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Listeria OUTBREAK linked to recalled ice cream cups feared to have spread in 20 states

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Epidemiologic and traceback data show that as of Aug. 10, two people have been hospitalized in New York state and Pennsylvania after eating the brand's vanilla chocolate ice cream and getting sick, said the CDC. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) collected an unopened sample from an ill person's home and found it positive for L. monocytogenes.The Brooklyn-based Real Kosher Ice Cream, meanwhile, has been cooperating with the FDA. It has voluntarily recalled ...

Study: Drinking at least 2 cups of coffee a day helps maintain healthy blood pressure

February 15, 2023 -

The study was published in the journal Nutrients.Coffee and heart health

Coffee is an integral part of the culture in Italy and the beverage also has many fans worldwide. In 2020 and 2021, estimates revealed that the world consumed a whopping 10 million tons of coffee.

While experts don't always agree on coffee's health implications, data from recent studies suggest that drinking coffee can help lower the risk of several conditions like cardiovascular disease, ...

Study: Eating foods with natural antimicrobial compounds can help shape your gut microbiota

November 22, 2022 -

But according to a study published in the journal Gut Microbes, prebiotic and probiotic foods are not the only foods that can help you maintain a healthy intestinal microflora. Some commonly consumed foods contain compounds with antimicrobial effects that could also help control the growth of certain bacterial communities.How foods and medications affect your gut microbiota

Your gut is home to 100 trillion microorganisms that range from single-celled protozoa and bacteria ...

Regular consumption of tea found to reduce risk of dementia and improve cognitive function

January 16, 2023 -

Fortunately, a study has found that there's an easy way to improve cognitive function.

According to researchers, consuming tea can help inhibit or slow down the aging of the brain and improve cognitive function. Details of the study were published in the journal Translational Psychiatry.Tea consumption and disease prevention

A team that includes neurology researchers from Fudan University-affiliated Huashan Hospital and the Department of Neurology of Qingdao University-affiliated ...

UN report warns that SUPERBUGS could kill up to 10M people each year by 2050

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The UN Environment Program (UNEP) sounded the alarm about superbugs in a report, adding that antimicrobial resistance – an umbrella term for bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi that are evolving to evade our medicines – could be responsible for an additional 10 million deaths each year by 2050.

Drug-resistant infections already directly kill millions of people around the world. In the U.S., more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections are reported each year....

A cup of joe and gut health: Is coffee bad for the probiotics in your gut?

December 22, 2022 -

Here are some things to consider if you need a cup of joe every morning but are also worried about your gut health.What are probiotics?

Dr. Lea Ann Chen, a gastroenterologist and assistant professor of medicine and pharmacology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, defines probiotics as "living microbes that confer beneficial effects on their host."

This means probiotics are "bacteria that support your gut health and function." You can find probiotics ...

Roughly 87,000 Disney-themed clothes for children RECALLED over lead poisoning risk

December 07, 2022 -

Families were urged to immediately discard the recalled products. The kids' clothes, which were manufactured in Egypt, were distributed by major retailers all over the United States, including TJ Maxx, DD's/Ross, Burlington and Amazon between November 2021 and August 2022.

The recall involved children's clothing sets in nine different Disney-themed styles, with pictures of popular characters Yoda, Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Winnie the Pooh. They were priced between ...

Pharmaceutical waste: Over 25% of rivers worldwide contaminated with potentially toxic levels of prescription drugs

November 11, 2022 -

The study published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looked at the presence of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in the world's rivers. Researchers involved in the study found concentrations of over-the-counter and prescription drugs at potentially toxic levels in more than a quarter of the locations studied.

To measure the presence of 61 pharmaceutical substances, researchers obtained water samples from 258 rivers in 104 countries across ...

Widespread use of disinfectants and hand sanitizers (quaternary ammonium compounds) is fueling the asthma and infertility crisis

May 15, 2023 -

Mass hysteria led to widespread use of disinfectants that contain quaternary ammonium compounds (or quats for short). Widespread exposure to quats has only polluted the environment with toxic chemicals that exacerbate antimicrobial resistance and various human health problems – notably asthma and infertility. These chemical compounds are also linked to dermatitis, inflammation, and birth defects and can disrupt metabolic function such as lipid homeostasis and impair estrogen levels ...

Boost longevity with a cup of delicious cold brew coffee (Recipes included)

December 01, 2022 -

According to research, drinking one or two cups of coffee offers many benefits. It can even help boost your longevity.How can coffee boost your longevity?

The journal Annals of Internal Medicine reported news about two large-scale longitudinal studies completed in 2017. One of the studies, which involved 10 European countries and over half a million people followed for more than 16 years, had very convincing results.

The results of the first study showed that ...

How to make a DIY hand sanitizer using essential oils

April 11, 2023 -

Gaye Levy of Backdoor Survival shares her recipe for an everyday non-alcohol-based hand sanitizer – a moisturizing gel that will not only clean your hands but also nourish them, thanks to the wonderful qualities of 100 percent organic, cold-pressed aloe vera gel, organic coconut oil and a blend of powerful essential oils.DIY All-natural hand sanitizer

To make a 1 cup/8 ounce solution, you will need the following ingredients:

Mix everything together, ...

The human immune system has been COMPROMISED in pursuit of producing fatter chickens, thanks to indiscriminate antibiotic use

April 28, 2023 -

A study conducted by scientists at the University of Oxford has found that the antimicrobial colistin, previously used as a growth promoter on pig and chicken farms in China, resulted in the emergence of Escherichia coli strains that are more likely to evade the body's initial defense mechanism.

"This is potentially much more dangerous than resistance to antibiotics," warned study lead author Craig MacLean, a professor of Evolution and Microbiology at Oxford. "It highlights ...

STUDY: Use of “last-resort” antibiotic colistin in animal feed driving global spread of superbugs

March 29, 2023 -

The drug causes an increase in proliferation of superbugs when used in livestock feed, the study found. In 2015, there was global alarm when a colistin-resistant superbug was discovered.

According to the piece, colistin is still being sold by richer nations to farmers in places such as Pakistan to boost growth and prevent the spread of disease, despite warnings from experts that its use in animal feed should be banned.

"The use of human antibiotics in animal feeds ...

Prepper essentials: 15 Uses of cooking oil that you may not know about

November 28, 2022 -

For example, something like cooking oil can be used to polish furniture or clean leather.

You can use any type of cooking oil, but vegetable oil is the cheapest and most frequently used cooking oil in American homes.

Detailed below are 15 uses of cooking oil that you may not know about. (h/t to SurvivalSullivan.com)Birdbath or duck pool maintenance

Keep birdbaths or duck pools mosquito-free by adding a cupful of clean cooking oil into the water.

The ...

FDA recalls green organic kiwifruit from 14 states due to potential LISTERIA contamination

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After testing on the affected fruit revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, a potentially deadly infection, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall, tracing the contamination back to two particular kiwi growers in New Zealand.

The recalled kiwis were repackaged locally for the U.S. market in one-pound clear plastic clamshells bearing the Zespri brand name and UPC code 8 18849 02009 3. The affected fruit also has a sticker on it featuring ...

Wild foods you can forage and pickle for long-term storage

June 01, 2023 -

Burdock root

Try to choose roots from plants that are between two and four years old. Anything smaller than that will be too insignificant for the effort, and older roots are woody and bland. A burdock plant's age can be determined by its size.

While any vinegar can be used to pickle foraged roots, try using Japanese rice vinegar to make "yamagobo" – pickled burdock root marinated in a mixture of rice vinegar, sugar and salt. Tangy, sweet and refreshingly crunchy, yamagobo ...

Robert Scott Bell: Healing the GUT also heals the LIVER and immune system – Brighteon.TV

July 05, 2023 -

"Healing the gut is healing the liver as well, and healing the immune system – the home for the microbiome. To protect you from infection when you have liver disease, for instance, we talked about many things that can address infection. [These include] silver, other immuno-modulators, echinacea and probiotics in general," he said during a recent episode of "The Robert Scott Bell Show" on Brighteon.TV.

According to Bell, there are several ways to prevent infections in people ...

Common disinfectant wipes may contain DANGEROUS CHEMICALS, warn researchers

May 24, 2023 -

What are quaternary ammonium compounds?

Quaternary ammonium compounds, or quats, refer to a class of hundreds of chemicals also used in paints, pesticides, hand sanitizers, personal care products and more.

Considered pesticides, quats are used in antimicrobial products like disinfectants and sanitizers that kill bacteria and viruses on surfaces.

More than 2,000 pesticide products contain quats. Quats are also found in aerosols, pressurized liquids, ready-to-use sprays, soluble ...

Colloidal silver a powerful remedy against superbugs, study finds

February 08, 2023 -

Certain hard-to-fight infections die on contact with silver, the scientists revealed in their paper, which was published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. The antimicrobial properties of silver nanoparticles, or microscopic spheres of silver small enough to operate at the cellular level, could aid in the fight against antibiotic-resistant infections, which kill more than a million people globally every single year.

The purpose of the study was to test the efficacy ...

Here’s why you should eat more millet, a superfood packed with protein and fiber

December 01, 2022 -

This ancient grain may not be as popular as oatmeal or quinoa, but this corn-like seed grain is a great source of fiber.

If you're looking for an alternative to brown rice and oatmeal, try millet.Millet: A nutritious cereal grass

Millet is a type of cereal grass from the Poaceae family.

While millet is also commonly found in bird food, it is also a nutritious grain for the human diet. In fact, many countries worldwide consider millet a diet staple.

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