There is a lot of talk about our so called 'health care' system. It costs way too much and returns way too little. We outspend the rest of the world by a two-to-one margin. Last year alone our cost was $2.5 trillion! The rest of the world put together spent half of that. And for those big bucks what did we get? Not much.
We are way down the list for overall health, longevity even the health of our babies. So what does Washington propose to fix our broken system? Again not much. The lobbyists are throwing dollars around like confetti because they know they have some serious business to handle. Their Wall Street earnings and the lifestyle that goes with it are at risk. Well, not really.
Anything I have seen coming from Washington or the White House tells me, we are going to end up with more of the same. We will continue to have a 'health care' system that is D.O.A. for the people and FAT for Big Pharma, Big Medicine and maybe even Big Insurance. B-I-G is the the rule!
Well the folks at Astra Zeneca and the Institute of Cancer Research say they may have found a new drug to treat certain cancers. It's a new class of drug called PARP inhibitors. It supposedly targets cancer cells but leaves the healthy ones alone. the dozen people they have tested it on showed some improvement where nothing else worked. Obviously, they want to do more experiments and that can be a good thing.
Well I was waiting for this to happen. Ever since vitamin D has surfaced as a super vitamin that is not really a vitamin, I was waiting for conventional medicine to make a frontal attack. It has happened.
Both Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Womens' Hospital in Boston are spending $20 million and checking 20,000 elderly people to see if vitamin D really helps with cancer and cardiovascular issues.
First off, they are using supplements. My concern would be that they would use high quality ones. Next I would hope they would use them in optimal amounts (several times more than label suggestions). Finally I hope they use them long enough.
Oh one more point - I hope they use the active version vitamin D3. That's the stuff you get from the sun and NOT the stuff they put in milk (D2). This thing smells 'fishy' to me, pardon the pun. I can't wait to see what they have to say about this pro-hormone that has been called a vitamin. It builds strong bones (rickets) we know but it also does a whole lot more.
We have the evidence let's see what 'evidence' they come up with for the 'sunshine vitamin.'
We all know that we need to change our food system. Make it less corporate and more local. Make it less chemically intensive and more natural. Make it less polluting and more ecological. We know that. The question is how do we do it?
A study from the Carnegie-Mellon University suggests that of all the emissions from food production and distribution, the cattle are the big cause for carbon dioxide. In fact, producing the animals for food accounts for 83% of all farm emissions. That in turn is responsible for 16% of all pollution. We see the problem but what to do in a realistic and achievable way?
The study proposes eliminating red meat and dairy products from the diet for one day each week. by their estimates, it could have the same climate impact as buying all food locally for a year. Some would say get rid of all red meat. Well, that won't happen. People like what they like and want what they want. Would you want someone pulling your smoothie or sprouts off your table? No. Well guess what, either do meat eaters.
No, the smart thing is to offer up small solutions. It accomplishes two things: buys time for bigger and better ideas as well as slowly reeducates people to be more open to change. It's a start and as the old saying goes: the longest journey begins with the first step. Let's take the 'journey' together. That way we all win.
Mitch Jones of Food and Water Watch says while we have been talking about our highway and bridge infrastructure issues, there is another equally troubling infrastructure problem bubbling under the surface.
A study from Emory University suggests that a drug (Rapamycin) commonly given to transplant patients may be able to enhance the power of vaccines. They tested it on mice and found it kicked up the Immune System response to experimental vaccines.
Well first let me state that vaccines on specific occasions are necessary. The 'carpet bombing' technique of Big Pharma in the using vaccines for everyone all the time is just for profit only. So the idea of using a current drug to enhance the vaccine action may be a good thing. There is a dark side, of course.
The drugs they use for transplant patients holds back the Immune System so the body won't reject the foreign organ. I doubt very much this new application of a common anti-rejection drug is the silver bullet they are making it sound to be. Vaccines are not natural and your body knows the difference.
Yes, they can give you all the scientific 'gobely gook' they want, it's still a guess at best and another way for them to make lots of money. And we all know what happens when anyone starts fixating on fortunes.
Even though he admits that before he got into making this documentary about the food monopolies we have today, he didn't know anything about the subject, Bob Kenner does a great job bringing to light the issue.
He does so with a light handed documentary approach. He tells Dr. Steve he doesn't want to tell people what they should eat. Instead, he believes that just letting them know the facts and letting them know, as the consumer, they have the ultimate power should be enough to change things - for the better.
Over 500,000 people die from Heart Disease in America each year and billions of dollars are spent on expensive & invasive surgery, keeping those with Heart Disease alive. However, according to more and more experts, there are safer, cheaper and more effective ways to treat Heart Disease. Our friends at Food Matters had such an overwhelming response to their popular DVD Food Matters they were asked to produce a targeted learning program especially about Heart Disease.
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P.S. "Be raw when possible, organic when practical, and pray over the rest." - unknown
England has a battle on its hands. For the past several years they have been trying a new system which was intended to save money. They found that even the best plans can be destroyed by greed.
They found even with the new dollar deal for dentists, the tooth czars were still raking in the big bucks by having people with health teeth come back regularly for check ups. The Brits figure as many as 800,000 appointments were unnecessary. That's about a tenth of the overall workload. The say the tooth faeries are 'playing the system.'
Washington take heed. The same will happen here with what is being passed around as 'health care reform.' We don't have health care in the USA. We have 'disease maintenance.' There is no money in keeping people healthy - period. So Big Pharma, Big Medicine and probably Big Insurance (many feel already 'playing' our current system) will not stop the flow of cash voluntarily - until we change the game.
Why do we buy bottled water? Well it turns out that many, if not most, of us think it's better than tap water. British researchers asked gym-goers why they bought the bottled stuff and that was their answer.
The truth is bottled water most often is nothing more than filtered tap water. Oh yes, the filtering does make it kinda better and healthier but really for their price. The stuff is often more expensive than gasoline (and we all know what a great value that is these days.)
But wait, it gets worse. About 25 percent of bottled water comes from municipal water supplies, making it essentially repackaged tap water. Studies have also found that, like tap water, bottled varieties sometimes contain chemical and bacterial contaminants. So what's the big deal.
Maybe convenience. You don't have to suck up to a water fountain (Lord knows who has been lipping that thing). You don't have to carry a glass. You have a plastic (a whole different issue) unbreakable (sort of) container that you can throw away (or recycle). That may be the real attractive feature to bottled water. Bottoms up.
Melinda Hemmelgarn does an exclusive interview with RAWDOCTORS, reminding us that what we see in our grocery stores is really an illusion. An illusion of choice.
The Food Sleuth says, if you read the labels, you will find it's mostly the packing and names that are really unique, not so much the ingredients.
[ Note that he chews his smoothie. Always a good idea, because digestion starts in the mouth! – Jim Carey ]
- submitted by Steven Gibb
Oxididation and Energy Soup
Hello Jim,
If you make the energy soup with one lemon, will that keep it from oxidizing? And for how long?
Thanks,
Micheline
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Simply put: NO
Interesting to me is that you’ve hit on the major difference between the teachings of Dr. Edmund Bordeaux Szekely of Rancho La Puerta in Mexico, and Dr. Ann Wigmore of Hippocrates Institute Boston.
Between 1945 and 1985 Drs. Szekely and Wigmore arrived, via totally different paths, at the same lifestyle of Raw Living Foods, including the importance of wheatgrass. The only essential difference between their recipes for life was whether you blend the foods or not.
Szekely argued that blending oxidizes the food, and he’s correct.
P.S. "When can I get a copy of the home study course?" - I get this question all day long about the Dr. Ann Wigmore Raw Living Foods Home Study Program.
It's finally available - now! This time we have a "Lite" version, upgrade programs, and EZ-Pay plans.
The last time we offered the course we sold out in only 42 days. This version will be even more popular!
The Journal Neuroscience studied animals and memory. They found vitamin B-3 lowered levels of a protein linked to Alzheimer’s damage in mice.
In Britain, they found the same results and now suggest that B-3 (nicotinamide) should be taken before any signs of the brain disease.
B-3 seems to dissolve abnormal 'deposits' in brain cells, called 'tangles,' which many think are connected to brain health issues.
Nicotinamide can be found in meat, fish, beans, cereals and potatoes - again indicating that a well-rounded, raw, living foods lifestyle is the only way to go when it comes to overall health and wellness.
You probably have heard the expression, "It’s not what you know, it’s who you know." Well, the same seems to be true for science and scientific papers, according to the Public Library of Science Medicine.
There are loads of scientific studies out there, and just so many pages available in journals and magazines dealing with them. So, it looks like the people who know people, who know people, are the ones who can get their studies on the pages of these prestigious periodicals.
Additionally, there appears to be a slant toward publishing studies with positive results. The effect being that any information that refutes anything usually ends up on the scrap heap of science.
Pay attention to who paid for the study. Corporate interests have the money and will get what they want from the research they paid for.
A new Swedish study suggests that bariatric surgery is the answer to cutting back on cancer - for women. Men don't seem to show any prophylactic affect from the same. The researchers don't know why either of the results show up.
The medical journal Lancet Oncology claims a 42% reduction in cancer levels of women given the stomach shrinking surgery. They think it might have something to do with hormone levels (namely estrogen) but can't say for sure. It's a mystery.
This is a dream for oncologists and surgeons. They have found yet another reason to cooperate to keep medical bills sky high. The fact is a surgeon makes money cutting. What do you think will be his solution to your problem?
For many, eating chicken is a way to avoid red meat and all the problems that come from factory-farmed beef. Those who think that way are wrong - wayyyyy wrong!
Jo Robinson of Eat Wild.com tells Dr. Steve (in a RAWDOCTORS exclusive interview) what it's really like in a chicken production factory. After the 'tour' of one of these places, she will tell you what to look for when you buy chickens. This information will not only benefit you but the chickens, too.
Research at the Hutchinson Cancer Center seems to say that women who suffer from migraine headaches are probably facing a much lower risk of Breast Cancer. The results published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomakers and Prevention, says it's all about hormones, most especially estrogen.
And even though they say more study is needed to know if they are on the right track, from a wholistic point of view, I have found that migraines are always digestive issues.
And the digestive issues affect the hormone levels. With estrogen being involved, women should again be warned to stay away from soy products which are probably genetically modified and have an estrogen affect. Fermented soy is fine: tempeh and miso.
Need I say it again? A raw, organic living food lifestyle is the way to go.
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