Harvard Scientists Urge You to Stop Drinking Milk

Vegans may have had it right all along; while raw, organic milk offers numerous health benefits, a Harvard

researcher and pediatrician argues that conventional milk and dairy products alike are a detriment to your health – thanks to added health-compromising sweeteners.

As David Ludwig mentioned in his research, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, there have been countless pieces of research concluding the ill effects of sugar-sweetened beverages. The over-consumption of sugar has been tied to obesity, diabetes, inflammatory-related pain, and much more. And because of sugar’s negative effects on our health, even the United States Department of Agriculture, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and other organizations are recommending against consuming calories from sugary drinks.

The one calorie-containing beverage they still heavily promote, however, is reduced-fat milk, where the organization recommends drinking 3 cups daily. This is where Ludwig questions the scientific rationale for such recommendations.

“This recommendation to drink three cups a day of milk – it’s perhaps the most prevailing advice given to the American public about diet in the last half century. As a result, Americans are consuming billions of gallons of milk a year, presumably under the assumption that their bones would crumble without them,” says David Ludwig.

As far as Ludwig is concerned, if the USDA is recommending to drink reduced-fat milk, it is also inadvertently encouraging the consumption of added sugars – a piece of advice that goes against all the research saying not to consume sugar and sugar-sweetened beverages. The idea of consuming low-fat milk or chocolate milk cancels out the whole reasoning for the recommendation in the first place since the fats are simply being replaced with dangerous sugars.

“The worst possible situation is reduced-fat chocolate milk: you take out the fat, it’s less tasty. So to get kids to drink 3 cups a day, you get this sugar-sweetened beverage,” Ludwig says. ”…we can get plenty of calcium from a whole range of foods. On a gram for gram basis, cooked kale has more calcium than milk. Sardines, nuts seeds beans, green leafy vegetables are all sources of calcium.”

The Case Against Low-Fat Dairy, and Other Dangers of Milk

Harvard researcher David Ludwig certainly has a point in analyzing and ultimately criticizing the USDA’s recommendations, but there is much more to the full-fat vs reduced-fat argument for milk and dairy products.

There are plenty of reasons to avoid certain fats such as trans-fats and refined polyunsaturated fats in vegetable oils (like corn, soy, sunflower, and canola), but the evidence for moderate consumption of saturated fat, which is found in milk, coconut oil, and grass-fed land animals, is coming to the surface. While saturated fat was villainized for decades, a 2010 analysis published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concluded that “there is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of [coronary heart disease or cardiovascular disease].”

Further, there are numerous benefits to drinking full-fat dairy products. In it’s most pure state (raw, organic, and coming from grass-fed cows), full-fat dairy has been found in research to potentially promote heart health, control diabetes, aid in vitamin absorption, lower bowel cancer risk, and even aid in weight loss. But while pure dairy could promote your health, conventional dairy may prove damaging.

Before you consume more conventional dairy, please educate yourself as to what’s in your dairy. You’d be surprised that there could be 20+ painkillers, antibiotics, and much more lurking in your milk.

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"La soja puede ser muy buena pero también te puede matar"

Sus propiedades son diversas, desde un alimento considerado bajo en grasa hasta un regulador hormonal; sin embargo, podría causar severos daños a tu salud, según la presentación en la que sea consumida

Las propiedades de la soya son diversas: desde un alimento considerado bajo en grasa hasta un regulador hormonal. Sin embargo, éste podría causar severos daños a tu salud, dependiendo de la presentación en la que sea consumido; ejemplo, la salsa de soya.

De acuerdo con Alfredo Embid, coordinador de la Asociación de Medicina Complementarias, la soya es naturalmente tóxica ya que contiene antinutrientes y sustancias que alteran el equilibrio del organismo, y en su procesamiento se añaden otros venenos. Además en su mayoría es transgénica.

La salsa de soya se encuentra entre los productos fermentados derivados de esta planta, y que junto con el tempeh y el natto, se recomiendan consumir con limitación ya que en altas dosis pueden producir envenenamiento.

En el caso de la salsa de soya, ésta contiene una alta cantidad de sal que un consumo excesivo puede derivar en una condición llamada hipernatremia; la cual se caracteriza en una pérdida de agua del cerebro, que ocasiona que éste se encoja y sangre produciendo la muerte de la persona.

En un artículo publicado por la revista Medicina Holística y retomado por el portal Discovery Salud, Embid sugiere que la soya está relacionada con las siguientes alteraciones:

1. Alteraciones alérgicas. La proteína de soya se encuentra en el segundo lugar de la lista de alimentos que producen alergias y genera el 25% de las reacciones graves.

2. Sistema nervioso. Entre ellas un envejecimiento acelerado del cerebro. De hecho en un estudio realizado por el Centro Epidemiológico de Hawai (Estados Unidos) demostró que el tofu aceleraba la pérdida de peso cerebral en personas de edad, y que cuanta más soya comían peores eran sus habilidades mentales.

3. Trastornos de comportamiento. Como aumento de la ansiedad, del estrés, disminución de los comportamientos sociables.

4. Sistema inmunitario. La genisteína (una de las proteínas de la soya) tiene efecto inmunosupresor y produce alteraciones atróficas del timo. La exposición a fitoestrógenos durante el embarazo y la lactancia se ha relacionado con la aparición de enfermedades autoinmunes en los niños.

Cualquier alimento en exceso es nocivo para la salud, por ello mantener una dieta equilibrada es esencial para evitar riesgos. Para adquirir las propiedades de la soya, se recomienda que ésta se consuma en sus derivados fermentados…mismos que contienen menos riesgos.

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Harvard Scientists Urge You to Stop Drinking Sweetened-Milk

Vegans may have had it right all along; while raw, organic milk offers numerous health benefits, a Harvard researcher and pediatrician argues that conventional milk and dairy products alike are a detriment to your health – thanks to added health-compromising sweeteners.

As David Ludwig mentioned in his research, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, there have been countless pieces of research concluding the ill effects of sugar-sweetened beverages. The over-consumption of sugar has been tied to obesity, diabetes, inflammatory-related pain, and much more. And because of sugar’s negative effects on our health, even the United States Department of Agriculture, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and other organizations are recommending against consuming calories from sugary drinks.

The one calorie-containing beverage they still heavily promote, however, is reduced-fat milk, where the organization recommends drinking 3 cups daily. This is where Ludwig questions the scientific rationale for such recommendations.

“This recommendation to drink three cups a day of milk – it’s perhaps the most prevailing advice given to the American public about diet in the last half century. As a result, Americans are consuming billions of gallons of milk a year, presumably under the assumption that their bones would crumble without them,” says David Ludwig.

As far as Ludwig is concerned, if the USDA is recommending to drink reduced-fat milk, it is also inadvertently encouraging the consumption of added sugars – a piece of advice that goes against all the research saying not to consume sugar and sugar-sweetened beverages. The idea of consuming low-fat milk or chocolate milk cancels out the whole reasoning for the recommendation in the first place since the fats are simply being replaced with dangerous sugars.

“The worst possible situation is reduced-fat chocolate milk: you take out the fat, it’s less tasty. So to get kids to drink 3 cups a day, you get this sugar-sweetened beverage,” Ludwig says. ”…we can get plenty of calcium from a whole range of foods. On a gram for gram basis, cooked kale has more calcium than milk. Sardines, nuts seeds beans, green leafy vegetables are all sources of calcium.”

The Case Against Low-Fat Dairy, and Other Dangers of Milk

Harvard researcher David Ludwig certainly has a point in analyzing and ultimately criticizing the USDA’s recommendations, but there is much more to the full-fat vs reduced-fat argument for milk and dairy products.

There are plenty of reasons to avoid certain fats such as trans-fats and refined polyunsaturated fats in vegetable oils (like corn, soy, sunflower, and canola), but the evidence for moderate consumption of saturated fat, which is found in milk, coconut oil, and grass-fed land animals, is coming to the surface. While saturated fat was villainized for decades, a 2010 analysis published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concluded that “there is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of [coronary heart disease or cardiovascular disease].”

Further, there are numerous benefits to drinking full-fat dairy products. In it’s most pure state (raw, organic, and coming from grass-fed cows), full-fat dairy has been found in research to potentially promote heart health, control diabetes, aid in vitamin absorption, lower bowel cancer risk, and even aid in weight loss. But while pure dairy could promote your health, conventional dairy may prove damaging.

Before you consume more conventional dairy, please educate yourself as to what’s in your dairy. You’d be surprised that there could be 20+ painkillers, antibiotics, and much more lurking in your milk.

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5 Reasons a Monsanto Exec Does Not Deserve the World Food Prize

1. No one knows how GMO food will affect our health.

A recent study found that pigs fed GMO corn and soy feed had a notably higher rate of severe stomach inflammation. A study published last September found that rats fed GMO corn developed tumors and died prematurely.

No extensive studies have yet been done on the effects of GMOs on humans. Some potential risks include the introduction of new allergens in our food supply and the development of antibiotic resistance.

2. Some insects are already evolving to become resistant to GMOs.

Rootworms are becoming resistant to GMO crops — disturbingly, as one of the”advantages” of GMOs was supposed to be that insecticides would not have to be used on them. Indeed, sales of corn insecticide made by Syngenta (the company that Chilton is a scientist at) more than doubled in 2012 as a result of “increased grower awareness” of rootworm resistance in the U.S.

3. Monsanto has contributed generously to the the World Food Prize Foundation.

In 2008, Monsanto gave the foundation a pledge of $5 million. The World Food Prize Foundation has also been previously criticized for favoring industrial agriculture; giving the prize to a Monsanto executive seems unlikely to change such criticism.

4. It is illegal to import GMOs to some parts of the world, due to concerns about their safety.

The European Union, Japan and other countries do not allow GMO seed or crops to enter their borders. The EU categorizes GMOs as “new foods” which must be subjected to extensive scientific testing on a case-by-case basis by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). After an illegal strain of GMO wheat was recently found on a farm in Oregon, Japan was so concerned that it suspended some wheat imports from the U.S.

GMO seed has been imported to and cultivated in countries in Africa and Asia (including India and China). But millions of small-scale farmers in Africa have repeatedly objected to using GMO crops and want their governments to ban them.

5. GMO crops could wipe out seed diversity.

Farmers in Africa are rejecting GMO crops not only because of the little that we know about them. As Million Belay and Ruth Nyambura write in the Guardian, small-scale African farmers are more than wary about how GMO crops could affect traditional farming practices developed over centuries.

Traditional African farming systems have indeed “developed an incredible diversity of seed varieties, which are able to deal with the multiple challenges of farming.” Many types of seeds have been bred for flavor and nutrition and have also “evolved with local pests and diseases and are adapted to different soils and weather patterns.” Using them, Belay and Nyambura emphasize, is “a far better strategy of resilience than developing a single crop that is bound to fail in the face of climate change.”

Even more, because companies like Monsanto make saving GMO seed illegal, small-scale farmers in Africa could face a huge dilemma. 80 percent of farmers in Africa save seed, say Belay and Nyambura, and “how are they supposed to protect the varieties they have developed, crossed and shared over generations from GM contamination?” Maintaining seed diversity and promoting healthy soil ecology are essential to “real food security” and a strategy more than worthy of recognition — maybe the World Food Prize Foundation will take note of such when choosing future prize recipients.

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Monsanto unveils ambitious corn plan

Monsanto is planning to spend $100 million on early maturing corn hybrids to achieve a goal of eight to 10 million acres of corn in Western Canada by 2025.

Through an initiative called the Canada Corn Expansion Project, the company will invest tens of millions over the next decade to develop corn hybrids that could potentially be grown on 26 million acres on the Prairies, it announced June 24.

“One of the obvious benefits of this project is that it provides western Canadian farmers with an additional crop choice that can enhance the overall profitability of their farming operation,” said Mike Nailor, Mon-santo corn and soybean lead for Canada. “Our goal will be to help farmers incorporate corn into their current production system to maximize opportunity across a variety of crops, whether they are farming in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta.”

The Canadian project is part of a larger Monsanto effort to develop corn varieties suitable for northerly agronomic regions, such as Ukraine and Russia.

Monsanto has already initiated its corn expansion project for Western Canada with a corn breeding and testing station at Carman, Man. It hired a corn breeder and technology development personnel.

The firm will focus on developing corn with earlier relative maturity.

Western Canadian farmers now grow up to 500,000 acres of corn, primarily in southern Manitoba.

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Nine foods you should never eat again

With so much misinformation out there about food and how it affects human health, making healthy food choices for you and your family can be difficult and confusing. There are a number of scientific foods; however, that you will want to avoid in almost every circumstance because they provide virtually no health benefits while posing plenty of heath risks:

1. White bread, refined flours: the body doesn't know how to properly digest and assimiliate these so-called foods, which can lead to health problems. Refined white flour has also been cleached with chlorine and brominated with bromide, two poisonous chemicals that have been linked to causing thyroid and organ damage.
2. Conventional frozen meals: Most conventionally-prepared frozen meals are loaded with preservatives, processed salt, hydrogenated oils and other artificial ingredients, not to mention the fact that most frozen meals have been heavily pre-cooked, rendering their nutrient content minimal at best (especially after getting microwaved again at home). Most frozen meals are little more than disease in a box, so avoid them in favor of fresh foods.
3. White rice: Like white bread, white rice has been stripped of most of its nutrients, and separated from the bran and germ, two natural components that make up rice in its brown form. Even so-called "fortified" white rice is nutritionally deficient, as the body still processes this refined food much differently than brown rice, which is absorbed more slowly and does not cause the same spike in blood sugar that white rice does.
4. Microwaveable popcorn. This processed food is a favorite among moviegoers and regular snackers alike, but it is one of the unhealthiest foods you can eat. Practically every component of microwaveable popcorn, from the genetically-modified (GM) corn kernels to the processed salt and preservative chemicals used to enhance its flavor, is unhealthy and disease-promoting. On top of this, microwaveable popcorn contains a chemical known as diacetyl that can actually destroy your lungs. If you love popcorn, stick with organic kernels that you can pop yourself in a kettle and douse with healthy ingredients like coconut oil, grass-fed butter, and Himalayan pink salt.
5. Cured meat products with nitrates, nitrites: Deli meats, summer sausage, hot dogs, bacon, and many other meats sold at the grocery store are often loaded with sodium nitrite and other chemical preservatives that have been linked to causing heart disease and cancer. If you eat meat, stick with uncured, nitrite and nitrate-free varieties, and preferably those that come from organic, grass-fed animals.
6. Most conventional protein, energy bars: By the way they are often marketed, it might seem as though protein and energy bars are a strong addition to a healthy diet. But more often than not, these meal replacements contain processed soy protein, refined sugar, hydrogenated fat, and other harmful additives that contribute to chronic illness. Not all protein and energy bars are bad, of course all make healthy protein and energy bars. Just be sure to read the ingredient labels and know what you are buying.
7. Margarine: Hidden in all sorts of processed foods, margarine, a hydrogenated trans-fat oil, is something you will want to avoid at all costs for your health. Contrary to popular belief, butter and saturated fats in general are not unhealthy, especially when they are derived from pastured animals that feed on grass rather than corn and soy. And if animal-based fats are not for you, stick with extra-virgin coconut oil or olive oil rather than margarine.
8. Soy milk and soy-based meat substitutes: One of the biggest health frauds of modern times, the soy craze is a fad that you will want to skip. Besides the fact that nearly all non-organic soy ingredients are of GM origin, most soy additives are processed using a toxic chemical known as hexane, which is linked to causing birth defects, reproductive problems, and cancer. Soy that has not been fermented is also highly estrogenic, which can throw your natural hormone balance out of whack.
9. "Diet" anything: Many so-called "diet" products on the market today contains artificial sweeteners like aspartame (Equal) and sucralose (Splenda), both of which are linked to causing neurological damage, gastrointestinal problems, and endocrine disruption. Many diet products also contain added chemical flavoring agents to take the place of fat and other natural components that have been removed to artificially reduce calorie content. Instead, stick with whole foods that are as close to nature as possible, including high-fat foods grown the way nature intended, and your body will respond surprisingly well. 

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Food Inc - Alimentos SA

Highlights

"There is no seasons in the American supermarket. Now there are tomatoes all the year,

farmed around the world, picked when they are green and ripened with ethylene gas"

"In the meat area (supermarket) there is no bones anymore"

"The food industry doesn't like you know the truth about what you're eating, 

because if you knew you may not wanna eat it"

"Mc Donald's recruitment's policy: when you have workers that only have to do one thing, 

they can pay them low wage and it's very easy to find someone to replace them"

Big food companies chains want big suppliers so there are

a few companies controlling the food system

"Chicken Fast-growing: There is antibiotics that put into the feed and

of course that pass through the chicken"

"If you go to a supermarket I would bet a 90% of the products contain corn

or soy ingredient. And most of the time they contain both"

"Cows are not designed evolutively to eat corn, they are designed evolutively to eat grass.The only

reason we feed them with corn is because corn is really cheap and corn makes them fat quickly"

"There are research studies that indicate high corn diet results in E.Coli

are acid resistant. That makes more harmful the bactery"

"As much bigger is the food processing plant, that's perfect for taking bad pathogens"


"The hamburger of today has pieces of thousands of different cattle ground up in that
one hamburger patty. The odds increase exponentially that one of those animals
was carrying a dangerous pathogen" 

Does this complicate the traceability tracking? 

"Hamburgers vs Veggies: You can find candy that's cheaper. We can find
chips that are cheaper. The sodas are really cheap. We've skewed our
food system to the bad calories"


"1 in 3 born after 2000 will contract early onset diabetes"
Mostly type 2

"People (corporative committee) make decisions and don't live
with the consequences of those decisions"
The same than politicians around the world

"We've become a culture of technicians. We're all into the
How of it and nobody's stepping back and saying But why?"

"Large companies (Coca-cola, Pepsi, Kellogg's, General Mills,...) don't
grow organically. They grow by acquisition of other smaller companies"

"Monsanto has a staff devoted to investigating and prosecuting farmers.
Anyone caught saving seeds can be investigated for patent infringement"

"When you genetically modify a crop, you own it"
Therefore you get your patent.


"Lady Justice had the scales and you piled cash on the scales and the one that
piled the most cash on the scales, hired the most experts and was most willing
to tell the biggest lies, that was the winner. That seems to be how our justice system
functions now"

"In the case of Monsanto, their control is so dominant. If you want to be
in production agriculture, you're gonna be in bed with Monsanto"

"Now 78% of the processed food in the supermarket
has some genetically-modified ingredient"


"Not only do they (food companies) do not want you to know what's in it,
they have managed to make it against the law to criticize their products"

Sales of food are really sensitive to the public criticism of their products


"The irony is that the average consumer does not feel very powerful. They think
they are the recipients of whatever industry has put out there for them to consume.
Trust me, it's the exact opposite"

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