What is rBGH?
Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone is a genetically engineered copy
of a naturally occurring hormone produced by cows. Manufactured by
Monsanto Company, the drug is sold to dairy farmers under the name
POSILAC, though you'll also find it called BGH, rBGH, BST and rBST.
When rBGH gets injected into dairy cows, milk production increases
by as much as 10-15%. The use of rBGH on dairy cows was approved by
the Food and Drug Administration in late 1993 and has been in use
since 1994.
Both the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) and the Consumer's
Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, have warned of the
potential hazards to human health caused by consuming products
derived from rBGH-treated cows.
While rBGH is banned in Europe and Canada, and has
been boycotted by 95 percent of US dairy farmers, the FDA,
Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Agriculture
continue to license the drug (and other new genetically engineered
foods) without pre-market safety tests. Thanks to industry
pressure, genetically engineered foods are NOT required to carry
identifying labels. According to the US Federal Office of
Management and Budget the projected increase in milk production
caused by rBGH introduction will cost American taxpayers an
additional $116 million of dollars for further price supports in
1995 alone. And what about the cows? rBGH use will cause suffering
to millions of animals: rBGH is like "crack" for cows. It "revs"
their system and forces them to produce a lot more milk - but it
also makes them sick. Even the FDA admits that cows injected with
rBGH could suffer from increased udder infections (mastitis),
severe reproductive problems, digestive disorders, foot and leg
ailments, and persistent sores and lacerations.
Video Top: Bovine Growth Hormone in Milk -
Whistle Blowers Expose the Truth
Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us
Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About
It a companion piece to the
documentary Food
Inc
There have been no long term studies of BGH's effects on humans. The congressional
General Accounting Office has warned of the potential human health
hazards from the consumption of milk or flesh (about 40% of the
beef used to make hamburgers come from "old" dairy cows) derived
from BGH-treated cows. The Consumer's Union went on to state that
the FDA should not have even approved it. BGH "treatment" causes
significantly increased levels of another growth hormone called
IGF-1 in the milk, according to a 1990 study sponsored by Monsanto
and published in Science. Bovine IGF-1 is identical to the IGF-1
naturally found in humans.
More than half of America's processed grocery products — from corn
flakes to granola bars to diet drinks — contain genetically altered
ingredients. They are unlabeled and untested, and we are eating
them. Your Right to Know is a complete, full-color reference guide
outlining how unmarked genetically modified foods go from the
factory to the family dining table, and what consumers can do about
the health risks they present. This accessible guide is for
concerned parents — as well as anyone concerned about genetically
altered foods — who want to know more about the potential health
risks, the organic alternatives, and the methods available to
counter the corporate takeover of the food we eat.
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The Truth About Genetically Modified
Foods Part 1
The Truth About Genetically Modified
Foods Part 1
The Truth About Genetically
Modified Foods Part 2
The Truth About Genetically Modified Foods
Part 2
BGH: Monsanto and the Dairy Industry's Dirty Little
Secret
Seven years ago, Feb. 4, 1994, despite nationwide protests by
consumer groups, Monsanto and the FDA forced onto the US market the
world's first GE animal drug, recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone
(rBGH, sometimes known as rBST). BGH is a powerful GE drug
produced by Monsanto which, injected into dairy cows, forces them
to produce 15%-25% more milk, in the process seriously damaging
their health and reproductive capacity.
Despite warnings from scientists, such as Dr. Michael Hansen
from the Consumers Union and Dr. Samuel Epstein from the Cancer
Prevention Coalition, that milk from rBGH injected cows contains
substantially higher amounts of a potent cancer tumor promoter
called IGF-1, and despite evidence that rBGH milk contains higher
levels of pus, bacteria, and antibiotics, the FDA gave the hormone
its seal of approval, with no real pre-market safety testing
required.
Moreover, the FDA ruled, in a decision marred by rampant
conflict of interest (several key FDA decision makers, including
Michael Taylor, previously worked for Monsanto), that rBGH-derived
products did not have to be labeled, despite polls showing that 90%
of American consumers wanted labeling -- mainly so they could avoid
buying rBGH-tainted products.
All of the major criticisms leveled against rBGH have turned out
to be true. Since 1994, every industrialized country in the world,
except for the US, has banned the drug. In 1998, Canadian
government scientists revealed that Monsanto's own data on feeding
rBGH to rats, carefully concealed by the company and the FDA,
indicated possible cancer dangers to humans.
Since rBGH was approved, approximately 40,000 small and
medium-sized US dairy farmers, 1/3 of the total in the country,
have gone out of business, concentrating milk production in the
hands of industrial-sized dairies, most of whom are injecting their
cows with this cruel and dangerous drug.
In a 1998 survey by Family Farm Defenders, it was found that
mortality rates for cows on factory dairy farms in Wisconsin, those
injecting their herds with rBGH, were running at 40% per year. In
other words, after two and a half years of rBGH injections most of
these drugged and supercharged cows were dead. Typically,
dairy cows live for 15-20 years.
Alarmed and revolted by rBGH, consumers have turned in droves to
organic milk and dairy products or to brands labeled as rBGH-free.
Nonetheless, use of the drug has continued to increase in the US
(and in nations like Brazil and Mexico) especially in large dairy
herds, so that currently 15% of America's 10 million lactating
dairy cows are being injected with rBGH.
Compounding the problem of rBGH contamination, most of the
nation's 1500 dairy companies are allowing the co-mingling of rBGH
and non-rBGH milk, thereby contaminating 80-90% of the nation's
milk and dairy supply (including all of the major infant formula
brands). For a list of organic and rBGH-free dairies in the US
consult the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) website.
The major reason that rBGH is still on the market is that it is
not labeled. Supermarket dairy managers, following guidelines
circulated by the rBGH and biotech lobby, routinely lie to
consumers, telling them either that rBGH is not in their products,
or that there's no way to tell, and reassuring them that the FDA
has certified that rBGH is safe. Of course, every survey
conducted since 1994 shows that if consumers were given a choice,
they would boycott rBGH-tainted products.
Responding to the global controversy surrounding the drug,
Monsanto put BGH for sale in 1998, but there were no takers.
Transnational PR firms working with the biotech industry have
categorized Monsanto's handling of the rBGH controversy as a
"public relations disaster." Starbucks has been a target as
3/4 of the 32 million gallons of milk it buys every year in the US
are coming from dairies that allow cows to be injected with
rBGH.
Once Starbucks' 15 million customers learn that most of the
latte or cappuccino drinks they're paying top dollar for (3/4 of
the volume of these drinks are milk) contain an extra dose of pus,
antibiotics, and growth hormones and that Fair Trade and organic
coffee constitute less than one percent of company sales, they may
decide to take their business elsewhere. Total annual sales
for the company are approximately $2.5 billion.
The worst nightmare of Monsanto and the biotech industry is
starting to materialize: a mass-based consumer and environmental
marketplace pressure campaign in the heartland of GE foods-North
America. A number of major US food companies are already responding
to public pressure and starting to sweep GE foods off their
products lists and their grocery shelves: Gerber (baby food), Heinz
(baby food), Frito-Lay (at least for their corn), Whole Foods, Wild
Oats, Trader Joe's, and even McDonald's (at least for their French
fries).
Bovine
Growth Hormone in Milk - Whistle Blowers Expose the
Truth
Do you have a
question about holistic or natural health or need assistance?
click
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The
Monsanto rBGH/BST Milk Wars Handbook
Dr. Samuel Epstein
rBGH (recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone), is a genetically
engineered (GE) potent variant of the natural growth hormone
produced by cows. Manufactured by Monsanto, it is sold to dairy
farmers under the trade name POSILAC. Injection of this GE hormone
forces cows to increase their milk production by about 10%.
Monsanto and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) insist that
rBGH milk is indistinguishable from natural milk and safe to cows
and consumers. However:
* rBGH makes cows sick. Monsanto has been forced to admit to
about 20 veterinary health risks on its Posilac label including
mastitis and udder inflammation.
* rBGH milk is contaminated by pus from mastitis induced by
rBGH, and antibiotics used to treat the mastitis.
* rBGH milk is contaminated by the GE hormone which can be
absorbed through the gut and induce immunological
effects.
* rBGH milk is chemically and nutritionally very different from
natural milk.
* rBGH milk is supercharged with high levels of a natural
growth factor (IGF-1), excess levels of which have been
incriminated as major causes of breast, colon, and prostate
cancers.
* rBGH factory farms pose a major threat to the viability of
small dairy farms. Thus, rBGH
enriches Monsanto while posing risks but no benefits to the entire
U.S. population..
Bovine Growth Hormone
Although there have been no long-term tests of the hormone's health
effects on humans, some preliminary studies link BGH with increased
risks of breast cancer, colon cancer, diabetes and hypertension.
BGH treated cows are more susceptible to "mad cow disease", udder
infections and birthing deformed calves. Milk and other products
from BGH treated cows may contain less protein and higher levels of
saturated fat as well as pus, bacteria and antibiotics. Even though
the FDA has acknowledged some of these dangers, they maintain
approval of BGH's use in beef and dairy products and have refused
to require labeling of products derived from use of BGH.
To find out more about BGH contact the Pure Food Campaign at
1-800-253-0681.
Genetically engineered Recombinant Bovine Growth
Hormone (rBGH )
Excerpt from Pure Foods
website
Both the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) and the Consumer's
Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, have warned of the
potential hazards to human health caused by consuming products
derived from rBGH-treated cows.
While rBGH is banned in Europe and Canada, and has been
boycotted by 95 percent of US dairy farmers, the FDA, Environmental
Protection Agency and Department of Agriculture continue to license
the drug (and other new genetically engineered foods) without
pre-market safety tests. Thanks to industry pressure, genetically
engineered foods are NOT required to carry identifying labels.
According to the US Federal Office of Management and Budget the
projected increase in milk production caused by rBGH introduction
will cost American taxpayers an additional $116 million of dollars
for further price supports in 1995 alone. And what about the cows?
The drug company responsible for the marketing of this absurd drug
under the trade name Posilac is Monsanto. In their words: Use of
POSILAC has been associated with increases in cystic ovaries and
disorders of the uterus...digestive disorders...enlarged hocks and
lesions (lacerations, enlargements, calluses) of the
knee
(exerpt from Holistic Healing Web
Page)
CONSUMER WARNING
Genetically engineered growth hormones COULD BE IN YOUR MILK AND
DAIRY PRODUCTS. Starting on February 3, 1994, milk, cheese, butter,
ice cream, yogurt, beef and infant formula sold and consumed
throughout the United States will be laced with genetically
engineered recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) - also known as
"Bovine Somatotropin" or BST. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) approved the use of rBGH in dairy cows without
long-term testing on the hormone's health effects on consumers.
The (FDA) has also refused to require labeling of milk and other
dairy products derived from use of the genetically engineered
hormone, even though more than 90% of consumers favor labeling of
rBGH products so they can avoid buying them.
HERE ARE SIX THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW *BEFORE* YOU
BUY MILK and DIARY PRODUCTS IN ANY STORE. (Please read on)
IF YOU ARE AGAINST GENETICALLY ENGINEERED
HORMONES, ANTIBIOTICS and PUS IN YOUR MILK and DAIRY PRODUCTS, *YOU
BETTER ACT NOW!* There is much more..Click here to learn more about
it!
Why did
the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler "lied
to Congress"?
Pure Foods Campaign (PFC) claims that Food and Drug Administration
Commissioner David Kessler "lied to Congress" when he assured
legislators that bovine somatrotropin (BST), the genetically
engineered growth hormone, was destroyed by pasteurization.
Kessler's assurance, which spared Monsanto (BST's manufacturer) the
expense of any further research, was based on a scientific paper
written by Paul Groenewegen, a graduate student from Guelph,
Canada. According to PFC, Groenewegen was "outraged" to learn that
the FDA had misrepresented his research. Far from destroying BST,
Groenewegen's research showed that subjecting BST to pasteurization
temperatures 120 times normal only destroyed 19 percent of the BST
in milk. PFC also charges that the FDA will not release research
that "proves that lab animals got cancer from BST," despite
numerous Freedom of Information Act requests.
Milk and dairy products
Does pasteurizedmilk really do the body
good?
During the 1930's, Dr. Francis M. Pottenger conducted a 10-year
study on the relative effects of pasteurized and raw milk diets on
900 cats. One group received nothing but raw whole milk, while the
other was fed nothing but pasteurized whole milk from the same
source. The raw milk group thrived, remaining healthy, active and
alert throughout their lives, but the group fed on pasteurized milk
soon became listless, confused and highly vulnerable to a host of
chronic degenerative ailments normally associated with humans,
including heart disease, kidney failure, thyroid dysfunction,
respiratory ailments, loss of teeth, brittle bones, liver
inflammation, etc. But what caught Dr. Pottenger's attention most
was what happened to the second and third generations... more on A Study in
Nutrition by Dr. Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., MD
Milk The Deadly Poison
Milk and dairy
products: Once upon a time, milk was teeming with life
forces. Today, supermarket milk is a brew of hormones, chemicals,
DDT, fungicides, defoliants and radioactive fallout, produced by
artificially inseminated creatures forced to stand around in muddy
feed lots all day long. RAW
organic milk does the body good
The link between breast cancer
and milk Dr. Plant's conviction that dairy products can cause
cancer arises from the complex chemical makeup of milk.
Think Before You Drink
by Ben Davis
"Published research shows that rBGH injected into dairy cows
substantially increases the concentration of IGF-1 in cow's milk.
(IGF-1 is a hormone that appears naturally in humans and cows. The
IGF-1 in cows is chemically identical to the IGF-1 in humans. IGF-1
regulates cell growth, which causes cells to divide, particularly
in children). Feeding relatively low doses of IGF-1 to mature rats
for only two weeks resulted in statistically significant and
systemic effects: increased body weight; increased liver weight;
increased bone length; and decreased epiphyseal width. These
results confirm prior theoretical predictions. In layperson's
terms: this drug may well be dangerous to humans, especially
infants and children. The FDA has completely failed to investigate
the effects of long-term feeding of IGF-1 and genetically
engineered milk on growth, in infant rats or infants of any other
species.
Read about
rBGH, IGF-1, and Cancer
Anti-food defamation laws a new threat to free
speech in the USA
"Food Slander" Is
Now a Crime (in Several States)
Excerpt from Pure Foods Campaign (PFC) by Gar Smith
In Georgia, South Dakota, Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Texas,
Arizona, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Colorado and Louisiana it is now
against the law to publicly criticize corporate food products under
so-called "food disparagement" laws promoted by agriculture,
chemical and biotechnology industry lobbyists. Similar laws are
under consideration in Ohio and Illinois. "These laws are intended
to curtail the right to free speech, to make it illegal to hand out
leaflets or to dump rBGH milk in the gutter," Cummings charged.
"Instead of giving us affordable, healthy, natural, clean food
-- safety-tested and clearly labeled to enable consumers to
exercise free choice -- the powers-that-be seem intent upon taking
away our right to know what's been done to our food," Cummings
stated.
rBGH Court Case
in Tampa Puts Reporters' Freedom of Speech on Trial
What You Can Do:
BioDemocracy and Organic
Consumers Association invites activists to stage
milk-dumps around the country to call attention to "food slander"
laws. For more information, contact: PFC, 860 Highway 61E, Little
Marais, MN 55614; (218) 226-4146; (800) 451-7670.
BioDemocracy
and Organic Consumers Association
http://www.purefood.org/ 1-800-253-0681
Organic Consumers Association/BioDemocracy Campaign is a grassroots
organization. The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) promotes food
safety, organic farming and sustainable agricultural practices in
the U.S. and internationally. We provide consumers with factual
information they can use to make informed food choices. Genetic
engineering, irradiation, toxic sludge fertilizer, mad cow disease,
rBGH are some of the issues we address. The OCA gives interviews
and supplies background material for journalists, news
organizations, and public interest activists worldwide. Our
campaign strategies include public education, activist networking,
boycotts and protests, grassroots lobbying, media and public
relations, and litigation. We publish two electronic newsletters:
Organic View and BioDemocracy News.
Mad Cows and
Mad Scientists
7,651+ articles on mad cow and new variantCreutzfeldt-Jakob
disease, prions, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie,
BSE, CJD, CWD, TME, and TSE.
More about Mad Cow
The US Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
The FDA and Genetically Engineered food
Tell FDA that
you want mandatory labeling of GE foods
The FDA does not
require mandatory pre-market safety testing or labeling of
genetically engineered foods. Consumers have the right to know the
contents of the food they purchase and consume.
more info on
genetically engineered foods
The FDA - Who Do
They Really Protect?
Health Freedom is Under Attack. Worldwide pharmaceutical interests have launched a
secretive global attack to limit access to information on health
choices and restrict the right to obtain dietary supplements.
Anti-Constitutional Activities and Abuse of Police Powerby the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration and other Federal
Physicians Right to Practice Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine Bill
Bills that enable physicians to provide alternative treatments are called
Medical Freedom Bills. New York, Alaska, and Texas in addition to
other states have passed such bills. For more information on the
states that have passed medical freedom bills or have pending
bills. Sign
the petition
YOUR
HEALTH FREEDOM IS IN JEOPARDY
James DeMeo, Ph.D.: "In recent years, there has
been an upsurge of police activities in the USA, the nature of
which most Americans would more readily associate with repressive
dictatorships. We Americans have been educated to believe that
democracy, due process, assumed innocence-until-proven-guilt, and
Constitutional protections against illegal search and seizure are
the laws of the land. On paper, these protections are there; but in
reality, these basic Constitutional rights and freedoms have been
gradually and steadily eroded away by new laws, judicial rulings,
and bureaucratic decrees. One of the lesser-known but more
significant leaders of this assault on American freedom has been
the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)." more
The FDA goes after
pet store owners too!
1990 El Cajon, California: The FDA attempts to railroad Sissy Harrington-McGill,
57-year old owner of a pet food store, for violation of a proposed
"Health Claims Law" because her literature stated vitamins would
help keep pets healthy. Her store was raided and ransacked without
a search warrant. . Lawsuits against the FDA have been
filed.
Do you have a
question about holistic or natural health or need assistance?
click
here to contact Shirley or call 323-522-4521 or
323-989-3372.
Good source of information about BGH:
Sierra
club of Canada --- Environmental
Research Foundation --- Not
Milk! --- pure
food.org
Trying to
Keep "Mad Cow Disease" Out of U.S. Herds
(an official U.S. Food and Drug Administration site)
Anti-food defamation laws a new threat to free speech in the
USA
By Ronnie Cummings
USA Coordinator of the Pure Food Campaign 1-800-451-7670
"Something stinks. And it's not just left-over junk food or
bacteria and feces-contaminated meat from filthy slaughterhouses
and hog and poultry factories. It's not just the scent of chemical
pesticides on non-organic fruits and vegetables. It's not just the
pus, antibiotics, and growth hormones souring the public attitude
toward rBGH dairy products and other
unlabeled, untested genetically
engineered foods. It's more than this. It's in the tap water,
the topsoil, the air. In the alarming statistics on increasing
cancer, food poisoning, chemical hyper-sensitivity, antibiotic
resistance, allergies, sterility, and immune disorders. No wonder
80% of the public in a recent poll ranked "food safety" as a "very
important" issue. But now perhaps the most putrid smell of all
seems to be wafting out of the halls and backrooms of Congress,
where a bipartisan effort is underway to weaken already inadequate
food safety laws.
Further smells emanate from state capitals in South Dakota,
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma,
Mississippi, Colorado, and Louisiana--and perhaps soon other
states--where indentured legislators are busy passing so-called
"food disparagement" laws designed by ag-chemical- biotech industry
lobbyists. Laws intended to curtail your right to free speech. To
make it illegal to hand out a leaflet like this one, or to dump
"suspect" rBGH milk where it belongs--in the gutter.
Instead of giving us what we want: affordable, healthy, natural,
clean food--safety-tested and clearly labeled to enable consumers
to exercise free choice--the powers that be seem intent upon taking
away our right to know what's been done to our food and instead
delivering another message: Let them eat hormones, feces,
chemicals, dioxin, antibiotics... Government and corporation hacks
use so-called "risk assessment" and "cost accounting" to tell us
it's "too expensive" to clean-up food industry practices, even as
the Centers for Disease Control admit that 20 to 80 million people
a year get food poisoning; and published data indicate that
environmental and food-related cancer rates are steadily
increasing."
Seven drugs approved since 1993 have been
withdrawn after reports of deaths and severe side effects. A
two-year Los Angeles Times
investigation has found that the FDA approved each of those
drugs while disregarding danger signs or blunt warnings from its
own specialists.
Other topics of interest:
Newest Research
On Why You Should Avoid Soy
Contrary to popular belief that soy is a health food, evidence
reveals that soy consumption has been linked to numerous disorders,
including infertility, increased cancer and infantile leukemia,
and precocious puberty in children have been fed soy formula.
(early maturation, such as breast development and menstruation as
early as 6 years of age)
"...the soybean contains large quantities of natural toxins or
"antinutrients". First among them are potent enzyme inhibitors that
block the action of trypsin and other enzymes needed for protein
digestion. These inhibitors are large, tightly folded proteins that
are not completely deactivated during ordinary cooking. They can
produce serious gastric distress, reduced protein digestion and
chronic deficiencies in amino acid uptake. In test animals, diets
high in trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement and pathological
conditions of the pancreas, including cancer. Soybeans also contain
haemagglutinin, a clot-promoting substance that causes red blood
cells to clump together. Trypsin inhibitors and haemagglutinin are
growth inhibitors."
The health claims of the soy industry have one purpose and one purpose alone - to sell more
soy! That's why you'll only hear about the benefits of soy
from the industry, but thinks all consumers deserve the right
to make an informed choice about what they are eating and feeding
to their children, their household pets and their
livestock.
Dr. Mercola - "Soy formula is one of the worst foods that
you could feed your child. Not only does it have profoundly adverse
hormonal effects as discussed above, but it also has over 1000%
more aluminum than conventional milk based formulas."
Your Right to
Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your
Food
More than half of America's processed grocery products — from
corn flakes to granola bars to diet drinks — contain genetically
altered ingredients. They are unlabeled and untested, and we are
eating them. Your Right to Know is a complete, full-color reference
guide outlining how unmarked genetically modified foods go from the
factory to the family dining table, and what consumers can do about
the health risks they present. This accessible guide is for
concerned parents — as well as anyone concerned about genetically
altered foods — who want to know more about the potential health
risks, the organic alternatives, and the methods available to
counter the corporate takeover of the food we eat.
Engineered Fats
and Oils and The Degenerative Disease Epidemic
"The degenerative disease epidemic that wracks the
nation came coincidentally with the introduction of engineered fats
and oils. It is the type of fats and oils that we consume that is
directly correlated to the rise of epidemic degenerative disease;
it is not the amount of fats and oils that we eat that causes the
problem. It is by chronically consuming the fats and oils that
cause degenerative disease that we impair our ability to consume
healthy fats and oils. We also impair our ability to consume
carbohydrates and thus become Diabetic and Obese."
"Today nothing that the Heart Specialist does cures Heart Disease.
Heart Disease, like Diabetes and many, many similar systemic
failures, is due largely, if not entirely, to the consequences of
bad engineering in our fats and oils industry. The transfats and
other toxic isomers in our engineered fats and oils are well
understood to damage our cellular membranes, to interfere with
cellular respiration, to inhibit glucose transport, to set in
motion consequences that corrode our arteries, damage our eyesight,
devastate our kidneys, destroy our venous system, and directly
cause the large array of similar systemic problems. There is even
evidence to link these engineered fats and oils to our incredible
Cancer epidemic through their interference with cellular
respiration. These toxic fats and oils have even been linked to
epidemic ADHD in our schools. It is important to know enough about
fats and oils to be able to make kitchen use of them and to make
intelligent food selections of these all important substances. It's
really not complicated, when information is presented with the
intent to inform instead of to deceive." Thomas
Smith, author of Insulin: Our Silent Killer
Health benefits of good
fats and oils
Fats and Oils That Can Save Your Life
Flax Oil as a True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction,
Cancer and Other Diseases. Recent research suggests that ALA
(alpha-linolenic acid) and lignans in flaxseed modulate the immune
response and may play a beneficial role in the clinical management
of autoimmune diseases
Refined table salt v/s
organic unrefined sea salt
Table salt is only sodium chloride, all of the other beneficial
elements have been removed. Many of these 82 missing elements are
only trace elements, and are therefore required by our bodies in
only very small amounts. But a deficiency of these trace elements
causes great harm to our bodies.
"Fish from the ocean will die quickly if placed in a solution of refined salt and water. The sodium
chloride, in its form as it comes from the refinery, is actually
poisonous to them. Bottom line, is that yes it can be harmful to
consume too much refined salt, but you cannot consume too much natural unrefined salt.
The Bitter Truth About
Aspartame
(NutraSweet/Equal/Spoonful/Canderal/Benevia, etc.)
"Aspartame (NutraSweet) appears to cause slow, silent damage in
those unfortunate enough to not have immediate reactions and a
reason to avoid it. It may take one year, five years, 10 years, or
40 years, but it seems to cause some reversible and some
irreversible changes in health over long-term use" Learn
about the Legal class action against aspartame.
- H. J. Roberts, M.D. "I have observed severe intellectual deterioration associated with the use
of aspartame products. It was usually manifest as great difficulty
in reading and writing, obvious problems with memory and grossly
impaired orientation to time, place and person."
- Ralph Walton, M.D., Psychiatrist, Chairman of the Center for Behavioral Medicine: "We have known for
years that when aspartame is ingested with a carbohydrate rich meal
the usual physiologic increase in tryptophan is blocked, while
brain phenylalanine and tyrosine concentrations are increased.
These changes in amino acid blocked neurotransmitter precursors
could, I believe, alter indoleamine/catechloamine balance, and thus
have a profound effect on mood and cognition ....depressed mood,
anxiety, dizziness, panic attacks, nausea, irritability, impairment
of memory and concentration.
Genetically
Engineered Foods
(Biotech Foods - Genetically Modified Plants)
The US Is One of Only a Few Countries Using Genetically
Engineered Food - The US, Canada and Argentina account for 96% of
the world's GE crops. In Europe, the largest agricultural market in
the world, all of the major supermarket chains and food companies
have removed GE ingredients from their consumer products. Shouldn't
we consider this a huge clue that there are major potential dangers
with this technology? Why is the survival of indigenous people,
within the U.S. and across the globe, is being directly threatened
by genetic engineering (GE) of food crops? Why is the governments
of the United States and many other nations permit these
experimental foods to be mass marketed without safety testing and
labeling?
Beware of Canola Oil
Canola oil comes from the rape seed, which is part of the mustard
family of plants. Rape is the most toxic of all food-oil plants.
Like soy, rape is a weed. Insects will not eat it; it is deadly
poisonous! The oil from the rape seed is a hundred times more toxic
than soy oil.
There is considerable controversy with regard to canola oil and
the rape seed plant. One aim of my website is to present views
which do not necessarily conform to the views of the establishment.
It is very easy to find views which conform to the establishment's
views. It is very often difficult to find opposing views.
Therefore, you can read the views presented on my website and then
visit other websites which present opposing views, and then you can
make up your own mind. (see links to conventional website in
support of canola oil below). Shirley - The
following excerpt is from John Thomas' book:
Young again: How to Reverse the Aging Process published by
Promotion Publishing, San Diego
Scientists have known for years that the isoflavones in
soy products can depress
thyroid function and cause goiters in otherwise healthy children
and adults. Researchers at Cornell University Medical College said
that children who got soy formula were more likely to develop
thyroid disease and that twice as many diabetic children had
received soy formula in infancy as compared to non-diabetic
children. In fact, in other countries such as Switzerland, England,
Australia and New Zealand, public health officials recommend highly
restricted medically monitored use of soy for babies and for
pregnant women.
Learn more: Outbreak of lupus, multiple sclerosis and other
immune disorders linked to canola and soy
Healing Clay - Healing Earth
Clay is renowned to have many uses in promoting health in plants,
animals and humans. Bentonite, Pascalite, as well as other types of
healing clays, have been used by indigenous cultures since before
recorded history. According to Knishinsky, benefits reported by
people using liquid clay for a period of two to four weeks include:
improved intestinal regularity; relief from chronic constipation,
diarrhea, indigestion, and ulcers; a surge in physical energy;
clearer complexion; brighter, whiter eyes; enhanced alertness;
emotional uplift; improved tissue and gum repair; and increased
resistance to infections. Clay works on the entire organism. No
part of the body is left untouched by its healing energies, he
notes. "The eating of clay has been observed in [ native ] peoples
and animals in all parts of the world since antiquity. Early
writers described the widespread use of kanwa ( earth from a lick
near Lake Chad ) for animals and humans in Nigeria. Long journeys
were made to [ this ] lick to obtain a tribal supply of this earth,
and it was then issued as rations to cattle and humans... learn more
Other Earth
Cure: Fulvic
Acids and Shilajit Fulvic Acid and Shilajit are involved
in complex biochemical reactions in living plants and animals,
which directly influence the very metabolic processes at the
cellular level. Fulvic acid is a humic substance or extract. Humic
substances are found in rich humus soil in trace amounts and are
considered nature's own best medicine for plants, animals,
humans, and the Earth itself. To the science of living
cells, fulvic acids are vital in bringing substantial amounts of
nutrients and minerals into water solution and delivering their
living energies to the living cells. Fulvic acid assists every
stage of cellular metabolism and is the most powerful, natural
electrolyte known. It restores electrical balance to damaged cells,
neutralizes toxins and can eliminate food poisoning within minutes.
Shilajit in Sanskrit means "conqueror of mountains and
destroyer of weakness". It comes from the rocks in the lower
Himalayas and is the most important natural remedy of Ayurvedic
medicine. The active principle of shilajit is fulvic acid.
Traditionally considered a panacea and a strong kidney tonic, it
increases the core energy responsible for your sexual and spiritual
power, the same force that is withered by stress and anxiety.
“There is hardly any curable disease which cannot be controlled or
cured with the aid of Shilajit.” - Famous Indian Vaid Charak (1st
Century A.D. It is used by the indigenous system of medicine in
India, Hakims and Vaids and traditional healers, in a great variety
of diseases: genitourinary diseases, diabetes, chronic bronchitis,
asthma, gall stones, jaundice, painful and bleeding piles, enlarged
liver and spleen, fermentative dyspepsia, digestive disorders,
worms, renal and bladder calculi, nervous debility, sexual
neurasthenia, hysteria, anaemia and in bone fracture.
"Bee Pollen is often
referred to as nature's most complete food, containing all of the
22 elements that the human body requires to function, provides you
with 135 essential nutrients, a vast array of vitamins, minerals,
amino acids and more. Human consumption of bee pollen is praised in
the Bible, other religious books, and ancient Chinese and Egyptian
texts. It has long been prescribed by traditional health
practitioners-including the fathers of Western medicine
Hippocrates, Pliny the Elder, and Pythagoras-for its healing
properties. Bee pollen rejuvenates the body, stimulates organs and
glands, enhances vitality, and brings about a longer life span. Bee
pollen's ability to consistently and noticeably increase energy
levels makes it a favorite substance among many world class
athletes and those interested in sustaining and enhancing quality
performance." Steve Schecter N.D.
Marine Plants
To Nourish, Boost Immunity and Detoxify
Sea Vegetables (Spirulina - kelp - Chlorella) have
been acknowledged as a detoxifyer, a balanced nourishment and a
miraculous healing plant. Ocean/Sea algae are the richest natural
source of minerals, trace minerals and rare earth
elements.
"There is no family of foods more protective against radiation and environmental
pollutants than sea vegetables ... sea vegetables can prevent
assimilation of different radionuclitides, heavy metals such as
cadmium, and other environmental toxins." Steven
Schecter, N.D.
Many kinds of seaweed are eaten by people because they are full of
vitamins and iodine. Asian cultures use seaweed like green beans
and carrots are used in the United States. One of seaweed's most
prominent health benefits is its ability to remove radioactive
strontium and other heavy metals from our bodies. Whole brown
seaweeds (not granulated) such as kelp contain alginic acid which
binds with the toxins in the intestines rendering them indigestible
and carries them out of the system.
Salt Deficiency: the
cause of many serious diseases
When organic,
unrefined salt lack in your diet, weakness and sickness
follow.
An abundance of the ingredients in unrefined real salt
(not common table salt) are as synonymous with life today as
they were a billion years ago before single cells appeared here.
Lack of them is synonymous with birth defects, organ failure,
decay, diseases, premature aging and death at a young age.
more about real salt
A further look at healing with nature.
Nature provides us with a simple, straightforward system for
regaining and maintaining superb human health and beauty.
- Healing with Food: Most
human illnesses and diseases are due to a deficiency of vital
nutrients. When you supply your body with the proper nutrients, in
a form that your body can use, it knows how to repair itself.
- Healing through Fasting:
Fasting is the world's most ancient and natural healing
mechanism.
- Healing with Water: Hydrotherapy has
been used for centuries to heal the sick.
- Healing with Sunlight: Sunlight helps
the body heal wounds and injuries and overcome virtually any
illness.
- Healing with Earth: Clay is renowned to
have many uses in promoting health in plants, animals and
humans.
- Healing with Plants: Plants
have the power to supply the bodies’ life force with the energies
it needs to restore and maintain health.
- Healing with Urine: One of the most
powerful, most researched and most medically proven natural cures
ever discovered.
- Healing from the Hives: Bee pollen
rejuvenates your body, stimulates organs and glands, enhances
vitality, and brings about a longer life span.
Basic Healing Principles: The body has an
innate capacity to heal itself. Self-healing can only occur once
the
cause of the illness has been eliminated. Why
elimination of the symptom is NOT the same as elimination of the
disease? Physicians and surgeons palliate symptoms instead of removing causes.
AIDS/HIV/AZT
What if everything you thought you knew
about AIDS was wrong? A growing number of scientists
world-wide have publicly denounced the total failure of the
HIV/AIDS hypothesis, questioned the meaning of the "AIDS test", and
criticized the use of AZT which has been proven to be a toxic
poison that makes the patient sicker and is actually the cause of
AIDS deaths. The group includes scientists such as Kary Mullis, who
won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1993 for inventing the
polymerase chain reaction used to test for HIV, Peter H. Duesberg,
Ph.D., a professor of molecular and cell biology at the University
of California, Berkeley and Charles Thomas, PhD., Former chair of
the Cell Biology Department, Scripps Research Institute -
Healing AIDS: a holistic approach.
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