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Vitamin D deficiency can lead to depression

Written by Dr. Bob Goldman

A number of previous studies have linked vitamin D with a number of diseases, from cardiovascular to neurological.

E. Sherwood Brown and colleagues from The Cooper Institute in Texas examined the results for 12,594 men and women who were seen at the Cooper Clinic from late 2006 to late 2010. The team observed that higher vitamin D levels were associated with a significantly decreased risk of current depression, particularly among people with a prior history ofdepression.

“We found that low vitamin D levels are associated with depressive symptoms, especially in persons with a history of depression,” the researchers report. “These findings suggest that primary care patients with a history of depression may be an important target for assessment of vitamin D levels.”

Hoang, M.T., et al. (2011). Association between low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and depression in a large sample of healthy adults: The Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. Mayo Clin Proc. 86(11):1050-1055.

Moderate red wine consumption may lower breast cancer risk

Drinking red wine in moderation may reduce one of the risk factors for breast cancer, providing a natural weapon to combat a major cause of death among American women. Chrisandra Shufelt and colleagues from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in California studied 36 women who were randomised to drink either cabernet sauvignon or chardonnay daily for almost a month and then switched to the other type of wine. Blood was collected twice each month to measure hormone levels. The researchers wanted to know whether red wine mimics the effects of aromatase inhibitors, which play a key role in managing estrogen and which are currently used to treat breast cancer.

The team found that chemicals in the skins and seeds of red grapes slightly lowered estrogen while elevating testosterone in premenopausal women who drank one cup of red wine nightly for about a month. “These data suggest that red wine is a nutritional [aromatase inhibitor] and may explain the observation that red wine does not appear to increase breast cancer risk,” the authors conclude, submitting that the data challenge the widely held belief that all types of alcohol consumption heighten the risk of developing breast cancer.

Shufelt, C., et al. (2011). Red versus white wine as a nutritional aromatase inhibitor in premenopausal women. Journal of Women’s Health. December.
—Dr. Bob Goldman

Obama hails CVS for stopping selling tobacco products but has no trouble with smoking marijuana. This photo from Drug Free America shows the damage to the lungs of smoking pot vs tobacco.

Clark: NFL players going to use pot

Clark: NFL Players Use Pot For Pain, Stress

Ryan Clark says NFL players use marijuana for a variety of reasons, including as a means to cope with pain and manage stress.Tags: Ryan Clark, Pittsburgh Steelers, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana,Adam Caplan, SportsCenter

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Marijuana And The NFL

Ryan Clark says NFL players, including some of his teammates with the Pittsburgh Steelers, turn to smoking marijuana for a variety of reasons, especially as a means to relieve pain and manage stress.

Clark, a 12-year veteran, discussed the topic of marijuana use and the league's testing system Thursday morning on ESPN's "First Take."

"I know guys on my team who smoke," Clark said. "And it's not a situation where you think, 'Oh, these are guys trying to be cool.' These are guys who want to do it recreationally.

"A lot of it is stress relief. A lot of it is pain and medication. Guys feel like, 'If I can do this, it keeps me away from maybe Vicodin, it keeps me away from pain prescription drugs and things that guys get addicted to.' Guys look at this as a more natural way to heal themselves, to stress relieve and also to medicate themselves for pain. Guys are still going to do it."

Clark also expressed his views on Twitter.

Clark also agreed with recent comments by New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who suggested the league is waging a lost cause in banning the substance, while also saying the league's testing system isn't all that effective.

"It's 100 percent true. They're fighting a losing battle. The testing isn't stringent," Clark said. "There is one random test during OTAs and minicamps during the offseason, and everybody will be tested early in training camp. After that, there are no more tests. So guys understand the ways to get around failing a drug test."

ESPN NFL analyst Mark Brunell, joining "SportsCenter," offered a different opinion on the topic than Clark and Cromartie.

"There's really no place for marijuana in the NFL," Brunell said. "It is harmful. It hurts brain function. It hurts brain development. Marijuana can ruin lives. I'm very much against it."

Brunell, a former quarterback, also said marijuana testing should be random and that the league should conduct it more often.

Marijuana became a hot-button issue at the Super Bowl, as both teams -- the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos -- hail from states that legalized marijuana. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll created headlines by saying he agreed with the notion the league should investigate medicinal marijuana to see if it can help players. Medicinal marijuana is legal in 20 states, plus the District of Columbia.

Commissioner Roger Goodell, addressing the issue last Friday at his annual Super Bowl news conference, downplayed the possibility of the league lifting marijuana from its list of banned substances.

"It is still an illegal substance on a national basis," Goodell said. "It's something that is part of the collective bargaining agreement with the players. It is questionable as to the positive impacts, in the face of the very strong evidence of the negative effects, including addictions and other issues.

"We'll continue to follow the medicine. Our experts right now are not indicating that we should change our policy in any way. We are not actively considering that at this point in time. But if it goes down the road sometime, that's something that we would never take off the table."

ESPN.com Jets reporter Rich Cimini contributed to this report.

Beat Cancer With 35% Hydrogen Peroxide

by: S. D. Wells

(NaturalNews) Cancer is dangerous. Don’t flirt with disaster. Don’t eat it and don’t go near it. Don’t drink it. Don’t put it on your skin. Yes, this is a warning not to put cancer on or inside your body. Cancer is in GMO pesticide DNA seed designs and the treatments used on vegetables and fruit. Cancer is in sun block lotions full of toxins that hold in your sweat and block out the vitamin D you would normally get from the sun. Cancer is in cosmetics, makeup, soaps, toothpaste and shampoos. Cancer may be lurking in your refrigerator, your pantry and in your medicine cabinet, but it has an archenemy. Cancer has a rival that destroys it like an M-60 leveling a field of enemy soldiers. It’s called “hydrogen peroxide,” and the “lame-stream,” mainstream media will tell you how “dangerous” it is at 35%, but they won’t tell you that you can drip a couple drops in a glass of water each day and end cancer. Yes, it’s true.

Cancer thrives in an acid-heavy system, where the blood and the organs are flooded with processed salt, sugar, animal fat and artificial food. The heart and brain struggle to filter out the toxins found in most conventional forms of food, like antibiotics, hormones, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, bleach, ammonia, fluoride, heavy metals and much more. This is why the doctors and oncologists tell chemo patients not to eat alkalizing foods like kale, because it will “interfere with the chemotherapy.” God forbid you should try to alkalize all that acid that’s killing your GOOD cells. Most cancer patients die as a result of the chemotherapy and radiation damage to their non-cancerous cells. In other words, your good cells that are trying to help your body beat cancer are deprived of oxygen also, leading to new cancers and often death within 5 years. “The most overlooked solution to all manner of illness and disease is perhaps the simplest. All pathogens, viruses, and parasites are anaerobic. They thrive in the absence of oxygen, but cannot survive with an abundance of oxygen. Even cancer cells cannot exist in oxygen. They depend on fermenting glucose to survive and multiply.”
(http://www.naturalnews.com)

What should you do, whether you have cancer or not? Alkalize your body, that’s what. Now keep in mind, hydrogen peroxide does not rebuild the immune system or repair the cells damaged by toxic chemo; however, there’s no better time to welcome that “change of season” for the regeneration of new cells, skin, hair and organ cells than right now. This is preprogrammed in your DNA. Men and women have the same schedule:

120 Days – NEW Red Blood Cells
90 Days – NEW Skeleton
60 Days – NEW Brain Cells, Tissue
49 Days – NEW Bladder
45 Days – NEW Liver, NEW DNA Cell Material
30 Days – NEW Hair, NEW Skin
5 Days – NEW Stomach Lining

(http://www.agedefyingbody.com)

Getting enough hydrogen peroxide inside the cancer cells is key

It has been clinically demonstrated that the spread or metastatis of cancer is “inversely proportional to the amount of oxygen around the cancer cells.” That means that the more oxygen, the slower the cancer spreads. Conversely, the less oxygen, the faster the cancer spreads. If cancer cells get enough oxygen, they will die! Hydrogen peroxide kills cancer cells, because cancer cells do not have the mechanism to break down the hydrogen peroxide and stop it from doing its work.

The key to curing cancer with hydrogen peroxide is getting ENOUGH hydrogen peroxide INSIDE the cancer cells. There is a scientific description of this: Proteolytic enzymes, also called pancreatic enzymes, literally cut apart the thick protein coating that covers cancer cells, so the immune system can recognize the cells as cancerous. Well, you don’t have to be a scientist to understand that! By cutting apart the protein coating, the hydrogen peroxide then gets inside the cancer cells. You won’t hear about that on any CNN ”cancer special” or on “Dr. Oz.”

Science has known this for 50 years

Nobel prize winner Dr. Otto Warburg demonstrated OVER 50 YEARS AGO the basic difference between normal cells and cancer cells. Both derive energy from glucose, but the normal cell requires oxygen to combine with the glucose, while cancer cells break down glucose without oxygen, yielding only about 1/15 of the energy per glucose molecule that a normal cell produces. This is why cancer cells have such a huge appetite for sugar and why people who are obese get cancer more often. It’s called the “biochemical cascade.” (http://www.naturalnews.com)

Hydrogen peroxide and several other oxygen therapies are proven to be safe and effective. Pay attention to what you buy though, because 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide is the only grade recommended for internal use. Beware of the 3% “Pharmaceutical Grade.” This is the grade sold at your local drugstore or supermarket. This product is not recommended for internal use, because it contains an assortment of stabilizers which shouldn’t be ingested. Home use advice: Some individuals add a cup of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide to a bathtub of warm water and soak for 20 to 30 minutes. The hydrogen peroxide is absorbed through the skin, which is your largest organ. Others drink a glass of water with several drops of food or reagent grade hydrogen peroxide. Also look into digestive enzymes. Researchers have noted for years a correspondence between low levels of enzymes and cancer; in fact, enzyme therapy has been used with good results against cancers in Europe and by some doctors in the United States.