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Go Ahead, Pass the Salt (but not regular table salt)
For years experts have told us to eat less salt, but could they be wrong? A recent Cochrane Libray analysis of 167 different studies examined the effect of low-salt diets on blood pressure, cholesterol and other markers of health and found that too little salt can be dangerous. Low-salt diets typically contain no more than 1500-1600 mg of sodium daily.
The study published in the American Journal of Hypertension found that among people with hypertension, salt reduction had only a modest effect on blood pressure, but it raised cholesterol and triglycerides - another blood fat that's dangerous when elevated. And some studies have found that in people with heart failure or type 1 or 2 diabetes, too little salt can be life threatening.
Better Nutrition - Feb 2012
Our favorite choices for high quality sea salts:
Celtic Sea Salt, Herbamare, Himalayan Sea Salt
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What's Hiding in Your Sunscreen?
A lot of the chemicals in sunscreens actually pose serious health risks. In fact sunscreens are little more than nasty cocktails of dangerous chemical agents.
Here's a sample of what you're likely to find on the label of your favorite sunscreen:
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Chemicals
Commonly Found
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Dangerous Side Effects
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1. Parabens
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"Endocrine disruptors," these gender-bending chemicals mimic estrogen, upset your hormonal balance, and can cause various reproductive cancers in men and women | | 2. PABA (may be listed as octyl-dimethyl or padimate-O) |
Attacks DNA and causes genetic mutation when exposed to sunlight
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3. Mineral oil, paraffin, petrolatum
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Coats skin like plastic and clogs pores, trapping toxins in, slows skin cell growth, disrupts normal hormone function, suspected of causing cancer | | 4. Sodium laurel, lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate (sometimes listed as "from coconut" or "coconut derived |
Combined with other chemicals, it becomes nitrosamine, a powerful cancer-causing agent; penetrates your skin's moisture barrier, allowing other dangerous chemicals to enter your bloodstream | |
5. Phenol carbolic acid |
Circulatory collapse, paralysis, convulsions, coma, death from respiratory failure
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7. Octyl-methoxycinnamate (OMC) | Kills skin cells | |
8. Toluene (may be listed as benzoic, benzyl, or butylated hydroxtoluene | Anemia, low blood cell count, liver and kidney damage, birth defects | | 9. Propylene glycol |
Dermatitis, kidney and liver abnormalities, prevents skin growth, causes irritation | |
10. PEG, polysorbates, laureth, ethoxylated alcohol | Potent carcinogens containing dioxane |
Click Here to read more about sunscreens.
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The "Safe" Garden Product that Can Destroy Your DNA
Have you ever used Roundup to kill weeds in your lawn or garden? As the most widely used herbicide in the United States, there's a good chance you have.
New research is showing that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, is contaminating everything from food and air to groundwater and even human beings.
Click here to read the full article by Dr. Mercola
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