The use of chocolate has been found to be a good safe cure for emotional stress in a recent clinical trial.  The trial found that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones. Cocoa has antioxidants that your body needs to cope with stress.

So if your feeling a little stress out or depressed this season, have a few bites of organic dark chocolate or a cup of hot chocolate made from dark cocoa powder, to make your season bright!

See research links:  “Journal of agricultural and food chemistry” Oct. 09

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Fox news did a great interview with one of the leading experts on infections diseases,  Dr. Kent Holtorf, who states very clearly that the risks of vaccinations for the flue for children are higher than the flue itself.   Click here to see the news clip from fox news.

Also an article from LewRockwell.com discusses the risks of flu vaccines vs the flue itself.

• Swine flu is simply another flu.
• Both season flu and swine flu vaccines will require two inoculations.
• Adjuvants (such as mercury (thimerosal), aluminum and squalene) are added to vaccines, but may trigger autoimmune reactions.
• The vaccines that have been tested are not the same vaccines your shicldren will be given.
• American children are subjected to 29 vaccines by age two, while vets have backed off on repeated vaccinatins in dogs because of side effects.
• Anti-flu drugs may cause more mutated and deadly strain of viruses.
• Most seasonal flu virus strains are now resistant to Tamiflu.
• Vitamine C and D activate teh immunce system and trace mineral selenium can prevent teh worst form of the disease.

Check out Doc’s Blog for more info:

Is the swine flu vaccination safe? More people have died from the vaccination than from the swine flu. Sources point out that the vaccine may have increased the risk of contracting GBS or Guilliain-Barre Syndrome, which is a brain disorder triggered by the vaccine which attacks the lining of the nerves, causing paralysis and inability to breathe and can be fatal. This comes from a letter from the Health Protection Agency in the UK.

Also, German health experts have given their warning about the safety of the H1N1 vaccine for the virus as the nutrient solution for the vaccine consists of cancerous cells from animals and they fear the risk of cancer would increase in someone by injecting the these cells into the human body.

Finally, concerns have already been raised that the new vaccine has not been sufficiently tested and that the effects, especially on children, are unknown.

Sources: The Daily Mail, Aug. 25 2009

Socio-Economics History Blog July 15 2009

Reuters August 22 2009

Bild.com Aug. 21 2009