How your fitness app may be fueling failure, not health

 A study analyzing social media posts found that calorie-counting and fitness apps, instead of empowering users, often leave them feeling defeated, ashamed and ready to abandon their health goals.

The core problem is automated algorithms that set rigid, unattainable daily calorie goals, frequently ignoring biological realities like breastfeeding or penalizing users for exercise by reducing their calorie allowance.

Notifications and food logging features are often perceived as judgmental, turning eating into a source of anxiety and self-reproach when even healthy foods are flagged or favorite treats have high calorie counts.

Features like logging streaks can be demoralizing, as missing a single day resets progress to zero, making users feel that months of effort are erased by one lapse.

The research calls for apps to move beyond rigid calorie counting and instead focus on building sustainable habits and intrinsic motivation, using kinder, more flexible algorithms that support users rather than shaming them.

In an age where technology promises to optimize every facet of life, a new study suggests that the very apps millions use to pursue health may be systematically sabotaging their motivation.

"A fitness app is a tool designed to enhance physical performance and track health metrics," said BrightU.AI's Enoch. "It helps individuals monitor their progress, set goals and stay motivated for activities like exercise and diet."

However, an analysis of thousands of social media posts reveals a disturbing pattern: fitness and calorie-counting applications are leaving users feeling defeated, ashamed and ready to abandon their wellness goals entirely....<<<Read More>>>....

Project Fear is healthier than ever

 THEY never give up, do they?

Although I opted out the last time I got an NHS message telling me that because of my age I was eligible for a free flu and covid jab, I am still getting these texts. I have had two recently and this time I am ignoring them as clearly there is no point in going through the palaver of attempting to opt out. They just take no notice.

The message goes on that it’s best to get vaccinated as soon as possible although they don’t tell you why. Bending over backwards to be helpful, the message adds: ‘Contact your GP if you need a home visit.’

Great. Yet if I wanted to book a doctor’s appointment or home visit for anything else, I probably wouldn’t be able to. So how is it that doctors have endless time to jab people or even to make home visits, but none for proper consultations?

As a case in point, a friend recently broke her arm in two places, and her GP was informed. Has her GP contacted her in any way, arranged a consultation or a home visit? No. There has been complete silence, not even a phone call to ask how her recovery is proceeding.

We are endlessly informed that these vaccinations are the best way of protecting yourself from viruses that circulate over the winter months. So if the jabs are so good, why are even jabbed people going down with flu and what passes for covid every year?

The old excuse that yes, jabbed up you may still get flu or covid, or both, but not as seriously as if you were unvaccinated, is still being trotted out, and astonishingly, all too many people are falling for it.

At the same time as these urgent texts to get jabbed are being sent to every octogenarian’s phone, scare stories have been appearing in the media about a new covid surge. Hospital admissions are rising, we are warned, and no fewer than 3,049 cases of covid were reported in the week ending October 1. This is a very precise number, so where the hell did it come from? Or, more likely, where was it dreamed up?

The ‘experts’, whoever they may be, are telling us that two strains of covid, known as Nimbus and Stratus, are now proliferating and are highly infectious. Symptoms of these new variants include a ‘razor blade’ sore throat, hoarseness and nausea. These are exactly the same symptoms that characterise ordinary colds and flu, of course.

As it’s difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish between a standard winter cold and covid, it’s important, say some doctors, to take a test with a covid testing kit.

We are assured that you can still get these tests.  And certainly, you can.  They are now available in every pharmacy and supermarket, with prices ranging from 99p to about £18. In this way the covid industry rumbles on, picking up speed all the time. Covid tests, much like the vaccines themselves, have become a highly profitable worldwide industry, operating on fear alone. Last year the global covid diagnostics business recorded a £43.5billion profit....<<<Read More>>>...

CDC quietly scales back surveillance initiative for food safety

 The CDC reduced its FoodNet monitoring program, now tracking only Salmonella and shigatoxigenic E. coli, abandoning detection of six other dangerous pathogens (Campylobacter, Cyclospora, Listeria, Shigella, Vibrio, Yersinia). Critics warn this will blindside public health defenses, reversing decades of progress in food safety.

Established in 1996, FoodNet provided active surveillance – sending officials to labs in 10 states to confirm cases rather than relying on passive reporting. It revealed 76 million annual foodborne illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, shaping modern food safety policies.

The CDC claims behind the scenes that stagnant budgets (stuck at $72 million) forced the reduction, but experts call this a dangerous justification for dismantling an early warning system. Without active surveillance, rising outbreaks may go undetected, spreading further before action is taken.

Advocates like Barbara Kowalcyk, who lost her son to E. coli, warn this erodes decades of progress in food safety laws. Some fear deliberate undercounting will be used to justify deregulation, creating a false illusion of safety.

Maryland will continue tracking all pathogens, but Colorado warns it may scale back if federal funding drops in 2026. Georgia reported not even receiving official notice from the CDC, highlighting disorganization in implementation....<<<Read More>>>....

What's Really Behind the Ingredients in 'Natural Flavors?'

 What does the term "natural flavors" really mean? Could it be that the term "natural flavors" includes genetically modified, pesticide-laden food? There are also plenty of "food products" on the shelves that read "all natural" on the label, but they still contain large amounts of synthetic, laboratory-concocted food agents, many of which cause diseases and disorders. So how much more confusing can it get to simply shop for food that doesn't kill you slowly?

Exactly who makes the rules about terms put on labels? You better hope it doesn't all fall in the hands of the FDA, the same organization responsible for allowing genetically modified food to exist and be sold completely undercover ever since its inception. And does natural flavoring include the migraine headache monster monosodium glutamate? Also, can "natural flavoring" include bugs that are ground up to turn your food into some "happy" colors that help you celebrate some birthday or big event? One final question: could "natural flavoring" mean the food contains meat, even though it's a vegetarian or vegan product?...read more>>>...

Scientists mystified by the obvious: Africa avoids COVID disaster despite not having vaccines

 Pretty obvious really? Perfect evidence the vaccine and the testing etc is a scam.

[SOTT]: At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare this week, Nyasha Ndou kept his mask in his pocket, as hundreds of other people, mostly unmasked, jostled to buy and sell fruit and vegetables displayed on wooden tables and plastic sheets. As in much of Zimbabwe, here the coronavirus is quickly being relegated to the past, as political rallies, concerts and home gatherings have returned.

"COVID-19 is gone, when did you last hear of anyone who has died of COVID-19?" Ndou said. "The mask is to protect my pocket," he said. "The police demand bribes so I lose money if I don't move around with a mask." Earlier this week, Zimbabwe recorded just 33 new COVID-19 cases and zero deaths, in line with a recent fall in the disease across the continent, where World Health Organization data show that infections have been dropping since July.

When the coronavirus first emerged last year, health officials feared the pandemic would sweep across Africa, killing millions. Although it's still unclear what COVID-19's ultimate toll will be, that catastrophic scenario has yet to materialize in Zimbabwe or much of the continent.

Scientists emphasize that obtaining accurate COVID-19 data, particularly in African countries with patchy surveillance, is extremely difficult, and warn that declining coronavirus trends could easily be reversed.

But there is something "mysterious" going on in Africa that is puzzling scientists, said Wafaa El-Sadr, chair of global health at Columbia University. "Africa doesn't have the vaccines and the resources to fight COVID-19 that they have in Europe and the U.S., but somehow they seem to be doing better," she said....<<<Read More>>>...

Current health guidance is utterly WRONG: Full-fat milk & red meat are good for you. It's the vegetable oils that can kill you

[SOTT]: The release of previously repressed studies shows that if you substitute saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats, this INCREASES the risk of cardiovascular disease. My fellow doctors need to accept the evidence.

Whilst we are in the middle of the coronavirus plandemic, it seems that all other diseases have been relegated to a position of complete irrelevance. Should this be happening? According to the British Heart Foundation, cardiovascular disease kills four hundred and sixty people each and every day in the UK. That's just shy of 170,000 every year.

Since the start of 2020, Covid-19 has allegedly killed 40,000 in the UK, and now kills about ten a day. On the other hand, heart attacks and strokes have killed 115,000, and continue to kill 460 people a day. Which one should we be really concerned about? Have a wild guess on that one.

An article in The Australian, based on a study that appeared in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). The newspaper headline was: "How dairy and fat could save your life," with the sub-header "A new study confirms decades of research that saturated fats are good for your heart. So why do guidelines still push a non-fat diet?"

The problem is that, once someone has made up their mind, based on no facts at all, it is difficult to use facts to change their mind - but I shall have a go anyway. As the article in The Australian noted:

"A newly published study of 195,658 Brits over 10.6 years found 'no evidence that saturated fat intake was associated with cardiovascular disease. In contrast, the substitution of polyunsaturated for saturated fat was associated with higher CVD risk."'

Hold on - if you substitute saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats this increases the risk of cardiovascular disease? This is double blasphemy, surely. Even if saturated fats are not harmful, we absolutely know that polyunsaturated fats are healthy - don't we?

The answer is that we don't, and part of the reason for this is that research proving that polyunsaturated fats are unhealthy has been ruthlessly suppressed over the years....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

CNN Spreads Deadly Lies About Vitamin D for COVID-19

[Mercola]: May 27, CNN published an article that could have deadly consequences if believed. It claims taking vitamin D supplements “can hurt a lot,” as “too much vitamin D can lead to a toxic buildup of calcium in your blood, causing confusion, disorientation and problems with heart rhythm, as well as bone pain, kidney damage and painful kidney stones.” CNN does not specify what “too much” vitamin D actually is.

Hypercalcemia (calcium buildup) is caused by insufficient vitamin K2 in relation to vitamin D, not vitamin D per se. Vitamin K2 deficiency is what causes “vitamin D toxicity” symptoms, but CNN does not explain this known fact.

Reviews of published trials have demonstrated there are no toxicity symptoms — including hypercalcemia — at dosages up to 10,000 IU of vitamin D3 per day, even when used long-term
Case histories of patients with hypercalcemia and vitamin D toxicity reveal they were taking between 3.6 million IUs and 210 million IUs over the course of one to four months. That means taking 30,000 IUs of vitamin D per day for 120 days on the lowest end, or 7 million IUs a day for 30 days on the extreme upper end.

CNN also cites a British expert saying “there’s no evidence that very high vitamin D levels are protective against COVID-19.” This, despite several recent reports showing vitamin D levels appear to play an important role in your risk of testing positive for COVID-19, as well as your risk of severe infection and death...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

Boris finally sets out tentative 3-stage covid-19 'exit plan' to get Britain back to normal within three months: People who can't work from home to go back, unlimited exercise and schools back next month . . . maybe

[Daily Mail]: Boris Johnson urged the country to go back to work tonight as he finally set out his tentative three-stage 'exit plan' from coronavirus lockdown - with schools potentially reopening from next month.

In a TV address to the nation from Downing Street as the UK's united front threatens to crumble, the PM paid tribute to the 'sacrifice' of Britons in reining in the killer disease, and insisted the government's top priority is to ensure those efforts are not 'thrown away'.

But while he stressed the need for caution, Mr Johnson delivered a striking message about 'colossal' impact on our 'way of life' and the importance of getting the economy up and running, amid fears that the draconian restrictions are causing the worst recession in 300 years.

From tomorrow anyone who cannot work from home - even if they are not carrying out an essential function - is being 'actively encouraged' to return to their duties. Mr Johnson said they should try not to use public transport, and safety guidance had been developed for businesses, but in a clear signal he said: 'Work from home if you can, but you should go to work if you can't work from home.'

Mr Johnson insisted the wider lockdown will remain in place, including 'social distancing' rules for people to be two metres apart where possible, and fines will even be increased to a maximum of £3,200 - with details to be fleshed out to Parliament tomorrow. He said the critical R number is currently estimated at between 0.5 and 1, and loosening is 'conditional' on the outbreak staying under control, with the prospect of the 'brakes' being put on if the situation deteriorates in areas.

However, he said sunbathing and unlimited outdoor exercise - even if it is not local to your home - will be permitted from Wednesday. Sports such as tennis and golf can happen, albeit only with your own household...<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

Food For Thought #93

Suspending the Constitution: Police State Uses Crises to Expand Its Lockdown Powers

[Waking Times]: “That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.”― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

You can always count on the government to take advantage of a crisis, legitimate or manufactured.

This coronavirus pandemic is no exception.

Not only are the federal and state governments unraveling the constitutional fabric of the nation with lockdown mandates that are sending the economy into a tailspin and wreaking havoc with our liberties, but they are also rendering the citizenry fully dependent on the government for financial handouts, medical intervention, protection and sustenance.

Unless we find some way to rein in the government’s power grabs, the fall-out will be epic....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>....

Big Tech wants to fire your doctor and become your new “health care” provider

[Natural News]: f you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor – just so long as you agree to make Amazon or Google your doctor, anyway.

This is the latest scheme being drummed up by the overlords over at Big Tech, which reportedly want to hand control over the health care industry to newfangled artificial intelligence (AI) listening technologies like Alexa and Siri.

During a recent interview with Fast Company, tech guru Peter Diamandis attempted to make the case for this paradigm shift, contending that robots are more apt than real-life physicians at tracking and monitoring the health of patients, making clinical diagnoses, and even administering pharmaceuticals...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

Everything your medical doctor is NOT telling you

[Natural News]: In the American medical world, nothing ever really gets “solved.” It’s all about “maintenance” and treating symptoms, using drugs, surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Hospital errors are at an all-time high as are hospital “superbugs” which are viruses and bacteria that are immune to antibiotics and spread like wildfire from patient to patient.

There is plenty for the typical M.D. (medical deity) to brush under the proverbial rug, and it’s all part of the unwritten code of only treating the symptoms, never the cause.

In America, there is no reward for doctors curing their patients, in fact, they’re punished for it. If a patient comes in with chronic inflammation and joints swelling, not a single M.D. will talk to them about toxic canola oil, GMOs, fluoridated water, conventional gluten, bleached foods, aspartame, MSG, or nitrate-loaded meats.

If that M.D. gave any nutritional advice that could possibly heal that patient, that doctor would be shut down by the American Medical Association and Big Pharma thugs – and mafia-style at that. In fact, worse things happen than just that if a doctor or scientist finds a cure for any American sick care disease (think of all the holistic, cancer-curing doctors that got murdered in Florida a few years back).

In America, there IS reward for doctors whose patients stay sick and get sicker. Many doctors work on a referral system where they send patients back and forth for unnecessary and expensive tests to be run, even when there is absolutely nothing wrong with the patient (usually because insurance covers most of it).

 Let’s never forget the serial-killing cancer doctor at Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit, Farid “The Freak” Fata, who worked alongside David Psycho-Blogger Gorski, and referred his patients out for cancer treatments and chemotherapy when they didn’t even have cancer...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

Why isn’t Greta Thunberg concerned about child victims who are having their childhoods stolen due to death from transgender puberty-blocking drugs?

[Natural News]: It’s a fact that children everywhere are having their childhoods stolen from them due to inaction. But this inaction has nothing to do with climate change and the climate rantings of eco-fascists like Greta Thunberg.

The real threat is gender-bending pharmaceuticals like Lupron (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension), a GnRH agonist drug that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now admits has caused at least 6,370 deaths since 2014.

In addition to death, Lupron is also associated with more than 25,500 “serious” reactions during this same period of time – reactions that are depriving children of their childhood and forcing them to suffer potentially lifelong consequences.

Why are children being given Lupron? For some, it’s because they have what’s known as “precocious puberty,” or pubertal development that comes too soon. But increasingly, children with gender dysphoria are also being given Lupron as a “treatment” for supposedly being born in the wrong biological bodies.

In other words, it’s “transgender” children who are now being prescribed Lupron off-label with the blessing of the LGBTQ mafia, which is now aggressively pushing gender-benders on innocent children who are being manipulated into believing they’re another gender.

And where are activists like Greta Thunberg in addressing this scourge on children’s lives? They’re silent, of course, because transgender “therapy,” no matter how damaging it is to kids, is sanctioned as being “politically correct,” and thus receives no mainstream attention...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...

The biggest MYTH ever perpetuated in the food industry… “Eat less red meat” and be healthier

[Natural News]: You’ve heard those health ‘gurus,’ claiming that if you just “eat less red meat” you are somehow healthier or less afflicted by animal fat consumption.

Question: Are the doctors then claiming that the cow fat is the only animal-derived saturated fat that clogs your blood and creates plaque in your vessels?

So let’s get this straight. The chicken, turkey, lamb and pig is all clean and healthy and your health has improved somehow because you “cut back” on red meat, right? That’s the stance? Something just doesn’t add up, so it’s time to check the science, once again.

Did you know that there is fat in the muscle of meat (intra/intermuscular fat), whether you eat beef, chicken, turkey, pig, cow, bison or venison? People who brag about eating “lean meat” are still eating food that creates plaque that can block blood vessels over time, no matter how you “slice it.”

Appreciate the fact that coagulation is the process of a liquid, including blood, changing to a semi-solid or solid state. This can easily happen from years of consuming ANY meat, not just red meat...read more>>>...

Cholesterol does not cause heart disease

[Dr Mercola]: For the past six decades, the U.S. dietary advice has warned against eating cholesterol-rich foods, claiming dietary cholesterol promotes arterial plaque formation that leads to heart disease.

We now have overwhelming evidence to the contrary, yet dogmatic thinking can be persistent, to say the least.

After decades’ worth of research failed to demonstrate a correlation between dietary cholesterol and heart disease, the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans finally addressed this scientific shortcoming, announcing “cholesterol is not considered a nutrient of concern for over-consumption.”

To this day, the evidence keeps mounting, showing there’s no link between the two...read more>>>...

Measle-infected baby photos FAKED by NBC News to push mass hysteria and demand vaccine compliance

[Natural News]: Proving yet again that the left-wing media is steeped in fake news and staged events, NBC News with Lester Holt has been caught broadcasting a faked measles photo that relied on Photoshop to add “measles” splotches to the photo of a healthy baby.

Amazingly, NBC News broadcasted the faked measles photo along with on-screen text that claims “Nurse battles vaccine myths as measles outbreak hits 555 cases.”

The real myth, of course, is the idea that NBC News is a news organization at all. In truth, they are a left-wing Big Pharma propaganda ministry that deceives viewers even when claiming to “battle vaccine myths.”

An image analysis conducted by Natural News confirms that the fake “measles” splotches on the baby are nothing more than a rubber stamp copy and paste of the exact same pattern of splotches. Through the use of Photoshop deception, NBC News then broadcasts the “measles baby” to the world to push its measles mass hysteria. Look at this poor, poor child… hurry and go get your vaccines, or more children will be Photoshopped just like this one...read more>>>...

Health freedom alert: Britain to ban everyone from privately discussing vaccine ingredients, side effects and damage to children

[Natural News]: At the turn of the century, the internet became one of humanity’s greatest gifts, a source of personal freedom and power. The internet unleashed endless opportunities for communication, commerce, and information sharing. Not only did the internet decentralize news, but it offered a platform for anyone to create and speak freely.

Two decades later, the internet has become a contentious place, with Tech giants, corporations, political activists, and governments all clamoring to control the flow of information, to stifle free speech, and to use personal data to exploit consumer’s purchasing habits and voting preferences.

Facebook has already implemented a plan to weed out information that is critical of pharmaceutical companies and their vaccine policies. For example, groups on Facebook may share information on measles, but they cannot share information on vaccine adverse events because this might cause “vaccine hesitancy.”

In Great Britain, online speech is about to become extremely more regulated. It’s like history is repeating itself. The British government hopes to appoint an internet safety czar to “monitor” Facebook, Twitter, and Google to ensure “public safety.” The motivation behind the plan is to “ensure public safety,” not to protect the right of the citizens to speak freely. Soon, you won’t be able to express yourself or voice concerns if someone in authority deems that your speech is abusive, insulting, distressing, indecent, racist, seditious, obscene, defamatory, incites religious hatred, may cause a breach of the peace, or is scandalous to a court....read more>>>...

World’s elite try to WIPE OUT all knowledge and use of natural cures, while they privately use them for their own longevity

Natural News: The dark side of Western medicine has been erased from U.S. history books and from Google search results, along with any trace of truth about the success of natural cures and homeopathic medicine. Any doctors or scientists who attempt to “peer review” natural remedies are stripped of their medical license or research funding by the corrupt American Medical Association (AMA) and Big Pharma.

Today’s mainstream medicine is nothing but sick care management, where chemical pills are dished out to quell symptoms of deep-rooted illnesses, and surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are used to only temporarily stave off organ failure, heart attacks, and cancer. Most of the richest Americans know better than to eat GMOs, drink tap water, get flu shots, or ever even consider chemotherapy for cancer. These elitists eat organic food daily, they take organic supplements, and they visit naturopathic physicians when they get sick. The only time they visit hospitals is for emergencies when they incur a deep cut or broken bones....read more>>>...

Top 10 TRUTH topics you never hear or see on lame-stream “MSM” media

Natural News: Since CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, the New York Times, and the Washington Post are all funded and controlled by Big Pharma and Big Food, they are forbidden from publishing and broadcasting the truth about several massively important topics. The same goes for most major newspapers in this country, and most of the popular websites.

What’s worse is that Google, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Apple, and Instagram are also controlled by the same elite forces that run the MSM (mainstream media), so you will never, ever see or hear the truth published about the topics that have the greatest bearing on your health and safety.

In fact, you will hear and see exactly the opposite of the truth published and broadcast by these globalist corporate “biotech” and “tech” giants who care about only three things: controlling you, fueling your sickness, and keeping you in the dark.

The new extreme Left (Democratic Death Cult) wants complete control and they want it now. They want to impeach Trump. They want to take away every American’s guns. They are already limiting free speech and free press, while impeding on religious freedoms, all while the court’s judges are stacked in favor of liberal legislation and decisions.

Your rights as an American are quickly and purposely being eroded away, never to return, unless you act now. The Republic will fall if we don’t all ban together and fight for clean food, unadulterated drinking water, natural medicine, patrolled borders, and the right to defend yourself with legal weapons, as declared in the U.S. Constitution...🅁🄴🄰🄳 🄼🄾🅁🄴>>>...

Research Reveals Shocking Information About Sucralose (Splenda) Side Effects

Waking Times: Sucralose (sold under the brand names Splenda, Splenda Zero, Zero-Cal, Sukrana, Apriva, SucraPlus, Candys, Cukren and Nevella, to name a few) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1998 as a tabletop sweetener and for use in products such as baked goods, nonalcoholic beverages, chewing gum, frozen dairy desserts, fruit juices and gelatins. It is also permitted as a general-purpose sweetener for all processed foods.

In the European Union, sucralose is known under the additive code E955. However, this artificial sweetener, like aspartame before it, was approved based on extremely limited evidence of safety, and studies published in the years since it was brought to market confirms early suspicions, showing it is not an inert substance after all; that it accumulates in body fat, disrupts your gut microbiome, and causes metabolic dysregulation and associated health problems...read more>>>...