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Comments (9)I found an interesting article (written from the supplement company perspective) about adulteration of ginkgo extract, and how this problem is threatening to diminish sales of products marketed for enhancement of brain function. Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) is often standardized to specific ratios of supposed active ingredients (flavonoids and terpenes). It turns out that many suppliers are spiking their GBEs with flavonoids from non-ginkgo sources, saving money but providing an inferior product. " Lee added the rogue GBE suppliers are parasites that feed off of the success of otherÂs investments in a quality product. "They have little investment in the cultivation of the trees, plant and equipment, hiring knowledgeable employees, promoting the science behind the product nor the education of the industry or consumers," he said. "If sales go down due to bad press, then the rogue suppliers simply move on to the next host." Muelhoff called the adulteration of GBE a global problem, though he noted it is less of a problem in Europe, definitely a problem in the United States, and even more pronounced in some Asian countries. "People who deliberately spike ginkgo extracts with rutin are using some inferior material and make it up to the generally accepted specification," he added. "We consider this as fraud, as this material is definitely less effective and depending on what else might be added it could also be less safe." What to do about it is another hard-to-answer question. "By the letter of the law, not disclosing the addition of an ingredient is illegal and an adulteration," Upton noted. However, Muelhoff pointed out regulation is only one side of the medal and law enforcement is the other. "Even in high regulated countries, adulteration can be seen, if it has no consequences not to follow the rules (this factor plays a role especially in Asia)," he said." So there's a double-barrelled problem for consumers - first, the limited evidence (at best) that ginkgo improves brain function, and then the difficulty in gauging effectiveness on a personal level, when you buy a product whose quality is in severe doubt....See MoreContaminated weight loss supplements
Comments (5)While "evil intent" may be over the top as a description of what's happening with adulteration of medicines manufactured in China, neither is it plausible that this is happening merely by accident or neglect. Time and again, it's been shown that prescription drugs not revealed on the label have been added to China-made supplements/herbal products, and the clear intent is to make them more effective while luring customers with a supposedly "natural" product. Check out the list of drugs found in Chinese supplements as indicated in this report. "...case reports showed that two or more adulterants were present in 14 of 15 Chinese herbal medicines. There was one death reported in these reports, and at least six potentially life threatening events. Suspicion of adulteration was based not only on adverse effects, but suspiciously good efficacy. Chinese herbal medicines may work because of the adulterants. Most people consider alternative therapies to be safe, and often do not mention that they are using them. Given that multiple adulteration of Chinese herbal medicines seems to be common, there is potential for problems, especially when other treatments are being prescribed. Imagine an older patient on NSAID and aspirin additionally taking a Chinese medicine containing indomethacin or phenylbutazone! We simply do not know what the rate of adulteration is. One UK study of 11 herbal creams showed that eight contained dexamethasone at concentrations up to 1.5 mg/gram of cream. In the absence of better information, we should assume that Chinese medicines are adulterated."...See MoreFlorida ban
Comments (1)Try this link to get more info than you ever wanted from the University of Florida ....See More12/29/15: foods to lose weight, daily journal toward health & joy
Comments (55)Thank you, Jess and Khalid for your comforting words. I went to the PA (physician assistant) on Jan 20. He checked my ears and found the right ear badly blocked, same with the left ear. When the cold virus attacks the body, it inflames the Eustachian tube. Some info. from Mayo clinic: "With plugged ears, your eustachian tubes — which run between the middle of your ears and the back of your nose — become obstructed. You may experience a feeling of fullness or pressure in your ears. You may also have ear pain, dizziness and muffled hearing. As swelling from the cold subsides, the obstruction usually resolves." My experience is very much like what the below doc. went through: http://www.healthxchange.com.sg/healthyliving/SpecialFocus/Pages/a-common-cold-can-cause-vertigo.aspx " Dr Young, 33, started an otherwise ordinary day with a mild sore throat and a runny nose – like he was coming down with a cold. However, by the third evening, he started to feel light-headed and awoke the following morning with severe vertigo. He felt as if the room was spinning around him. “For the first two days after the vertigo set in, I couldn’t eat, drink, turn my head or even move my eyes from side to side without vomiting or feeling the room spin around me,” he said. It turns out that Dr Young had labyrinthitis, a condition where the labyrinth (the inner ear) is inflamed and not functioning normally. Dr Young, an infectious disease specialist from Britain who works at a local hospital, self-medicated with vestibular suppressants and anti-emetics. These are prescription drugs to suppress dizziness and nausea. “But they had little effect." he said. “The acute vertigo usually lasts from a few days to two weeks. As it resolves, the patient experiences slight imbalance or unsteadiness while walking. This rehabilitation phase may last for one or two months. The hearing function may or may not fully recover. The recovery period is fastest during the first month but the patient may still recover up to six months after the onset of the disease,” said Dr Tan. Labyrinthitis is often spontaneous and idiopathic but can occur after a cold, flu or upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). “These infections don’t usually affect the inner ear. More often, in URTIs, the middle ear is affected when bacteria and nasal secretions pass through the eustachian tubes to the middle ear causing fluid accumulation. A bad middle ear infection can lead to the spread of infection to the brain, or in rare cases, labyrinthitis as well,” said Dr Tan. **** From Straw, the P.A. who examined my ears recommended an MRI of the brain (magnetic resonance imaging scan) to show the inflammation. The cost? $1,000. I said, "NO way, I'm going to rinse my ears with hydrogen peroxide". I went home, fill a glass-dropper with hydrogen peroxide, rinsed my left ear. That cleared out completely. The right ear which bled, I had to rinse it 3 times with hydroxide peroxide ... and my vertigo went away !! I was able to stretch my head backward in all directions. Hydrogen peroxide kills all three: bacteria, fungi, and virus....See More
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