Alternative Health News September 25, 2007

Have you ever wondered what processed meats look like up close? You may not want to know... especially after you view the photos we've released today of some popular processed meat products. These macro photos, taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XT and a specialized high-end macro lens, show processed meats from Jimmy Dean and Oscar Mayer in jaw-dropping detail. You'll see blobs of fat, stringy textures, curious color variation of meat parts and black chunks of something we cannot yet identify.

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NewsTarget.com releases shocking macrophotography pictures of processed meats: Salami, sausage and hot dogs by NewsTarget - August 30, 2007

A study conducted in Great Britain has found that a mother's diet during pregnancy, and even when breastfeeding, can affect her unborn child's taste for foods. Or to state it another way, mothers-to-be who gorge on junk food are more likely to give birth to a child with a sweet tooth, a love of fats, and a craving for salt.

You get the idea. The foods that mom eats while pregnant or breastfeeding have long-lasting effects on the development of those parts of the brain that control appetite. In summary, the study indicates that if you expose a child to junk foods in the womb or through their mothers' milk, then their brains will become hardwired so that they are more likely to eat junk food themselves, with a particular fondness for treats high in fat, sugar and salt.

As Dr Stephanie Bayol (CORR), the study's main author, said: "Our study has shown that eating large quantities of junk food when pregnant and breastfeeding could impair the normal control of appetite and promote an exacerbated taste for junk food in offspring. This could send the offspring on the road to obesity and make the task of teaching healthy eating habits in children even more challenging."

The bottom line is that parents need to be careful what they eat. If not, you may be condemning your children to a life of poor dietary choices, obesity, and illness -- not to mention your grandchildren and your great grand children too.

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Children Inherit the Taste for Junk Food by Jon Barron - August 30, 2007

The demand for raw, unpasteurized milk is booming. According to Sally Fallon, president for the Weston A. Price Foundation, the number of raw milk drinkers is now at about half a million people across the United States -- many of them willingly breaking the law, purchasing their milk from “underground black markets,” and other creative setups.

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The Raw Milk Debate Reaches the New York Times and the Washington Post by Dr. Mercola - August 10, 2007

Mercury toxicity and autism are like “mirror images of each other,” according to Dr. Kurt Woeller, an osteopathic physician in Temecula, California who focuses his practice on children on the autistic spectrum.

Woeller believes that a series of childhood vaccines containing the mercury-based preservative thimerosal is to blame for the rising numbers of autism in the United States.

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Mercury Contamination is Destroying Public Health and Spawning an Autism Epidemic by Dr. Mercola - August 14, 2007

This terrific five-part video series by Peter Jennings explores how the food industry spends billions of dollars to sabotage your health.

Jennings also takes a critical look at our government’s agricultural subsidy programs, and their unintended consequences on your nutritional choices and health. For example, sugar and fat receive 20 times more government farming subsidies than fruits and vegetables. Does this oversupply of fats and sugars, compared to fruits and vegetables, affect your food choices?

Some statistics, implicating both the food industry and the government as co-creating factors in the obesity epidemic, include: 

  * In 2002, consumers spent $174 billion on processed foods.

  * 90 percent of foods marketed each year are processed foods.

  * Last year, 2,800 new candies, desserts, ice-cream, and snacks were introduced to the marketplace, compared to 230 new fruits or vegetable products.

  * The food industry spends $34 billion per year marketing their products.

  * $12 billion is spent marketing to children.

The food industry is quick to point out that the choice is always yours -- they’re not making you buy something you don’t want. They also want to blame the obesity problem on people’s unwillingness to exercise.

I have linked the five videos from YouTube here :

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Video 4

Video 5

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How the Food Industry is Deceiving You by Dr. Mercola - August 22, 2007

Scientists have found new evidence linking a common kind of viral infection to obesity. The human adenovirus-36 (Ad-36) -- a cause of respiratory infections and pinkeye -- may also be a contributing factor to obesity, as it’s been found to transform adult stem cells into fat cells, capable of storing additional fat.

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A Common Virus May Contribute to Obesity by Dr. Mercola - August 23, 2007

The budding “eat local” movement that has spurred increased interest in farmer’s markets and other sources of locally grown foods is now attracting critiques from some who question its validity.

While supporters claim that eating local is better for the environment, human health, and the economic lives of small farmers, critiques, which have recently graced the pages of The Economist, The New York Times and other big-name media outlets, say this is not so.

Specifically, those seeking to debunk the so-called “ethical foods movement” say that:

  * Organic farming methods consume more energy than conventional ones

  * Food bought locally often creates more greenhouse-gas emissions than food hauled long distances

  * Efforts to reduce “food miles,” or the distance your food travels from the farm to your plate, may support higher carbon emissions at the source

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The Backlash Against the Eat-Local Movement by Dr. Mercola - August 21, 2007

Over the past few months Chinese products (and Chinese food imports in particular) have taken a beating in the world press.

So how bad is it?

The simple truth is that no country in the world can guarantee their products to be 100% safe. Yes, but isn't food from China more dangerous than from anywhere else?

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How Bad Is Food Contamination from China? by Jon Barron - September 2, 2007