Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Essential Oils are a Solutions for Superbugs

These infect at least two million Americans each year and kill 23,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


 


recent Texas Tech study found evidence that antibiotic-resistant bacteria from feedlots can be dispersed through the air. It has been known for a while that resistant bacteria can spread through manure and water, but this study is the first study to indicate that superbugs can become airborne and infect humans that come into contact with them.


According to Karl Rotthier, the chief executive of a Dutch-based pharmaceutical firm, antibiotics are making their way into rivers and waterways due to lax safety measures. Some of the drugs are flushed directly down the toilet, while others pass through the patients first—and it all ends up in the water supply.


Fortunately,  there are alternatives to using pharmaceutical antibiotics:


a recent article in The Atlantic magazine highlighted the antimicrobial qualities of plant extracts and essential oils. The article notes that “various oils have also been shown to effectively treat a wide range of common health issues such as nausea and migraines, and a rapidly growing body of research is finding that they are powerful enough to kill human cancer cells of the breast, colon, mouth, skin, and more.”


 


The article indicates that the most immediate, practical application of this knowledge is on farms to reduce antibiotics used on livestock, one of the largest drivers of antibiotic resistance. But preliminary results have been encouraging for human use as well:


  • An Italian study found that thyme and clove essential oils were effective in treating bacterial vaginosis.

  • US study found tea-tree oil was a more effective treatment for staph-infected wounds than conventional treatments.

  • Additional research found that lemongrass oil could reduce MRSA.

It is becoming increasingly clear that conventional medicine cannot continue on its present course—otherwise, superbugs will certainly infect (and potentially kill) large percentages of the population. Integrative approaches offer a number of alternatives. Conventional medicine and the Big Pharma-financed media may scoff, but the science is firmly on our side.



Essential Oils are a Solutions for Superbugs

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Kara Abegglen"s Burn Testimony using Lavender Video


Kara Abegglen"s Burn Testimony using Lavender Video

What You Eat When You Are Pregnant Matters!

Nutrigenomics is a branch of nutritional genomics and is the study of the effects of foods and food constituents on gene expression. Nutrigenomics focuses on identifying and understanding molecular-level interaction between nutrients and DNA. The nutrients we extract from food enter metabolic pathways where they are manipulated, modified, and molded into molecules the body can use.



Lifestyle and environmental factors can expose a person to chemical tags that change the epigenome. In other words, your epigenome may change based on what you eat and drink, whether you smoke, what medicines you take, what pollutants you encounter and even how quickly your body ages. Most epigenomic changes are probably harmless, but some changes may trigger or increase the severity of disease. Researchers already have linked changes in the epigenome to various cancers, diabetes, autoimmune diseases and mental illnesses. There is also some evidence from animal and human studies that indicates that what a female eats and drinks during pregnancy may change the epigenome of her offspring.


Experiments in mice show just how important a mother’s diet is in shaping the epigenome of her offspring. All mammals have a gene called agouti. When a mouse’s agouti gene is completely unmethylated, its coat is yellow and it is obese and prone diabetes and cancer. When the agouti gene is methylated (as it is in normal mice), the coat color is brown and the mouse has a low disease risk. Fat yellow mice and skinny brown mice are genetically identical. The fat yellow mice are different because they have an epigenetic “mutation.”


When researchers fed pregnant yellow mice a methyl-rich diet, most of her pups were brown and stayed healthy for life. These results show that the environment in the womb influences adult health. In other words, our health is not only determined by what we eat, but also what our parents ate.


To read more about epigenetics and nutrition go to http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/nutrition/






What You Eat When You Are Pregnant Matters!