Italics are mine – Frank Trejo – Yesterday’s News Today
Author and journalist Mike Adams is with NewsTarget, an Internet site focused on health, wellness and medicine. For more information go to newstarget.com. This article appeared in the American Free Press:
MAINSTREAM TOUTS HEALTH BENEFITS OF DIET SODA IN RIDICULOUS REPORT
The “most retarded science journal of the year” award goes to The Journal of Urology, which has published an article suggesting that diet soda is actually an effective type of medicine for preventing kidney stones (June 19, 2010 issue). The research was led by Dr. Brian H. Eisner, a urologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, who is apparently completely clueless about human nutrition and the toxicity of aspartame.
According to Eisner, diet sodas are not only good medicine for preventive kidney stones, they’re also a good source of hydration. Noting that patients need to consume two to three liters of water each day, Eisner said in a Reuters article, “If drinking these sodas helps people reach that goal, then that may be a good thing.” One report states a can of Pepsi has around 11 spoons of sugar.(non-diet – I believe)
If you’re thinking this is some sort of April Fools joke, it isn’t. Eisner and the Journal of Urology are somehow convinced this is good research and that diet sodas may actually have a positive medicinal effect on the body. Instances of such “scientific” stupidity appear to be increasing in Western medicine where doctors remain wildly ignorant of the effects on the human body caused by processed ingredients or toxic chemical additives.
Aspartame, used as the primary sweetener in diet sodas, is a potent neurotoxin according to experts like Dr. Russell Blaylock. Many believe it promotes headaches, vision problems, endocrine system problems and nervous system disorders. It has never been proven safe for human consumption by any honest testing…Lets hear it for the FDA!
Most diet sodas also contain alarmingly high levels of phosphoric acid, a substance that causes a huge increase in acidity throughout the body, suppressing immune function, weakening bones and contributing to kidney stones, not preventing them. There is absolutely no question that diet soda is atrocious for your health. That a mainstream Western doctor would somehow conclude diet soda to be a medicine for preventing kidney stones is equivalent to declaring “pizza prevents heart disease” or smoking cigarettes prevents cancer.” It shows not merely the shocking nutritional ignorance of Eisner himself, but the utter lack of nutritional knowledge among his peers at The Journal of Urology, who somehow saw fit to publish his study.
I wonder if there are similar types of studies done with beer that we never read about. As a side, I quit drinking Budweiser because when I really got into it’s taste I found it to be a lousy tasting beer. It was because of their millions used in advertisements that promote billions in sales. I made up my mind – no more Bud especially once the company was sold to a foreign interest. I’m the “Buy American” type. Although it’s been hard finding goods produced in our country. Imagine, our U.S. flags come from China. Chingado Chinos, los estan chingando.( Ask Maria, your housekeeper to translate)
Pick-up a can of beer and the ingredients aren’t listed. It warns about driving impaired; may cause birth defects and “other health problems.” What could be causing “other health problems?” What must go on between lobbyists for the industry and the Food and Drug Administration is kept away from the public. The same applies to the tobacco industry. It is the criminals in government that are responsible.. . .article continues…
This is called science? Keep in mind that the entire claim is based on the idea that certain diet sodas contain citrate and that frequent consumption of citrate from natural sources – lemonade, lime juice etc – is well known to prevent kidney stones. Consuming natural lemonade actually does prevent kidney stones, but you can’t extrapolate from that and claim a lemon-flavored diet soda will accomplish the same thing. That’s like saying that since fruit helps prevent cancer, then drinking fruit punch must prevent cancer, too.
This research, by the way, never even tested diet sodas on human subjects. It’s really just a “thought experiment” from someone who isn’t even very good at thinking. The entire paper is the scientific equivalent of saying, “Hey, I betcha diet soda might prevent them kidney stones ‘cuz there’s citrate in it!” And The Journal of Urology was just silly enough to actually publish it as science. It makes you wonder: What are the requirements for having a scientific paper rejected by The Journal of Urology?
I bet a paper touting the very real benefits of the Amazon rainforests herb chanca piedra (Phyllanthus niruri) would be rejected by the journal. Chanca piedra is known as the “stonebreaker herb” throughout South America. It works to dissolve and eliminate kidney stones, but you’ll never see that in a science journal in North America. No, they are too busy touting the “medicinal benefits” of diet soda, if you can believe that. Lets hear it for the lobbyists!
At this point of the article, I would normally point out how little credibility remains in the world of Western medicine and its loony research conclusions. This is an industry that thinks medicinal herbs are dangerous, and that now apparently believes diet sodas are a form of medicine. Any discussion of “credibility” about such an industry is frankly just pointless. If aspartame and phosphoric acid were somehow good for you, America would be the healthiest nation in the world. And if diet sodas actually worked, then all the people drinking them wouldn’t be so obese, would they?
And if diet soda prevents kidney stones, then why are most people suffering from kidney stones the very same people who drink a lot of soda? If anything, diet soda might cause kidney stones. But I suppose The Journal of Urology can print exactly the opposite and call it “science” if they want, right? That’s exactly why what passes for modern science has lost so much credibility these days – because practically any corporate-sponsored idea, no matter how ridiculous, can end up being printed in a “scientific journal.” End of article
I suffered a mild heart attack three years ago. Had four stents put in, of course one of them went bad and had to be hospitalized to replace it. I asked the doctor where the stents came from (suspecting from China) he just nodded and gave no answer. I really wasn’t serious just being facetious. Never having been much for medications and shots – not even a Bayer or flu shots – never have had one.
The doctor prescribed four different pills I should take for the rest of my life. It was hard in the beginning to do so because I have a friend that went through the same procedure and never took the medication prescribed. “Frank” he said, “It is all BS. Doctors make a lot of money for medicines prescribed. My attack was 5 years ago and all I take is one ounce of vinegar every morning and I’m fine.” I thought about it but opted to take the medication instead.
Well, I don’t drink vinegar but I don’t take the medication every day. I skip a few days at a time and so far so good. The point is that some people do find cures outside the accepted way. I’ve even heard WD-40 is used by some arthritic patients to calm the pain. Vinegar also has hundreds of applications. What brought all this on? I don’t know, I just got here. . .I’m going after a six-pack and it won’t be Bud. . . I love you, America
I AM SORRY I HAVE ONLY ONE BAT TO SWING FOR MY COUNTRY
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