Archive for the 'Obesity' Category

(NaturalNews) – San Francisco has become the first U.S. city to crack down on the dubious practice of fast food companies luring children into eating unhealthy meals by giving away gimmicky toys. “Our children are sick. Rates of obesity in San Francisco are disturbingly high, especially among children of color,” said San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar, the sponsor of the measure, in a press conference. Read the rest of this entry »

(UKDailyMail) – We think we know what to eat: less red meat and more fibre, less saturated fat and more fruit and veg, right? Wrong, according to a controversial new book by obesity researcher and nutritionist Zoe Harcombe.

In The Obesity Epidemic: What Caused It? How Can We Stop It? Harcombe charts her meticulous journey of research into studies that underpin dietary advice — and her myth-busting conclusions are startling. Read the rest of this entry »

(Bloomberg) – H1N1 Unlikely to Cause Flu Pandemic in 2010-11: Analysis – Canadian researchers urge everyone over age 50 to get immunized this fall – Read More Here

(USAToday) – Obesity costs U.S. $168 billion, study finds – Read More Here

(DailyMail) – Scientists strike gold: ‘Silver bullet’ could finally beat common cold

Tests show that arming bacteria with minute studs of silver endows them with the ability to combat viruses. – Read More Here

(AP) – Citing health care law, Boeing pares employee plan

In a letter mailed to employees late last week, the company cited the overhaul as part of the reason it is asking some 90,000 nonunion workers to pay significantly more for their health plan next year. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – 97 percent of men survive prostate cancer even without treatment

If none of the men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer were ever treated, 97 percent of them would still survive the disease, according to a study conducted by Swedish researchers and published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Arctic seabirds loaded with environmental poisons

The excrement of Arctic seabirds is a cocktail of dangerous pollutants, according to studies conducted by the Canadian Wildlife Service and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Take garlic oil to maintain a healthy heart – Read More Here

(MSNBC) – Obesity’s hidden job costs: $73 billion – Productivity drops, sick days go up as BMI rises, new study finds – Read More Here

(EWG) – 50 Groups Challenge Government Grant to Pro-Pesticide PR Campaign – Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Fruit and vegetable carotenoids protect women from breast, ovarian cancer – Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Coffee doesn’t really boost your energy or alertness, study reveals

Coffee no longer boosts energy or alertness levels above baseline in regular drinkers of the beverage, according to a study conducted by researchers from Bristol University and published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Eating hamburgers linked to asthma

Children who eat three or more hamburgers a week may be more likely to develop asthma than children who eat fewer burgers, according to a study published in the journal Thorax. Read More Here

(OrganicConsumers) – Why We Need Mandatory GMO Food Labels

* Only 26% of the U.S. public understands that most junk foods and animal products contain GMO ingredients. Read the rest of this entry »

(GlobalResearch) - In this three-part series, Food Chain Radio host Michael Olson interviews key people in the food freedom movement. From gun-blazing bureaucrats who attack small food producers to legislation like S 510 which threatens to hyper-regulate whole food operators out of business, Olson questions guests about government motives, who’s behind the legislation, and where the crisis really lies.

Olson notes that the U.S. “has a serious food safety crisis, and so its agents, with guns drawn and warrants in hand, are breaking down the doors of the little people who sell food to their neighbors. But wait… which is in crisis: local food or industrial food?�? Read the rest of this entry »

(StarAdvertiser) – Aiona promotes flu shot but doesn’t get it himself

Hawaii Republican candidate for governor James “Duke” Aiona has urged the public to get flu shots, but he says he’s never been vaccinated himself. Read More Here

(Telegraph) – Junk food as ‘addictive as drugs’

Junk food is almost as addictive as heroin, scientists have found. Read More Here

(Kero23) – Vitamin D Levels Studied In Breast Cancer Survivors

African-American Women More Susceptible To Vitamin D Deficiency Read More Here

(MedPageToday) – Kids Have Taste for Fats and Sugars

For kids in the U.S., almost half of their daily energy intake comes from ‘empty calories’ — foods such as soda and pizza that have little nutritional value, researchers say. Read More Here

(Telegraph) – Pregnant women to be vaccinated against flu for first time

All pregnant women are to be offered the seasonal flu vaccine for the first time this winter as they were one of the groups hardest hit by the swine flu pandemic. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Mark your calendars. This week goes down in history as the most bizarre health news weeks in the history of the mainstream media. I’ve noticed more truly strange and illogical health stories this week from the conventional press than ever before, and I’ll share a few of those with you below. Read the rest of this entry »

(NewsoftheWorld) – It’s a swine mess – Government set to force OAPs to have pig vaccine with flu jab – Read More Here

(PhilosophersStone) – Twins die minutes after measles vaccination

Sunil Sharma can’t believe his twin daughters Avika and Anika are no more. The textile merchant from Ghaziabad had never imagined that a measles vaccine at a private nursing home in the town would take the life of the his nine-month-old daughters. Read More Here

(GMOFree) – Scientists confirm dangers of Roundup herbicide (PDF) – View More Here

(BBC) – Scottish warning over vitamin D levels

New leaflets are to be handed out urging people to make sure they get enough vitamin D Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – J&J pleads guilty to illegal marketing of psychiatric drugs – Read More Here

(Telegraph) – Prozac could end misery of premenstrual syndrome

Millions of women could be spared the monthly misery of premenstrual syndrome by taking a small dose of the anti-depressant Prozac, a study suggests. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Mainstream media claims cold virus causes obesity; food choice and exercise make no difference – Mike Adams

The headlines have it all backwards. “Childhood Obesity Might Be Linked to Strain of Cold Virus” says BusinessWeek. “Childhood cold virus could lead to development of obesity” claims the Telegraph (UK). Not to be outdone, MSNBC rolls out this whopper: “Nothing to sneeze at: Common cold virus may make kids fat.” Read the rest of this entry »

(MailOnline) – TV should be banned for toddlers and severely rationed for other youngsters to protect their health and family life, a leading psychologist will tell MEPs today.

Dr Aric Sigman claims that millions of children spending hours slumped in front of TVs and computers is ‘the greatest unacknowledged health scandal of our time’.

He says it is linked to ills ranging from obesity and heart disease to poor grades and lack of empathy. Read More Here

See Also: (MailOnline) – ‘Gender bending’ chemical in food tins may cut male fertility – Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Two new studies have added more reason for concern that high-fructose corn syrup causes significantly more harm to the body than its mere sugar content would suggest.

High-fructose corn syrup contains 55 percent fructose and 45 percent glucose. In contrast, table sugar (also known as sucrose) contains a 50-50 split.

In the first study, published in the journal Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, researchers from Princeton University found that rats consuming high fructose corn syrup gained more weight and developed more cardiovascular risk factors than rats consuming equivalent amounts of sucrose.

“Some people have claimed that high-fructose corn syrup is no different than other sweeteners when it comes to weight gain and obesity, but our results make it clear that this just isn’t true, ” researcher Bart Hoebel said. Read the rest of this entry »

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

(Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield’s Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

http://www.foodincmovie.com/about-the-issues.php

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(AlterNet) – While researchers and scientists investigate the cause of our diabetes, obesity, asthma and ADHD epidemics, they should ask why the FDA approved a livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs, according to angry farmers who phoned the manufacturer. Read More Here

An ominous report circulating in the Kremlin today is warning that the United States is preparing to execute a plan to begin the mass drugging of their citizens so as to achieve a ‘higher level of control’ over them as their elite rulers fear their Nation is close to erupting into civil war as their slide into the economic abyss continues unabated. Read the rest of this entry »

(Rense) – MSG hides behind 25 or more names, such as “Natural Flavoring”. MSG is even in your favourite coffee from Tim Horton’s and Starbucks coffee shops. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – Much like Big Tobacco once did with nicotine, the soda industry and high-fructose corn syrup producers of America have maintained a ridiculous state of flat-out denial about the links between soda consumption and obesity. “Sodas don’t make you fat,” they insist. Meanwhile, as Americans guzzle down insanely large quantities of soda and liquid sugar with each passing year, rates of obesity and diabetes continue to steadily climb. Surely diet must have something to do with it, right? Read the rest of this entry »

(SFGate) – Obesity is the elephant in the room of health care reform, a public health catastrophe that kills more than 100,000 Americans a year, cost the nation $147 billion last year and threatens to shorten U.S. life expectancy for the first time since the Civil War. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – There once was a Big Pharma zealot More offensive than insect repellant. He just couldn’t see What’s in vitamin D, “It’s not useful unless we can sell it.” – by the Health Ranger Read the rest of this entry »

(Reuters) – People who are obese but otherwise healthy may be at special risk of severe complications and death from the new H1N1 swine flu virus, U.S. researchers reported on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

(DailyMail) – A sixth of children in parts of Britain are clinically obese when they start primary school. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – According to the Corn Refiners Association, high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is no worse for you than any other dietary carbohydrate. Many health experts, however, disagree, warning consumers that HFCS is strongly correlated with diabetes and obesity. Read the rest of this entry »

Coca-Cola Rep Discussed “Fear Tactics�? to Save BPA at Infamous “Cosmos Club�? Confab Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) Bottled water is typically considered to be a healthy alternative to drinking plain tap water. In fact, Americans drink approximately eight million gallons of bottled water every year. While bottled water is definitely a better choice than soft drinks or sports drinks that contain high fructose corn syrup, bottled water is not a good choice for the wellbeing of the earth. Here are some of the health and environmental issues associated with consuming bottled water. Read the rest of this entry »

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) — The number of American kids with food allergies has soared 18 percent in the last decade, with an estimated 4 percent of children and teens now affected with the condition, a new federal report says.
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Fifteen facts you probably never knew about vitamin D and sunlight exposure. Read the rest of this entry »