The A=432 Hz Frequency: DNA Tuning and the Bastardization Music A=440Hz: Not Quite Music to My Ears Humankind is the largely unwitting victim of a frequency war on our consciousness that has been waged for decades, if not millennia. The goal has clearly been to keep us as gullible and subservient as possible, through multifarious means. In modern history in particular, there has been what Dr. Len Horowitz has referred to as the strategic “militarization” of music. This happened in 1939 when the tuning of the note ‘A above Middle C’ to 440 Hz was adopted in the world of music. In 1910 an earlier push to effect the same change was met with limited success. Three decades later, the British Standards Institute (BSI) adopted the A=440Hz standard following staunch promotion by the Rockefeller-Nazi consortium—“at the precise time WWII preparations were being finalized by the petrochemical-pharmaceutical war financiers.”[i] This was the year that A=440 became the international standard. The American Federation of Musicians had already accepted the A440 as standard pitch in 1917, and the U.S. government followed suit in 1920.[ii] One must surely ask why Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, argued for this odd intrusion into musical creativity, persuading Hitler’s supposed enemies in Britain to adopt this “superior” standard tuning for the “Aryan/Master Race.” What did the Nazis (and their secretive by well-documented US financiers) have to gain from this? It is interesting, also, to note that in October 1953, despite the British and Nazi push for the arbitrary A=440 standard (which is “disharmonic” vis à vis the physico-acoustic laws of creation governing reality), a referendum of 23,000 French musicians voted overwhelmingly in favour of A=432Hz.[iii] Many, many musicians, through recent centuries have expressed their strong preference for the A=432 reference pitch. “This [A=432 Hz] tuning was unanimously approved at the Congress of Italian musicians in 1881 and recommended by the physicists Joseph Sauveur and Felix Savart as well as by the Italian scientist Bartolomeo Grassi Landi.” [iv] The Vibration of Sound According to preliminary research, analysis, and professional discussions by Walton, Koehler, Reid, et al., on the web, A=440Hz frequency music conflicts with human energy centers (i.e., chakras) from the heart to the base of the spine [the lower four]. Alternatively, chakras above the heart are stimulated. Theoretically, the vibration stimulates ego and left-brain function, suppressing the “heart-mind,” intuition and creative inspiration.[v] Interestingly, the difference between 440 and 741 Hz is known in musicology as the Devil’s Interval. For maximum suppression of human consciousness, the frequencies we naturally resonate with, and which are the most biologically and psycho-spiritually enhancing, must be maximally suppressed. Ancient Egyptian and Greek instruments have reportedly been found to be tuned to 432 Hz. As far as many guitarists are concerned, A=432 Hz seems to be the most practical, optimal, and most bio-friendly resonant tuning we have, although many musicians have also favoured A=444. (A=444 Hz belongs to a different scale, where C=528 Hz.) But there’s more: the cochlea, the part of the inner ear that converts acoustic impulses into electrical signals, has a seashell-like spiral shape. A bilateral cross-section of the cochlea is mathematically describable through the Fibonacci series (the Golden Ratio/Phi as manifested in nature). [vi] According to Chas Stoddard in A Short History of Tuning and Temperament, this fractality/recursiveness allows octaves to be decoded at the same point in each layer of the spiral, and may therefore be why we can discern octaves at all (meaning, that without this cochlea design, we would just hear pitch rising or lowering, we would not be able to identify that, for example, 256 Hz is C, as is 512 Hz also C).[vii] The octave concept would be almost meaningless and sonically undetectable to us. Somehow, Austrian genius visionary Rudolph Steiner (1861-1925) was on to all of this. He said: “Music based on C=128hz (C note in concert A=432hz) will support humanity on its way towards spiritual freedom. The inner ear of the human being is built on C=128 hz.” The fact that Phi/Golden Ratio is so key in morphogenesis (the biological process that causes an organism to develop its shape) in humans and throughout nature suggests that there may be an interesting yet little-known relationship between the galactic harmonic of 432 that shows up in our solar system and the Golden Ratio. A=432 is bio-neutral at worst, and is widely considered bioenergetically enhancing or healing if employed intentionally. Meditation music at 432 Hz is certainly relaxing and soothing, though I don’t consider there to be anything “transformative” about it, and transformative measures are what we so desperately need to intercede in our collective path at this time. As a musician and someone who uses the Solfeggio frequencies to perform DNA and kundalini activations for people who seek those healing and evolutionary services, I would actually go so far as to argue that, at this point in our history, the Solfeggio C at 528 Hz and not 512 Hz may be even more valuable to us in our search for reconnection to Self and Source — and most definitely facilitates people’s unplugging from the Matrix. It is widely associated with DNA activation, repair, and human transformation. (For more on this topic, please see my previous article: Diary of a DNA Potentiator – a Personal DNA “Hack-tivation” Story.) Note the visible light spectrum and colour wavelengths. Look for 528 and notice where you land: in the region of the “green ray”, esoterically speaking. The higher harmonic of the green ray/frequency is absorbed and metabolised by the heart chakra vortex. It is no coincidence that the wavelength of visible light at 528 nm is also green. The one is a harmonic of the other. If humanity needs to supercharge anything in our bioenergetic anatomy at this point, it is surely our heart intelligence, which conduces to compassion, empathy, and intuition. (We have more than enough of the cunning of the ego-driven cephalic intelligence.) Here lies a clue to the potency and importance of C=528 but I don’t want to digress too far. To return to the main thrust now. Maria Renold, in her book Intervals Scales Tones and the Concert Pitch C=128hz, claims conclusive evidence that A=440Hz tuning (above scientific “C” Prime=128/256/512 Hz, where A=432 Hz) “disassociates the connection of consciousness to the body and creates antisocial conditions in humanity.” Modern “Equal Temperament (ET)” tuning was supposedly the excuse for musicians to play consonance, but, according to researcher Brian T. Collins (who strongly endorses Renold’s book), it actually diminishes perception of tone and resonant harmony.[viii] Many people appear to endorse the view that, while A=440 music is more exciting (or aggressive, for some), it is more mindoriented and disconnected from the human feeling centres, particularly the heart (which has by far the largest EM field of all bodily organs, including the brain, which it can actually entrain). Disconnecting the heart from the brain is — as history (and our present condition) shows us — catastrophic on a planetary scale; for many reasons, but fundamentally, it disconnects us from our innate wisdom and compassion as sentient beings, thus disconnecting us from each other and the other intelligent beings we share this planet with (not to mention the planet itself which is a living intelligence). Ancient tuning practices employed the “Just Intonation” system of tuning. It featured “pure intervals between every note that were mathematically related by ratios of small whole numbers leading to a much purer sound.” From about the 16th century onwards, “Twelve-Tone Equal Temperament” tuning, according to Joachim Ernst-Berendt, commenced the mistuning of all consonant intervals except the octave.[ix] As a guitarist(who writes music primarily on an electric guitar, I prefer to tune up to A=444/C=528 rather than further down-tuning to 432 (I already drop a full step down on the electric and one of my acoustics and don’t want to lower string tension any further). 528 derives from the ancient Solfeggio scale, as re-discovered by Dr. Joseph Puleo, a coresearcher and co-author with Dr. Len Horowitz of the wellresearched and confronting book Healing Codes for the Biological Apocalypse. At A=444 I can feel the resonance almost on a cellular level—the vibrations go right through me, and the guitar feels almost like a part of me. The tone is beautiful and bright; highly resonant. This is not the case when I use 440 Hz (standard Western tuning). Electric guitars, lacking a resonant cavity, don’t make the distinction as easy, however, that doesn’t mean that our cells don’t appreciate the subtle difference. I will discuss more on the Solfeggio scale and why 528 is so important in a coming article. The Curious Case of 432 We see above an interesting relationship between the 432 and the number of completion arising as we look at this material below. The numbers suggest that the “universal” or solar constant of 432 has to do with the “completion” completeness) of the manifest material world. (or Diameter of sun = 864,000 miles (432 x 2) Interestingly 8+6+4 = 18 (1+ 8) = 9 the number of completion Diameter of moon = 2,160 miles (5 x 432 = 2,160) 2+1+6+0 resolves to a 9, as does 4+3+2 = 9 and 5 x 9 = 45 and 4 + 5 = 9 as well. Precession of the Equinoxes of Earth = 25,920 years (60 x 432) [x] 2+5+9+2+0 also equals 9, while 6 x 9 = 54 and 5 + 4 = 9 also. Interestingly, the leading acoustician in Beethoven’s time was Ernst Chladni (1756-1827), the godfather of cymatics. His music theory textbook explicitly defined C as 256/512 Hz, the “scientific” tuning. (The A above middle C in this standard scale is 432 Hz.) Perhaps this is to do with 432 squared — 186,624 (1+8+6+6+2+4 = 9) — being within 1 percent accuracy of the speed of light, (186,282 miles per second, which also resolves to a 9!). The square root of the measured speed of light is 431.6(!) By deductive reasoning, we might speculate that “notes tuned relative to A432 harmonize directly with the light body [auric fields] allowing the vibrations to penetrate, and through entrainment, bring your energetic essence into balance. Entrainment is the tendency for a strong vibration to influence a weaker vibration.”[xi] Inversely, A=440 tuning may produce a dissonant or “agitative” effect on the aura/mind — and anything that disrupts/disturbs DNA will create contraindications in the aura due to DNA’s innate sound-light translation mechanism. The human aura, of course, is the closest thing we have yet been able to point to as “consciousness” or “mind” in the manifest measurable world, as I demonstrate in The Grand Illusion : a Synthesis of Science & Spirituality. Using 256Hz as the reference for C (where A=432), all occurrences of C are a power of 2. Interestingly, the Schumann resonance — earth’s electromagnetic “heartbeat” existing within the atmosphere between the earth’s surface and our ionisphere — ranges from about 7.83 to 8 Hz on average — very close to (and even the same as) 2 3 . This isn’t terribly surprising if you consider the frequency of earth’s axial rotation: “Earth’s ‘pitch’ (cycles per second/Hertz) as it rotates is G, a fourth below the theoretical C that lies 24 octaves below middle C, when C=256Hz. So C=256/A=432 is in tune with the Earth’s rotation,”[xii] which is “in tune” with the speed of light, which is “in tune” with the diameter of the sun, which is “in tune” with the diameter of the moon, which is “in tune” with the precession of the equinoxes! That’s a lot of harmony, which is exactly what we should expect from a holofractal (scaled) plasma-based universe. C#=544 Hz, NOT 554 Hz! A.K.A The Breakthrough that Didn’t Quite Break Through In a ground-breaking research collaboration initiated in the late 1980s, biologist David Deamer and composer Susan Alexjander sought to directly ascertain the frequencies emitted by the bases of our DNA (A, G, C, T). They did this by directly measuring the infrared absorption spectra of DNA molecules. These DNA frequencies were then arranged as “scales” of tones, and subsequently used as the basis for Alexjander’s musical compositions. The atomic bonds within these base molecules “bend, stretch, and rock upon absorbing infrared light with a specific frequency related to the energy and strength of the bond and the mass of the nucleus of the atom. A tighter, smaller bond from, say, hydrogen, will absorb light with a higher wavenumber (number of waves per centimeter), and a higher ‘note’ in the infrared spectrum.” A spectrophotometer was used to ascertain the frequencies of the different bases. Inside this device, infrared light with frequencies ranging from 600 -1 to 3000 wavenumbers (in units of cm ) was passed through each sample, being absorbed at specific frequencies, which the instrument plots as a spectrum. Once the wavenumber was identified, it was converted to hertz using the following equation: Frequency (Hz) = velocity (speed of light) x wavenumber Because this process involves infrared light—not sound—frequencies, huge numbers (megahertz) were obtained, that, if translated directly into hertz would be far beyond human hearing (and thus useless for creating a musical composition, as intended). Recognizing that if they were to halve the numbers they were getting—and keep halving (decreasing them by octaves at a time) until the number fell within the audible range of sound frequencies, they would end up with the same notes only at much lower (audible) octaves. Each DNA base yielded 15 – 18 notes; 60 in all. Interestingly, it appears that none of the bases emitted an A# — it was the only note of the diatonic scale missing. Once this data was collected, it was converted into a human hearing range and programmed into a Yamaha DX7 IID synthesizer. They needed to use a “special electronic keyboard… because the tunings that were derived were almost all microtones” (tones smaller than a regular semi-tone, the smallest interval generally used in Western music).[xiii] This presented Alexjander with a formidable challenge regarding creating actual musical compositions out of these tightlypacked clusters of DNA base notes. At first, there was no seeming organization or order to what she was seeing or hearing, when experimenting with the 60 different microtonal DNA notes on her synth. Then, after weeks and weeks of experimentation with different sound combinations, a “tonal center” began to emerge. One pitch in particular seemed to lend meaning and coherency to the challenging microtonal morass — a pitch common to all four bases: C#(!) Adenine: 545.6 Hz Guanine: 550 Thymine: 543.4 Cytosine: 537.8 Average DNA Hz = 544.2 This is where their project gets particularly interesting for those of us interested in sound-based healing, Just Intonation tuning, and the acoustic laws underlying creation. You see, in today’s bastardized standard tuning (Equal Temperament), C#=554 Hz/A=440, and C=523. Look carefully at the frequency values of each DNA base above and you see that all four of them are fairly close to being tuned to this standard tuning (where A=440, the “Nazi tuning”). This C# “is positioned almost exactly in the center of the absorbency rates, and shows up as the average. This C# seems to act as a balancer for the entire spectrum of frequencies,” as Alexjander put it. She further observes that most of the gongs, bells, and drums of the non-Western world are tuned to this C# tonal center — as if we are collectively trying to subconsciously tune to something (natural cosmic harmonics). What made my jaw drop, however, was not that the four DNA bases’ tuning averaged out at 544 Hz, fairly close to standard tuning where C#=554 Hz (a discrepancy of only 10 Hz). It was, rather, the fact that when A=432 Hz, as in the ancient Just Intonation tuning system based on nature itself, C# is precisely 544 Hz — exactly what emerged as the dominant, central “organizing” DNA base frequency in Alexjander and Deamer’s research! Astonishingly, Alexjander and Deemer have apparently missed this crucial correlation. A=432 Hz is the tuning of the Cosmic Keyboard or Cosmic Pitchfork, as opposed to the A440 Hz modern “standard.” It places C# at 136.10 Hz [544 Hz four octaves higher] “Om,” which is the main note of the Sitar in classical Indian music and the pitch of the chants of the Tibetan monks, who tell us “It comes from nature.” – Dameon Keller. [xiv] Now we are seeing a real basis for precisely why sound healing works—on every level of our beingness. It is a harmonic rule that whatever octave you are toning at, it will automatically resonate the other octaves of that note. So, even if you are toning vocally within the limited human vocal (or hearing) range, and you are toning into a chakra, if you have selected the “right” note, it can and will correct cymatic deformations in that chakra, even though the magnetic vortex of said chakra will be spinning at a frequency (and harnessing light at frequencies) far beyond the range of regular sense perception, and thus, invisible to most people. The law of harmonic resonance means that you will immediately affect light/matter on many octaves of the same note simultaneously. Because sound (vibration) organizes light/matter into form, it is potentially the most potent tool in a healer’s arsenal. Sound does strange and exotic things other tools cannot; “junk” DNA, for example responds to sound—codons can be turned on or off using acoustic vibrations, and our cell membranes (which are the “brains” of the cells) have antennae that detect sound vibrations and can pass them into the cellular matrix. According to clairvoyant Barbara Brennan, former physicist and founder of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, when she uses her voice in this way for healing chakra deformities, the chakra will stand up and spin correctly almost immediately. From there, it only takes a few seconds once a chakra is corrected on the first/etheric level to then become the correct color on the second level (emotional body) of the field.[xv] Well known biologist Bruce Lipton has stated that, aside from the better known “lock and key” cell receptor sites, there are also antenna-like structures (“primary cilium”) on the cell membranes in our bodies that respond to vibrational frequencies: Receptor antennas can also read vibrational energy fields such as light, sound, and radio frequencies. The antennas on these energy receptors vibrate like tuning forks. If an energy vibration in the environment resonates with a receptor’s antenna, it will alter the protein’s charge, causing the receptor to change shape…Biological behavior can be controlled by invisible forces as well as it can be controlled by physical molecules like penicillin…[xvi] Li pt on ’s ma te ri al il lu The ciliated respiratory www.oldenglishsheepdogclubofamerica.org mucosa. st ra te s so me th in g ab ou t th e me ch an is ms in vo lv ed in ep ig en et ic ch an ge , in th is ca se ep ig en et ic sh if ts tr ig ge re d by so un d. “T on in g, ” as in tu it iv e ch an ne ll er Ba rb ar a Ma rc in ia k is in fo rm ed by he r ap pa re nt ly in te rd im en si on al Pl ei ad ia n mu se s, “i s a ke y to re le as in g st or ed kn ow le dg e. It un lo ck s a do or wa y an d al lo ws in fo rm at io n to fl oo d in to yo ur bo dy …[ I] n a ve ry su bt le wa y, it ch an ge s yo ur pe rc ep ti on s. ”[ xv ii ] Given that our DNA is tuned to the harmonic laws of creation—as seen in Just Intonation tuning—at C#=544 Hz, it makes complete sense that healing instruments like Tibetan sound bowls may be tuned to this natural scale. I’ll be back later to share more about C=528 Hz and the importance of the Solfeggio frequencies. In the meantime, please remember that you are nonlocally and gravitationally connected to the resonant frequencies of the cosmos and that no one stands alone “outside” of the cosmos or cut off from everything (though they may feel like that at times). We’re all part of this huge resonant system, participating in dynamic feedback loops with intelligent subsystems such as the sun, the moon and the earth. Our sense of separation is strictly a brain-based “grand illusion.” References: [i] Len Horowitz, Musical Cult Control, http://www.medicalveritas.org/MedicalVeritas/Musical_Cult_Cont rol.html [ii] Gary Meisner, http://www.goldennumber.net/music/ [iii] Mark Brewer, Music of the Spheres: A Case for A=432Hz, http://markbrewerharpist.com/blog/2013/02/music-of-the-spheres -a-case-for-a432hz/ [iv] The Secret Behind 432Hertz http://attunedvibrations.com/432hz-healing/ Tuning, [v] Horowitz, op. cit. http://ptolentinobioresearch.wikispaces.com/file/view/cochlea. jpg/77216849/cochlea.jpg [vii] Brian, T. Collins, The Importance of 432Hz Music, http://omega432.com/432-music/the-importance-of-432hz-music [viii] Ibid. [ix] Karol Jankowiak, Solfeggio Frequencies Set Body into Full Harmony, http://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/02/01/solfeggio-frequencies-se t-body-into-full-harmony/ [x] www.mythsdreamssymbols.com/432.html [xi] Brewer, op. cit. [xii] Ibid. [xiii] Susan Alexjander, The Infrared Frequencies of DNA Bases, as Science and Art, http://www.oursounduniverse.com/articles/IEEE.html [xiv] Dameon Keller, http://dameonkeller.wix.com/esotericartschicago#!sound-&-vibra tion-and-color-&-light [xv] See Brennan, Hands of Light, Bantam, 1988. [xvi] Bruce Lipton, The Biology of Belief, 2005 [xvii] Marciniak, Earth, 68-9. The Grand Illusion Did you know that modern neuroscience considers the brain as a receiver of consciousness rather than the generator of it? Brendan D. Murphy’s book “The Grand Illusion : a Synthesis of Science & Spirituality” synthesizes the paranormal with today’s hard science, breaking through the outmoded world-view that we are just powerless little “meat computers”. Here, new and expansive vistas of possibility are laid bare, and the forces and energies produced by our consciousness that act on the world around us are blown open for your understanding. Get ready for an introduction to the mysterious “fifth force” known to science – a “carrier wave” of consciousness that can travel at speeds far exceeding light. With the knowledge that we are incredible and immortal spiritual beings temporarily inhabiting a dream-like, multidimensional, holographic reality, we can indeed begin to turn life on this planet – which, for many, is a virtual nightmare – into The Grand Illusion. Are you ready to meet yourself? “The Grand Illusion: a Synthesis of Science & Spirituality” is available at BrendanDMurphy.net and Amazon/The Grand Illusion. Originally Published: http://wakeup-world.com/2015/08/26/the-a432-hz-frequency-dna-t uning-and-the-bastardization-music/2/ Author: Brendan D. Murphy EPA Crew Accidentally Spills 3 Million Gallons of Chemical Waste Water into River Last week, the EPA accidentally spilled millions of gallons of pollutants into the Animas River in Colorado, turning the water a deep mustard-yellow and, in some places, orange. The contaminants are believed to include dissolved iron, zinc, and copper. It’s unclear what effect the metals might have, but Colorado’s top health official said Tuesday that preliminary tests show the contamination “doesn’t appear” to present a health risk. But as CNN reported just recently, there are many unanswered questions surrounding last Wednesday’s accident. No one is sure just how polluted the Animas River is, whether drinking water is at risk of becoming contaminated, or how the millions of gallons of pollutants might impact businesses that depend on the river for commerce. “This is a really devastating spill,” said Kim Stevens, director of the advocacy group Environment Colorado. “We’ve been hearing from rafting companies and other businesses that rely on the river that if they can’t get clients out on the river in the next couple of days, they may have to shut down their doors.” [1] Although a flyover by a specialized aircraft revealed that conditions on the Animas and San Juan rivers between Durango, Colorado, and Farmington, New Mexico, have improved, it has come to light that EPA scientists grossly underestimated the scope of the spill. The eco-disaster is three times bigger than originally thought. [1] The EPA says the accident occurred when one of its teams was using heavy equipment to enter the Gold King Mine, a suspended mine near Durango. The team was tasked with entering the mine and beginning the process of pumping and treating the contaminated water inside, but accidentally caused it to flow into the nearby Animas River. Read: Top Agribusiness Food Companies Dumping Waste in our Waters Sampling performed by the EPA on Wednesday and Thursday at various points on the river showed levels of lead, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium and mercury were extremely high compared with acceptable levels set by the agency. One of the samples of mercury was nearly 10 times higher than the EPA acceptable levels. Samples of beryllium and cadmium were 33 times higher One sample of arsenic levels was more than 800 times higher. Exposure to high levels of these metals can lead to numerous health problems, including cancer and kidney disease, as well as developmental problems in children. “This is a real mess,” Max Costa, chair of the department of environmental medicine at New York University School of Medicine, told CNN. “These levels are shocking.” [1] Stevens warned the rivers’ ecosystems are also at risk. “The fish population is especially very sensitive to water contamination, and we really won’t be able to see what the impacts are until all of the pollution has run its course. Time will tell what the true impacts are,” she said. [1] [1] CNN Author: Julie Fidler Read more: http://naturalsociety.com/epa-crew-accidentally-spills-3-milli on-gallons-of-chemical-waste-water-into-river/#ixzz3ibgawSwo Follow us: @naturalsociety on Twitter | NaturalSociety on Facebook Black plum leaf extract protects against fatal effects of radiation Gamma radiation and xX-rays are able to travel many meters invisibly through space and penetrate human tissue centimeters at a time. This interference can affect cells in negative ways. In the modern age of medical intervention, it’s easy to take “professional” advice and succumb to routine doses of various forms of radiation. Easy to absorb radiation in modern day society “Professional advice” may include hospital radio ads that encourage women to receive their annual mammogram. Not only does this instill fear and hypochondriac behavior, but it subjects women to doses of regular radiation. If you are diagnosed with cancer, there’s a chance that you’ve been misdiagnosed. In this report, 1.3 million cases of breast cancer were exposed as unnecessary fraud. Either way, these women were quickly sent through further radiation treatments or invasive surgeries. Hospitals are quick to give cancer patients no options, as they ram the chemotherapy drugs and radiation protocol down a patient’s throat. Parents who refuse to submit their weakened children to these invasive procedures can have their children taken from them by authorities. “Professional advice” may also include a dentist’s tendency to give people full-mouth and -skull X-rays, which expose people to further unnecessary radiation, while taking snapshots of people’s teeth. Simple forms of electromagnetic radiation are typical in many modern homes, emanating from microwaves. TSA full-body airport scanners set travelers up, exposing them to radiative “security” scans. TSA workers come in contact with radiation routinely when dealing with luggage scanners. The effects of cumulative radiation throughout one’s life may become a problem if not remedied. Black plum leaf significantly increases survival rate of mice exposed to radiation A study from the Department of Radiobiology, Kasturba Medical College, in Kamataka, India, may help shine a light on ways to protect against modern-day radiation exposure. These scientists studied the radioprotective effects of black plum leaf extract on mice exposed to high doses of gamma irradiation. In the study, various concentrations of black plum leaf (Syzygium cumini Linn.) extract were administered. Dosages of 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 80 milligrams per kilogram of body weight (mg/kg b.wt.) were given to different groups of mice to evaluate the value of high and low doses. All mice in the study were exposed to 10 grays of gammairradiation. They quickly showed signs of radiation-induced sickness. The mice were treated with various amounts of black plum leaf extract five days prior to being exposed to radiation. The survival rate of the mice was studied 30 days after radiation exposure. The irradiated control group which received no black plum leaf extract had a meager survival rate of 12 percent. The average survival rate for all groups given black plum leaf extract was significantly greater, 66.6 percent. The most efficient dose administered was 30 mg/kg b.wt. black plum leaf. The survival rate in this group was over 41 percent. The results were best seen in the gastrointestinal tract of the mice. Of all groups combined, black plum leaf provided protection against radiation-induced bone marrow death. Black plum leaf designed to help humanity overcome selfinflicted radiation exposure Black plum leaf is designed to be effective against radiation. It is rich in acylated flavonol glycosides, quercetin, myricetin, myricitin, myricetin 3-O-4-acetyl-Lrhamnopyranoside, triterpenoids, esterase, galloyl carboxylase and tannins. Clinical studies have shown how these constituents are antidiabetic as well. The fruits, seeds and stem bark possess powerful pharmacological activity too. Its gastrointestinal protective powers have been studied; it is anti-ulcerogenic, antifungal, antibacterial and radioprotective there. These astonishing findings show that a very simple and specific leaf could protect the human body from damaging radiation shooting invisibly through modern-day interventions that humanity has inflicted upon itself. What else might we find in nature that protects us from our own shortcomings in medical intervention? Sources for this article include: http://science.naturalnews.com http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/043696_black_plum_leaf_radi ation_herbal_extract.html#ixzz2rn9CyXmw Author: L.J. Devon Is this one daily habit increasing your risk of cancer? Bearing in mind that skin is the body’s largest organ and absorbs substances readily, it’s always a good rule of thumb to avoid exposing skin to anything we wouldn’t ingest. And yet, a common routine is poisoning us on a daily basis – specifically, chlorinated showers and baths. Used in water treatment facilities to destroy harmful bacteria, viruses and fungi, chlorine is a potent disinfectant. But the darker side of water chlorination is rarely acknowledged, namely, that it causes serious harm to humans in ways which often remain unnoticed until major illness strikes. Silent poison A hot, steamy shower or bath is a great way to relax and unwind – or so we thought. In reality, we are exposing ourselves to an array of toxins with significant consequences. We would never suspect that we are bathing in an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classified pesticide. According to the Global Healing Center post “Chlorine, Cancer, and Heart Disease”: “There is a lot of well-founded concern about chlorine. When chlorine is added to our water, it combines with other natural compounds to form Trihalomethanes (chlorination byproducts), or THMs. These chlorine byproducts trigger the production of free radicals in the body, causing cell damage, and are highly carcinogenic. The Environmental Defense Fund warns that, ‘Although concentrations of these carcinogens (THMs) are low, it is precisely these low levels that cancer scientists believe are responsible for the majority of human cancers in the United States.'” A case in point is a study involving women from Hartford, Connecticut, which found that those with breast cancer have much higher levels of chlorine byproducts (by 50 – 60 percent) than women who are cancer-free. Likewise, research in Spain discovered a higher incidence of bladder cancer in people exposed to chlorine through bathing, showering, ingestion and swimming in pools. Toxins are not only easily absorbed through pores opened by hot water but also through inhalation of chloroform – a toxic byproduct of water chlorination. In the article “Is your daily shower making you sick?,” Chris Kresser, L.Ac, observes: “While our bodies can filter out much of the chlorine from our drinking water, the THMs and other disinfectant byproducts we inhale during showers and baths may be much more harmful, since the chlorine gas we inhale enters directly into our blood stream. ” As stated by the EPA, chloroform exposure affects the central nervous system and liver. It can also provoke depression and irritability. Unfortunately, chloramine (ammonia combined with chlorine) is often added to the water supply as well, creating an even heavier toxic load. Minimize risk Short of swearing off bathing permanently, a few simple methods are effective in reducing contact with chlorine. Needless to say, a high-quality shower filter is the first line of defense. Bathwater filters are also available. However, most only remove chlorine – unless the filter specifically utilizes vitamin C for reducing chloramine as well. Ultimate protection from both chlorine and chloramine would entail a whole-house water filtration system. Budgetfriendly options include: Dissolving 1000 milligrams of vitamin C in bathwater to neutralize chlorine and chloramine (up to 99 percent) Taking less frequent or shorter showers Reducing the temperature of bath and shower water Turning off water while lathering Chlorine most likely won’t disappear from our water supply anytime soon. As a seemingly cheap disinfectant, it’s here to stay. But through awareness and proactive steps, we can substantially reduce exposure and lessen health risks. Sources: http://www.epa.gov http://aje.oxfordjournals.org http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov http://www.epa.gov http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov http://pi.library.yorku.ca http://www.globalhealingcenter.com http://chriskresser.com http://www.globalhealingcenter.com http://science.naturalnews.com About the author: Carolanne enthusiastically believes if we want to see change in the world, we need to be the change. As a nutritionist, natural foods chef and wellness coach, Carolanne has encouraged others to embrace a healthy lifestyle of organic living, gratefulness and joyful orientation for over 13 years. Through her website www.Thrive-Living.net she looks forward to connecting with other like-minded people who share a similar vision. Find at Diaspora: thriveliving@joindiaspora.com Follow on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Thrive_Living At Facebook, connect here: www.facebook.com/pages/Thrive-Living/4995788… For Pinterest fans: www.pinterest.com/thriveliving/natural-news/ TOXIC WARNING: Fruit & Vegetable Stickers – Organic Makes Zero Difference! The adhesives used on fruit and vegetable stickers are regulated by the FDA. They are labeled as “indirect food-contact substances.” What chemicals the glue can be made from are listed in the Code of Federal Regulations part 175.125. The same rules apply to adhesives for both organic and conventional produce. For any food-contact substance to be approved, the FDA considers its composition, the amount a consumer might eat, short and long-term health effects, and any other safety factors. The FDA then sets a threshold at a lower level than what one would be expect to have any adverse effect from. They still advise washing fruits and vegetables before eating them. Why is that do you suppose? Ever wondered what IS actually in that glue? Fruits and vegetables have a skin, much like humans do. It is porous and absorbs things that are sprayed onto it or adhered to it. Think of nicotine and birth control patches. You stick them to your arm and it absorbs systemically… These stickers may very well be doing the same thing to our produce…. So what exactly are they sticking to our food? In turn, after a little research, it seems what they are really doing is sticking it to all of us. Check this out: This is the list of approved adhesive/glue ingredients that can be used on produce here in the USA. Trisodium – Corrosive when ingested. Turpentine – Completely toxic when ingested. Urea-formaldehyde resins – Rapid absorption, extremely toxic Styrene Maleic anhydride – Non-surgical method of male sterilization Petroleum – Highly toxic when ingested Synthetic paraffin – Toxic when ingested Xylene – In higher levels Xylene can cause progressive inhibition of nervous system function, culminating in coma, respiratory depression and ultimately death from cerebral anoxia. There is danger also of life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia. Zinc ammonium chloride – It is a Class 9 hazardous material according to the U.S. DOT. Used in galvanizing steel. Zinc dibenzyl dithiocarbamate – This is a rubber accelerator which may cause skin and respiratory issues. Zinc dibutyldithiocarbamate – This is a fire accelerant. Combustible and toxic. Zinc diethyldithiocarbamate – toxic rubber accelerator and contact allergen. Zinc formaldehyde sulfoxylate – Highly toxic. Do not handle without special equipment. Zinc orthophosphate irritation. – Slightly toxic. May cause skin Zinc resinate – The toxological properties of this substance have not been fully investigated. May cause skin and eye issues. Zinc sulfide – Toxicity only develops after chronic exposure. Zineb – fungicidal powder on vegetables and fruit. Can interfere with metabolism. Ziram – Also used to control fungal infections on food. Ziram exposure has been linked to an increase in the chance of the development of Parkinson’s Disease. *Some chemicals have been excluded from the list as they were either found to be labeled as safe or I was unable to find evidence either direction. The FDA has set these at “approved levels” – But how can anything that toxic be safe at any level? And do you really trust the FDA? A little bit of poison cumulatively over time adds up. None of these items are things I personally care to ingest. The best way to wash your fruits and vegetables: Step 1. Soak in Vinegar and water for 10 minutes. Step 2. Make your own non-toxic Goo-Gone. It works on vegetables, fruits and other stuff! Ingredients: Coconut oil Baking Soda Mix 1 part baking soda and 1 part coconut oil, rub a little on the sticky spot, and let it sit for a minute or so. Then scrub the spot with a scouring pad or brush and rinse it off. Will some of the toxins remain? I am unable to find any information conclusively one-way or the other. Please join me in writing to the FDA in protest. These chemicals are not safe, nor should they be anywhere near our food. CONTACT THE FDA: http://www.fda.gov/aboutfda/contactfda/default.htm Article Source: Natural News – Author: Sarah J. Barendse Sources: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2006-title21-vol3/pdf/CFR-200 6-title21-vol3-sec175-125.pdf http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/175.105 www.cdc.gov http://www.chemicaldictionary.org/ http://www.actionpa.org http://www.nytimes.com http://www.fda.gov/ http://www.rosybluhandmade.com (goo gone recipe source)