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In a report in the venerable medical journal Fertility and Sterility, Argentinian scientists describe how they got semen samples from 29 healthy men, placed a few drops under a laptop connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi and then hit download.

Four hours later, the semen was, eh, well-done.

Read the full article at the link below:

Wifi-enabled laptops may be nuking sperm.

– INGREDIENTS –

• 1  ½ tsp chia seeds (balance blood sugar)
• 1 ½ tsp flax see (omega 3)
• 1 ½ cup wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp baking powder (gluten-free)
• 2 tsp sea salt
• 2 egg beaten (cage-free, range-free)
• 1 cup apple sauce (unsweetened)
• 1 cup pumpkin
• ½ cup honey (orange, raw)
• 2 Tbsp orange juice concentrate
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 1 Tbsp vanilla
• 1  cup walnuts chopped (inflammation omega-3)

– PROCEDURE –

1.  Sift all dry ingredients together in a bowl large
   enough to hold all the ingredients.
2. In a large bowl beat eggs together.
3. Stir in unsweetened apple sauce.
4. Stir in honey and orange juice.
5. Mix in pumpkin sauce.
6. Add orange orange zest and pure vanilla flavoring.

Servings: 25              Yield: 51

Nutrition Facts

Serving size: 1/25 of a recipe (2 ounces).
Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet. Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.

Tags: health and foods, mama vega, pumpkin

Many of the most trusted brands that you might have thought were non-GMO were actually found in tests to contain high levels of genetically engineered ingredients.

According to Cornucopia test results:

* A Kashi cereal was found to contain 100% genetically engineered soy.

* A Mother’s cereal was found to contain 28% genetically engineered corn.

* A Whole Foods 365 cereal was found to contain over 50% genetically engineered corn.

* A Barbara’s Bakery cereal was found to contain over 50% genetically engineered corn.

… read the rest of this shocking report — with more details on the honest cereal brands that tested non-GMO — at this breaking news article on NaturalNews:

http://www.naturalnews.com/033838_breakfast_cereals_GMOs.html

via \’Natural\’ breakfast cereals loaded with pesticides and GMOs – explosive new scorecard from Cornucopia reveals all.

By Mama Vega

—Ingredients:—

• 24 oz Mama Vega’s Salsa
• 15 oz Pumpkin
• 2 Tbs Butter
•  1 Tbs Olive oil
• 3/4 cup Brown sugar
• 2 Tbs Garlic salt
• 1/2 tsp Chili powder
• 1/2 tsp Cumin ground
• 3 1/2 tsp Curry powder
• 57 oz coconut water
• 13 oz coconut milk – lite
• 29 oz garbanzo beans (chick peas)

— Procedure: —

1. In a large pot with moderate heat, melt butter in olive oil. Add brown sugar and stir to dissolve.
2. Pour in coconut water and spices and mix well.
3. Remove pot from heat and let cool slightly for 5 to 10 minutes.
4. Stir in pumpkin and Mama Vega’s Salsa into cooled coconut water mixture.
5. Stir in coconut milk.
6. Simmer approximately 10 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
7. Make sure to stir constantly to prevent lumps and sticking.
8. Garnish with a sprig of cilantro

Servings: 32              Yield: 16 cups

Nutrition Facts

Serving size: 1/32 of a recipe (8.2 ounces).
Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily
Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.

original recipe posted: http://www.theavtimes.com/2011/10/12/creamy-spicy-pumpkin-soup-recipe-vegan/

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, meditation through the continuous repetition of a mantra, can reduce high blood pressure, thickening of the arteries and cholesterol. Researchers say it can even help protect against diabetes.

“This is a seminal finding,” said Dr. Norman Rosenthal, of the NIMH.

“The prevention of heart attack and stroke and actual lengthening of lifespan by an alternative treatment method is exceedingly rare, if not unprecedented,” he said. “If Transcendental Meditation were a drug conferring so many benefits, it would be a billion-dollar blockbuster.”

The reason why meditation is so effective, say researchers, is because it is a primary catalyst in reducing stress, a condition known to create or contribute to a host of medical problems.

Scientists and researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin followed 201 African-American men and women who averaged 59 years old and who had been suffering with arterial narrowing for nine years. Half the group received instruction in Transcendental Meditation in combination with their regular treatment, while the other half was given advice on modifying their diets and exercise regimens.

Those who meditated did so for 20 minutes twice a day.

The study found that those who meditated were 47 percent less likely of dying or of having a heart attack or stroke, compared with those who were treated traditionally.

Participants who were especially enthusiastic about the meditation or who experienced higher-than-normal stress levels, the end results were even more dramatic, researchers said.

“These findings are the strongest documented effects yet produced by a mind-body intervention on cardiovascular disease,” said Prof. Theodore Kotchen, co-author of the study. “The effect is as large or larger than major categories of drug treatment for cardiovascular disease.”

Added co-author Dr. Robert Schneider: “This study builds on previous research findings showing that the Transcendental Meditation program reduces high blood pressure, high cholesterol, insulin resistance, psychological stress, and atherosclerosis, and takes it to the next step – lower rates of death, heart attack, and stroke.”

Though the study was limited to African-American participants, the researchers said there is no reason not to expect similar results for all people.

Donnie King, senior vice president of poultry and prepared foods at Tyson, said that human error was partially responsible for the mixing of the chemicals, but did not provide further details. Gary Mickelson, a company spokesman, added that the plant does not actually use chlorine gas as part of its processing regimen, despite the fact that chlorine itself is commonly used as an antimicrobial treatment for factory chicken.

The whole incident is the type of scenario you might expect to occur at some kind of chemical or other industrial factory, not a food processing plant. And yet millions of people consume Tyson chicken, which apparently is processed with the help of some sort of chemical concoction that, when mixed, creates a gas that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says can cause respiratory illness and sudden death.

Last year, the country of Russia actually banned poultry product imports from the US because many chicken processors use chlorine to sanitize their chicken. Russian safety standards are apparently much higher than they are in the US, and the country basically announced to the world that it does not approve of chicken that is dunked in chlorine baths prior to being consumed by humans (http://www.naturalnews.com/028363_c…).

The New York Times also reported last year that much of the factory beef consumed in the US is injected with ammonia during processing, a chemical that is also used in most glass cleaners. By treating the meat this way, officials claim deadly bacteria like E. coli will be killed, and the meat rendered safe to eat (http://www.naturalnews.com/027872_a…).

The Tyson chicken plant incident serves as a wake-up call about what is lurking in the industrial food supply that millions of people consume every single day. If food is being subjected to chemicals during processing that, when mixed, are deadly, what does this say about the safety of the final end product?

For meat eaters, the only truly safe meat comes from animals raised humanely on organic, pasture-based farms, and that is processed without the use of chemicals like chlorine and ammonia. When it comes to food of any kind these days, knowing its source and how it was grown and processed is crucial to ensuring its safety.

Sources for this story include:

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/…

This time, more than 60,000 bottles of Tylenol Extra Strength Caplets produced in 2009 for US distribution were found to be contaminated with the same odor-causing chemical identified in many of its other recalled drugs.

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the division responsible for the tainted Tylenol, says that 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA), a chemical preservative used to the treat wood pallets that store and ship drug bottles, is responsible for causing the “musty,” “moldy” odor that sparked the recall. The chemical is known to cause “temporary and non-serious gastrointestinal symptoms” in some patients, but is supposedly safe otherwise, according to McNeil.

The recalled products include all Tylenol, Extra Strength Caplets, 225 count, with lot number ABA619, and UPC Code 300450444271. Consumers who currently possess this product are urged to stop using it, and immediately contact McNeil at 1-888-222-6036 for instructions about how to receive a refund or product coupon.

According to a recent Associated Press (AP) report on the recall, J&J has had roughly two dozen recalls of “prescription and nonprescription medicines, replacement hips, contact lenses and diabetes test strips, including tens of millions of bottles of children’s and adult Tylenol and Motrin” since September 2009.

The same report explains that continued safety failures has put three J&J manufacturing facilities under federal scrutiny. And a TIME article from back in March, which appears to have since been pulled the magazine’s web archives, explained that the federal government actually seized legal control over McNeil’s Fort Washington, Penn., facility, which has been the source of most of the products involved in the recent recalls (http://www.naturalnews.com/031937_J…).

You can view the entire McNeil product recall history at:
http://www.mcneilproductrecall.com/

Sources for this story include:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/JJ-re…

“I don`t think there`s any doubt we have an epidemic”, asserts Dr. Paul Beaumont, an ophthalmologist with the Macular Degeneration Foundation. He has seen a tenfold increase of AMD in the last 30 years.

What Macular Degeneration Is

Like cancer, macular degeneration develops slowly. AMD progressively affects the macula. The macula is located in the center of the retina, which is inside of the eyeball sending signals through the optic nerve to the brain. The macula is responsible for focusing central vision.

A lack of focus makes it difficult to see well straight ahead while retaining decent peripheral vision. Retina and macula cells deteriorate when the tiny blood vessels in the eye become damaged or clogged. Cellular nourishment, oxygenation, and waste removal become clogged. Then the cone cells in the macula lutea wither and die. Blindness is not sudden, but impaired vision is.

Early symptoms include blurred straight ahead vision with intact peripheral vision, wavy lines when viewing a grid, poor color discrimination, and extreme sensitivity to glare, making it difficult to see well in bright lightor to switch focus from bright to dark. The most serious symptom is central scotoma. Central scotoma is a gray, black, or blind spot in the middle of one`s vision. Some levels of advanced macular degeneration