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Macrobiotic cancer treatment

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Macrobiotic recommendation how to feed for patients with cancer and other serious diseases

Only on the fingers of one hand is probably possible to count these that remember declaration of president USA Nixon from the year 1971: “We provided scientists so many resources and gave them enough possibilities, that during the two year, the cancer problem will be solved.” Today, nearly after thirty five years, the problem of cancer is still not solved.

According to present statistics it’s even increasing breast cancer and cancer of lungs. There also appeared completely new, so far incurable forms of cancer and they overgrow to pandemic. To the whole world epidemic.

Causes: modern civilization harms more than helps. Official science doesn’t keep up to correct their damaging consequencies. And can’t manage even to prevent them. It doesn’t know prevention in the right word meaning - as a elimination of cause.

To the problem of breast cancer, science even officialy admit unknowingness and incapability of prevention. In the world press, it does appear again in the half of 2005. In the connection with the most popular and most favourite pop star Kilie Minogue, after discovery her carcinoma was suggested surgical removal of tumour, irradiation and chemotherapy. Prevention was brushed with saying: “Against breast cancer doesn’t exist no other prevention than their timely discovery.”

Suffice however to carefully read american original of Kushi’s prominent book: Cancer prevention diet. There’s cited 31 scientific reports from years 1984 - 1993. Scientists from America, Japan, China, France, Scandinavia and others, in them on various examples show, that in prevention and treatment breast cancer is showing as positive factor consumption of foods from whole grains, soya cheese, fermented soy products, miso soups, seaweeds.
Say in another way: by partial researches is confirmed macrobiotic as a whole. Cow milk and milk products are, in the quoted scientific researches, valued as positively non beneficial. Up to dangerous. States there, that women, that were breastfeeded for a long time as a neonates are endangered less by breast cancer.

Other important findings

We will show almost trivial example of science demerger. One part of science in the last years as a advice for improvement of health, started extensive campaign, that encourage: Eat a lot of fruits. Other scientists did on the contrary participate on the concrete researches, that demonstrated negative influence of fruits on the cancer of women’s sexual organs. As announced Internation Journal of Cancer, they went out with these results:

Breast Cancer
With consumption of whole grains, decreased occurence of 64%, mortality fall of 70%
With consumption of legumes, decreased occurence of 43%, mortality fall of 46%
With consumption of fruits, INCREASED occurence of 64%, mortality raise of 44%

Cancer of the uterus (briefly)
Whole grains - occurence decreased of 58%
Legumes - occurence decreased of 46%
Fruits - occurence INCREASED of 54%

Cancer of the ovary
Whole grains - occurence decrease of 43%, mortality fall of 78%
Legumes - occurence decrease of 41%, mortality fall of 53%
Fruits - occurence INCREASED of 16%, mortality RAISE of 31%

For an interest yet at least few important figures: by consumption of milk, with all three cited forms of cancer (in the same order), increase occurance of 66%, 64%, 47%. Mortality increase: breast cancer of 73%, cancer of the uterus of 66%.

We could quote further. It’s however more benefical summary inform, that traditional energy medicine has in comparison with disjointed modern science for disposal in the long run verified complex system. It engages not only about details, but treatment as a whole. Nourishment and supplemental activities harmonize at the same time from the view of quality of two basic energies. And offer not only prevention of cancer, but also significant help with its treatment. What most expecially: it can effectively implement all in the practice - it teaches patients how to examine in the nature, how to provide external applications at home - and particularly: how to work in the kitchen.

What for the last broadly fifty years appeared as a solution of battle against cancer, but wasn’t versatilely effective? For example theory about this, that originators of cancer are bacteries. Later: that causation are viruses. Or: living environment in general. Eventually climate. Unsuitable environment in the place of working. Various radiances. Artificial ingredients in the foods and industrialy manufactured foods. Using of plastics. Excessive consumption of fats. Consumption of red meat. Or relatively new view, that cancer is isolated cell disorder.
In all we have introduced is always ONLY PIECE OF TRUTH.

It’s given by two mistakes

1. The view is narrowed to only one particular problem
2. It’s still common inability come from materialist view of the world (as a form of material) to view much deeper. To the recognition of world as a space with endless variants of various energy qualities. The stone is thick energy, the cauliflower is significantly less thick energy, curtain is yet more less thick, thought is rather dissipated energy, spiritual shell of our body has quality of the most light energetic waves and frequencies.

All existing variants, that are milliards, have own origin in the different ratio of two basic energies.

In the centripetal energy, contracting, densing, coming in the spirals from the whole infinite Universe.
And centrifugal energy, expansive, dilatating, releasing, dissipating, arising from the rotation of giant mass of our planet around own axis.

Both in the whirling spirals are creating, affecting and constantly changing all, what is in Universe and thus on our planet, and around her, do exist. Even our foods and through it also our bodies alone.

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Detoxication

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Detoxication

DETOX

It is that time of year, folks. I need to lose a few pounds of holiday excess. Anyone else? I like to do fasts and detoxes a couple of times during the year, the most hardcore one being the Master Cleanse I did last spring. It was not what you would characterize as pretty. Or easy. It did work, however. As I do not wish to subsist on lemon water in the middle of winter, I asked my doctor, a detox diet specialist, for the guidelines he uses to achieve a good detox that is not as hallucinogenic (in a bad way) as the Master Cleanse. He actually thinks that the Master Cleanse can be dangerous because the liver is not supported by the nutrients it needs. What it came down to was this: you can detox easily and effectively while you continue to eat as long as you are cutting out the foods and other substances that interfere with the detoxification process. Make sure you check with your doctor before you start any detox. Drink A LOT of water. I created this menu plan for a seven-day elimination diet. The shakes and juices are meant to be liquid meals that help decrease the amount of work your digestive system has to do. I will be suffering along with you to kickstart my year a bit lighter. Good luck to us all!

— Gwyneth Paltrow

According to Dr. Alejandro Junger* (our detox specialist) in addition to the above, there are a few more “basic principles of detoxification” that should be kept in mind while following our detox menus.

* Do deep breathing or gentle yoga.
* Take a couple of spoonfuls of extra virgin olive oil at night to help stimulate your liver to eliminate bile and keep its circulation flowing.
* If your bowel movements get sluggish, you can accelerate things by drinking half a cup of castor oil or using a mild herbal laxative. Bowel elimination is paramount for correct detoxification.
* The skin gets rid of many toxins so it is important to sweat, either by exercising or taking a sauna.
* Finally, make sure you eat whole organic foods, which have the best chance of having all the nutrients needed for liver and general detoxification.

*This is an excerpt from Dr. Junger’s upcoming book Clean, which will be published in May. Be sure to pick up a copy!

MENUS (bold indicates a recipe)

Adjust the time to your schedule and the meals to your taste but remember that there can be no dairy, grains with gluten, meat, shellfish, anything processed (including all soy products), fatty nuts, nightshades (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant), condiments, sugar and obviously no alcohol, caffeine or soda.
DAY ONE

7am (or upon rising): Glass of room temperature lemon water
8am: Herbal tea
10am (breakfast): Blueberry and Almond Smoothie
11:30am: Coconut water*
1:30pm (lunch): Salad with Carrot and Ginger Dressing
4pm (snack): A handful of mixed pumpkin and sunflower seeds
6pm (dinner): Broccoli and Arugula Soup
*Make sure that the coconut water has no added sugar. Fresh is ideal but the brands Zico or Vita Coco are readily available.
DAY TWO

7am (or upon rising): Glass of room temperature lemon water
8am: Herbal tea
10am (breakfast): Raspberry and Rice Milk Smoothie (follow method for Blueberry and Almond Smoothie)
11:30am: Coconut water
1:30pm (lunch): Detox Teriyaki Chicken and Steamed Greens
4pm (snack): Miso Soup with Watercress
6pm (dinner): Pea and Basil Soup (follow method for Broccoli and Arugula Soup)
DAY THREE

7am (or upon rising): Glass of room temperature lemon water
8am: Herbal tea
10am (breakfast): Oatmeal (make with rice or almond milk instead of water so itӳ a bit more substantial)
11:30am: Coconut water
1:30pm (lunch): Blueberry and Almond Smoothie
4pm (snack): Cucumber, Lime and Basil Juice
6pm (dinner): Super Greens Juice / Miso Soup with Watercress
DAY FOUR

7am (or upon rising): Glass of room temperature lemon water
8am: Herbal tea
10am (breakfast): Mango and Coconut Milk Smoothie (follow method for Blueberry and Almond Smoothie)
11:30am: Coconut water
1:30pm (lunch): Miso Soup with Watercress
4pm (snack): A handful of blueberries
6pm (dinner): Steamed Salmon and Greens
DAY FIVE

7am (or upon rising): Glass of room temperature lemon water
8am: Herbal tea
10am (breakfast): Peach and Almond Smoothie (follow method for Blueberry and Almond Smoothie)
11:30am: Coconut water
1:30pm (lunch): Raw crudite (carrots, green beans, radishes, cucumbers, zucchini) with Carrot and Ginger Dressing
4pm (snack): Beet, Carrot, Apple and Ginger Juice
6pm (dinner): Cucumber and Avocado Soup
DAY SIX

7am (or upon rising): Glass of room temperature lemon water
8am: Herbal tea
10am (breakfast): Blueberry and Almond Smoothie
11:30am: Coconut water
1:30pm (lunch): Mixed Greens with Steamed Salmon, Olive Oil & Lemon Juice
4pm (snack): Super Greens Juice
6pm (dinner): Detox Teriyaki Chicken, brown rice, steamed zucchini
DAY SEVEN

7am (or upon rising): Glass of room temperature lemon water
8am: Herbal tea
10am (breakfast): Raspberry and Rice Milk Smoothie (follow method for Blueberry and Almond Smoothie)
11:30am: Coconut water
1:30pm (lunch): Miso Soup with Vegetables
4pm (snack): A handful of almonds
6pm (dinner): Steamed fish, quinoa, roasted squash
RECIPES

Salad with Carrot and Ginger Dressing
Broccoli and Arugula Soup
Miso Soup with Watercress
Detox Teriyaki Chicken
Blueberry and Almond Smoothie
Beet, Carrot, Apple and Ginger Juice
Super Greens Juice
Cucumber, Basil and Lime Juice
Steamed Salmon and Greens
Cucumber and Avocado Soup

SALAD WITH CARROT AND GINGER DRESSING

This dressing is the jam! Great on salad and also as a dip for vegetables. This recipe makes enough dressing for two salads, so be sure to save the extra.

SERVES: 1
TIME: 5 minutes

For dressing:

* 1 large carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
* 1 large shallot, peeled and roughly chopped
* 2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh ginger

* 1 tablespoon sweet white miso
* 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
* 1 tablespoon roasted sesame seed oil
* 1/4 cup grapeseed oil
* 2 tablespoons water

For salad:

* 1 head of baby gem lettuce (or any greens), roughly cut

* 1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
* 1/4 avocado, diced

Pulse the carrot, shallot and ginger in a blender until finely chopped. Scrape down the sides, add the miso, vinegar and sesame seed oil and whiz together. While the blender is going, slowly drizzle in the grapeseed oil and the water.

Combine the lettuce, onion and avocado in a bowl, drizzle with plenty of dressing and serve.
BROCCOLI and ARUGULA SOUP

This is a clean, basic approach to soup that showcases the vegetable. You can make this with nearly anything ֠including peas and basil, zucchini, carrots and ginger. In this case, broccoli is made a bit more dynamic with a handful of peppery arugula. When youӲe detoxing and drinking lots of juices and smoothies, itӳ a nice change to have something warm. This recipe makes enough soup for at least two portions, but itӳ easier to make it once and eat it twice.

SERVES: 2
TIME: 15 minutes

* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced
* 1/2 yellow onion, roughly diced
* 1 head broccoli, cut into small florets (about 2/3 pound)

* 2 1/2 cups water
* 1/4 teaspoon each coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
* 3/4 cup arugula (watercress would be good, too)
* 1/2 lemon

Heat the olive oil in a medium nonstick saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and onion and saut顦or just a minute or until fragrant. Add the broccoli and cook for four minutes or until bright green. Add the water, salt and pepper, bring to a boil, lower the heat and cover. Cook for eight minutes or until the broccoli is just tender. Pour the soup into a blender and puree with the arugula until quite smooth. Be very careful when blending hot liquids; start slowly and work in batches if necessary (you donӴ want the steam to blow the lid off). Serve the soup with a bit of fresh lemon.
MISO SOUP WITH WATERCRESS

You can make the broth early in the week and add the miso as you eat. Also, you can eat this plain, with the watercress, or bulk it up with other thinly sliced vegetables (mushrooms, zuchinni, carrots, etc.)

SERVES: 4
TIME: 30 minutes

* 6 cups water (filtered is best)
* 50 grams dried bonito flakes
* 3 dried shitake mushrooms
* 4″ piece of dried wakame

* 6 tablespoons miso paste (whatever kind you likeسweet white miso makes for a nice, light soup while aged barley gives a full, robust flavor)
* 2 cups watercress leaves

Heat the water in a small soup pot and when bubbles form around the edge, add the bonito. Turn the heat down and simmer for two minutes. Turn off the heat and let the broth sit for five minutes. Strain the broth into a clean pot, discarding the bonito. Add the shitakes and wakame to the broth and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Remove the wakame and mushrooms. Discard the thick stems from the mushrooms, thinly slice the caps and slip them back into the soup. Chop the wakame into small pieces, discarding any thick pieces of stem, and return to the pot.

In a small bowl, combine the miso paste with a bit of the broth and whisk to combine. Pour the mixture back into the pot and let the soup simmer, being careful not to let it boil. Add the watercress at the last minute, just to wilt it, and serve.
DETOX TERIYAKI CHICKEN

This sauce is detox-friendly because it doesnӴ use sugar or soy, but it has a great depth of flavor and is the perfect consistency.

SERVES: 1
TIME: 20 minutes + time for marinating

For Sauce:

* 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
* 1/3 cup agave syrup
* 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
* 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

* 1 teaspoon barley miso
* 1 teaspoon mirin
* 1 tablespoon water

Combine the balsamic, agave, ginger and pepper in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer and cook for ten minutes. Cool and then add the miso, mirin and water.

For Chicken:

* 1 chicken breast
* Detox Teriyaki Sauce

* 1 finely chopped scallion
* 4 sprigs cilantro, roughly chopped

Marinate the chicken in the sauce (reserve a spoonful or two) for at least one hour׵p to overnight.

Heat your grill to medium heat. Wipe off any excess marinade and grill the chicken for about 3 to 4 minutes per side, or until cooked through. Serve with the reserved, hasnӴ-touched-raw-chicken sauce, cilantro and scallions.
BLUEBERRY and ALMOND SMOOTHIE

This could easily be made with any fruitزaspberries, peaches, mango, etc. Also, feel free to substitute rice or coconut milk for almond milk.

SERVES: 1
TIME: 5 minutes

* 1 scoop of a complete nutritional, whey protein fortified powder (not soy protein)
* 1/2 cup blueberries

* 1 scoop of a ProGreens type of powder (preferably with probiotics)
* 1 1/2 cups almond milk

Blend everything together.
BEET, CARROT, APPLE and GINGER JUICE

This juice is the most incredible color and is wonderfully sweet. Beets are said to lower blood pressure, carrots pack a super beta-carotene punch, apples are cancer-fighters and ginger just loves your heart.

SERVES: 1
TIME: 5 minutes

* 1 large or 2 medium beets, cut into wedges
* 1/2 lemon, zest and pith removed

* 2 large carrots
* 1 large apple, cut into wedges
* 1″ piece of ginger

Juice everything into a glass, give it a stir and enjoy.
SUPER GREENS JUICE

Health in a glass!

SERVES: 1
TIME: 5 minutes

* 1 cup tightly packed kale
* 4 stalks celery
* 1 1/2 pears, cut into large pieces

* 1″ piece of fresh ginger
* 1/2 lemon, zest and pith removed

Juice everything into a glass, being sure to alternate the kale with the other ingredients to help it get through the juicer easily (I follow each small bit of kale with a celery stalk). Give the juice a stir before drinking.
CUCUMBER, BASIL and LIME JUICE

This juice is especially refreshing when you blend it with a handful of ice cubes (use a whole lime if you do, as the acid is muted when itӳ cold). Think of it as a detox-friendly mojito.

SERVES: 1
TIME: 5 minutes

* 1/2 cup fresh basil
* 1 English cucumber, cut in half lengthwise

* 1/2 lime, zest and pith removed
* 1 apple, cut into wedges

Starting with the basil, juice everything into a glass, give it a stir and enjoy.
STEAMED SALMON and GREENS

You could steam the fish on a bed of anythingشhinly sliced fennel, lemon, even scallions or leeks.

SERVES: 1
TIME: 20 minutes

* small handful (roughly 1/4 cup) of your favorite leafy herbs (parsley, basil, chervil, tarragon, etc.)
* 1 6 oz. organic salmon filet

* a cup of your favorite fresh greens (kale, spinach, dandelion, chard, etc.)
* 1 wedge of lemon

Line your steamer with the herbs and rest the salmon filet on top. Steam for 11 minutes. Put the greens alongside the fish and steam for an additional 7 minutes. Squeeze the lemon over the fish and greens and serve.
CUCUMBER and AVOCADO SOUP

Really light and refreshing, this soup is also incredibly satisfying because the avocado makes it so creamy.

SERVES: 1
TIME: 2 minutes

* zest of 1/2 lime
* juice of an entire lime
* 1/2 teaspoon salt

* 1 cucumber, peeled and seeded, roughly chopped
* 1/2 avocado, peeled and roughly chopped

Blend everything together until totally creamy and smooth.

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Crime and diet

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

CRIME AND DIET
In Erewhon, Samuel Butler’s satirical 19th century novel, criminals are sent to the hospital and treated with proper diet, while the sick are put in jail because they have violated the laws of nature and health.
The wisdom of treating crime and anti-social behavior as an illness has been increasingly demonstrated in macrobiotic and natural foods prison projects around the world and in nutritional studies and research.

• Sugar and Theft - In a double-blind study, Doris J. Rapp, M.D. reported that four young persons with a history of stealing stopped altogether after being place on a restricted diet. However, when the therapy was discontinued and the former diet high in sugar and other refined carbohydrates was resumed, stealing resumed.
Source: Doris J. Rapp, M.D., “Food Allergy Treatment for Hyperkinesis,” Journal of Learning Disabilities 12(9):42-50, 1979.

• Sugar Linked to Violent Behavior - Frank Kern, assistant director at Tidewater Detention Center in Chesapeake, Virginia, a state facility for juvenile offenders, decided to initiate some dietary reforms in a macrobiotic direction. In 1979 he arranged an experiment in which sugar was taken out of the meals and snacks of 24 inmates. The boys, aged 12 to 18, were jailed for offenses that ranged from disorderly conduct, larceny, and burglary to alcohol and narcotics violations. Coke machines were removed from the premises and fruit juice substituted in vending machines for soft drinks, while honey and other milder sweeteners were substituted for refined sugar. The three-month trial was designed as a double-blind case-control study so that neither the detention center personnel nor the inmates knew that they were being tested. At the end of the trial period, the regular staff records on inmates’ behavior were checked against a control group of 34 youngsters who had been institutionalized previously. Researchers found that the youngsters on the modified diet exhibited a 45 percent lower incidence of formal disciplinary actions and antisocial behavior than the control group. Follow-up studies over the next year showed that after limiting sugar there was an 82 percent reduction in assaults, 77 percent reduction in thefts, 65 percent reduction in horseplay, and 55 percent reduction in refusal to obey orders. The researchers also found that “the people most likely to show improvement were those who had committed violent acts on the outside.”
Source: S. Schoenthaler, Ph.D., “The Effect of Sugar on the Treatment and Control of Antisocial Behavior,” International Journal of Biosocial Research 3(1):1-9, 1982.

• Macrobiotics in a Portuguese Maximum-Security Prison - In 1979 several inmates at the Central Prison in Linho outside of Lisbon, Portugal, began eating macrobiotically and attending lectures on Oriental philosophy and medicine. Soon 30 prisoners had become macrobiotic, and prison officials allowed them to use a large kitchen where they cooked and ate together several times a week. Linho, a maximum security institution, housed Portugal’s most dangerous criminals, including José Joaquim (known as “Al Capone”), a celebrated safecracker, and Antonio (To Zé) José Aréal, mastermind of a gang of armed robbers and kidnappers that had been the object of a nation-wide manhunt. As a result of attitude and behavioral changes, To Zé and most of the other prisoners attending classes received commutations and were released early. “[T]here is a great difference in them, especially in those who have left the prison,” Senhor Alfonso, a prison administrator, noted, commenting on the macrobiotic group. “It is not easy to describe—for one thing I can say that now they take more initiative. Actually, there is no problem here with anyone who is macrobiotic; this way of life enjoys a very good reputation. I believe the food and the outside stimulus both helped. The food can change people.” To Zé went on to study at the Kushi Institute in Boston and taught macrobiotics in New Bedford, site of a large Portuguese-speaking population, before returning to teach and help other prisoners in Portugal.
Source: Meg Seaker, “Fighting Crime with Diet: Report from a Portuguese Prison,” East West Journal, July, 1982, pp. 26-34.

• Diet Reduces Recidivism - A Cleveland probation official reported a low rate of recidivism among youthful offenders given nutritionally balanced meals. Barbara Reed of the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Probation Department reported that of 318 offenders, 252 required attention to their diet, and “we have not had one single person back in court for trouble who has maintained and stayed on the nutritional diet.”
Later, Reed reported that more than a thousand ex-offenders had completed her dietary program, and of those who remained on the diet, 89 percent had not been rearrested over the past five years.
Sources: Barbara Reed, statement before the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs of the U.S. Senate, June 22, 1977 and in Michio Kushi et al., Crime and Diet (Tokyo and New York: Japan Publications, 1987), p. 149.

• Milk Consumption Linked to Juvenile Delinquency - High milk consumption was connected with juvenile delinquency in a study by criminologists. Researchers at the University of Washington monitored the die-tary intake of 30 chronic youthful offenders and compared them to a group of behaviorally disordered children from the local school district in Tacoma, Wash. They found that the male offenders consumed an average of 64 ounces of milk a day, while the control group rank an average of 30 ounces. For girls, the figures were 35 and 17 ounces respectively. “In some situations,” they concluded, “eliminating milk from the diet can result in dramatic improvements in behavior, especially in hyperactive children.” They cited other studies showing that up to 90 percent of offenders had a history of milk intolerance or allergy.
Source: Alexander Schauss, Diet, Crime, and Delinquency (Berkeley, Calif.: Parker House, 1981), pp. 13-14.

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Canola oil

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

CANOLA OIL
Canola oil, produced from the rapeseed plant, spread throughout modern society in the 1990s. As a monosaturated oil, it helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, and its light taste makes it a favorite in natural foods stores and restaurants. However, concerns have been raised about its safety. Moreover, the majority of canola oil sold today is genetically engineered and like other GEFs is unlabeled. Macrobiotic dietary guidelines call for avoiding or minimizing its use.

• Canola as a Source of Trans Fatty Acids in Mother’s Milk - In a study of 198 samples of breast milk in nine Canadian provinces, researchers found the concentration of trans fatty acids in mother’s milk remarkably similar to that in hydrogenated soybean and canola oils “suggesting that partially hydrogenated vegetable oils are the major source of these trans fatty acids.” Trans fatty acids are associated with elevated risk of cardiovascular and other diseases.
Source: Z. Y. Chen et al., “Trans Fatty Acid Isomers in Canadian Human Milk,” Lipids 30(1):15-21, 1995.

• Potential Dangers of Canola Oil - Oil from the rapeseed plant has been used as a lubricant, soap, fuel, synthetic rubber, and illuminant to make slick color pages in magazines, but is not a traditional cooking oil. In human tissues, it forms latex-like corpuscles that cause red blood cells to clump, leading to glaucoma and other symptoms, according to health researcher John Thomas. Added to animal feeds in Europe between 1986 and 1991, he reports, it caused blindness in cows, pigs, and sheep and may be implicated in the mad cow epidemic. Thomas asserts that rape oil was the source for mustard gas, the infamous poison that blistered the lungs and skin of soldiers during World War I. Canola oil contains large amounts of isothiocyanates, compounds that contain cyanide and inhibit energy production and cell regeneration. In addition to pesticides, canola oil may be contributing to the increase in systemic lupus, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, pulmonary hypertension, and nervous disorders.
Source: John Thomas, “Blindness, Mad Cow Disease, and Canola Oil,” Perceptions, March/April 1995, p. 28-29.

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Breast feeding

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

BREAST-FEEDING
Mother’s milk has sustained the human species for countless generations. Breast milk is high in substances that confer natural immunity on the developing infant and protect against infection and disease. Breast-feeding also confers protection for the mother. See AIDS, Chocolate, Microwave, Mochi, Pesticides, Prenatal Nutrition, Rice, Sea Vegetables, Skin Problems, Vegetarian Diet.

• Breast-feeding Reduces Ear Infections - Breast-feeding can drastically reduce the number of ear infections in babies for the first four months, according to a University of Arizona study.
“The longer you can breast-feed exclusively, the fewer the episodes of ear infection, but four months is the minimum for significant protection,” noted Dr. Burris Duncan, who directed the study. His findings showed that 56 percent of babies who nursed for four months or more had infections compared to 68 percent of babies who were not nursed.
Source: B. Duncan, “Exclusive Breast-feeding for at Least 4 Months Protects Against Otitis Media,” Pedriatrics; 91:867-72, 1993.

• Breast-feeding Lowers Lymphoma Risk - Breast-feeding can reduce the risk of certain cancers for both mother and child. Researchers from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Md., found that infants breast-fed more than 6 months had a lower risk of developing cancer in childhood, especially lymphomas. In this study, children who were formula-fed or breast-fed for less than 6 months had approximately twice the risk of getting some childhood cancers by age 15 as those breast-fed for longer than 6 months. They also had five times the risk of getting lymphoma. “Mother’s milk contains substantial antimicrobial benefits for infants, increasing their resistance to many infections and possibly protecting them from many diseases, including lymphomas,” researchers reported.
Source: “Breast-Feeding Linked to Decreased Cancer Risk for Mother, Child,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute 80:1362-63, 1988.

• Breast-feeding Promotes Mental Development - Children born prematurely who were breast-fed scored significantly higher on intelligence tests than those who did not. “Our evidence strongly suggests that human milk might have factors important to brain development,” noted Dr. Alan Lucas, director of the study and head of infant and child nutrition at the Medical Research Council’s Dunn Nutrition Unit in Cambridge, England.
On average, the children given breast milk scored eight points higher on a range of intelligence tests taken when they were eight years old.
Source: A. Lucas et al., “Breast Milk and Subsequent Intelligent Quotient in Children Born Preterm,” Lancet 339:261–64, 1992.

• Breast-feeding Lowers Breast Cancer Risk - In a Chinese medical study, researchers found that the longer the mother nursed, the less at risk she was of breast cancer. Mimi Yu, Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, studied more than 500 Chinese women with breast cancer in Shanghai and 500 healthy women. The women she studied on an average nursed their various children for a cumulative total of nine years, a common pattern in China. “We believe that long periods of nursing would have the same protective effect for American women,” Yu reported.
Source: “Breast-Feeding Linked to Decreased Cancer Risk for Mother, Child,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute 80:1362-63, 1988.

• Breast-Fed Children Smarter - Children who are breast-fed as babies are smarter and do better than kids brought up on bottled milk, according to a New Zealand study. In a study of more than one thousand children, researchers found that those who were breast-fed for 8 months or more tested between 35 and 59 percent higher in reading comprehension, mathematical ability, and scholastic ability when they were 10 to 13 years old.
Source: L. J. Horwood and D. M. Fergusson, “Breast-feeding and Later Cognitive and Academic Outcomes,” Pediatrics 101(1):E9, 1998.

• Attention Deficit Disorder Linked to Less Breast-feeding - In a case-control study of diet and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Purdue University researchers reported that children with ADHD were about half as likely to have been breast-fed as controls. The duration of breast-feeding was also significantly longer in ordinary children than those with this behavioral disorder characterized by inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. ADHD children were also found to have lower amounts of specific fatty acids, especially omega-3 fatty acids. These are found in vegetables, fruits, and other plant quality foods, as well as in fish and seafood.
Source: L. J. Stevens et al., “Essential Fatty Acid Metabolism in Boys with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 62:761-68, 1995.

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Bovine Growth Hormone

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE
Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH) is a genetically engineered hormone fed to dairy cows to boost milk production. While the FDA approved its use in 1995, health and consumer groups have expressed concerns about its safety and demanded that it be labelled.
Monsanto, the manufacturer, has sued natural foods stores and companies that label its products BGH-free, claiming that such labels unfairly disparage a legal product. A compromise on the issue of labeling was reached for the first time in 1997 when organic food companies in Illinois and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream settled a lawsuit against the state in which natural foods suppliers won the right to explain to consumers that they oppose recombinant BGH and would not use it on their products, though the FDA has found no significant difference between BGH-treated and untreated cows.
About 25 percent of the milk sold in the U.S. is made from cows treated with BGH.

• BGH and Breast Cancer - According to a recent study in Lancet, women with a relatively small increase in blood levels of Insulin-like Growth Factor I (IGF-1), a naturally occurring grown hormone, are up to seven times more likely to develop premenopausal breast cancer than women with lower levels.
Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, an environmental cancer specialist at the University of Illinois, explained that BGH milk is supercharged with high levels of abnormally potent IGF-1, up 10 times the levels in natural milk and over 10 times more potent. IGF-1 resists pasteurization, digestion by stomach enzymes, and is well absorbed across the intestinal wall, he stated.
“The entire nation is currently being subjected to an experiment involving large-scale adulteration of an age-old dietary staple by a poorly characterized and unlabeled biotechnology product. Disturbingly, this experiment benefits only a very small segment of the agriculture industry while providing no matching benefits to consumers. Even more disturbingly it poses major potential public health risks for the entire U.S. population.”
Source: S. Epstein, “Unlabeled Milk from Cows Treated with Biosynthetic Growth Hormones: A Case of Regulatory Abdication,” International Journal of Health Services 26(1): 173-185, 1996; PR Newswire via NewsEdge Corp., June 21, 1998.

• BGH Increases Cancer Risk - In a review of the evidence linking dairy and breast cancer, researchers with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine contend that the FDA’s approval of BHG, genetically engineered bovine growth hormone, was based on faulty assumptions and studies. While the FDA concluded that it did not differ chemically from natural BGH, studies indicate that BGH differs by 1 to 9 animao acids. The FDA also assumed that BGH is not orally active in humans and that its activity is destroyed during pasteurization, both of which have been contradicted by subsequent studies.
“A substantial body of medical evidence provides possible mechanisms by which milk may promote breast cancer,” the physicians conclude. “(1) IGF-1 and estrogens are present in all milk in micromolar to nanomolar concentrations; (2) IGF-1 is not destroyed during milk pasteurization; (3) IGF-1 has been shown to stimulate or initiate growth of human breast cancer cells; (4) IGF-1 acts synergistically with estrogens, which increase its effects even at nonomolar concentrations; (5) BGH increases IGF-1 levels in milk; (6) IGF-1 and BGH can possibly be absorbed intact from the GI gract; (7) IGF-1 can exert local mitogenic tissue effects and be cleaved to exert local mitogenic tissue effects.” While BGH has not been considered to be a danger because subsequent increase in govine milk IGF-1 levels are within the “normal range” based on untreated cows and human breast milk, the physicians assert that the “normal range” could be carcinogenic when milk is ingested regularly over a lifetime. They conclude that milk produced with BGH may increase the risk of cancer.
Source: J. L. Outwater et al., “Dairy Products and Breast Cancer: The IGF-1, Estrogen, and BGH Hypothesis,” Medical Hypotheses 48:453-61, 1997.

• BGH Effects on Cows - Injecting BGH reduces a cow’s life expectancy and increases the risk of disease, contributing to increased use of antibiotics. Increased mastitis results in increased secretion of white blood cells or pus into the milk.
Source: J. Fagan, Genetic Engineering: The Hazards, MIU Press, 1995, p. 113.

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