Vitamin D levels linked to lowering Parkinson's disease risk

Greater levels of vitamin D have been linked to a lower risk of Parkinson's disease in a study in Finland where low sunlight leads to a chronic lack of the nutrient, researchers said Monday.

Scientists from the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, first hypothesized that Parkinson's "may be caused by a continuously inadequate vitamin D status leading to a chronic loss of dopaminergic neurons in the brain."

Vitamin D, supplied chiefly by the sun's ultraviolet rays and a small range of foods, is known to play a role in bone health and may also be linked to cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes, the researchers said.

The researchers could not explain how vitamin D levels may affect Parkinson's risk, but said the nutrient "has been shown to exert a protective effect on the brain through antioxidant activities, regulation of calcium levels, detoxification, modulation of the immune system and enhanced conduction of electricity through neurons."

"In intervention trials focusing on effects of vitamin D supplements, the incidence of Parkinson disease merits follow up," they added.

"This study was carried out in Finland, an area with restricted sunlight exposure, and is thus based on a population with a continuously low vitamin D status," about half of the suggested optimal level, researchers said.

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Food for your skin / Organics and Fakes

Watch the video.  Natural Expo West.

http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=A6A031CE969ABCDFD2F0B2E30F69EEA8

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Pharmacists have a higher rate of cancer / Second Hand Chemotherapy

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http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=848F5917B6985A36D88ED0AB09681027

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What you eat now can affect your offspring - Epigenetics

(NaturalNews) A recent study out of Georgetown University Medical Center has concluded that what you eat can affect your children's and grandchildren's health, even if they eat healthy themselves. Sonia de Assis and her colleagues observed that rats fed fatty, unhealthy food pass on an increased cancer risk to their children and grandchildren.

The study, which was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, D.C., illustrates that a fatty diet can actually contribute to "epigenetic" DNA modifications, which are inherited changes in DNA patterns. Essentially, one's offspring can inherit DNA changes caused by their parents' unhealthy diets and other environmental factors.



If a person's parents or grandparents ate a diet rich in processed, chemical-laden foods throughout their lives, then the DNA changes that likely occurred in their bodies may be passed down to their children. Even if they themselves didn't develop cancer, the children will be more likely to develop it, based on the findings of the study.

And if the children also eat junk food diets that lack proper nutrients, antioxidants, vitamins and other necessary life components, then their children will be even more prone than they were to develop degenerative diseases like cancer.

But your personal diet and lifestyle choices are still the primary deciding factors for whether or not you develop a degenerative disease. Even if your parents and grandparents ate unhealthy diets all their lives does not mean that you have to get sick. Eating a strong, healthy diet and regularly exercising will do wonders for your health.


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Spraying Skies with Ultra Fine Aluminum? How can that be healthy

Some say its already being done.  For what?

Chemtrails?

Mauro Oliveira, webmaster of http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/ said that aluminum became a concern to many after the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting when independent journalists sent shockwaves around the world after breaking the story of scientists discussing the plausibility of spraying 10 to 20 mega-tons of aluminum into the sky in SAG campaigns. Francis Mangels, a retired USDA/USFS Biologist commented on the use of aluminum by saying, “although aluminum is an abundant element, it does not exist naturally in the environment in free form. Dispersing massive amounts of ultra-fine aluminum particulates as proposed by geo-engineers into the stratosphere would have unquantifiable human health and environmental impacts”. When scientists were asked about the risks associated with the use of aluminum sprayed as an aerosol in SAG programs, they admitted that they have only begun to research aluminum and have published nothing. They also admitted that something terrible could be found in the future that they don’t know about. Also, when asked about deployment of current programs, scientists denied that any SAG programs have been deployed. This contradicted the findings of many who claim that SAG programs are well under-way and that high amounts of aluminum and other harmful substances from these programs are being found resulting in the devastation of eco-systems and the health of people around the world.


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Vitamin Supplement Maker / Distributor NBTY, Inc sells to Wall Street Fund

Carlyle strikes $3.8 bln deal for NBTY

NBTY is a leading global vertically integrated manufacturer, marketer and distributor of a broad line of high-quality, value-priced nutritional supplements in the United States and throughout the world. Under a number of NBTY and third party brands, the Company offers over 22,000 products, including products marketed by the Company’s Nature's Bounty® (www.NaturesBounty.com), Vitamin World® www.VitaminWorld.com), Puritan's Pride® (www.Puritan.com), Holland & Barrett® (www.HollandAndBarrett.com), Rexall® (www.Rexall.com), Sundown® (www.SundownNutrition.com), MET-Rx® (www.MetRX.com), Worldwide Sport Nutrition® (www.SportNutrition.com), American Health® (www.AmericanHealthUS.com), GNC (UK)® (www.GNC.co.uk), DeTuinen® (www.DeTuinen.nl), LeNaturiste™ (www.LeNaturiste.com), SISU® (www.SISU.com), Solgar® (www.Solgar.com), Good 'n' Natural® (www.goodnnatural.com), Home Health™ (www.homehealthus.com), Julian Graves, Ester-C® (www.Ester-C.com) and Natural Wealth (www.naturalwealth.com) brands. NBTY routinely posts information that may be important to investors on its web site.

Carlyle Group [CYL.UL] struck a $3.8 billion deal on Thursday to buy U.S. nutritional supplements maker NBTY Inc (NTY.N), beating several other buyout firms to clinch one of the biggest private equity deals so far this year.

Carlyle's $55.00 a share cash offer, unanimously approved by the board, is a 47 percent premium to NBTY's Wednesday close and values the company at more than eight times its earnings.

Shares of NBTY jumped as much as 44 percent to their highest level in three years.

"There was an auction of several private equity firms and the board of directors took what they believed to be the best offer," said CFO Harvey Kamil in an interview. "We are happy that shareholders are prospering from this transaction."

The other buyout firms circling the firm included TPG Capital LP [TPG.UL], Bain Capital, Apollo Global Management, Hellman & Friedman and Blackstone Group LP (BX.N), several sources familiar with the matter said.

The deal with Carlyle includes a "go-shop" provision of 35 days allowing others to counterbid.

Blackstone is no longer involved or considering NBTY, however, one of those sources said.

The purchase price of Carlyle's deal is made up of $2.4 billion debt financing, of which about $1.5 billion is in bank debt and about $900 million is bonds, one of the sources said. That means the deal is financed by 63 percent debt and about 37 percent equity.

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Monsanto and Genetically Modified Bio Technology

A movie documentary on Round Up and the chemicals used to create products

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvGddgHRQyg&feature=PlayList&p=929761B9F1DF8BB4&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1

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Medical and Health Search Engine!

Very powerful search engine mentioned on Coast To Coast AM with Durk Pearson .  Pub Med Govt USA website

HERE IS THE LINK

Here is an update for another engine for supplements, the International Bibliographic Info on Dietary Supplements.

http://grande.nal.usda.gov/ibids/index.php

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