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 A petition calling for a revolutionary approach to health care reform was launched today by Mike Adams of NaturalNews.com, a natural health and information website.

Here's more from Mike Adams:

The petition -- which is endorsed by NaturalNews, the Organic Consumers Association, the Life Extension Foundation, the American Association for Health Freedom and other health freedom groups -- calls for an end to FDA and FTC oppression of free speech about dietary supplements. Its ten provisions also call for full income tax deductions on health-enhancing products and services, a halt to the psychiatric drugging of children, the end of mandatory vaccination policies and the legalization of healing practices across the country. (The carrying out of natural anti-cancer therapies, for example, is currently outlawed in the United States.)

The banning of GMOs from the food supply and the requirement that the EPA investigate the environmental impact of discarded pharmaceuticals is also in the petition. In all, it calls for an end to the era of Big Pharma domination over health care and usher in a new era of nutrition-oriented, preventive health care strategies that can prevent as much as 70 percent of degenerative disease in America today, saving the nation hundreds of billions of dollars in "disease maintenance" costs.

Notably, the petition also calls for an "immediate investigation" into a revolutionary new health care system developed by Mike Adams, called Citizens In Charge. This system eliminates all health insurance, provides health care coverage to all U.S. residents, proactively invests in disease prevention, eliminates wasteful paperwork and health care administration, drastically reduces health care costs, eliminates virtually all government intervention in health care and produces far better health care outcomes at significantly reduced costs.

The "Citizens In Charge" health care system is characterized as a "socialized-free-market" system of health care coverage, combining the universal coverage of socialized medicine with the personal economic decisions of free market behavior. The system also sports a national database of health service providers where the quality of their services is rated by customers. The result? A national knowledge base of customer-generated ratings of what really works to improve health care outcomes at reduced costs.

To learn more and make your voice heard, visit the Health Revolution web site.

Milk, it does a body good. Or does it?

The latter is true, according to accumulated research over dozens of years.

Dairy products, including milk, cheese and  foods made with dairy products are shown to increase heart disease, the top killer in the United States today with nearly a million deaths a year.

Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn from the Cleveland Clinic, one of the top rated heart clinics in the world, puts all his heart patients on a vegan diet specifically for this reason, making them 'heart attack proof'. He's also written a groundbreaking paper on the subject in the American Journal of Cardiology as well as being featured in the DVD 'Eating' citing animal foods as the main reason for heart disease. 

Study after study for over 20 years have linked high dairy consumption with heart disease. 

In a study published in the International Journal of Cardiology, researchers studied seven countries with a high consumption of dairy products and found that heart disease mortality rose as milk supply rose.

Researchers who studied dietary links to heart disease in 32 countries found that, of all dietary factors studied, milk carbohydrates played the biggest role in the development of heart disease in men over 35, and nonfat milk played the biggest role in the development of coronary heart disease in men over 45.

Researchers studying 19 Western countries concluded that heart disease mortality rises as consumption of milk protein rises. The researchers noted, "Multiple regression analysis confirmed the importance of the milk factor … as a determinant of variation in ischemic heart disease mortality rates."

"Milk consumption is related to arteriosclerosis," confirmed yet another group of researchers. " Recent landmark studies confirm a previously suspected close correlation between milk intake and arteriosclerotic heart disease." 

And more recently, according to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the consumption of dairy products, especially milk, increases a man's risk of contracting Parkinson's disease.

Dairy consumption is also linked to prostate and breast cancer, primarily due to the higher fat and hormone levels.

But it doesn't stop there, according the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, cow's milk is the number one cause of food allergies in children. And according to Dr. Frank Oski, former director of pediatrics at John Hopkins University notes that there is evidence that up to 50% of the children in the US have some allergic reaction to milk.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg, dairy is linked to many more adverse health issues.

Dairy products are mucus forming and clog your system. Internationally renowed wellness physician Dr. Christiane Northrup states: "Dairy is a tremendous mucus producer and a burden on the respiratory, digestive, and immune systems." Dr. Northrup says that patients who "eliminate dairy products for an extended period and eat a balanced diet … suffer less from colds and sinus infections."

Additionally, the mucus created by milk may cause other health problems as well. Dr. William Ellis, who's studied the effects of dairy foods for more than four decades, says that milk is "simply no good for humans." Dr. Ellis believes that the excess mucus caused by milk can harden to form a coating on the inner wall of the intestines, hindering the absorption of nutrients and possibly leading to chronic fatigue. 

One of the best ways to improve your health would be to eliminate dairy products and focusing on a mainly plant based diet. Find more research, links and articles regarding the dangers of milk and dairy products here:

http://notmilk.com

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I was curious about how many calories I ate the other day after I noticed an article that mentioned the average American often consumes between 5000-6000 calories during a holiday meal. 5000-6000 calories!? For the average person that's more than double their recommended intake for an entire day. And normally most folks don't exercise on those holiday days, so the impact is even more drastic.

Do you know the nutritional value of what you eat every day?

From my research and conversations I have regularly, most of us don't.

So I used my trusty Fitday calorie counter and nutrition software that calculates the nutritional information and in the foods you eat and gives you the breakdown of calories, proteins, fats and carbs you've eaten that day. It told me I had eaten 1879 calories that day, with 17% from fat, 10% from protein and 73% from carbohydrates, a little less than normal. Here's a snapshot of the summary:

So what did I eat to reach almost 2000 calories this day? Here's a snapshot:

If the image isn't clear, here's what I had this day:

• 2 mango and banana smoothies with dates and oranges
• Large herb salad with parsley, cilantro, kale, spinach, green onions, avocado, raw honey & tomatoes
• Large bowl of applesauce with dates, sea salt and a touch of raw coconut oil
• all home made, fresh and organic

And that's it! Doesn't seem like about 2000 calories, does it?

The software also keeps track of your weight, activity, goals, metabolism, calendar and gives you nice reports that can help you stay on track, especially when you're on a weight loss plan. There is also a web-based version, and I use both, but find the FitDay software version faster, easier to use and has many more features and reports that I like.

Do I use this every day?

No, and I you don't have to either. (unless you'd like to of course)

Here's what I do, and recommend. Use it daily for a few weeks or more to find out the calorie and fat breakdowns in the foods you regularly eat. Play around with several variations of your daily diet to see how you can change it to reach your goals.

Calorie requirements vary from person to person, although on average they should run between 2000 and 2500 a day. You'll want to keep your fat percentage intake between 10-20% of your daily caloric intake and your proteins around 10%. The balance of between 70-80% would be your carbohydrates. Not processed, complex carbs like pasta, breads, pastries or muffins, but simple carbs like fresh fruits and vegetables. This has been found to be the optimal all around ratio for your best health and optimal weight. Of course, you'll find variations, but in my research and personal experience, it works very well.

After you get used to seeing the nutrition values of what you eat and what changes you'd like to make, you can go back regularly and run the statistics to see if you're on track. You may want to use it every day to keep a journal of your progress as well, it's a great way to keep yourself motivated and realistic.

It's amazing what happens when you see the values of what you eat, make changes and how you feel afterwards because you literally are what you eat. It's almost magical... you gain more energy, get clearer, happier and just feel better overall.

You can find the Fitday software here

To your best health!

Mark Idzik

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