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	<title>Al Sears, MD Natural Health Newsletter &#187; toxins</title>
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		<title>Six Steps to a Pure and Clean Body</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/six-steps-to-a-pure-and-clean-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Detoxification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve had millions of years of pure, clean food and water. Changes were made in the last 100 years that are threatening to take that from us. We don’t evolve fast enough for how much our environment is changing. We weren’t designed to live in our current world of man-made chemicals, toxins and pollutants.

For instance, there was a study done that looked at the blood of babies born in American hospitals. They looked for 415 chemicals and found traces of 287 of them in the babies’ blood.1]]></description>
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		<title>Be Careful with Those Christmas Receipts</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/be-careful-with-those-christmas-receipts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Detoxification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[receipt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hope you got all your Christmas shopping done. The stores are still open if you need to make any last-minute purchases. I’ll probably head out later to pick up a few more items myself.

But there’s something serious I want to talk to you about today. It’s more important than ever because of all the receipts you’re probably collecting this time of year.

Every receipt you get could be toxic. And the toxins on your receipts could be rubbing off onto the bills in your wallet. I’m talking about the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). ]]></description>
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		<title>My Grapefruit Prescription</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/my-grapefruit-prescription/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 05:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Detoxification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antioxidants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cleansing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grapefruit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen this in the news, or even heard it from your doctor: Avoid eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice when you’re taking certain prescription drugs. But you might want to give up those prescription drugs before you give up grapefruit.]]></description>
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		<title>Oil Spills, Brain Tumors&#8230;What&#8217;s Next?</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/oil-spills-brain-tumors-whats-next/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain tumors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer cluster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palm Beach Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most Sundays, I look forward to my leisurely read of local news over breakfast. But last week, two stories on the front page of The Palm Beach Post made me lose my appetite.

One was the Gulf oil spill. The other was the cancer cluster found in my neck of the woods, in which 13 kids developed brain tumors.

Why am I talking to you about the front page of my local paper? Because these seemingly different situations mean the same thing to me.

Our world is disintegrating into a less than healthful environment. Changes are taking place that will affect your health for the rest of your life...]]></description>
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		<title>Did You Forget Your Shower?</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/did-you-forget-your-shower/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollutants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that water utilities have found 315 pollutants in tap water?1 Most of my patients are already drinking filtered or bottled water. But most haven’t thought about what happens when they shower.

For many of these pollutants, there are no federal guidelines. For example, in Philadelphia, officials found 56 drugs and chemicals in treated water. It included pain meds, statins, antibiotics, and medications for mental illness and heart problems.2

There is no reliable system in place to remove these pollutants...]]></description>
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		<title>Sidestep This Invisible Menace That’s Making Us Fat</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/obesogens-invisible-menace-that%e2%80%99s-making-us-fat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alsearsmd.com/obesogens-invisible-menace-that%e2%80%99s-making-us-fat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Weight Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endocrine disruptors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estrogen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fat signals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesogens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Conventional “diet wisdom” has been bad enough. But now there’s a new category of chemicals that’s building even fatter thighs, butts, and bellies.

I call them “obesogens.”

These invisible toxins are getting into your food and making you fat. And unless you take action, it won’t just tip the scales. You could wind up sick and diseased, too.

I’m talking about endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in your food and water.

These chemicals, which have a structure that closely resembles the hormone estrogen, go from your food into your bloodstream, where they send out the “fat command” to the cells in your body.

The bad news is that your body can’t tell the difference between these estrogen mimics and the real thing. As far as your body is concerned, these chemicals that look like estrogen are estrogen.

And whether you’re a man or a woman, too much estrogen makes you fat, slow, tired, and diseased...]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Eating a Gasoline Additive?</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/soy-dangers-are-you-eating-a-gasoline-additive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alsearsmd.com/soy-dangers-are-you-eating-a-gasoline-additive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 13:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hexane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural foods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t mind telling you… I hate soy. I loathe it.

Soy sucks nutrients right out of your bloodstream. It can turn a man into a woman. Soy is one of the worst crops for the environment. It destroys the soil and wrecks our ecosystem.

And now, here’s another reason to hate it even more.

Natural-food manufacturers are using a toxic chemical called hexane to process the soy in their products.1

This is the same substance that makes gasoline explode. It’s the stuff in glue that gets you high. Hexane fumes go straight to your brain and cause damage almost immediately.

Some of these foods are probably in your kitchen cupboard right now. And you probably thought they were good for you because they say “Natural” on the label.

Here’s how it’s happening…]]></description>
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		<title>Every ER Carries This Miracle Powder</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/activated-charcoal-detox-every-er-carries-this-miracle-powder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alsearsmd.com/activated-charcoal-detox-every-er-carries-this-miracle-powder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activated charcoal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chelation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detoxification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ There’s a powerful substance every hospital in the country carries in their ER to treat poison victims.

It’s so potent that one gram of it – an amount the size of your fingernail – can absorb enough toxins to fill the square footage of four tennis courts.

I’m talking about activated charcoal.

It’s a form of carbon that’s been processed into a fine, black powder. It’s odorless, tasteless, and safe to consume. And it’s more readily available than you think.]]></description>
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		<title>Teflon vs. My Grandmother</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/teflon-danger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alsearsmd.com/teflon-danger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PFOA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teflon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I love to get in the kitchen on a Sunday morning. My favorite breakfast is three eggs cooked in butter with a side of grass-fed steak. Plenty of protein and omega-3s. My family wakes up to the delicious smell, and you can’t beat the taste. We love steak and eggs.

But recently, I went back to the good old-fashioned cast-iron pots and pans my grandmother used to use. I threw out all my Teflon. As convenient as they are, I won’t use them.

The chemical that manufacturers use to prevent food from sticking is called perfluorooctanoate acid (PFOA). This substance is highly toxic to the environment and to the human body...]]></description>
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		<title>You Weren&#8217;t Designed to Live Here</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/natural-chelation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alsearsmd.com/natural-chelation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chelation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Nan Fuchs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Did you know that, when tested, newborn babies have an average of 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants already present in their blood?1

Then, as we make our way through life, toxins enter our body through the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and even through our skin.

The world we were designed to live in over millions of years has recently changed. And our bodies haven’t adapted quickly enough to flush out the countless man-made chemicals, toxins, and pollutants that are now present in our everyday lives...]]></description>
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		<title>These Deadly Toxins are in Your Blood Right Now&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/blood-toxins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alsearsmd.com/blood-toxins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chelation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chlorophyll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minerals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ultra Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vitamins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A horrific study hit my desk. Many of my patients have a hard time believing it. But you need to do something.

It found 287 chemicals and other toxins in the blood of newborn babies.1 One of the pesticides that turned up the most was a by-product of DDT – a pesticide banned in 1972.]]></description>
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		<title>Flush Toxic Metals Out of Your Body With the &#8220;Claw&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/chelation-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alsearsmd.com/chelation-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chelation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detoxification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our environment has changed. The last 100 years has wiped out millions of years of pure, clean food and water.

And our bodies haven’t adapted quickly enough. We weren’t designed to live in our current world of man-made chemicals, toxins and pollutants. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Common Problem No One Talks About&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/the-common-problem-no-one-talks-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colon health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiber]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, Are you constipated? It’s very common but often ignored. By the way, the problem is usually not in your stomach. It’s usually with another of your body’s most important organs—the stretch of the gastrointestinal tract called the colon. It’s does a lot of important work for you. It separates and breaks down water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mutant Fish in The Potomac</title>
		<link>http://www.alsearsmd.com/mutant-fish-in-the-potomac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Al Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Men's Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estrogen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hormones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mutant fish swimming the in Potomac River are threatening your energy levels, your sexuality – even your future.

A few days ago, a team from the US Geological Surveys reported they are finding large numbers of male fish with female traits.1 This is nothing new, but the numbers today are far higher than anyone has ever seen before.

In some Potomac tributaries, nearly all the male smallmouth bass caught in the survey were abnormal. In the Potomac itself, 7 out of 13 largemouth bass had female characteristics. Some of them were even producing eggs! ]]></description>
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