Category: Health Tips

A few days ago Stanford University came out with their results of a new study claiming that Organic food is “no more nutritious than non-organic food.” Their claim was that most people bought organic because they believed it to be more nutritious (containing more vitamins & minerals than conventional) and in their findings they proved that it is in fact not any more nutritious.

Okay, so we aren’t getting any more vitamins and minerals by eating organic instead of non-organic, but they are still not addressing the important issue! The majority of people buying organics do so to limit their exposure to pesticides, GMOs, antibiotics (in dairy & meat) and hormones (also in dairy & meat). All of the these factors are the important reasons to be buying organic, not because it supposedly contains more vitamins than conventional food.

The study didn’t even consider these other factors (besides a small mention of pesticides). All I have heard over the past few days now is “Didn’t you read that study? Organic isn’t any healthier!” but “healthier” is a broad term. In the black & white picture of health when we are simply considering vitamins and minerals, then yes, there is not much of a difference. But in order to be truly healthy we have to look at the bigger picture, which includes being mindful of the toxins our bodies are exposed to.

• 80% of the antibiotics used in this country are used on our livestock that we eat. We are beginning to see the negative effects of this as more cases of antibiotic resistant “superbugs” are starting to appear. (read more here). This has become such an issue that in March a federal judge ordered that the FDA reconsider antibiotic usage in livestock. There is also a great article discussing this further on PBS and an interesting 2 minute video on CNN concerning antibiotics in our meat.
• Conventional meat and dairy products also contain an artificial genetically modified hormone called recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) given to cows so they produce more milk and fatten up (helps fatten us up too!) Evidence has shown that rBGH in our meat and dairy products is readily absorbed through the intestines and can get into the bloodstream and affect our hormones. The hormone is also a potential carcinogen. (read more about rBGH here).
• The biggest issue with non-organic produce is pesticides and GMOs. The evidence surrounding pesticide exposure and cancer is astounding. I personally consider it to be common sense that exposing ourselves to toxic chemicals is going to be harmful to our health. Research shows that consuming organic produce reduces exposure to pesticides, here is a great article about it on EWG. Also, consuming organic produce is the only way to ensure that you are not consuming GMOs.

As always, my posts are not meant to scare you, but to simply inform you so you are able to make more informed choices and also to urge you to be more mindful when making your food choices.

https://www.realfoodology.com/realfoodology/2012/09/why-the-stanford-university-study-on-organics-is-misleading

Canadian researchers noticed in the early weeks of the pandemic that people who got a flu shot for the 2008-2009 winter seemed to be more likely to get infected with the pandemic virus than people who hadn’t received a flu shot.
http://metronews.ca/health/363279/canadian-problem-maybe-not-study-finds/

Dr Burzynski’s Pioneering work in Targeted Gene Therapy is truly marvellous. He is helping many Brain Cancer patients who would not have a chance with orthodox Medicine alone. Dedicated Professionals are investigating Dr Burzynski’s results.
Below is a clip of Hannah, a brave brain cancer patient (treatment 2011-2012), a story which has a happy ending…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U5XeSaO_QY&feature=share&list=UUGtA43ppE56XRwmWi6A6H-w
www.teamhannah.com/blog

Does the smell of your man drive you crazy or turn you off? What you never knew about the Pill:-
Something fishy about the pill: For women, the smell of a man is the main attractor in intimacy. And the men who smell best to a particular woman make the healthiest babies. Sweaty-T-shirt-sniffing experiments show that women naturally sniff out men who are good genetic matches. But on birth control pills, they actually sniff out the “wrong” men. What happens is that birth control pills simulate pregnancy which attracts women to the smell of men with similar genetic properties (more like family). Once she’s off the pill, she goes back to her natural attraction to men with genetic properties different than hers.
In other words, being on the pill is not a good way to meet the guy you will be attracted to for the long haul. Marriage counselors say that the top complaint by women no longer sexually interested in their husbands is that they can no longer stand his smell. How many young women are on the pill when they meet the guy they end up marrying or having children with? Millions.
WOW! Who’d have thought it?

A new report reveals that young people risk lowered intelligence if they start smoking marijuana early in their teens.
Now there’s concrete evidence that young people risk lasting damage if they are frequent abusers of marijuana. A long-term study that followed 1000 New Zealanders from birth through age 38 found that those who started smoking marijuana in their teens lost an average of eight IQ points later in life.
http://news.narconon.org/warning-parents-marijuana-iq-damage/

Best raw food pyramid I have ever seen! But still incomplete, even for raw food – no mushrooms. And an incomplete look at an optimum diet as there is no animal protein in it.