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( Natural News ) A 2021 congressional investigation found elevated levels of arsenic, mercury, cadmium and lead in popular baby food products. These heavy metals are potent neurotoxins that can damage neurological development, leading to developmental delays and autism in young children .

Baby food manufacturers such as Gerber, Beech-Nut, and Plum Organics were implicated in the investigation. These companies are allowed to police their own products, and they are not held liable when their products contain dangerous levels of heavy metals. According to the report , the manufacturers knew for years that their products were poisoning children. Will the manufacturers be held liable for deceptive marketing practices? Can the manufacturers be held liable for causing developmental delays and autism in children? Heavy metals in baby food contribute to autism

Attorney Pedram Esfandiary spoke with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on “The Defender Podcast” to address this serious issue. Esfandiary takes on consumer fraud litigation, pharmaceutical drug liability cases, class actions and toxic tort injuries.

Esfandiary spoke about the recent investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. “They found these metals in leading baby food brands sold across the United States and across the world. Actually, they found that these companies have sold these products and had repeatedly ignored both their own internal safety standards and that of the safety centers of regulators.”

He also said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t even have a limit for heavy metals in baby food. “These baby food manufacturers basically regulate themselves, and it turns out that in the interest of profits, they simply didn’t care how much heavy metal was in the food,” Esfandiary said. Many of the toxic baby food products are labeled “organic.” These organic ingredients may still contain heavy metals that leach into the soil and the crops through pesticide drift and water table contamination. The “organic” label is often used to claim the product is safer for children, but much of these claims are deceptive marketing practices.

Esfandiary works with clients whose children developed autism after primarily ingesting commercial baby food. “American children ate these foods and we have higher rates of autism all across the country in recent years,” Esfandiary said of the correlation. The lawyer is working on a case involving an eight-year-old boy named Noah whose autism can be correlated to the level of heavy metals he consumed from commercial baby food.

Noah was on a diet of commercial baby foods from four months to three years old. Noah consumed “substantial amounts” of these commercial baby foods, eating repeated portions throughout the day. Despite being fed, Noah’s neurological development suffered over time. He was diagnosed with autism and ADHD, two conditions that have been debilitating for him and his family.

Esfandiary filed a case in the LA State Court and wants to hold baby food manufacturers accountable for the brain damage. Baby food manufacturers knew their products were harmful for years

The worst part about this mass poisoning of babies and toddlers is that the companies have known for years that their products contain high levels of heavy metals. Esfandiary said, “the documents that these companies have already given to congressional investigators show that they knew about this, years and years ago, but for whatever reason, ignored it — and kept selling the product and didn’t bring it to Congress’ attention until 2021.”

According to the company’s own documents, one of the ingredients used in the baby food contains approximately 1,000 parts per billion of arsenic and 100 parts per billion of lead . These levels are scientifically proven to damage the human brain.

Kennedy said the companies can get away with poisoning children because of loopholes provided by the FDA. The agency allows the manufacturers to test individual ingredients instead of the finished product. If multiple ingredients contain high levels of heavy metals but individually do not surpass the FDA’s heavy metal limits, they can still be combined together in the final product. The final product may contain dangerous levels of heavy metals, but the product is ultimately sold to consumers because the individual ingredients were not considered a threat. The FDA is currently implementing new standards called “ Closer to Zero: Action Plan for Baby Foods .”

“The best way to reform this kind of behavior in many cases is litigation,” Kennedy said. “If these companies know that they can get away with anything they want with the [FDA], the one place where they face justice – and are accountable for the harm they’ve imposed on our children – is in the courthouse.”

Sources include:

Oversight.House.gov

FDA.gov

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( Natural News ) A research paper published in the journal Endocrinology sheds light on the power of, well, light to heal the body.

When ultraviolet (UV) light hits the skin, the study found, it sends healing energy, you might say, to several key areas of the body. Two of them are the brain and the endocrine system, which is where hormones are made.

As a self-regulating protective barrier organ, your skin comes equipped with certain sensory and computing capabilities that counteract environmental stressors and maintain and restore disrupted cutaneous homeostasis.

“These complex functions are coordinated by a cutaneous neuro-endocrine system that also communicates in a bidirectional fashion with the central nervous, endocrine, and immune systems, all acting in concert to control body homeostasis,” the paper explains.

“Although UV energy has played an important role in the origin and evolution of life, UV absorption by the skin not only triggers mechanisms that defend skin integrity and regulate global homeostasis but also induces skin pathology (e.g., cancer, aging, autoimmune responses).”

These effects are secondary, the paper goes on to reveal, to the transduction of UV electromagnetic energy into chemical, hormonal and neural signals, which are defined by the nature of the chromophores and tissue compartments that receive specific UV wavelengths. UV light can help with autoimmune disorders, mood problems, addictions and obesity

UV radiation also has the ability to upregulate local neuroendocrine axes, with UVB being more efficient at the process than UVA. This induces the production of cytokines, corticotropin-releasing hormone, urocortins, proopiomelanocortin-peptides and enkephalins. Other substances can also be released into circulation to exert systemic effects, including activation of the central hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, opioidogenic effects and immunosuppression, all independent of vitamin D synthesis.

“Similar effects are seen after exposure of the eyes and skin to UV, through which UVB activates hypothalamic paraventricular and arcuate nuclei and exerts very rapid stimulatory effects on the brain,” the paper further explains.

“Thus, UV touches the brain and central neuroendocrine system to reset body homeostasis. This invites multiple therapeutic applications of UV radiation, for example, in the management of autoimmune and mood disorders, addiction, and obesity.”

When one wears sunscreen, it is important to note, none of these benefits are attained because sunblock prevents UV light from penetrating the skin. This is why the sunscreen push and all the fearmongering about skin cancer is so misguided.

By depriving your body of UV light, you are depriving it of a key healing agent that is unmatched in terms of its ability to synthesize with the systems of the body.

During the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) plandemic , doctors at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles used UV light to treat sick patients , and with much success.

Intermittent UVA light was pulsed through a novel endotracheal medical device, helping to rid patients’ bodies of infection.

“Our team has shown that administering a specific spectrum of UV-A light can eradicate viruses in infected human cells (including coronavirus) and bacteria in the area while preserving healthy cells,” stated Dr. Mark Pimental, MD, who has been working with the technology since 2016.

UV light is a key determinant of life on earth, it turns out. Without it, all mammals would certainly die, as would everything else for that matter.

UV light is critical for vibrant health. A lack of exposure to it has been linked to all sorts of health conditions, which is why phototherapy is showing incredible success in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, multiple sclerosis, and scleroderma.

“UV may even be employed to regulate body metabolism, food intake, and appetite via its effects on POMC (proopiomelanocortin, a protein coding gene), CRH (corticotropin-releasing hormone), and agouti-related protein signaling,” the study adds.

More related news can be found at Cures.news .

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( Natural News ) Scientists long believed that brain regeneration was not possible, but there’s growing evidence that a compound in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables may be able to carry out this remarkable feat.

In the 1960s, scientists first started to report evidence of brain regeneration in the hippocampus of adult guinea pigs and rats and the cortex of cats. After that, more evidence started to emerge illustrating how the brain is constantly in a state of self-regeneration and self-repair, using neural stem cells to fix aged and damaged tissue.

With this new evidence that it is indeed possible for the brain to regenerate, scientists wanted to find a way to help this process, and one particularly promising neurogenerative agent has emerged in the form of sulforaphane, a biomolecule that is found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli. Sulforaphane is providing new hope for those who suffer from neurodegenerative disease and brain damage .

A study that was published in the journal Genesis showed that sulforaphane may possess significant therapeutic properties that can fight the underlying pathological disturbances that are seen in people with common neurodegenerative diseases. These include inflammation, neuronal death, increased oxidative stress and perturbed calcium homeostasis. In addition to mitigating these factors, the authors of the study also believe that sulforaphane can stimulate neural stem cell activity.

In the study, the researchers were able to determine the optimal concentration of sulforaphane that can be used to promote neural stem cell growth while keeping neurons intact. They also found that exposing neural stem cells to sulforaphane can lead to their differentiation to neurons, which supports their hypothesis that sulforaphane can indeed stimulate brain repair. And it’s not just the brain that can benefit from sulforaphane . The compound has also been shown to be useful in treating around 200 other health conditions. For example, it has been linked to improved heart health and digestion. It is also believed to have anti-cancer and anti-diabetic effects and may even protect against sun damage. How to get more sulforaphane in your diet

Sulforaphane can be found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, kale, bok choy and cauliflower. Broccoli sprouts are considered to be one of the best sources of sulforaphane.

Researchers note that raw vegetables tend to have higher levels of this beneficial compound than cooked ones, with one study finding raw broccoli to contain 10 times the sulforaphane of cooked broccoli. If you simply cannot consume it raw, it is best to lightly steam cruciferous vegetables to preserve their beneficial compounds. Boiling or microwaving these vegetables is not recommended if you are trying to get the benefits of sulforaphane.

It is important to keep in mind that cruciferous vegetables must be chopped, chewed or cut in order to get the benefits. That’s because sulforaphane is only activated when it comes into contact with an enzyme involved in the defense response of plants known as glucoraphanin, which is released when the plant is damaged.

You can also enhance your intake of sulforaphane by adding mustard powder or mustard seed to your meals. The dietary myrosinase content of mustard seeds and powder can help raise the availability of sulforaphane in foods like broccoli, particularly when you are cooking these vegetables.

Although the researchers believe that further studies are needed, their finding serves as a powerful reminder of just how beneficial nature’s gifts can be when it comes to our health. Including more foods like broccoli in your diet could well have therapeutic value when it comes to brain degenerative disorders , something that is particularly timely as many people deal with the neurological effects of COVID-19 vaccines.

Sources for this article include:

GreenMedInfo.com

TheEpochTimes.com

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(Getty Images/iStockphoto) Feeling sluggish, foggy-brained and emotionally drained? And it’s only February?! You’re not alone.

Time for a brain boost. Neuroplasticity is the latest buzzword when it comes to cognitive wellness, and it refers to the brain ’s ability to rewire itself. Nutrition , along with other lifestyle factors, play a key role in this process, meaning there are ways you can protect your brain and support your mental health through things like diet, exercise routine and sleep.

Here’s how to hack your way to a healthier mind . The brain diet

Start with real food . The brain is mostly made up of fat and water, so eat plenty of healthy fats like oily fish, nuts, seeds and olive oil, particularly those high in long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, says podcast host Dr Rupy Aujla (@ doctors_kitchen ), author of Doctor’s Kitchen 3-2-1 (£16.99). “They have been shown to promote the growth of brain cells which can help maintain the adaptability of the brain and also provide quality protein , which is broken down into amino acids that are used for the production of neurotransmitters (the chemical messengers of the brain),” he says. “Dark leafy greens like cavolo nero, spinach, rocket and sprouts contain high amounts of phytonutrients that drastically reduce inflammation in the body, which can disrupt brain processes leading to symptoms of fatigue and low mood.” Dr Rupy Aujla is author of Doctor’s Kitchen 3-2-1 (The Doctor’s Kitchen) In fact, as a rule of thumb, the darker the food, the better, says neuroscientist Dr Tara Swart (@ drtaraswart ), author of bestselling title The Source (£10.99). “These foods contain anthocyanins, that contribute to neurogenesis (the growth of new neurons in the brain), a form of neuroplasticity,” she explains. “So try to go for black beans over cannellini beans, purple sprouting broccoli over regular where possible. Organic dark chocolate (containing over 80 per cent cocoa) and organic coffee count, too.”

Berries are particularly beneficial to the brain, as rich sources of polyphenols, Aujla adds. “They may also be involved in the production of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF, which is involved in the maintenance and survival of nerve cells and could be a critical component of protecting the brain against disease.”

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