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Is The Preservative
Benzoate of Soda
(Sodium Benzoate)
Bad For You?
Diet Coke will drop additive in DNA damage fear.
By Colin Fernandez

May 26th - Diet Coke to drop additive in DNA damage fear. May be linked to hyperactivity and DNA damage.

Coca-Cola is phasing out a controversial additive that has been linked to damage to DNA and hyperactivity in children.

Sodium benzoate, also known as E211, is used to stop fizzy drinks going moldy.

Coca-Cola said it had begun withdrawing the additive from Diet Coke in January in response to consumer demand for more natural products.

By the end of the year no can or bottle will contain E211.

The company plans to remove it from its other products as soon as possible, but said that at present it had not found a satisfactory alternative to replace the additive in some soft drinks with a higher juice content, including Fanta, Dr Pepper, Sprite and Oasis. The chemical is not used in regular Coke.

While sodium benzoate occurs naturally in some fruits, it is used in greater strengths by the soft drinks industry.

But research by Peter Piper, a professor of molecular biology at Sheffield University, found that the additive could switch off parts of DNA, the genetic code in the cells of living creatures, that could be linked to cirrhosis of the liver and Parkinson's disease.

However, the Government-backed Committee on Mutagenicity has dismissed the research.

It argues that while sodium benzoate has been shown to be harmful to yeast cells, human cells are stronger.

Research by Southampton University found that sodium benzoate was one of seven additives - the six others are food colors - that can lead to hyperactivity in children.

The Food Standards Agency has called for the six colors to be withdrawn from products but not sodium benzoate.

The Daily Mail has campaigned for a ban on harmful additives.

A Coca-Cola spokesman said: "We are continuously listening to our consumers' thoughts about ingredients."

The firm stressed that E211 was approved as an additive by many bodies around the world including the European Food Standards Agency.

BUTTER IS BETTER
FOR YOUR HEALTH

Do You Know?
The differences between Margarine and Butter.

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product. It was a white substance with no food appeal, so they added some yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. Then, they came out with some clever and different flavorings.

Read on ... it gets interesting!

Both margarine and butter have the same amount of calories.

Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams.

But eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 50% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard medical study.

But eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.

Butter has many nutritional benefits, whereas margarine has only a few, but only because they are added!

Butter tastes much better than margarine, and it can enhance the flavors of other foods.

Butter has been around for centuries, whereas margarine has been around for less than 100 years.

MORE ABOUT MARGARINE

Margarine is very high in trans fatty acids.

Margarine triples the risk of coronary heart disease.

Margarine increases total cholesterol and LDL, the bad cholesterol, and lowers HDL cholesterol, the good cholesterol.

Margarine increases the risk of cancers up to five fold.

Margarine lowers the quality of breast milk.

Margarine decreases the immune system response.

Margarine decreases insulin response.

WHAT‘S REALLY DISTURBING

Margarine is only ONE MOLECULE away from being all PLASTIC.

This fact alone is enough to make anybody avoid margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

Try this:

Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things:

No flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near margarine (this should tell us something).

Margarine does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weenie microorganisms will not a find a home to grow in margarine. Why, because it is plastic.

Would you melt some Tupperware and spread it on your toast? --

The History of Butter 

How To Make Ghee (Clarified Butter)

Health Facts About
Honey And Cinnamon

    

It's been found that a mixture of Honey and Cinnamon cures many diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists today also accept honey as a very effective medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases.

Today's scientists say that even though honey is sweet, if taken in correct dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients.

Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada, on its issue dated January 17, 1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by Honey and Cinnamon as researched by some scientists:

HEART DISEASES:
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly or jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also, those who have previously had an attack, if done daily, will prevent future heart attack.

Regular use of this combination relieves shortness of breath and strengthens heartbeat. In America and Canada, some nursing homes have treated patients successfully with honey and cinnamon, having found that it revitalizes the arteries and veins.

ARTHRITIS:
Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one spoon of cinnamon powder. This can cure even chronic arthritis. In research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when patients were treated with a mixture of one Tablespoon honey and half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder before breakfast, out of the 200 people so treated, 73 patients were relieved of pain within a week, and within a month, most patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis, were walking without pain.

BLADDER INFECTIONS:
Take two Tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. This destroys the organisms in the bladder.

TOOTHACHE:
Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be applied 3 times a day till the tooth stops aching.

CHOLESTEROL:
Two Tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of cinnamon powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, is found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken 3 times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. Pure honey taken daily with food relieves elevated cholesterol.

COLDS:
Those suffering from common cold symptoms should take one Tablespoon lukewarm honey and water with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cold symptoms, and clear the sinuses.

UPSET STOMACH:
Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers.

GAS:
According to studies done in India and Japan, if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach gas is relieved.

IMMUNE SYSTEM:
Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacterial and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacterial and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION:
Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two Tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and helps digest the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA:
A scientist in Spain has found that honey contains a natural ingredient which kills the influenza germs and prevents the flu.

LONGEVITY:
Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft.

PIMPLES:
Three Tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and remove it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes the pimples.

SKIN INFECTIONS:
Regular application of honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts to the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm, and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS:
Daily in the morning 1/2 hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one-cup water. If taken regularly it curbs the appetite and reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, the frequent drinking of this mixture does not allow fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER:
Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should take one Tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder daily 3 times a day for 40 days.

FATIGUE:
Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. One researcher says that half a Tablespoon of honey in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken twice daily, increases the vitality of the body within a week. --

The Miracle of Hydrogen Peroxide

These are the benefits of that plain little ole bottle of 3% hydrogen peroxide you can get for under $1.00 at any drug store.

Most doctors don't tell you about hydrogen peroxide. Have you ever smelled bleach in a doctor's office? Why? Because it smells, it's toxic, it is not healthy! Ask the nurses who work in the doctor's offices about it.

Did you also know bleach was invented in the late 40's? It's chlorine! And it was used to kill many people.

Peroxide was invented during WWI in the 20's. It was used to save lives and help cleanse troops and hospitals.

Try these:

Take one capful (the little white cap that comes with the bottle) and hold in your mouth for 10 minutes daily, then expel it. (Do it when you bathe.) No more canker sores, and your teeth will be whiter without expensive pastes. Use it instead of mouthwash.

Let toothbrushes soak in a cup of peroxide to keep them free of germs.

Clean counters and table tops with peroxide to kill germs and leave a fresh smell. Simply put a little on your dishrag when you wipe, or spray it on the counters.

Pour peroxide on your wooden cutting board after rinsing it off to kill salmonella and other bacteria.

Spray a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and water on any foot fungus (especially the toes) every night and let dry.

Soak any infections or cuts in 3% peroxide for five to ten minutes several times a day. Combat troops have seen gangrene that would not heal with any medicine, but was healed by soaking in peroxide.

Fill a spray bottle with a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and water and keep it in every bathroom to disinfect without harming your septic system like bleach and many other disinfectants will.

Tilt your head back and spray this 50/50 mixture into your nostrils whenever you have a cold or plugged sinuses. It will bubble and help to kill the bacteria. Hold for a few minutes, and then blow your nose into a tissue.

If you cannot get to a dentist right away with a toothache, put a capful of 3% peroxide into your mouth and hold it for ten minutes several times a day. The pain will lessen greatly.

Spray the 50/50 solution on your wet hair after a shower and comb it through. You will not have the peroxide-burnt blonde hair like the hair dye packages but more natural highlights if your hair is a light brown, faddish, or dirty blonde. It also lightens gradually, so it's not a drastic change.

Put half a bottle of peroxide in your bath to help rid boils, fungus, or other skin infections.

Add a cup of peroxide instead of bleach to a load of whites in your laundry to whiten them. If there is blood on clothing, pour it directly on the soiled spot. Let it sit for a minute, then rub it and rinse with cold water. Repeat if necessary.

Use peroxide to clean mirrors. There is no smearing. --

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