renegadetribune--2020-05-22--Hermetic Herbalism and Pharmacology

Hermetic Herbalism and Pharmacology

Renegade Editor ’ s Note : Again , this is not a promotion of Manly Palmer Hall , the Freemasonic shill .
By Manly P. Hall From The Secret Teachings of All Ages [ 1928 ] The herbs of the fields were sacred to the early pagans , who believed that the gods had made plants for the cure of human ills .
When properly prepared and applied , each root and shrub could be used for the alleviation of suffering , or for the development of spiritual , mental , moral , or physical powers .
In The Mistletoe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the following beautiful tribute to the plants : “ Books have been written on the language of flowers and herbs , the poet from the earliest ages has held the sweetest and most loving converse with them , kings are even glad to obtain their essences at second hand to perfume themselves ; but to the true physician–Nature ’ s High-Priest–they speak in a far higher and more exalted strain .
There is not a plant or mineral which has disclosed the last of its properties to the scientists .
How can they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the discovered properties there may not be many powers concealed in the inner nature of the plant ?
Well have flowers been called the ‘ Stars of Earth , ’ and why should they not be beautiful ?
Have they not from the time of their birth smiled in the splendor of the sun by day , and slumbered under the brightness of the stars by night ?
Have they not come from another and more spiritual world to our earth , seeing that God made ‘ every plant of the field BEFORE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every herb of the field BEFORE IT GREW ’ ?
” Many primitive peoples used herbal remedies , with many remarkable cures .
The Chinese , Egyptians , and American Indians cured with herbs diseases for which modern science knows no remedy .
Doctor Nicholas Culpeper , whose useful life ended in 1654 , was probably the most famous of herbalists .
Finding that the medical systems of his day were unsatisfactory in the extreme , Culpeper turned his attention to the plants of the fields , and discovered a medium of healing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In Doctor Culpeper ’ s correlation of astrology and herbalism , each plant was under the jurisdiction of one of the planets or luminaries .
He believed that disease was also controlled by celestial configurations .
He summed up his system of treatment as follows : “ You may oppose diseases by Herbs of the planet opposite to the planet that causes them : as diseases of Jupiter by Herbs of Mercury , and the contrary ; diseases of the Luminaries by the Herbs of Saturn , and the contrary ; diseases of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contrary .
* * * There is a way to cure diseases sometimes by Sympathy , and so every planet cures his own disease ; as the Sun and Moon by their Herbs cure the Eyes , Saturn the Spleen , Jupiter the Liver , Mars the Gall and diseases of choler , and Venus diseases in the Instruments of Generation.
” ( The Complete Herbal . )
Mediæval European herbalists rediscovered only in part the ancient Hermetic secrets of Egypt and Greece .
These earlier nations evolved the fundamentals of nearly all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time the methods used in healing were among the secrets imparted to initiates of the Mysteries .
Unctions , collyria , philters , and potions were concocted to the accompaniment of strange rites .
The effectiveness of these medicines is a matter of historical record .
Incenses and perfumes were also much used .
Barrett in his Magus describes the theory on which they worked , as follows : “ For , because our spirit is the pure , subtil , lucid , airy and unctuous vapour of the blood , nothing , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than the like vapours which are more suitable to our spirit in substance ; for then , by reason of their likeness , they do more stir up , attract and transform the spirit.
” Poisons were thoroughly studied , and in some communities extracts of deadly herbs were administered to persons sentenced to death–as in the case of Socrates .
The infamous Borgias of Italy developed the art of poisoning to its highest degree .
Unnumbered brilliant men and women were quietly and efficiently disposed of by the almost superhuman knowledge of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Borgia family .
Egyptian priests discovered herb extracts by means of which temporary clairvoyance could be induced , and they made use of these during the initiatory rituals of their Mysteries .
The drugs were sometimes mixed with the food given to candidates , and at other times were presented in the form of sacred potions , the nature of which was explained .
Shortly after the drugs were administered to him , the neophyte was attacked by a spell of dizziness .
He found himself floating through space , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( being guarded by priests that no ill should befall it ) the candidate passed through a number of weird experiences , which he was able to relate after regaining consciousness .
In the light of present-day knowledge , it is difficult to appreciate an art so highly developed that by means of draughts , perfumes , and incenses any mental attitude desired could be induced almost instantaneously , yet such an art actually existed among the priestcraft of the early pagan world .
Concerning this subject , H. P. Blavatsky , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has written : ‘ Plants also have like mystical properties in a most wonderful degree , and the secrets of the herbs of dreams and enchantments are only lost to European science , and useless to say , too , are unknown to it , except in a few marked instances , such as opium and hashish .
Yet , the psychical effects of even these few upon the human system are regarded as evidences of a temporary mental disorder .
The women of Thessaly and Epirus , the female hierophants of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their secrets away with the downfall of their sanctuaries .
They are still preserved , and those who are aware of the nature of Soma , know the properties of other plants as well.
” ( Isis Unveiled . )
Herbal compounds were used to cause temporary clairvoyance in connection with the oracles , especially the one at Delphi .
Words spoken while in these imposed trances were regarded as prophetic .
Modem mediums , while under control as the result of partly self-imposed catalepsy , give messages somewhat similar to those of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ majority of cases their results are far less accurate , for the soothsayers of today lack the knowledge of Nature ’ s hidden forces .
The Mysteries taught that during the higher degrees of initiation the gods themselves took part in the instruction of candidates or at least were present , which was in itself a benediction .
As the deities dwelt in the invisible worlds and came only in their spiritual bodies , it was impossible for the neophyte to cognize them without the assistance of drugs which stimulated the clairvoyant center @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gland ) .
Many initiates in the ancient Mysteries stated emphatically that they had conversed with the immortals , and had beheld the gods .
When the standards of the pagans became corrupted , a division took place in the Mysteries .
The band of truly enlightened ones separated themselves from the rest and , preserving the most important of their secrets , vanished without leaving a trace .
The rest slowly drifted , like rudderless ships , on the rocks of degeneracy and disintegration .
Some of the less important of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the profane , who perverted them–as in the case of the Bacchanalia , during which drugs were mixed with wine and became the real cause of the orgies .
In certain parts of the earth it was maintained that there were natural wells , springs , or fountains , in which the water ( because of the minerals through which it coursed ) was tinctured with sacred properties .
Temples were often built near these spots , and in some cases natural caves which chanced to be in the vicinity were sanctified to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ initiation , and those who came to request prophetic dreams of the Gods , were prepared by a fast , more or less prolonged , after which they partook of meals expressly prepared ; and also of mysterious drinks , such as the water of Lethe , and the water of Mnemosyne in the grotto of Trophonius ; or of the Ciceion in the mysteries of the Eleusinia .
Different drugs were easily mixed up with the meats or introduced into the drinks , according to the state of mind or body into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recipient , and the nature of the visions he was desirous of procuring.
” ( Salverte ’ s The Occult Sciences . )
The same author states that certain sects of early Christianity were accused of using drugs for the same general purposes as the pagans .
The sect of the Assassins , or the Yezidees as they are more generally known , demonstrated a rather interesting aspect of the drug problem .
In the eleventh century this order , by capturing the fortress of Mount Alamont , established itself at Irak .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ order , known as the “ Old Man of the Mountain , ” is suspected of having controlled his followers by the use of narcotics .
Hassan made his followers believe that they were in Paradise , where they would be forever if they implicitly obeyed him while they were alive .
De Quincey , in his Confessions of an Opium Eater , describes the peculiar psychological effects produced by this product of the poppy , and the use of a similar drug may have given rise to the idea of Paradise which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The philosophers of all ages have taught that the visible universe was but a fractional part of the whole , and that by analogy the physical body of man is in reality the least important part of his composite constitution .
Most of the medical systems of today almost entirely ignore the superphysical man .
They pay but scant attention to causes , and concentrate their efforts on ameliorating effects .
Paracelsus , noting the same proclivity on the part of physicians during his day , aptly remarked : “ There is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the invisible causes of disease , and which is Magic , and that which causes merely external effects [ to ] disappear , and which is Physic , Sorcery , and Quackery.
” ( Translated by Franz Hartmann . )
Disease is unnatural , and is evidence that there is a maladjustment within or between organs or tissues .
Permanent health can not be regained until harmony is restored .
The outstanding virtue of Hermetic medicine was its recognition of spiritual and psychophysical derangements as being largely responsible for the condition which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used with marked success by the priest-physicians of the ancient world .
Among the-American Indians , the Shamans–or “ Medicine Men ” –dispelled sickness with the aid of mysterious dances , invocations , and charms .
The fact that in spite of their ignorance of modern methods of medical treatment these sorcerers effected innumerable cures , is well worthy of consideration .
The magic rituals used by the Egyptian priests for the curing of disease were based upon a highly developed comprehension of the complex workings of the human mind and its reactions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Brahmin worlds undoubtedly understood the fundamental principle of vibrotherapeutics .
By means of chants and mantras , which emphasized certain vowel and consonant sounds , they set up vibratory reactions which dispelled congestions and assisted Nature in reconstructing broken members and depleted organisms .
They also applied their knowledge of the laws governing vibration to the spiritual constitution of man ; by their intonings , they stimulated latent centers of consciousness and thereby vastly increased the sensitiveness of the subjective nature .
In the Book of Coming Forth by Day , many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to this generation .
While this ancient scroll has been well translated , only a few understand the secret : significance of its magical passages .
Oriental races have a keen realization of the dynamics of sound .
They know that every spoken word has tremendous power and that by certain arrangements of words they can create vortices of force in the invisible universe about them and thereby profoundly influence physical substance .
The Sacred Word by which the world was established , the Lost Word which Masonry is still seeking , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U. M.–the creative tone of the Hindus–all are indicative of the veneration accorded the principle of sound .
The so-called “ new discoveries ” of modern science are often only rediscoveries of secrets well known to the priests and philosophers of ancient pagandom .
Man ’ s inhumanity to man has resulted in the loss of records and formula : which , had they been preserved , would have solved many of the greatest problems of this civilization .
With sword and firebrand , races obliterate the records of their predecessors , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for need of the very wisdom they have destroyed .

Renegade Editor’s Note: Again, this is not a promotion of Manly Palmer Hall, the Freemasonic shill.
By Manly P. Hall
From The Secret Teachings of All Ages [1928]
The herbs of the fields were sacred to the early pagans, who believed that the gods had made plants for the cure of human ills. When properly prepared and applied, each root and shrub could be used for the alleviation of suffering, or for the development of spiritual, mental, moral, or physical powers. In The Mistletoe and Its Philosophy, P. Davidson pays the following beautiful tribute to the plants: “Books have been written on the language of flowers and herbs, the poet from the earliest ages has held the sweetest and most loving converse with them, kings are even glad to obtain their essences at second hand to perfume themselves; but to the true physician–Nature’s High-Priest–they speak in a far higher and more exalted strain. There is not a plant or mineral which has disclosed the last of its properties to the scientists. How can they feel confident that for every one of the discovered properties there may not be many powers concealed in the inner nature of the plant? Well have flowers been called the ‘Stars of Earth,’ and why should they not be beautiful? Have they not from the time of their birth smiled in the splendor of the sun by day, and slumbered under the brightness of the stars by night? Have they not come from another and more spiritual world to our earth, seeing that God made ‘every plant of the field BEFORE it was in the earth, and every herb of the field BEFORE IT GREW’?”
Many primitive peoples used herbal remedies, with many remarkable cures. The Chinese, Egyptians, and American Indians cured with herbs diseases for which modern science knows no remedy. Doctor Nicholas Culpeper, whose useful life ended in 1654, was probably the most famous of herbalists. Finding that the medical systems of his day were unsatisfactory in the extreme, Culpeper turned his attention to the plants of the fields, and discovered a medium of healing which gained for him national renown.
In Doctor Culpeper’s correlation of astrology and herbalism, each plant was under the jurisdiction of one of the planets or luminaries. He believed that disease was also controlled by celestial configurations. He summed up his system of treatment as follows: “You may oppose diseases by Herbs of the planet opposite to the planet that causes them: as diseases of Jupiter by Herbs of Mercury, and the contrary; diseases of the Luminaries by the Herbs of Saturn, and the contrary; diseases of Mars by Herbs of Venus and the contrary. * * * There is a way to cure diseases sometimes by Sympathy, and so every planet cures his own disease; as the Sun and Moon by their Herbs cure the Eyes, Saturn the Spleen, Jupiter the Liver, Mars the Gall and diseases of choler, and Venus diseases in the Instruments of Generation.” (The Complete Herbal.)
Mediæval European herbalists rediscovered only in part the ancient Hermetic secrets of Egypt and Greece. These earlier nations evolved the fundamentals of nearly all modern arcs and sciences. At that time the methods used in healing were among the secrets imparted to initiates of the Mysteries. Unctions, collyria, philters, and potions were concocted to the accompaniment of strange rites. The effectiveness of these medicines is a matter of historical record. Incenses and perfumes were also much used.
Barrett in his Magus describes the theory on which they worked, as follows: “For, because our spirit is the pure, subtil, lucid, airy and unctuous vapour of the blood, nothing, therefore, is better adapted for collyriums than the like vapours which are more suitable to our spirit in substance; for then, by reason of their likeness, they do more stir up, attract and transform the spirit.”
Poisons were thoroughly studied, and in some communities extracts of deadly herbs were administered to persons sentenced to death–as in the case of Socrates. The infamous Borgias of Italy developed the art of poisoning to its highest degree. Unnumbered brilliant men and women were quietly and efficiently disposed of by the almost superhuman knowledge of chemistry which for many centuries was preserved in the Borgia family.
Egyptian priests discovered herb extracts by means of which temporary clairvoyance could be induced, and they made use of these during the initiatory rituals of their Mysteries. The drugs were sometimes mixed with the food given to candidates, and at other times were presented in the form of sacred potions, the nature of which was explained. Shortly after the drugs were administered to him, the neophyte was attacked by a spell of dizziness. He found himself floating through space, and while his physical body was absolutely insensible (being guarded by priests that no ill should befall it) the candidate passed through a number of weird experiences, which he was able to relate after regaining consciousness. In the light of present-day knowledge, it is difficult to appreciate an art so highly developed that by means of draughts, perfumes, and incenses any mental attitude desired could be induced almost instantaneously, yet such an art actually existed among the priestcraft of the early pagan world.
Concerning this subject, H. P. Blavatsky, the foremost occultist of the nineteenth century, has written: ‘Plants also have like mystical properties in a most wonderful degree, and the secrets of the herbs of dreams and enchantments are only lost to European science, and useless to say, too, are unknown to it, except in a few marked instances, such as opium and hashish. Yet, the psychical effects of even these few upon the human system are regarded as evidences of a temporary mental disorder. The women of Thessaly and Epirus, the female hierophants of the rites of Sabazius, did not carry their secrets away with the downfall of their sanctuaries. They are still preserved, and those who are aware of the nature of Soma, know the properties of other plants as well.” (Isis Unveiled.)
Herbal compounds were used to cause temporary clairvoyance in connection with the oracles, especially the one at Delphi. Words spoken while in these imposed trances were regarded as prophetic. Modem mediums, while under control as the result of partly self-imposed catalepsy, give messages somewhat similar to those of the ancient prophets, but in the majority of cases their results are far less accurate, for the soothsayers of today lack the knowledge of Nature’s hidden forces.
The Mysteries taught that during the higher degrees of initiation the gods themselves took part in the instruction of candidates or at least were present, which was in itself a benediction. As the deities dwelt in the invisible worlds and came only in their spiritual bodies, it was impossible for the neophyte to cognize them without the assistance of drugs which stimulated the clairvoyant center of his consciousness (probably the pineal gland). Many initiates in the ancient Mysteries stated emphatically that they had conversed with the immortals, and had beheld the gods.
When the standards of the pagans became corrupted, a division took place in the Mysteries. The band of truly enlightened ones separated themselves from the rest and, preserving the most important of their secrets, vanished without leaving a trace. The rest slowly drifted, like rudderless ships, on the rocks of degeneracy and disintegration. Some of the less important of the secret formulæ fell into the hands of the profane, who perverted them–as in the case of the Bacchanalia, during which drugs were mixed with wine and became the real cause of the orgies.
In certain parts of the earth it was maintained that there were natural wells, springs, or fountains, in which the water (because of the minerals through which it coursed) was tinctured with sacred properties. Temples were often built near these spots, and in some cases natural caves which chanced to be in the vicinity were sanctified to some deity.
“The aspirants to initiation, and those who came to request prophetic dreams of the Gods, were prepared by a fast, more or less prolonged, after which they partook of meals expressly prepared; and also of mysterious drinks, such as the water of Lethe, and the water of Mnemosyne in the grotto of Trophonius; or of the Ciceion in the mysteries of the Eleusinia. Different drugs were easily mixed up with the meats or introduced into the drinks, according to the state of mind or body into which it was necessary to throw the recipient, and the nature of the visions he was desirous of procuring.” (Salverte’s The Occult Sciences.) The same author states that certain sects of early Christianity were accused of using drugs for the same general purposes as the pagans.
The sect of the Assassins, or the Yezidees as they are more generally known, demonstrated a rather interesting aspect of the drug problem. In the eleventh century this order, by capturing the fortress of Mount Alamont, established itself at Irak. Hassan Sabbah, the founder of the order, known as the “Old Man of the Mountain, ” is suspected of having controlled his followers by the use of narcotics. Hassan made his followers believe that they were in Paradise, where they would be forever if they implicitly obeyed him while they were alive. De Quincey, in his Confessions of an Opium Eater, describes the peculiar psychological effects produced by this product of the poppy, and the use of a similar drug may have given rise to the idea of Paradise which filled the minds of the Yezidees.
The philosophers of all ages have taught that the visible universe was but a fractional part of the whole, and that by analogy the physical body of man is in reality the least important part of his composite constitution. Most of the medical systems of today almost entirely ignore the superphysical man. They pay but scant attention to causes, and concentrate their efforts on ameliorating effects. Paracelsus, noting the same proclivity on the part of physicians during his day, aptly remarked: “There is a great difference between the power that removes the invisible causes of disease, and which is Magic, and that which causes merely external effects [to] disappear, and which is Physic, Sorcery, and Quackery.” (Translated by Franz Hartmann.)
Disease is unnatural, and is evidence that there is a maladjustment within or between organs or tissues. Permanent health cannot be regained until harmony is restored. The outstanding virtue of Hermetic medicine was its recognition of spiritual and psychophysical derangements as being largely responsible for the condition which is called physical disease. Suggestive therapy was used with marked success by the priest-physicians of the ancient world. Among the-American Indians, the Shamans–or “Medicine Men”–dispelled sickness with the aid of mysterious dances, invocations, and charms. The fact that in spite of their ignorance of modern methods of medical treatment these sorcerers effected innumerable cures, is well worthy of consideration.
The magic rituals used by the Egyptian priests for the curing of disease were based upon a highly developed comprehension of the complex workings of the human mind and its reactions upon the physical constitution. The Egyptian and Brahmin worlds undoubtedly understood the fundamental principle of vibrotherapeutics. By means of chants and mantras, which emphasized certain vowel and consonant sounds, they set up vibratory reactions which dispelled congestions and assisted Nature in reconstructing broken members and depleted organisms. They also applied their knowledge of the laws governing vibration to the spiritual constitution of man; by their intonings, they stimulated latent centers of consciousness and thereby vastly increased the sensitiveness of the subjective nature.
In the Book of Coming Forth by Day, many of the Egyptian secrets have been preserved to this generation. While this ancient scroll has been well translated, only a few understand the secret: significance of its magical passages. Oriental races have a keen realization of the dynamics of sound. They know that every spoken word has tremendous power and that by certain arrangements of words they can create vortices of force in the invisible universe about them and thereby profoundly influence physical substance. The Sacred Word by which the world was established, the Lost Word which Masonry is still seeking, and the threefold Divine Name symbolized by A. U. M.–the creative tone of the Hindus–all are indicative of the veneration accorded the principle of sound.
The so-called “new discoveries” of modern science are often only rediscoveries of secrets well known to the priests and philosophers of ancient pagandom. Man’s inhumanity to man has resulted in the loss of records and formula: which, had they been preserved, would have solved many of the greatest problems of this civilization. With sword and firebrand, races obliterate the records of their predecessors, and then inevitably meet with an untimely fate for need of the very wisdom they have destroyed.
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renegadetribune--2020-05-22--Israel Strikes Syria to Keep the US in the Levant

Following its defeat in the second war on Lebanon , Israel discovered that its only way to suppress Hezbollah would be to close the supply line between Lebanon and Syria .
That could only be achieved by removing President Bashar al-Assad from power , disrupting the “ Axis of the Resistance ” that extends from Tehran to Baghdad , Damascus , Beirut and Gaza .
But Israel and the US , supported by Saudi Arabia , Qatar , the Emirates , Turkey , Europe and many other countries all failed to achieve their goal of making Syria a failed state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whose own national security was in jeopardy .
If Syria were to fall , jihadists of al-Qaeda and the “ Islamic State ” would be fighting in the streets of Beirut , Baghdad and Tehran .
The jihadists would also be powerful enough to remove Russia from its Syrian naval base and to export the war beyond the Levant ’ s borders .
So , Israel and the US failed to destroy Syria and to corner Hezbollah .
On the contrary , Hezbollah has become stronger than ever .
The Resistance has reaped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has become the decision-maker with key institutions in Lebanon .
Israel sought to destroy Hezbollah because it is an obstacle to Israel ’ s expansionist plans in Lebanon , namely to steal Lebanon ’ s water and some of its territories , to force a peace deal of unconditional surrender , to break Lebanon ’ s alliance with Iran and deprive Tehran of its strongest ally in the Middle East .
For the last forty years , since the victory of the “ Islamic Republic ” in 1979 led by Imam Ruhollah Khomeini @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Shah of Iran , Washington has imposed sanctions , because Iran has refused to submit to US power and because it supports its allies in the Middle East , mainly Palestine , Lebanon and Syria , to stand against Israel .
In 2006 , the US was involved in the planning of Israel ’ s war on Lebanon .
At the 2006 G8 Summit , President George W. Bush described the relationship between Hezbollah , Iran and Syria as one of the root causes of “ instability ” : “ The World @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and continue to work to isolate Iran.
” ( Roshandel J .
& Lean C.N .
( 2011 ) Iran , Israel and the United States , ABC-CLIO , CA , p. 109 ) .
US Secretary Condoleezza Rice refused to mediate a ceasefire unless “ the conditions are conducive ” , thinking Israel would win the war .
Hezbollah was not only left on its own to face the US and Israel , but Lebanese US-Saudi proxies ( Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Druse leader Walid Jumblat ) supported the position @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argued that there was “ no point in a ceasefire.
” ( Wilkins H. ( 2013 ) .
The Making Of Lebanese Foreign Policy : understanding the 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli War , Routledge , Introduction ) .
When Israel failed to achieve its objectives , the US agreed to mediate an end to the war .
Negotiations concentrated on ceasing all hostilities ( not a ceasefire ) between the two countries .
Tel Aviv and Washington failed to obtain the deployment of United Nations Forces in Lebanon , UNIFIL , on the borders with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israel in its attempt to gain by negotiation what it failed to achieve using its huge war machine in 33 days of the war in 2006 .
“ Israel ’ s objective was never realistic ” , said Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni .
When its attempt to control the Lebanese-Syrian borders failed after its defeat in the 2006 war , Israel had one remaining option with which to counter Hezbollah : close the road via Damascus and find a way to curb Hezbollah ’ s supply line .
This required war on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no longer an option , Syria became the next target in the campaign to isolate Iran , as President Bush declared .
The motives behind the war in Syria have been erroneously described by many researchers and analysts around the globe , who have depicted the war as the outcome of an “ Arab Spring ” against a dictatorial regime .
Yet Saudi Arabia , Bahrein and other Gulf countries have been ruled by dictatorships and the same family members for decades and indeed are considered by the west as its closest- oil-rich- @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Syria started just after the al-Qaeda 9/11 attack on the US .
Four-star US general Wesley Clark disclosed Washington ’ s plan as he learned of it in the days after 9/11 : “ occupy Iraq , Syria , Lebanon , Libya , Somalia , Sudan and finish with Iran.
” Just a few months after the US invasion of Iraq , US Secretary of State Colin Powell visited President Bashar al-Assad and warned him that the US would invade Syria if he refused to interrupt his support for the anti-Israel organisations , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Syrian president would share the same fate as the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein .
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was far from being a piece of cake .
The US occupation generated new resistance among both Sunni and the Shia .
This encouraged President Assad to rebuff the US threat , unaware of what the future held for Syria .
Dozens of states , including Saudi Arabia , Qatar , Jordan , Turkey , the Emirates , Europe and the US all supported a regime change operation via Takfiri proxies .
But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opportunity for al-Qaeda to blossom in Syria and a more lethal group emerged , the “ Islamic State ” ISIS .
President Assad called upon his few allies , Iran , Russia and Hezbollah , to stand against the massive coalition gathered to create this failed state in Syria .
The Syrian war which ensued offered unprecedented experience to the Syrian army , gave birth to a new Syrian resistance and offered unique warfare knowledge to Hezbollah , with a base for Iran that Tehran could never before have dreamed of having in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in the year 2000 and challenged all those Israeli-US plans for a “ new Middle East ” after the second Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006 .
And the long nine years of war in Syria forced Hezbollah to refine its tactics and armaments and provided Hezbollah with an unprecedented victory .
Just as Israel had boosted the creation of Hezbollah , it taught this quasi-state actor all manner of skills and forced it to acquire more training and weapons to repel wars and dismantle the enemy ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Staff and Prime Ministerial candidate Benny Gantz believed that Hezbollah had become one of the strongest irregular-organised armies in the Middle East , capable of imposing its rules of engagement and its “ balance of deterrence ” on the strongest classical army in the Middle East .
“ Show me four or five states with more firepower than Hezbollah : they are the US , China , Russia , Israel , France , & the UK , ” Gantz said when speaking at the 2014 Herzliya Conference .
That was Israel ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later , last February , Israel ’ s minister of defence Naftali Bennet said : “ For every convoy you hit , you miss five convoys and slowly Hezbollah accumulates the critical mass of rockets [ missiles ] that threaten us.
” Hezbollah has become stronger than many armies in the Middle East .
Hezbollah is no longer the organisation that clashes with the Israelis on a hill or site or ambushes a patrol behind an alley .
Rather , in Syria and Iraq , it has successfully experienced different warfare scenarios .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ became a strategic threat to Israel if it ever contemplated waging outright war on Lebanon and Syria .
Israel set as its goal bringing down Assad in Syria and separating Syria from the “ Axis of Resistance.
” Israeli defence minister Moshe Ya ’ alon said that “ Israel prefers ISIS on its borders over Assad.
” But Israel , America , Europe , Saudi Arabia , Qatar and the Emirates have lost the war .
Israel has now chosen to maintain the conflict because it fears that America would let go .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of targets in Syria , -most of the time without no strategic value whatsoever .
Sources in the “ Axis of Resistance ” in Syria say that Iran has only a few hundred advisers and officers in Syria , but it leads some tens of thousands of allies from Lebanon , Iraq , Pakistan , Afghanistan , and auxiliary Syrian forces that resemble irregular-organised military formations .
In Syria , Hezbollah was able to operate in an area ten times the size of Lebanon , which gave it a unique experience any army @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have .
It was also subjected to attacks by a NATO member , Turkey , which used armed drones on the battlefield .
That provided Hezbollah with a wealth of experience and taught them lessons that have become integrated into curricula at military schools and colleges in Iran with Hezbollah and their allies .
President Assad does not say that it is time for his allies ( especially Hezbollah ) to leave Syria .
Rather , he says – according to this source – that “ Syria has a debt to Hezbollah .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be also Syria ’ s wishes.
” America and Israel created an unbreakable alliance between Syria , Iran and Hezbollah .
In Lebanon , Hezbollah has started to harvest its gains .
Hezbollah was able to impose the name of the President of the Republic , General Michel Aoun , despite repeated opposition from Saudi Arabia and the US , the losers in the Syrian war .
Lebanon remained without a president for several months until General Aoun assumed the presidency .
Hezbollah rejected multiple offers from different countries by giving the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than President Nabih Berri , leader of the Amal movement , who has been on this throne for decades .
Hezbollah holds the real power – though not all of it – in Lebanon to call for the appointment of the President of the Republic and the Speaker of the Parliament .
As for the premiership , it can not be assumed without Hezbollah ’ s approval of the candidate .
Hezbollah has sufficient political weight within the House of Representatives and the Presidency of the Republic to nominate or accept the nomination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minister .
Former prime minister Saad Hariri is making sure his daily friendly contacts with Hezbollah are maintained because he would very much like to return to power .
Hariri knows that the door to the premiership goes through one gate : Hezbollah .
This does not mean that Hezbollah wants to take control of Lebanon as a whole .
Hezbollah leaders are aware that the Druse leader Kamal Jumblatt , Sunni leader Rafic Hariri , the Maronite Christian leader Bashir Gemayel and the Palestinians have all failed in controlling Lebanon and seizing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to succumb to the same mistakes and doesn ’ t wish to control all of Lebanon .
This means that the counter influence of other countries exists and is well-rooted in Lebanon .
For example , the US ambassador in Beirut is threatening the Lebanese government with a warning not to remove the Central Bank Governor Riad Salama .
Also , the US removed a Lebanese-Israeli agent , Amer Al-Fakhouri , via a plane which landed him at the US embassy without taking into consideration Lebanese sovereignty .
The US supports the Lebanese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its dominance over certain key figures .
Syria has given the Secretary-General of Hezbollah , Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah , powers in Lebanon that he would not have obtained without the intervention of Israel and the allies in Syria .
Hezbollah has managed to preserve its military pipeline via Syria by defeating the Takfiris ( al-Qaeda and ISIS ) and has prevented them from establishing an “ Islamic emirate ” in Lebanon and Syria .
Hezbollah ’ s victory comes at a price : thousands of martyrs and thousands of wounded .
However , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strategic that the Lebanese Shiites now enjoy more power in Lebanon and Bilad al-Sham than they have since the year 661 when the fourth caliphate ’ s Imam Ali bin Abi Talib was killed .

Following its defeat in the second war on Lebanon, Israel discovered that its only way to suppress Hezbollah would be to close the supply line between Lebanon and Syria. That could only be achieved by removing President Bashar al-Assad from power, disrupting the “Axis of the Resistance” that extends from Tehran to Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut and Gaza. But Israel and the US, supported by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Emirates, Turkey, Europe and many other countries all failed to achieve their goal of making Syria a failed state. President Assad called upon his allies whose own national security was in jeopardy. If Syria were to fall, jihadists of al-Qaeda and the “Islamic State” would be fighting in the streets of Beirut, Baghdad and Tehran. The jihadists would also be powerful enough to remove Russia from its Syrian naval base and to export the war beyond the Levant’s borders. So, Israel and the US failed to destroy Syria and to corner Hezbollah. On the contrary, Hezbollah has become stronger than ever. The Resistance has reaped the harvest of its victory. It has become the decision-maker with key institutions in Lebanon.
Israel sought to destroy Hezbollah because it is an obstacle to Israel’s expansionist plans in Lebanon, namely to steal Lebanon’s water and some of its territories, to force a peace deal of unconditional surrender, to break Lebanon’s alliance with Iran and deprive Tehran of its strongest ally in the Middle East. For the last forty years, since the victory of the “Islamic Republic” in 1979 led by Imam Ruhollah Khomeini which unseated the US proxy ruler, the Shah of Iran, Washington has imposed sanctions, because Iran has refused to submit to US power and because it supports its allies in the Middle East, mainly Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, to stand against Israel.
In 2006, the US was involved in the planning of Israel’s war on Lebanon. At the 2006 G8 Summit, President George W. Bush described the relationship between Hezbollah, Iran and Syria as one of the root causes of “instability”: “The World must deal with Hezbollah, with Syria, and continue to work to isolate Iran.” (Roshandel J. & Lean C.N. (2011) Iran, Israel and the United States, ABC-CLIO, CA, p. 109).
US Secretary Condoleezza Rice refused to mediate a ceasefire unless “the conditions are conducive”, thinking Israel would win the war. Hezbollah was not only left on its own to face the US and Israel, but Lebanese US-Saudi proxies (Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Druse leader Walid Jumblat) supported the position of the US and Israel, and argued that there was “no point in a ceasefire.” (Wilkins H. (2013). The Making Of Lebanese Foreign Policy: understanding the 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli War, Routledge, Introduction).
When Israel failed to achieve its objectives, the US agreed to mediate an end to the war. Negotiations concentrated on ceasing all hostilities (not a ceasefire) between the two countries. Tel Aviv and Washington failed to obtain the deployment of United Nations Forces in Lebanon, UNIFIL, on the borders with Syria. The US sought to accommodate Israel in its attempt to gain by negotiation what it failed to achieve using its huge war machine in 33 days of the war in 2006. “Israel’s objective was never realistic”, said Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.
When its attempt to control the Lebanese-Syrian borders failed after its defeat in the 2006 war, Israel had one remaining option with which to counter Hezbollah: close the road via Damascus and find a way to curb Hezbollah’s supply line. This required war on Syria.
Since confronting Hezbollah face-face was no longer an option, Syria became the next target in the campaign to isolate Iran, as President Bush declared. The motives behind the war in Syria have been erroneously described by many researchers and analysts around the globe, who have depicted the war as the outcome of an “Arab Spring” against a dictatorial regime. Yet Saudi Arabia, Bahrein and other Gulf countries have been ruled by dictatorships and the same family members for decades and indeed are considered by the west as its closest- oil-rich- partners!
Actually, the war on Syria started just after the al-Qaeda 9/11 attack on the US. Four-star US general Wesley Clark disclosed Washington’s plan as he learned of it in the days after 9/11: “occupy Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and finish with Iran.” Just a few months after the US invasion of Iraq, US Secretary of State Colin Powell visited President Bashar al-Assad and warned him that the US would invade Syria if he refused to interrupt his support for the anti-Israel organisations, Hezbollah and the Palestinian groups: the Syrian president would share the same fate as the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was far from being a piece of cake. The US occupation generated new resistance among both Sunni and the Shia. This encouraged President Assad to rebuff the US threat, unaware of what the future held for Syria. Dozens of states, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey, the Emirates, Europe and the US all supported a regime change operation via Takfiri proxies. But the consequences of destabilising Syria gave a unique opportunity for al-Qaeda to blossom in Syria and a more lethal group emerged, the “Islamic State” ISIS. President Assad called upon his few allies, Iran, Russia and Hezbollah, to stand against the massive coalition gathered to create this failed state in Syria. The Syrian war which ensued offered unprecedented experience to the Syrian army, gave birth to a new Syrian resistance and offered unique warfare knowledge to Hezbollah, with a base for Iran that Tehran could never before have dreamed of having in the Levant.
Hezbollah had forced unconditional Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in the year 2000 and challenged all those Israeli-US plans for a “new Middle East” after the second Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006. And the long nine years of war in Syria forced Hezbollah to refine its tactics and armaments and provided Hezbollah with an unprecedented victory. Just as Israel had boosted the creation of Hezbollah, it taught this quasi-state actor all manner of skills and forced it to acquire more training and weapons to repel wars and dismantle the enemy’s objectives. Israel’s former Chief of Staff and Prime Ministerial candidate Benny Gantz believed that Hezbollah had become one of the strongest irregular-organised armies in the Middle East, capable of imposing its rules of engagement and its “balance of deterrence” on the strongest classical army in the Middle East.
“Show me four or five states with more firepower than Hezbollah: they are the US, China, Russia, Israel, France, & the UK,” Gantz said when speaking at the 2014 Herzliya Conference.
That was Israel’s assessment in 2014. Six years later, last February, Israel’s minister of defence Naftali Bennet said: “For every convoy you hit, you miss five convoys and slowly Hezbollah accumulates the critical mass of rockets [missiles] that threaten us.”
Hezbollah has become stronger than many armies in the Middle East. Hezbollah is no longer the organisation that clashes with the Israelis on a hill or site or ambushes a patrol behind an alley. Rather, in Syria and Iraq, it has successfully experienced different warfare scenarios. It has acquired many advanced weapons and became a strategic threat to Israel if it ever contemplated waging outright war on Lebanon and Syria.
Israel set as its goal bringing down Assad in Syria and separating Syria from the “Axis of Resistance.” Israeli defence minister Moshe Ya’alon said that “Israel prefers ISIS on its borders over Assad.” But Israel, America, Europe, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Emirates have lost the war. Israel has now chosen to maintain the conflict because it fears that America would let go. This is why Israel is hitting hundreds of targets in Syria, -most of the time without no strategic value whatsoever.
Sources in the “Axis of Resistance” in Syria say that
“Israel targeted the Iranian HQ at Damascus airport (a building with green glass where Israel destroyed two floors). The following day, Iran restored it and it is back in operation. Israel has repeatedly targeted warehouses with Iranian weapons but also an abandoned training centre in the Kiswa area that has been empty for years. Their aim is to signal to the US that Israel is threatened and that the departure of the US forces would constitute a threat to Israel’s national security. It is indeed too late for Israeli jets to make any difference to Syria’s capabilities. Iran is not exporting weapons but manufacturing them. If it took Israel 9 years and 300 bombing raids to destroy Iranian warehouses in Syria, it took Iran only one year to refill and equip the Syrian army with much more sophisticated precision missiles- and all strategic missiles are in underground warehouses.”
Iran has only a few hundred advisers and officers in Syria, but it leads some tens of thousands of allies from Lebanon, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and auxiliary Syrian forces that resemble irregular-organised military formations.
In Syria, Hezbollah was able to operate in an area ten times the size of Lebanon, which gave it a unique experience any army in the world would have wished to have. It was also subjected to attacks by a NATO member, Turkey, which used armed drones on the battlefield. That provided Hezbollah with a wealth of experience and taught them lessons that have become integrated into curricula at military schools and colleges in Iran with Hezbollah and their allies.
President Assad does not say that it is time for his allies (especially Hezbollah) to leave Syria. Rather, he says – according to this source – that “Syria has a debt to Hezbollah. Wherever Hezbollah wants to be, it will be also Syria’s wishes.” America and Israel created an unbreakable alliance between Syria, Iran and Hezbollah.
In Lebanon, Hezbollah has started to harvest its gains. Hezbollah was able to impose the name of the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, despite repeated opposition from Saudi Arabia and the US, the losers in the Syrian war. Lebanon remained without a president for several months until General Aoun assumed the presidency.
Hezbollah rejected multiple offers from different countries by giving the Presidency of the Parliament to anyone other than President Nabih Berri, leader of the Amal movement, who has been on this throne for decades. Hezbollah holds the real power – though not all of it – in Lebanon to call for the appointment of the President of the Republic and the Speaker of the Parliament.
As for the premiership, it cannot be assumed without Hezbollah’s approval of the candidate. Hezbollah has sufficient political weight within the House of Representatives and the Presidency of the Republic to nominate or accept the nomination or direct the appointing of a prime minister. Former prime minister Saad Hariri is making sure his daily friendly contacts with Hezbollah are maintained because he would very much like to return to power. Hariri knows that the door to the premiership goes through one gate: Hezbollah.
This does not mean that Hezbollah wants to take control of Lebanon as a whole. Hezbollah leaders are aware that the Druse leader Kamal Jumblatt, Sunni leader Rafic Hariri, the Maronite Christian leader Bashir Gemayel and the Palestinians have all failed in controlling Lebanon and seizing the country. Hezbollah does not want to succumb to the same mistakes and doesn’t wish to control all of Lebanon. This means that the counter influence of other countries exists and is well-rooted in Lebanon. For example, the US ambassador in Beirut is threatening the Lebanese government with a warning not to remove the Central Bank Governor Riad Salama. Also, the US removed a Lebanese-Israeli agent, Amer Al-Fakhouri, via a plane which landed him at the US embassy without taking into consideration Lebanese sovereignty. The US supports the Lebanese army and internal security forces to maintain its dominance over certain key figures.
Syria has given the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, powers in Lebanon that he would not have obtained without the intervention of Israel and the allies in Syria. Hezbollah has managed to preserve its military pipeline via Syria by defeating the Takfiris (al-Qaeda and ISIS) and has prevented them from establishing an “Islamic emirate” in Lebanon and Syria.
Hezbollah’s victory comes at a price: thousands of martyrs and thousands of wounded. However, the resulting harvest is so abundant and strategic that the Lebanese Shiites now enjoy more power in Lebanon and Bilad al-Sham than they have since the year 661 when the fourth caliphate’s Imam Ali bin Abi Talib was killed.
This article originally appeared on American Herald Tribune.
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renegadetribune--2020-05-22--Overweight Before Age 40 Increases Cancer Risk by 70%

Being overweight is an established risk factor for multiple diseases , and is now known to dramatically increase the risk of several cancers .
Research from the University of Bergen found that being overweight before the age of 40 increased specific cancer risks , and researchers now suggest that preventing weight gain early in life may help reduce the risk of a cancer diagnosis A recent cohort study published by the University of Bergen in Norway found that being overweight increased the risk of cancer in patients before the age of 40 .
In this study , which followed 221,274 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , adults overweight before 40 , defined by the study as a body mass index ( BMI ) over 25 , were 70 % more likely to develop endometrial cancer and 58 % more likely to develop male renal-cell cancer .
[ i ] , [ ii ] Additionally , they were 15 % more likely to develop obesity-related cancers , including the 13 types of obesity-related cancers defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) : [ iii ] While this study is informative , the results @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a known risk factor for cancer , and since 2005 , cancers associated with obesity have been on the rise , while the diagnosis of some non-obesity related cancers has declined .
[ iv ] , [ v ] For these reasons , medical professionals recommend healthy weight as an important part of cancer prevention .
According to CDC Director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald , “ A majority of American adults weigh more than recommended … by getting to and keeping a healthy weight , we all can play a role in cancer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the CDC ’ s recommendations and multiple health initiatives , weight gain and increased BMI continues to be a global concern , with weight levels and related cancers rapidly increasing in developed and developing countries .
[ vii ] The Epidemiology of Obesity and Subsequent Cancer Diagnosis Obesity , characterized as BMI over 30 , is considered a critical health issue , with an estimated 1.9 billion adults overweight and , among them , over 650 million obese worldwide .
[ viii ] , [ ix ] Despite public awareness campaigns and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both obesity and excess weight , Americans and Europeans alike continue to gain weight each year , resulting in an increase of obesity-related disease diagnosis and astronomical health care costs .
In the U.S. alone , 85,000 cancer diagnoses each year are related to obesity , and the percentages of cancer attributed to obesity are 39 % for endometrial cancer , 25 % for kidney cancer and 37 % for esophageal cancer .
[ x ] , [ xi ] The epidemic of excessive weight gain is no longer confined to the U.S @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diet and lifestyle spreads and socioeconomic status increases in developing countries , so does the rate of obesity .
[ xii ] , [ xiii ] A recent study found that obesity-related cancer is growing in Korea , and additional studies have found similar results in Japan and other Asian countries .
[ xiv ] , [ xv ] While all studies suggest that controlling the obesity epidemic and improving dietary patterns in developing countries may help curb the cancer rate before it reaches levels resembling those in Western countries , few offer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
[ xvi ] As diets have shifted toward a greater intake of processed foods and activity levels have declined , the obesity epidemic has risen drastically .
[ xvii ] According to the featured study , the timing and duration of weight gain may have a significant impact on cancer risk , indicating that the health and wellness of young adults is of special concern in reducing cancer risk .
[ xviii ] While some researchers point to the public health sector as a possible solution for effectively reducing the population ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Yet despite these concerns , researchers seem cautiously optimistic about reducing adult weight , citing the success of public health initiatives in lowering the use of tobacco products over recent decades .
[ xx ] Currently , the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research ( WCRF ) lists the following guidelines for reducing cancer risk associated with being overweight : [ xxi ] , [ xxii ] • Maintaining a healthy weight throughout life ( suggested BMI between 21 and 23 kg/m2 , depending on population ) [ xxiii ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in fruits and vegetables , with no processed foods Additional measures to mitigate weight include educational nutritional programs , food journaling , community-based weight management programs , physical activity programs in schools and neighborhoods , and commercial weight-loss programs .
[ xxiv ] Pharmacologic weight loss strategies also exist , although these induce adverse gastrointestinal side effects such as nausea , vomiting and constipation and are considered far less safe and effective than long-term lifestyle modifications such as dietary changes .
[ xxv ] , [ xxvi ] , [ xxvii ] Further @ @ @ @ @ @ @ potential .
To view a comprehensive list of natural anti-obesity agents , or learn more about the risks associated with weight gain , please view the GreenMedInfo.com research database on obesity [ ii ] The University of Bergen .
“ Overweight before age 40 increases the cancer risk.
” ScienceDaily .
ScienceDaily , 11 October 2019. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191011112236.htm [ iii ] Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States .
( 2017 , October 13 ) .
Retrieved March 3 , 2020 , from https @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States .
( 2017 , October 13 ) .
Retrieved March 3 , 2020 , from https : //www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p1003-vs-cancer-obesity.html [ vi ] Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States .
( 2017 , October 13 ) .
Retrieved March 3 , 2020 , from https : //www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p1003-vs-cancer-obesity.html [ ix ] The University of Bergen .
“ Overweight before age 40 increases the cancer risk.
” ScienceDaily .
ScienceDaily , @ @ @ @

Being overweight is an established risk factor for multiple diseases, and is now known to dramatically increase the risk of several cancers. Research from the University of Bergen found that being overweight before the age of 40 increased specific cancer risks, and researchers now suggest that preventing weight gain early in life may help reduce the risk of a cancer diagnosis
A recent cohort study published by the University of Bergen in Norway found that being overweight increased the risk of cancer in patients before the age of 40. In this study, which followed 221,274 individuals for an average of 18 years, adults overweight before 40, defined by the study as a body mass index (BMI) over 25, were 70% more likely to develop endometrial cancer and 58% more likely to develop male renal-cell cancer.[i],[ii]
Additionally, they were 15% more likely to develop obesity-related cancers, including the 13 types of obesity-related cancers defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): [iii]
Meningioma (a tumor usually growing on the brain or spinal cord) Multiple myelomas (plasma cell cancer) Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus Thyroid cancer Postmenopausal breast cancer Gallbladder cancer Stomach cancer Liver cancer Pancreatic cancer Kidney cancer Ovarian cancer Uterine cancer Colorectal cancer
While this study is informative, the results aren’t surprising. Excess weight is a known risk factor for cancer, and since 2005, cancers associated with obesity have been on the rise, while the diagnosis of some non-obesity related cancers has declined.[iv],[v]
For these reasons, medical professionals recommend healthy weight as an important part of cancer prevention. According to CDC Director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, “A majority of American adults weigh more than recommended … by getting to and keeping a healthy weight, we all can play a role in cancer prevention.”[vi]
Yet despite the CDC’s recommendations and multiple health initiatives, weight gain and increased BMI continues to be a global concern, with weight levels and related cancers rapidly increasing in developed and developing countries.[vii]
The Epidemiology of Obesity and Subsequent Cancer Diagnosis
Obesity, characterized as BMI over 30, is considered a critical health issue, with an estimated 1.9 billion adults overweight and, among them, over 650 million obese worldwide.[viii],[ix]
Despite public awareness campaigns and a growing understanding of the risks associated with both obesity and excess weight, Americans and Europeans alike continue to gain weight each year, resulting in an increase of obesity-related disease diagnosis and astronomical health care costs.
In the U.S. alone, 85,000 cancer diagnoses each year are related to obesity, and the percentages of cancer attributed to obesity are 39% for endometrial cancer, 25% for kidney cancer and 37% for esophageal cancer.[x],[xi]
The epidemic of excessive weight gain is no longer confined to the U.S and Europe, however: as Western diet and lifestyle spreads and socioeconomic status increases in developing countries, so does the rate of obesity.[xii],[xiii] A recent study found that obesity-related cancer is growing in Korea, and additional studies have found similar results in Japan and other Asian countries.[xiv],[xv]
While all studies suggest that controlling the obesity epidemic and improving dietary patterns in developing countries may help curb the cancer rate before it reaches levels resembling those in Western countries, few offer practical advice for curbing excessive weight gain.[xvi]
Reducing Cancer and Disease Risk by Mitigating Weight Gain
As diets have shifted toward a greater intake of processed foods and activity levels have declined, the obesity epidemic has risen drastically.[xvii]
According to the featured study, the timing and duration of weight gain may have a significant impact on cancer risk, indicating that the health and wellness of young adults is of special concern in reducing cancer risk.[xviii] While some researchers point to the public health sector as a possible solution for effectively reducing the population’s weight, one study pointed out:
… [W]hen it comes to guidance related to obesity, there are few examples at the provincial/state or national levels in which this sector has been mobilized and effectively used to prevent obesity. Rarely is there evidence that nurses, physicians, and other medical professionals raise and discuss intelligently the issues of proper diet and physical activity patterns.”[xix]
Yet despite these concerns, researchers seem cautiously optimistic about reducing adult weight, citing the success of public health initiatives in lowering the use of tobacco products over recent decades.[xx] Currently, the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF) lists the following guidelines for reducing cancer risk associated with being overweight:[xxi],[xxii]
Maintaining a healthy weight throughout life (suggested BMI between 21 and 23 kg/m 2 , depending on population) [xxiii]
, depending on population) Adopting a physically active lifestyle
Limiting tobacco and alcohol use
Following a primarily plant-based diet rich in fruits and vegetables, with no processed foods
Additional measures to mitigate weight include educational nutritional programs, food journaling, community-based weight management programs, physical activity programs in schools and neighborhoods, and commercial weight-loss programs.[xxiv]
Pharmacologic weight loss strategies also exist, although these induce adverse gastrointestinal side effects such as nausea, vomiting and constipation and are considered far less safe and effective than long-term lifestyle modifications such as dietary changes.[xxv],[xxvi],[xxvii]
Further, hundreds of natural compounds have anti-obesity potential. To view a comprehensive list of natural anti-obesity agents, or learn more about the risks associated with weight gain, please view the GreenMedInfo.com research database on obesity
References
[i] Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Dec 1;48(6):1872-1885. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz188.
[ii] The University of Bergen. “Overweight before age 40 increases the cancer risk.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 11 October 2019. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191011112236.htm
[iii] Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States. (2017, October 13). Retrieved March 3, 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p1003-vs-cancer-obesity.html
[iv] MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Oct 3;66(39):1052-1058. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6639e1.
[v] Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States. (2017, October 13). Retrieved March 3, 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p1003-vs-cancer-obesity.html
[vi] Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States. (2017, October 13). Retrieved March 3, 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p1003-vs-cancer-obesity.html
[vii] Nutr Rev. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 Jan 1.
[viii] World Health Organization April 1, 2020 https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight
[ix] The University of Bergen. “Overweight before age 40 increases the cancer risk.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 11 October 2019. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191011112236.htm
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[xxi] Curr Breast Cancer Rep. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2019 Jan 16.
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renegadetribune--2020-05-22--Detroit: 20-Yr-Old Black Supremacist Films Himself Beating Up Elderly Nursing Home Patients

A 20-year-old African-American man was arrested in Detroit on Thursday after videos he filmed of himself beating up elderly white nursing home patients went viral on social media .
The suspect , who police have not yet officially identified but goes by Jadon Hayden on social media , reportedly uploaded the videos himself onto his personal social media accounts .
On YouTube , he can be seen ranting about the evils of white people and saying the “ black race is the chosen race ” and “ the black race was supposed to rule the earth.
” Hayden also appears @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 18 , 2019 which he titled “ drugging ppl prank ” that shows a man convulsing as he films off to the side .
7 Action News in Detroit reported that police said Hayden was allegedly a patient at the nursing home .
“ Police say the suspect is 20 years old , but it ’ s unclear why he was being treated at the nursing center , ” 7 Action News reported .
“ It appears the suspect also posted another video showing the beating of a woman who is confined to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the following statement from a law firm representing the Westwood Nursing Home : The nursing home and its administrators are still gathering information , conducting their own investigation , and cooperating fully with the police in their own investigation .
We will issue another statement once we have gathered more facts regarding the incident .
One thing we want to make clear , on the record , is that this incident did not involve a nurse or any other employee of the nursing home .
The individuals involved were residents .
The attacker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the police around 11:30 a.m. this morning by the staff at the nursing home .
He is not a long-term resident of Westwood , but he was recently admitted for recovery and rehabilitation purposes on a temporary stay .
Westwood has been cooperating with the police and will continue to do so .
The safety , health , and well-being of our residents remains a top priority of Westwood .
We will continue to monitor the situation .
Until we receive more information , we will not be able to comment further on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incident has so far been ignored by the national media even though the disturbing footage was shared by James Woods to millions on Twitter .
[ I archived his black supremacist rant here and his “ drugging ppl prank ” here in case his YouTube is taken down . ]

By Chris Menahan
A 20-year-old African-American man was arrested in Detroit on Thursday after videos he filmed of himself beating up elderly white nursing home patients went viral on social media.
The suspect, who police have not yet officially identified but goes by Jadon Hayden on social media, reportedly uploaded the videos himself onto his personal social media accounts.
On YouTube, he can be seen ranting about the evils of white people and saying the “black race is the chosen race” and “the black race was supposed to rule the earth.”
207 views
https://twitter.com/Chakitabelle/status/1263294449154764800
Hayden also appears to have shared a video on Oct 18, 2019 which he titled “drugging ppl prank” that shows a man convulsing as he films off to the side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYDdX-cSA2g
7 Action News in Detroit reported that police said Hayden was allegedly a patient at the nursing home.
“Police say the suspect is 20 years old, but it’s unclear why he was being treated at the nursing center,” 7 Action News reported. “It appears the suspect also posted another video showing the beating of a woman who is confined to a bed.”
Thank you to everyone for your assistance in bringing the senior home incident to our attention. The @detroitpolice is investigating the situation, and an arrest has been made. Thank you again. #ProtectAndServe #OurCommunity — Detroit Police News (@detroitpolice) May 21, 2020
7 Action News shared the following statement from a law firm representing the Westwood Nursing Home:
The nursing home and its administrators are still gathering information, conducting their own investigation, and cooperating fully with the police in their own investigation. We will issue another statement once we have gathered more facts regarding the incident. One thing we want to make clear, on the record, is that this incident did not involve a nurse or any other employee of the nursing home. The individuals involved were residents. The attacker in the video was turned over to the police around 11:30 a.m. this morning by the staff at the nursing home. He is not a long-term resident of Westwood, but he was recently admitted for recovery and rehabilitation purposes on a temporary stay. Westwood has been cooperating with the police and will continue to do so. The safety, health, and well-being of our residents remains a top priority of Westwood. We will continue to monitor the situation.
Until we receive more information, we will not be able to comment further on the matter at this time.
The incident has so far been ignored by the national media even though the disturbing footage was shared by James Woods to millions on Twitter.
[I archived his black supremacist rant here and his “drugging ppl prank” here in case his YouTube is taken down.]
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renegadetribune--2020-05-22--The Holocough – Bumper Tables to Promote Social Distancing

Adults are using baby walkers because the TV told them to be scared , but they still want to be @ @ @ @ @ safely .
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Adults are using baby walkers because the TV told them to be scared, but they still want to be able to get drunk "safely."


renegadetribune--2020-05-23--Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnancy Linked to Higher ADHD Risk in Children

The value of optimal vitamin D levels in the body can not be emphasized enough , especially among pregnant women .
In a Finnish study , the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) was 34 % greater in children whose mother suffered from a vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy , compared to those whose mother ’ s vitamin D status was sufficient in the first and second trimesters Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to wide-ranging health consequences , from dementia and cognitive impairment to the occurrence of various types of cancers .
About 1 billion people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ half of the population suffer from insufficiency in the “ sunshine nutrient.
” [ i ] Contrary to conventional advice , sun exposure then takes on great value and significance considering the new data emerging on vitamin D ‘ s importance .
A mountain of studies can vouch for the benefits of vitamin D , including in the area of maternal health and child nutrition .
In Finland , a nationwide population-based case control study covering 1,067 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) cases found a higher risk for ADHD in children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pregnancy .
[ ii ] It was , in fact , the first population-level study to show the link between low maternal vitamin D level in early to middle pregnancy stages and an increased risk for diagnosed ADHD in the baby .
Low Vitamin D During Pregnancy Linked to ADHD Risk in Baby In the study , the Finnish registry identified 1,067 children with ADHD — born from 1998 to 1999 and diagnosed according to International Classification of Diseases standards — and 1,067 matched controls .
The data was collected prior to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D intake during pregnancy , which is 10 micrograms ( 400 IU ) a day throughout the year .
Adjusting for maternal age and socioeconomic status as well as psychiatric history , the researchers found a 34 % higher risk for ADHD in offspring whose mother was vitamin D deficient versus those who had a sufficient level in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy .
Dr. Minna Sucksdorff from the University of Turku in Finland , whose group collaborated with researchers from Columbia University in New York , said in a statement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prenatal factors such as vitamin D deficiency while pregnant can influence the development of ADHD .
Millions of children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with ADHD .
According to a 2016 parent survey , 6.1 million , or 9.4 % , of children have the condition , with a staggering 4 million of them aged 6 to 11 years .
[ iv ] Back in 2011 , a controversial report on dietary reference intakes for calcium and vitamin D from the Institute of Medicine ( IOM ) found bone health to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ v ] The committee also recommended only 600 IU per day of vitamin D and a serum 25 ( OH ) D concentration — a precursor to the active vitamin D form — of 20 ng/ml or 50 nmol/l for people ages 1 to 70 years , and 800 IU per day for those at least 71 years old .
The vitamin D research community , however , was quick to disagree with the official recommendations , citing the very low recommended dose of the nutrient as a failure “ in a major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and on effective public health guidance.
” [ vi ] As ADHD emerges as one of the most prevalent chronic conditions among children , the study results may have great significance for public health , according to primary investigator professor Andre Sourander .
[ vii ] He pointed to vitamin D deficiency as a global problem , where the intake among mothers in several immigrant groups , for instance , languish at an insufficient level .
A previous study demonstrated that the effects of vitamin D during fetal development are mostly mediated through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D binding to vitamin D receptors .
[ viii ] This then regulates the expression of more than 200 genes , specifically upregulating some two-thirds and downregulating the remaining one-third .
Estimates from a population study for the world ’ s six geopolitical regions pinpointed a reduction in all-cause mortality rates from higher mean serum 25 ( OH ) D concentrations .
[ ix ] Included in their calculations are relationships between serum 25 ( OH ) D and disease outcomes for conditions such as : The GreenMedInfo.com database provides at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to help you make informed choices about your vitamin D levels .
[ ii ] Sucksdorff M et al “ Maternal Vitamin D Levels and the Risk of Offspring Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry .
2019 Dec 18 .
[ v ] Ross AC et al “ The 2011 report on dietary reference intakes for calcium and vitamin D from the Institute of Medicine : what clinicians need to know ” J Clin Endocrinol Metab .
2011 ; 96 ( 1 ) :53-8 .
[ vi ] Heaney RP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for vitamin D are deficient ” J Bone Miner Res .
2011 ; 26 ( 3 ) :455-7 .
[ viii ] Hollis BW et al “ Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy : double-blind , randomized clinical trial of safety and effectiveness ” J Bone Miner Res .
2011 ; 26 ( 10 ) :2341-57 .
[ ix ] Grant WB et al “ An estimate of the global reduction in mortality rates through doubling vitamin D levels ” Eur J Clin Nutr .
2011 ; 65:1016-26 .

The value of optimal vitamin D levels in the body cannot be emphasized enough, especially among pregnant women. In a Finnish study, the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was 34% greater in children whose mother suffered from a vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy, compared to those whose mother’s vitamin D status was sufficient in the first and second trimesters
Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to wide-ranging health consequences, from dementia and cognitive impairment to the occurrence of various types of cancers. About 1 billion people worldwide have vitamin D deficiency, while half of the population suffer from insufficiency in the “sunshine nutrient.”[i]
Contrary to conventional advice, sun exposure then takes on great value and significance considering the new data emerging on vitamin D‘s importance. A mountain of studies can vouch for the benefits of vitamin D, including in the area of maternal health and child nutrition.
In Finland, a nationwide population-based case control study covering 1,067 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) cases found a higher risk for ADHD in children whose mother was vitamin D deficient during pregnancy.[ii]
It was, in fact, the first population-level study to show the link between low maternal vitamin D level in early to middle pregnancy stages and an increased risk for diagnosed ADHD in the baby.
Low Vitamin D During Pregnancy Linked to ADHD Risk in Baby
In the study, the Finnish registry identified 1,067 children with ADHD — born from 1998 to 1999 and diagnosed according to International Classification of Diseases standards — and 1,067 matched controls. The data was collected prior to the current recommendation in the country for vitamin D intake during pregnancy, which is 10 micrograms (400 IU) a day throughout the year.
Adjusting for maternal age and socioeconomic status as well as psychiatric history, the researchers found a 34% higher risk for ADHD in offspring whose mother was vitamin D deficient versus those who had a sufficient level in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy.
Dr. Minna Sucksdorff from the University of Turku in Finland, whose group collaborated with researchers from Columbia University in New York, said in a statement[iii] that alongside genotype, prenatal factors such as vitamin D deficiency while pregnant can influence the development of ADHD.
Millions of children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with ADHD. According to a 2016 parent survey, 6.1 million, or 9.4%, of children have the condition, with a staggering 4 million of them aged 6 to 11 years.[iv]
Controversial Vitamin D Recommendations
Back in 2011, a controversial report on dietary reference intakes for calcium and vitamin D from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) found bone health to be the only area of benefit.[v] The committee also recommended only 600 IU per day of vitamin D and a serum 25(OH)D concentration — a precursor to the active vitamin D form — of 20 ng/ml or 50 nmol/l for people ages 1 to 70 years, and 800 IU per day for those at least 71 years old.
The vitamin D research community, however, was quick to disagree with the official recommendations, citing the very low recommended dose of the nutrient as a failure “in a major way on logic, on science, and on effective public health guidance.”[vi]
Global Epidemic of Deficiency
As ADHD emerges as one of the most prevalent chronic conditions among children, the study results may have great significance for public health, according to primary investigator professor Andre Sourander.[vii] He pointed to vitamin D deficiency as a global problem, where the intake among mothers in several immigrant groups, for instance, languish at an insufficient level.
A previous study demonstrated that the effects of vitamin D during fetal development are mostly mediated through the active form of vitamin D called 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D binding to vitamin D receptors.[viii] This then regulates the expression of more than 200 genes, specifically upregulating some two-thirds and downregulating the remaining one-third.
Estimates from a population study for the world’s six geopolitical regions pinpointed a reduction in all-cause mortality rates from higher mean serum 25(OH)D concentrations.[ix] Included in their calculations are relationships between serum 25(OH)D and disease outcomes for conditions such as:
Cancer Cardiovascular disease Respiratory diseases and infections Diabetes Alzheimer’s disease Tuberculosis Falls and fractures Parkinson’s disease Multiple sclerosis
The GreenMedInfo.com database provides at least 573 abstracts with vitamin D deficiency research to help you make informed choices about your vitamin D levels.
References
[i] StatPearls, Vitamin D Deficiency February 26, 2020 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532266/
[ii] Sucksdorff M et al “Maternal Vitamin D Levels and the Risk of Offspring Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder” J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2019 Dec 18.
[iii] University of Turku October 2, 2020 https://www.utu.fi/en/news/press-release/vitamin-d-deficiency-during-pregnancy-connected-to-elevated-risk-of-adhd
[iv] CDC, Data and Statistics About ADHD https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/data.html
[v] Ross AC et al “The 2011 report on dietary reference intakes for calcium and vitamin D from the Institute of Medicine: what clinicians need to know” J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011;96(1):53-8.
[vi] Heaney RP et al “Why the IOM recommendations for vitamin D are deficient” J Bone Miner Res. 2011;26(3):455-7.
[vii] University of Turku https://www.utu.fi/en/news/press-release/vitamin-d-deficiency-during-pregnancy-connected-to-elevated-risk-of-adhd
[viii] Hollis BW et al “Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy: double-blind, randomized clinical trial of safety and effectiveness” J Bone Miner Res. 2011;26(10):2341-57.
[ix] Grant WB et al “An estimate of the global reduction in mortality rates through doubling vitamin D levels” Eur J Clin Nutr. 2011;65:1016-26.


renegadetribune--2020-05-23--Ancient Olympics: Let The Games Begin (2004)

This 2004 documentary brings the viewer back a few centuries to Olympia , where the finest athletes from Greece would @ @ @ @ @ find out who ’ s the best .

This 2004 documentary brings the viewer back a few centuries to Olympia, where the finest athletes from Greece would meet every four years to find out who's the best.