Entries categorized as ‘6. Nutritional Health Studies’
September 5, 2009 · 1 Comment
Natural Cures
No sooner did we post the recommendation to use Wilderness Family Naturals for your source for a complete line of inexpensive herbs, spices and teas, I had a chance to review an amazing site to perfectly complement the associated health benefits and healing properties of these substances. It is an open-source wiki database (as in wikipedia) state-of-the-art, compiled be individuals and alternative health practitioners. I think you will be as astounded as I am with Mamaherb.com (more…)
Categories: 6. Nutritional Health Studies
Tagged: Natural Cures
A most interesting and challenging article called Raw versus Cooked Foods: Which is Better? came across my desktop. When Dr. Bruce Ames from UCLA was quoted, I took special notice as I have had much respect for his work.
I think every one knows eating raw fruits and vegetables is healthy and nutritious; but few may know why. (I always feel very much energized after eating a small plate of veggies with dip– as well as a banana, apple or orange.) Some even find properly prepared raw meat (such as beef liver, oysters or sushi) to be beneficial.
Personally, I would never become a raw foodie, as some swear by and avoid anything cooked–some religiously (“don’t touch that– cooked green beans have been on that plate”). I would rather increase consumption of raw, and continue eating al dente many of the veggies. (more…)
Categories: 5. Soup and Mixed Nuts (Misc.) · 6. Nutritional Health Studies
A study published in the February issue of the Environmental Health Journal shows widespread mercury contamination in high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). HFCS is found everywhere in foods and drinks. The source: some HFCS makers are using mercury-contaminated sodium hydroxide in their manufacturing processes, while others have phased it out.
Now the real question is this: which is more toxic– the mercury or the HFCS itself?
You do not need a degree in toxicology or food nutrition to determine in about 5 minutes what the answer is, unless you are in the corn industry or Big Food. The HFCS is more toxic than the mercury that is in it!
Studies show HFCS contributes to obesity, kidney stones, diabetes in children and adults. It also hurts the kidneys and liver. Folks who drink as few as 2 cans of pop a day are at risk. A lot of kids drink 1 liter; some drink two liters! Americans consume 40 pounds a year of the stuff on average. (I suppose that means some consume over 120 pounds.) See http://www.highfructosecornsyrup.org and especially Sickly Sweet: Why and How to Avoid High-fructose Corn Syrup at FamilyEducation.com
In the subject study, the mercury levels in the HFCS were hardly detectible. The study showed half of the 20 samples of HFCS had no detectible amount of mercury, less than 0.005 micrograms per gram (that is less than 5 parts per billion). Most people have no idea what a billion or a trillion is, especially in Washington, D.C., not to mention what a part per billion is.
| NOW GET THIS: One part per billion (ppb) is equivalent to 1 minute of the total elapsed time since Jesus Christ was born!For the love of cheese, 5 ppb of mercury in everything we eat and drink can do no harm! |
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Categories: 6. Nutritional Health Studies · Sweeteners
Tagged: Sugars and Artificial Sweeteners
Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You’re Eating, presents the dangers poised to humans by injecting all our dairy cows with rGHB (aka rBST). Smith exposes collusion between drug companies and the FDA to push these hormones through the already all-too-lax approval process. This is another example of the government sacrificing public health for the wealth of corporate interests.
Categories: 6. Nutritional Health Studies · Raw Milk and Milk Products
A film by Jeffrey M. Smith. Dairy products from cows treated with Monsanto’s genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rBGH or rBST) may sharply increase cancer risk and other diseases.
Categories: 6. Nutritional Health Studies · Raw Milk and Milk Products
The Stench from Factory Farms is Only Part of the Story
Based on the study, an increase of 100,000 animal units in a county corresponded to 123 more infant deaths per year per 100,000 births. Doubling livestock numbers was linked to a 7.4 percent increase in infant mortality.
I am fortunate that a colleague of mine, who has much more expertise in air pollution than I do, has passed this along to me. Now I know in part why there are 180,000 sustainable, organic farms are all over India and growing– especially after more than 100,000 Indian farmers have committed suicide by drinking Monsanto supplied pesticide, after their farms were destroyed by Monsanto’s bad seed and advice
Previous studies have found that animal production can result in high concentrations of potentially harmful byproducts. Effluent from livestock farms can contaminate the groundwater and air.Certain gases associated with livestock farming have been found to be toxic and to contribute to overall air pollution levels. Livestock farming has also been associated with air-borne particulate matter.
Quote: Ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and airborne particulate matter are all associated with factory farm livestock production, Sneeringer says. Exposure to the gases has been linked to respiratory distress in infants, while exposure in the womb has been linked to disorders that occur late in pregnancy or shortly after birth, and has also been linked to spontaneous abortions. Sneeringer found that about 80 percent of the infant deaths associated with increased livestock production occurred in the first 28 days of life. (more…)
Categories: 6. Nutritional Health Studies
This classic text written in 1939 is a primer for anyone interested in how food, diet and nutrition effects human health. This is a classic non-technical text for anyone that eats, especially health and nutrition professionals.
Complete with 134 pictures– proof of ill effects of poor diet and benefits of traditional diets. It clearly shows how and why modern processed foods are most detrimental to health compared to traditional native diets— in other words, how eating a variety of foods grown naturally, including so-called unhealthy foods, promotes health and prevents diseases and disorders.
The Preface is provided below with my underlining for emphasis.
Purchase this book direct from the publisher, Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation.
Nutrition and
Physical Degeneration
A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets
and Their Effects
BY
WESTON A. PRICE, MS., D.D.S., F.A.G.D.
Member Research Commission, American Dental Association
Member American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Author, “Dental Infections, Oral and Systemic”
WITH 134 FIGURES
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Categories: 5. Soup and Mixed Nuts (Misc.) · 6. Nutritional Health Studies
Tagged: health and nutrition, Weston A. Price
