigger scheme of things, the world will never tolerate a discovery of such magnitude, any more than it would be realistic to expect a car that runs on water (even if very real) to ever become commercially available to the general public for day-to-day use.
One well-respected and famous diet & wellness author wrote years ago that if anyone ever "truly unlocked the keys to permanent fat loss, they may actually suffer the same fate as JFK."
It is currently available at:
=> http://health504.AllInOneHealth.com...so you may want to head on over there now and get it and before someone or "something" gets it forever yanked out of ever getting in YOUR hand at least.
It's in a very easily readable format and is quickly and readily understood and mastered by anyone with even a 4th grade reading level.
While you're there, why not scroll down and review for yourself the huge successes others are now having with this incredible breakthrough in rapid, massive weight loss and extremely improved and enhanced health, now made freely available to the rest of us?

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