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How to Avoid-Stop Cancer

Healthatarian — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:42:00 GMT

Every one of us has cancer cells inside us. Are we choosing to activate cancer to grow or not?

“Genes do not determine disease on their own. Genes function only by being activated, or expressed, and nutrition plays a critical role in determining which genes, good and bad, are expressed” The China Study pg 233. Acidity in our body is a large activator of cancer growth.

ESTIMATED PERCENTAGES
OF CANCER DUE TO SELECTED FACTORS*

Diet

35-60%

Tobacco

30%

Alcohol

Radiation

Air and Water Pollution

1-5%

Medications

* These figures are rough
estimates based on data from: Cancer Rates and Risks, National Cancer Institute
(Washington, DC: 1985), and R. Doll and R. Peto, Journal of the National Cancer
Institute, 1981, 66(6):1191-1308. Other factors may also play a role in certain forms
of cancer and are not included in this table. Categories may overlap. For example, both
tobacco and alcohol contribute to esophageal cancer.

35 to 60% of cancers are caused from food consumption, as you see in the chart above called “Cancer Prevention”. What is one of the first things our doctors and nutritionalists tell us when we are diagnosed with cancer? Most say to get off as many animal products, alcohol, and refined carbohydrates (sugar and flour, etc) that we can. Hmmm…What if we were never on them in the first place? What do the great healing books tell us for natural cures to heal cancer? Most say to eat raw foods and juice raw veggies. Again, what if we were to eat more like this from the beginning? Fruits and vegetables are rich in caner fighting antioxidants. People like Sheryl Crow learned this from her doctor after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Eat as many raw foods as possible. You will even be amazed that cravings for processed sugar will go away once you change your diet.

Research indicates that one cause of cancer is enzyme exhaustion in the body. The cooking of fruits and vegetables destroys many enzymes. A tomato has one enzyme when green, a second when redgreen, and a third when red. If a tomato, as Dr. Ann Wigmore has said, is cooked and placed in a windowsill it will rot. If it is red-green and uncooked it will ripen in the sun because of enzymes. The Wigmore Foundation on Commonwealth Ave. in Boston achieved great success in healing cancer, and a host of other diseases through 100% raw or uncooked plant based diets. The Hippocrates Health Institute of West Palm Beach, FL is another leading institute doing raw food therapy for healing. The founder Dr. Brian Clement is an amazing healer.

Diet and Cancer

The McGovern Committee, the American Heart Association, The American Cancer Society, The National Cancer Inst. and others have done studies on the relationship of diet to health. The countries with the most meat consumption have the highest rates of intestinal cancer. These are Australia, Chile, Argentina, Canada, and the U.S.. Countries with the highest dairy consumption have the most breast and prostate cancer which include Scandinavian, Israel, and the U.S. Countries such as Korea, Japan, Norway, and coastal countries that have the highest fish consumption have the highest rates of stomach cancer. While going on that cancer walk to help find a cure....hand out this eye opening book to the walkers. It might just prevent disease from finding them.

*WHEATGRASS KILLS EVERY FORM OF CANCER*

Stop Cancer Cells From Growing:

An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding them with the foods they need to multiply.

Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and are harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey, Stevia, or Agave nectar, but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. A better alternative is sea salt or Fort Braggs Amino Acids.

Milk causes the body to produce mucus and makes us acidic, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus and acid. By cutting off milk, and substituting with unsweetened rice or almond milk cancer cells are being starved. Dr. Brian Clement says the number one cause of cancer is "Dairy". Read "The China Study" to further understand.

Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, to people with or without cancer.

Avoid any kind of coffee and caffeinated tea that have caffeine and high acidity. Green tea is a better alternative if you need caffeine or try alkalizing Teeccino. Water: best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

A diet made of fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a fruit help put the body into an alkaline environment. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees& F, (40 degrees C).

There is not a single population in the world with a high meat intake, that does not have a high rate of colon cancer (Diet For A New America by John Robbins pg 253)

"You can simply turn on or off cancer by eating more than 12% animal protein. Casein in milk is a carcinogen and there's a direct relation between the amount of animal protein you eat and likelihood of getting cancer." says Dr. T. Collin Campbell, PhD, project director of The China Study.

Skin Cancer- Dr. Brian Clement of Hippocrates institute in

West Palm Beach FL told me once that fat collects chemicals better than anything else. Our skin is the largest organ and releases many chemicals. When we eat animal fat it rises to our skin, and in return the sun can fry that permanently on our skin in the form of skin cancer. You can do your own studies on this topic, but common sense tells me you will see more on this topic in the future.

The Mind Body Connection

Healthatarian — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:24:00 GMT

The Mind-Body Connection

If you can bring more raw live plant based foods into your system, you are going to have elevated thought forms. You are what you eat is a quantum phenomenon. It affects us on the level of quantum physics. Our science has guided us from this very Newtonian kind of mathematical reality to quantum physics: Which, basically says; hey we are mostly empty space, water and oxygen, but we are mostly an energy field. That energy field is influenced by energies that we interact with, but primarily by energies we put inside our body. What an incredible metaphor. Purity is its own reward.[i]

Thought is energy. Our mind needs fuel to create energy. Our mind is made up of cells and our thoughts are directly impacted by the food-chemicals we eat, which we should focus on first and foremost. Trying to fix the mental thought pattern by psychology before fixing the chemicals put into the body is backwards. Food is a chemical and our body reacts in different ways to those chemicals. Our minds cannot overcome starvation to the point of death, our minds cannot overcome deadly poison, and our minds definitely react to depressants we put into our body as well as hyperactive chemicals, such as sugar and caffeine.

Did you ever notice that if you eat flour or sugar before bedtime, your brain will race, and you will possibly have nightmares? When we consume alcohol, it is a direct depressant, as is coffee, after the caffeine spike. Animal products coagulate, clog, and slow the blood flow, and therefore our energy lags behind. Our mental thoughts are directly reflected to our cellular health, and our cells need to be strong in order for us to think positively.

Thinking positively is much easier when you have positively charged, super healthy nutrients to help form your chemical make-up in your brain. Once the chemical make-up has been altered, then you will have an easier time not focusing on depressing thoughts. Your mind needs to kick into action first to tell you what healthy brain foods to eat or buy. A well-tuned mind is best when you have a great healthy body to carry it through life.

In a perfect world, we would eat food fresh from the bush, plant, tree, or root when it has the highest nutrient and energy content to nourish our bodies and brains. Food that is connected to the “source” of the earth and sun is always best. In a world where we ship food, and we eat in restaurants that ship food and store food, that is not always possible.

There is a mysterious link between brain biochemistry and consciousness. Linus Pauling, the only man to win two Nobel Prizes (one for biochemistry and one for peace) established the Center for Orthomolecular Research. His research on natural vitamin C established fruit as the best source of vitamin C. Pauling discovered that natural vitamin C speeds the flow of thoughts across the brain's electrical synapses. (It is also the body's bouncer, escorting toxins and free radicals out of the body.) Vegetarians report that the senses are more acute when there is less animal fat shrouding the nerves.[ii]

[i] David Wolfe, Presentation at T. Harv Eker's Extreme Health Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, August 2008

[ii] www.essene.com/Essene%20Teachings/Vegetarian.html

Gum-But 4 out of 5 dentists recomend it?

Healthatarian — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:32:00 GMT

Gum- But 4 out of 5 dentists recomend it?
Another smaller health topic that we do not understand yet, and perhaps in the future we will become more aware of is chewing gum. Almost everyone chews it at some point, right? Gum chewing is not the most attractive or classy thing to watch people doing, and it is definitely not a turn on. Gum can help one’s breath if chewed for a few minutes. However, having a normal pH balance will truly help your breath the most. Gum chewing stimulates the gastric juices in preparation for digestion of food, yet no food ever comes. This can cause your stomach to be highly acidic. We all have a finite number of enzymes and need not waste them on gum.

If you chew gum on a regular basis, please consider the following:

Chewing gum causes unnecessary wear and tear of the cartilage that acts as a shock absorber in your jaw joints. Once damaged, this area can create pain and discomfort for a lifetime.
You use eight different facial muscles to chew. Unnecessary chewing can create chronic tightness in two of these muscles, located close to your temples. This can put pressure on the nerves that supply this area of your head, contributing to chronic, intermittent headaches.
You have six salivary glands located throughout your mouth that are stimulated to produce and release saliva whenever you chew. Producing a steady stream of saliva for chewing gum is a waste of energy and resources that could otherwise be used for essential metabolic activities.
Most chewing gum is sweetened with aspartame. Short- and long-term use of aspartame has been closely linked with cancer, diabetes, neurological disorders, and birth defects.

If your gum isn't sweetened by aspartame, it is probably sweetened by sugar. Sugar is most likely the single greatest dietary cause of chronic health problems like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and emotional disorders.

WHEATGRASS: A Miracle Nourishment, Healer, and Energizer

Healthatarian — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:16:00 GMT

What's so great about Wheatgrass?

40 Points about Wheatgrass and its Nutritional Values

1 Wheatgrass Juice is one of the best sources of living chlorophyll available.

2 Chlorophyll is the first product of light and, therefore, contains more light energy than any other element.

3 Wheatgrass juice is a crude chlorophyll and can be taken orally and as a colon implant without toxic side effects.

4 Chlorophyll is the basis of all plant life.

5 Wheatgrass is high in oxygen like all green plants that contain chlorophyll. The brain and all body tissues function at an optimal level in a highly-oxygenated environment.

6 Chlorophyll is anti-bacterial and can be used inside and outside the body as a healer.

7 Dr. Bernard Jensen says that it only takes minutes to digest wheatgrass juice and uses up very little body energy.

8 Science has proven that chlorophyll arrests growth and development of unfriendly bacteria.

9 Chlorophyll (wheatgrass) rebuilds the bloodstream. Studies of various animals have shown chlorophyll to be free of any toxic reaction. The red cell count was returned to normal within 4 to 5 days of the administration of chlorophyll, even in those animals which were known to be extremely anemic or low in red cell count.

10 Farmers in the Midwest who have sterile cows and bulls put them on wheatgrass to restore fertility. (The high magnesium content in chlorophyll builds enzymes that restore the sex hormones.)

11 Chlorophyll can be extracted from many plants, but wheatgrass is superior because it has been found to have over 100 elements needed by man. If grown in organic soil, it absorbs 92 of the known 102 minerals from the soil.

12 Wheatgrass has what is called the grass-juice factor, which has been shown to keep herbivorous animals alive indefinitely.

13 Dr. Ann Wigmore has been helping people get well from chronic disorders for 30 years using wheatgrass.

14 Liquid chlorophyll gets into the tissues, refines them and makes them over.

15 Wheatgrass Juice is a superior detoxification agent compared to carrot juice and other fruits and vegetables. Dr Earp-Thomas, associate of Ann Wigmore, says that 15 pounds of Wheatgrass is the equivalent of 350 pounds of carrot, lettuce, celery, and so forth.

16 Liquid chlorophyll washes drug deposits from the body.

17 Chlorophyll neutralizes toxins in the body.

18 Chlorophyll helps purify the liver.

19 Chlorophyll improves blood sugar problems.

20 In the American Journal of Surgery (1940), Benjamin Gruskin, M.D. recommends chlorophyll for its antiseptic benefits. The article suggests the following clinical uses for chlorophyll: to clear up foul smelling odors, neutralize strep infections, heal wounds, hasten skin grafting, cure chronic sinusitis, overcome chronic inner-ear inflammation and infection, reduce varicose veins and heal leg ulcers, eliminate impetigo and other scabby eruptions, heal rectal sores, successfully treat inflammation of the uterine cervix, get rid of parasitic vaginal infections, reduce typhoid fever, and cure advanced pyorrhea in many cases.

21 Wheatgrass Juice cures acne and even removes scars after it has been ingested for seven to eight months. The diet must be improved at the same time.

22 Wheatgrass juice acts as a detergent in the body and is used as a body deodorant.

23 A small amount of wheatgrass juice in the human diet prevents tooth decay.

24 Wheatgrass juice held in the mouth for 5 minutes will eliminate toothaches. It pulls poisons from the gums.

25 Gargle Wheatgrass Juice for a sore throat.

26 Drink Wheatgrass Juice for skin problems such as eczema or psoriasis.

27 Wheatgrass Juice keeps the hair from graying.

28 Pyorrhea of the mouth: lay pulp of wheatgrass soaked in juice on diseased area in mouth or chew wheatgrass, spitting out the pulp.

29 By taking Wheatgrass Juice, one may feel a difference in strength, endurance, health, and spirituality, and experience a sense of well-being.

30 Wheatgrass juice improves the digestion.

31 Wheatgrass juice is high in enzymes.

32 Wheatgrass juice is an excellent skin cleanser and can be absorbed through the skin for nutrition. Pour green juice over your body in a tub of warm water and soak for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse off with cold water.

33 Wheatgrass juice is great for constipation and keeping the bowels open. It is high in magnesium.

34 Dr. Birscher, a research scientist, called chlorophyll "concentrated sun power." He said, "chlorophyll increases the function of the heart, affects the vascular system, the intestines, the uterus, and the lungs."

35 According to Dr. Birscher, nature uses chlorophyll (wheatgrass) as a body cleanser, rebuilder, and neutralizer of toxins.

36 Wheatgrass juice can dissolve the scars that are formed in the lungs from breathing acid gasses. The effect of carbon monoxide is minimized since chlorophyll increases hemoglobin production.

37 Wheatgrass Juice reduces high blood pressure and enhances the capillaries.

38 Wheatgrass Juice can remove heavy metals from the body.

39 Wheatgrass juice is great for blood disorders of all kinds.

40 Wheatgrass Kills Every Form of Cancer According to Dr. Brian Clement of Hippocrates Institute.

(TO GET THE FULL BENEFIT OF CHLOROPHYLL IT MUST BE FROM A LIVING PLANT.)

Make sure to visit www.wheatgrassgreenhouse.com and learn to grow your own.

Sushi Snookums and Candida

Healthatarian — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:51:00 GMT

Parasites

We worm our pets due to parasites, and sadly many humans are suffering from the same thing, and are not even aware of it. There are natural ways to help get rid of the parasites through your stool. There are many natural foods, herbal cleansing products, and essential oils that one can take to rid themselves of worms. Suggest natural health store varieties first. I am on a six month cycle myself. Perhaps switch up the products you use so that the parasites do not become immune. While some veggies, water, and other foods do have parasites, fish and meat are some of the biggest culprits. If parasites are the problem, it is very important to take larger doses of plant-derived nutrients from whole food due to deficiencies. Some worms suck your vitamins and minerals directly out of the blood. Others absorb your nutrients through their outer skin layer. The nutrients need replacing daily.

Almost everybody has harmful parasites in them. If left to live and breed inside your stomach, small and large intestines and colon, they will eventually cause you to puff up, gain lots of weight, get sick more often and take many years off your life.

Here is a story that got to me:

My wife loves sushi. Sushi is just raw fish. Raw fish is full of deadly contaminants. Is she doomed? Pull no punches.

— Mike M., Chicago

Cecil replies:

Mike, I have to be honest with you. There is a big potential problem here. It involves something that's small, pink, and crawls.

HINT: You're not likely to chuck it under the chin and go, "Ooh, CUTE Baby Snookums."

You got it, pal. Worms.

Eating raw fish can result in anisakiasis, an infection caused by an infestation of Anisakis worm larvae.

Now, don't panic, it's not that bad. They're not BIG worms. Not like one of those tapeworms, which can be a foot or two in length and take up more room in your abdominal cavity than you do.

No, these are LITTLE worms. They grow up to a mere one inch in length. This is not comforting you, I can tell. Sorry, I'm doing the best I can.

If you're lucky, the worms will wind up in your stomach, where the chief symptom is generally a sudden attack of intolerable pain. It starts within 12 hours after eating the affected fish and continues for two or three days, until the worms expire.

If you're not as fortunate, the larvae head down to your intestines, where they can take up permanent residence.

You could think of them as low-maintenance pets. I mean, you don't have to walk them. To be considerate, every once in a while you could sort of jiggle, so they get some exercise. As for eating--well, I guess they take care of that on their own.

Maybe you don't want to think about it.

Cases of anisakiasis turn up from time to time in Japan and the Netherlands, where raw fish eating is common. Here the disorder is often misdiagnosed as appendicitis, peptic ulcer, or stomach cancer.

The only treatment is to poke a tube down your craw and remove the larvae one by one. Don't let anybody fool you: you cannot freeze fish at home to kill parasites, not even if you freeze it for months. This process simply puts the parasite to sleep until it is thawed. This cryogenic suspension was graphically demonstrated to me personally when some whole frozen bluegill (a freshwater type of fish) were thawed in my sink, and they proceeded to snap back to life and flop around the sink until they were humanely dispatched. These bluegills had been in my freezer for several months before this shocking event occurred. Needless to say, the even lower brain-stemmed parasites they might have had would be equally surprised at their new awakening.

Some of the assassins who run sushi bars will tell you they can check for worms by "candling," holding the fish up to the light and cutting out the larvae before slapping what's left on your platter. The Centers for Disease Control, however, say the efficacy of this method is on a par with rain dancing. Who wants to eat alive or dead worms?

Now understand, I'm not saying you're GUARANTEED to get worms if you eat sushi, or, for that matter, sashimi, ceviche, or some other type of raw fish cuisine. Just the thought of eating alive or dead parasites should be enough for anyone to rethink what goes into your mouth. Here is a surgery on a Japanese guy who ate a lot of sushi. He lost his motor skills because of roundworms and tapeworms.

Tapeworms and roundworms and their eggs which abounds in all fish (fresh or saltwater) can only sometimes be killed by thorough cooking and/or freezing the fish to between 4 degC - 0 degs C. Whether eating raw or cooked parasites they do not sound appetizing.

How do fish get parasites?

The life cycle of an anisakid nematode begins when seals or sea lions eat infected fish (Figure 1). The larval nematodes grow to maturity, and the marine mammal excretes the nematode eggs into the sea where they hatch. Shrimp-like animals eat the larvae, and fish eat the shrimp-like animals. The larvae then develop into the form we see in fish.

The life cycle for a tapeworm is similar. Mammals or birds eat infected fish. The eggs hatch in freshwater. Crustaceans eat the eggs, freshwater and anadromous fish eat the crustaceans, and we eat the fish. seafood.ucdavis.edu/Pubs/parasite.htm

In the US, because we have grown up with modern sanitation, we assume that parasites are only encountered in other parts of the world. But as one expert has written “…the United States citizen can acquire amoebas, Giardia, pinworms and other parasites, for example, without so much as a passport application.” Original Publication Date: 10/12/2004
Principal Author: Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP

Words from Dr. Marcelle Pick: " Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) or intestinal parasites-IBS is just the beginning of the story, not the conclusion. I think IBS is being used by doctors as a catch-all diagnosis for a complicated host of symptoms that need to be explored in depth before the root cause (such as yeast, intestinal parasites or food sensitivities) Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP now tests for parasites in every woman who comes into the clinic with a diagnosis or symptoms of IBS. You may be surprised to learn that 40% of these women prove to have intestinal parasites — even though many have never left the United States.

When I first began working with women with issues of bloating and gas, I never anticipated seeing the number of women with intestinal parasites that we do. My expectation was that parasites really only occurred in third world countries. We know from a number of studies that in such countries parasites affect up to 99% of the population. The problem in the United States is obviously much less, but it is growing."

Candida or chronic Candidiasis -an overgrowth in the gastrointestinal tract of yeast, can be hard to detect, for its symptoms are the same as those of a number of other health problems. Symptoms of chronic candidiasis are fatigue, allergies, immune system malfunction, depression, chemical sensitivities, heartburn, gas, belching, diarrhea, fatigue, headaches, irritability, and digestive disturbances. Several people who have this have an extended belly, but not always. 1,2 Most people do have some type of Candida for it is hard to keep our intestines super clean unless on a raw diet. To what degree you have it can be tested.

Some of the following self-care steps may help get candidiasis under control:

· Eat foods low in refined carbs and sugars

· White flour, refined sugars, and fruit juices may help yeast grow in the intestine, so cut them out of your diet

· Try some beneficial bacteria such as a probiotic supplement to control yeast in the intestine (No dairy yogurt)

· Check out antifungal supplements

· To reduce yeast in the intestine, try caprylic acid, supplemental garlic, or oregano oil.

· Avoid eating foods like bread and cheese, which contain yeast and mold

· Stay away from as much dairy as possible and no eggs, chicken or meat.

These recommendations are not comprehensive and are not intended to replace the advice of your doctor.

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Going Green

Healthatarian — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:40:00 GMT

Environment Health: This could be an entire book, and there have been many books published on the topic of how eating a plant based diet will keep our planet green. Read “Food Evolution” by John Robbins for endless scientific details on this subject. While animal welfare and the environment are very important topics it is not the sole reason you should become educated on how not to eat toxic food. My goal is to awaken your mind to furthering your health goals before it is too late. Saving the planet of pollution and helping animals is a wonderful additional positive outcome we get by default of loving ourselves.

"..raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined." U.N. ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT While driving a hybrid or electric car might be good, it still does not save our planet as much as changing your eating habits.

Deforestation to provide grazing land, meat, or the raising of cattle is the most destructive to our environment. Second would be dairy products. The only food group which helps in reforestation of the planet is fruit. Every time you eat an apple or a walnut or an avocado, you are voting for orchards. Slaughterhouses dump billions of gallons of raw sewage and urine into our waterways. The Sahara was originally caused by the destruction of trees and their replacement with grazing animals. What is the energy ratio of meat to fruit? Dr. Don Meyers found that l pound of meat takes 80 times the production energy of a pound of fruit. Animals are fed, watered, given veterinary care, slaughtered, frozen in warehouses, on transportation trucks, in freezers at grocery stores and in homes. Then animal flesh is cooked at high temperatures. Compare this to a pear from a tree in your front yard which can grow from a casually tossed seed.

What about water and our environment? To produce one pound of lettuce or tomatoes it takes approx 23 gallons of water. One pound of beef takes 5214 gallons of water, and cattle farming pollutes our rivers, steams and oceans. Do we wish to eat foods that are wastefully packaged wrapped, or by Mother Nature in walnut shells, banana peels, and coconut husks.

Blood Type Hype, Loss of Organic Brain Cells

Healthatarian — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:27:00 GMT

The Blood Type Diet Hype- This is sheer craziness to think that certain types of human blood will not be affected by blood platelets sticking together if they consume dairy, meat, etc. Which type of blood likes or can deal with cholesterol, bacteria, clogged arteries, acidity, parasites, and plaque? Perhaps vampires or martians have a different organ structure than us? Most doctors do not understand pH and the acidity connection on health yet, or the toll meat will take on a human body’s organs and cells. Not to mention bacteria loads, and all the other ailments that have been brought forth in this blog that have a direct link with animal products. Just because someone has a different blood type, does not mean their body is immune to all other organ functioning implications by eating dairy, meat, alcohol, processed sugar, etc.

But what about Organic Animal Products? Hmmm- Organic Plaque in our organs, Organic blood clots. Catchy! It does seem to sell to some. If you like your cholesterol that forms plaque to be organic, then sure. If you like your parasites and bacteria organic, ok. If you want to tax your organs and clog your bloodstream in an organic fashion. If you want to be acidic the organic way. I think you catch the drift. It is the meat itself that is not good for our body. While true, it is better to have fewer chemicals in what we eat; our government does not regulate this well. Even if they did…100% clean meat (if there was such) is not efficient for our body to try and utilize with respect to our organs, intestines, and our blood flow. Organic Dairy or Raw Dairy still depletes your body of calcium, iron, and is extremely acidic (hurting your immune system).

Immunity and Bacteria

Healthatarian — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:17:00 GMT

IMMUNITY- What is the relationship between immunity and diet? Just as having more than one sex partner places additional stress on the immune system, in the same way one must adapt to the immune system of each animal he or she eats. Leukemia is called leukosis if a chicken has it. Yet it is the same cancer. The USDA allows cancers the size of grapefruits to be cut out of cows and allows the rest of the carcass to be passed.

How many diseases can be transmitted to humans from animals? As early as 1905 the USDA was saying that over 100 diseases could be contacted by humans eating the flesh or products of animals. Now the number is in the thousands. Brucellosis, trichinosis, toxoplasmosis, ptomaine poisoning, E coli bacteria are some of these. Histoplasmosis, present in bird waste, is a special health hazard near factory farms' water supply.

BACTERIA PREVENTION-What about food poisoning? 97% of all food poisoning fatalities, as reported in a Knight Ridder wire story, were caused by animal products. Those who eat frozen meat are trusting to proper freezing at the slaughterhouse, in transportation trucks, warehouses, grocery freezers, and at home. Thermophilic bacteria can survive temperatures of 300 degrees or more. Creiophilic bacteria can survive freezing temperatures in meat. Be very careful if eating raw fish such as sushi due to the overload of bacteria and parasites. Even at Sushi restaurants they have to have warnings posted about eating raw fish.

Salmonella food poisoning refers to a bacteria which can be contacted in restaurants or kitchens in which animal products come into contact with other food-through human fingers, counter tops, etc. has found heightened levels of salmonella bacteria in Southern Ohio near massive factory farm operations. Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, MD found that within a few hours of slaughter, the colon bacteria in a carcass have multiplied into the billions per oz.

What we put in our bodies does one of two things: Makes our cells stronger or weakens them. Many food items we put in our bodies weakens our resilient body over time. Plaque build up in our organs and pipes is basically what kills most people in the end. What causes plaque? Why is interventional radiology a big career to go into? Because people clog up everything in there body by what they eat.

What about Plants and bacteria?: If you study the final results in many salmonella outbreaks in plant life it is caused by animal waste somehow getting on the produce. The last spinach and tomato scare was caused by animal waste contaminating the produce. We can all take this to ridiculous levels I understand. The Spinach that got so much news publicity ended up having pig fecies on it causing the e-coli. There is DDT in almost all soil and our planet is over-used, over populated, and our water systems are mostly toxic now too. We can choose to live in doom, or make the best choices possible with what we have left to choose from. Yes, there can be bugs and worms on plant life too. We all need to be careful. However, animal flesh caries the most bacteria and more serious parasites in comparison.

The Real Beef on Soy

Healthatarian — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:00:00 GMT

Will soy cause men’s breasts to grow due to estrogen? Well, that was quite a nice scare to get people off soy. If you are a man and trying to grow breasts, may I suggest dairy? Tons of hormones in dairy! Estrogen actually helps in anti-aging, but it needs to be balanced. Eating too much soy can surely throw your hormones out of whack. Another scare commonly heard lately is that estrogen in soy causes cancer. What about soy and cancer? Is there anything to the allegations coming from the anti-soy camp that soy consumption causes cancer? Such charges are certainly incompatible with the findings of the Health Professionals follow-up study, which found a 70 percent reduction in prostate cancer for men who consume soy milk daily.

While soy is better than animal products, there are still better options than soy ( almond, or hemp milk is better for us). Most soy products have been altered greatly. If we all just ate edamame, that would be a different story. Soy is still acidic when processed by man and hard to digest.

Ninety-seven percent of North America’s soybean crop has been genetically modified. Although the soybean, when analyzed in a laboratory, has a plethora of nutritional components, including the essential amino acids, it is virtually impossible to absorb these nutrients. This mishap is due to the millennia of hybridization of this legume. Mixing one bean with another time and time again has radically changed the soybean's molecular structure, making it almost impermeable for the digestive system. This is why there is growing evidence that most people suffer digestive problems associated with the ingestion of soy products. It has also been found that soy harbors phytic acid, which interferes with the assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, and zinc. Processed soy foods contain high levels of MSG, fluoride, and aluminum, all of which are toxic to the nervous system. When food manufacturers process soy, it not only becomes acidic but carcinogens, such as lysinealanine and nitrosamine, are created. Alas, many people who eat large quantities of soy develop allergies or sensitivities to soy over time.[i]

Cow's Milk vs. Soy Milk

Other anti-soy crusaders, most notably the U.S. dairy industry, clearly have a financial agenda. In recent years, the dairy industry has been waging a war against soy milk. They have attempted to keep soy beverages from being included in the milk group in the dietary guidelines for Americans. They have sued the manufacturers of soy beverages for using the word "milk," claiming that the dairy industry alone has a right to use the term, and they have tried to keep soy beverages from being sold alongside cow’s milk in the grocery aisles. A spokesperson for the National Milk Producers Federation made it clear why the industry was upset. “It is,” he said, “a clear attempt to compete with dairy products.” Meanwhile, there are a few more things the dairy industry isn’t telling you about the nutritional comparison between cow’s milk and soy milk. For example:

Cow’s milk provides more than nine times as much saturated fat as soy beverages, so it is far more likely to contribute to heart disease.

Soy beverages provide more than 10 times as much essential fatty acids as cow’s milk, and so they provide a far healthier quality of fat.

Soy beverages are cholesterol-free, while cow’s milk contains 34 mg of cholesterol per cup, which again means that cow’s milk is far worse for your heart and cardiovascular system.

Soy beverages lower both total and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels, while cow’s milk raises both total and LDL cholesterol levels, providing yet more reasons that soy milk is better for your health.

Men who consume one to two servings of soy milk per day are 70 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer than men who don’t.[ii]

What would be a healthy relationship with soy in the diet?

Soy in small quantities can be fine. The best way to take advantage of soy’s health benefits is perhaps to follow the example of the older, traditional Asian diets. As a population, these are cultures that, when they have eaten their traditional diets, have tended to be healthier and live longer than Americans. They have traditionally eaten moderate amounts of whole soy foods, such as edamame and fermented versions of tamari and miso. These are the better soy foods to eat, rather than the soy products made with soy protein isolates, soy protein concentrates, hydrolyzed soy protein, partially hydrogenated soy oil, etc. There are legitimate questions about certain soy foods, and much we have yet to learn. Becoming "soy-a-holics" and automatically downing anything made from soybeans is not the road to health, but neither is shunning and stigmatizing all soy foods.

[i] www.SoyStats.com, 2005, Purdue University; The American Soybean Association, St. Louis, MO; Arpad Pustar, “Genetically Modified Foods-Are they a Risk to Human and Animal Health” 2001; Roy B. Kupsinel, “The Dangers of Soy Protein”; Jack Phillips, American Free Press, 2006

[ii] www.healthyat100.org

Anti-Aging and Disease Free-Why Raw?

Healthatarian — Sun, 31 May 2009 02:44:00 GMT

Aging:

Think of the billions of people pay for drugs, skin creams, etc. when in fact one of the best cures for longevity and looking young is a plant based diet. Most people who are on mostly raw food diets look many years younger than the rest of the population (even by decades). Our skin is the biggest organ we have, and it can tell a ton about how someone has cared for his or her body from the inside out. Our pore size, smoothness of skin, radiance, wrinkles, etc is a resemblance of what our cells have had to work with in our past. If you want to look alive it is very simple-eat alive and fresh. Refined sugar, coffee, alcohol, and animal products do nothing to help you look or feel younger. Even if you are starting late in life you will see the benefits of healthier new cells shortly if you stick with it.

Plant based diets are richer in the powerful antioxidant vitamins C, E and A (beta-carotene) than meat eaters, they are likely to have better health, with lower rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer, and live up to six years longer. And the bonus is a lower risk of dementia.The basis of healthy eating is clearly vegetables, legumes, fruits and whole grains. (See the pull-out on page 9.)It’s also a diet that will help ward off wrinkles by boosting the skin’s natural defenses against sun damage. Researchers found that that people who ate more vegetables, legumes and olive oil were less prone to skin damage from sun, whether dark or fair-skinned. The worst skin damage was in those who ate a lot of dairy, meat, butter, margarine and and sugar. In fact, smooth skin is normally a measure of how well the rest of the body is ageing, according to the journal Age and Ageing. Older people with less wrinkly skin tended to be healthier and have fewer disabilities. And it’s never too late to start, according to the Department of Health’s Small Change, Big Difference campaign.

http://www.vegetarian.org.uk/veggiehealth/turnback.pdf

Raising our cortisol levels by stress, caffeine, or by artificially raising it through processed foods will age us rapidly. The best way to reduce cortisol levels is by eating a high nutrient plant based diet. When we spike our blood with a stimulant our bodies get confused. We need stable energy that will help keep our bodies in a non-stressful state which in turn helps keep our cells looking and feeling their best.

Carol Alt appeared in Playboy Dec, 2008 to show the world what almost 48 looks like when eating raw. While fitness played a part in this, she gives most of the credit to her diet of only raw non-animal foods. Raw food contains enzymes which help the body digest and absorb nutrients. Heating food above 116 degrees destroys these vital enzymes. This way of living not only encourages weight loss, but it also increases energy, and reduces the risk of heart disease and cancer. If you’re not a believer, then perhaps you should get a copy of Playboy – you know, for research purposes.

You may say my uncle Billy Joe Bob lived till he was 96 and ate whatever he wanted. There are a few cases of people who are lucky enough to not have disease hit them in life, and their bodies are somehow strong enough to fight off the toxins inside the body. Strong believer that we are meant to live far beyond 100, and Billy Joe probably could have had more energy, performed better, and looked younger if he had lived a more conscious life.

Most people after we hit our 30’s have the desire to look younger and stay looking younger. Is it no surprise that people who do not eat the dead look less dead normally. Some of the biggest stars in Hollywood who look the youngest eat plant based diets. Madonna, Demi Moore, Russell Simmons, Pamela Anderson

Alicia Silverstone notes how much better vegetarian diets are for your health: "Since I've gone vegetarian, my body has never felt better, and my taste buds have been opened up to a whole new world. It's one of the most rewarding choices I've ever made and I invite you to join me in living a healthy, cruelty-free lifestyle." Indeed, studies show that a vegetarian diet promotes a healthy heart—and that helps stars maintain a youthful vigor and boundless stamina while on stage, in the studio, and on the field.

Sir Paul McCartney sums it all up: "If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. It's staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty." From Goveg.com

Shania Twain- I don't eat meat, fish, or eggs. I was never a big meat-eater, but I've got more energy now," says Shania, who hasn't eaten an animal since she married longtime vegetarian (and record producer) Mutt Lange.

Barbara Walters had a show on TV in 2008 about living past 100. Many doctors agreed that humans should live a lot longer than we are currently. Some recent studies I have seen have quantified the US as only having one or two percent of the population healthy. Meat is very hard on our organs to break down and it takes up a ton of energy and leaves organs lined with plaque. Your body prefers foods it can utilize right away without draining your energy to digest.

By Rita Zeidner

Special to The Washington Post
Tuesday, October 5, 2004; Page HE01

Tom Perls, head of NECS at Boston University reckons that a group of Seventh Day Adventists in California encompass some important common factors. Average lifespan is 88 (10 years more than the US average) and despite being genetically different, they share a lifestyle that commonly includes vegetarianism, no smoking, no drinking and which places strong emphasis on family, all of which contribute to longevity. Nutrition and lifestyle are therefore key factors.

Full of Beans?

Other researchers concentrated on the diets of centenarians and came up with a high intake of legumes – pulses. It’s certainly true of the Japanese with their tofu, natto and miso based on soya beans; the Swedes with there brown beans and peas; and Mediterranean dwellers with their lentils, chickpeas and white beans. The hotspot for longevity is the Japanese of Okinawa, with more centenarians than anywhere else in the world. Dr Bradley Willcox and colleagues studied 600 of them over a 25-year period before writing their book, The Okinawa Way.They identified a pattern. The key was a diet of whole grains, vegetables, fruit and soya products, regular exercise, a spiritual outlook on life that minimized stress and a successful integration of Eastern and Western health care systems .With low levels of cholesterol and homocysteine (a toxic substance that blocks arteries in a similar way to cholesterol) they had an 80 per lower risk of heart disease and strokes.

These aged Okinawans also had reduced rates of breast and prostate cancer, half the rate of ovarian and colon cancer and a much lower risk of dementia. It wasn’t genetics that took the credit but diet – the right formula for combating disease. And what’s good for the Okinawans…Normal, everyday processes such as breathing, digesting food or simply moving about creates unstable molecules called free radicals that can damage cells and result in cancer and other diseases. Smoking, pollution, ultraviolet light and stress also create free radicals but so can cooking food – especially meat.

LIFE EXPECTANCY- Would you like to add 7 years or longer to your life? A government study comparing the non-drinking nonsmoking Mormons to non-drinking nonsmoking vegetarian Adventists was done over many years. The Adventists lived on the average 7 years longer. The National Geographic reported that the 3 longest-lived tribes in the world were centenarian vegetarians. They are the Hunzas of Tibet, the Azerbaijans of the Caucusus and the Villcabamba of Ecuador.

Dairy-It Does A Body Bad! The Most Deadly Food Around

Healthatarian — Sun, 31 May 2009 02:07:00 GMT

Is it any wonder that the National Dairy Council is the foremost supplier of nutritional education materials to classrooms in the United States?

Calcium Myth: When we consume dairy products or any animal's milk in any form, it makes our body highly acidic and robs us of calcium and iron. The way our body reacts to this metabolic acidity is to neutralize it by pulling calcium from our bones. The calcium from dairy cannot be absorbed into our bodies because of the acidic nature and protein content of dairy. The highest rates of osteoporosis are in countries with the highest dairy consumption. The China Study goes into this in depth.[i] Milk does not "do a body good," no matter what doctors, the media, and nutritionists tell you. Diary is a poor choice whether it is raw, organic, non-pasteurized, etc. It is still acidic, robs your body of iron, does not supply calcium, and causes disease. It does a calf’s body good when trying to double its weight quickly. Milk was made for a baby cow. But even they stop drinking it when they are old enough.

Nature's Perfect Food? A Second Opinion!

In the movie Men in Black, the character played by Tommy Lee Jones draws the distinction between a "person" and the mass of "people." He states, "A person is smart, but people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it." In other words, we do a whole lot of things as "people" we would never do as an individual "person." It is great that you are making the effort to educate yourself, refusing to buy the prepackaged party line dished out by the conventional medical establishment and media. Yet there are some areas that are so ingrained that we revert to our "people" manner of thinking.

Dr. Whitaker comments about bone disease as follows:

In only two generations, the rate of hip fractures in the U.S. has quadrupled, and it is currently one of the highest rates in the world. Americans are also near the top of the chart for dairy consumption. Would someone out there please tell me why we keep telling our children that dairy foods strengthen their bones? Excess protein intake-not only from milk but all animal protein sources-increases the need for calcium to neutralize acidic protein breakdown products, destroying bone in the process. A lifetime of a high-protein diet usually eats away at your bones. Lower protein vegetarian diets are associated with significantly higher bone mineral density. So the first and most important dietary step is to eat less protein. This generally means cutting down on milk...Although dairy products contain calcium, little of it is deposited in the bones-instead the calcium is used to neutralize the acidity brought on by milk protein.[ii]

Food Safety Milk is "Udder" Nonsense

Is cow's milk an appropriate food for humans? Cow's milk is species-specific food for calves. It is no more appropriate to drink the milk of cows than it is to drink the milk of other mammals. Yet, we do it because we've always done it.

Myth: Milk Helps Build Strong Bones

American parents pass this myth on to their children, and misguided nutritionists reinforce it. In actuality, milk and other dairy products weaken the bones and accelerate osteoporosis. Consumption of milk causes the very condition it's advertised to prevent.

Osteoporosis results from calcium loss, not an insufficient calcium intake. Dairy products, because of their high protein content, promote calcium loss. Studies examining the incidence of osteoporosis have found that a high consumption of dairy products is associated with high rates of osteoporosis. If you want strong bones, don't drink milk.

Myth: I Need to Take Calcium Supplements

Most Calcium supplements such as calcium carbonate, coral, oyster shells, chalk, eggshells, are highly dangerous to the human body. We cannot process them, but yet they are added to so many of our foods. Heart disease is an infection that starts with calcium deposits. Arthritis, cataracts, tumors, etc. all come from calcium deposits (calcification diseases). We need to dissolve bad calcium from our bodies and stop adding calcium carbonate or other non-absorbent calcium to our bodies. Fulvic Acid and MSM help dissolve calcium deposits. Calcium carbonate is added to cereals, milk, processed foods and are very dangerous for the body. Think of your body as an ocean and calcium carbonate basically builds barnacles in our body from non-absorbent calcium. Naturally occurring calcium can be found in dark leafy greens, sea vegetables, sprouted beans and green juice. A lifestyle of not working out also leads to calcium deficiency.

Myth: Milk is the Ultimate Health Drink

The notion that milk is healthy for you is, again, "udder" nonsense. While eating fruits, vegetables, and whole grains has been documented to lower the risk of heart attack, high blood pressure, and cancer, the widely touted health benefits of dairy products are questionable at best. In fact, dairy products will cause osteoporosis, heart disease, obesity, cancer, allergies, and diabetes. Dairy products are anything but "health" foods.

The association between milk and heart disease is particularly strong. While we've always known that high-fat dairy products, such as whole milk and cheese, are significant contributors to high cholesterol levels and heart disease, William B. Grant, Ph.D., summarizes the mounting evidence that nonfat milk is also a major player in bringing on heart disease. Writing in Alternative Medicine Review, Dr. Grant points out that nonfat milk, which contains substantial amounts of dairy protein, is very low in B vitamins. The metabolism of all this protein in the absence of B vitamins contributes to the buildup of homocysteine, a marker for heart disease.

Myth: Milk is Necessary for Growing Children

There are three reasons kids and milk should not mix. First, milk is the leading cause of iron-deficiency anemia in infants, and, in fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics now discourages giving children milk before their first birthday. Second, it has been shown that milk consumption in childhood contributes to the development of Type-I diabetes. Certain proteins in milk resemble molecules on the beta cells of the pancreas that secrete insulin. In some cases, the immune system makes antibodies to the milk protein that mistakenly attack and destroy the beta cells.

Third, milk allergies are very common in children and cause sinus problems, diarrhea, constipation, and fatigue. They are a leading cause of the chronic ear infections that plague up to 40 percent of all children under the age of six. Milk allergies are also linked to behavioral problems in children and to the disturbing rise of childhood asthma. (Milk allergies are equally common in adults and produce similar symptoms.)

Myth: Milk is Wholesome

As if milk weren't bad enough already, the chemical giant, Monsanto Company, and the FDA have made it far worse. In 1994, the FDA approved the use of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST), a genetically engineered hormone from Monsanto, that increases milk production in cows by 10-25 percent. Milk from cows treated with rbST contains elevated levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), one of the most powerful growth factors ever identified.

IGF-I occurs naturally in both cows and humans and, in a fluke of nature, is identical between these two species. While IGF-I doesn't cause cancer, it definitely stimulates its growth. Recent studies have found a seven-fold increase in the risk of breast cancer in women with the highest IGF-I levels, and a four-fold increase in prostate cancer in men with the highest levels. Not only does rbST elevate your exposure to these growth factors, it also increases infections of the cow's udders. Therefore, cows treated with rbST are given more antibiotics, so higher traces of these drugs, as well as pus and bacteria from infected udders, are found in their milk.

Understanding Casein

Casein protein is one of the most dangerous proteins to consume when attempting to prevent cancer. And casein can be found in high amounts in dairy products. Dairy causes mucus, allergies, worsens asthma, increases cancer growth, and causes osteoporosis—the exact thing the Dairy Counsel says it helps.

Is Casein the 'Opium' in Fast Food?

The major uses of casein until the 1960s were in technical, non-food applications such as adhesives for wood, in paper coating, leather finishing and in synthetic fibers, as well as plastics for buttons, buckles etc. During the past 30 years, however, the principal use of casein products has been as an ingredient in foods to enhance their physical (so-called 'functional') properties, such as whipping and foaming, water binding and thickening, emulsification and texture, and to falsely improve their nutrition.[iii]

Casein is the curd that forms when milk is left to sour. It is the most commonly used milk protein in the food industry.[iv]

Casein [US: “kay-seen”]- Date: 1841: a phosphoprotein of milk. Casein is precipitated from milk by heating with an acid or by the action of lactic acid in souring and is used in making paints and adhesives b : one that is produced when milk is curdled by rennet, is the chief constituent of cheese, and is used in making plastics probably from French caséine, from Latin caseus.[v]

Products containing casein or caseinates include imitation sausages, soups, stews, high-protein beverage powders, fortified cereals, infant formula, nutrition bars, bakery glazes, coffee whiteners, formulated meats, salad dressing, sauces, and whipped toppings. Casein and caseinates are used as extenders, tenderizers, nutritional fortifiers, and texturizers, and therefore, they can be found in products other than foods. For instance, Trident for Kids and Trident Advantage contain recaldent, which contains a milk-casein derivative. Other examples of products containing casein include cosmetics, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, nutritional and personal care products.

Casein Dangers

Also, there is some evidence from studies indicating that animal protein—particularly casein, which is found in dairy (including nonfat dairy)—promote some forms of cancer. At Cornell University, for example, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and his colleagues have found that casein is a strong promoter of tumor growth. Other studies have shown that casein helps promote the growth of coronary artery blockages.[vi]

The remarkable agreement between mortality and the consumption of casein suggests that this factor is worthy of serious consideration as a potential source of cardiovascular disease when taken in conjunction with regional variations in the traditional risk factors. beta-casein A1 consumption also correlates strongly with type 1 diabetes incidence in 0-14-year-olds, suggesting that IHD and diabetes may share at least one causative risk factor.[vii]

Dr. Kalle Reichelt of the Institute of Pediatric Research at the University of Oslo in Norway cited over 200 international scholarly sources in a 1996 paper advancing the theory that schizophrenia and related affective disorders are caused by "food constituents (gluten and casein) (that) may have disease-promoting effects and cause behavioral changes." The theory originated in the 1960s with an American, Dr. Curtis Dohan. He put schizophrenics on gluten-free, casein free diets under double blind conditions and got dramatic results. Many of his patients were able to return home from locked mental hospital wards. Reichelt, in Norway, has recently used new methodology to validate Dohan's theory. Reichelt achieved dramatic learning and behavior improvements in autistic children with a gluten-casein free diet.

Casein can affect the personality as well via depression, overeating, drinking, mood, and evening compulsive behaviors.[viii]

Certain foods appear to stimulate the release of opiate chemicals within the brain. These are chemical cousins of morphine and heroin. While casein is not as strong as illegal drugs, it appears to be strong enough to keep us coming back, especially when we are stressed, tired, angry, or alone. Not every food does this. The groups that do are sugar (and sugar-fat mixtures, such as butter cookies, as well as foods that produce sugar rapidly), chocolate, cheese, and meat.[ix]

For example, in cow's milk the major proteins are a-casein and b-lactoglobulin; the ratio of casein to whey protein is 80:20; the casein volume is double that of human milk, and the curd formed is hard; the principal milk immunoglobulin is IgG; and lactoferrin and Iysozyme are present only in small amounts [30]. Cow's milk triglycerides contain a higher proportion of short chain fatty acids and a lower proportion of long chain and polyunsaturated fatty acids; furthermore, the positional distribution of fatty acids on the glycerol molecule is different [30]. In addition, many of the non-nutritional factors found in human milk are absent from cow's milk, or are present only in trace amounts. For the human baby, these differences affect the digestibility and absorption of nutrients, the bioavailability of micronutrients, and the potential benefits from non-nutritional factors.

Casein Corporations and What They're Doing

Ammonium caseinate is used mainly in bakery products, therefore, it does not have to be listed on the ingredients label. Calcium caseinate is used as a nutrient supplement. It is used in creamed cottage cheese, powdered diet supplements, nutritional beverages, processed cheese, and frozen desserts because it has a milky appearance and smooth feel in the mouth. Potassium caseinate is used in frozen custard, ice cream, ice milk, and fruit sherbets. Sodium caseinate is highly soluble and is used as an emulsifier in coffee whiteners, cottage cheese, cream liqueurs, yogurt, processed cheeses, and some meat products. It is also used to improve the whipping properties of dessert whips.

Imitation sausages, soups, stews, high-protein beverage powders, fortified cereals, infant formula, nutrition bars, bakery glazes, coffee whiteners, formulated meats, salad dressing, sauces, and whipped toppings all may contain casein or caseinates.

Casein proteins make up about 80 percent of the protein in cow’s milk.

One out of every four dogs and cats in the western world is now obese. Tons of Casein can be found in their pet food.[x]

Whey protein is "way" bad! Make sure to stay away from whey protein as well because it is another cancer causing, dangerous protein derived from processed milk.

Cheese!

How Much Cheese Do Americans Eat?

In 1970, the dairy industry produced 2.2 billion pounds of cheese. The population of the United States was 203 million, which translates to 10.8 pounds of cheese per person. By 1990, America's population had grown to 248 million, but Americans were eating more cheese—6 billion pounds worth! That's an average of 24 pounds per person. In 1994, according to the USDA, the average American consumed 27.7 pounds of cheese. America's rate of cheese consumption is skyrocketing. As we approach the new millennium, America's per-capita cheese consumption will break the 30-pound per person level.

PUS: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows 750 million pus cells in every liter of milk (about two pounds). In Europe, regulators allow 400 million pus cells per liter. France and Italy are known for their magnificent cheeses. Perhaps that's their secret: less pus! Because it takes 10 pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese, a pound of cheese can contain up to 7.5 billion pus cells. If your American cheese is sliced so that there are 16 slices to a pound, that single slice of American or Swiss can contain over 468 million pus cells.

GLUE: Eighty percent of milk protein consists of casein. Casein as you learned in the last chapter is the glue used to hold a label to a bottle of beer. Trying to scrape one of those labels from inside your body would be tough. Casein is the glue that holds together wood in furniture, so you can imagine the havoc it would have on bowel movements.

Casein is a foreign protein and your body reacts to its presence by creating an antibody. That antibody-antigen reaction creates histamines. Antihistamines (like Benadryl™) are used to counter the effects of histamines. Mucus and phlegm are produced as a result of cheese consumption. Mucus congests internal body organs and creates phlegm. The average American lives his or her life with a gallon of mucus clogging the kidney, spleen, pancreas, tracheal-bronchial tree, lungs, thymus, and other organs. Imagine not eating cheese or any other dairy product for just six days. An internal fog will lift from your body as the mucus leaves. Eat just one slice of pizza on day seven, and 12-15 hours later, the mucus will return.

HORMONES: Every sip of milk has 59 different powerful hormones. Which ones do you want your children to consume? Estrogen, progesterone, or prolactin? Men, are you ready to grow breasts? As a little girl becomes a big girl, then a mature woman, she will produce the total equivalent of one tablespoon of estrogen. The average American now consumes nearly thirty pounds of cheese each year, which contains concentrated hormones. One pound of cheese can contain 10 times the amount of hormones as one pound of milk. Nursing cows were never supposed to pass on cheese to their calves. They were, however, designed to pass on hormones, lactoferrins, and immunoglobulins in liquid milk to their infants.[xi]

ANTIBIOTICS: Consumers Union and the Wall Street Journal tested milk samples in the New York metropolitan area and found the presence of 52 different antibiotics. By eating ice cream, yogurt, and cheese, you're also consuming antibiotics. Cows are fed chicken feces as supplemental protein. The droppings are baked and sanitized, but the heat process does not destroy the hormones in chicken feed.

BACTERIA: In February 1999, the Land of Lakes Company recalled nearly 400,000 cases of cheese products from supermarkets in every one of America's 50 states. Cheese makes a remarkable culture medium for bacteria, which can stay alive for up to six months. The 1999 recall was for listeria. Eating listeria can take up to 45 days for you to become sick. Would you make the connection? Cheeses can also contain bacteria that cause diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome. Forty million Americans are so affected.[xii]

[i] Campbell, supra, 204)

[ii] Julian Whitaker, MD, Julian Whitaker's Health & Healing Tomorrow's Medicine Today, 8 no. 10 (1998)

[iii] www. href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIT_enUS307US307&q=products+casein">nciz.org

[iv] www. href="http://allergies.about.com/library/weekly/aa122099a.htm">about.com

[v] www. href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/">merriam-webster.com

[vi] www. href="http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=98986">lowcarber.org

[vii] www.a2corporation.com/

[viii] www. href="http://www.europroteins.com/trynitetechinfo.htm">europroteins.com

[ix] Neal Barnard, www. href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A30543-2003Aug7&notFound=true">washingtonpost.com

[x] National Research Council

[xi] www.notmilk.com/deb/072698.html

[xii] Robert Cohen, Milk: The Deadline Poison