Sometimes called nature’s “wonder drug,” garlic is a powerful antibiotic that fights bacteria, parasites, fungi, and viruses. Studies have shown it to be more effective in some cases than penicillin. A growing body of research shows its effectiveness in preventing heart diseaseand stroke by lowering both cholesterol levels and blood pressure.
Garlic contains many preventative, anti-cancer compounds and antioxidants. It is good for colds as a decongestant and expectorant and works as an anti-diarrheal. Helps relieve gas. Garlic works as an antidepressant. It also helps trap toxic lead and mercury in the body and remove them so it is great for detoxing!
Cooking the garlic inactivates its enzymes and significantly reduces its effectiveness.
Most people have heard that an aspirin a day is good for the heart and health. However, according to the British Medical Journal, aspirin “should not be routinely initiated,” especially for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, and for patients already taking aspirin, its use should be reviewed.(1) This publication confirms the negative effects that medication has on the human body, including aspirin.
The conventional medical system has unfortunately supported taking aspirin for improving the cardiovascular system along with recommending aspirin for pain relief and other symptoms. Aspirin was originally patented in 1900 to originally treat arthritis symptoms.(2)
Research in the last decade however has shown that taking an aspirin a day in those without a history of heart disease increased the risk of heart disease by 60%. Those with a history of heart disease had a 10-fold increase in the risk of congestive heart failure.(3) If that’s not enough, taking an aspirin a day also increases the risk of pancreatic cancer by 86 percent.(4) The risk of breast cancer is increased by 50% for those taking an aspirin a day.(5)
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association increases the risk for a hemorrhagic stroke by 84%!(6)
(JAMA), an aspirin a day A common question asked after reading that research is who told us that taking aspirin was safe? Most would answer their doctor did. Let’s take this to the next level. Who told your doctor? The pharmaceutical industry! The pharmaceutical companies have a massive influence on the medical community and the medical schools in America to dictate conventional medical treatments.
Aspirin penetrated the medical community for its published benefits of helping the heart and relieving pain. Many people make the mistake assuming aspirin is a supplement rather than a medication! For more than a decade people have swallowed the pills every day in the misguided belief that they were safeguarding their cardiac health.(6) Aspirin is a toxic substance and has negative effects on the body.
Some may want to argue the physiological response that aspirin thins the blood! There is no argument; it does thin the blood, yet the issue is that the body needs to maintain what is called homeostasis. Homeostasis is the body’s ability to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes. If the blood is thinned artificially with an aspirin, guess how the body maintains homeostasis? Yes, it THICKENS it!! The body does not improve health through over-the-counter medications or prescription drugs!
(1)Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin 2009;47: 122-125
What do you do when you have a headache, feel stressed, or have aches and pains? If you are like 100 million other Americans, you probably grab your favorite brand of pain reliever, containing acetaminophen for pain reduction.
But did you know that almost 500 people die every year in America from liver failure that has been directly related to acetaminophen use–even when it is used as directed? Acetaminophen use leads to liver toxicity or death. This popular pain reliever is quickly becoming the number one cause for acute liver failure and is raising some concerns in the medical field.
So what’s the big deal? Do we really need our liver? Let’s take a look at what the liver is, and what it does.
“The liver is a vital organ present in vertebrates and some other animals; it has a wide range of functions, including detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion. The liver is necessary for survival; there is currently no way to compensate for the absence of liver function.
This organ plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body, including glycogen storage, decomposition of red blood cells, plasma protein synthesis, hormone production, and detoxification. It lies below the diaphragm in the thoracic region of the abdomen. It produces bile, an alkaline compound which aids in digestion, via the emulsification of lipids. It also performs and regulates a wide variety of high-volume biochemical reactions requiring highly specialized tissues, including the synthesis and breakdown of small and complex molecules, many of which are necessary for normal vital functions.[2]“
Source: Wikipedia: Liver
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For more info and facts on acetaminophen this is a great article.
