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People who eat lots of red meat may have a higher risk of some types of kidney cancer, suggests a large US study.
Researchers found that middle-aged adults who ate the most red meat were 19% more likely to be diagnosed with kidney cancer than those who ate the least. A higher intake of chemicals found in grilled or barbecued meat was also linked to increased risk of the disease, according tot the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

It is OK if you eat red meat in moderation-once a week maybe. But the portion varies for each of us.
Active lifestyle and proper diet that what is needed to stay healthy.

U.S. guidelines call for limiting high-fat foods including processed meat, and instead eating more lean meat and poultry, seafood and nuts.

Chicago tribune:
But for now, meat-related cooking chemicals “can be reduced by avoiding direct exposure of meat to an open flame or a hot metal surface, reducing the cooking time, and using a microwave oven to partially cook meat before exposing it to high temperatures,” said Dr Daniel.
This is B.S ! DO NOT USE THE MICROVAWE OVEN TO COOK FOOD! This suggestion just tells me how little doctors know.

Don.t cook in there!

Here is an excerpt from the study: Scientific evidence and facts
In Comparative Study of Food Prepared Conventionally and in the Microwave Oven, published by Raum & Zelt in 1992, at 3(2): 43, it states:
“A basic hypothesis of natural medicine states that the introduction into the human body of molecules and energies, to which it is not accustomed, is much more likely to cause harm than good. Microwaved food contains both molecules and energies not present in food cooked in the way humans have been cooking food since the discovery of fire.
Another study: The Swiss clinical study
Dr. Hans Ulrich Hertel, who is now retired, worked as a food scientist for many years with one of the major Swiss food companies that do business on a global scale. A few years ago, he was fired from his job for questioning certain processing procedures that denatured the food. In 1991, he and a Lausanne University professor published a research paper indicating that food cooked in microwave ovens could pose a greater risk to health than food cooked by conventional means. An article also appeared in issue 19 of the Journal Franz Weber in which it was stated that the consumption of food cooked in microwave ovens had cancerous effects on the blood. The research paper itself followed the article. On the cover of the magazine there was a picture of the Grim Reaper holding a microwave oven in one of his hands.

Here is more:
Microwaving prepared meats sufficiently to insure sanitary ingestion caused formation of d-Nitrosodienthanolamines, a well-known carcinogen.
Microwaving milk and cereal grains converted some of their amino acids into carcinogens.
Thawing frozen fruits converted their glucoside and galactoside containing fractions into carcinogenic substances.
Extremely short exposure of raw, cooked or frozen vegetables converted their plant alkaloids into carcinogens.
Carcinogenic free radicals were formed in microwaved plants, especially root vegetables.
Decrease in nutritional value
Russian researchers also reported a marked acceleration of structural degradation leading to a decreased food value of 60 to 90% in all foods tested.

Balance!

Back to the red meat

Another study that followed more than 72,000 women for 18 years found that those who ate a Western-style diet high in red and processed meats, desserts, refined grains, and French fries had an increased risk of heart disease, cancer, and death from other causes.

“The association between consumption of red and processed meats and cancer, particularly colorectal cancer, is very consistent,” says Marji McCullough, PhD, a nutritional epidemiologist with the American Cancer Society.

My suggestion: This is just another example that something can be good for you or bad for you. It all depends on how you use it and on your personal body structure. The same general rule is applicable for all. But details may wary for different people.

The rule of thumb: Moderation. Some of us need meet some don’t. Enjoy your steak but once a week!

Balance your food. Use common sense. For example I love ice cream but I don’t eat it during cold season. Drink hot tea.

In our society it is almost impossible not to have contact with toxins. Use organic cleansers to help your body to get rid of bad stuff. 

Take days off and vacations. Money spend on vacations you will save with doctors and medications.

Have a happy and healthy year!

Is genetic engineering good or bad?

Is physics good or bad? 

Is science good or bad?

Well….It depends!

We humans manage to adapt every scientific discovery to kill each other.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Monsanto’s Corn Is Toppling Over

Monsanto

“As the summer growing season draws to a close, 2011 is emerging as the year of the superinsect – the year pests officially developed resistance to Monsanto’s genetically engineered (ostensibly) bug-killing corn.

“In late July scientists in Iowa documented the existence of corn rootworms (a ravenous pest that attacks the roots of corn plants) that can happily devour corn plants that were genetically tweaked specifically to kill them. Monsanto’s corn, engineered to express a toxic gene from a bacterial insecticide called Bt, now accounts for 65 percent of the corn planted in the US.

“The superinsect scourge has also arisen in Illinois and Minnesota.

“‘Monsanto’s insect-killing corn is toppling over in northwestern Illinois fields, a sign that rootworms outside of Iowa may have developed resistance to the genetically modified crop,’ reports Bloomberg. In southern Minnesota, adds Minnesota Public Radio, an entomologist has found corn rootworms thriving, Bt corn plants drooping, in fields.

Not a Sci-Fi

“[A] 2008 study, conducted by University of Missouri researchers and published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that within three generations, rootworms munching Monsanto’s Bt corn survived at the same rate as rootworms munching pesticide-free corn-meaning that complete resistance had been achieved. Takeaway message: rootworms are capable of evolving resistance to Monsanto’s corn in ‘rapid’ fashion.”

- “Monsanto Denies Superinsect Science,” by Tom Philpott, Mother Jones, September 8, 2011. http://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/ob294.htm

The ecological, economic and agro- nomic disaster accompanying herbicide-tolerant transgenic crops is by now well known: over 10 million acres of superweeds resistant to Monsanto’s weedkiller, Roundup; farm machinery breaking on Roundup-resistant pigweed thick as a baseball bat; Monsanto paying farmers to spray their fields with competitors’ herbicides; a new gener- ation of transgenic crops in the pipelineengineered to withstand older even more dangerous chemicals like 2,4-D.

The Earth population is growing exponentially. We need more and more food.

So what do we do? How do we solve the problem?

The short answer: I don’t know!

The long answer: population grows is in inverse proportion to the advancement of the society.

The conclusion: you decide!

Rejoice!

Beer is actually good for you!

Enjoy!

But what the public doesn’t know is that the health value of beer has been known, documented and applied for centuries. But there are folks out there who don’t want you to know about it.

Beer is made from grains, water and yeast. Grains commonly used are barley and wheat (with cheaper, mass-produced beers relying on corn and rice), both of which are loaded with a variety of vitamins that survive the fermentation and filtering process. And the vitamin value of the yeast is conserved in the hundreds of unfiltered beers that are on the market — both on tap and in bottles.

Surprising Health Benefits of Beer

by Kaboodle.com, on Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:04pm PD

Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease

According to several studies, including one done at the Institute of Epidemiology at the University of Muenster, moderate beer drinking reduces the risk of coronary heart disease. The reasons are simple: Alcohol can increase HDL (good cholesterol) levels and reduces the chances of hardening of the arteries and thickening of the blood—two main contributors to heart attacks.

Drink Your Vitamins

Years ago, Guinness used the slogan “Guinness is Good for You.” It looks like they might have been right.

According to a Dutch study conducted at the TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, beer drinkers had 30% higher levels of vitamin B6 in their blood than non-beer-drinkers—twice the amount of red-wine drinkers.

Avoid Kidney Stones

According to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, risk of kidney stones was decreased 40% in middle-aged beer-drinking men, as compared to non-beer-drinkers.

Helps Women Age Better

Cheers!

Better Brain Power. While excessive alcohol intake can cause irreparable brain damage, moderate daily consumption actually safeguards a sharp mind, research shows. A Harvard study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed moderate alcohol consumption assisted in preserving the mental faculties of older women,

Tufts University study concluded alcohol can help preserve bone density, a frequent health issue for aging females. Additionally, some bioflavonoids found in hops (a major ingredient in beer) have similar properties as estrogen, which may serve as a natural form of hormone replacement therapy in post-menopausal women.

Prevent Cancer

Early studies show xanthohumol, a compound found in hops, may help inhibit certain enzymes that can trigger cancer and aid the body in breaking down carcinogens. The compound is current being tested in hopes of creating a preventative treatment for prostate and colon cancers.

So my friends enjoy life (and beer) but in moderation! Too much of anything can kill you.

But if your choice is diet soda or beer-go for the beer!

Natural disaster

Here is how we use our food that we are producing by raping the earth:

An average amount of food purchased and wasted per person in the United states annually (National Geographic July 2011)

Fresh fruit purchased 77 lbs wasted 22 lbs

Fresh vegetables purchased 131 lbs wasted 39 lbs

Grain products purchased 173 lbs wasted 36 lbs

Milk purchased 168 lbs wasted 34 lbs

Butter purchased 5 lbs wasted 0.7 lbs

Poultry purchased 70 lbs wasted 27 lbs

Red meat purchased 103 wasted 36 lbs

Sweeteners purchased 121 lbs wasted 24 lbs

So we waste about 20%-30% of our food.

And millions of people on this planet are dying from hunger.

Huber Interview in Acres USA

Filed under: Latest article — son of a farmer @ 6:10 am

In interviews, I’ve compared planting and eating GMOs to “making love to a toxic blow-up doll every night. It’s a poor substitute for the real thing.” That continues to be my best analogy of this dangerous subject. So long as we don’t realize what we are doing, it is difficult to know how severe the problem truly is. Education and awareness are our main sources of winning this fight. As more scientists like Dr. Huber continue to come forward with their studies, I’m confident we’re getting closer to that realization here in America.

The Road Ahead

“As human beings, we should be the fully aware collective conscience – the mind’s eye of this wonderful planet. As farmers, we should be guardian angels protecting the flesh and bone Holy Grail that is our Soil. Instead, we’ve sold out. We’ve exchanged home-grown methods for disparaging schemes because it is easier to do what we’re told rather than adhere to what we feel deep inside us. Now is the time for all of us to realize what must be done, what must change, and to begin that process today. Not tomorrow. Today! The problems existing now were not solely created by inept government and greedy corporations. These problems were also created by a lack of resistance by all people. Yes, the problems exist. No, it is not too late to do something about it. “

- Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth by Eric Herm

Monsanto Roundup

Feeding the hungry?

Glyphosate’s mode of action is to inhibit an enzyme involved in the synthesis of the aromatic amino acids: tyrosine, tryptophan and phenylalanine. It is absorbed through foliage and translocated to growing points. Because of this mode of action, it is only effective on actively growing plants; it is not effective as a pre-emergence herbicide.

Some crops have been genetically engineered to be resistant to it (i.e. Roundup Ready, also created by Monsanto Company). Such crops allow farmers to use glyphosate as a post-emergence herbicide against both broadleaf and cereal weeds, but the development of similar resistance in some weed species is emerging as a costly problem. Soy was the first Roundup Ready crop.

So what is the solution? Population is growing at the accelerated rate. Food production lags behind. Hunger around the world is getting worse. We need to teach and to help the developing nations to improve the agriculture to have high yield crops with minimal damage to the environment.

We need to work with poor and developing nations to improve their standard of living. This usually reduces the birth rate.

Supplying food to poor nations just deepens their dependency on foreign  help and increases the birth rate.

From Organic Bytes

Organic Farmers v. Monsanto

Organic Farmers Turn the Tables on Monsanto: Lawsuit Asserts Legal Protections Against Genetic Contamination

Monsanto dream

“Society stands on the precipice of forever being bound to transgenic agriculture and transgenic food. Coexistence between transgenic seed and organic seed is impossible because transgenic seed contaminates and eventually overcomes organic seed. History has already shown this, as soon after transgenic seed for canola was introduced, organic canola became virtually extinct as a result of transgenic seed contamination. Organic corn, soybean, cotton, sugar beet and alfalfa now face the same fate, as transgenic seed has been released for each of those crops, too. And transgenic seed is being developed for many other crops, thus putting the future of all food, and indeed all agriculture, at stake.”

- Organic Seed Growers v. Monsanto, filed in federal court on June 1, 2011

There are different opinions about the vegetarian or vegan lifestyle.

But at least this movie will contribute to the discussion about our lifestyle and the reason for the obesity epidemic in our country.
Wikipedia:
Obesity in the United States has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent decades. While many industrialized countries have experienced similar increases, obesity rates in the United States are among the highest in the world. Estimates have steadily increased, from 19.4% in 1997, 24.5% in 2004[3] to 26.6% in 2007.
The direct medical cost of obesity and indirect economic loss to obesity has been estimated to be as high as $51.64 billion and $99.2 billion in 1995, respectively; this rose to $61 billion and $117 billion in 2000. Researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and RTI International estimate that in 2003, obesity-attributable medical expenditures reached $75 billion.

A raw foodstuff diet plan is one that promotes the consumption of uncooked foods. Uncooked food, such as fruits, vegetables, meats, nuts, seeds and herbs, are food items eaten in their normal, unprocessed, uncooked express. If a person’s uncooked food consumption consists of 75% to 100% of their total complete meals consumption, then she or he is usually thought of to be practicing a uncooked foodstuff eating habits. Proponents believe a diet regime of contemporary and uncooked food results in increased wellbeing rewards when compared to some eating habits largely consisting of cooked and or processed food.

Proponents advocate a uncooked food diet to the following major factors:

o Uncooked foods include the next level of nutrients compared to cooked food. Fruits and vegetables include their highest amount of nutrients just soon after they may be harvested. Nutrient loss commences following harvest, continues through transport and storage and might greatly accelerate depending to the cooking system employed.

o Uncooked meals, like fruits and vegetables, are substantial in antioxidants which assist forestall sure cancers.

o Cooking several meals can result in vitamin and mineral losses of up to 70% to 80%. In normal, slightly more exposure food items has to lgt, warmth and oxygen (cutting meals exposes them to nutrient reduction); the worse away from foodstuff is from a nutritional standpoint. Boiling foodstuff typically causes essentially the most nutrient reduction.

o Uncooked items comprise higher stages of enzymes. Enzymes are largely proteins, complex chains of amino acids, which catalyze or improve the pace of chemical reactions for example those people included in metabolism and digestion. The uncooked local community normally believes that enzymes are destroyed at temperatures over 116 degrees Fahrenheit, or 47 degrees Celsius, and that consuming raw goods discharge helpful enzymes in the mouth and stomach prior to digestion.

o For each the Nationwide Cancer Institute, research have shown that cooking meat, specifically grilling meat, can develop damaging chemical poisons, which includes heterocyclic amines (or HCAs), which are not existing in uncooked meat. These chemical substances, such as HCAs, may improve the risk of developing cancer. Particularly, research have shown that HCAs raise threefold when cooking temperatures are around 400 degrees Fahrenheit or 204 degrees Celsius, temperatures ordinarily related to barbecuing, grilling and frying.

Uncooked products is usually ready and eaten in different ways. Clearly, recent things may be eaten uncooked appropriate immediately after they’re harvested. Juicing a variety of combinations of fruits and vegetables is additionally a well-known decision for consuming refreshing foodstuff. Uncooked diets also integrate the utilization of a dehydrator. Meals dehydrators use two standard aspects during the food items drying procedure; warmth and air. A typical dehydrator contains a heating ingredient and a fan and vents for air circulation. A food dehydrator’s heating component and fan function in concert to take away moisture from food. Because the heat warms the food items, its moisture is released and evaporated into the air. Meals dehydrators are excellent instruments for the preservation and storage of food items. Natural meals supporters dehydrate at temperatures at or below 116 degrees Fahrenheit, or 47 degrees Celsius, in order that important enzymes are usually not destroyed and nutrient loss is minimized.

To know much more about these kinds of an excellent diet meals as chia seeds, and in widespread what chia seed is, pay a visit to NewChiaSeeds.com.

Junk Food

With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs to treat what’s wrong with our malnourished bodies, it’s no wonder that modern society is getting sicker.

Food Matters sets about uncovering the trillion dollar worldwide sickness industry and gives people some scientifically verifiable solutions for overcoming illness naturally.

In what promises to be the most contentious idea put forward, the filmmakers have interviewed several leading experts in nutrition and natural healing who claim that not only are we harming our bodies with improper nutrition, but that the right kind of foods, supplements and detoxification can be used to treat chronic illnesses as fatal as terminally diagnosed cancer.

The focus of the film is in helping us rethink the belief systems fed to us by our modern medical and health care establishments. The interviewees point out that not every problem requires costly, major medical attention and reveal many alternative therapies that can be more effective, more economical, less harmful and less invasive than conventional medical treatments.

A “New” Approach to Health from Jamie Simko on Vimeo.

There are natural supplements available that help us to reduce harmful effects of processed foods and chemical in our lives.

Reprinted from our blog www.democracyinactionblog.com.

Hungry

In this eleventh video in the series “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate” from The Nation and On The Earth Productions, analyst, author and founder of the Earth Policy Institute Lester Brown discusses how unprepared the world really is for the growing effects of climate change. “Economists doing supply and demand projections are largely unaware” of the scale of the resource crises facing the world, Brown says, and “food is going to be the weak link for our civilization as it was for so many earlier civilizations.”

2011 has just begun and yet we are already seeing significant price shocks and serious food shortages in many areas of the globe.  In fact, violent economic riots are now being reported in Algeria, in Chile and in Mozambique.  Food shortages and price increases are also causing political unrest in other nations such as India, Bangladesh and Indonesia.

The United Nations is projecting that the global price of food will increase by another 30 percent by the end of 2011.

I know that we will not stop making junk food voluntarily.

But when the catastrophe hits junk food will be the last thing on our minds.

We will eat anything we will be able to find.

And cannibalism is not an exception.

So please don’t buy junk food in any form or shape. It is better for you and for our Planet.

Sounds controversial. But makes sense.

So what is your opinion? Please let us know.