What is your Stress Level?

Prolonged or severe stress has been shown to weaken the immune system, strain the heart, damage memory cells in the brain, and deposit fat at the waist (body’s mechanism to prepare for food shortage!), which are risk factors for heart disease, cancer and other illnesses.

What’s Your Health Score?

Coming from a family with a ‘rich history of diseases’, I take my health  seriously.  I wouldn’t say I am an all-muscles marathon kind of woman, but I just want to be fit enough so I don’t need to spend a lot of money in future on prescription drugs, needless surgeries.  In the end, that bone marrow or organ transplant IS going to wear out if you do not take a more pro-active approach to your health.  Those insulin injections are going to be rejected by your body as “foreign objects” because our human body is not a vehicle, it is a live whole being made up with living breathing cells.

Knowing your health score is not so much of a scary decision! Soon, I will be providing Singapore-based residents a service that most cannot refuse because the start-of-the-art and precise equipment I use will be able to help me to tell you:

1. Your weight, height and BMI (Body Mass Index)
2. Whether you have hidden fats (you can be slim but also you can be obese – don’t let the mirror fool you!)
3. Whether your organs are wrapped in layers of fat that encourages future degenerative diseases
4. Which part of your body you need to focus more on (for those who are exercising to build more skeletal muscle)
5. Whether you need to take preventive measure to reduce your stress levels
6. How old your body is (ie. your Body Age). Many people look young on the outside, but are really “old” inside.) and preventive measures to lessen aging
7. Briefly, the *kinds of food you should avoid (and not avoid)  Full list here!

and more…

As much as I actually hate animal experiments, scientitific studies proved that some form of caloric restriction actually lengthened the lives of Rhesus Monkeys.  It’s the same for humans because most of us are not actually eating to produce energy, but to store them as unhealthy fat!

Who will Benefit from my Health Analytical Service?

1. Schools and colleges planning to raise funds for their poor students or for other charities can participate with no money down.  (Everyone takes home a Health Score sheet that they can show to their friends, fitness instructor or doctors.)
2. Cooking classes can add my Health Analytical Service as a ‘bonus’ value-added service.
3. The Health Analytical Service can compliment any fitness instructor who wants to motivate their clients to exercise right.
4. The service will generate your Health Score (much like how you get your IQ score) so that it is of extra information to your doctors
5. Individuals who prefer private home visit or office visit.  Each health analytical service is precise and will not exceed 15 to 30 minutes (the reading takes less than 3 minutes).  No blood sample, no urine extraction needed!
   
6. Post-pregnant women who want to know their BMI and Health Scores.

The Health Analytical service is going VERY cheap at SG$20/person per reading (1-to-1 consultation) so group bookings will actually be much more affordable. (There’s another state-of-the-art equipment that scans you and tells you if you are at risk of cancer and other diseases, but I don’t own that equipment.   It can serve as a complementary tool to Thermography, which is a more accurate tumour-detecting tool that detects more accurately than mammograms; thermography can detect cancer up to 10 years before they actually appear via mammograms!  This kind of scan can also be arranged at SG$8/head.)

If you’re a Singaporean, and am interested to book me for my Health Analytical Service after 22nd Feb 2010, please feel free to leave a comment below, or contact me privately here.

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More coming when I later update this blog entry!

*The information given should be used in conjunction with your doctor’s diagnosis and advise.  Many prescription drugs are in conflict with natural foods.  Do not start any new diet without a doctor’s or herbalist’s consultation.  I highly recommend people approach homeopathic or even ayuverdic physicians, or a CTM physician (Chinese Traditional Medicine sinseh).  You may need help to “wean off” prescription drugs before starting on a new diet as prescribed by a homeopathic or natural medicine physician.

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A lot of books and information from “qualified Quackbusters” interest me.   Particularly when one of them failed to sue Dr. Mercola and 50+physicians in alternative medicine.   These skeptics form a closely-knitted society using “science” like a  as their weapon.

Skeptics: Some Ready to Learn…Others may be Not

Here’s a screenshot of one who came with an open mind:

All skeptics have a similiar response – that they “need to explore and read more”.  (If there’s a genuine intention to learn more, I congratulate them and I encourage them to read more!)

I consider myself a “Health Skeptic” although I am not a skeptic of alternative health remedies.  There’s no reason why our ancestors want to leave us “food info” that could harm us, regardless of whether it’s homeopathy, Chinese Traditional Medicine or Ayuverda (India).

Homeopathy is the oldest form of  herbalism that actually complements orthodox medicine and treatments.  It is the most respected form of “modern pharmacology”, although it can work totally without prescription drugs, radiation, irradiation and surgeries.  Prevention of ailments is at the core with alternative remedies like homeopathy and naturopathy, with many scientifically proven (I try my best to name the original source of clinical trial studies where possible since health skeptics in the other group love to refer to them like how Christians refer to the Bible).   [Note: Being a vegan I am, I will in future, only "focus" on homeopathic remedies that do not use spider parts, crushed ants or snake venom - there are numerous of them!]

I see time and again also why some health skeptics are eager to pull the wool over homeopathy. More than half of those who vehemently supports Big Pharma do not want you to know what their antibiotics are doing to you (this is only 1 fear of their many fears)!   When there’s a cure for disease, who needs prescription drugs anymore?  Surely, big pharma’s profits will suffer, and they don’t want that to happen.  Their way of preventing this from happening is to discredit everything alternative medicine and remedies are for.

Take for instance…do you know that antibiotics causes Cancer?  Which can lead to pathogenic overgrowth of yeast and fungi related ailments?  Ref:   Dr. Lisa Landymore-Lin More studies are   also showing antibiotics’ link to allergies in children (same for vaccines!)

The National Library of Medicine’s  (USA) database brings up well over 9,700 mentions of “antibiotic allergic reactions” and is estimated to be responsible for more than half of the people who are sent to the Emergency Room each year.

Health Skeptics discredit Homeopathy in many ways!
‘Homeopathy is Worse than Witchcraft’  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-451908/Homeopathy-worse-witchcraft–NHS-stop-paying-it.html  via http://quackfiles.blogspot.com/2009/02/homeopathy-is-worse-than-witchcraft-and.html
One of the most useless petitions I’ve seen in a long time: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/1023CAM/    The petition is made by people who want to discredit God’s food and herbs.
I just threw out Media Life Magazine, for discrediting alternative remedies and calling those who practise them, “quacks”!  (A better magazine to read?  Check out RIMGlobal on Twitter!)

My opinion on the latest “quackbuster” is connected to Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s “Fall from Disgrace”.

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A Vegan’s Review of DeliVege and what They may be Missing (Recipes inside)

Skip to the Recipes (no cooking needed!)

First of all, I applaud this vegetarian restaurant, DeliVege, for sending the message that children too, can grow up healthy and smart without meat. In fact, a fallacy, that we need a lot of protein.

It’s great that DeliVege chooses to cook without MSG, white salt and white sugar.  There are many good alternatives, eg. Himalaayan salt and Stevia (sugar alternative).  And when food is nutritious, who needs MSG anyway?

While vegetarians would love the food in DeliVeg, vegans may wanna avoid because they do cook food with honey, and they do serve dairy drinks (milk, coffee).

One thing they should re-consider are foods with Garlic and Onion.

Garlic is anti-parasitic and has allicin, an anti-microbial compound that’s naturally deactivated if garlic is cooked (crushing garlic, place aside for 10 minutes before cooking helps maximise allicin).

1. Garlic has essential minerals like copper, zinc, magnesium and selenium.   Its sulphur compound, sulphide, lowers high blood pressure and cholesterol, and staves off blood clot.  In these ways, garlic lowers heart diseases by as much as 76%, as well as the risk of dementia (memory loss).
2. As garlic compounds helps flush out cancer-causing agents in the body before they damage DNA cells, garlic not only appears to ward off stomach and colorectal cancers, cancer cells are also “encouraged” to self-destruct.  [More Info: Healing Cancer from Inside Out (DVD)]
3. Studies have shown that garlic compounds kills the Helicobacter Pylori, the bacteria that causes stomach ulcers and damages stomach lining, thus making people less susceptible to cancer.
4. Garlic can help ward off some sinus infections and common cold, and is associated with lower incidences of hay fever.

Studies for Garlic

US researchers from the University of North Carolina found that people who ate an average of 5 cloves of garlic a week (cooked or raw) cut their risks of colon cancer by 33%, and stomach cancer by 50%.  This was compared to those who didn’t eat much garlic.

In the Iowa’s Women’s Study (USA)  found that women who consumed 2 cloves of garlic a week had a 32% lower risk of colon cancer compared to those who rarely ate garlic.

US National Cancer Institute found that men in Shanghai who ate at least 10 grams of chopped garlic a day (about 1.5 tablespoon of crushed garlic), lower their risks of prostate cancer by as much as 49%.  Men who ate more than 5 cloves of garlic, reduced their cancer as much as 53%.

The good news is, raw garlic’s “over-powering” flavour mellows quite a bit after cooking. It repells ticks, and even other people if you eat a lot of the raw crushed garlic!
Onion causes  cell membranes to be less reactive to allergens (usually toxic chemicals) in air and food.  Eating onions regularly help asthmatic sufferers experience lesser asthma attacks (of course, other factors can be reasons like chemicals in perfume and detergents; for babies, detergent residues in babies’ fabric and even consumption of commercial milk formula can increase allergies in babies.  More info on what could trigger allergies).  Only a very small percentage of people are ever allergic to onions, so there’s no reason to avoid onions unless you are allergic to it.

Onion improves body’s absorption of Vitamin C; even the onion skin, rich in antioxidant known as “quercetin” (just make sure you remove from your onion soup them before consumption).  Like the garlic, onion can ward off some sinus infections and common cold.  [It has the same effects as breathing in (gently and slowly) steamed water. ]  A good “old fashioned” spicy curry will also do the trick.  If you find it too spicy for your liking, all you need to do is take a little butter for your tongue!    (Other foods rich in quercetin are red grapes, berries, green leafy vegetables and tea.)

What other Improvements can DeliVege make?

While eating mock meat made with textured soy is inevitable in most vegetarian restaurants, perhaps the restaurant can also consider making their own mock meat with buckwheat or quiona seed (grind them into flour first).   This is because soy has their problems unknown to the many who eat them….

Unfermented Soy products including soy milk and unfermented beancurd have toxic phytic acid that prevents the intestines from absorping nutrients.  Nutrients essential to boost your immunity against colds and degenerative diseases.

Also, scientists have known for years that the isoflavones in soy products can depress thyroid function and cause goiters (aka goitre) in otherwise healthy children and adults. “Children who develop Type1 Diabetes are twice as likely to have been fed soy formulas as those fed all other foods.” – combined research team of Cornell University Medical College and Long Island Community Hospital medical experts.

Even FERMENTED soya beans can be harmful.  Soy isoflavones (in soy products) are phyto-endocrine disrupters. They can prevent ovulation and stimulate the growth of cancer cells. Eating as little as 30 grams (about 4 tablespoons) of soy per day can result in hypothyroidism with symptoms of lethargy, constipation, weight gain and fatigue.

How Soya Beans are processed is a clue to how healthy or toxic they really are. Alkaline solution is used to remove fibre of soya beans, then precipitated and separated using an acid wash.  Then, soya beans are neutralized in an alkaline solution – “lysinoalanine” (a cancer-causing nitrate) is formed at this stage.  On top of this, acid washing in aluminum tanks leaches high levels of toxic aluminum into the final product.  That’s how you get your toxic fibre-less soy ppwder, which is tehn used to make your mock meat and beancurd.

Numerous artificial flavourings, like MSG, are added to textured vegetable protein and soy protein isolate products, which gives these toxic soy products its “meaty taste”.  All vegans should be aware of this!   You can read more about soy here! (If you eat or use soy products, they should be kept to the minimum, because of all the reasons stated above.)

There is a study by a Vanderbilt University stating that their studies on men and women in Shanghai who ate soy products showed good signs of health etc.  I find the study flawed because these people may already be eating other anti-cancer foods like green tea and mushrooms.  It is also VERY unlikely for soy factories to overhaul/replace their machinery -  which would surely dent to their profits -  just to produce toxic-less soy food.

Check out more soy info from Mike Adams’ Soya Bean News and my other post on Soy Lies.

I hope DeliVege is also not warming or cooking foods through microwave ovens, not using gmo foods, and I definitely hope they’re not using non-stick pans.

Want more control over your food? Hint:  DeliVege could serve these!
Try this GarlicVegan Recipe: 5 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon oil (either extra virgin olive oil or organic coconut oil), 1 teaspoon dried bail leaves , 1 teaspoon thyme powder, ground mustard and black pepper.  Add to about 1.4 kg of young coconut flesh, mix well and ready to serve!

Try this Onion Vegan Recipe: Sliced onion, zucchini (or cucumber), eggplant (brinjal) + red wine vinegar + dash of black pepper  = Yummy  (Fast, easy and no-cooking!)  Can be added to cooked pasta or noodles!

Raw Food is faster to prepare, and especially if you hate cooking!  To learn more about transiting to a raw lifestyle, I highly recommend these resources:

1. Going RAW in 30 days (pics below)
2. More great vegetarian and vegan resources are listed here (if you are one, come on in and list yourself for free).  Later I will be setting up a proper directory so people can add themselves for others to locate better.
3. Karen Knowler is a fun RAW FOOD Coach to learn stuff from (and she has lotsa free stuff to grab!)
4. Raw Food World radio Interview with Victoria Boutenko (famous for her Chimpanzee and Green Smoothies story).   Victoria’s also on Twitter!
5. Raw Food World Radio Interview with David Wolfe (famous “Avocado Man” whom I wrote a review here).  David Wolfe’s on Twitter too!

Although Dr. Mercola and the Weston Price Foundation said that vegetarianism is a ‘flawed food’ lifestyle, I am still on the research as to whether humans can REALLY survive on nutrients from non-meat alone.  Grass-fed beef and raw milk (where unpasteurized milk is allowed) may not be 100% safe to consume, due to various environmental reasons.  And there is a desperate need to move away from the foods that can make us feel sick.

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Regulators (FDA) said they won’t require human trials to test the safety of eating genetically modified animals. This means YOU – the human being – is the guinea pig for GMO foods!  Beware!
Deadly GM Foods – ‘They Knew & Didn’t Tell’ – >Video
Germany Bans Monsanto’s GM Maize
Truehealthfacts.com has GREAT GMO info and links!
The Doctor Within talks about 60,000 chemicals, genetically-modified foods, vaccines, allergies (a good read!)
GMO grown in the USA today
Farmed fish fed with GMO corn are unhealthy. Thenourishinggourmet has news about Farmed Tilapia
“50 Harmful Effects of GMO Foods” by Nathan Batalion
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In 1996, Dr. Andrew Wakefield claimed that vaccinated children had a link to autism; he paid  children into parting with their blood samples.  Using collected samples, he was able to get his findings published in the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet.

British Medical Council has recently ruled that Dr. Wakefield acted dishonestly and unethically in his research.  The Lancet has since apologized and said they have removed Dr. Wakefield’s reports via their publication.

Dr. Wakefield  did not ask for parental permission before collection of blood samples, and also when he did not initially state that he was monetarily compensated for every parent referred to his ‘autism lawyers’.   Did he acted “unprofessionally”?   The answer may be obvious but, I don’t think Dr. Wakefield should be blamed for the rise in MMR cases because:
1.  Children who had MMR vaccination could still BREAK OUT with mumps (before recovering), as stated by literature via NIH.   Could this be the reason why there was an increase in children with measles/mumps?

2.  The virus found in Measles is also found in snake venom, and in some animals that children may come in contact with (and who subsequently did not wash their hands.)   In other words, it may be an indication that more care need to be given to active children when they are awake; caregivers and teachers should be more alert when caring for toddlers and children in their charge.

3.  It had been proven that autism is not caused by genes. – Professor Baron Cohen This leaves environmental factors responsible for autism, like food, water, medicine and vaccines!

4.  The number of Japanese children born with autism fell drastically in 1991 to 92, when Japan withdrew MMR vaccines. – Honda/Rutter studies.   That number (of autistic children) raised again after 1993 when single measles and single Rubella vaccines came into Japan.    This shows that….MMR vaccines may not be the ONLY vaccine shots that causes autism!

5.  Also, childhood diabetes is listed as an adverse reaction on  Merck’s MMR’s vaccine leaflets.   Irrefutable!

Briefly, the accusations against Dr. Wakefield’s mode of operations:
“Carried out invasive, unnecessary tests” Like?
“Failed to act in the best interest of the children” Were any children hurt?
“And misused public funds” Details please?

Did the British Medical Council verify that the “sharp increase” in children getting measles/MMR between 1996 to 1997 were from n?  Or from UNVACCINATED children?  Did the British Medical Council offer any other information to disconnect vaccines’ link to autism (other than stating why Dr. Wakefield’s conduct was ‘dishonest’?)

Did the British Medical Council the above into consideration? No!  You see, this is because Professor Alan Emond of the British Medical Council, is on UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI).   (It’s a little like having my dad as a judge overlooking a court case for a crime  I commit against you – I’d most likely GET OFF the HOOK!)  By not revealing his relationship to the JCVI, the media may be fooled into thinking this is REALLY the end of  MMR vaccine-autism debate.  This conflict of interest is a strong indication of why the British Medical Council’s attempt to disgrace Dr. Wakefield is now,  “weakened”.

Without Dr Wakefield in the picture, the efficacy and safety of MMR vaccines and vaccinations, remain  questionable.  In fact, the British Medical Council has never explained why the FDA COULD approve the MMR vaccine that’s capable of brain damage.   I wonder if they even noticed that the CDC had admitted vaccines’ link to autism  (watch the video!)

Aha….I am still not convinced that Dr. Wakefield is guilty of passing off the MMR vaccine as harmful.   Health Skeptic? Yes, I am one! Are you?

I just wonder what was Lancet’s take on the matter….did they just remove Dr. Andrew’s findings because of how he lured children into giving him their blood sample without seeking the parents permission (primarily his research methods were dishonoured)?

And why did 10 of 13 authors (of the study) decide to renounce their findings?  Why did those 3 not renounce the findings? May be we will never know…but I have a feeling the answer may just “pop up” 10 to 50 years from now!

Feel free to share your thoughts – leave a comment below!

Other blogs who blogged about this:
Curtis Maybin Healthy Living
Larry King’s “The Debate Over Autism”

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Note: There is not a complete list so add your own (if you use this blog entry, please be kind to link back – that’s all I ask for. Thank you!) More information may or may not be extended to this entry (depending on whether I update the info!)

Here’s 60+ things you should avoid (you may find some ingredients in pet food as well!) I feel it’s best to ban these if you can by making gradual changes (set weekly or monthly targets to avoid certain foods). A small change in your lifestyle can be beneficial, not just to prevent thyroid problems or degenerative diseases, but also to prevent one organ adversely affecting another organ in your body.

Avoid foods and drinks containing:

1. BVO (brominated vege oil) and all vegetable oil and canned citrus drinks, some commerically-made bread and cakes, potato chips, snacks, and even in some brands of wholemeal bread with bromine or bromide (aka bromate, “Potassiam Bromide” aka “Potassiam Bromate”).  Bromine/Bromate are responsible for activating all kinds of degenerative diseases.   A century ago potassium bromide was used as a sedative although it is toxic  (caused coma, spasms, nausea, abdominal pains, etc). More info
2. Products with alloxan (usually in white bread).    This is the same substance used to feed laboratory acts to make them “catch cancer”.  Found in BLEACHED flour or “vitamin-enriched flour”, and any bread or confectionaries made with white flour.
3. Preservatives like sodium benzoate, ethoxyquin, preservatives of mixed-tocopherols, calcium propionate and TBHQ (or anything that “preserves freshness”).  Sodium benzoate (benzoic acid) occurs naturally in blueberries, and is perfectly harmless.  Scientists in China recently found that antioxidant-rich rosemary extracts are capable of inhibiting oxidation of sunflower oil -  this could just be a safer alternative to chemical preservatives but at this point, steer clear of any food with preservatives!  Source: Food Chemistry,Volume 118, Issue 3, Pages 656-662
   Ethoxyquin, another preservative, still in very cheap poor-quality foods and pet food.
   TBHQ, another preservative, contains petroleum-derived butane.
   Fruit wax (also another kind of chemical preservatives).  I found they’re not as waxy after washing them with organic detergents – you can just FEEL the difference just by touching your washed apples!
4. Calcium Suplhate is a “firming agent” commonly found in food.  It’s actually Plaster of Paris!
   
5. Fat-free oils and snacks with chemical “fat substitute” like Olestra.  The problem is, not all processed foods list chemicals like Olestra, so it makes VERY good sense to reduce or avoid processed foods wherever possible.  (EFT teaches you how to overcome certain food addictions and I highly recommend you to check out sites that have information on this.)
6. All or any genetically-modified foods (GMO) like Canola Oil; or any food products made with those.  Check out “50 Harmful Effects of GMO Foods” by Nathan Batalion
7. High Fructose Corn Syrup (made from GMO corn, why GMO foods are dangerous) because the syrup attacks pancreas, spikes glucose and causes weight gain.   Many amaranth and millet flake cereals contain corn.
   And do you know, our vaccines for “immunizations” have HFCS too?  One reason why I never quite make it in the Food & Beverage industry here!  Vaccines are TRULY genetically modified material (gmo).  Everything (almost) you ever wanted to know about GMOs are here.
8. Dextrose is sugar that feeds cancer, causes hyperactivity and weight gain.
9. Unfermented Soy products including soy milk and unfermented beancurd because they have toxic phytic acid.  Also, scientists have known for years that the isoflavones in soy products can depress thyroid function and cause goiters (aka goitre) in otherwise healthy children and adults. “Children who develop Type1 Diabetes are twice as likely to have been fed soy formulas as those fed all other foods.” – combined research team of Cornell University Medical College and Long Island Community Hospital medical experts.  Check out more soy info from Mike Adams’ Soya Bean News and my other post on Soy Lies.
10. Even FERMENTED soya beans can be harmful.  Soy isoflavones (in soy products) are phyto-endocrine disrupters. They can prevent ovulation and stimulate the growth of cancer cells. Eating as little as 30 grams (about 4 tablespoons) of soy per day can result in hypothyroidism with symptoms of lethargy, constipation, weight gain and fatigue.
    How are Soya Bean processed? Alkaline solution is used to remove fibre, then precipitated and separated using an acid wash.  Then, soya beans are neutralized in an alkaline solution – “lysinoalanine” (a cancer-causing nitrate) is formed at this stage.  On top of this, acid washing in aluminum tanks leaches high levels of toxic aluminum into the final product.  That’s how you get your toxic fibre-less soy product!
    Many canned tunas contain textured vegetable protein, which is from soy (look for low-salt versions, which tend to be pure tuna, with no fillers).

    Numerous artificial flavourings, like MSG, are added to textured vegetable protein and soy protein isolate products, which gives these toxic soy products its “meaty taste”.  All vegans should be aware of this!   You can read more about soy here!
    Beware also, of studies that are funded by third-party companies like the Solae Company, who in turn works with companies like Dupont and Monsanto.  Their work involves using foods to change chemical messages in your brain (yep, genetically modified foods)! For example, you would be able to taste sour foods as sweet, bitter foods as non-bitter. In other words, foods that trick the brains! Do you really want foods that alters your mind’s natural senses and functions??  Often, such funded studies give you misleading information like this one here given to Stephen Daniels at http://www.foodnavigator.com/Publications/Food-Beverage-Nutrition/NutraIngredients-USA.com/Research/Soy-isoflavones-heart-benefits-again-under-question-Study that says “soy isoflavones (from unprocessed soya beans) have no effect on baby boys’ testosterones” – which cannot be further from the truth.  Refer to green text above!
    

11. Flouridated water, chlorinated water (Use a water filter with osmosis reversal system; however chlorine is not easily eliminated by water-filters nor by boiling.)  Definitely reduce swimming in chlorinated water, if you can.   [Unfortunately, government regulations are in place for many countries to have private and public swim pools to have clorine in them (saving water a priority).  The only way to help change things around is to petition for non-chlorinated water to be replaced by oxygenated water because germs and pathogens cannot survive in oxygenated water.  More info about "oxygen therapy".]
12. Be on the alert for Food Fillers binders, excipients, food polish & glazes and lubricants. Some of these are designed to make vitamin tablets “stick” together, others are designed to flow more easily frombetween stages of the vitamin-manufacturing process.   Rice Hull, Rice Flour, Rice Bran, Soy Bean Hulls , Wheat Flour, Wheat Bran, Starch, Corn Starch (terrible filler that causes several health issues including allergies) or other “cheap” fillers, can be harsh on intestines and cause digestive upset.
    A lot of fillers have sugar or cane molasses, making them unhealthy.  (White sugar by itself, can cause hyperactivity in children, and also diabetes.)
    One other common food binder is cellulose; although touted as non-toxic, it may include recycled cardboard in pet food! However, cellulose in most organic supplements are safe to consume.
    
13. Only eaten by koala bears (eucalyptus leaves), eucalyptus oil is not meant for digestion and will cause stomach upset.  In large quantifities, this oil is fatal to humans. It’s better used as a medication oil to ease headaches, colds, insect bites, etc. but definitely not safe for use on babies and infants who may accidentally ingest it via their skin.
14. Sodium bisulfate (used as food “disinfectant”).
    
15. Caramel colouring. Sugar-based toxic! Basically made from burnt sugar, or via ammonia process in food factories, caramel coloring shows up in sodas, breads, gravies and even in pet food. Scientists have actually used caramel coloring in lab experiments on mice to interfere with white blood cell production. In other words, caramel coloring suppresses the immune system. Why would anything burnt, like burnt sugar be healthy?
    
16. Thiamine hydrochloride is the cheapest, poorly assimilated source of Thiamine, Vitamin B1.  Collapse and death have been reported from pets injected with this.  Pruritus, Urticaria, weakness, sweating, nausea, restlessness, tightness of throat, cyanosis, pulmonary edema and hemorrhage into gastrointestinal tract have been reported.
    
17. Trace minerals (like sodium tripolyphoshate a synthetic version of Vitamin K, and potassium chloride). Potassium chloride is a highly corrosive chemical used to make soap, in bleaching, and as a paint remover. A potentially harmful source of phosphorous and once used as a fire-extinguishing agent, it is also currently used in pesticides, non-organic soil fertilisers and perhaps in some prescription drugs.  If ingested, may result in small intestinal ulcers.  Both of these trace minerals indicate lack of well-rounded supplementation that may have been depleted during food manufacturing.
18. Sea salt is used to cover up any rancid meat and fat.  What makes sea salt especially dangerous is its toxic refined sodium chloride table salt, which can cause kidney and heart disease, hypertension, etc.  Watch a video about sea salt episode #445 (and while you’re there, download a free ebook “HIGH RAW”!) Or follow Kevin on Twitter for great health tweets!
19. Dicalcium phosphate, used as a food texturizer and found in chicken feed, becomes toxic to the body.
20. Flow Agents and Excipients
21. Fish, although may have omega-3 fatty acid, fish may have high levels of mercury from contaminated waters.  Farmed fish may have poor nutrition themselves (fed GMO corn), and not healthy.
22. Wheat, even “enriched wheat flour”
23. Corn, Dairy that may be GMO, full of antibiotics, animal hormones and possibly pus from infected cow
24. All or any food with Excitotoxins, which includes MSG, Aspartame and all other sugar substitutes, aspartate, Cysteine, cysteic acid.  - Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, by Russell L. Blaylock, M.D. (ISBN #0-929173-25-2)
25. Other food additives that should be avoided: Propyl gallate, acesulfame-K, white sugar and sodium chloride
26. Some “permitted” food dyes or food colouring. For instance, yellow dye 5 (Tartrazine) which is banned for usage in Norway, Austria and Germany.  Other toxic food dyes include blue 2, red 40and red 3 (cancer-causing),
    
27. Trans-fat in the form of French fries, deep-fried foods, shortening, or heated vegetable oil (includes food stir-fried with vege oil or heated olive oil). “Vegetable
    
28. ” are not “natural foods”, they are fully hydrogenated cottonseed oil and some soybean oil. A s they made in a way so as not to melt easily in room temperature, they also clogs up arteries.  Therefore, shortening including “bread shortening“, unhealthy.
29. Reduce (but do not ban) unsaturated oils from your diet.  ‘Problem with Unsaturated oil: tends to lower the blood sugar in at least three basic ways, damages mitochondria.  It suppresses the activity of the respiratory enzyme (directly, and through its anti-thyroid actions), decreasing the respiratory production of energy (causing respiration to be uncoupled from energy production, meaning that fuel is burned without useful effect).’ – Dr. Ray Peat
30. Soft drinks, energy drinks, diet soda or no-calorie but sweetened drinks are suspect (aspartame which is actually a man-made and therefore is “artificial” sugar, high fructose corn syrup in manmy sweetened processed foods also has trans-fatty High Fructose Corn Syrup.)  Health hazards of Aspartame listed in a $350 Million Lawsuit
    
31. MSG (with free glutamic acid and has similar effects to those of artificial sugar, aspartame). You can find aspartame (and MSG) in any products with “yeast”; yeast is also “hidden” in processed foods as “isomalt”, “natural non-animal extracts”, “autolysed yeast”, etc.
32. Synthetic or artificial flavourings, Flavour-enhancers
    
33. Synthetic vitamins, and vitamin and supplements that are not hexane-free. For example, beta-carotenes (natural vitamin A) in natural foods is never toxic unless chemically extracted for placing into another product. like your artificial vitamins (vitamins made this way are cheaper to produce for the manufacturers).  Vitamin extracted into another product, CAN BECOME “toxic synthetic vitamins”.  Another example…”tocotrienols”  (natural Vitamin E) versus n”tocopherols” (artificial vitamin E).   But is Natural Vitamin E good for heart health?
    While many media sources say natural vitamin E is good for the heart at correct levels, other studies indicate otherwise.  Who to believe? Your only option is to read more newsletters and come to your own conclusions. It pays to remember that while Vitamin E is not protecting against oxidative harm (heart health, age-ing, etc), it may be beneficial for those with diabetes.  The good news is, there is no way to get exessive vitamin E from natural foods.
    Another instance is the Gingko Biloba believed to sustain alterness and usually taken before academic examinations and driving tests!  While Gingko Biloba has been thrown out as a preventive measure against Dementia and Alzheimer’s, it is still an effective pain-reliever for those with neurological disorders.
    Vitamins are supplements that you need because of toxic polluted environments and processed foods – but they are never a panacea.  That is why it’s very important to eat a lot of foods in its whole forms, even when you may be taking GREAT CARE in choosing your vitamins.   Remember to choose only organic natural vitamins that are free from hexane and the other things listed in this blog entry like autolysed yeast, etc!
34. Vitamins and Food Products with Magnesium Stearate (Steriac Acid) and Carnauba Wax should also be avoided
35. Avoid any foods or cosmetics that has Titanium Dioxide, which is best known as an ingredient in sunscreen, but also used in thousands of cosmetic products and nutritional products.  Classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as an IARC Group 2B carcinogen ”possibly carcinogen to humans”… This evidence showed that high concentrations of pigment-grade (powdered) and ultrafine titanium dioxide dust caused respiratory tract cancer in rats exposed by inhalation and intratracheal instillation*.  CosmeticsDatabase.com lists titanium dioxide as being linked to cancer, allergies, immunotoxicity and organ system toxicity.  Titanium Dioxide is found in some brands of baby’s talcum powder!
36. Potentially carcinogenic white pigment added to pet food, known as Titanium Dioxide colour.
37. Fruit wax (also another kind of chemical preservatives).  I found they’re not as waxy after washing them with organic detergents – you can just FEEL the difference just by touching your washed apples!
38. Especially for those who eat meat, please avoid fake sushi.   Similar to textured soy meat (mock meat), fake sushi has very little nutrition because of its flour content, etc.    Projectswole.com has excellent information on this as well as on other foods.  Here’s a free ebook for your download, “Ocean Medicine”.
39. Avoid microwaved foods and why
40. Any GMO (genetically-modified foods).  For example, seedless grapes are considered GMO.  Possibly sold featherless chicken (also GMO!) The Doctor Within talks about 60,000 chemicals, genetically-modified foods, vaccines, allergies (a good read!)   GMO grown in the USA today
    
41. Be wary of any products with “oestrogen” or “hormones“.  For example, women past child-bearing age and women who had their ovaries removed do not need oestrogen.  My mum belonged to the latter group and developed breast cancer after being given oestrogen for her fibroids.  Hormones are not safe, when they are altered in food (most plant foods have no hormones anyway, so consider going vegan!)  Such harmful hormones (and other environmental chemcials) are also found in in the environment as revealed by videos from The Sprecher Institute for Comparative Cancer Research.
42. Be wary of any foods that have  isoflavone, like soya bean products.  Jill Schneider, associate professor of biological sciences at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,”In a study of hamsters, we found that a component of soy beans – isoflavones – significantly accelerated the onset of puberty in the rodents.  These finding are elevant because many babies who are allergic to cow’s milk are fed soy-based formulas which contain isoflavones. Isoflavones can act like oestrogen.”  (Please refer to point #30.) Revealed via Failure of Hormone Replacement Therapy (PDF document)
43. Brewers’ Rice - a waste product from breweries, cheap, non-nutritive filler can be harsh on intestines and lead  to diabetes.
44. Avoid foods that may worsen allergy symptoms. Avoid eggs, Crustacean Shellfish, Brewers’ Yeast, Treenuts, and Peanuts if you have an allergy to them.  Food allergies can be reversed with short-term naturopathy but for the time being, do not eat them while you’re on sich treatments.  Avoid Nuts,(including peanuts) although a good source of protein and zinc, you may wish to restrict these if you are pregnant.  Research has found that regular consumption of nut products during pregnancy, raises the odds of your child having asthma symptoms by nearly 50 percent.  And avoid Dry Whey, made from cows’ milk. (If you’re starting to feed your infant semi-solid puree, make sure to only feed one type of new food per week.  If there are rashes or other signs of allergies, you’d know what food your child is allergic to.)
    
45. Avoid foods with gluten because they can encourage and exaberate Diabetes. Gluten-free foods are also healthier for those with allergies and the Celiac disease.  Corn gluten meal can cause allergies and sugar imbalance.
    Breads advertised as gluten-free still might contain coats, spelt, kamut, or rye.
46. Do REDUCE MEAT (go off it totally if you can)!   Dangers of meat protein revealed via Prof. T Collin Campbells’ The China Study. If you have no wish to ban meat, here’s 9 principles to help you with eating lesser meat (from the health experts of course!) You’ll also find the “pleasures of non-meat” here for those who have cholesterol problems or ‘weak’ heart!
    

Avoid from Air, Environment, Cosmetics

1. Breathing in of fire retardants found in fabrics, carpets, mattresses etc.
2. Some nasal spray for asthma and ulcers
3. Toxic-laden cosmetics, skin gels, sun blocks, make-up, talcum powder, etc.  Here’s a list of toxics commonly found in consumers’ personal care products, even in famous brands!
4. Too much stress Learn to relax and get away from negative energies.  Focus on things that you can benefit from instead of on things that annoy you.  Some people have used EFT, Music Therapy , Yoga, Pilates and Reiki with success.
5. Avoid restaurants and eateries who have no concern of food safety nor your health!  In 2006, polydimethylsiloxane (silicone-based chemical used as an emulsifier and to stabilize cheese) is a non-FDA approved food additive which Pizza Hut admitted using under the guise of “food additive”.  Formaldehyde results as a byproduct when frozen silicone-sprayed pizza is re-heated in their commercial broilers.  I can attest that Pizza Hut’s pizza are not “freshly made” as I’ve had in the past bitten into one that was hot on the outside but cold on the inside!  It is not known how many people ate silicone!!  (Dow Chemical sold the silicone as “Dow Corning FG-10″.)
6. Avoid dust!  Jobs or areas with heavily-polluted air (and water). Keep your home (and if possible) your workplace clean.  Household dust will make a sick person feel sicker!
7. Are you breathing in Bromine from your clothes?  Bromine is a fire-retardent chemical that slows and often stops fires by interfering with the basic chemistry that creates it.  Your alternative is to support “organic fashion”.  Many clothes are made from organic hemp.  Miss Diana Russo, who I had the pleasure to know via Twitter, is an authority on this in Australia.  A little more expensive but may be worth the money as compared to hefty hospital bills!
8. Bromine-based hot tubs and swim pools because ingesting bromine via skin displaces iodine
9. Pesticides, herbicides, insecticides like Methyl Bromide (pesticide for fruits) and Phosphate Fertilizers (not to be mistaken with Phospate “oxygen is added to a mineral known as phosphorus”).  ‘Chronic exposure to low levels of contamination can be as dangerous.’ – The Florida Institute of Phosphate  Research.  The incredible thing about pesticides like Malathion and Chlorpyrifos pesticides was, they had shorter “staying power” (not effective at repelling pests)!  Yep, useless harmful toxics!
   
10. Avoid  use of non-stick pans and cookware
11. Avoid using these as they may have toxic chemicals, especially bad for pregnant women when breathed in:
    # Bleach
    # Carpet Cleaner Dangerous stuff in them
    # Dry Cleaning Fluid
    # Aerosols
    # Turpentine/White Spirit
    # Air Fresheners
    # Paint Stripper
    # Paint or Varnish
    #  Perfumes Many have the chemical Toulene, a known mutagen and sensitizer that easily accumulates in the body.  Triggers asthma attacks in healthy and asthmatic people.  Repeated exposure to toulene damages liver, bone marrow and kidneys, and affects the brain (slow reflexes).  If you find yourself losing concentration or suffer from headaches, perfumes may be the culprit. – “Making Sense of Scents”.
    # Pesticide/Insecticides
    # Antibacterial Soaps has triclosan react with chlorine (from your tapped water) to form chloroform and sometimes dioxins.  Both are cancer-causing. – Environmental Science & Technology, April 2005
    # Window Cleaner Toxic stuff in them
    # Toilet Bowl Cleaners You may find safer alternatives that do the job effectively (cleaning your clothes and deodorizing your home) without harming your health, children and the environment.
12. Using harsh chemical-based detergents to wash plastic containers causes BPA (Bisphenol A) to leak from plastic – another reason not to store food in plastic containers (if you do, store only COOLED food as heat is able to leech toxic BPA into food).  This is also reason why you should also consider using non-chemical detergents for washing dishes; many of them are eco-friendly enough to wash vegetables and fruits (double-duty non-chemical and eco-friendly!)  Plastics (Burning of and breathing in fumes of BHA; ingestion of  BHA via some plastic cups, bottles, etc)   More info
13. Avoid accidents that can be prevented.  Take preventive measures by being prepared for accidents!  Never listen to your music or iPod, nor answer your cell phone when you are moving, driving and walking, your music or call can wait!  Never leave  child in a bathroom to answer a call, etc.  Teach your children moral values by being role models.
14. And definitely avoid places where you know you’d get hurt (eg. waters heavily infested with boxed jellyfish, places where people are influenced by alcohol and gambling habits)

I know..the last 2 sounds like grandma’s advise but since you’re reading!  lol  It’s not very hard to avoid foods with questionable ingredients as you’ll find that most of them are from highly-processed or refined foods like canned meat, canned fruits, etc.

Getting a more healthier lifestyle is about making steady and gradual changes. You may want to add a few of your Belated New Year’s Resolution for this!    Like what Dr. Wayne Dyer said on Oprah Show,”It’s never too late to make your own New Year resolutions…and keep to them!”

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Disclaimer: This blog entry is NOT a source of medical advice and is not liable for any accidental omissions. Any and all suggestions stem from personal opinion and experience. Any and all information you deem important should be presented to your TRUSTED medical practitioner/vet for evaluation and incorporation into YOUR personal situation.

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