Viral Fusion Inhibitors

Dengue & Vector Control

According to WHO globally dengue disease is 10th most common cause of mortality. Two-third of the world population is at risk of contracting dengue fever. There are 50 -100 million cases of dengue fever each year. Dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are caused by dengue viruses (genus Flavivirus; family Flaviviridae). Dengue viruses are small, single-stranded, RNA viruses. There are four antigenically-related but distinct serotypes, dengue 1, dengue 2, dengue 3 and dengue. This virus enters the human body through the bite of Aedes mosquito that carry one of the four strains of dengue virus.

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Why Heavy Metal Toxins Could Cause Gout Problems

Here’s an interesting letter I received from Ray Collins of the Good Life Letter:

If you sent me an email with a tip for gout, then THANKS!

I’ve not had a response like that in quite a while. Gout seems to be one of those ailments brings out strong opinions and some fascinating stories.

If you’re interested, there are two really strong remedies for gout in my book The Honey Garlic and Vinegar Miracle.

From recent emails it seems that there’s plenty about gout I’ve not mentioned in my books or previous Good Life Letters.

WHY HIDDEN HEAVY METAL TOXINS COULD CAUSE GOUT AND OTHER PAINFUL PROBLEMS

Many people believe that heavy metals could be a cause of problems like gout.

I don’t mean to say that listening to Iron Maiden makes your legs hurt. (Although it may make your brain fall out.)

What I refer to are the metals that exist in our environment. For instance the mercury in fillings, or found in some types of fish. Or the metals in paint, car fumes, some forms of cooking equipment, food containers, deodorants (ones that contain aluminum) and polluted water supplies.

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Tastes like Chicken

There’s more to chicken than meets the eye and it’s not just Bird Flu or the prospect of sprouting wings yourself for eating chicken breakfast, lunch and dinner (throw in merienda for that matter) almost everyday of the week.

Fried chicken, chicken inasal, chicken adobo, chicken sandwich, chicken afritada, buffalo wings, and maybe even chicken-flavored lollipop if there was such a thing — people are completely enamored with chicken that more volumes of recipe books were written about this meat than any other else.

But there is one thing that people may not be aware of, and that they have been putting themselves at risk every day by eating chicken bought from fast foods or dressed chicken from grocery stores. Aside from the fact that commercially grown chicken are kept in very terrible living conditions, inhaling the fumes from their own poop, and are laden with fat, sugar, and salt but low in fiber and vitamins, these chickens can also be pumped with a deadly metalloid – arsenic.

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