Neuroscience Says Listening to This 1 Song Reduces Anxiety by up to 65 Percent

By Melanie Curtin, Inc.com

reduce stress mindfulness relax meditationEveryone knows they need to manage their stress. When things get difficult at work, school, or in your personal life, you can use as many tips, tricks, and techniques as you can get to calm your nerves.

So here’s a science-backed one: make a playlist of the 10 songs found to be the most relaxing on earth.

Sound therapies have long been popular as a way of relaxing and restoring one’s health. For centuries, indigenous cultures have used music to help enhance well-being and improve health conditions.

Now, neuroscientists out of the UK have specified which tunes give you the most bang for your musical buck.

The study was conducted on participants who attempted to solve difficult puzzles as quickly as possible while connected to sensors. The puzzles induced a certain level of stress, and participants listened to different songs while researchers measured brain activity as well as physiological states that included heart rate, blood pressure, and rate of breathing.

According to Dr. David Lewis-Hodgson of Mindlab International, which conducted the research, the top song produced a greater state of relaxation than any other music tested to date.

In fact, listening to that one song — Weightless — resulted in a striking 65 percent reduction in participants’ overall anxiety, and a 35 percent reduction in their usual physiological resting rates.

That is remarkable.

Equally remarkable is the fact that the song was actually constructed to do so. The group that created Weightless, Marconi Union, did so in collaboration with sound therapists. Its carefully arranged harmonies, rhythms and bass lines help slow a listener’s heart rate, reduce blood pressure and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

When it comes to lowering anxiety, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Stress either exacerbates or increases the risk of health issues like heart disease, obesity, depression, gastrointestinal problems, asthma, and more. More troubling still, a recent paper out of Harvard and Stanford found that health issues from job stress alone cause more deaths than diabetes, Alzheimer’s, or influenza.

In this age of constant bombardment, the science is clear: if you want your mind and body to last, you’ve got to prioritize giving them a rest. Music is an easy way to take some of the pressure off of all the pings, dings, apps, tags, texts, emails, appointments, meetings, and deadlines that can easily spike your stress level and leave you feeling drained and anxious.

Of the top track, Dr. David Lewis-Hodgson said, “Weightless was so effective, many women became drowsy and I would advise against driving while listening to the song because it could be dangerous.”

So don’t drive while listening to these, but do take advantage of them:

10. We Can Fly, by Rue du Soleil (Café Del Mar)

9. Canzonetta Sull’aria, by Mozart

8. Someone Like You, by Adele

7. Pure Shores, by All Saints

6. Please Don’t Go, by Barcelona

5. Strawberry Swing, by Coldplay

4. Watermark, by Enya

3. Mellomaniac (Chill Out Mix), by DJ Shah

2. Electra, by Airstream

1. Weightless, by Marconi Union

I made a public playlist of all of them on Spotify that runs about 50 minutes (it’s also downloadable).

There’s also a free 10-hour version of Weightless available if you want a longer listening experience.

“Where words fail, music speaks.”

– Hans Christian Andersen

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CDC Spider: The Biggest Medical Whistleblower Event In History

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by Brendan D. Murphy, co-founder Global Freedom Movement

The CDC SPIDER bites! CDC Whistleblowers Team Up and Demand “House Cleaning” and Lend Credence to Increasingly Critical Views of Authority Structures

While the mainstream media and medical/Big Pharma spokespeople were doing their best to ignore the raging conflagration that is the VAXXED phenomenon and pretend it isn’t happening, another major blow was just struck against the entrenched liars in politics claiming across-the-board “safety” and “zero risk” of vaccines (see: Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy). CDC whistleblower/confessor William Thompson – the primary subject of the VAXXED documentary – appears to have triggered somewhat of a whistleblower avalanche following his explosive confession that he and his superiors literally binned (yes, threw in the trash) hard evidence linking vaccines to autism, thus vindicating the work of numerous scientists around the world who have detected such causal connections.

CDC SPIDER

This most recent blow against such malfeasance and criminal conspiracy consists of a letter addressed to Chief of Staff Carmen Villa at the CDC and signed off on by a group of at least a dozen disenchanted/fed up CDC scientists identifying themselves as SPIDER (CDC Scientists Preserving Integrity, Diligence and Ethics in Research).1

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The Japanese practice of ‘forest bathing’ is scientifically proven to improve your health

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The tonic of the wilderness was Henry David Thoreau’s classic prescription for civilization and its discontents, offered in the 1854 essay Walden: Or, Life in the Woods. Now there’s scientific evidence supporting eco-therapy. The Japanese practice of forest bathing is proven to lower heart rate and blood pressure, reduce stress hormone production, boost the immune system, and improve overall feelings of wellbeing.

Forest bathing—basically just being in the presence of trees—became part of a national public health program in Japan in 1982 when the forestry ministry coined the phrase shinrin-yoku and promoted topiary as therapy. Nature appreciation—picnicking en masse under the cherry blossoms, for example—is a national pastime in Japan, so forest bathing quickly took. The environment’s wisdom has long been evident to the culture: Japan’s Zen masters asked: If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears, does it make a sound?  Continue reading “The Japanese practice of ‘forest bathing’ is scientifically proven to improve your health”

More Than 22,000 Brave Nurses Refusing to Submit to Mandatory Vaccinations

Nurses are required to wear face masks for refusing the flu vaccine.

Nurses are required to wear face masks for refusing the flu vaccine.

Despite a CDC study that found mandatory vaccines for nurses offer no protection for patients, hospitals are pushing hard for forced vaccinations.  Many nurses are choosing to lose their jobs rather than submit to forced mandatory flu vaccinations, and one has even sued the hospital, state, and federal governments for $100,000,000.

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More Proof Cannabis Cures Cancer

Man Pushing 80 Years Given Two Weeks to Live – Cured His Cancer Using Cannabis

Arjun Walia, Collective-Evolution
Waking Times Media

More stories are emerging proving the efficacy of cannabis with regards to its ability to treat and cure cancer. For decades, studies have proven that cannabis can treat as well as completely kill cancer cells. Not long ago, a European based pharmaceutical company, GW Pharmaceuticals, started the very first human trials that are using cannabis to treat brain cancer. You can read more about that here.

Unfortunately, the results from that trial won’t be available for another couple of years, but unofficial human trials are being conducted everyday by cancer sufferers around the world.

Stan and Barb Rutner are part of a continually growing list of people who have used, and are using cannabis to treat and cure their cancer. Stan and Barb Rutner are currently in their 70s, and both have had bouts with cancer. Approximately 20 years ago, Stan was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. After treating the cancer for approximately six months, the cancer returned in 2011, and he cured it with cannabis.

There are so many stories like Stan and Barbs’, and the list continues to grow. It’s important to share these stories around, and provide the scientific evidence along with them so people can truly see the healing power of cannabis. See the process Stan went through in the video below.

We recently presented a case study in which a teenage girl used cannabis to treat her Leukemia. Toronto doctors Yadvinder Singh, MD and Chamandeep Bali, ND detailed the case and treatment procedure in great depth. You can read the full case study HERE.

For a list of 20 (out of hundreds) medical studies proving that cannabis can treat/ cure cancer, click HERE.

I think it’s absurd to continually push cancer patients towards chemotherapy without examining other options that seem to be having high success rates. Along with chemotherapy, I think patients should be encouraged to explore alternative treatments, as well as dietary options in order to help them heal.

Below is a video that gives us all something to think about.

 

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People Vs. Monsanto

The People Take on Monsanto for Crimes Against Humanity in International Tribunal

October 13, 2016

Starting tomorrow, 30 witnesses and legal experts from five different continents will testify before five international judges at the three-day Monsanto Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. Their testimonies will attempt to hold the agrochemical giant accountable for their alleged “crimes against humanity” and destruction of the environment, or “ecocide.”

Monsanto Tribunal organizers have called Monsanto’s Roundup “the source of the greatest health and environmental scandal in modern history.” 

This symbolic trial, which will be live streamed from Oct. 15, 8:30 a.m. GMT+2 on the tribunal website, will follow guidelines of the United Nations’s international court of justice and will have no legal standing. Rather, its purpose is to gather legal counsel from the judges as well as legal grounds for future litigation.

“The aim of the tribunal is to give a legal opinion on the environmental and health damage caused by the multinational Monsanto,” the tribunal organizers state on their website. “This will add to the international debate to include the crime of Ecocide into international criminal law. It will also give people all over the world a well documented legal file to be used in lawsuits against Monsanto and similar chemical companies.”

Monsanto, which is inching closer to a $66 billion takeover from German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer, has faced a never-ending slew of health and environmental controversies over its products since, well, the beginning of the twentieth century.

Monsanto’s historical line-up of products includes banned and highly toxic chemicals such as 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (a dioxin-containing component of the defoliant Agent Orange); PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl); and Lasso, a herbicide banned in Europe. Glyphosate, the controversial main ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling weedkiller RoundUp, is the most widely used pesticide in the world. Monsanto is also the world’s largest genetically modified (GMO) seed maker, giving them a major hand over the world food supply.

The trial, which will proceed on the same weekend as World Food Day, is organized by Organic Consumers Association, International Foundation for Organic Agriculture (IFOAM) Organics International, Navdanya, Regeneration International, Millions Against Monsanto as well as dozens of global food, farming and environmental justice groups.

Tribunal organizer Vandana Shiva is an outspoken critic of Monsanto. “Monsanto has come to be seen as one of the most dangerous corporations on the planet,” the physicist, author, activist and founder of Navdanya said in a statement.

“It has earned this reputation through a history of producing products toxic to humans and the environment, as well as well-documented manipulation of scientific evidence, disingenuous PR efforts and applying relentless political pressure worldwide to promote its products. Life, society and democracy are under threat. We refuse to allow this future to unfold.”

Andre Leu, president of IFOAM, said, “Monsanto is able to ignore the human and environmental damage caused by its products, and maintain its devastating activities through a strategy of systemic concealment: by lobbying regulatory agencies and governments, by resorting to lying and corruption, by financing fraudulent scientific studies, by pressuring independent scientists, and by manipulating the press and media. Monsanto’s history reads like a text-book case of impunity, benefiting transnational corporations and their executives, whose activities contribute to climate and biosphere crises and threaten the safety of the planet.”

Monsanto will not be present at the trial, calling it a “staged” event organized by the organic food industry “where the outcome is pre-determined.”

“As this is a stunt staged and supported by the International Foundation for Organic Agriculture (IFOAM)—an umbrella organization of organic agriculture organizations, and their associates such as Navdanya and others who are fundamentally opposed to modern agriculture—we will not participate,” states an open letter signed by the company’s Human Rights Steering Committee.

“To address these ever increasing challenges collaboratively and advance our commitment to human rights, we welcome a genuine constructive conversation with diverse ideas and perspectives about food and agriculture production,” the letter also states. “These conversations are much needed to help find sustainable solutions to those challenges.”

Tribunal organizers have responded to Monsanto’s allegations of a mock court. “Other similar tribunals have found both for and against corporations,” Damien Short, director of the Human Rights Consortium at London University, told The Guardian. “This is a test of international law. It has moral force and the tribunal’s decision will be evidence-based. Peoples’ tribunals are testing the law.”

“Under existing [international] law, it is impossible to bring criminal charges against a company like Monsanto or its management, for possible crimes against human health and the integrity of the environment,” Lucy Rees, speaking on behalf of End Ecocide on Earth, also told the publication.

Greenpeace has been a vocal supporter of the tribunal. “The industrial scale of agriculture today has broken our food system,” the environmental group said. “Giant agri-businesses fail to take into account the health of the environment and the communities who depend on it. Monoculture and dependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides are taking its toll on the planet, animals and us.”

According to a tribunal newsletter, witnesses and experts who will be present at the trial includes health experts, “victims” and representatives from communities affected by the spraying of pesticides in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, France, India, Sri Lanka and Paraguay; farmers and seed savers from Australia, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Canada, France; beekeepers from Yucatan, Mexico; and scientists from Brazil, Germany, France, the UK and the U.S. Former UN special rapporteur on the right to food Olivier De Schutter will also testify.

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More Proof Modern Wheat Can Lead To Health Problems

Study links protein in wheat to chronic inflammation conditions

Oct. 17, 2016 at 9:57 AM

modern wheat dna chronic inflammationVIENNA, Oct. 17 (UPI) — Consuming a family of proteins found in wheat can lead to a host of chronic health conditions, United European Gastroenterology scientists say in a study.

The research turns the focus away from gluten, typically linked to various digestive problems, to a family of proteins called amylase-trypsin inhibitors, or ATIs. According to scientists involved with the study, the proteins trigger inflammation associated with various health conditions including asthma, arthritis, and multiple-sclerosis.

“As well as contributing to the development of bowel-related inflammatory conditions, we believe that ATIs can promote inflammation of other immune-related chronic conditions outside of the bowel,” lead researcher Detlef Schuppan explained in a press release.

Schuppan went on to say the findings widen the conventional understanding of the causes of inflammation. He also hopes the research will help redefine non-celiac gluten sensitivity to a more appropriate term.

“Rather than non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, which implies that gluten solitarily causes the inflammation, a more precise name for the disease should be considered,” he said.

The research team is set to begin clinical studies, which Schuppan says will help medical professionals better treat severe immunological disorders.

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Editor’s note:  I have been buying ancient wheat (also known as Einkorn) by a company called Jovial Foods.  It has never been hybridized and it is said to be safe for those who are sensitive to gluten. Give it a try.  You can buy it in 32 oz and 10 lb bags here.  

A healthy, 9-year old Florida girl was paralyzed by the flu shot

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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is neuro-immune disorder so rare, little is known about causation.  ADEM is a result of inflammation in the myelin sheath, which is the electromagnetic coating that protects nerves in the brain and the spinal cord. Over 50% of those afflicted with this devastating diagnosis are struck while fighting an existing bacterial or viral infection. According to the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute, ADEM will “on occasion . . . occur after a vaccination . . . usually after the MMR.”  National Vaccine Injury Lawyer Leah Durant has reported that ADEM, although rare, can also be triggered by a flu shot.

That’s what happened to little Marysue Grivna, a vivacious, active nine year old from Tampa, Florida. On November 20, 2013, Marysue had a seasonal flu shot. Within days, she became limp, then paralyzed and, as reported by Natural News, “nonverbal, confined to a wheelchair/hospital bed, [and] primarily eating via a g-tube. . .”  According to Myelitis.org, ADEM is a rare auto-immune disease that occurs when the immune system “mistakenly attacks its own brain tissue,” when responding to a vaccination or infection.

Television host Nancy Grace reported on this case and, surprisingly, learned on the air that pharmaceutical companies are not liable for any damages.

This protection given to Big Pharma’s vaccines is a gift that keeps on giving. In the 1970s and 1980s, as reported by the Historyofvaccines.org, there were many big payouts to families damaged by vaccines, “particularly from the combined diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT).” These lawsuits were so successful that many pharmaceutical manufacturers stopped producing vaccines. Congress stepped in. In 1986, they removed any liability from Big Pharma and created a National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program(NVICP).  To this day, families like the parents of Marysue Grivna, must apply for compensation through the NVICP by first filing a “claim with the U.S. Court of Claims.”  Since the program began, over 17,000 petitions have been filed, 14000 adjudicated, nearly 1o,ooo cases dismissed and only 4687 cases have been compensated for their vaccine injury.   Since 1988, $3.3 billion has been paid to victims of vaccine injury.  Compare that to the billions upon billions made by the pharmaceutical companies on the global use of vaccines.

Apparently none of that payout has been applied to little Marysue, whose family has endured this tragedy for nearly three years. Their once beautiful child, who spoke two languages, played, laughed and was fully alive, now lives in diapers, is fed with a feeding tube and is completely dependent. The family is still raising funds to provide their daughter with an accessible bathroom, bedroom and a new electric wheelchair and a wheelchair van. In an interview with Tampa Bay’s ABC news in February 2016, it was reported that her devoted parents refuse to put Marysue in a long term rehabilitation, but do utilize a local rehab facility for a few hours each day. Her mother Carla works outside the home, while father Steven works as the primary care giver. His daughter now weighs seventy pounds and, although he needs surgery for neck problems, he’s put all that on hold to care for his daughter.

Now, more than ever, it’s imperative to consider healthy alternatives to build one’s immune system and ever so carefully make informed choices concerning vaccines.

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Flu vaccine contains 25,000 times more mercury than is legally allowed in drinking water

In case you missed it, recent lab tests conducted at the Natural News Forensic Food Lab found that seasonal flu vaccines, which are pushed on virtually everyone these days, including young babies, pregnant women and the elderly, contain outrageously high levels of neurotoxic mercury. Vials of batch flu vaccine produced by British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) were found to contain upwards of 51 parts per million of mercury, or 25,000 times the legal maximum for drinking water established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

This shocking discovery was made using advanced mass spectrometry technology with incredible accuracy, filling the gap left by the nation’s regulatory agencies that have failed to conduct this type of safety testing themselves. Millions of people are injected with flu vaccines annually, and most of them are completely unaware that one of the most toxic metals known to man is being implanted directly into their muscle tissue unabated.

“Mercury is one of the most poisonous substances known to mankind,” explained Dr. David Brownstein, a board-certified family physician and holistic medicine specialist, on his blog. “For over twenty years, I have been testing nearly every patient seen in my office for heavy metal contamination. … I have found that over 80% of my patients, both healthy and sick, have mercury toxicity.”

Pregnant women, young children and elderly encouraged to line up for mercury injections

Presenting this type of concrete data, which contradicts the official government position on vaccines, has sparked many venomous attacks from angry pro-vaxxers who insist that mercury is completely safe. Either that or they claim that mercury is no longer being added to vaccines, a detestable lie that continues to harm the most vulnerable among us, including innocent children.

You can see for yourself on the official drug insert for FluLaval, the flu vaccine evaluated by Natural News, that the vaccine does, indeed, contain mercury. The following quote is taken directly fromRxList.com, the so-called “Internet Drug Index,” proving that flu vaccines contained added mercury in the form of thimerosal:

“Thimerosal, a mercury derivative, is added as a preservative. Each 0.5-mL dose contains 50 mcg [micrograms] thimerosal ([less than] 25 mcg mercury). Each 0.5-mL dose may also contain residual amounts of ovalbumin ([less than or equal to] 0.3 mcg), formaldehyde ([less than or equal to] 25 mcg), and sodium deoxycholate ([less than] 50 mcg) from the manufacturing process.”

And yet, even with all these added contaminants, pregnant women, the elderly and young children are prodded to get jabbed every year by health authorities. Never mind that each of these ingredients is a known neurotoxin, not to mention the fact that formaldehyde is a known cause of cancer — just line right up and get your flu shots, because the government says they’re good for you!

The mercury double standard continues to ravage public health

The irony in all this is that the government now admits that mercury is toxic, at least when it comes from other sources. The Obama administration, as we recently reported, is on a crusade to shut down all coal power plants, using the excuse that they blast heavy amounts of mercury into the atmosphere. And official government warnings tell pregnant women to avoid mercury from canned tuna.

But what about the mercury still being used in vaccines and dental fillings? Why is mercury exposure from these sources completely safe, according to the government, but mercury in food and smokestacks should be avoided?

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