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Don't Remove Wisdom Teeth

"The more teeth . . . an individual has, the longer he can retain information."

Biology is so interesting . . . .

The more teeth that an individual has, the longer he can retain information. In particular, healthy mouths are closely correlated with people having excellent short-term memory. Researchers are baffled by this and research is ongoing. The main hypothesis is related to the fact that dentists cut the nerves that rest behind the teeth during extractions. These nerves are believed to be directly connected to brain tissues, and cutting them may kill, or at least injure certain regions of the 

brain.

"While carrying out their experiments on animals, our Japanese colleagues managed to prove that whenever a doctor extracts a tooth, he also pulls out the nerve that stretches to the brain"

-- Prof. Ian Begdahl, University of Umea

Studies of rats have shown that tooth transplants do not return lost memory, lending credence to the presiding hypothesis.  Perhaps most interesting is that the loss of memory does not occur whenever a tooth simply falls out naturally. It only occurs when it is forced out through brute force trauma, whether that be from a brawl or dental work. The current research shows that memory problems are increased for every tooth that is pulled. Dental procedures may be responsible for most 

of the memory problems that are attributed to aging.

Butter Is Major Source of Heart-Healthy Nutrients

Butter is one of the healthiest fats on the planet.

It’s not just a big pile of yellow-colored fat, there are many important nutrients in there, some of which have potent biological effects.

However, this does depend on the type of butter, and the amounts of these nutrients vary greatly depending on what the cows ate.

Butter From Grass-Fed Cows is a Major Source of Heart-Healthy Nutrients

Butter is basically just milk fat, also known as butterfat.

Butterfat is highly complex. It contains about 400 different fatty acids, and a decent amount of fat-soluble vitamins (1).

Fatty acids are actually more than just energy sources, some of them have potent biological activity.

As it turns out, many of the fatty acids in butter can affect our physiology and biochemistry in some way, leading to major health benefits.

This includes the fatty acid CLA (conjugated linoleic acid). It is popular as a fat loss supplement, and studies show that it can have powerful effects on health (2, 3).

Grass-fed butter contains 5 times more CLA than butter from grain-fed cows (4).

Butter from grass-fed cows is also much higher in Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin K2, compared to butter from grain-fed cows (5).

As you can see, butter from grass-fed cows is a much healthier and more nutritious choice.

Butter Contains Saturated Fat, But Who Cares?

Butter used to be considered unhealthy, because it contains saturated fat.

However, this is actually not a valid argument against butter, because the saturated fat myth has been thoroughly debunked in recent years.

Two massive review studies were published recently, one in 2010 and the other in 2014. Both included hundreds of thousands of people.

These studies clearly showed that there is no association between saturated fat consumption and heart disease(6, 7).

Studies Show That People Who Eat Grass-Fed Butter Have a Lower Risk of Heart Disease

In countries where cows are largely grass-fed, the people who eat the most butter seem to have a drastically reduced risk of heart disease.The relationship between full-fat dairy consumption and heart disease seems to depend on the country in which the study is performed.

An impressive study on this was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, in the year 2010:

Smit LA, et al. Conjugated linoleic acid in adipose tissue and risk of myocardial infarction. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010.

This study looked at the levels of CLA in the fat tissue of 1813 non-fatal heart attack patients, and compared them to 1813 similar subjects who had not gotten heart attacks.

Levels of this fatty acid are a very reliable marker for the intake of fatty dairy products, and this study was done in Costa Rica, where cows are grass-fed.

They split the subjects into 5 groups, from lowest to highest, depending on their levels of CLA. The results were fairly remarkable:

As you can see, the more full-fat dairy (like butter) people ate, the lower their risk of heart attack.

In fact, the people who ate the most were 49% less likely to experience a heart attack, compared to those who ate the least.

However, keep in mind that this was a case-control study, a type of observational study. These types of studies can not prove causation.

This study shows that people who eat more grass-fed dairy fat have a lower risk of heart disease, but it can not prove that dairy fat caused the reduction in risk.

But, at the very least, this study is pretty good reassurance that butter is NOT the devil it was made out to be.

Many Other Studies Have Shown Similar Results

This is far from being the only study.

Another study from Australia showed that people who ate the most full-fat dairy had a 69% lower risk of heart disease than people who ate the least (8).

Several other studies in European countries, where cows are generally grass-fed, have shown that dairy fat is linked to reduced heart attacks and strokes (9, 10).

Grass-Fed Butter is Super Healthy

Despite having been demonized in the past, real grass-fed butter is one of the healthiest fats on the planet. Period.

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DR. MICHAEL EADES ON THE CHOLESTEROL MYTH: "THAT'S NOT SCIENCE, THAT'S MARKETING"

Find more information on the video and on how statins are the wrong decision for managing cholesterol. The whole cholesterol problem is a myth. Cholesterol is produced by every cell in your body.  Also, cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance that lines your blood vessels; it's used in repair not congestion of vessels.  On the contrary, you need cholesterol for healthy hormones. Cholesterol helps your hormones with signaling between organs. Cholesterol helps your organs communicate more efficiently. How is that a bad thing? Statins, on the other hand, are bad for you. They cause memory problems. They reduce the strength and efficiency of your heart.

You know from your own experience that the taste of food is part of its enjoyment.  Most people like the taste of eggs, whether they're are sunnyside up, fried, scrambled, cooked in eggs and cheese and formed into a quiche, deviled eggs, or hard boiled and mixed with ham for a delicious sandwich spread.  Most people like eggs.  They taste good regardless of what you put on them.  So taste is an indicator of a food having healthy properties.

You also know that cheese tastes good.  And bacon.  And a hamburger that has a nice fat to protein ratio so that the burger has flavor.  Too many of the packaged burger meats you find in the supermarket today are 15% fat or less.  With that amount of fat there is so little flavor.  Go back to enjoying life.  Eat foods with flavor.  Eat beef with fat.  Eat bacon. Eat your favorite cheese.  And eat cholesterol rich eggs.  Key is don't over do it and avoid breads.  Find a way to enjoy these foods on a bed of spinach.  Your body will love you for it.

You Have All the Risk—Manufacturers Have No Liability

One cannot help but be shocked by that headline.  But it is one that is accurate when it comes to vaccines.  Regardless of how you feel about the safety or lacking thereof of vaccines, I do not like that ethical arrangement in which the consumer accepts 100% of the risk while the manufacturers have 0% of the liability.  What does that mean?

It means that if you or your child gets sick from the ingredients that appear inside a vaccine, you are out of luck.  It means that you cannot sue the drug manufacturer or the retailer who sold you the vaccine.  I can't think of any other market in which the consumer has zero protections.  

Dr. Tenpenny explains . . . 

Called “Division E—Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREPA)” Senator Frist (a medical doctor) handed the drug companies (a special interest group) more immunity than any bill that has ever been passed by Congress.

The legislation provides at least sweeping provisions:

1.   Immunity from all liability.  In the event of an outbreak of any kind, all drugs, vaccines or biological products are completely protected, even if it kills you. The definition is so broad it could include OTC pills such as Tylenol, Advil . . . and would have applied to Vioxx.

2.   The Secretary of HHS has complete authority to declare and emergency. The Secretary of HHS is an appointed, non-medical person who has not accountability to the general public. The president’s hand-picked teammate will have the power to mandate vaccines and other medications for the American people.

3.   Immunity from all accountability. Even if the Company’s dirty facility created a batch of contaminated vaccines that resulted in death or injury to thousands of people, the drug company will have immune from liability.

4.   Immunity from all law suits. A person who suffers any type of loss will be legally prohibited from suing the drug companies.

Through the PREPAct, drug companies have  immunity from almost everything, perhaps even murder. The bill’s language explicitly protects frivolous suits and sets a rigidly high standard for defining negligence. Even if a pharmaceutical company knowingly harms people, the company will be immune from legal prosecution unless the U.S. Attorney General initiates “enforcement action” against the drug company in the name of the claimant. This means the U.S. government would have to go to bat for the plaintiff against the drug company for the lawsuit to move forward.

Regardless of what you think of the efficacy of vaccines, how anyone can accept anything as mandatory means that they are willing to surrender their ability and freedom to choose for some purported good stated by the government.  I've written elsewhere on the efficacy of the measles vaccines.  Vaccinations do not provide lifetime immunity.  With regards to the measles virus, the only thing that provides lifetime immunity to that is a bout of the measles.  The measles vaccine does not provide you with lifetime immunity to the measles.  In fact, most of the people who acquired measles this past winter, like at Disneyland, had already been vaccinated.  Rely on your own immune system.  Trust it.  You'll be able to fight off most things.  The pharmaceutical industry tries to scare you into taking their drugs because they want to make money on your fear.  Be a smarter consumer, a smarter citizen.