Category: Health Tips

Conventionally-grown fruit: These four-digit numbers run the gamut from guava to kiwi. For example, guava is 4299 and a banana is 4011. You can also search PLU codes online.
Organically-grown fruit: This produce has five digit labels that start with the number 9. An organically-grown banana would be 94011.
Genetically modified food: These five digit labels start with an 8, so a genetically engineered vine ripe tomato would be 84805.

A great example to show your kids of the fireball that ensues when you put water on an oil fire. This is why I keep two oil/electric fire suitable extinguishers in the home – one immediately outside the kitchen (so I can access it if the kitchen is on fire) and one on the stair landing.
http://www.richannel.org/modern-alchemy-pouring-water-on-an-oil-fire

I was doing some research into the nutrient content of the dietary intake on a standard day. Read an interesting article that had this as the last paragraph:
“One problem that seems to persist is consumers’ perception of what constitutes healthy eating. In this regard, consumers have persistently demonstrated a tendency to be myopic. Too often they focus on avoiding one or two “bad” food concerns (e.g., fat or saturated fat) and don’t consider the contribution of vitamins, minerals and other desirable nutrients. Highly engineered foods that contain increasingly larger proportions of fat replacers and bulking agents may indeed contain less fat and fewer calories, but in many cases, they also may contain significantly reduced levels of beneficial nutrients. The education part of the NLEA must be improved for consumers to benefit from nutrition labels. Good nutrition involves more than counting calories.”
I could not agree more with Ray, the author of the piece. In the first place, fat is not the demon it is made out to be. Never was. And most consumers have it 100% wrong. “Fat is the No. 1 consumer nutrition concern and saturated fat is No. 2, according to a recent telephone interview of 1,500 adults sampled nationwide…”
The truth is, the more fat you eat, the less fat you are. Check out the Framingham study for proof.
The article even gives the game away when it says, “Despite the shift to eating foods with lower levels of fat, consumers are heavier than ever.” It’s not so much “Despite” as it is “Because”!
The article continues, “A recent survey by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) shows that 33% of American adults are now overweight – an 8% increase over 10 years ago. A study by the National Institutes of Health revealed that in 1992-1993 the average weight of Americans age 25-30 was 171 lbs. The same age group had an average weight of only 161 lbs. in 1985-1986. Excess caloric intake from nonfat sources is undoubtedly contributing to this weight gain.”
I knew right there and then it must be an old article as the figure is now 66%. So I found the date – 1996!
https://www.naturalproductsinsider.com/articles/1996/06/counting-calories.aspx

A recent study finds the chemical war against cholesterol using statin drugs was justified through statistical deception and the cover up of over 300 adverse health effects documented in the biomedical literature. Click here to read the article: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/cracking-cholesterol-myth-how-statins-harm-body-and-mind
Here is the portal on statin research data: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/toxic-ingredient/statin-drugs

Dr Peter Dingle Adds: :This is something I have researched and written on extensively. There is absolutely no benefit of taking statin drugs but there is the real potential for serious harm. I have over 500 references which agree with me on this topic.”
The good doctor is spot on the money!
Cracking the Cholesterol Myth: How Statins Harm The Body and Mind

Someone asked if eating too many cruciferous vegetables was not good for you. I though you might get some benefit from my reply.
Probably my most senior stable datum on the subject of diet is that every spirit, mind, body combination is unique so there is no “one menu fits all”.
My next most senior stable datum is that because every nut has a different health benefit, every fruit has a different health benefit, every vegetable has a different health benefit, if you are eating a wide enough range of foods you probably don’t have enough of any one thing to suffer from an excess of it! 🙂
According to Dr Mark Anderson of The Calcium Lie II, most of us only eat about 20 different foods. And they are the same 20 foods our parents ate. So if you want to have a pretty good prediction of your future health, look at your parents!
If that is not an attractive enough picture, get smart, change your diet! Eat a wider variety of more nutrient rich foods. www.whfoods.com is a good resource. Check it out!

Can’t argue with one of these. Of course there are a lot more anti-cancer foods, herbs and spices that I put in my bars and powders but I also eat these regularly.
http://www.foodmatters.com/article/9-anti-cancer-foods-you-cannot-ignore

In interesting article not just because it highlights the carcinogenic ingredients in many commercial sunscreens but also because it expose what is a frustrating task for many people – parenting! How do you tell the truth from lies? How do you make the best choices for you kids? How do you do all the research needed when some days you don’t have time to scratch yourself let alone have an uninterrupted cuppa in peace.
https://truthkings.com/excuse-lather-children-toxic-death-cream/#
If you are looking for shortcuts in your quest to understand what to avoid and what to do and not do to live the healthiest life, shout yourself a copy of my book, How To Live The Healthiest Life. I have spent literally hundreds and hundreds of hours reading and compiling this data to save you from the pain of not knowing it. Someone who received it as a Christmas present contacted me specifically to tell me it was a gift to humanity and I should submit it for a PhD.
http://howtolivethehealthiestlife.com/