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Removing Trans Fats From Foods Could Save Lives, FDA Says - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

June 6, 2000 (Reston, Va.) -- If food manufacturers would remove all trans fats from margarines and just 3% from commercial baked goods, it could save 5,000 lives a year in the U.S., an FDA expert says. Some studies have shown that trans fats -- fats that have undergone chemical changes to make them solid at room temperature and help them resist spoilage -- are as bad as saturated fats in increasing the risk of heart disease. Trans fats are found in vegetable shortenings and in many commercially baked breads, cakes, cookies, and crackers. The FDA is proposing that U.S. food labels be changed to include the amount of trans fats. FDA epidemiologist Kathleen Koehler, PhD, estimates that removing all the trans fat from margarine and 3% from baked items would prevent more than 17,000 heart attacks and more than 5,000 deaths per year. "Our estimates of the monetary benefit of removing trans fat are quite large," Koehler says. "The prevention of heart attacks would save between $2.9 billion to $7.9 billion annually." While such a move would cost the food industry a projected $401 to $854 million over 20 years, the health-cost savings over the same period would be $25 to $59 billion, she says. A study presented here at the American Heart Association meeting on Dietary Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Health revealed the FDA's proposed new labeling format. Trans fat would be included in the labels' saturated fat category, where an asterisk would refer consumers to a footnote indicating the amount. The change also would make it illegal for products high in trans fat to say that they have no or low cholesterol. The FDA's period for consumer comment is over, and the label change is expected to go into effect by the fall. "We are currently reviewing comments on the proposed rule and labeling, and then we will decide if and when to institute changes," Koehler says. "Our studies indicate, however, that removal of just a small percentage of trans fatty acids from our diet would have a very large impact on [heart] disease in this country." Some who attended the AHA meeting opposed the FDA's proposal to include trans fats in the saturated fat category on food labels, saying that adding a separate category for trans fats would help raise consumer awareness of their health risks. But Kim Gans, PhD, who commented on the issue, says the FDA's idea is a good one. "I think placement of the trans fat in the saturated fat category is actually good for consumers, who already have been hearing quite a lot about reducing saturated fats in their diet," she says. "This change is something people have been asking for, and I'm glad to see it's about to become a reality." Gans is associate professor of nutrition at Brown University in Rhode Island. "I'm actually surprised that this labeling change is taking place as quickly as it has," Gans says. "It illustrates the power of consumers to get things done. Manufacturers of margarine have already removed much of the trans fat from their products without the labeling change. Now that consumers will be able to see how much trans fat is in many products and avoid them, I think we'll see many more manufacturers of other products do the same."

Type II Diabetes in Children Increasing at Alarming Rate - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

July 5, 1999 Type II Diabetes in Children Increasing at Alarming Rate Used to be that diabetes Type II was considered a middle-age disease. Researchers from both Canada and the United States report that Type II diabetes is already a problem for some children—and a growing one. Speaking at the 59th Scientific Session of the American Diabetes Association meeting, physicians taking care of widely disparate groups of children all agreed on one thing. They're seeing more and more children who are obese, watch more than five hours of TV per day, rarely exercise, and eat poor diets (low in fiber). These are the same factors that lead adults into diabetes. When this trend in children was first noted in the 1980s, minority populations, such as African Americans, Mexican Americans, or Canada's aboriginal tribes seemed to be the ones affected. However, in recent years, Type II diabetes has been showing up in all groups of children, including those of European and Asian descent. As with other age groups, girls outnumber the boys two to one when it comes to diabetes. The exception seems to be among Asian populations where male diabetics are more common. Children with diabetes are subject to all the complications that plague adult diabetics. They also have additional problems since they are subject to the hormonal changes of growth and puberty. Physicians recommend that preventative measures might be the best way to handle this new high-risk group. Parents can encourage regular exercise, a balanced diet low in simple carbohydrates and high in fiber, and less time in front of the TV or computer. Community support is highly valuable in providing physical activities for children, and nutritional foods in the schools.c Physicians need to know that Type II diabetes is on the march in children, at least in the United States and Canada. Early diagnosis and aggressive disease management are key factors in preventing the many serious complications that can arise from this disease.

Ketogenic Diet Best for Teens to Lose Weight - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

April 3, 2000 NEW HYDE PARK, NY---The first randomized, controlled trial comparing the effects of a low-fat diet versus a ketogenic diet for teens surprised some researchers. The study revealed that those who were put on a ketogenic (high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate) diet lost an average of 20 pounds over a 12-week period versus nine pounds on the low fat diet, without increasing cardiovascular risks. "We were surprised to see that the participants on the ketogenic diet actually experienced improvements in their percent drop in the level of triglycerides, and an increase of eight percent in HDL," said Marc Jacobson. Johnson is a co-author of the study and director of the Center for Atherosclerosis Prevention at Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park, N.Y. The study was presented at a scientific session of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, held in Washington, D.C.

Super-size Fries Means Super-Size Kids - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

The cheeseburgers, french fries and Big Gulps that our kids are consuming could cause them health problems much sooner than expected. Researchers at the Pacific Health Education Center in Bakersfield, Calif., and Prevention Concept, Inc. in Los Angeles, found that Bakersfield teens eat too many high-fat, high-calorie foods and have the arteries to prove it. Some also are overweight and already have higher-than-normal blood pressures – risk factors that clearly set them up for heart disease and other problems a few short decades down the road. "We are appalled at the horrendous diet that 80 to 90 percent of our children are eating," said Albert Sanchez, Ph.D., a public health expert who looked at obesity and heart risk factors in the 249 high school students. He presented his findings Monday at the 49th annual American College of Cardiology in Anaheim, Calif. Researchers recorded the height and weight of each teen to obtain body mass index (BMI), a measurement of obesity. They took blood samples to test for lipid (fat) levels, tallied the amount of dietary fat each was eating, and measured each student's blood pressure. And finally, they made ultrasound images of their carotid arteries, the main vessel that delivers blood to the brain. The students completed questionnaires on diet and lifestyle, and from these and the lab tests, the researchers learned that:More than 80 percent of the students ate diets that exceeded the recommended levels of total fat and saturated fat. More than a third had elevated levels of LDL (the "bad" cholesterol) and lowered levels of HDL (the "good cholesterol). Ten percent had blood pressures that were higher than normal. The students' weights had a direct correlation to the other risk factors -- high cholesterol, high blood pressure and the buildup of fatty deposits in the carotid artery. "This was the first study to show that the fatty deposits in the carotid artery are directly related to cholesterol intake, cholesterol level in the blood and blood pressure," Sanchez said. The researchers also compared the BMIs and blood results of Latino students to their Caucasian peers. Although both groups had disturbing results, the Latino students fared the worst. Their lab results reflected the high amount of fat found in their diets. The problem of obesity in children and adults is "pandemic," Sanchez said. "We need to start at state levels to get healthy foods into school lunch programs, and we need to get to the families. We must target young people in their own language and culture." There is some good news to the story, though. After showing the students pictures of the fatty buildups in their carotid arteries, some of the students "changed their lifestyles radically," said Jacques Barth M.D., PhD. "For instance, one student lost 30 pounds, and another started exercising." Why did they change their behavior? "We think it's because the initiative came from the students themselves," Barth said. "They were interested and they could decide what to eat." Barth added that states should use some of the $300 billion available from the tobacco company settlement for public education about nutrition and its relationship to heart disease. Editorial Comment: Truly this is a problem of epidemic proportions. Coronary heart disease is the number one killer in the United States and the number one cause of premature death. Because heart disease begins in the pre-teen years, we need better education in schools, at home, and in our approaches to helping kids eat healthier. Parents should remember that we are models for our child's eating behaviors. Education about heart-health and diet is simple preventive medicine.

More Reasons To Avoid Milk - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

By Francesca Lyman When she became pregnant with her son a decade ago, Anne Kutay of Seattle worried that milk boosted with genetically-engineered hormones could cause "harmful side effects that might emerge later." While some thought she was being overly cautious, Kutay stood strong and switched to organic milk free of such additives, never to return to conventional brands. Is she - and hundreds of others who now boycott gene-modified dairy products - right? “PEOPLE SAY, why go to that trouble and pay more, when there’s no proof it’s any better?” Kutay asserts. “I say, ‘Read about it and decide for yourself.’ Everything I’ve read since then has made me feel good about having started taking those precautions years ago.” Health-conscious consumers like Kutay are driving a boom in sales of natural and organic products, now the fastest growing segment of the food industry. Such consumers are undoubtedly what made Starbucks respond to the March 20 boycott aimed at getting them to stop using milk and dairy products made with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), a genetically engineered version of a growth hormone extracted from cows’ pituitary glands that greatly increases milk output, by as much as 20 to 30 percent. The company uses some 32 million gallons of milk per year in their coffees, milk shakes and ice creams. If even “some of our customers have concerns about the presence of rBST in milk products,” CEO Orrin Smith said, the company is taking “measures to address those concerns.” Recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) is another name for rBGH. When she became pregnant with her son a decade ago, Anne Kutay of Seattle worried that milk boosted with genetically- engineered hormones could cause "harmful side effects that might emerge later." While some thought she was being overly cautious, Kutay stood strong and switched to organic milk free of such additives, never to return to conventional brands. Is she - and hundreds of others who now boycott gene-modified dairy products - right? But this isn't just for the health-conscious, says Cummins of the Organic Consumers Association, who believes this campaign could revive long-dormant public opposition to the hormone-enhanced dairy products. Already, he says, new fears about "mad cow" disease and other ailments affecting the commercial livestock industry are fueling growing consumer demand for "meat, milk and dairy products labeled as organic, which come from cows that are not injected with rBGH." For a while, "Everyone forgot about rBGH, even though most Americans, when polled in 1996, said they considered it dangerous," says Cummins, citing a University of Wisconsin study revealing that 74 percent of the American public considered the recombinant hormone a hazard and 94 percent favored mandatory labeling. Today, says Cummins, speaking of activists who showed up at Starbucks protest sites in 100 cities earlier this month, "They say, 'I don't want any more hormones in my food, and I don't want to be part of a system that's cruel to dairy cows.'" According to Monsanto, which makes rBGH, the drug is injected into about 30 percent of U.S. dairy cows. The milk is shipped throughout the country, added to products such as cream, cheese, yogurt and baked goods - but never labeled as such. Monsanto says that milk produced by rBGH is no different from "natural" milk in terms of safety. However, critics like Dr. Samuel Epstein, professor of environmental and occupational medicine at the University of Illinois School of Public Health in Chicago, point to dozens of studies that say otherwise. For example, Epstein charges, studies have shown that insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), a protein that is present in slightly higher levels in milk from hormone-treated cows than "natural" milk, has been linked to cancer in many studies.   Genetically modified food MSNBC Interactive • Discover how science has invaded your kitchen   Another health risk, suggests William von Meyer, a retired chemist who tested chemicals for the chemical company Rohm & Haas, is that the protein could enhance diabetes in people prone to the disease. The presence of a protein in milk could serve to prevent the hormone from being degraded right away, adds Michael Hansen of Consumers Union, which also opposes use of the drug. "The more you look at this, the more questions arise," says Hansen. FDA dismissed such safety concerns years ago when it approved the drug in November 1993, after a long battle with activists and some small dairy farmers, who opposed it due to health and safety concerns. Two FDA scientists concluded in the journal Science that no significant toxic side effects that would cause health harms were found among rats fed the hormone. Canadian Debate In Canada, however, where rBGH was heatedly debated several years ago, government scientists who reviewed the data upon which FDA's approval of the drug was based came to a starkly different conclusion. Shiv Chopra is one of five government scientists at Canada's Health Protection Branch who found evidence that FDA had seriously overlooked - or, he claims, possibly even suppressed - studies showing adverse reactions in rats. "Although the paper published in Science gave the product a clean bill of health," says Chopra, "the US FDA ignored the harder information, a 90-day study of rats showing that the hormone did indeed get absorbed into their bloodstreams, and that it produced antibodies and lesions." Chopra, who spoke to MSNBC shortly after a gag order was lifted regarding his speaking to the press, said, "I'm afraid to say that despite all that is known about the adverse reactions that cows have to the drug, and ample evidence of human health concerns as well, that the US government took an expedient route to approval with this drug." The results, he adds, have greatly benefited Monsanto. Chopra and others authored a report opposing the drug, which, he says, the pharmaceutical giant was pressuring Canada to approve. In their so-called "rBST Gaps" report, the scientists found, for example, that not only was orally administered rBST absorbed into the bloodstream of these rats but it also weakened their immune systems. They also pointed to the need for long-term toxicology studies to ascertain human safety. Another concern, they said, was farmers' tendency to give antibiotics to cows to counteract the drug's tendency to induce mastitis, or udder swelling. And overuse of antibiotics in animals has been linked to the growing problem of antibiotics resistance. Canada Rejects Approval Based mainly on those concerns, Canada in 1999 rejected approval of the hormone. The decision came after a widely publicized scandal in which veterinarian and Health Canada reviewer Dr. Margaret Haydon testified to a Canadian Senate committee how her files on bovine growth hormone were stolen from her office; she also appeared on "The Fifth Estate," a Canadian TV program, and alleged how Health Canada had been offered a million dollars in research funding by Monsanto if the hormone were approved. In the United States, meanwhile, Canada's rejection of the drug unleashed an avalanche of criticism of the FDA and Monsanto. The Center for Food Safety and some 20 dairy farm organizations and other groups petitioned FDA to withdraw the drug, charging that more studies needed to be done to prove it safe. Two reporters, Jane Akre and Steve Wilson, tangled with their employers, Fox TV, over a documentary debating the safety of rBGH that was to air in Tampa, Fla. The reporters alleged that Monsanto prevailed over the TV management to censor and rewrite their script, so they sued. Last August, a jury agreed with the reporters and awarded Akre a $425,000 settlement. FDA stands by its approval, continuing to maintain that rBGH milk is no less safe than natural milk. "We feel that there is natural IGF-1 in any milk anyway, and against the background of IGF-1 in the body already, [what's added in treated milk] amounts to very little," Stephen Sundlof at FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine told MSNBC. The lesions that showed up in the rat study, says an agency memo, don't "appear to be related" to the rBGH the rats were fed; also, the antibodies found in rat plasma were "relatively low" and "not expected to have any adverse effect," FDA writes. Health Canada's Chopra disagrees. When lesions showed up in the rats in Monsanto's study, that's precisely when FDA should have called for more studies, "instead of subjecting the public to unknown risks without their knowledge and consent," he says. "FDA may think this is an insignificant risk for the public," he charges, "but they don't know because they haven't tested it fully." Francesca Lyman is an environmental and travel journalist and editor of the American Museum of Natural History book, “Inside the Dzanga-Sangha Rain Forest” (Workman, 1998). If you want to drink milk, check out our REAL MILK pages and stay away from chemicalized "food" This article from msnbc.com

Vitamin-Like Substance Leads To Dramatic Improvements In Patients With Muscular Disorder - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

New York, NY - April 9, 2001 - A vitamin-like substance may bring new hope for some patients with a family of uncommon disorders known as hereditary ataxias - brain-and-muscle dysfunctions that disrupt balance and coordination of the arms, legs, and speech. Six patients with hereditary ataxia improved greatly after taking a substance called coenzyme Q10, or CoQ10, Columbia researchers report. Once wheelchair-bound patients walked again with some assistance, and a woman was able to work outside her home for the first time. The research, published in the April issue of the journal Neurology, was led by Dr. Salvatore DiMauro, M.D., Lucy G. Moses Professor of Neurology at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, with participation from North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y.; Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.; Children's Hospital of Columbus, Ohio; and Ohio State University. Dr. DiMauro and his colleagues found that several patients with unexplained forms of hereditary ataxias had severe deficiencies of CoQ10. CoQ10, also called ubiquinone, is a natural component of the system by which the cells of the body draw energy from oxygen. This explains the weakness and lack of coordination present in many patients. "We decided to try giving these people CoQ10," Dr. DiMauro said, and "their physical therapist saw a response that was so dramatic that she increased the dose very high. These patients really improved." One 17-year-old girl came from India for diagnosis and treatment, and she is now able to work outside her home for the first time in her life, in a computer store in New York, Dr. DiMauro said. A panel of Columbia researchers watched videotapes of three siblings taken at several points before and after receiving the therapies. The researchers agreed that their improvements were too dramatic to be explained by a placebo effect. The patients took CoQ10 in doses ranging from 300 mg to 3,000 mg. One year after starting treatment they had improved by an average of 25 percent on an ataxia test of balance, speech, and movement. Before starting the therapy, five of the patients couldn't walk; afterward, all could walk with some assistance, such as a rolling walker. Dr. DiMauro said future research will focus on pinpointing why these patients are CoQ10-deficient. CoQ10 preparations are available in health food stores but are expensive. Hereditary ataxias are a wide family of disorders with a plethora of causes. Some have known genetic causes, but others are unexplained. The variants with known genetic causes are probably not candidates for the CoQ10 treatment because their causes have nothing to do with CoQ10, Dr. DiMauro said. But this remains to be confirmed through research. For the moment, it appears the CoQ10 treatment is best suited for patients with unexplained forms of ataxia. This is a fair number of patients, Dr. DiMauro said; just how many is unknown, as their numbers haven't been ascertained through epidemiological studies. "This may not be rare," he added. Neurologists "often tell me that there are patients who do not fall into one of the identified genetic categories."

Consuming More Protein, Less Carbohydrates Is Healthier - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

New research suggests a diet higher in protein and lower in carbohydrates than currently recommended may help people maintain desirable body weight and overall health. For 30 years fad diets and various nutritional recommendations have come and gone, said Donald Layman, a professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Illinois. The result: Americans take in more calories than ever, obesity is at an all-time high, and heart disease rates equal those of the 1970s. In addition, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta recently announced a 10 percent rise in the rates of cardiac deaths among 15- to 34-year-olds between 1989 and 1996, and that just 25 percent of Americans over age 18 met basic physical activity recommendations in the 1990s. The situation is one of the worst public health fiascoes we've ever seen. We may have fewer people dying from heart disease, but that's only because our medical recovery is better. We also are looking at an approaching onslaught of Type 2 diabetes. The research focused on the relationship between exercise and nutrition, particularly what balance of food helps maintain sufficient muscle mass so a person can efficiently expend energy to maintain a healthy body. For 10 weeks, 24 mid-life women, all above ideal weight, ate 1,700-calories-a-day diets. One group ate according to the USDA Food Guide Pyramid - 55% carbohydrates, 15% protein (or 68 grams per day) and 30% fat. The experimental group ate a modified daily diet of 40% carbohydrates, 30% protein (125 grams per day) and 30% fat. The average weight loss of all the women was virtually identical (about 16 pounds). From there, however, there were startling differences for women who ate the higher protein diet. They lost 12.3 pounds of body fat and just 1.7 pounds of muscle mass, a 7-to-1 ratio. Those who stuck to the food pyramid diet lost 10.4 pounds of body fat and, more significantly, 3 pounds of muscle mass - a ratio of 3.5 to 1. The protein diet was twice as effective. Women eating the lower protein diet were less capable of burning calories at the end of the study as when they started it. Investigators believe this is the effect of more protein, particularly the increased amount of leucine (an essential amino acid found in protein) in the diet. Leucine's effect has been documented in several animal studies. The study also found higher levels of thyroid hormones among women who ate the high protein diet, suggesting a higher rate of metabolism. Protein-eaters also experienced a significant decline of overall triglycerides (fat in the blood) and a slight rise in HDL (the desirable component of cholesterol). Annual Meeting Of The Federation Of American Societies For Experimental Biology In Orlando, FL April 1, 2001 ScienceDaily.com Dr. Farr's comment: There's nothing "new" about this! If you are truly to regain your health, life style changes and what you put into your body will be necessary. In other words, there are easy "fixes" as the media would like you to believe. When you hear something on TV or the radio that spouts how you can "lose 25 pounds in one week", well, just realize that anything that sounds to good to be true is just that. Face the facts and make a committment and decision to change your lifestyle. It's as simple as that. Don't wait to become a "statistic".

Advances in Science Show Nutrients Are the Key - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

MIAMI, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- "The traditional regimen of picking foods based on nutritional content and taking medications to control blood sugar and cholesterol levels is not working for many diabetics," Stacey Bell DSc, RD, Chief Scientist, Functional Foods, Inc., told conferees attending the Diabetes Health Expo at the Miami Beach Convention Center today. The event it sponsored by the Diabetes Research Wellness Foundation in cooperation with the Joslin Diabetes Center of the Harvard Medical School and the Diabetes Research Institute of the University of Miami School of Medicine. "If you follow your doctor's advice and exercise you may do 'OK.' However, you have to remember to do quite a few things -- diet, exercise and take multiple medicines. If you supplement this approach with carefully selected amounts of key nutrients such as psyllium, and fructose and barley, red yeast rice and willow bark, you may do better. "Recent advances in our understanding of nutrition can help people with diabetes maintain healthy blood sugar and cholesterol levels. Five years ago this science did not exist. Today, research is telling us that there is a role for nutrients, which are not typically consumed even by someone who eats a healthy diet. "Nutritional research is growing at a very rapid rate. We now understand that foods and ingredients can provide far more than basic energy for the body. Research is showing us how specific nutrients when used in combination with a weight loss diet and exercise program can help maintain a healthy weight. Research is showing us how specific nutrients can affect blood sugar and cholesterol levels and maintain healthy blood clotting function. "We know compliance with a restricted diet and a regimen of multiple medicines is a significant health issue. We know people are taking supplements, based on 'word of mouth' recommendations. 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Too Much Junk Food in U.S. Diet - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

Despite decades of being preached to about healthy eating habits and the benefits of following the government's food pyramid, Americans still aren't getting the message. That's according to a new report published in the Sept. 26 issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Dr. Ashima Kant of Queens College at City University of New York analyzed data on the dietary habits of 15,611 people collected from 1988 to 1994. It showed the group was getting 27 percent of its daily calorie intake from junk foods. These foods are the fats, oils and sugars that make up the tip of the U.S. Department of Agriculture food pyramid and are only supposed to account for a very small percentage of daily calorie intake. Dr. Kant compared the data to similar data on dietary habits collected from 1976 to 1980 and found similar results. The fact that little had changed was surprising, Dr. Kant said, since grocery store shelves increasingly offer wider selections of fat-free, sugar-free foods than they did more than two decades ago. The highest consumers of these sweet, fatty foods were more likely to be women, to be non-Hispanic whites rather than other ethnic groups, to be younger than 65, to have 12 years of education, and to have higher income levels. Weight did not appear to be a factor since weights did not differ between people who consumed a lot of these foods -- known to dietitians as energy-dense nutrient-poor foods -- and those who consumed minimal amounts. The bottom line is these foods aren't good for anyone no matter what their weight. Numerous studies show a diet low in fats and sweets and high in fiber, fruits and vegetables can improve overall health and reduce the risk of a several chronic and life-threatening illnesses, including obesity, heart disease and cancer. "New strategies are needed to educate consumers on how to moderate their intake of energy-dense nutrient-poor foods," Dr. Kant concludes, "and how to include these foods in their diet sensibly." --By Katrina Woznicki NOTE: The real dangerous fats are the hydrogenated fats. Read why here.

In Your Face - Chineese Eat Pork! - Monday, January 28, 2002 by newsmanager

While our health gurus claim that Asians consume only small amounts of animal foods, dietary surveys prove otherwise. A survey conducted in the 1970s found that 65% of calories in the typical Chinese diet come from pork! True to tradition, a former government bureaucrat in China, Shen Quig, has come up with the first Chinese patented dish for franchising—baked pig’s head—which he serves to delighted customers in seven Baked Pig Face restaurants. The dish consists of a whole pig’s head, yellow teeth and all, cooked for 12 hours in 30 herbs and spices and served piping hot with piglet-shaped dumplings as a garnish. Shen’s patrons consume just about every part of the head—cheeks, eyes, snout, lips, tongue and brains—washed down with mugs of beer. (Baked pork rinds and roast ox penis are offered as side dishes.) The dish can be standardized and cooked in large quantities to appeal to China’s growing appetite for convenience food. Dieticians may wince, but the best part about Mr. Shen’s pig heads is that they are actually very nutritious, rich in vitamins A and D, plus B12 and minerals. We look forward to the Baked Pig Face restaurants catching on here. (Wall Street Journal 3/99)

New Feudal Rulers - Getting Rid of Small Farmers - Monday, January 28, 2002 by newsmanager

“It’s ironic when you think about our heritage in South Dakota,” says Charlie Johnson, who raises hogs outdoors on his farm near Madison. “Our ancestors left the landlords and kings in Europe to come here for their economic freedom and now we’re making the big corporations the new feudal rulers. . . Sometimes I think nobody is paying attention while the big corporations are just taking over the whole farm economy and destroying an American way of life.” According to Don Hoogestraat, former president of the South Dakota Pork Producers Council, corporate hog producers engage in “planned overproduction” to temporarily drive pork prices down and force more family farms into contract feeding agreements (The Washington Post 1/3/99). As a way of striking back, voters in South Dakota passed a constitutional amendment that not only prohibits corporations from owning farmland in South Dakota, but it also ends the practice of companies contracting with farmers to raise crops or livestock on their behalf. The measure, called Amendment E, is currently working its way through the courts.

The New Prohibition - Outlawing Healthy Food - Monday, January 28, 2002 by newsmanager

First it was raw milk, then it was raw juice, both now largely outlawed. Restaurants can no longer put raw egg yolks in Caesar dressing. The next target is raw cheeses, such as Cheddar, Parmesan and Roquefort. The Food and Drug Administration is currently engaged in research to determine whether cheeses made from unpasteurized milk—cheeses that have provided nourishment to mankind for millennia—are hazardous to your health and should be controlled by tighter regulations that in effect would banish these cheeses from the marketplace. It’s important to realize that restrictions to the sale of raw foods has nothing to do with health. Cheesemakers must already adhere to strict safety codes and the chief causes of food poisoning outbreaks in the United States during the last decade were seafood and eggs, followed by beef, fruits and vegetables. No outbreaks of illness in the US have been linked to raw milk cheese. Cheesemakers and their patrons can’t help wondering who would win if current regulations were changed—obviously the huge food companies, the dairy industry and the manufacturers of processed cheese. And who would lose? Every raw milk cheesemaker in the US plus European exporters of raw milk cheese, specialty markets, restaurateurs and consumers, especially vegetarians who depend on raw milk cheese for their supply of vitamin B12 (pasteurization destroys B12). Just as prohibition transferred the value-added in alcoholic beverage production from local communities into the hands of the Mafia, so restrictive “health” laws transfer the value-added in food production from artisans to multinational corporations.

Supplement Aids Eldery Cardiac Patients, Study Finds - Monday, January 28, 2002 by newsmanager

A nutritional supplement used in critical care and cancer surgery could help elderly patients undergoing heart surgery. Patients using the supplement, say researchers in the Netherlands, had "improved preoperative host defense." Also, they say, "fewer patients had postoperative infections -- four compared to 12 in the control group -- and they had better-preserved renal function compared with patients given a placebo." The researchers conclude that their study "supports the use of an oral immune-enhancing nutritional supplement in patients who are undergoing cardiac surgery and are at high risk of infection." Their results are published in this week's issue of the British medical journal The Lancet. "Elderly patients and those with poor ventricular function have increased illness and death rates when undergoing cardiac surgery," say Robert Tepaske and colleagues from the University of Amsterdam. The team "assessed whether an oral immune-enhancing nutritional supplement could improve patients' preoperative immune defense and subsequently lower rates of postoperative infections and organ dysfunction." In a prospective, randomized study, 50 patients were given either such a supplement or a placebo for a minimum of five days before coronary artery bypass surgery. All the subjects were 70 years or older, had a left-ventricular ejection fraction of less than 0.4 or were scheduled to undergo mitral-valve replacement. Contact: Dr Robert Tepaske, Department of Intensive Care,Academic Medical Centre - University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9,P.O.-box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, Netherlands;T) +31 20 566 2509;F) +31 20 697 2988; E) r.tepaske@amc.uva.nl Source - University of Amsterdam

Protein saves bone in elders - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

April 9, 2001 (US ARS) It's no secret that people need ample calcium and vitamin D to maintain strong bones, even in their twilight years. Now, a study suggests that protein intake may be important in reducing bone loss in elders. The 70- to 90-year-old men and women with the highest protein intakes lost significantly less bone over a four-year period than those who consumed half or less the protein. Animal protein, as well as overall protein intake, was associated with preserving bone. The study was conducted by researchers with the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Research and Training Institute; Boston University; and the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, all in Boston, Mass. Lead author Marian T. Hannan at the Hebrew center collaborated with Katherine L. Tucker at the USDA center and others. The USDA center is funded by the department's chief scientific research agency, the Agricultural Research Service. The findings run counter to studies of younger people that found diets high in protein, especially animal protein, cause the body to excrete more calcium. However, they confirm several other large population studies showing protein to have a positive overall effect on bone, according to Hannan. With data from 615 participants in the Framingham (Mass.) Osteoporosis Study, the researchers examined the relationship between their protein intakes in 1988- 89 and changes in bone mineral density four years later. They accounted for all factors known to increase risk of bone loss. Participants who reported the lowest daily protein intakes--roughly equivalent to half a chicken breast--had lost significantly more bone in the hip and spine four years later than those with the highest intakes--equivalent to about nine ounces of steak and a cup of tuna salad. The group with the next lowest intake--equivalent to about two cups of cottage cheese-- also lost significantly more bone than the highest-intake group, but only at the hip. People can search the USDA food composition tables for the protein content of more than 6,000 foods at http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl.

Study says many calcium supplements have lead - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

According to an AP story, many over-the-counter calcium supplements contain small amounts of lead that could be a health risk if recommended doses are exceeded, new research suggests. Though manufacturers have reduced the lead content since the debate first surfaced several years ago, the authors say they re-examined the issue because doctors are increasingly recommending calcium supplements to menopausal women and other patients to prevent osteoporosis. About 5 percent of the U.S. population takes the supplements, including a sizable number of menopausal women, who face an increased risk of osteoporosis as their bodies stop producing estrogen. Calcium is often mined from ancient seabeds that also may contain lead, which in high doses can damage the nerves, blood cells and digestive system, causing such problems as irritability, fatigue, vomiting, convulsions and permanent brain damage. The authors tested 23 products in March. They found no detectable level of lead in 15 of the supplements. The remainder had from 1.74 micrograms to 3.43 micrograms per 1,500 milligrams of calcium. Experts have suggested that the body's total daily exposure to lead should not exceed 6 micrograms, said Dr. Edward Ross, a University of Florida nephrologist who conducted the study with toxicology experts at the school's Gainesville campus. Our Comment: You can be assured that our calcium products do not contain ANY LEAD as we obtain our calcium lactate from purely vegetable sources of calcium. Our best selling calcium supplement is calcium lactate.

Antioxidant to be added to beef --- makes it stay red longer - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

Steaks and other types of beef found in the grocery store may soon get a face lift with the help of antioxidants. Adding antioxidants to the plastic wrap packing has been shown to keep meat looking redder longer and "more appetizing", according to a report presented here at the American Chemical Society meeting. In one experiment, steaks were wrapped immediately after cutting and in another the steaks were wrapped an hour after being cut from the roast. The "redness" of the meat was measured at different time intervals. These were compared with steaks packaged in regular plastic wrap and meat not wrapped at all. The results showed that the synthetic antioxidant, BHT, kept the steaks redder the longest and its shelf-life was increased by half, about 3 to 4 more days. BHT is approved for use in food products by the Food and Drug Administration and is frequently found in cereal. Reuters, August 22, 2000

Eating disorders on the increase in children as young as 6 years-old - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

According to the British Medical Association, the media's obsession with painfully thin fashion models has contributed to the growth in eating disorders among young girls. A report by the association links the images of today's "abnormally thin" models which dominate our TV screens and magazines, and the rise in conditions such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia. It is the first time that the BMA has acknowledged such a link. There are an estimated 60,000 people in Britain with eating disorders. Nine out of ten are female. Women's magazines have been under attack for years, accused of promoting unrealistic body images of exceptionally thin models. The report says that models and actresses in the 1990s commonly had body fat levels as low as 10% - the average for a healthy woman is 22% to 26%. Dr Dee Dawson, from the Rhodes Farm Clinic, which helps sufferers, said: "We are seeing children as young as six, seven and eight-years-old who are worried about being fat and are exposed to pictures of thin models from a very early age." Women's minister Tessa Jowell was so concerned about the problem that last month she held a summit meeting at Downing Street with the bosses of a top modelling agency and a teenage magazine to challenge some of the assumptions that the only way to be beautiful is to be thin". British Boardcasting Company, May 30, 2000

Canada's E. coli death toll reaches seven - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

Regulations to improve the testing of Ontario's water and guarantee immediate reporting of any problems will be part of the response to one of North America's worst E. coli contaminations, states the provincial Environment Minister Dan Newman. The contamination of town wells in Walkerton, 150 kilometers (90 miles) west of Toronto, has killed seven people and sickened hundreds. Police and health and environment officials are investigating how the problem occurred and whether local officials broke laws by failing to promptly report water problems. While the number of people getting sick has decreased, health officials say some of the two dozen hospitalized could still die, including an elderly patient considered terminally ill. Newman said the new regulations would require all municipalities to use accredited water-testing labs and inform the government if a new private testing firm was hired. Water plants would be reviewed and certified every three years, and the ministry also would clarify procedures that require laboratories to notify local health officials, city officials and the environment ministry of irregularities in tested water. One class-action lawsuit has already been filed, accusing local officials of failing to notify Walkerton residents of E. coli contamination for days after finding out. A provincial water agency took control of the local water utility last week after Mayor Dave Thomson of Brockton municipality, which includes Walkerton, disclosed the utility's general manager knew as early as May 18 of the E. coli contamination. In Walkerton, five schools are closed for a second week as residents continued picking up bottled water donated by charities, businesses and other communities. The contamination has also sickened some 600 people. CNN, May 29, 2000

President proposes nutritional labels be displayed on meat and poultry products - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

President Clinton propose that packages of meat and poultry products be required to display nutrition labels, much like the labels now mandated for processed foods. Clinton announced the proposal during his weekly radio address. He also unveiled the first revisions in federal dietary guidelines since 1995. The new guidelines recommend exercise for the first time and stipulate how much sugar and alcohol Americans should consume. The proposed meat and poultry labels would help U.S. consumers determine the how much fat, cholesterol and other nutrients the meats contain. Meats that are ground or chopped would also require labeling. Under the proposal, meat and poultry retailers would be required to label the packages themselves or post the information near the displayed meats. Information would also be allowed to be provided in leaflets or brochures. Currently, about 60 percent of meat and poultry retailers and some major meatpackers provide nutrition information voluntarily. CNN, May 27, 2000

Forty-four year old founder of Herbalife dies from "natural causes" - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

An autopsy on the body of Mark Hughes, founder of Herbalife International Inc., was "inconclusive," the Los Angeles County Coroner's office said Tuesday. In a routine procedure, medical examiners will conduct more toxicology tests and take more tissue-samples to try to determine the cause of death, said Coroner's spokesman Scott Carrier. Results are expected within four to six weeks. Hughes, 44, was found dead in his $25 million beachfront mansion in Malibu, California on Sunday of what authorities said appeared to be natural causes. CNN, May 24, 2000

Garlic Protects Against Cancer - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) found garlic may be a significant factor in reducing the risk of stomach and colorectal cancer. Results of their study are presented in the October issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers reviewed 300 scientific papers related to diet and cancer. Then they analyzed data from the 22 articles that described the best human research related to garlic from around the world. Lenore Arab, M.D., Ph.D., from UNC-CH, says, "We've looked at garlic in the past and thought the findings looked overwhelmingly consistent. Here we took a formal approach." They found that people who regularly use garlic in their meals can decrease their risk of developing stomach cancer by half and have only two-thirds the risk of developing colorectal cancer as those who eat little or none. Garlic contains a compound called allium, which protects animals from cancer in previous studies. Scientists believe it may have the same effect in humans. They think garlic may help prevent stomach cancer because it has anti-bacterial effects against a bacterium found in the stomach that can cause cancer. According to the University of Chicago, about 24,000 Americans will develop stomach cancer each year, while colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Read more about garlic here,

Tax Soda and Snacks to Promote Health - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

WASHINGTON - Health advocates at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and Yale University recommended in a paper in the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health that soft drinks and snack foods be taxed to provide funding for nutrition and health campaigns. The new study found that 17 states — including California and New York — Chicago, and the District of Columbia already have special taxes on soft drinks or snack foods. Collectively, those sales taxes and other levies raise $1 billion per year, but the revenues are not used to promote healthier lifestyles. The food industry successfully lobbied to repeal similar taxes in seven other states and is trying to do so now in the District of Columbia. “With obesity rates soaring and the costs of diet-related diseases in the stratosphere, it is essential that government fund major campaigns to promote healthful diets and physical activity,” said Michael F. Jacobson, executive director of CSPI and co-author of the report. “One way to obtain funding is to apply small taxes to foods that undermine health.” The new report cites government studies that estimate that as many as 500,000 people are dying each year due to poor diets and physical inactivity, and that the cost of diet-related diseases is well over $71 billion annually. Jacobson and co-author Kelly D. Brownell, professor of psychology at Yale University, estimate that a one-cent tax per 12-ounce soft drink could generate about $1.5 billion annually. In addition, a penny tax per pound of candy, chips and other snack foods, or fats and oils, would raise about $70 million, $54 million, and $190 million, respectively. The researchers said that those small taxes would have little or no direct effect on sales of those foods. According to the new report, the National Cancer Institute spends only about $1 million annually to publicize its 5-A-Day campaign, which encourages fruit and vegetable consumption. In comparison, McDonald’s spends $1 billion, soft-drink companies more than $500 million, and M&M candies $67 million on promotions. “Small taxes on soft drinks, candy, gum, and snack foods are a sensible way to fund health-promotion programs,” said Brownell. “Those programs could result in better health and lower health-care costs.”

Potassium Bromate Termed a Cancer Threat - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

July 19, 1999 WASHINGTON - The Center for Science in the Public Interest today petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prohibit the use of potassium bromate, which is used to strengthen bread dough. Center for Science in the Public Interest charged that the FDA has known for years that bromate causes cancers in laboratory animals, but has failed to ban it. Bromate was first found to cause tumors in rats in 1982. Subsequent studies on rats and mice confirmed that it causes tumors of the kidney, thyroid, and other organs. Instead of banning bromate, since 1991 the FDA — with only partial success — has urged bakers to voluntarily stop using it. “The FDA should fulfill its responsibility to protect the public’s health,” said Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., executive director of Center for Science in the Public Interest. “Instead of meeting privately with industry, the FDA should ban bromate immediately.” “In 1992-93 and again in 1998-99, the FDA tested several dozen baked goods and found that many contained bromate at levels considered unsafe by the agency,” said Darren Mitchell, a Center for Science in the Public Interest attorney. “One sample tested recently had almost 1,000 times the detection limit. The FDA’s inaction needlessly exposes consumers to this harmful additive.” Food additives that cause cancer usually can be banned under the Delaney clause of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. However, because the FDA sanctioned the use of bromate before the Delaney clause went into effect in 1958, it is harder for the agency to ban the substance. Bromates have been banned in numerous countries, including the United Kingdom in 1990 and Canada in 1994. In addition, in 1991, California declared bromate a carcinogen under the state’s Proposition 65. Baked goods sold in California would have to bear a cancer warning if they contained more than a certain level of bromate. As a result, most California bakers have switched to bromate-free processes. Many bakers, including Best Foods, Inc. (maker of Arnold, Entenmann’s, and Orowheat brand breads and rolls), Pepperidge Farm, and Pillsbury, have switched to bromate-free processes. Also, some supermarket chains, including Giant, Jewel, Ralph’s, and Von’s, do not use bromate. In contrast, Interstate Brands Corp. (Wonder, Home Pride), Schmidt Baking Co. (Schmidt, Sunbeam), Tasty Baking Co. (TastyKake), and Martin’s still use potassium bromate in some of their products. Among fast-food chains, Burger King, Arby’s, and Wendy’s use bromate in buns, and Boston Market uses it in its french sandwich bread. Center for Science in the Public Interest advises consumers to avoid bread, rolls, doughnuts, and cakes that list “potassium bromate” or “bromated flour” among their ingredients. FDA’s limited surveys found that rolls and buns are especially likely to contain high levels of bromate.

Vitamin B6 May Relieve PMS - Monday, January 28, 2002 by garyfarr

Taking low doses of vitamin B6 daily may be effective in relieving the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), including depression, according to British researchers. There is evidence to suggest that 50 milligrams daily of vitamin B6 is likely to be beneficial in treating premenstrual syndrome and, at this stage, there is no conclusive evidence of neurological side effects. The researchers reviewed nine published trials in which vitamin B6 was compared with (an inactive) placebo in more than 900 women with PMS. Doses of vitamin B6 up to 100 milligrams daily were significantly better than placebo in relieving overall premenstrual symptoms and in relieving depression associated with premenstrual syndrome. British Medical Journal May 22, 1999;318:1375-1381.

Soy Supplements Fail to Help Menopause Symptoms - Monday, January 28, 2002 by