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People in the US these days really are not educated about nutrition, or rather whatever they're taught is obliterated by the constant marketing blitz of the latest Doritos...

One has to hope that Slashdot readers are more educated than the average Joe, and know that carbohydrates are bad for you. If you DIDN'T know that, please spend an hour (that's how long it took me) to read the link
on the subject of insulin

I found it to be a great summary of all the bits and pieces of wisdom that i've picked up from my nutrition-conscious friends and family.

...but if your computer is causing you pain, I speak the truth:

1. check your insulin levels (no, it's not about diabetes)
2. learn how to relax (body asleep/mind awake)
3. get some exercise

links:
on the subject of insulin - invert the frickin food pyramid
why relaxin' is important - and some suggestions for getting started
the exercise one - well, that one's kinda obvious, but is worthless without the other two.

Absolutely! Ban AOL CD's! Ban MSN CD's! Ban NetZero CDs! Ban the internet, since apparently any one of us with internet access could easilly bring down the entire network! Hey, let's not forget, we're all intellectuals here, and heaven forbid, we actually use our brains and do something insidious, like post against Bushcroft using our terrorist supporting WiFi. We must all be a bunch of anti-american communists. Next thing you know, we will be against drug testing by the government on us, since if we don't submit to it, we are unpatriotic.... Oh wait, too late, It's already done

> Dr. Mercola [mercola.com], a naturopathic doctor out of Chicago, also has many good articles about the possible causes of austism.

Like my grandma always said, "you'll never go wrong with a Doctor sells 'superfood' that will 'optimize your weight' and 'improve your detoxification system' on his website."

• Autism is caused by mercury (thimerosal) in vaccines.
  
• Autism is caused by methylmercury in fish, when eaten during pregnancy.

• Autism is caused by mercury (thimerosal) in vaccines.
  
• Autism is caused by methylmercury in fish, when eaten during pregnancy.

The Telegraph had an article back in February of last year (no longer available) that set the rate of autism in the UK at 1 in 175 children, or 58 out of every 10,000 (compared to the 10 in 10,000 rate reported in California.)

The evidence is becoming very persuasive that immunizations do bear a large portion of the blame. See the National Vaccine Information Center for some good articles on links to this and other complications.

For our part, after reading dozens of books and talking to as many people, we made the decision not to vaccinate our now six year old. (Commence the flamebait about how we're playing with fire, yadda yadda yadda...)

Dr. Mercola, a naturopathic doctor out of Chicago, also has many good articles about the possible causes of austism. WARNING: /.'ers may find Mercola's website hard to stomach, since he's going to tell you to exercise and to stop eating McD's fries and twinkies. ;-)

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Some Japanese invented a wooden coating material they claim absorbs electromagnetic signals: a blessing for, say, an Opera house or a simple movie theater.

I read it here, it's in Spanish but probably you can find an English translation somewhere else...

OK, let's be nice to the huge English-speaking audience and do the search myself... here it explains it works by embedding magnetic particles in wooden panels. A really bright idea!

Um, and if you are a doctor on call, why can't you wait until tomorrow to go to the movies?

Have no fear, you'll lose it in your mouth first!

often times drugs and many other patentable "things" are invented by public funding and then practically given to corporations to then sell back to the people.

take for example taxol, a chemotheraputic for various forms of cancer. this drug was developed and validated using public funds in the terms of nci grants. then exclusive rights to produce this drug were given to bristol-myers. wtf? from what i've read several companies wanted to market it, so there was a market for it.

after giving this monopoly power to bristol-myers they proceeded to rape cancer patients financially. similar things have happened through out pharmaceutical industry. it's also happened to many other industries.

this is the best link i can find at the time
the other drug war

i would also hate to have to recoup the costs of a billion dollar investment. but not so much if it was the publics investment i was recouping.

The definition of alternative medicine. = "A variety of therapeutic or preventive health care practices, such as homeopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic, and herbal medicine, that do not follow generally accepted medical methods and may not have a scientific explanation for their effectiveness."

Let's not forget the other definition: "the practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve self-awareness [syn: complementary medicine]"

Notice the part about "variety of therapeutic or preventive health care practices" kind of lump-sums all spiritual and well-being folks in with that. Everyone who believes in miracles and prayer-healing falls under that umbrella. Nearly everyone who believes that we have a soul also believes that the soul can be sick just like the body can. In addition to all of that, don't forget that non-physical sicknesses such as depression and stress can be linked to physical ailments.

For example migranes, Parkinsion's Disease and even Immune System problems can occur.

Your example of health care just proves my point. It is not regulated by the government and you can see what an unaldulterated [sic] mess it is.

"What was once a minor crop, listed in the 1913 US Department of Agriculture (USDA) handbook not as a food but as an industrial product, now covers 72 million acres of American farmland."

"Two senior US government scientists have revealed that chemicals in soy could increase the risk of breast cancer in women, brain damage in both men and women, and abnormalities in infants. "

" While even in 1966 there was considerable research on the harmful substances within soybeans, you'll be hard pressed to find articles today that claim soy is anything short of a miracle-food. As soy gains more and more popularity through industry advertising, we are moved once again to raise our voice of concern. "

Actually, coffee beans contain one the most cholesterol-raising chemicals known to man. It is a fatty substance which is normally trapped in the paper filter. Unfiltered coffee, especially hose made under pressure (espresso) contains these chemicals raising cholesterol levels. See here for example.

IN WHAT WAY? Can someone who says this please bother to back it up with just a single link? I guess you think we all just know how much money it costs to do drug research. That's what the drug companies who make an 18% return on their business dealings tell us. Where are the figures?

This should make sick every one of you that has a Free* bone in their body.

Most everyone else on the planet dosnt believe that they are "free" to abuse government greed (gov-granted monopolies) to kill people, in effort to make themselves massive profit.
Drugs are inventions, as much as gadgets are inventions, and this is IP theft, plain and simple.

IP dosnt exist. Intellectually free societies cannot have 'intellectual property' lest they be complacent hypocrites. Patent law was a condition, an agreement, where people would forsake their rights to do as they wanted in effort to reward creation. This is obviously, especially in this case NOT a 'fair deal'. People are dying -> your profit 'right' ceases. Simple.

If I spent a fortune researching and creating a drug, you bet I would be pissed if someone else started making my drug without my permission.

You dont know anything about BigPharm. They spend far more on Marketing (pen-giveaways/junkets/propaganda) than research. Even their research is Seriously subsidized by public grants && further aided by massive tax breaks for what they do spend. See: http://www.mercola.com/2000/june/24/pharmaceutical _industry.htm

Does Libertarian now mean "misguided, myopic, clueless freemarket fetishist"? I always knew libertarianism was an extreme free-market religion where people wage economic wars, and 'economic' might was right where capital owners could do as they pleased. Have Libertarians devolved into street-thug-styled-anarchists* without a conscience?

*Apologies to cluefull Anarchists, Anarchist in the Traditional-Political sense, not the clueless USA synonym for 'street-thug who advocates chaos.'

Personally, I'm hoping that some day it'll get modded down for missing the obvious fact that if people circumvent the intellectual property rights of drug companies, the result is less money for research, less new drugs, and ultimately less lives saved.

WRONG!

BigPharm spends more money on Marketing than they do Research AND that research enjoys heavy government subsidy (grants) AND tax breaks.

Americans are so blinded by FreeMarket Capitalist Dogma to see that they are dying for profit. Literally.

Please read:
http://www.mercola.com/2000/june/24/pharmaceutical _industry.htm