Toxins and Exitotoxins

Dentistry at a Crossroads: The demise of general dentistry
DrBicuspid.com
For example, expanded function dental assistants could be trained to perform reversible procedures such as amalgams and composites under the direct supervision of a dentist. Having dental therapists is, in essence, setting up a two-tiered system of care.

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Springvillejournal
Is the science on fluoridation really settled?
New Zealand Doctor Online
Health authorities in New Zealand, Australia, the USA and a few other countries endorse fluoridation in glowing terms, proclaiming the science is settled, and the benefits enormous. Opponents are accused of misinterpreting the science, peddling ...
Masterton council slammed over fluoride useWairarapa Times-Age
Foon Rhee: The fluoride wars come to Davis – and look who's leading the waySacramento Bee
Springville residents: Sink your teeth into fluoride's health benefitsSpringvillejournal
Cosmetic Dentistry Guide (press release) -Bonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald -Sydney Morning Herald
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EAT WELL: Salty signals
New Straits Times
In addition to table salt, sodium can also be found in monosodium glutamate (MSG), sodium nitrate, sodium benzoate, just to name a few. It's important to read the ingredient list of food products to see where your salt is hiding since it is present in ...

DepEd reminds canteens against selling junk food, softdrinks
Cebu Daily News
DepEd also prohibits the use of mono sodium glutamate or vetsin in food. Only iodized salt should be used to help eliminate the iodine deficiency disorder among school children. School canteen operators are required to post their menu indicating ...

ArtDiscover
Jonah Freeman y Justin Lowe: dream architecture in ArtBasel
ArtDiscover
The duo has created an architectural amalgam with sequences of hippie communes, wig shops, dead ends, dental clinics, movie ticket offices, residential halls, bathrooms, stores of absurd chemical products, ostentatious libraries, art galleries, fast ...

Fat What's It Good For?
ChicagoNow (blog)
Trans Fat: The bad guys, stay away!!! Trans fats increase the total cholesterol and lower the HDL. This product is everywhere and manufacturers can claim that the product is trans fat free if it contains less than 1/2 a gram per serving. This product ...

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KOMO News
Controlling pain affordably and effectively with diet and supplements
KOMO News
Caffeine, alcohol, monosodium glutamate (MSG), and aspartame (NutraSweet®). Vegetarianism as Dietary Manipulation. Animal fats in excess can also cause inflammation. A vegetarian diet has been advocated for fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis.

KOMO News
Controlling pain affordably and effectively with diet and supplements
KOMO News
Caffeine, alcohol, monosodium glutamate (MSG), and aspartame (NutraSweet®). Vegetarianism as Dietary Manipulation. Animal fats in excess can also cause inflammation. A vegetarian diet has been advocated for fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis.

Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
How safe is Splenda? Watchdog group urges caution in wake of new research
Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
"Sucralose may prove to be safer than saccharin, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium, but the forthcoming Italian study warrants careful scrutiny before we can be confident that the sweetener is safe for use in food," says CSPI executive director ...

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Migraine Triggers: 10 Surprising Culprits
Huffington Post
Other food additives, including MSG, aspartame and nitrites, could be headache culprits, though, again, much of the data is anecdotal and not scientific at this point. In people with celiac disease or an allergy, gluten can also cause migraines ...

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Headaches in the Good Old Summertime
PR Newswire (press release)
The sauces and dry rubs on those tasty ribs may contain monosodium glutamate (MSG) to which many headache sufferers are sensitive. The spread at a picnic may include aged cheeses, hot dogs and other meats with nitrates, and pickles – all items found ...

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Springvillejournal
Portland is an odd duck on fluoridation
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
When it comes to drinking water, Portland is an odd duck. Since 1956, voters have consistently rejected adding minuscule amounts of fluoride to their water supply to prevent tooth decay. They again flocked to the polls in May to kill the latest ballot ...
Springville residents: Sink your teeth into fluoride's health benefitsSpringvillejournal
Foon Rhee: The fluoride wars come to Davis – and look who's leading the waySacramento Bee
'Waste of money': calls for fluoridated water inquiry rejectedSydney Morning Herald
VEXNEWS -Scoop.co.nz (press release)
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Food Safety News
An Old School Business Goes New School on Food Safety
Food Safety News
Meat bound for sausage is blended with all-natural ingredients such as apples, aged cheddar, wine, or herbs and stuffed into natural casings; North Country does not use fillers, monosodium glutamate, artificial flavors, liquid smoke, or dyes in any of ...

Nearly all Calgary Board of Education schools have taken junk food off menu ...
MetroNews Canada
Questions remain for example, about the aspartame in diet soda, registered Calgary dietitian and mother of three Lindy Kennedy pointed out. Personally, she believes child education and moderation are most important and makes a point of including her ...

Alcohol labels may include nutrion info
Yahoo! New Zealand News
Wine, beer and liquor manufacturers don't have to list ingredients but must list substances people might be sensitive to, such as sulfites, certain food colourings and aspartame. Tom Hogue of the TTB said the aim of the ruling is to make sure alcohol ...

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Expression of genes controlling fat deposition in two genetically diverse beef ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The positive correlation between ACACA expression levels and total lipids, as well trans fatty acids, points to ACACA as a major player in intramuscular deposition in ruminants. Moreover, results reinforce the role of FABP4 in intramuscular fat ...

Ranch Dressing Soda: The Newest Flavor By Lester's Fixins
Huffington Post
<B>Ingredients:</b> Water, soybean oil, sugar buttermilk powder, contains 2% of less of each of the following: salt, distilled vinegar, modified corn starch, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, onion powder, garlic powder, monosodium glutamate, sorbic acid ...

Hamilton must vote again on fluoride
Stuff.co.nz
The Hamilton City Council has ample evidence to suggest it supported a vocal minority when it voted by seven votes to one to remove fluoride from the city's water supply. To begin with, it has overturned the result of the 2006 referendum when 38 per ...

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Metro.us
Aspartame: The Skinny on its Safety
Metro.us
Artificial sweeteners have gotten some bad press over the past few decades, in particular, aspartame, known commercially as Equal. It debuted in the 1960s and was approved by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in 1981. During the 1980s, reports that ...

CSPI Downgrades Splenda from “Safe” to “Caution”
Food Poisoning Bulletin
Chemical Cuisine, CSPI's page that gives consumers information on the safety of food additives, rates other artificial sweeteners saccharin, aspartame (Nutrasweet), and acesulfame potassium as “avoid”, which is their lowest rating. Michael F. Jacobson ...

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