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		<title>A to Z of Stress Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stress causes 80% of all diseases, says the American Medical Association. Here is a great reminder of 6 ways to relieve or prevent stress. Of course I would have changed the R &#8211; to Reflexology &#8211; have regular treatments, one of the best stress relievers I know! A To Z Of Stress Management View more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Stress causes 80% of all diseases, says the American Medical Association.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here is a great reminder of 6 ways to relieve or prevent stress. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Of course I would have changed the R &#8211; to Reflexology &#8211; have regular treatments, one of the best stress relievers I know!</span></span></p>
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		<title>Headache Solutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reflexology is a safe and effective way to relieve headaches. This video clip will show you how.]]></description>
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		<title>Are you Making Money as a Healer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you involved in the healing arts? Why did you get involved? Was it to help resolve a personal health challenge? Perhaps you like working with people, or simply want to make a difference in the world by helping wherever you can. Rarely does anyone get into this business to make the big bucks! However, this is a business, and we all have financial responsibilities so how do we deal with the business side of our work.</p>
<p>Let me share some simple tips that if followed can boost your level of professionalism, productivity and can avoid awkward moments when dealing with money issues and clients.</p>
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<p>When a client rushes in late, apologizing giving excuses how do you react? Do you give a partial treatment and finish the session as scheduled? Or do you tell them it is OK, that you will just start the session late and still give a full treatment?? I used to! Then one day I realized that it was the same clients who were consistently late for every appointment.</p>
<p>In the beginning when my practice was just growing I was happy to help out, however when I got busier it became very stressful for me keeping all my clients happy. How did I get my clients to change? Simple I changed myself. I decided that it was no longer OK for them to be late. If a client was late I explained that I would prefer them to be on time, as I had a schedule to keep to. The next time they were late I explained that the session would still have to end at the agreed time for the agreed fee, so their session time would be limited. If they wanted to receive a full session then they needed to arrive on time, or preferably five minutes early to give themselves chance to settle down and relax. As soon as the client realized that there was a consequence for their lateness it was amazing how quickly they managed to arrive on time.</p>
<p>Perhaps you the practitioner find it difficult to keep to a strict time schedule, and find yourself running over. One way to solve this is to charge by the hour not by the session. Figure out your hourly rate lets use the example of $60 per hour $1 per minute. Let your clients know in advance that you charge by the hour. From personal experience as a practitioner many of my clients would want to chat or ask questions &#8220;outside&#8221; of their session time, which they considered &#8220;bonus&#8221; time. However when they realize that they are paying for this &#8220;bonus&#8221; time clients became much more time conscious. By respecting my time, and inviting the client to realize that my time whether treating or talking was the same dollar value became a win/win solution for everyone.</p>
<p>How to deal with price increases was another area of difficulty for me. This I solved by planning any price changes months in advance. I decided to review my price schedule twice a year</p>
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		<title>Self-Care for the Reflexologist</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To be a successful, professional Reflexologists takes time, care and attention. This self-care starts first with the Reflexologist. Only when you are fresh and balanced can you offer effective Reflexology treatments. Here are some tips and advice that we hope you will find useful. Self-care begins with the correct choice of equipment, correct techniques, ergonomics, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To be a successful, professional Reflexologists takes time, care and attention. This self-care starts first with the Reflexologist. Only when you are fresh and balanced can you offer effective Reflexology treatments. Here are some tips and advice that we hope you will find useful.</p>
<p>Self-care begins with the correct choice of equipment, correct techniques, ergonomics, energy protection, balanced lifestyle, staying within professional limits, keeping up to date with latest information and techniques&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong>Equipment</strong>:</p>
<p>Poor equipment may mean distorting the body both to observe the client&#8217;s feet prior to treatment and/or for the actual treatment. This is particularly so if the height of a chair/couch or the stool is not adjustable. An uncomfortable working position will lead to muscular tensions and, if prolonged, to aches and pains. Using equipment such as a LaFuma Reclining Chair or Reflexology Table and hydraulic stool with wheels height adjustable, will allow the therapist to maneuver easily without disturbing the settled client.</p>
<p><strong>Technique: </strong></p>
<p>Thumb walking seems to be the most used stroke and if done incorrectly can easily lead to joint problems including the &#8216;wear and tear&#8217; arthritis or to repetitive strain injuries. Carpal tunnel syndrome is another risk associated with bodywork as is trigger finger.</p>
<p>Ways to avoid these problems are to learn advanced techniques which use thumb pressure less often and instead, use the fingers and knuckles where practical. In addition, it is important that when thumb or finger walking that the most distal joints are kept flexed and are never fully straightened and locked between each &#8216;bite&#8217;. Also try to keep the working thumb reasonably in line to the fingers, not working in the opposite direction to the holding fingers.</p>
<p><strong>Ergonomics: <br />
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<p>If the arm, shoulder or hand muscles ache, then it is very much a time for self-care. Possibly the most effective way is to have an immediate Reflexology or remedial massage treatment with another therapist. Rarely is this practical, so the next best thing is to learn how to use massage to self-treat or, to learn appropriate stretches to relieve the aches. If the aches happen to be in the finger or thumb joints, then a simple &#8216;pull or tug&#8217; can often provide relief by allowing more synovial fluid into the joint for lubrication. Aches may also be eased by dipping the hands into very cold water for a few minutes, followed by a few minutes in warm water.</p>
<p>When training it may be better to build up endurance slowly, spreading out the practical work over several days rather than cramming a lot into one day. Carpal tunnel syndrome can largely be prevented by working with a straight wrist, but if it occurs, relief may be obtained by massaging the hand right up the arm to shoulder and neck and also by stretching regularly the arm flexor muscles and tendons to re-balance the overworked muscles.</p>
<p><strong>Energy:</strong></p>
<p>Usually giving a treatment provides an exchange of energies for the therapist who gives and receives. If the therapist feels tired at the end of giving a treatment then it may be important to assess what is going wrong. Are the shoulders raised when working as muscles tensed up like this burn up more energy than working in a relaxed way?</p>
<p>Consider also the &#8216;Chi&#8217; energy which is thought to originate in the hara, in the navel area. Is this energy free to circulate or is this area constricted? Remember also that to receive energy, the therapist needs to be grounded and so to have the feet on or as close to the ground as possible. Breathing needs to be deep and relaxed to provide the physical and mental energy needed.</p>
<p>Try not to work when tired. This may mean having a break of 10 to 30 minutes between clients. This time can either be used for resting or going through an energy producing exercise routine.</p>
<p><strong>Keeping Healthy:</strong></p>
<p>Maintain a balanced lifestyle, eating nutritious food and not forgetting to drink lots of water. A balanced lifestyle will ensure plenty of rest and relaxation as well as hobbies and other interests.</p>
<p>Have regular Reflexology treatments so that any disorders which Reflexology can help with are controlled and (as far as is possible) ill-health prevented.</p>
<p>Work in hygienic ways so as to prevent picking up infections from clients. For example always wash hands after treatments and always cleanse clients&#8217; feet.</p>
<p>Avoid working on areas of clients&#8217; feet which have Athlete&#8217;s Foot or make sure you use a Barrier Cream (we never perform Reflexology without this great cream).</p>
<p>Try to avoid working when unwell as the immune system will be at a low ebb.</p>
<p>Take regular aerobic and stretching exercises to keep fit and mobile.</p>
<p>Maintain interests outside of work and stay interested and ready to listen to clients.</p>
<p>Find out about network supports from other Reflexologists or groups which also include other therapists. It is good to swap information as well as treatments.</p>
<p>The therapist should be looking after her own feet too, seeing that corns and calluses are properly dealt with and using good moisturizing lotion regularly if prone to hard or dry skin.</p>
<p>Walk barefoot whenever possible and walk on the ground or grass when safe to do so and if the feet are misshapen then try remedial exercises.</p>
<p>Shoes of course need to be supportive and comfortable and preferably reasonably flat, keeping the high heels for special occasions only.</p>
<p><strong>Emotions:</strong></p>
<p>It is important for the Reflexologists not to see herself as a counselor to her client unless she is separately qualified in that area. The therapist needs to realize that the problems a client has are their own responsibility and not hers, so that she is able to let go of the client&#8217;s problems and any negativity as they leave the consulting rooms. Very often problems are solved or coped with by just being able to talk about them and the therapist may need this outlet herself and be able to offload problems in this way, without, of course, compromising any aspect of client confidentiality.</p>
<p><strong>Keep Up to Date:</strong></p>
<p>Reading professional magazines will help maintain a professional manner and interest as well as self-confidence in the therapy. Attending post graduate seminars and workshops is a good way of keeping up-to-date in what is a 21st century therapy with new knowledge and experiences coming through all the time.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>
<p>If a therapist wishes to build up his/her practice and work several days a week or even full-time, then it is vital to be able to look after themselves both physically and emotionally.</p>
<p>Equipment such as the La Fuma Reclining Chair and hydraulic stool can seem like a costly investment, however they are inexpensive when compared to the cost of taking time off through ill-health or repetitive strain.</p>
<p>Belonging to a network group takes time but can be emotionally energizing in its own right when one is able to talk about problems faced in being a therapist.</p>
<p>A healthy and relaxed therapist is more likely to be able to use energies for healing than a person who is tense and tired.</p>
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		<title>Why are Reflexology Charts different?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common questions we are asked is why are there so many different Reflexology charts, and which one is the correct one. Most charts are based on reiteration or a mirror image of the body. Zones are used to divide the body into ten segments. A grid like system corresponds each and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the most common questions we are asked is why are there so many different Reflexology charts, and which one is the correct one. Most charts are based on reiteration or a mirror image of the body. Zones are used to divide the body into ten segments. A grid like system corresponds each and every body part onto the feet and hands.<span id="more-387"></span></p>
<p><strong>Empirical Charts</strong> &#8211; charts gathered from personal experience. if someone has worked with specific problems they may have created a chart based on those patterns.</p>
<p><strong> Chinese tradition</strong> &#8211; Charts based on acupuncture meridians. These charts reflect correspondence with other parts of the body but not in a reiterative pattern.</p>
<p><strong> Artistic Charts</strong> &#8211; Charts done for an artistic effect. These charts are not usually accurate, as they are usually created for eye appeal. For example the sports company Reebok produced a Reflexology ad that had a very artistic chart.</p>
<p><strong> Ancient Charts</strong> &#8211; These are abundant throughout Asia. There are a number of pictographs and symbols whose meaning has been lost. Buddha&#8217;s footprints are an example of this.</p>
<p><strong> Reiterative Charts</strong> &#8211; Charts that mirror the body&#8217;s image. These charts are built based on zones to reflect the body in miniature on a body part.</p>
<p>The most amazing thing that we have found is that all of these charts seem to work for the Reflexologist who uses them.</p>
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		<title>What is Reflexology?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reflexology is the study of reflex – a fast response to stimulus and change. Reflex points located on the feet, hands and ears correspond with all the parts of the body, including organs, glands, limbs and nerves. Stimulation of specific regions located on the feet clear nerve pathways and soothe dis-ease. Stress causes 75% of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Reflexology is the study of reflex – a fast response to stimulus and change. Reflex points located on the feet, hands and ears correspond with all the parts of the body, including organs, glands, limbs and nerves. Stimulation of specific regions located on the feet clear nerve pathways and soothe dis-ease.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Stress causes 75% of all major illnesses; reflexology is a relaxing way to ease the body back into a state of balance.  Specialized techniques are used which slow the brainwaves down to a theta frequency; the relaxed frame of mind usually experienced prior to sleep. This deep state of relaxation replenishes energy levels and helps to restore health.<span id="more-1354"></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Reflexology stimulates and refreshes over 7,000 nerve endings.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">“Reflexology was very powerful, not only did it ease my arthritic pain and give me clarity of mind, but it also improved my confidence and the choices I made in my life.”  Stock Market Trader</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Reflexology can help&#8230;</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Asthma </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Blood Pressure </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Constipation </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Digestive problems </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Eczema </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Fatigue </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">General pain reduction </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Headaches and migraine </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Insomnia </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Jetlag </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Kidney Stones </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Low energy levels </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Migraine </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Neuralgia </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">PMT </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Respiratory infections </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Skin disorders </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sinusitis </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Stress and tension </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sluggish circulation </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Toothache </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Vertigo </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">and many other conditions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The 1996 China Reflexology Symposium Report concluded that over 300 research studies have shown reflexology provided improvement to 95% of 18,000 cases.</span></p>
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		<title>2010 Review &#8211; What Happened in the Natural Health World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 in review: Here&#8217;s what happened in the world of natural health and health freedom by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor (NaturalNews) With 2010 officially over, here&#8217;s a look at the trends and top stories of the year in the world of natural health and health freedom. Throughout 2010, we learned about all [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>2010 in review: <br />
 Here&#8217;s what happened in the world of natural health and health freedom</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">by Mike     Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> (NaturalNews) With 2010 officially over, here&#8217;s a look at the trends and     top stories of the year in the world of natural health and health freedom.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> Throughout 2010, we learned about all sorts of interesting chemicals being     used in the conventional food supply. We learned that window cleaning     chemicals are injected into fast food hamburger meat (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/9965df2aa9e51765f0204283930c268e/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/027872_a&#8230;</a>), and we learned     that soy protein is extracted using a highly explosive chemical called <strong>hexane</strong> (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/270c1f365aeb4725ad2035fc3d6cfbb4/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/026315_M&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> Water <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/1fc1fd0ecd5dee4a2c66c9a6643549c0/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">fluoridation</a> surfaced as a big issue of 2010, and <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/6d932bc48e50bf76aa50a00f1f500b5c/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">NaturalNews</a> published an article describing the criminality of fluoridation (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/014b8c86635cd621e5dae2a0c1cb1d96/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028913_f&#8230;</a>). </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> The American Chemistry Council, predictably, insisted that <strong><a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/d9c2d6e2dfdec6e72eb580d8fd1877fb/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">BPA</a> was safe for everyone</strong> (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/9be54d0d96bfa0b5ef03e4bee1f2776f/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/027975_A&#8230;</a>), even as new <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/68f13b9ba1255aa33cf0f1748c756844/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">evidence</a> emerged that BPA was actually quite dangerous and might promote <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/31e0505a2b7de3bf3d2536951eccde6b/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">cancer</a>.     Food packaging companies scrambled to release BPA-free <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/43c526fab70754462753c70952de7d58/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">products</a>,     but the chemical is still found throughout canned soups and many other     products.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"> In travel news, a Carnival Cruise Lines ship was stranded in November due     to an engine fire. Left with no food, bathrooms, <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/39bc2c7a4e59b6b8f5ef3d379e59cc3a/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">water</a> or electricity, the cruise passengers were rescued by the U.S. Navy who     brought &#8212; get this &#8212; Spam and Pop-Tarts! (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/90865ecdf828c4c38199b3849b84ea93/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030354_C&#8230;</a>)</span></span></p>
<h1>The truth comes out</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/490434f242e2d49c521070b4438f80b4/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">AIDS</a> / HIV documentary <em>House of Numbers</em> came out in 2010, rocking the     AIDS <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/46952d8bce557b2809e1caea9d876a60/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">industry</a> with intelligent questions that blew holes in conventional AIDS mythology (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/9c8d44e303e3a8da43dd2a9c8351eed0/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/027890_A&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong><a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/0ad76ff8f4b2c435b145843135fab3f6/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">Vitamin     D</a></strong> was huge news in 2010 as a steady stream of new evidence emerged,     showing how vitamin D can prevent breast cancer (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/bc1b605f80b380686ecfa5c3942f519e/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028119_v&#8230;</a>) and other     degenerative diseases. In 2010, the world came to realize that vitamin D <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/fa6313ff62e5b6ac0c1014728b4fcd99/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">deficiency</a> is now at pandemic proportions (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/41a66ee775dc1384f571e17ff492c369/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028357_v&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">We also learned more about the dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup and how     it promotes diabetes (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/1602829b3fc3f911719517b69083773d/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028340_d&#8230;</a>). The news about     HFCS got so bad that the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/73882fd6b61daec77a249886804d4518/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">corn     syrup</a> industry announced it was changing the name of the ingredient to     &#8220;<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/04dc563c7aaea62c94e6263a4be66d15/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">corn</a> sugar&#8221; in an effort to fool consumers.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">There was some good news on the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/9327df68bd7618419b9ee7e4e58c01f5/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">health     freedom</a> front in 2010, as <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/14e249d9e7c4e46a6c8c3ae3357c5c53/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">the     FDA</a> was defeated in the courts over its attempted <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/1cccd31e0385436c9063dd6cd44482a6/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">censorship</a> of a nutritional supplement (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/2acc4db5eeba29f0a1b56de0fc87503a/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028929_F&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">On the intellectual property side of things, the US Patent Office actually     took steps to invalidate corporate <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/6952fcc9117993f2f644beb6cb40cd2d/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">patents</a> on human genes (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/9269b915d826ba8c5325e5de51e67031/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030256_g&#8230;</a>). This isn&#8217;t a     done deal yet, but it&#8217;s a hopeful step in the right direction toward ending     ridiculous gene patents.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">In the &#8220;weird news&#8221; category, we learned about the giant spinning     hexagon on the planet <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/854694273cf2c2832e16fbc2fab40e83/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">Saturn</a>,     as photographed by NASA spacecraft (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/5cd5415f5c02dac1ed186127926627bc/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028797_S&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The supply of <strong>Rare Earth Elements</strong> began to be in trouble in 2010 as     we learned that many of the key components in electronics and solar panels     are actually derived from filthy mines in China where many of these metals     are about to be in critically short supply (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/9cdc05abcd8d4e6401fc820aa7068766/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028028_r&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">On the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/cb4cbb85f2996c8f3f8bd485bd30b684/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">superfood</a> news side, 2010 saw the introduction of the Boku Super Food Bar (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/3798414c52276965319c0f765e915697/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030340_B&#8230;</a>), which is the     first superfood bar created by the People (using survey results from     NaturalNews readers).</span></span></p>
<h1>Keeping tabs on the cattle</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/74f1d6d962c15b574d947f4773014c93/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">TSA</a> took center stage in 2010 for reaching down our pants and making us walk     through radiation-emitting microwave <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/093e5308189844ad1644f75c7b7eac65/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">body</a><a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/061e46ca7984c04305eee5264076df0e/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">sperm</a> mutations (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/138556446766c1dc9e3fe75217916a0b/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030607_n&#8230;</a>). In response to     the TSA&#8217;s outrageous behavior against a now-famous guy who refused to be     molested, I released a <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/176de3a7144d4440b6406a9c86019d80/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">song</a><em>Don&#8217;t Touch My Junk</em> which went super-viral across the &#8216;net (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/f87f41a6532ad7b12b54b0e22dc36247/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030450_D&#8230;</a>).</span> scanners. Esteemed scientists warned that the devices could promote cancer     and  called </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/64de999a0418f2f87beaa7f3c383618f/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">psychology</a> of TSA agents was compared to Nazi war criminals (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/5f2f4508244a90e7cc1213b0eeeba49d/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030563_T&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Sheriffs, meanwhile, announced they wanted a national database of     prescription drug users (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/e8822f3235b905ac7fa8aff5a22e7b82/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029736_s&#8230;</a>) so they could     track people who buy (and presumably sell) too many medications.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Big Sis Janet Napolitano announced that <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/0556762599124b5e280fd5428dd130a2/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">Wal-Mart</a> customers should all spy on each other and report anything     &#8220;suspicious.&#8221; (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/4b9a2ea9e9ce19d9ef3bc4568969ceb5/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030648_W&#8230;</a>) We launched a     suspicious looking Wal-Mart <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/fc8e1e2794a907b461c0a623d4c6de5d/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">video</a> in response, featuring all the bizarre photos of the &#8220;People of     Wal-Mart.&#8221; (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/0154fdb4d9869ed589bc1cd34c07f6a1/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=5&#8230;</a>)</span></span></p>
<h1>Vaccines</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Autism rates continued to climb in 2010, even     as mainstream medical authorities insist it isn&#8217;t caused by anything.     Especially not vaccines. (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/3d730a3b8db45d0518dfcd30f6d8dc11/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028310_a&#8230;</a>)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Speaking of <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/ad0c15f699554a9f7d3f3e13006f4033/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">vaccines</a>,     in 2010 we learned that vaccines are causing <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/b9ee056fc28fcb86b88a802700190e8c/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">convulsions</a> and seizures in children (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/982d974585c0db29eee2410d55a6acad/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028773_v&#8230;</a>). One of the     first batches made available in the year caused <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/162db0dade51a0ddf68526a873dbea7c/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">seizures</a> in children (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/8dcc7742bad1b0bae84183253b878574/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029334_f&#8230;</a>). At one point     in the year, the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/5bd5a8064d8bf2f3285dc11fe15656bb/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">FDA</a> admitted that vaccines had been contaminated with a pig <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/fd40f7f7337b25add10d3bb5c13a81bc/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">virus</a>,     but announced they were still safe (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/0d074edc194b94b3f517609341b5c037/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028832_r&#8230;</a>). <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/7bcacf15f22822ad2667d063f8a7fa22/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">Walgreens</a> announced its flu shot gift card (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/5d49c43c11f569e61d8d0ce709ccdfa0/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029511_W&#8230;</a>) and began     running nationwide <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/c6f05c2d4f79f1d423f6f6fe97241b84/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">propaganda</a> campaigns to promote <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/7c91f1810dc7089f37b64a55298fef21/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">flu</a> shots which, by the way, automatically contained the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/0633f6c4be042193139a201ca763b9a3/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">swine     flu vaccine</a> from last year, too.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Not too long after Walgreens issues its <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/10ddb0ce85f731a51e14047d0e72b0f0/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">flu     shot</a> gift card, Australia banned <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/1ff27d4cef99546fc92f17dcb9f8bf47/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">flu     vaccines</a> in children (for that batch, anyway) after they were found to     cause <strong>vomiting, fevers and seizures</strong>, sending numerous <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/5175ac9f62ba40f62bd3f7deae0fd5d7/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">children</a> to the hospital (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/777d93e44987c0c21294eec355bf55b1/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029586_A&#8230;</a>). Finland soon     banned <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/62a2503b7a83ac9c3a675a1e2846a30c/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">H1N1</a> vaccines after finding they caused narcolepsy (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/f847a255f49734d391c0efc9c07f05e8/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029596_v&#8230;</a>). Right after     this, I released my <strong>Vaccine Zombie</strong> song (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/638c2fc1013549f4cde24fa2f3da955f/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029607_V&#8230;</a>) which actually     didn&#8217;t do too well, as it was released during the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/46eed943b9ff70723477c39d72c8dcb8/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">vaccination</a> off season when people weren&#8217;t paying that much attention to vaccines yet     in North <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/480d81648ca48c9bd5562535dd5fee69/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">America</a>.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">In September, we published a story demolishing the quack <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/32ff551367edcd0c7dce49097e8c4cad/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">science</a> behind flu vaccines (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/c3ed921880493d62cf8a9917810a8fd5/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029641_v&#8230;</a>). The <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/ba2932e6d7d4be44a1858e6ad48bcfba/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">vaccine</a> industry was having a lousy Fall season in 2010, so they tried everything     ramp up vaccinations, including opening booths in airports, grocery stores     and even offering free vaccine shots at strip clubs! (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/a682250e73f1ebb9e8042296941f31f2/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029962_f&#8230;</a>)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><em>The Lancet</em> retracted Dr Wakefield&#8217;s famous paper linking vaccines to     <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/213f1a27781ec6ec6d4f01ccede2b084/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">autism</a>,     thereby <strong>rewriting medical <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/b3dc5dc5ef9e25fb3de2264eb5dd99f9/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">history</a></strong> in much the same way as the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/8480cc1cb029a90d6bbb81454961a3fb/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">lead</a> character in George Orwell&#8217;s <em>1984</em> book, where history was always     reconstructed to match the political illusions of the current <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/6602f4b863818ae8d36ad7a4f6502aeb/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">power</a> holders. (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/db24b537de106160e1f0e0ba382adc2c/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028101_T&#8230;</a>)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">To expose the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/3c0affe286aec16902b16e7215606c61/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">fraud</a> of the H1N1 swine <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/6703f792029f7eda89a08317085a1f3d/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">flu     vaccine</a> scheme, I offered a $10,000 reward for proof that the vaccine     was safe and effective (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/85f1a7ba53ec9fe4253d8687de5d9b57/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/027985_H&#8230;</a>), but no one     took me up on the offer, of course, since such evidence does not exist.     (That&#8217;s because they never adequately test these vaccines before they start     injecting people.)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Ultimately, it turned out that vitamin D worked far better at preventing     flu infections than vaccines anyway (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/72064dae7c0f87d9ec230416e9e6fae4/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029760_v&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">There was a lot of money floating around in the vaccine industry, of     course, especially as we learned that World Health Organization advisors     were on the take, receiving kickbacks from vaccine manufacturers (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/455073c571980ae902c3832b353805c2/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028936_W&#8230;</a>). In July, Dr     Gary Null published a powerful story exposing the quackery and lies of the     vaccine industry (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/08d3ff3f8c1b3f98b7c4ae631b17008f/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029124_f&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<h1>Chemotherapy</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">One of the more fascinating bits of news from     2010 was the revelation that pharmacists are getting cancer from handling     chemotherapy drugs! (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/ce909daf207fa029d0e195ccdb8bb3cb/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029191_s&#8230;</a>) Yet they still     sell them to others. Interesting, huh?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">As part of the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/727745a25047f880290b3a4a3d2eb55a/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">chemotherapy</a> push, the LA Times published a story that actually recommended what can     only be the most moronic <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/8afb510f9434d0984f4b89f1701716db/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">health</a> advice of the year: &#8220;Preventive chemotherapy&#8221; for those who don&#8217;t     yet have cancer. (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/67645c5256a9547ddb09aea927e4349f/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030181_L&#8230;</a>)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Chemotherapy was the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/ef0ed24475493e40db19b57f77b05ff1/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">drug</a> of choice for <strong>Michael Douglas</strong>, of course (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/8f407f29e1b1e57219d4e4752e37aa6b/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029685_M&#8230;</a>). He decided to     use it to &#8220;treat&#8221; his cancer, following in the footsteps of     Farrah Fawcett who died from chemotherapy last year. Celebrities just can&#8217;t     seem to get enough of chemo, and sadly we have to keep reporting on their     deaths each year. Former lead singer of the band LFO, Rich Cronin, also     passed away from chemo this year (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/d4cc7fc48bb262c50e470864a5d0fc02/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029699_c&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<h1>Disinfo</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The Institute of Medicine released new     recommendation on vitamin D. It turns out they were designed to keep     everybody vitamin D deficient while warning people not to take too much (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/0e20c7ba03f45198c42696177d54b0b5/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030598_v&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Continuing with nutritional disinfo, a <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/e99edb1c72a9baa7b39776ce976ec51e/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">nutrition</a> professor claims he lost <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/e75b1c549bccaaeafa4251f3d95c0656/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">weight</a> eating Twinkies (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/5d08ab8d0643548d538960c124e73568/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030616_j&#8230;</a>) but the media     stories neglected to mention you can lose weight on chemotherapy, too.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Sesame Street played a big role in the disinfo efforts of the year,     introducing new &#8220;superfood&#8221; muppets. One of them is a block of     cheese, and another is a hamburger bun. (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/8a959a0b0d754fbd7cbce0cd36e49458/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030626_m&#8230;</a>)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">On the psychiatric stage, 2010 saw the industry label healthy <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/a2967866e47b74c90eb257d08698f070/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">eating</a> a &#8220;mental disorder&#8221; that they dubbed <em>orthorexia nervosa</em><a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/f24ace7e570b14fa172b9ba08d261b86/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029098_o&#8230;</a>). That&#8217;s on top     of the similarly concocted <em>Oppositional Defiance Disorder</em> (ODD)     which is diagnosed in anyone who questions <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/78359d6720f30a61b5437fceba4b7c2a/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">authority</a> or refuses to get vaccinated.</span> (</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">As part of the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/4b7b19a4d3774b7012204ed6aa0cc195/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">Big     Pharma</a> push, doctors began urging <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/d871623a5bbec18f6284c2286dffa1fa/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">fast     food</a> restaurants to hand out <strong>statin <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/e9fc1cd9945e348460bc99488909cc87/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">drugs</a></strong> like ketchup packets (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/05b4a9ac6b640e25d4718b249ae46966/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029467_s&#8230;</a>). We posted a     video documenting this news, and it received over a quarter million views: <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/e73da9883c74c14b418d230f099124a9/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=D&#8230;</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">We also exposed the top health care lies still driving conventional     medicine (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/6ed1f69c0f8ca6f849609042a3169b2a/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028623_h&#8230;</a>), and we     revealed the ridiculous <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/3ec5e252eba76beb485cfbf595fc6662/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">pinkwashing</a> fraud with Komen&#8217;s promotion of Kentucky Fried Chicken (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/34142aae45262e32ffa9e8472f7003f6/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028631_K&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The Food Safety debate was a big deal during the end of 2010 (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/c7f892d555890629616cdf08b99a372e/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030461_S&#8230;</a>). The bill     ultimately passed. It contains language that asks to FDA to     &#8220;harmonize&#8221; the U.S. <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/266ddfc3467b87fc8a5759294792ed07/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">food     supply</a> with Codex Alimentarius (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/148a8dbe96d4aa23800fb43f7dc0bbcb/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030863_f&#8230;</a>). Is also has     the FDA setting up <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/b4c6f8733b1cf13028bb7b9e810193c9/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">food     safety</a> enforcement offices in <strong>foreign nations</strong>.</span></span></p>
<h1>Big Pharma fraud</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Dr. Scott Reuben, an esteemed Big Pharma     researcher, was caught faking dozens of <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/a2f8a3d0ebb67794dde32fc8e740d181/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">studies</a> upon which the medical industry relied to push popular prescription drugs (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/21fffbd19a34be0089e92adf36652700/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028194_S&#8230;</a>). To this day,     Dr Reuben&#8217;s <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/16bfa62e10b892d107394b01b66f4677/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">research</a> is still quoted in books and <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/d9a605dccfc409fe7ccf2ea37f162df2/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">medical     journals</a>, even though we now know he simply invented all the clinical     trial data.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">But Dr Reuben wasn&#8217;t the end of the pharmaceutical fraud news in 2010. We     also learned that virtually all placebo-controlled trials throughout the     industry were fraudulent to begin with because there are zero standards for     the composition of the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/f0821bf23d4eb55ba53ab277ab90ce20/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">placebo</a> pills, and what they&#8217;re made of is almost never reported in clinical trials     (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/d5441689c2ba5f92291fb5bd15a328b2/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030209_p&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">We also got news that a <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/39128f192ec2d296a72ccc97e6277987/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">doctor</a> recognized by the AMA, published in medical journals and tapped to teach     Continuing Medical Education credits was a total fraud, having fooled the     medical system for 20 years (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/b1bb6719716cf43d74e4273d3ca66bb9/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030729_W&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Johnson &amp; Johnson took center stage throughout 2010 with a seeming     never-ending stream of product recalls due to all sorts of <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/a61e85c922c0b47b1f19d82eb823e458/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">chemicals</a> and even <strong>metal fragments</strong> being found in their medicines. They were     also caught in a drug profit kickback scheme and were sued by the Justice     Department (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/6b38f0fc7f235387716053d5b0ab9b6f/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/027994_J&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<h1>Famous people</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">In 2010, we interviewed Jesse Ventura (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/b2842798e44e1a095155278ef71fcfc6/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028546_J&#8230;</a>), Daniel Vitalis     (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/3e7f33ddedf51e6790419f0dde239772/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028568_D&#8230;</a>), Suzy Cohen (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/3e46f047196bae1639819eacd53a0f32/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028614_S&#8230;</a>), David Wolfe (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/cb2547b17d370e7ce63b0a0c708e0fe5/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028839_c&#8230;</a>) and many other     well-known people.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Former President Bill Clinton announced he was following the &#8220;Heart     Attack Proof&#8221; <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/b1ef18d1cf52a06dc30788c6089764f7/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">diet</a> based on juicing and plant-based foods (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/4cc27136bc52e14e3ef29453904d8462/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029816_B&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<h1>Saving the planet from modern     &#8220;science&#8221;</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Of course, the Gulf of <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/c5265ce5927e810173d3ec0200027b84/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">Mexico</a> oil spill was a significant story in 2010 (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/bb71843322be32e8b629e6bf9bcbfd71/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028693_G&#8230;</a>), and in terms     of the pollution of <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/77154bc39e4bc6198f1fd99da4aa0aff/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">waterways</a>,     Big Pharma also emerged in 2010 as a major global polluter (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/ebdf3abf09d035ee2be0bbddbc852d43/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029314_w&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/f1280d68bdaf1b0385e9cfa09d1e26fd/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">GMO</a> stories of 2010 were simply amazing. We learned that the USA was pressuring     European countries to stop any GMO labeling of foods (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/b4d9e86ca05cef42a4249200118070b5/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028716_G&#8230;</a>), and then later     we learned through Wikileaks cables that the <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/7327f5141184e7e75a8718faeed8a416/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">United     States</a><a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/bc07ffcf000b430a9c78f29999e2e086/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">Europe</a> while creating a &#8220;retaliatory target list&#8221; of any who opposed it     (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/7e488807415fc7dfe398ee6c7f1e5057/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030828_G&#8230;</a>).</span> actually conspired with GMO corporations to push GMOs across </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">We also learned that the FDA looked eager to approve GMO salmon (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/1ee20a4c427473b94701fce42935da46/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029770_s&#8230;</a>), but thankfully     this decision was slowed by tremendous public outcry.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I launched my &#8220;Just Say No to GMO&#8221; song in October as part of the     GMO Awareness Month activities (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/991d50844d49e129d408f0ff002078b1/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030044_N&#8230;</a>). The song went     super-viral and eventually racked up more than half a million views     spanning four languages. Jeffrey Smith from the IRT continues to kick butt     exposing the truth about <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/cceec1afd10b8bc3884e82f49cf6d0e7/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">GMOs</a>.     In a successful fundraising effort, NaturalNews and its readers raised over     $30,000 to help fund the IRT (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/423de32ff32125e7f356daea5e7a7243/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030407_G&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The <strong>world <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/8f3a998e79fe850fa1397451d1134807/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">food</a> supply</strong> took major hits during 2010 as freakish weather events caused     droughts, floods and freezes that drastically reduced food supply in key     areas (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/ad3fea8604a803cd439b576f0e26a526/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/027924_f&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<h1>Censorship and Big Government</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">2010 was a big year of censorship. <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/e723773c0dd39c999de2a1f44e8211cb/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">YouTube</a> censored our interview with Jeffrey Smith about GMOs (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/de3590f94736542296198a8c91e01e84/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028718_Y&#8230;</a>) and then later     turned the video back on. Alex Jones saw his site removed from the Google     News search engine, and YouTube also announced it would drop his entire     video channel.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The FTC took part in the censorship, too, going after the POM Wonderful     company for telling the truth about the health benefits of its pomegranate <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/47c9454f8cf2453a47c09565b795dd6b/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">juice</a> products (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/1b01124af9ec76376563f0f4dbffa78e/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029901_p&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The Department of Homeland Security began seizing websites in 2010 (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/a96f34283f8375458202e66cc0e702fa/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030542_c&#8230;</a>), claiming     (illegal) authority over them. Thanks to <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/cbb7dc07814c448d632a1d3b288d0498/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">Wikileaks</a>,     the push is now on for <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/9d285afa4d335c27cdc0cb8d09c10502/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">government</a> to try to control the internet. <br />
 The <strong><a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/a370804843f26f7f01a40bb090407a67/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">raw     milk</a> wars</strong> were a big news item in 2010, as the FDA and state     authorities took aggressive action to criminalize and arrest raw <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/0ff06a8cd46552cc9c86a52898ba92e2/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">milk</a> producers (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/4c616a11e30cb71ed371365a039c30a3/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028757_r&#8230;</a>). Criminal     elements of the law enforcement community conducted an armed raid on a raw     food co-op in California (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/9d70008dc722fe0b67ef747fadaa827b/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/030136_R&#8230;</a>) called Rawesome     Foods. Their crime? They were selling raw milk.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Partly to protect our own video <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/c7532c495a616ab5c98475689e94c257/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">freedom</a> from censorship, we launched NaturalNews.TV which has now grown to the     largest <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/29b53237646d0d7f29778184716a43fb/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">natural     health</a> video site in the world, with over 10,000 members now uploading     videos (and growing daily). Soon popular video stars such as AZ Mike (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/ed2a1b502b37fbd6b22e2c6adc4ca6c3/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://naturalnews.tv/Browse.asp?me&#8230;</a>) and Magnus     Mulliner (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/ba978ac9391e412e32a0c17da923c480/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://naturalnews.tv/Browse.asp?me&#8230;</a>) emerged on the     site.</span></span></p>
<h1>Evil <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/2db99ecb8efda1da046ff97f0659de2b/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">experiments</a></h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">We saw Bill Gates emerge as a global population     control zealot, even funding new technology to destroy sperm (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/cc1dfff19a6f39864e4f70d5970222e5/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028853_u&#8230;</a>) and another     project to vaccinate people without their knowledge, using covert     technology (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/29587a4a7210bcd03ad022088812abcc/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/028887_v&#8230;</a>). Later in the     year, Gates was actually caught on video calling for a reduction in world     population through the use of vaccines (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/5effc9e8e501d24e6ea31b3d130409e2/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029911_v&#8230;</a>).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Meanwhile, the United States was caught red-handed in conducting medical     experiments on Guatemalan prisoners (<a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/1d750d6cb2568f7a21474a139119f734/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2" target="_blank">http://www.naturalnews.com/029924_m&#8230;</a>). Obama actually     had to pick up the phone and apologize for this embarrassing bit of history     that shows how governments always use innocents as guinea pigs to test     their drugs.</span></span></p>
<h1>What a year, huh?</h1>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">In addition to everything mentioned above, 2010     also saw the release of a huge number of studies supporting the healing use     of herbs and <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/5f5df02027de3115043fb06f8c3c0104/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">natural</a> remedies.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Still, 2010 was mostly a year of expanded censorship, attacks on health     freedom and expansions of government tyranny.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Fortunately for us all, 2011 &#8211; 2012 look to be far more positive in terms     of people waking up and contributing to global changes in consciousness     that will ultimately end this era of censorship and ignorance (see my     upcoming <a href="http://et.ratepoint.com/9b2fc2d3b56b9bcb5faa76b371c95539/eb7d38a477de17069095ef0cf86843c2">article</a> on 2011 predictions for details).</span></span></p>
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		<title>Indigestion pills are a major cause of &#8216;killer&#8217; pneumonia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Popular indigestion pills such as Zantac and Losec have this week been pinpointed as a major cause of pneumonia, a disease that can be a killer in the elderly. Acid suppressive drugs, as they’re known, are given to up to 70 per cent of elderly patients in hospital, and they are likely to be a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Popular indigestion pills such as Zantac and Losec have this week been pinpointed as a major cause of pneumonia, a disease that can be a killer in the elderly.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Acid suppressive drugs, as they’re known, are given to up to 70 per cent of elderly patients in hospital, and they are likely to be a major cause of pneumonia-related deaths, say researchers from Seoul National University Hospital in Korea.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The drugs increase the risk of respiratory tract infections and pneumonia, especially in close communities such as care homes and hospitals.  The researchers reckon the drugs are responsible for one out of every 200 cases of pneumonia acquired in hospital.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">However, young and old are equally susceptible, and everyone who takes the drugs increases their chances of developing pneumonia.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The drugs include proton pump inhibitors – such as Losec, Prilosec and Prevacid &#8211; and histamine2 receptor antagonists, including Zantac and Cimetidine.  Indigestion drugs are the second leading medication in the world, with sales of around $26bn every year.</span></p>
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 (Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2010; December 20; doi: 10.1053/cmaj.092129)  &gt;</span></p>
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		<title>Energy Healing Works, says Scientist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have long been an admirer of Dr Gary Schwartz, just to write his credentials would take up a whole page! Suffice to say he is the &#8220;real deal.&#8221; I bought his book &#8220;The Energy Healing Experiments&#8221; which validates energy healing, and devoured every word. His scientific explorations and information on Reiki energy is powerful [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have long been an admirer of Dr Gary Schwartz, just to write his credentials would take up a whole page!  Suffice to say he is the &#8220;real deal.&#8221;  I bought his book &#8220;The Energy Healing Experiments&#8221; which validates energy healing, and devoured every word.  His scientific explorations and information on Reiki energy is powerful and compelling.  Anyone who says negative things about Reiki, and how is is &#8220;not proven&#8221; has obviously not read this book, and seen the evidence and scientific data that Dr Schwartz has worked so hard to publish.  He validates Reiki, from a specific scientific standpoint, as a very valid and effective healing modality.</p>
<p>Here is a small clip of him speaking, and below that is a link to his book &#8220;The Energy Healing Experiments&#8221;. .  I highly recommend that you watch the video clip, it is quite short under 10 minutes, and then buy the book to read the evidence for your self.</p>
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<p>And here is the book that got me so excited when I found it, I could not put down till I read every page.  For any person interested in any type of energy healing (and he covers most of them in the book) this is a MUST BUY!</p>
<p>Speaking personally, the most profound and easy to use form of energy healing is Reiki.  I have used Reiki now for 18 years, and have seen the most amazing healings of body, mind and spirit happen. You  owe it to yourself and your family to read this book to see the science behing energy healing.  You also owe it to yourself and your family to take a course and learn Reiki.  Your life will never be the same again.</p>
<p>Ask us about our Traditional Japanese Reiki Trainings.  We have new class starting this fall.  Class dates are November 20th, 21st and 22nd, 2010 in Edmonton, Alberta teaching Traditional Japanese Reiki, Levels 1, 2 and Reiki Master Practitioner (Level 3).</p>
<p>To contact us send an email to info (a) universalreflex.com or call our toll free number 1-866-944-2576.  We look forward to hearing from you!</p>
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		<title>You are what you listen to&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have all heard that you are what you eat &#8211; but did you know that you are what you listen to? Watch this short video and be amazed. This text will be replaced by the player // Leave a comment and tell me your experiences with music.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">You have all heard that you are what you eat &#8211; but did you know that you are what you listen to?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Watch this short video and be amazed.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Leave a comment and tell me your experiences with music.</span></p>
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