"A lot of people think they might get a little bit burned and that's that. However, lying in the sun unprotected is like someone smoking 80 cigarettes a day - it carries big risks." - The Daily Mail
Scientists warn that many other fairly common activities are likewise significantly worse than one might at first assume:
* While a single glass of red wine with dinner is known to confer heart-health benefits, any more than that, or a déclassé glass of white, is approximately equivalent to "taking out your liver, dousing it in battery acid, punching it, and then replacing it in your body, upside down," said internist and ordained born-again minister Jim Couples
* Restrictive clothing, specifically pants worn too-tight, such that a "muffin-top" is created above the waistband, are not only an offense to aesthetics, but to your health. Creating this effect entails restriction of the lower intestines and surrounding organs, such that "you might as well eat three or four Big Macs for every day you muffin-top, that's how much the cancer rates of organs in the region spike," researchers said.
* VH1 reality programming hurts more than your dignity, new research shows. The deadening effect that shows like I Love Money, Rock of Love and anything else VH1 makes "real," is roughly equivalent, minute-for-minute, to sticking your head into a microwave.
Not only will you up your risk for brain cancer, preliminary studies show that during viewing IQ drops by approximately 1 point per hour, indefinitely and irreversibly, making viewers increasingly susceptible to the bad health decisions both the shows' characters and its advertisements advocate. "Basically, looking at the brains of regular watchers is a lot like looking at autopsy results from Chernobyl," said neurosurgeon Bob Cole.
* Sex, when engaged in vigorously, can give some of the benefits of regular exercise, but doctors warn that every act, with the involved friction and tearing which necessitates cell regrowth in the region, adds a 2.5% risk of cancer of the penis, cervix, or colon, depending on your preferences. "Real slutbags of either gender may as well live in a hyperbaric chamber constantly being refilled with fresh asbestos," one researcher noted.
* While hydration can have both short and long-term health benefits, scientists warn that "no beverages, regardless of what they actually are, should be consumed at either very warm or very cool temperatures," noting that the work your body does to equalize the beverage's temperature is approximately equivalent to adding one week of regular wear-and-tear on the stomach, heart, and vascular system per 10˚ of regulation. "Really regular hot-and-coldies have the insides of an 85-year-old sometimes as early as age 20," they added.
Doctors recommend drinking all beverages within what they call the "tepidness range," or anywhere between ten degrees above and below your body's optimal temperature, excepting anything alcoholic, sugary, caffeinated, fatty, lactose-or-soy-based, carbonated, fruit-flavored, brown, fruit-based, or acidic, which drinks should really never be drunk at all.
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Being close to a person who has mercury amalgam fillings shortly after they have either brushed their teeth, eaten a meal, or chewed gum may be hazardous to your health.
For background, use Google Scholar to search: mercury breath amalgams .
In one study, the researchers concluded:
" The highest levels of mercury in breath measured in this study (fig la) are comparable with threshold limit values established in some countries, and exceed the probable safe limits for continuous exposure of the general population, as suggested by some workers. We therefore conclude that the levels of elemental mercury in breath derived from silver-tin amalgam fillings represent a significant and undesirable contribution to man's "normal" body burden of mercury. Further development and use of alternatives to amalgam restorations should be encouraged and the potential benefits of antidotes to toxic heavy metals, such as selenium and vitamin E dietary supplements should be clinically evaluated."
For suggestions on how to deal with mercury toxicity, see "The Wellness Project."
Roy Mankovitz, Director
http://www.MontecitoWellness.com
Here is a starter list of illnesses that have been associated with "amalgam illness". The association between an illness and amalgam mercury is usually established in an indirect manner by monitoring an ill person who has had all of their amalgams removed by a biological dentist and replaced by a compatible material, and then undergoes a mercury detoxification program. If the symptoms of their illness resolve, there is an implication of a causal connection.
Addison's disease
Gastritis
Allergies
Hypogonadism
Alzheimer's' disease
Hypothyroidism
Amylotrophic lateral sclerosis
Infertility
Ankylosing spondylitis
Insomnia
Anorexia nervosa
Irritable bowel syndrome
Anxiety
Juvenile arthritis
Asthma
Learning disabilities
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Lupus erythromatosus
Autoimmune disease
Manic depression
Bipolar disorder
Multiple chemical sensitivities
Borderline personality disorder
Multiple sclerosis
Bulimia
Myasthenia gravis
Candidiasis
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Chronic fatigue
Panic attacks
Colitis
Parkinson's disease
Crohn's disease
Pervasive developmental disorder
Depression
Psychosis
Endocrine disorders
Rheumatoid arthritis
Environmental illness
Schizophrenia
Fibromyalgia
Sciatica
Food allergies
Sleep disorders
Yeast syndrome
For more information, see http://www.hugginsappliedhealing.com/information.php . This is the site of Hal Huggins, DDS. He was a pioneer in establishing a link between amalgams and illness. As a reward, the dental community yanked his license. He has written several books on the subject, and trains dentists on the safe removal of amalgams.
Also see: www.noamalgam.com
For a patient perspective, see: http://www.toxicteeth.org/grassroots.cfm
Hey, what about non-VH1 reality shows? Bravo's Top Chef makes me more sophisticated, I promise!
The real housewives? Really not doing anything for you.