Emergency Radios

I recently came across an Ad by the American Red Cross. They are selling Emergency Radios, American Red Cross Radios by Eton. These radios are a light source, cell phone charger, radio and renewable energy source. A tool in the event of emergencies like tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, blackouts, earthquakes, wild fires and terrorist attacks. Prices start at $50.00 and I am sure the American Red Cross is receiving some donations from the proceeds.

You can also download your Free Preparedness Guide at www.etoncorp.com.

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Are Food Ads Tied to Childhood Obesity?

A recent poll reprinted in ADWEEK, September 10th, 2007, originally taken from the Wall Street Journal, asked people if they thought Food Ads aimed at kids are a major contributor to childhood obesity?

40% Responded Somewhat
38% Responded Most Definitely
12% Responded Disagree Somewhat
6% Responded Disagree Strongly
3% Responded Not Sure

I think I fall into the 6% respondents, Disagree Strongly. I find it hard to believe a 6year old child or even 10-year-old children are out grocery shopping on their own. I mean few people even shop with cash anymore. I use debit or credit. So there is no way grocery shopping is done by children. Which leaves me with one conclusion.

In our busy, high-tech, overdrive world, most parents get their children exactly what they want to shut them up. Of course Nabisco and Kraft know this, but when do we as adults, parents, teachers of our youth start parenting? When do we start showing our intellect?

I am no fan of Food and Drug Ads on TV in the least bit. I think they should go the way of alcohol and cigarette Ads. When do we take control of our destiny? Quite frankly, I think it is an insult to anyone’s intelligence who lets a child, because of a TV commercial, become obese.

No one is to blame but you.

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Thomas Affatato

Farm Bill Reform

Farm Bill Reform

Congress is currently revising the Farm Bill, which helps determine what foods are available in schools, nutrition programs, and the entire food economy. There is a direct link between America’s high rates of cancer and other chronic diseases and our access to cheap and unhealthy food products that are high in fat and cholesterol.
Now more than ever we must focus on moving government subsidies away from animal agriculture. In 2005, the federal government purchased more than $385 million of beef and cheese for food assistance and spent only about $50 million on fresh fruits and vegetables.

Here’s how you can help:

· Call your senators today and ask them to reduce or eliminate subsidies for meat, dairy, and feed crops through the Farm Bill. Phone calls are an extremely effective way to communicate with Congress. Find your congressional representatives by visiting www.SourceWatch.org and clicking on “Congresspedia.”
· If you belong to an organization that works on health and nutrition issues or on cutting health care costs, please let that organization know that you want agricultural policy to be high on its agenda.

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Food Allergies

Food Allergies

Please Don’t Pass the Nuts
www.AllergicGirl.blogspot.com

“It’s a shame that so many have no clue about something so basic as allergies,” writes New York-based “Allergic Girl” in this blog about her travails navigating severe allergies to tree nuts, fish and several other foods, as well as allergic asthma. This well-written blog aims to educate and advocate “with charm and persistence.” It provides a list of allergen-free foods, reviews of allergy sensitive restaurants in New York and other places the author has traveled, and interviews with chefs on their tips for diners with allergies.
While most of the blog deals directly with the author’s dietary experiences, she includes posts about her social life and travels, or reviews of movies or plays she has seen. But it’s all connected. The blog, she writes, “is a testament to going out despite being afraid of getting allergic to something; leaving my safe zone to try something new despite the risk I may get sick.”

Finding Snacks for Kids with Allergies

Finding Snacks for Kids with Allergies
More than 12 million Americans are allergic to certain kinds of food, like peanuts and wheat, according to non-porfit Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network. Out of that population, 2.2 million are school-age children - and 1 in 17 kids under age 3 has food allergies. Not surprisingly, a growing number of companies have srouted up to help, offering everything from egg-free waffles to wheat-free pasta. While parents can increasingly find such offerings at gourmet grocery stores like Whole Foods, they can find an even wider range of products online.
Here Are Some of The Few Better WebsitesCherrybrook Kitchenwww.cherrybrookkitchen.com: --Premade mixes for cakes, brownies and pancakes. Free of wheat, gluten, peanuts, tree nuts, dairy and eggs.--The mixes are easy to prepare and bake up tasty treats.Divvieswww.divvies.com--Focuses on sweets like popcorn, cupcakes, cookies and candy. Free of peanuts, tree nuts, eggs and dairy.--The responsive customer service and yummy cookies makes this a worthwhile trip.Gak's Snackswww.gakssnacks.com--A small menu of cookies, coffee, cakes and baking ingredients. Free of peanuts, tree nuts, eggs and dairy. Some products are free of wheat and gluten.--The coffee cake was delectable, but was pretty expensive ($27.95 not including shipping)Ener-Gwww.ener-g.com--A wide selection of sweet and savory items, including brown rice flour and crisp wafer cookies filled with dairy-free chocolate filling. Depending on the product, free of wheat gluten, eggs, dairy, nuts and corn.--A wonderful find with products that are affordable.
Allergy Grocerwww.allergygrocer.com--A huge selection of fresh and dried goods, from breads to condiments. Free of everything from wheat and gluten to corn and potato, depending on the product.--The comprehensive selection makes it a good first stop for food-allergy sufferers.

21 Things You Did Not Know You Can Recycle

1. Appliances: Goodwill accepts working appliances, www.goodwill.org, or you can contact the Steel Recycling Institute to recycle them. 800/YES-1-CAN, www.recycle-steel.org.
2. Batteries: Rechargeables and single-use: Battery Solutions, 734/467-9110, www.batteryrecycling.com.
3. Cardboard boxes: Contact local nonprofits and women's shelters to see if they can use them. Or, offer them up at your local Freecycle.org listserv or on Craigslist.org. If your workplace collects at least 100 boxes or more each month, UsedCardboardBoxes.com accepts them for resale.
4. CDs/DVDs/Game Disks: Send scratched music or computer CDs, DVDs, and PlayStation or Nintendo video game disks to AuralTech for refinishing, and they'll work like new: 888/454-3223, www.auraltech.com.
5. Clothes: Wearable clothes can go to your local Goodwill outlet or shelter. Donate wearable women's business clothing to Dress for Success, which gives them to low-income women as they search for jobs, 212/532-1922, www.dressforsuccess.org. Offer unwearable clothes and towels to local animal boarding and shelter facilities, which often use them as pet bedding. Consider holding a clothes swap at your office, school, faith congregation or community center. Swap clothes with friends and colleagues, save money on a new fall wardrobe and back-to-school clothes – then donate the rest.
6. Compact fluorescent bulbs: Take them to your local IKEA store for recycling: www.ikea.com.
7. Compostable bio-plastics: You probably won't be able to compost these in your home compost bin or pile. Find a municipal composter to take them to at www.findacomposter.com.
8. Computers and electronics: Find the most responsible recyclers, local and national, at www.ban.org/pledge/Locations.html
9. Exercise videos: Swap them with others at www.videofitness.com.
10. Eyeglasses: Your local Lion's Club or eye care chain may collect these. Lenses are reground and given to people in need.
11. Foam Packing peanuts: Your local pack-and-ship store will likely accept these for reuse. Or, call the Plastic Loose Fill Producers Council to find a drop-off site: 800/828-2214. For places to drop off foam blocks for recycling, contact the Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers, 410/451-8340, www.epspackaging.org/info.html
12. Ink/toner cartridges: Recycleplace.com pays $1/each.
13. Miscellaneous: Get your unwanted items into the hands of people who can use them. Offer them up on your local Freecycle.org or Craigslist.org listserv, or try giving them away at Throwplace.com or giving or selling them at iReuse.com. iReuse.com will also help you find a recycler, if possible, when your items have reached the end of their useful lifecycle.
14. Oil: Find Used Motor Oil Hotlines for each state: 202/682-8000, www.recycleoil.org.
15. Phones: Donate cell phones: Collective Good will refurbish your phone and sell it to someone in a developing country: 770/856-9021, www.collectivegood.com. Call to Protect reprograms cell phones to dial 911 and gives them to domestic violence victims: www.donateaphone.com. Recycle single-line phones: Reclamere, 814/386-2927, www.reclamere.com.
16. Sports equipment: Resell or trade it at your local Play It Again Sports outlet, 800/476-9249, www.playitagainsports.com.
17. “Technotrash”: Easily recycle all of your CDs, jewel cases, DVDs, audio and video tapes, cell phones, pagers, rechargeable and single-use batteries, PDAs, and ink/toner cartridges with GreenDisk's Technotrash program. For $30, GreenDisk will send you a cardboard box in which you can ship them up to 70 pounds of any of the above. Your fee covers the box as well as shipping and recycling fees. 800/305-GREENDISK, www.greendisk.com.
18. Tennis shoes: Nike's Reuse-a-Shoe program turns old shoes into playground and athletic flooring. www.nikereuseashoe.com. One World Running will send still-wearable shoes to athletes in need in Africa, Latin America, and Haiti. www.oneworldrunning.com.
19. Toothbrushes and razors: Buy a recycled plastic toothbrush or razor from Recycline, and the company will take it back to be recycled again into plastic lumber. Recycline products are made from used Stonyfield Farms' yogurt cups. 888/354-7296, www.recycline.com.
20. Tyvek envelopes: Quantities less than 25: Send to Shirley Cimburke, Tyvek Recycling Specialist, 5401 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Spot 197, Room 231, Richmond, VA 23234. Quantities larger than 25, call 866/33-TYVEK.
21. Stuff you just can't recycle: When practical, send such items back to the manufacturer and tell them they need to manufacture products that close the waste loop responsibly.

FDA Probes Popcorn Flavor’s Cancer Link

Wall Street Journal, September 6, 2007

FDA Probes Popcorn Flavor’s Cancer Link

WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration is evaluating whether consumers, like workers in popcorn plants, can develop lung disease from inhaling a chemical additive used for butter flavoring in microwave popcorn.

A Denver physician said in a letter to agency in July that a patient who had eaten several bags of extra butter flavored popcorn each day for several years had developed symptoms similar to those of some microwave popcorn-plant workers.

The one case “does not present evidence” that consumer exposure to vapors of the chemicals diacetyle, generated by microwaving popcorn, causes lung disease, said FDA spokesman Michael Herndon. He said the agency is studying the situation, and “carefully considering the safety and regulatory issues it raises.”

ConAgra Foods Inc., the nation’s largest maker if microwave popcorn including the Orville Redenbacher’s and Act II brands, said it is eliminating “within a year” diacetyl from its microwave popcorn.

“While we are fully confident that microwave popcorn is safe for consumers to prepare and consume, we plan to eliminate the use of added diacetyl I products in order to eliminate even the perception of risks for consumers and to provide our employees who handle large quantities of diacetyl regularly with the safest possible work environment,” said spokeswoman Stephanie Childs.

The industry in 2004 sold more than three billion bags, with sales totaling more than $1 billion, ConAgra said.

In 2000, a physician reported to the Missouri health department that eight workers from a microwave popcorn factory developed lung disease. Studies conducted by the national Institute for Occupational Safety and Health concluded that cumulative exposure to diacetyl vapor overtime has the potential to cause serious lung damage and a condition known as bronchiolitis obliterans.

In April the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said workers at factories that make food flavorings as well as popcorn factories are at risk of contracting the hard-to-treat condition.

NIOSH has recommended hat manufacturers substitute the chemical with less-dangerous ones, and that workers don masks and other protective gear. Link between the chemical and lung disease have been less clear in consumers, and the agency has labeled the chemical “generally considered safe.” Last year, David Michaels, a professor at George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, petitioned the FDA to drop the designation.

Thomas’s Comments:

I sound like a broken record in my mind. I write weekly on the hazards of the junk sold in our supermarkets as food.

One has to wonder why autism, infant heart disease, obesity, diabetes is at epidemic proportions across all races and financial classes.

IT IS OUR FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT!!!

At www.infinitehealthresources.com we offer advice on healthy living and sell natural and organic products. Why? Because it increases your chances of living a drug free healthy life.

If what we put into our bodies is making us sick, then you can only imagine what happens when you apply thousands of skin care products to your body. Try reading the ingredients. I bet you will not be able to pronounce half of what you read. I cannot.

We live in a toxic world. Made worse by the constant bombardment of environmental spraying of chem-trails in the sky and pollution.

The only chance we have to live healthy is to eat right and apply non-toxic creams, shampoos, etc., to our bodies.

Now, there are many sources of information on healthy living.

At www.infinitehealthresources.com we do not sway from the natural and organic lifestyle one bit. The Resource Center at www.infinitehealthresource.com is loaded with information from top organizations like Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine, The Cancer Project and the Organic Consumer’s Association to name a few.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Young and Old. Wake up! Eighty percent of the products sold as food in our supermarkets are toxic.

Read food labels. Cook fresh food. Start slowly. Feel the difference in a few short weeks and pick up the pace as you go. Watch the pounds shed naturally.

There is no such thing as a diet. There is only a lifestyle. No tricks, no gimmicks. It’s Free!

Thomas Affatato