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High blood pressure can lead to heart attack, stroke, diabetes, kidney failure and other diseases. Sugar may be as big a villain as salt in raising blood pressure. The typical modern diet, packed with both salt and sugar, is worst of all, says Dr Harry G Pruess of Georgetown University Medical School in USA. In …
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That rose scent may be concocted from any number of the fragrance industry’s 3,100 stock chemical ingredients. Modern fragrances are chemical concoctions. For perfumes to be affordable, real flower essences are replaced with synthetic fragrances which are loaded with chemicals, many of which are toxic to health. The chemical components in fragrance can be lumped …
The affinity of cancerous tissue for sugar is well known. Studies have shown that: > Those who consume fizzy drinks and syrup-based (squash) drinks twice or more times a day run a 90% higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer than those who never consume them. > Women with high blood sugar (hyperglycaemia) are more likely …
According to an industry source, to avoid alarming consumers about the use of toxic tableting or encapsulating agents, most manufacturers simply avoid the problem by not listing them on their label. “Flowing agents such as talcum powder, a suspected carcinogen (cancer-causing agent), are used routinely by most … manufacturers as well as polyvinylpyrrolidone, magnesium stearate …
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Psychologists now say that this is a dangerous myth. Some people use this theory as a licence to hurt others. Research has found that “letting it rip” with anger actually escalates anger and aggression and does nothing to help you (or the person you’re angry with) resolve the situation. It may take a lot of …