Drinking iced teas...

got again from an email....

an article bout iced tea and fluoride...

Harmful Fluoride Levels Found in Instant Iced Tea
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
By Jennifer Warner
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,145423,00.html

Instant iced tea mixes may contain potentially harmful levels of fluoride , according to a new study.

Researchers found some commercial iced tea mixes contain up to 6.5 parts per million (ppm) of fluoride, which is well above the 4 ppm maximum allowed by the EPA in drinking water and 2.4 ppm permitted by the FDA in bottled water and beverages.

The results indicate constantly quenching your thirst with instant iced teas may increase your risk of a rare, but potentially dangerous bone disorder caused by getting too much fluoride in your system.

When fluoride levels are too high, it causes bone-forming cells to produce more skeletal tissue , which increases bone density but also bone brittleness. The condition leads to a disease called skeletal fluorosis  and may result in bone pain, stiffening of ligaments, bone spurs , fused vertebrae , and difficulty in moving joints.

"When fluoride gets into your bones, it stays there for years, and there is no established treatment for skeletal fluorosis," says researcher Michael Whyte, MD, professor of medicine, pediatrics, and genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, in a news release. "No one knows if you can fully recover from it."

 "The tea plant is known to accumulate fluoride from the soil and water. Our study points to the need for further investigation of the fluoride content of teas," says Whyte. "We don’t know how much variation there is from brand to brand and year to year."

Iced Teas May Have Too Much Fluoride

Researchers analyzed the fluoride content of commercial instant tea mixes after diagnosing a middle-aged woman with spinal pain caused by extremely dense bones. Tests showed that the woman had high levels of fluoride in her urine.

The woman said she drank 1 to 2 gallons of double-strength instant tea throughout the day, which prompted researchers to test for fluoride content in several brands of instant iced tea mixes available in grocery stores.

They sent 10 samples of iced tea mixes to two different independent laboratories in St. Louis for testing. The teas were prepared on two separate occasions using distilled water.

The results appear in the January issue of The American Journal of Medicine.

Their analysis showed that the fluoride content of the instant tea mixes varied from 1.0 ppm to a high of 6.5 ppm. The results of the tests for each brand appear below:

Researchers say that daily consumption of 3 milligrams of fluoride for women and 4 milligrams for men is considered enough to prevent tooth decay.

In many communities, fluoride is added to drinking water for this purpose. But researchers say the Public Health Service indicates that the fluoride concentration in water should not exceed 1.2 ppm.

Typically adults consume less than 1 milligram of fluoride per day in their food. Fluorinated water increases intake by about 1 milligram per day.

According to the researchers it would take at least 10 milligrams of fluoride daily for 10 years to begin to show signs of fluorosis on bone x-rays.

Americans are also exposed to fluoride from other sources, such as fluorinated toothpastes and other dental products. More unusual fluoride sources include pesticides, Teflon-coated cookware, chewing tobacco, and some wines and mineral waters.

But researchers say that until now instant iced tea mixes have not been recognized as potential sources of fluoride in people’s diets. They say their findings indicate that doctors should ask people who complain about bone aches and pains about how much tea they drink in order to rule out skeletal fluorosis.

In the case of their patient, researchers say the pain gradually went away over several years after she stopped drinking instant tea.

i do not know if this is true.... fluoride is needed by our body, but it all depends on how many or how much we take...

so just be careful, and what we take on our body is our own will ....

-♥rhea♥

By Jennifer Warner, reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD
SOURCES: Whyte, M. The American Journal of Medicine, January 2005; vol 118: pp 78-82. News release, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.

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*no copyright infringement intended nor any infringement intended*

(for sharing purposes, and additional infos to my friends/fellow chemists)

PS:
~nothing against any iced tea or fluoride (or any similar content)

Phenylpropanolamine on the loose...

i got this from an email....

why is phenylpropanolamine, or phenylalanine is always involved on our health?
is it because we take too much of it? on which phenylalanine is just one of the essential amino acids that our body needs....

maybe biochemistry people can understand this more than chemistry people.. but it doesnt matter what your course is.... biochemistry, is for chemistry and biochemistry majors...

-♥rhea♥


Subject: Decolgen

Beware of this medication (yellowish in colour round pills) normally prescribed by doctors for flu.? Already confirmed by friend's sister who works in the ministry to be true. I've called up a friend working in Unity Healthcare (or commonly known as NTUC Pharmacy) and confirmed the following.

Decolgen (a common flu tablet) and the long list of drugs used to be easily available on the shelves of pharmacies.

Though they've been removed from the local pharmacies months ago, in case you still have them in your first aid box at home, please discard them immediately.
I heard that Decolgen has already been banned.
You couldn't find them in all pharmacies. It's due to the same problem (i.e. bleeding in the brain for women). Confirmed that this is true and Singapore government is taking action.

(Please read and copy this notice to the people you love) T
This is not a matter to be taken lightly. 
Stop taking anything containing the ingredient Phenylpropanolamine.

It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain) among women ages 18-49 in the three days after starting use of medication. Problems were not found in men, but the FDA has recommended that everyone (even children) seek alternative medicines.

Having taken a few of this medicine at one time or another, I called CVS to see if there was any truth to this e-mail. They said that it was so, and if have any of these products at home, I should stop using them. CVS has removed all products containing this chemical from their shelves.


i really dont know if this is true or something, coz i havent proved anything, whenever i have cold, i dont drink any medicines at all.... i just drink plenty of water...
so, its up to you if ull believe this, .. we have our own will...

-♥rhea♥


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*no copyright infringement intended nor any infringement intended*
(just for sharing... and knowledge added to my fellow friends/chemists)

PS:
~nothing against decolgen (or any similar content) and/or  to phenylpropanolamine

a new element added to our MSDS

since 2007...


NEW ELEMENT IN THE PERIODIC TABLE

Element : WOMEN
Symbol : WO+

Atomic mass : Accepted as 53.6 Kg; isotopes
may vary from 40-200 kg.
Occurrence : Copious quantities in all urban areas.

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
1. Boils at room temperature
2. Freezes without any known reason.
3. Melts if given special treatment.
4. Bitter, if incorrectly used.
5. Sweet as Honey if given a proper treatment.

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
1. Have great affinity for Gold, Silver and a range of precious stones and absorbs great quantities of expensive substances.
2. May explode spontaneously without prior warning and for no known reason.
3. Insoluble in liquids, but activity greatly increases by that.
4. Most powerful money reducing agent known to man.


COMMON USES
1. Highly ornamental, especially in sports cars.
2. Can be great aid to relaxation.

TESTS
1. Pure sp!ecimen turns rosy pink when happy.
2. Turns green when placed behind a better specimen.


POTENTIAL HAZARD
illegal to possess more than one, although several can be maintained !! WARNING !!
at different locations as long as specimens do not come in direct contact with each other.

PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS ELEMENT CAN CAUSE SEVERE FINANCIAL HAEMORRHAGING AND MENTAL DISTRESS.
BE CAUTIOUS


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*no copyright infringemnt intended nor any infringement*
(for additional info purposes for my fellow friends/chemists)

PS:
~nothing against the old periodic table of elements (because of the new element for fun)

Avoiding cancer...

cancer afffects most of the people in the world....


Cancer Update from John Hopkins

an update i got from an email....


Please circulate to all you know;
Cancer update
John Hopkins -


No plastic containers in micro



No water bottles in freezer.





No plastic wrap in microwave...



A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies.

Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.



Recently, Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us.

He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers...


This especially applies to foods that contain fat.

He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body...

Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food...
You get the same results, only without the dioxin.
So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else.

Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc.

He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper.
The dioxin problem is one of the reasons...

Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food.
Cover food with a paper towel instead.


we just need to be careful, and avoid causing bad to our own body...
what we feel on our body, .. are the effects of the things we take into our body..
-♥rhea♥


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*no copyright infringment intended nor any infringement intended*
(for sharing and adding knowledge purposes)

PS:
~nothing against plastics (containers, bottles, etc)

Drinking sweets...

an article about diet sodas...

SWEET POISON

A MUST READ

 

a story i got from an email...it goes like this...

In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around.  Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain.

By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications.  The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick.she just knew she was dying. She put her house, bank accounts, lifeinsurance, etc.,  in her oldest daughter's name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of.

She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a  wheelchair) for March 22 ^nd.

On March 19 I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS.
I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda? She told me that she did.  As a matter of  fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment.

I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda!
I e-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer, had sent.
My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk!  The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but she sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when she got home.

Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind.
In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda...and literally dying a slow and miserable death.

When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a complete recovery.
And she is walking! No wheelchair! This article saved her life.
If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the label; DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!

its not really bad to take aspartame (from phenyl..) on our body, the thing thats really bad when you consume so much of it, when its only the amino acid that ur taking on ur body coz we need to balance all the amino acids, and when the temp of it exceeds the limit (30 degrees celsius - based on my conversion from 85 degrees fahrenheit) -♥rhea♥

I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME," marketed as 'NutraSweet, ' 'Equal,' and  'Spoonful.'

In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant.
I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject.
I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F (30 degrees celsius), the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic  acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. Many people were being diagnosed in error.  Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, Methanol toxicity is!

as you had read, theres an explanation on why aspartame causes bad effects on our body... no one says that you musnt drink diet sodas, but you must avoid it, especially when u drink it everyday, and nothing to balance it... - ♥rhea♥

Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers.  The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition.
We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.

In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly.

This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.
During a lecture, I said, "If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness,  headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!"
People were jumping up during the lecture saying, "I have some of these symptoms. Is it reversible?"

Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels! Many products are fortified with it!  This is a serious problem.
Dr. Espart (one of my speakers)  remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice, a nurse stated that six of her friends,  who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence!

Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates.  It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

 i think this is really true, it makes you gain more weight, as what i had experience (maybe)... so if you want to drink one,dont drink everyday....try to balance everything that you intake.... -♥rhea♥

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs.  Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin andis used primarily to preserve "tissue specimens." Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!

Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the "diet products" and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

i still dont know it this is true (gonna lose weight when you stop drinking a diet products without adding exercise or other dietson the food intake), ... maybe after my trial period, i can prove this part.... as soon as i know the results, ill post a reply on this entry -♥rhea♥

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics.
We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame.
The Aspartame drives the  bloodsugar out of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino acids  necessary for a good balance.

Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE. Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrierand it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage, seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, uncontrollable anger and rage.

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics as well.
Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these  chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called "behavior modification prescription drugs" (Ritalin and others)  are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place!  Most of these children were being "poisoned" on a daily basis with the very foods that were "better for them than sugar."

It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.

Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e. mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy.
Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners.  There are many different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly poison."

Herein lies the problem:
There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets.

Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED!
There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced.  Everybody wants a "piece of the Aspartame pie." I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.

And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes   Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians?

This has been recently exposed in the New York Times.
These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or convey  their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products.

Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants.  The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms.
The bill was  killed.

It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and uninformed public. Well, you're Informed now!

YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO  KNOW!

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*no copyright infringement intended nor any infringement*
(for sharing, and adding knowledge to my fellow friends/collegues/chemists)

PS:
~nothing against diet sodas (coke or pepsi) nor to aspartame (or any similar content)

Drinking warm water....

An article about warm water, ...


Not only about the warm water after your meal, but about heart attacks . The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water, maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating.

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let ' s be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.


A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this message (sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we ' ll save at least one life). Read this & Send/share to a friend. It could save a life.


a common email.... but with additional information given...

Drinking cold water after meal = Cancer!
(this is not a joke)


For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal.
However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed.
It will slow down the digestion.

Once this "sludge" reacted with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food.
It will line the intestine.

Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer.
It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal. 

 

A Serious note about Heart Attacks 
 

HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE": (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!)

Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting.
Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep.
Let's be careful and be aware.
The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10  
people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
Read this.....  It could save your life!!

Let's say it's 6.15 pm and you're driving home .

Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out
into your arm and up into your jaw.
You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home.
Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far.
You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you
how to perform it on yourself.

 

"HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE":

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help,
the person whose heart is beating
improperly and who begins to feel faint,
has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.
A deep breath should be taken before each cough,
deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.
A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds
without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze
the heart and keep the blood circulating The squeezing pressure on the heart
also helps it regain normal rhythm.
In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many
other people as possible about this.
It could save their lives!! "

i got this from 2 emails from friend/s...

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*no copyright infringement intended nor any infringement*
(just for sharing, and also to add knowledge to my fellow chemists or collegues)

PS:
~ nothing against cold water (H2O) or anything