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This is the weblog of
Raymond Powers.
Here I will be sharing what I find of import, humor, concern, inspiration and on the transformational edge
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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. (Walt Whitman)
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| Thursday, March 6, 2008 |  |
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6 Mar 2008 @ 03:55
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| Monday, December 18, 2006 | |
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18 Dec 2006 @ 17:57
Lawsuit stirs up guacamole labeling controversy
By Jerry Hirsch
Times Staff Writer
Published November 30, 2006
Peanut butter is made from peanuts, tomato paste is made from tomatoes, and guacamole is made from avocados, right?
Wrong. The guacamole sold by Kraft Foods Inc., one of the bestselling avocado dips in the nation, includes modified food starch, hefty amounts of coconut and soybean oils, and a dose of food coloring. The dip contains precious little avocado, but many customers mistake it for wholly guacamole.
On Wednesday, a Los Angeles woman sued the Northfield, Ill.-based food company, alleging that it committed fraud by calling its dip "guacamole." Her lawyer says suits against other purveyors of "fake guacamole" could be filed soon.
FOR THE RECORD:
Guacamole lawsuit: An article in Thursday's Business section about a lawsuit alleging that Kraft Foods Inc. committed fraud in labeling a dip as guacamole referred to the product as one of the bestselling avocado dips in the nation. In fact, Kraft's product is ranked No. 13 among guacamole dips and has only a 3% dollar share of the guacamole-flavored-dip segment, according to market researcher ACNielsen. —
The suit, which seeks class-action status, highlights the liberty some food companies take in labeling their products.
If consumers read the fine print, they would discover that Kraft Dips Guacamole contains less than 2% avocado. But few of them do. California avocado growers, who account for 95% of the nation's avocado crop, said they didn't know that store-bought guacamole contained little of their produce.
"We have not looked at this issue, but we might follow it now that we are aware of it," said Tom Bellamore, the top lawyer at the California Avocado Commission in Irvine.
Kraft and other food companies said they weren't deceiving customers by skimping on the avocado. A Kraft spokeswoman said most people understood that guacamole was part of the company's line of flavored dips.
"We think customers understand that it isn't made from avocado," said Claire Regan, Kraft Foods' vice president of corporate affairs. "All of the ingredients are listed on the label for consumers to reference." More >
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| Wednesday, November 22, 2006 | |
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22 Nov 2006 @ 23:42
This is a topic I have recently learned about from my friend Jock Doubleday. I rarely see a doctor and have no children so this health concern has alluded me. Though my 86 year old mother, who gets a flu shot yearly, did complain of a myriad of symptoms this year after she received her vaccine.
This article is from the Organic Consumers website.
Americans Surprised, Concerned that 90% of Flu Shots Contain Mercury
* Health Officials' Aggressive Flu Shot Campaign May Disregard Safety, According to Survey of 9,000 Americans
*74 Percent of Respondents Unaware Flu Shots Contain Mercury, 78 Percent Disagree with CDC About Vaccinating Pregnant Women and Children
PRNewswire, Nov 13, 2006
Straight to the Source
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- As health officials step up their effort to vaccinate Americans against the flu, a new survey suggests serious concerns over the toxin mercury, an ingredient in over 90 percent of this season's flu shot supply. PutChildrenFirst.org, a parent-led organization advocating vaccine safety, commissioned a survey of over 9,000 Americans to learn their plans for getting flu shots, their knowledge of its ingredients, and who they hold responsible for making sure vaccines are safe.
The survey revealed that the overwhelming majority of Americans were unaware that most flu shots contain mercury and that they would refuse a shot with mercury.
"More than 75 percent of Americans feel a mercury-containing flu shot should not be given to a pregnant woman or a child, despite recommendations from medical authorities to do just that," said Lisa Handley, a founding parent of PutChildrenFirst.org. Her own son, Jamison, had an adverse reaction to a flu shot containing mercury in 2003. "I know firsthand how life-changing a flu shot with mercury can be, since our son began his regression into autism after his flu shot." More >
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| Monday, May 1, 2006 | |
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1 May 2006 @ 06:12
I’m excited to share that I have been given the honor to steward the Matilija Sanctuary in Ojai,CA. I will be in residence there, as well as managing the property and retreat rentals. It’s 9 acres of secluded private land, tucked in a canyon on the Matilija River just north of Ojai, with year round natural hot and cold springs and accommodations for 40+ guests
I have been in conversations with the new owners for several months developing our vision and intention for the land and resources there. We want to invite workshop and seminar facilitators to come and utilize the space for education, training and community. For many years it has been a hub of new thought, spiritual exploration, permaculture, and conscious gatherings. We will be continuing this legacy and plan to have it available by June.
Though a private residence, and not available for unscheduled public use, we do want to continue renting it for single and multiple person retreats and vacations, as the previous stewards had. If you want ore information or to visit the property, please contact me.
It’s a nourishing, potent, inspirational location where I will have the opportunity to host and nurture our visitors, share the healing power of nature, provide live music for our guests and offer private coaching and mentoring sessions upon request.
I am grateful to be in service and entrusted with the care of this amazing land and hold the container for those that will be visiting. More >
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| Thursday, March 23, 2006 | |
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23 Mar 2006 @ 00:54
My dear friend John Roulac, founder of Nutiva hemp foods and HempShake sent me this study. It forbodes well for the hemp foods industry.
DNA separates hemp from marijuana plants
MINNEAPOLIS, March 22 (UPI) -- Two University of Minnesota scientists
have become the first to unequivocally separate hemp plants from
marijuana plants by using genetic markers.
Hemp, a crop grown for fiber and seed, and marijuana, the most
popular illegal drug in the United States, both belong to the species
Cannabis sativa. They differ in levels of the psychoactive drug
tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, but are otherwise difficult to tell
apart.
The study's authors -- George Weiblen, a Minnesota professor of plant
biology, and Shannon Datwyler a postdoctoral associate who is on the
faculty of California State University-Sacramento -- say the new DNA
"fingerprinting" technique holds promise for distinguishing different
domesticated plant lines in U.S. criminal cases. It may also prove
useful in nations where the cultivation of hemp is permitted, but
marijuana is illegal, as in Canada and Europe.
The study appears in the March issue of the Journal of Forensic Science.
Copyright © 2006 United Press International, Inc.
In Health,
John W Roulac
Founder and CEO
Author of four books on Hemp & Composting
Nutiva — Delicious Hemp & Coconut Superfoods
800-993-4367 ext 701
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| Friday, March 17, 2006 | |
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17 Mar 2006 @ 08:43
Greenpeace Finds Heinz Baby Rice Cereal in China Contaminated by Illegal GE Rice
Greenpeace finds Heinz Baby Rice Cereal contaminated by illegal GE rice
english.eastday.com, 14/3/2006
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Greenpeace announced in Beijing today that non-approved genetically-engineered (GE) rice has been detected in Heinz's Baby Rice Cereal and the environmental group called for an immediate recall of all the contaminated products.
It also asked on the government to control the spread of GE rice in the food chain.
The test results were provided by GeneScan, a Germany-based independent laboratory, which tested 19 food samples that Greenpeace had collected in the supermarkets in Beijing.
Heinz Baby Rice Cereal with a best before date of March 12, 2007 is the only product where GE ingredients, namely Bt rice, were detected.
The GE rice variety is developed to be resistant to pest but has not been approved by the government.
"We were completely shocked by the result," said Steven Ma, GE campaigner for Greenpeace China.
"It is the first time we found illegal GE rice in baby food, which should have been subject to the most rigorous surveillance."
In 2000 Mexican scientists found that the Bt protein (Cry1Ac) which comes from GE rice has been found to induce allergic responses in mice, Ma said.
On March 1, Greenpeace notified Heinz China of its finding, asking for an immediate recall of the product and for the company to change its suppliers.
Donald Gadsden, CEO of Heinz China, replied on March 8 that "Heinz will take any alerts seriously and we are now conducting a thorough inspection."
As of March 14, Heinz had not responded with further information about its inspection. More >
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| Monday, March 13, 2006 | |
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13 Mar 2006 @ 05:43
New Phones Danger
by Robbie Collin
Cordless handsets 100 times worse than mobiles, say experts.
Having a cordless phone in your house can be 100 times more of a health risk than using a mobile. The popular phones constantly blast out high levels of radiation - even when they are not in use. Landlines are widely thought a safer option than mobiles. But researchers in Sweden now warn cordless phones are far more likely to cause brain tumours than today's mobiles.
Emissions from a cordless phone's charger can be as high as six volts per metre - twice as strong as those found with a 100 metres of mobile masts. Two metres away from the charger the radiation is still as high as 2.5 volts per metre - that's 50 times what scientists regard as a safe level.
Powerful
At a metre away the danger is multiplied 120 times - and it only drops to a safe 0.05 volts per metre when you are 100 metres away from the phone. Because of the way cordless phones work, the charger constantly emits radiation at full strength even when the phone is not in use - and so does the handset when it is off the charger.
The most common cancers caused by such radiation are leukaemias. But breast cancer, brain tumours, insomnia, headaches and erratic behaviour in kids have also been linked. Those with chargers close to their beds are subjected to radiation while they sleep.
Phone watchdog Powerwatch, using a testing device called the Sensory Perspective Electrosmog Detector, even found electromagnetic fields as strong as three volts per metre in a bedroom above a room holding a cordless phone.
The group's director, Alasdair Philips said: "As ill-health effects have been found at levels of only 0.06 volts per metre, this is very concerning. It's likely everyone in a house with a cordless phone will be constantly exposed to levels higher than this."
The shock Swedish report - by scientists Lennart Hardell, Michael Carlbery and Kjell Hansson Mild - is backed up by many medical experts who believe cordless phones are a health risk.
Harley Street practitioner Dr David Dowson said: "Having a cordless phone is like having a mobile mast in your house. I'd recommend anyone who has one to switch to a plug-in phone."
But BT's health advisor, John Collins, disagreed. He said: "There's no conclusive scientific evidence linking the radiation to any of the symptoms experienced. The evidence is that it doesn't do us any harm. We're a responsible company and abide by all the guidelines set down by recognised experts." More >
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| Sunday, January 8, 2006 | |
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8 Jan 2006 @ 03:51
Jesus 'Healed Using Cannabis'
By Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles
The Guardian - UK
1-7-6
Jesus as almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of scriptural texts published this month. The study suggests that Jesus and his disciples used the drug to carry out miraculous healings.
The anointing oil used by Jesus and his disciples contained an ingredient called kaneh-bosem which has since been identified as cannabis extract, according to an article by Chris Bennett in the drugs magazine, High Times, entitled Was Jesus a Stoner? The incense used by Jesus in ceremonies also contained a cannabis extract, suggests Mr Bennett, who quotes scholars to back his claims.
"There can be little doubt about a role for cannabis in Judaic religion," Carl Ruck, professor of classical mythology at Boston University said.
Referring to the existence of cannabis in anointing oils used in ceremonies, he added: "Obviously the easy availability and long-established tradition of cannabis in early Judaism _ would inevitably have included it in the [Christian] mixtures."
Mr Bennett suggests those anointed with the oils used by Jesus were "literally drenched in this potent mixture _ Although most modern people choose to smoke or eat pot, when its active ingredients are transferred into an oil-based carrier, it can also be absorbed through the skin".
Quoting the New Testament, Mr Bennett argues that Jesus anointed his disciples with the oil and encouraged them to do the same with other followers. This could have been responsible for healing eye and skin diseases referred to in the Gospels.
"If cannabis was one of the main ingredients of the ancient anointing oil _ and receiving this oil is what made Jesus the Christ and his followers Christians, then persecuting those who use cannabis could be considered anti-Christ," Mr Bennett concludes.
Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited More >
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| Tuesday, November 29, 2005 | |
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29 Nov 2005 @ 16:52
It's about time. I get that hospitals have a bottomline, yet first and foremost they are places for healing. The preventative correlates of food and health have been neglected, as we all know, in hospitals. May these two chefs example be an indication of things to come. Maybe pudding won't be listed in ine of the food groups for much longer.
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Breaking the Chains: Duluth Hospital Goes Organic
Duluth hospital goes organic
by Stephanie Hemphill, Minnesota Public Radio
November 23, 2005
Two gourmet chefs managing the kitchen at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth are adding organic vegetables to the menu. (MPR photo/Stephanie Hemphill)
Most people think one of the unpleasant things about hospitals is the food. That bland, boring mush that passes for a meal. The white bread, the processed meat, the jello -- could it possibly be good for you? In Duluth, two hospital food managers are trying to change all that. They're adding organic fresh fruits and vegetables to the menu. It's the beginning moves in what could change the hospital dining experience.
Duluth, Minn. — St. Luke's is the smaller of Duluth's two hospitals. Their motto could be, "We try harder." Several years ago, the hospital put two chefs in charge of the housekeeping, laundry, and food.
In the kitchen, there's the usual industrial stoves and dishwashers, and a long assembly line where workers fill the trays for patients, based on what they've ordered.
"The patient fills out the menu, indicating what entrée and salad and beverage they want," says Mark Branovan. "Then, as the tray moves down the conveyor belt, they look at the menu and put on the appropriate products." Branovan was a gourmet chef at restaurants in California's wine country. In that part of the world, they take their fresh fruits and vegetables very seriously.
"We did very little of our produce-buying from the big distributor," he says. "We had local guys that would grow lettuce for us, and herbs, and tomatoes, and anything we wanted. So that just kind of rolled over for us into, 'If we can do it for a restaurant, why can't we do it for a hospital?'"
It's harder to do in northern Minnesota, where you can grow lettuce for about half the year and you're lucky to get a tomato at all. But Branovan and his colleague, LeeAnn Tomczyk, decided not to let that stop them.
Tomczyk was a chef in Madison Wisconsin before she took the job at the hospital. She says when she first came here, she was appalled at some of the things on the menu.
"The patient was able to pick a jell-o salad and a piece of cake," she recalls. "Well, to me, jell-o is a dessert, but to them it was their salad and that was their vegetable, and that wasn't right."
Tomczyk and Branovan started to make some changes, but they learned to pick their battles.
Cook Sharon McKeever
"When I tried to change some of the casserole dishes, and some of the traditional northern Minnesota fare," he remembers. "I was met with some serious resistance from our customers and our patients who said, 'Yeah, we have tater tot hot dish on our menu because we like it!'"
But customer complaints weren't the biggest problem. St. Luke's is a member of a hospital buying group, that negotiates prices with big producers like Pillsbury. Each hospital is supposed to buy a certain percentage of its food through the buying group. When Branovan and Tomczyk asked the distributor for hormone-free milk, the distributor didn't carry it.
"We had to actually get a waiver that says they will allow us to buy off-contract," Branovan says.
He got a similar waiver to buy organic fresh fruit, and greens for the cafeteria salad bar. He hopes to add more organic and locally-grown foods.
Tomczyk says she's convinced hormone-free milk and organic food are healthier. She says an organization devoted to helping people heal, like a hospital, needs to think about healing in broad terms, even globally.
"And the introduction of pesticides and herbicides, and those (chemicals) getting into our water systems, it's that whole cycle," she says. "And we're using more and more these days, and I think it's just got out of hand." Kitchen worker Brenda Benner
Tomczyk says St. Luke's is the first hospital in the region to ask the buying group to supply hormone-free milk and organic vegetables. But hospitals and schools on the west and east coasts are doing it on a larger scale. James Pond is editor of FoodService Director, a trade magazine. He says the movement will grow.
"The pricing advantages will in some ways level out, where -- if it becomes important enough to the clientele -- the food service operators will respond by providing products in this manner," he predicts.
Some hospitals organize a farmer's market to serve their workers, as a way to introduce them to organic and local foods. Then they add those foods to the cafeteria and patient meals.
At St. Luke's, this year's holiday party for employees, will feature all-organic food, and much of it locally grown More >
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| Friday, November 4, 2005 | |
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4 Nov 2005 @ 18:16
McDonald's Latest Labeling & Greenwashing Scheme
[link]
Published on Thursday, November 3, 2005 by CommonDreams.org
McDonald's Labeling Scheme: Not Lovin' It
by Michele Simon
Last week, McDonald's announced its latest attempt to mutate into a
responsible corporate citizen. Starting in 2006, the fast food behemoth
promises to place nutrition information on the ³packaging² of most menu
items.
Placing aside corporate spin, questions loom large as to actual impact and
underlying motivation. Upon closer inspection, the move is a thinly veiled
attempt at deflecting government intervention that could have even greater
impact.
How effective is seeing the calories on the wrapper of a cheeseburger you¹ve
already purchased? Imagine if at the grocery store, after buying all your
food, along with your change you're handed the nutrition facts labels from
each of the items you just bought. It's no wonder the law requiring
nutrition labeling on products sold in stores wasn't written that way. Doing
so would defeat the purpose of educating consumers to better inform their
purchases.
The McDonald's press release calls the move "the latest transparency
initiative in the company's 30-year record of providing nutrition
information to help customers make informed choices." Now that¹s creative
rewriting of history. Let¹s go back precisely 30 years to when McDonald's
fought off a federal proposal to require nutrition labeling on packaging.
Ironically, the company used the same arguments that consumer groups now
point to as the limitations of this approach.
For example, a 1975 letter from McDonald's to the Food and Drug
Administration reads:
[Information on packaging] would result in only post-purchase communication
to the customer. "[McDonald's proposed wall mounting] would provide all
customers the nutritional information prior to consummating a purchase."
McDonald's won that battle.
History repeated itself 15 years later when McDonald's (along with the rest
of the restaurant industry) successfully got itself exempt from the updated
³Nutrition Facts² labeling requirements for packaged food. According to
Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public
Interest (CSPI), the main consumer group behind the legislation, if
restaurants had been covered in 1990, that bill never would have passed.
Politics by ultimatum works wonders.
That¹s why consumer groups such as CSPI have been lobbying for the past
several years to pass new laws requiring restaurant chains to place basic
nutrition information on menus and menu boards, to fill in this gaping hole
in consumer information. With Americans eating half of all meals outside the
home, why shouldn't chain restaurants be required to provide calorie, fat,
and sodium content on menus and menu boards, where it would have the most
impact? Marketers call such placement at the "point-of-purchase" and
recognize that it's the most effective way of influencing consumer behavior
with information.
Yet the National Restaurant Association, whose members include thousands of
McDonald's franchises, has been fighting tooth and nail against both federal
and state bills, which explains why none of them has passed so far. When
asked why the fast food chain won¹t go further and put the information on
menu boards, McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner claimed that it would be too complex
and slow down service.
But Maine Representative Sean Faircloth doesn't buy that argument.
Restaurant lobbyists have twice killed his bill to require the posting of
calories on menu boards. Why so much resistance from restaurant chains?
"Because they're worried that it would work," Faircloth says. "That people
would change their behavior based on the information. And fast food
companies don't like the idea of people having information so they can make
informed choices," he said.
That similar legislation is currently pending in several other states in
part explains the timing of McDonald's announcement. If lawmakers think that
corporations are improving policy on their own, they may deem these bills
unnecessary. However, we have plenty of experience to know that voluntary,
self-regulatory measures ultimately fail.
Last year, Ruby Tuesday received much praise from consumer groups for
starting to print calorie information on its menus. But just a few short
months later, the company rescinded the policy for reasons that are unclear.
Depending on who you ask, it was either too expensive to maintain or sales
of the company¹s unhealthy items fell; in other words, it worked. Either
way, access to more information may be good for public health, but it can
also be bad for business. That's why laws are needed to require companies to
change their practices. As soon as any voluntary measure negatively impacts
a corporation¹s bottom line, the policy soon becomes a fleeting moment in
history.
Despite their claims of corporate responsibility, companies such as
McDonald's don't act in the interest of consumers, but rather will do
whatever is politically expedient in that particular moment. Three decades
ago, the threat was government-regulated packaged labeling, and McDonald's
fought that off successfully. Now the threat is menu labeling, so the
company is attempting to deflect attention by providing something far less
effective: labels on wrappers.
CEO Skinner says the company is "putting the information customers need
literally into their hands," which works out well for McDonald's because by
then, the cheeseburgers, fries, and shakes are also already in their hands.
Michele Simon, a public-health attorney who teaches health policy at UC
Hastings College of the Law, directs the Center for Informed Food Choices, a
nonprofit in Oakland.
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| Tuesday, October 18, 2005 | |
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18 Oct 2005 @ 21:34
Coke vs. Water. (this is pretty scary)
WATER
1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.
4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
5. Lack of water, the 1st trigger of daytime fatigue.
6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.
And now for the properties of COKE
1. In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days.
3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous China.
4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola
5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.
For Your Info:
1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.
2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate), the commercial truck must use the Hazardous Material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
3. The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years! More >
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| Saturday, September 17, 2005 | |
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17 Sep 2005 @ 00:34
EPA Rule Loopholes Allow Pesticide Testing on Kids
From: Published on Thursday, September 15, 2005 by the San Francisco Chronicle
EPA Rule Loopholes Allow Pesticide Testing on Kids
by Andrew Schneider
WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency's new rules on human testing, which the agency said last week would categorically protect children and pregnant women from pesticide testing, include numerous exemptions, such as one that specifically allows testing of children who have been "abused and neglected." The rules were revised under intense criticism from environmental groups, scientists and members of Congress after the disclosure that subjects in some earlier pesticide studies were unaware of what they were being exposed to and, in many cases, did not know why the testing was being done.
One study would have used $2 million from the chemical industry to measure the pesticide consumption of infants in low-income households in Florida.
In unveiling the new rules last week, the EPA promised full protection for those most at risk of unethical testing.
"We regard as unethical and would never conduct, support, require or approve any study involving intentional exposure of pregnant women, infants or children to a pesticide," the rule states.
But within the 30 pages of rules are clear-cut exceptions that permit: € Testing of "abused or neglected" children without permission from parents or guardians. € "Ethically deficient" human research if it is considered crucial to "protect public health." € More than minimal health risk to a subject if there is a "direct benefit" to the child being tested, and the parents or guardians agree. € EPA acceptance of overseas industry studies, which often are performed in countries that have minimal or no ethical standards for testing, as long as the tests are not done directly for the EPA.
The EPA provided little clarification this week in response to questions about the exemptions. In a written response, officials said that abused and neglected children were specifically singled out to create "additional protection" for them, although they did not elaborate.
They also denied there were any exceptions to the prohibitions on testing women and children. They added that the new rules met all the requirements set by Congress last spring and summer in a series of often heated hearings. More >
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| Thursday, September 1, 2005 | |
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 1 Sep 2005 @ 21:10
South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks
Wed Aug 31,11:46 AM ET
A South African inventor unveiled a new anti-rape female condom on Wednesday that hooks onto an attacker's penis and aims to cut one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world.
"Nothing has ever been done to help a woman so that she does not get raped and I thought it was high time," Sonette Ehlers, 57, said of the "rapex", a device worn like a tampon that has sparked controversy in a country used to daily reports of violent crime.
Police statistics show more than 50,000 rapes are reported every year, while experts say the real figure could be four times that as they say most rapes of acquaintances or children are never reported.
Ehlers said the "rapex" hooks onto the rapist's skin, allowing the victim time to escape and helping to identify perpetrators.
"He will obviously be too pre-occupied at this stage," she told reporters in Kleinmond, a small holiday village about 100km (60 miles) east of Cape Town. "I promise you he is going to be too sore. He will go straight to hospital."
The device, made of latex and held firm by shafts of sharp barbs, can only be removed from the man through surgery which will alert hospital staff, and ultimately, the police, she said.
It also reduces the chances of a woman falling pregnant or contracting AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases from the attacker by acting in the same way as a female condom.
South Africa has more people with HIV/AIDS than any other country, with one in nine of its 45 million population infected.
Ehlers, who showed off a prototype on Wednesday, said women had tried it for comfort and it had been tested on a plastic male model but not yet on a live man. Production was planned to start next year.
But the "rapex" has raised fears amongst anti-rape activists that it could escalate violence against women.
"If a victim is wearing such a device it may enrage the attacker further and possibly result in more harm being caused," said Sam Waterhouse, advocacy co-ordinator for Rape Crisis.
Other critics say the condom is mediaeval and barbaric -- an accusation Ehlers says should be directed rather at the act of rape.
"This is not about vengeance ... but the deed, that is what I hate," she said. More >
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29 Aug 2005 @ 22:09
SHORT ON SLEEP? MALL OF AMERICA SELLS NAPS
Associated Press
August 26, 2005
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BLOOMINGTON, MINN. - The Mall of America has a 74-foot Ferris wheel, a shark
tank and a dinosaur museum. But if that puts you to sleep, a new nap store
will sell you some shuteye for 70 cents a minute.
The store, to be called MinneNAPolis, is aimed at weary travelers who need a
nap after a long flight but aren't staying long enough to book a hotel room,
or spouses of shoppers who are traversing the mall's 4.3 miles of
storefronts.
"We think it would be really good for husbands at Christmas, when their
wives are power-shopping," said mall spokeswoman Julie Hansen.
Founded by PowerNap Sleep Centers Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., the new store
will include at least three themed rooms: Asian Mist, Tropical Isle and Deep
Space. Each will have walls thick enough to drown out the sounds of
squealing children at the indoor amusement park.
The 70 cents per minute fee works out to $42 an hour. Some pointed out that
it would be cheaper to buy an $8 movie ticket and spend two hours sleeping
through a quiet movie. At the company's other napping center at the airport
in Boca Raton, annual memberships cost $1,200 for unlimited sleep time.
It would be even cheaper to stretch out on one of the mall's wooden benches,
but people who work in the mall said they have seen plenty of tired people
walking around, but haven't seen many of them doze off in public.
"We've got the view of quite a few benches here, and I can tell you that it
just doesn't happen," said Sue Wendler, who has worked in the mall for six
years in the marketing office for Mystic Lake casino.
Still, some shoppers had their doubts about paying for a nap.
"Would you get your money back if someone snored?" asked Linda Belz, 54, of
Orlando, Fla.
"How do I know there won't be lice in the sheets?" said Ericka Dickerson, of
Bradenton, Fla.
PowerNap Sleep Centers did not return a phone message left Friday by The
Associated Press. Mall officials said the store would adhere to a
one-person-per-room policy.
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26 Aug 2005 @ 21:19
Health Benefits of Hemp Foods
From: [link]
NewsTarget.com printable article
August 23, 2005
By Mike Adams
Interview with Ruth Shamai of Ruth's Hemp Foods
Mike: I'm here with Ruth Shamai of Ruth's Hemp Foods. The company's web
address is ruthshempfoods.com. Ruth, you have a line of hemp-based products.
Could you give people an overview of your product line, and then we'll get
into more of the history of your company and your experience?
Shamai: Absolutely. First, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to
conduct the interview. I'm happy to speak with you.
Mike: My pleasure.
Shamai: Hemp has been eaten for thousands of years in different parts of the
world. It's the seed that we eat, and it's beneficial in terms of protein
and essential fatty acids. People in Persia used to eat it, and they still
do, actually. I know Iranians who grew up eating toasted hemp seeds. There's
evidence that goes back thousands of years that it was being eaten in China
and in different places around the world for those health benefits. Hemp has
kind of had a renaissance starting in the early 90s. I was part of the lobby
that helped to legalize or re-legalize hemp in Canada, which we accomplished
in '98 for commercial growth. Since then, I have been producing a line of
hemp foods to spread the news and the nourishment of hemp.
Mike: Can you talk about the basic macronutrient composition of hemp seeds?
Shamai: In the broadest strokes, you can basically divide it roughly into
three components. There are essential fatty acids in the oil -- omega-6,
omega-3, omega-9 -- and also minor fatty acids like gamma linolenic acid and
stearidonic acid. So that's one-third of its composition. Another one-third
consists mostly of fiber, both soluble and insoluble. And it's also
one-third protein.
Mike: So it has a very balanced nutritional make-up, I would say. Would you
agree?
Shamai: Yes.
Mike: For the carbs, you said it's mostly fiber and the rest are just going
to be complex carbohydrates, correct?
Shamai: Yes. There's virtually no starch, so there's only a little sugar.
Mike: For what kinds of products are these hemp seeds now being used in the
foods and supplements industries?
Shamai: Well, there are some oils on the market -- hemp oil, crushed from
the hemp seed. Again, that has the same ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 -- which
it's most known for -- as well as the other omegas that I described, and we
can talk more about that. So there are oils. People also take the entire
seed and shell it -- that is, take the shell off the inside and you then
just have the soft interior. So you're removing a lot of the carbs and
leaving primarily protein and oil. Then you can make protein powders from
them by removing the oil and milling the rest into something like a flour,
then sifting it to remove more of the carbs so that you're left with a
higher protein fraction. I make all of those products and I make them
certified-organic. In addition to that, I incorporate hemp seeds into more
commonly used foods, like energy bars and salad dressings. I used to make
tortilla chips.
Mike: Oh, really?
Shamai: Yes, and I think I might start to make tortilla chips again due to
popular demand. I actually discontinued them almost two years ago, but even
today someone from a large chain in Canada came to me and asked, "Why can't
we get your chips anymore?" And I hear this all the time!
Mike: It's good to have demand for the product.
Shamai: It is, it is. I can really honestly say, "By popular demand." I love
that.
Mike: Let's talk about your hemp protein powder product line. You have
protein powder by itself, you have it with sprouted flax, and you also have
it with sprouted flax and maca. Which of these is the most popular variety?
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26 Aug 2005 @ 21:13
L.A. Times on OCA/Dr. Bronner's Victory Forcing USDA to Allow Organic Labels on Body Care & Herbal Supplements
Los Angeles Times
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August 25, 2005
Organic Beauty Products Get a Lift With USDA About-Face
By Roger Vincent, Times Staff Writer
Turns out there is such a thing as organic lip balm after all.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reversed its decision to yank the
"USDA Organic" seal from lotions and lip balms and will allow cosmetics to
carry the prestigious round, green label.
Having the USDA imprimatur is essential for a product to stand out on store
shelves crowded with allegedly organic merchandise, said David Bronner,
president of Escondido, Calif.-based Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap.
"lt's really the only way to distinguish ourselves from the rampant,
misleading claims" of others, said Bronner, whose company and the Organic
Consumers Assn. sued the department in June over its decision to stop
certifying cosmetics.
The USDA created the label in 2002 to identify food that is free of
pesticides, antibiotics and other chemicals. Meat and milk products
certified as organic must come from animals raised on organic feed and given
access to the outdoors. They may not be injected with growth hormones or
antibiotics.
Some makers of cosmetics and other products that use naturally raised
ingredients sought the USDA's seal of approval, and the department said it
would oblige them before deciding in April that it should stick solely with
regulating food. On Tuesday night, a day away from a deadline to respond to
the manufacturers' lawsuit, the USDA reversed its position.
The challenge to adequately regulate cosmetics under the new laws has
proved to be daunting, said Barbara Robinson, head of the department's
National Organic Program.
"We do food," Robinson said. "We don't do cosmetics here. We're not
lipstick. We're not mouthwash. We're not lawn care products. It takes a
while to sit down and look at this and say, 'All right, how do we make this
work?' "
USDA officials determined that it didn't matter what type of product was
labeled as long as it followed the rules. "What difference does it make if
you brush your teeth with it or eat it?" Robinson said.
Dietary supplements and pet food also can be certified as organic under the
decision. Organic standards for fish are being created by the department.
Without the USDA requirements, there would be anarchy in product labeling,
said Craig Minowa, an environmental scientist for the Minnesota-based
Organic Consumers Assn.
"There are a number of industries making millions annually by making
misleading claims," Minowa said, often by adding trace amounts of organic
materials to traditional chemical compounds. "Now, consumers can look for
the USDA seal and know the product met tough standards."
Bronner's privately held company, a longtime seller of natural body-care
products, had invested $100,000 in getting some of its products USDA
certified and hundreds of thousands of dollars more in lining up supplies
from farmers who could produce organic coconut oil and other approved
ingredients, he said.
When the USDA said it was backing out of certification, "our whole business
model was threatened," Bronner said. "They didn't quite understand what was
at stake."
He expects the manufacturers' lawsuit to be withdrawn within 30 days.
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18 Aug 2005 @ 23:45
USDA Admits to 1000 Violations of Mad Cow Rules
August 15, 2005
USDA Finds 1,000 Violations of Mad Cow Rules
By REUTERS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal food safety inspectors found more than 1,000 instances since 2004 where U.S. meat plants cut corners or violated regulations aimed at preventing the spread of mad cow disease, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday.
The USDA said it released documents to the American Meat Institute and the consumer group Public Citizen showing that federal inspectors filed 1,036 noncompliance reports from January 2004 to May 2005 involving the removal of the brain, skull and spinal cord of cattle aged 30 months and older.
The materials are considered to carry the highest risk in spreading the brain-wasting disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The USDA banned them from the human food supply a few days after the December 2003 discovery of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease in a Washington state dairy cow.
The nation's second confirmed case of BSE was discovered earlier this summer in a Texas beef cow.
Public Citizen said the documents showed instances where U.S. meat plants did not distinguish between older and younger animals, banned materials were not removed and tools not properly cleaned. ``I think there still has to be a concern about meat from an infected animal making it into the food supply,'' said Tony Corbo, legislative representative for Public Citizen. ``It is not a fail-safe system.'' The meat industry disagreed. ``Some groups will no doubt attempt to use this information as evidence of possible operational problems and even a food safety concern, when nothing is further from the truth,'' said Jim Hodges, president of the AMI Foundation.
AMI said the noncompliance reports represent just one-tenth of 1 percent of the 46 million cattle slaughtered nationwide during the 17-month period.
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service said its federal meat inspectors strictly enforced the regulations to keep BSE out of the human food supply. ``These data demonstrate inspection program personnel took immediate action when they determined that regulators were not being strictly followed. The analysis demonstrates public health was protected,'' the agency said in a statement posted on its Web site.
The documents were released to the industry and consumer groups in response to Freedom of Information Act requests, and were not made public by the USDA.
Public Citizen said it was still reviewing all the documents, and would need several days to summarize the noncompliance reports.
The U.S. Food and Drug and Administration has separately been considering tougher safeguards against mad cow disease for the past 18 months. The FDA in 1997 banned the use of cattle Remains [except cattle blood and cattle fat - JS] as a protein supplement for cattle, but consumer groups have urged the FDA to extend the ban to feed for poultry, pigs and pet food.
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18 Aug 2005 @ 23:42
Government Approves Hazardous Irradiation of Shellfish
From: Environment News Service
Irradiation of Oysters, Mussels, Clams Approved
WASHINGTON, DC, August 16, 2005 (ENS) - When it comes to announcing new regulations that allow ionizing radiation to be used on food, the U.S. government always calls the process "safe."
Today The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is amending the food additive regulations "to provide for the safe use of ionizing radiation for control of Vibrio species and other foodborne pathogens in fresh or frozen molluscan shellfish" such as oysters, mussels, clams.
But Wenonah Hauter, director of the Food Program for the campaign group Public Citizen, is not so sure.
Calling the FDA's decision to permit the use of irradiation on oysters, clams and mussels "misguided," Hauter says despite years of consumer resistance to eating irradiated food, "the government continues to forge a path down which very few consumers are willing to tread."
"Grocery stores rarely carry irradiated meat because it doesn't sell. The National School Lunch Program has yet to order a single pound of irradiated ground beef despite the federal government's 2003 approval of such purchases for the program," said Hauter. "Several food irradiation facilities have closed their doors in the past two years due to lack of business."
The FDA is promoting irradiation despite the fact that questions about long-term health impacts of irradiation remain unanswered and despite the fact that alternatives exist, she said.
On August 8, FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford told the International Congress on Meat Science and Technology that the risk of food-borne illnesses in shellfish can be reduced by cutting the time from harvest to refrigeration, freezing, and using high pressure or mild heating.
He said, "85-90 percent of Vibrio illnesses in the Gulf Coast states could be eliminated if the product were iced within four hours or refrigerated within one hour of harvest."
On August 13, the agency conducted a public hearing in Alabama to present findings from a risk analysis for Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a bacteria found in oysters that causes food poisoning.
Irradiation was one of many treatments mentioned in the study, but the study's conclusions contained no endorsement of irradiation or evidence that it is the best mitigation technique.
The FDA quotes the World Health Organization that concluded that while levels of some vitamins are decreased when food is irradiated at doses relevant for food irradiation, few vitamins are severely affected, with the exception of thiamine and vitamin E. "These losses are small (on the order of 10 to 20 percent or less) at or below an overall average absorbed dose of 10 kGy (kiloGray) and are comparable to losses seen with other forms of food processing, such as thermal processing and drying," the FDA said.
The FDA cites the international non-binding Codex organization made up of member governments who say this level of radiation is "of no concern."
A long risk analysis of all the historical data on food irradiation follows in the Federal Register notice of this change in the regulations, found here.
In the end, the FDA concludes irradiation is "safe" and no environmental impact statement is required.
Again, Hauter is not so sure.
"Few studies have been done on the effects of irradiating shellfish," she says, and one study cited by the FDA risk analysis study as demonstrating the effectiveness of irradiation also finds that irradiation doses at very low levels produced an unpleasant yellow byproduct.
"The risk analysis does not discuss the safety or nutrition issues surrounding this or other byproducts, such as the class of irradiation byproducts called alkylcyclobutanones," Hauter says. "These have been linked with tumor promotion and genetic damage and are produced when fat is
irradiated. Shellfish have fat, so alkylcyclobutanones could be formed when shellfish is irradiated."
Alkylcyclobutanones are not mentioned in the FDA analysis.
Today in the United States irradiation is legally applied to a variety of foods including wheat flour, white potatoes, pork, poultry, meat, fruits and vegetables, herbs and spices.
"The government should ensure a procedure is safe before permitting its use," Hauter says. "We urge the FDA to rescind this rule and deny other pending petitions that would allow more kinds of food to be irradiated." More >
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18 Aug 2005 @ 23:38
Antibiotic-Resistant Pig Disease Spreads in China, Killing 39 People
Antibiotics and the Food System dwallinga@iatp.org
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Pig Disease Throws Spotlight on Use of Antibiotics
HONG KONG -- The spread of a pig-borne disease in southwest China and the high death toll have thrown the spotlight on the widespread and indiscriminate use of antibiotics in Asia, giving the bacterium added resistance.
Streptococcus suis, which has rarely spread to humans in the past and should have been relatively easy to control if treated early with antibiotics, has infected 214 people in Sichuan province in recent weeks, killing 39 -- a mortality rate of nearly 20 percent.
Reports that many victims died within a day of showing symptoms have also added to the disquiet.
Hong Kong's Health Authority late on Tuesday said a butcher at a leading supermarket chain had become the fourth person to become infected with the bacterium in the territory since the outbreak in China was first reported in June.
The pig scare comes amid reports of a bird flu virus hitting parts of China, Russia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan. The H5N1 strain has killed more than 50 people across Asia, most in Vietnam, and led to the culling of some 140 million birds.
"Streptococcus suis is not a very resistant bacterium -- we can normally kill it by penicillin. But the government has suggested using much stronger antibiotics... Maybe the bacterium has mutated to a more resistant strain," microbiology professor Li Mingyuan, of Sichuan University, told the South China Morning Post recently.
The pig and bird diseases have raised questions about the over-aggressive use of antibiotics in animals as well as humans.
Bacteria have a will to survive and react to frequent and improper use of antibiotics by becoming resistant.
Experts in Hong Kong say bacterial resistance must be tackled quickly. ANTIBIOTICS USELESS AGAINST VIRUSES "Penicillin can be used in New Zealand and America to kill bacteria like Streptococcus pneumoniae (a major cause of pneumonia). But in Hong Kong, resistance is so bad that even if penicillin works for you, you will have use take higher doses or you have to use other antibiotics," said Raymond Mak, a pharmacist at Queen Elizabeth Mary Hospital in Hong Kong. "Streptococcus pneumoniae is not only resistant to penicillin, its resistance to quinolones is becoming worse," he told Reuters in an interview, referring to a class of powerful antibiotics.
Scientists blame bacterial resistance in Hong Kong to improper and overprescription by doctors, many of whom readily dispense antibiotics to patients who may just have colds or the flu -- for which antibiotics are totally useless as they can't fight viruses.
Antibiotics are also readily available over the counter.
"Bacteria are just living things, they want to live. If you put a lot of pressure using particular antibiotics, they will become resistant and continue to live. They will mutate, use all means to get around it," said microbiology professor Margaret Ip at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong.
Many doctors also prescribe antibiotics that cover a wide range of bacteria without doing proper lab tests.
The scientists say such practices must be stopped or mankind will face a shrinking pool of antibiotics that work.
William Chui, pharmacology honorary associate professor at the
University of Hong Kong, warned: "We haven't got enough antibiotics to choose from because their shelf lives are getting shorter. Before, it took 20 years. Now a drug faces resistance in 10 or even five years.
"You take between 20 to 30 years to develop an antibiotic, so we have to conserve our pool and use them only when we need to," Chui said, adding that governments needed to monitor the use of antibiotics in both humans and animals.
Story from REDNOVA NEWS: [link]
Published: 2005/08/17 06:55:00 CDT
(c) Rednova 2004
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16 Aug 2005 @ 05:10
Diet & Lifestyle Changes Can Reduce Incidence of Prostate Cancer
From Environment News Service
Lifestyle, Diet Shown to Stop or Reverse Prostate Cancer
SAN FRANCISCO, California, August 11, 2005 (ENS) - The first randomized,
controlled trial showing that lifestyle changes may affect the progression
of any type of cancer shows that men with early stage prostate cancer who
make intensive changes in diet and lifestyle may stop or perhaps even
reverse the progression of their illness.
The study was directed by Dean Ornish, MD, clinical professor, and Peter
Carroll, MD, chair of the Department of Urology, both of the University of
California, San Francisco, and the late William Fair, MD, chief of urologic
surgery and chair of urologic oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center.
The research team studied 93 men with biopsy-proven prostate cancer who had
elected not to undergo conventional treatment. The participants were
randomly divided into either a group who were asked to make comprehensive
changes in diet and lifestyle or a comparison group who were not asked to do
so.
Participants in the lifestyle-change group were placed on a vegan diet
consisting primarily of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes
supplemented with soy, vitamins and minerals. They participated in moderate
aerobic exercise, yoga/meditation, and a weekly support group session. A
registered dietitian was available for consultation, and a nurse case
manager contacted the participants once a week for the first three months
and weekly thereafter.
After one year, the researchers found that levels of a protein marker for
prostate cancer called PSA decreased in men in the group who made
comprehensive lifestyle changes but increased in the comparison group.
There was a direct correlation between the degree of lifestyle change and
the changes in PSA. Also, they found that serum from the participants
inhibited prostate tumor growth in vitro by 70 percent in the
lifestyle-change group but only nine percent in the comparison group. Again,
there was a direct correlation between the degree of lifestyle change and
the inhibition of prostate tumor growth.
None of the lifestyle-change participants had conventional prostate cancer
treatments such as surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy during the study, but
six members of the comparison group underwent conventional treatments
because their disease progressed. Patients in the lifestyle-change group
also reported marked improvements in quality of life.
According to Carroll, "This study provides important new information for men
with prostate cancer and all men who hope to prevent it. This is the first
in a series of trials attempting to better identify the exact role of diet
and lifestyle in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer."
"Changes in diet and lifestyle that we found in earlier research could
reverse the progression of coronary heart disease may also affect the
progression of prostate cancer as well. These findings suggest that men with
prostate cancer who undergo conventional treatments may also benefit from
making comprehensive lifestyle changes," said Ornish, who is also founder
and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute.
"This adds new evidence that changing diet and lifestyle may help to prevent
prostate cancer."
Dr. Ornish is author of five books, including the best seller "Dr. Dean
Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease." Ornish's program is the first
to offer documented proof that heart disease can be halted, or even
reversed, simply by changes in lifestyle.
The researchers are continuing to follow these patients to determine the
effects of their changes in diet and lifestyle on morbidity and mortality.
Study findings are published in the September issue of the "Journal of
Urology."
The research was funded by the Department of Defense via the Henry Jackson
Foundation, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, the National Institutes of
Health, the UCSF Prostate Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence,
the Buckshaum Family Foundation, Highmark, Inc., the Koch Foundation, the
Ellison Foundation, the Fisher Foundation, the Gallin Foundation, the
Resnick Foundation, the Safeway Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation and
the Wynn Foundation. More >
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