Reader’s Digest, February 2008
Chemicals, contaminants, pollution, price: new reasons to Rethink What you Drink
By Janet Majeski Jemmott
Infinite Health Resources has written plenty about our domestic water supply. I have shared my own amazing discoveries about my drinking water in New York City over the last four years.
Janet Majeski Jemmott gets it right and to the point in what I consider a near perfect hit on our water supply. Although she mostly speaks in terms of drinking water, we all should be just as diligent about our bathing water. We all shower or bathe in the hottest water we can stand. Thereby creating steam. Two things happen. For beginners, our skin absorbs what we put on it, including bath water. The steam we breathe from this bath or shower water contains all the toxins and chemicals found at the tap.Let me share this story.
I installed an Aquasana Water Filter system on my showerhead. My son comes to me days later and says, “Dad, my eyes do not burn like they used to and my skin stopped itching.” I was shocked. I knew he had a weakness to chlorine because in the summer months, pool swimming was a problem for him. I knew chlorine and many other chemicals were in our water. New York City adds chlorine, fluoride and who knows what else to its municipal water supply. The water filter worked. So Filter your water people.
There is however one area in her article I do disagree with. Ms. Jemmott recommends adding fluoride to the daily water diet to supplement the lack of it from drinking filtered water. Fluoride is added to municipal water supplies, due to some oddball study 50 years ago that a town in the South Midwest had a few or no cavities. It was later discovered that fluoride was found in their water supply. So the powers that be decided to add it to every municipal water supply.
On our website, www.infinitehealthresources.com, we have published studies and lawsuits filed by EPA scientists who based on hard evidence disagree with these findings.
Fluoride is chemical byproduct found in the fertilizer manufacturing process. It is a toxic chemical. Period.
Think about this! What about all those millions of people who only have access to well water. There are millions of these people. Are they all walking around toothless or with dentures? Common sense is the basis for this theory.
Here is the link for our published articles on Fluoride
Read on. At the end there will be several links for more information on healthy water and water filters.
Chemicals, contaminants, pollution, price: new reasons to Rethink What you Drink
Growing ThirstRemember the drinking fountain, that once ubiquitous, and free, source of H2O? It seems quaint now. Instead, bottled water is everywhere, in offices, airplanes, stores, homes and restaurants across the country. We consumed over eight billion gallons of the stuff in 2006, a 10 percent increase from 2005. It's refreshing, calorie-free, convenient to carry around, tastier than some tap water and a heck of a lot healthier than sugary sodas. But more and more, people are questioning whether the water, and the package it comes in, is safe, or at least safer than tap water—and if the convenience is worth the environmental impact.
What's in That Bottle?Evocative names and labels depicting pastoral scenes have convinced us that the liquid is the purest drink around. "But no one should think that bottled water is better regulated, better protected or safer than tap," says Eric Goldstein, co-director of the urban program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a nonprofit organization devoted to protecting health and the environment.
Yes, some bottled water comes from sparkling springs and other pristine sources. But more than 25 percent of it comes from a municipal supply. The water is treated, purified and sold to us, often at a thousand fold increases in price. Most people are surprised to learn that they're drinking glorified tap water, but bottlers aren't required to list the source on the label.
This year Aquafina will begin stating on labels that its H2O comes from public water sources. And Nestlé Pure Life bottles will indicate whether the water comes from public, private or deep well sources. Dasani acknowledges on its website, but not on the label itself, that it draws from local water.
Labels can be misleading at best, deceptive at worst. In one notorious case, water coming from a well located near a hazardous waste site was sold to many bottlers. At least one of these companies labeled its product "spring water." In another case, H2O sold as "pure glacier water" came from a public water system in Alaska.
Lisa Ledwidge, 38, of Minneapolis, stopped drinking bottled water a couple of years ago, partly because she found out that many brands come from a municipal supply. "You're spending more per gallon than you would on gasoline for this thing that you can get out of the tap virtually for free," she says. "I wondered, Why am I spending this money while complaining about how much gas costs? But you don't ever hear anyone complain about the price of bottled water." Ledwidge says she now drinks only filtered tap water.
The controversy isn't simply about tap vs. bottled water; most people drink both, knowing the importance of plenty of water. What they may not know is that some bottled water may not be as pure as they expect. In 1999 the NRDC tested more than 1,000 bottles of 103 brands of water. (This is the most recent major report on bottled water safety.) While noting that most bottled water is safe, the organization found that at least one sample of a third of the brands contained bacterial or chemical contaminants, including carcinogens, in levels exceeding state or industry standards. Since the report, no major regulatory changes have been made and bottlers haven't drastically altered their procedures, so the risk is likely still there.
The NRDC found that samples of two brands were contaminated with phthalates, in one case exceeding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards for tap water. These chemicals, used to make plastic softer, are found in cosmetics and fragrances, shower curtains, even baby toys, and are under increasing scrutiny. They're endocrine disrupters, which mean they block or mimic hormones, affecting the body's normal functions. And the effects of exposure to the widespread chemicals may add up.
When exposed to high levels of phthalates during critical developmental periods, male fetuses can have malformed reproductive organs, including undescended testicles. Some experts link phthalates to low sperm counts.
Water bottles do not contain the chemical, which means the phthalates detected by the NRDC probably got into the water during processing at the bottling plant, or were present in the original water source (phthalates have been found in some tap water).
Bottled water is regulated for safety, but it's a tricky thing. The EPA regulates tap water, while the FDA oversees bottled. Yet FDA oversight doesn't apply to water packaged and sold within the same state, leaving some 60 to 70 percent of bottled water, including the contents of water cooler jugs, free of FDA regulation, according to the NRDC's report. In this case, testing depends on the states, but the NRDC found that they often don't have adequate resources to oversee bottled water, in some cases lacking even one full-time person for an entire state.
The FDA requires bottlers to regularly test for contaminants, but the agency considers bottled water a low-risk product, so plants may not be inspected every year. According to one FDA official, it's the manufacturer's responsibility to ensure that the product complies with laws and regulations. Some bottlers turn to NSF International, a trade group that conducts yearly-unannounced inspections of plants, looking at the source of the water and the treatment process, and testing for contaminants. Other companies belong to the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), which also performs annual unannounced tests to ensure the plant is up to FDA standards. IBWA has its own regulations, some of which are stricter than the FDA's.
Bottlers don't have to let consumers know if their product becomes contaminated, but sometimes they pull their products from stores. In fact, between 1990 and 2007, this happened about 100 times, says Peter Gleick of the Pacific Institute in Oakland, California. Among the reasons for recall: contamination with mold, benzene, coliform, and microbes, even crickets.
The Plastic ProblemMost bottled water comes in polyethylene terephthalate bottles, indicated by a number 1, PET or PETE on the bottle's bottom. (No, it's not the same phthalate mentioned earlier.) The bottles are generally safe, says Ken Smith, PhD, immediate past chair of the American Chemical Society's division of environmental chemistry. But scientists say when stored in hot or warm temperatures, the plastic may leach chemicals into the water.
Brenda Decker, 45, of Lake Stockholm, New Jersey, used to buy bottled water in bulk and store it in the crawl space under her house, where it was exposed to high temperatures. But a friend who owns a natural food store recently warned her that the plastic could leach chemicals into the water. So Decker has stopped buying bottled water and is going back to the tap. "It's a process, but I'm willing to go with it to make sure my kid is healthy. That's my biggest drive."
High temperatures in your storage space aren't the only potential risk; so are the other things you keep there. Experts advise against storing water in the garage, near gas fumes, pesticides and other chemicals that could, at the very least, affect the smell and taste of the H2O.
It's not just where you store your water, but what you do with it as you carry it with you. Many people sip from a bottle that's been sitting in a hot car, a potentially dangerous move. "Leaving bottled water out in the car changes the chemical equilibrium so that the materials from the plastic go into the water faster," says Smith.
When 22-year-old Amy Dowley, a senior at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, heard about these risks, she was worried. "I never drank bottled water, because I knew the water from my tap was clean and healthy, but I used to fill used plastic soda or juice bottles with tap water to carry around," she says. Now she uses a stainless steel Klean Kanteen portable container or fills a cup from the sink. "Any way we can cut back on plastic is a good thing."
"Are there hazards associated with these chemicals?" asks James Kapin, a chemical safety consultant in San Diego. "Absolutely." But as with many debates on chemicals, the exact health risks are unknown. "We very rarely get black-and-white answers for the health effects of long-term exposure. At some point, I hope, there will be a scientific consensus."
In the meantime, experts have raised a warning flag about a few specific chemicals. Antimony is a potentially toxic material used in making PET. Last year, scientists in Germany found that the longer a bottle of water sits around (in a store, in your home), the more antimony it develops. High concentrations of antimony can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. In the study, levels found were below those set as safe by the EPA, but it's a topic that needs more research.
Last summer, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) committee agreed that bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in polycarbonate (used to make water cooler jugs, sport-water bottles and other hard plastics, but not PET), may cause neurological and behavioral problems in fetuses, babies and kids. A separate NIH-sponsored panel found that the risk was even greater, saying that adult exposure to BPA likely affects the brain, the female reproductive system and the immune system. The FDA has reviewed these reports and says it will keep monitoring the data to see if the agency needs to take regulatory action.
The Environmental TollThe potential health risks are important to understand, but bottled water also affects the health of the planet.
"Bottled water is an increasingly growing business, and with that comes a whole lot of environmental impact that can be avoided by a turn of the faucet," says Jenny Powers of the NRDC. While we struggle to cut down on our consumption of fossil fuels, bottled water increases them. Virgin petroleum is used to make PET, and the more bottles we use, the more virgin petroleum will be needed to create new bottles. Fossil fuels are burned to fill the bottles and distribute them. (Stephen Kay of IBWA points out that it's not just bottled water, but juices, soda and other beverages packed in plastic that add to this waste.)
Some brands of water come from islands and countries thousands of miles away, and shipping bottles can cause carbon pollution to spill into the water and spew into the air.
Then there's the waste of water itself, says Todd Jarvis, PhD, associate director of the Institute for Water and Watersheds at Oregon State University. According to his calculations, it takes about 72 billion gallons of water a year, worldwide, just to make the empty bottles.
Treating and filtering tap water for bottling creates even more waste. By some estimates, it takes about two liters of water to make every liter you see on store shelves. "Bottled water has a significant environmental burden," says the NRDC's Goldstein.
A big part of the appeal of bottled water is those convenient single-serving bottles. Yet fewer than 20 percent of them ever make it to a second life, according to estimates by the Container Recycling Institute. The rest are tossed onto beaches and roadsides and into landfills, where they could be around for a thousand years. Nestlé Waters, Dasani and other bottlers are trying to be greener, introducing lighter-weight bottles that use up to 30 percent less plastic.
It's a good start, but more needs to be done—by them, and by us.
What You Can DoWorried about the toll your bottled water habit has on you or the earth? Take these steps.
Try the tap again. First, check it out. If your water comes from a public source (rather than a well), you should get a water-quality or consumer-confidence report from the water company once a year. It's also available at any time from the local water utility. Read the report carefully, making sure not only that your water has received a passing grade overall but also that contaminants haven't exceeded the maximum allowable levels, even for a short while. If you have well water, get it tested every year. For more information, call the EPA's toll-free Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 800-426-4791, or visit the website for the Campaign for Safe and Affordable Drinking Water.
Get a canteen. Carry your plain or filtered tap water in a reusable stainless steel or lined drinking container, and clean it between uses. Some come with an easy-to-tote strap. We like the stainless steel versions from Klean Kanteen and New Wave Enviro, and the colorful bottles from SIGG.
Think twice about the office water cooler. If it's made of polycarbonate, it has the potential to leach BPA, a chemical that can cause neurological problems, among other things. And have you ever seen anyone actually clean the water cooler? Probably not.
Shop smart. When you must have bottled, look for brands that have NSF certification or belong to IBWA. Check out the lists at nsf.org or www.bottledwater.org, or look at the bottle itself (the NSF logo appears on labels of tested brands). If the brand you're looking for isn't there, contact the bottler. Ask where the water is bottled and what exactly is in it.
Keep it cool. Don't drink from a bottle that's been subjected to high temperatures (sitting in your car, for example), don't store it anywhere it will be exposed to heat or chemicals, and don't reuse plastic bottles.
Go with glass. Choose glass containers (Eden Springs and Voss are two popular brands) over plastic whenever possible. When you're done, recycle!
Do You Need a Filter?The water that comes out of your faucet is probably safe. In general, toxins in drinking water don't exceed EPA limits, but there are still legitimate concerns. From a funny taste to lead contamination from aging pipes, your tap water may have picked up some unsavory additions along the way. What's in your water? Certain areas of the country are subject to particular toxins, such as runoff from farms and by-products of industry, like arsenic, which can also occur naturally in the environment. Have it tested. If you're concerned, have your water tested by a lab that's certified by the state; the EPA has an online listing of certification officers, or call your health department for recommendations. Choose a filter. Choices range from tabletop containers, such as a carafe with a carbon filter (Brita and PUR are popular brands), to devices that purify the water as it enters your home. In between are faucet-mounted, under-sink and reverse osmosis units. Look for one approved by NSF, Underwriters Laboratories or the Water Quality Association, and clean it as recommended by the manufacturer. Do it yourself. Some water is treated with chlorine to kill bacteria, but the taste turns people off. The fix? Pour water into a clear glass container and leave it uncovered in the refrigerator for 24 hours to let the chlorine dissipate into the air.
Fluoride FactsMost bottled water doesn't contain added fluoride (if it does, it will say so on the label). Kids are drinking more bottled water and less fluoridated tap, and some say that's behind the recent rise in dental decay. While the cavity link hasn't been confirmed, pediatric dentist Mary Hayes, DDS, says, "I tell parents that if they choose bottled water without fluoride, they're losing an opportunity to protect their child's teeth. We know fluoride has a great track record in diminishing the risk of decay."
If your tap water is fortified, you probably don't need fluoride in bottled. But if your family has well water without fluoride, drinks only bottled or uses a filter that removes fluoride (many do), ask your dentist about supplements for your child.
WE DISAGREE!
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Saturday, February 23, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Fifth Disease & Parvovirus B19 Infection
Fifth Disease & Parvovirus B19 Infection
We recently received an emergency notification that some children have come down with Fifth Disease & Parvovirus B19 Infection. I was completely lost on this one, so I have decided to share what Fifth Disease & Parvovirus B19 Infection is with as many people as possible.
What is “fifth disease?”
Fifth disease is a mild rash illness that occurs most commonly in children. The ill child typically has a “slapped cheek” rash on the face and a lacy red rash on the trunk and limbs. Occasionally, the rash may itch. An ill child may have a low-grade fever, malaise, or a “cold” a few days before the rash breaks out. The child usually not very ill, and the rash resolve in 7 to 10 days.
What causes fifth disease?
Fifth disease is caused by infection with human parvovirus B19. This virus infects only humans. Pet dogs or cats may be immunized against “parvovirus,” but these are animal parvoviruses that do not infect humans. Therefore, a child cannot “catch” parvovirus from a pet dog or cat, and a pet cat or dog cannot catch human parvovirus B19 from an ill child.
Can adults get fifth disease?
Yes, they can. An adult who is not immune can be infected with parvovirus B19 and either have no symptoms or develop the typical rash of fifth disease, joint pain or swelling, or both. Usually, joints on both sides of the body are affected. The joints most frequently affected are the hands, wrists and knees. The joint pain swelling usually resolve in a week or two, but they may last several months. About 50% of adults, however, have been previously infected with parvovirus B19, have developed immunity to the virus, and cannot get fifth disease.
Is fifth disease contagious?
Yes. A person infected with parvovirus B19 is contagious during the early part of the illness, before the rash appears. By the time a child has the characteristic “slapped cheek” rash of fifth disease, for example, he or she is probably no longer contagious and may return to school or childcare center. This contagious period is different than that for many other rash illnesses, such as measles, for which the child is contagious while he or she has the rash.
How does someone get infected with parvovirus B19?
Parvovirus B19 has been found in the respiratory secretions (e.g. saliva, sputum, or nasal mucus) of infected persons before onset of rash, when they appear to “just have a cold.” The virus is probably spread from person to person by direct contact with those secretions, such as sharing drinking cups or utensils. In a household, as many as 50% of the susceptible persons exposed to a family member who has fifth disease may become infected. During school outbreaks, 10% to 60% of the students may get fifth disease.
How soon after infection with parvovirus B19 does a person become ill?
A susceptible person usually becomes ill 4 to 14 days after being infected with the virus, but may become ill for as long as 20 days after the infection.
Does everyone who is infected with parvovirus B19 become ill?
No. During outbreaks of fifth disease, about 20% of adults and children who are infected with parvovirus B19 do not develop any symptoms. Furthermore, other persons infected with the virus will have a non-specific illness that does not have characteristics or fifth disease. Persons infected with the virus, however, do develop lasting immunity that protects them against infection in the future.
How is fifth disease diagnosed?
A physician can often diagnose fifth disease by seeing the typical rash during a physical examination. In cases in which it is important to confirm diagnosis, a blood test may be done to look for antibodies to parvovirus. Antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system in response to parvovirus B19 and other germs. If immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody to parvovirus B19 is detected, the test result suggests that the person has had recent infection.
Is fifth disease serious?Fifth disease is usually a mild illness that resolves on its own among children and adults who are otherwise healthy. Joint pain and swelling in adults usually resolve without long-term disability.
Parvovirus B19 infection may cause a serious illness in persons with sickle-cell disease or similar types of chronic anemia. In such persons, parvovirus B19 can cause n acute, severe anemia. The ill person may be pale, weak and tired and should see his or her physician for treatment. (The typical rash of fifth disease is rarely seen in these persons.) One the infection is controlled, the anemia resolves. Furthermore, persons who have problems with their immune systems may also develop a chronic anemia with parvovirus B19 infection that requires medical treatment. People who have leukemia or cancer, who were born with immune deficiencies, who have received an organ transplant, or have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are at rise for serious illness due to parvovirus B19 infection.
Occasionally, serious complications may develop from parvovirus B19 infection during pregnancy. For details see the CDC information sheet entitled, “Parvovirus B19 Infection and Pregnancy.”
How are parvovirus B19 infections treated?
Treatment of symptoms such as fever, pain, or itching is usually all that it needed for fifth disease. Adults with joint pain and swelling may need to rest, restrict their activities, and take medicines such as aspirin or ibuprofen to relieve symptoms. The few people who have anemia caused by parvovirus B19 infection may need to be hospitalized and receive blood transfusions. Persons with immune problems may need special medical care, including treatment with immune globulin (antibodies), to help their bodies get rid of infection.
Can parvovirus B19 infection be prevented?
There is no vaccine or medicine that prevent parvovirus B19infection. Frequent hand washing is recommended as a practical and probably effective method to decrease the chance of becoming infected. Excluding persons with fifth disease from work, child care center or schools is not likely to prevent the spread of the virus, since people are contagious before they develop the rash.
For further information, contact the Respiratory and Enertic Viruses Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, at 404-639-3607 (telephone) or 404-639-4960 (facsimile)
Visit www.infinitehealthresources.com for more on healthy living.
We recently received an emergency notification that some children have come down with Fifth Disease & Parvovirus B19 Infection. I was completely lost on this one, so I have decided to share what Fifth Disease & Parvovirus B19 Infection is with as many people as possible.
What is “fifth disease?”
Fifth disease is a mild rash illness that occurs most commonly in children. The ill child typically has a “slapped cheek” rash on the face and a lacy red rash on the trunk and limbs. Occasionally, the rash may itch. An ill child may have a low-grade fever, malaise, or a “cold” a few days before the rash breaks out. The child usually not very ill, and the rash resolve in 7 to 10 days.
What causes fifth disease?
Fifth disease is caused by infection with human parvovirus B19. This virus infects only humans. Pet dogs or cats may be immunized against “parvovirus,” but these are animal parvoviruses that do not infect humans. Therefore, a child cannot “catch” parvovirus from a pet dog or cat, and a pet cat or dog cannot catch human parvovirus B19 from an ill child.
Can adults get fifth disease?
Yes, they can. An adult who is not immune can be infected with parvovirus B19 and either have no symptoms or develop the typical rash of fifth disease, joint pain or swelling, or both. Usually, joints on both sides of the body are affected. The joints most frequently affected are the hands, wrists and knees. The joint pain swelling usually resolve in a week or two, but they may last several months. About 50% of adults, however, have been previously infected with parvovirus B19, have developed immunity to the virus, and cannot get fifth disease.
Is fifth disease contagious?
Yes. A person infected with parvovirus B19 is contagious during the early part of the illness, before the rash appears. By the time a child has the characteristic “slapped cheek” rash of fifth disease, for example, he or she is probably no longer contagious and may return to school or childcare center. This contagious period is different than that for many other rash illnesses, such as measles, for which the child is contagious while he or she has the rash.
How does someone get infected with parvovirus B19?
Parvovirus B19 has been found in the respiratory secretions (e.g. saliva, sputum, or nasal mucus) of infected persons before onset of rash, when they appear to “just have a cold.” The virus is probably spread from person to person by direct contact with those secretions, such as sharing drinking cups or utensils. In a household, as many as 50% of the susceptible persons exposed to a family member who has fifth disease may become infected. During school outbreaks, 10% to 60% of the students may get fifth disease.
How soon after infection with parvovirus B19 does a person become ill?
A susceptible person usually becomes ill 4 to 14 days after being infected with the virus, but may become ill for as long as 20 days after the infection.
Does everyone who is infected with parvovirus B19 become ill?
No. During outbreaks of fifth disease, about 20% of adults and children who are infected with parvovirus B19 do not develop any symptoms. Furthermore, other persons infected with the virus will have a non-specific illness that does not have characteristics or fifth disease. Persons infected with the virus, however, do develop lasting immunity that protects them against infection in the future.
How is fifth disease diagnosed?
A physician can often diagnose fifth disease by seeing the typical rash during a physical examination. In cases in which it is important to confirm diagnosis, a blood test may be done to look for antibodies to parvovirus. Antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system in response to parvovirus B19 and other germs. If immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody to parvovirus B19 is detected, the test result suggests that the person has had recent infection.
Is fifth disease serious?Fifth disease is usually a mild illness that resolves on its own among children and adults who are otherwise healthy. Joint pain and swelling in adults usually resolve without long-term disability.
Parvovirus B19 infection may cause a serious illness in persons with sickle-cell disease or similar types of chronic anemia. In such persons, parvovirus B19 can cause n acute, severe anemia. The ill person may be pale, weak and tired and should see his or her physician for treatment. (The typical rash of fifth disease is rarely seen in these persons.) One the infection is controlled, the anemia resolves. Furthermore, persons who have problems with their immune systems may also develop a chronic anemia with parvovirus B19 infection that requires medical treatment. People who have leukemia or cancer, who were born with immune deficiencies, who have received an organ transplant, or have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are at rise for serious illness due to parvovirus B19 infection.
Occasionally, serious complications may develop from parvovirus B19 infection during pregnancy. For details see the CDC information sheet entitled, “Parvovirus B19 Infection and Pregnancy.”
How are parvovirus B19 infections treated?
Treatment of symptoms such as fever, pain, or itching is usually all that it needed for fifth disease. Adults with joint pain and swelling may need to rest, restrict their activities, and take medicines such as aspirin or ibuprofen to relieve symptoms. The few people who have anemia caused by parvovirus B19 infection may need to be hospitalized and receive blood transfusions. Persons with immune problems may need special medical care, including treatment with immune globulin (antibodies), to help their bodies get rid of infection.
Can parvovirus B19 infection be prevented?
There is no vaccine or medicine that prevent parvovirus B19infection. Frequent hand washing is recommended as a practical and probably effective method to decrease the chance of becoming infected. Excluding persons with fifth disease from work, child care center or schools is not likely to prevent the spread of the virus, since people are contagious before they develop the rash.
For further information, contact the Respiratory and Enertic Viruses Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, at 404-639-3607 (telephone) or 404-639-4960 (facsimile)
Visit www.infinitehealthresources.com for more on healthy living.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Reuters News Wire, November 16th, 2007
Reuters News Wire, November 16th, 2007
Fat Nap Link
Eating just a few meals loaded with fat could be enough to throw off the body’s internal clock, starting a vicious cycle that could lead to obesity and diabetes, Northwestern University researchers said yesterday.
They reported in the journal Cell Metabolism that mice fed high-fat foods showed marked changes in their diet and sleep patterns, sleeping longer and eating when they should be sleeping.
Reuters, News Wire November 16th, 2007
Fat Health Woes at 7
Children who are on the path toward obesity have some worrisome cardiovascular disease risk factors as young as age 7, according to researchers.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center researchers measured the body mass index of 308 kids every four months after age 3. They then examined several cardiovascular characteristics of the children at age 7.
A key element of the study was the “BMI rebound.”
Between birth and around age 4, tots become taller and leaner. Usually between ages 4 and 7, children start putting on weight in a way that increases their BMI.
The study showed that children who reached this BMI rebound early-experienced cardiovascular red flags by age 7.
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The amazing fact facing America is that few obese people really gives a damn about being fat. I meet and talk with plenty of fat people and they do not think they are fat. That’s right. They also think a bowl of Hagan Daz at 10PM is just fine. Last, but not least, these people think fried rice and general Tzo’s chicken will give children all the nutrition they need and a Diet Coke will certainly trim a few unnecessary calories.
The simple reason 6 of 10 fat people think this way is because they are toxic. Their children are toxic. Just what is toxic? Toxic is when the body retains chemicals in its cell walls including fat cells. The toxic chemicals are from meat, McDonald’, Popeye’s Chicken, Applebee’s and 80% of what is found in our supermarkets. Especially the frozen food sections.
Our general source of food is loaded with chemical additives that when consumed on a regular basis actually leaves the body craving more of the same. Like a drug addict, the body needs its daily dose of toxic food.
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Back to the melting fat. The fat melted away because I was ridding my body of all the chemicals that acted like a layer of insulation over my 35 pounds of fat. I might add that 10 pounds of the 35 pounds were easily locked up inside my colon. Pretty disgusting. During the 3-week cleanse, I laid off the meat, chicken, cold cuts and ate veggies with pasta and tomato sauce in a garlic and virgin olive oil base. Just incredible.
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Fat Nap Link
Eating just a few meals loaded with fat could be enough to throw off the body’s internal clock, starting a vicious cycle that could lead to obesity and diabetes, Northwestern University researchers said yesterday.
They reported in the journal Cell Metabolism that mice fed high-fat foods showed marked changes in their diet and sleep patterns, sleeping longer and eating when they should be sleeping.
Reuters, News Wire November 16th, 2007
Fat Health Woes at 7
Children who are on the path toward obesity have some worrisome cardiovascular disease risk factors as young as age 7, according to researchers.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center researchers measured the body mass index of 308 kids every four months after age 3. They then examined several cardiovascular characteristics of the children at age 7.
A key element of the study was the “BMI rebound.”
Between birth and around age 4, tots become taller and leaner. Usually between ages 4 and 7, children start putting on weight in a way that increases their BMI.
The study showed that children who reached this BMI rebound early-experienced cardiovascular red flags by age 7.
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The amazing fact facing America is that few obese people really gives a damn about being fat. I meet and talk with plenty of fat people and they do not think they are fat. That’s right. They also think a bowl of Hagan Daz at 10PM is just fine. Last, but not least, these people think fried rice and general Tzo’s chicken will give children all the nutrition they need and a Diet Coke will certainly trim a few unnecessary calories.
The simple reason 6 of 10 fat people think this way is because they are toxic. Their children are toxic. Just what is toxic? Toxic is when the body retains chemicals in its cell walls including fat cells. The toxic chemicals are from meat, McDonald’, Popeye’s Chicken, Applebee’s and 80% of what is found in our supermarkets. Especially the frozen food sections.
Our general source of food is loaded with chemical additives that when consumed on a regular basis actually leaves the body craving more of the same. Like a drug addict, the body needs its daily dose of toxic food.
Infinite Health Resources is associated with an organization called Isagenix. Isagenix has taken the idea of cleansing the body to the total body cleanses. The cell cleanse.
Almost 3 years ago I discovered a natural colon cleanse, unlike the Isagenix total body cleanse, which allowed me to become less toxic. It was a three-week program. By the end of the second week I saw fat melt away. However, I really did not see major weight loss. Although the weight did finally come off and it has stayed off. I did make major changes in my eating habits, which leave me missing nothing. More on that later.
Back to the melting fat. The fat melted away because I was ridding my body of all the chemicals that acted like a layer of insulation over my 35 pounds of fat. I might add that 10 pounds of the 35 pounds were easily locked up inside my colon. Pretty disgusting. During the 3-week cleanse, I laid off the meat, chicken, cold cuts and ate veggies with pasta and tomato sauce in a garlic and virgin olive oil base. Just incredible.
The Isagenix Cleanse for Life system is used by professional athletes, Olympic athletes and, you guessed it, obese folk. What makes Isagenix so incredible is the level and quality of research and physician participation is its use as an alternative to drug treatments and diet fads.
Incredibly, I consumed, and still do today, complex carbohydrates and stay slim. I have never avoided carbohydrates and no one should. The New York Post, November 7th, 2007 published a released study by the University of Maryland that clearly shows the danger of low carbohydrate high protein dieting.
There really is no such thing as a diet. Eating is a lifestyle. Either you eat to live or you eat to die.
The Isagenix Total Body Cleanse is helping thousands. The level and quality of testimonials are breathtaking.
Visit www.infinitehealthresources.isagenix.com to see for yourself.
The Isagenix product line is complete with skin care as well. Remember, what you put on your body is as important as what you put in your body.
I own and operate www.infinitehealthresources.com and we offer thousands of non-toxic and organic products including environmentally friendly products. However, I am convinced that a cellular cleanse or a colon cleanse is the place to kick start anyone’s life into a path to good health and weight loss. Please note, a lean body does not guarantee a toxic free body. Click on recipes at www.infinitehealthresources.com and continue eating toxic-free once your Isagenix Total Body Cleanse is complete.
Every Isagenix Total Body Cleanse comes with a real life coach who has been successful with the Isagenix Total Body Cleanse For Life.
E-mail us at info@infinitehealthresources.com to arrange to speak with someone.
Visit www.infinitehealthresources.isagenix.com for the kick start we all need to live the healthy lifestyle.
Sincerely,
Thomas Affatato
Infinite Health Resources
Saturday, November 17, 2007
The New York Post Editorial Page, November 15th, 2007, Thomas Sowell touched a subject that is fast becoming a national epidemic. Autism.
Striking mostly white, middle class and up. This terrible heart breaking disease is no more understood today than it was 20 years ago.
Now, thanks in large part to our drug dealing pharmaceutical industry, testing and screening has been widely recommended often leading to tragic results.
Read Mr. Sowell’s editorial.
Count the Casualties Before You Crusade
Autism is a devastating condition, both for those who have it and for their parents. At this point, its causes are unknown – and if there is any cure, that is unknown as well.There are many ways of coping with tragedies. One of the less promises, and often dangerous, ways is to launch a crusade.Crusades may be emotionally satisfying, politically popular and welcomed by the media. But crusaders are not known for caution, for weighing evidence or for counting the costs, which may extend well beyond the cost in money.The crusade against autism has already led to many casualties – and there may be far more if recent recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics are carried out to have every child tested for autism twice by age 2.Think about: How many people are qualified to diagnose autism? Enough to test every child in America? Not bloody likely.Professor Stephen Camarata of Vanderbilt University has tested and treated children with autism for more than 20 years. “While it is relatively easy to identify a 5-year-old as autistic,” he says, “it’s much more difficult to reliably diagnose a preschooler or toddler.”The word “reliably” is crucial. Anyone can unreliably diagnose autism, just as anybody can unreliably predict the weather or the stock market.The consequences of unreliable diagnoses of autism can be traumatic for parents and children alike.I’ve written books about late-talking children and their parents (the latest being “The Einstein Syndrome”). As a result I’ve encountered more than a hundred parents with stories of emotional devastation after their children were diagnosed as autistic – diagnoses that the passing years have shown to be false more often than not.Camarata has a far larger group of parents of late talking children, since he specializes in studying and treating speech disorders, and he has likewise found numerous cases of false diagnoses of autism among children who are late in beginning to talk.It’s not just the needless emotional stresses on the parents. Many of the treatments inflicted on children diagnosed as autistic, would be called child abuse if they weren’t done as medical procedures – and they can set back or distort a child’s development.The “autistic” label can follow a child into schools and beyond, causing him or her to be treated differently by teachers, nurses and others.Too many people refuse to reconsider any evidence contrary to the label, however blatant that evidence becomes or however much that evidence increases over the years.The initial evidence on which a diagnosis of autism was based may be nothing more than a checklist of characteristics of autistic children – often administered by someone with nothing more to go on than that checklist.But many items on such a checklist can apply to many children who are not autistic. A study of gifted children, for example, found many of them showing the kinds of characteristics found on checklists for autism.Says Camarata, “Because there are no reliable biomedical makers for autism, diagnosis must rely on subjective rating scales – making it difficult if not impossible to conduct accurate screening in toddlers or preschoolers.”But it is precisely the checklist approach that is being urged by those who are crusading for every child to be diagnosed for autism before age 2. Like most crusaders, they seem unwillingly to consider the possibility of errors, much less the consequences.The very definition of autism has been expanded in recent years to include what is called “the autism spectrum.” Among other things, this means there is now more wiggle room for those whose diagnoses have proved to be wrong, who refuse to admit it, and who are now even more unaccountable than ever.
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New York’s Nassau and Suffolk counties are on a speech therapy crusade that has turned into a multi million business. Thousands of children, 4, 5 and 6 years olds are in speech therapy. Could it be possible, that one of the most educated and affluent location in the U.S. be giving birth to children requiring speech therapy? If so, something is terribly amiss.
Listen folks, at www.infinitehealthresources.com we have spent 2 years writing about the effects of out toxic food system, toxic watersheds and just loony dieting. Both for the obese and athletic. Incredibly and as usual, this country will diagnose and treat with big pharmaceutical company drugs rather than find the cause and cure.
Let me take you back 10-15 years. ADHA, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, diagnosis’s by the thousands being recognized as incorrectly diagnosed. Further more, a recent SUNY Buffalo Study that tracked 600 kids since the early 1990s concluded that drugs like Ritalin and Concerta worked for a while but not after 3years. The co-author of the report, Dr. William Pelham said he believes the earlier beneficial impact if the medication were grossly exaggerated.
The pharmaceutical industry saw a drug patient for life. Many of these children are now 18-22 year olds and continue on not one, but several drugs. A financial bonanza. For the pharmaceutical industry and a multi-million dollar drain on our health care system.
Dr. Pelham went on to say, “We had though that children medicated longer would have better outcomes. That didn’t happen to be the case.”Instead, he said, the kids “had a substantial decrease in their rate of growth so they weren’t growing as much as other kids, both in terms of their height and in terms of their weight. “In the short run, [medication] will help the child behave better, in the long run it won’t. And that information should be made very clear to parents,” he said.
So what are we to expect with early testing and treatment for autism? The health establishment in the U.S. is completely focused on diagnosis and treatment. Not the cure. Ladies and Gentlemen, Parents and Grandparents, please wake up to the fact that something is clearly very wrong, and it may not be with our children. Our environment and health system may be the problem.
At www.infinitehealthresources.com we continue to present fact upon fact how proper nutrition throughout a person’s whole life can and will prevent many of today’s illnesses and life threatening diseases. That’s right, prevent. Prevention can be the cure.
What you put on you body is as important as what you put into your body. Non-toxic shampoos, lotions, nail polish, nail polish removers and filtered shower water and drinking water are essential to healthy living.
Are new and expecting mothers depriving their bodies and then the bodies of their unborn of the essential nutrients for proper brain development? Could the thousands of diets that we all try and fail at, coupled with fast food, be causing our level of nutrition to fail our offspring and us?I certainly do not have these answers. Isn’t it about time some serious discussion begin about autism, ADHD, breast cancer and so many modern disorders that are destroying lives, creating heart ache and pain and the premature death of our loved ones and friends.
This is a stand we must take together, we must unite. Our politicians would never rise to the task. They are owned by the pharmaceutical and processed food industries with billions in political action committees.
Wake up America and take a stand on your families’ health.
Visit www.infinitehealthresources.com and learn more on nutrition, disease, recipes and healthy products. Read the newsletters from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, The Cancer Project and The Organic Consumers Association.
Learn the truth about living a healthy lifestyle.
Visit www.infinitehealthresources.com
Sincerely,
Thomas Affatato
Striking mostly white, middle class and up. This terrible heart breaking disease is no more understood today than it was 20 years ago.
Now, thanks in large part to our drug dealing pharmaceutical industry, testing and screening has been widely recommended often leading to tragic results.
Read Mr. Sowell’s editorial.
Count the Casualties Before You Crusade
Autism is a devastating condition, both for those who have it and for their parents. At this point, its causes are unknown – and if there is any cure, that is unknown as well.There are many ways of coping with tragedies. One of the less promises, and often dangerous, ways is to launch a crusade.Crusades may be emotionally satisfying, politically popular and welcomed by the media. But crusaders are not known for caution, for weighing evidence or for counting the costs, which may extend well beyond the cost in money.The crusade against autism has already led to many casualties – and there may be far more if recent recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics are carried out to have every child tested for autism twice by age 2.Think about: How many people are qualified to diagnose autism? Enough to test every child in America? Not bloody likely.Professor Stephen Camarata of Vanderbilt University has tested and treated children with autism for more than 20 years. “While it is relatively easy to identify a 5-year-old as autistic,” he says, “it’s much more difficult to reliably diagnose a preschooler or toddler.”The word “reliably” is crucial. Anyone can unreliably diagnose autism, just as anybody can unreliably predict the weather or the stock market.The consequences of unreliable diagnoses of autism can be traumatic for parents and children alike.I’ve written books about late-talking children and their parents (the latest being “The Einstein Syndrome”). As a result I’ve encountered more than a hundred parents with stories of emotional devastation after their children were diagnosed as autistic – diagnoses that the passing years have shown to be false more often than not.Camarata has a far larger group of parents of late talking children, since he specializes in studying and treating speech disorders, and he has likewise found numerous cases of false diagnoses of autism among children who are late in beginning to talk.It’s not just the needless emotional stresses on the parents. Many of the treatments inflicted on children diagnosed as autistic, would be called child abuse if they weren’t done as medical procedures – and they can set back or distort a child’s development.The “autistic” label can follow a child into schools and beyond, causing him or her to be treated differently by teachers, nurses and others.Too many people refuse to reconsider any evidence contrary to the label, however blatant that evidence becomes or however much that evidence increases over the years.The initial evidence on which a diagnosis of autism was based may be nothing more than a checklist of characteristics of autistic children – often administered by someone with nothing more to go on than that checklist.But many items on such a checklist can apply to many children who are not autistic. A study of gifted children, for example, found many of them showing the kinds of characteristics found on checklists for autism.Says Camarata, “Because there are no reliable biomedical makers for autism, diagnosis must rely on subjective rating scales – making it difficult if not impossible to conduct accurate screening in toddlers or preschoolers.”But it is precisely the checklist approach that is being urged by those who are crusading for every child to be diagnosed for autism before age 2. Like most crusaders, they seem unwillingly to consider the possibility of errors, much less the consequences.The very definition of autism has been expanded in recent years to include what is called “the autism spectrum.” Among other things, this means there is now more wiggle room for those whose diagnoses have proved to be wrong, who refuse to admit it, and who are now even more unaccountable than ever.
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New York’s Nassau and Suffolk counties are on a speech therapy crusade that has turned into a multi million business. Thousands of children, 4, 5 and 6 years olds are in speech therapy. Could it be possible, that one of the most educated and affluent location in the U.S. be giving birth to children requiring speech therapy? If so, something is terribly amiss.
Listen folks, at www.infinitehealthresources.com we have spent 2 years writing about the effects of out toxic food system, toxic watersheds and just loony dieting. Both for the obese and athletic. Incredibly and as usual, this country will diagnose and treat with big pharmaceutical company drugs rather than find the cause and cure.
Let me take you back 10-15 years. ADHA, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, diagnosis’s by the thousands being recognized as incorrectly diagnosed. Further more, a recent SUNY Buffalo Study that tracked 600 kids since the early 1990s concluded that drugs like Ritalin and Concerta worked for a while but not after 3years. The co-author of the report, Dr. William Pelham said he believes the earlier beneficial impact if the medication were grossly exaggerated.
The pharmaceutical industry saw a drug patient for life. Many of these children are now 18-22 year olds and continue on not one, but several drugs. A financial bonanza. For the pharmaceutical industry and a multi-million dollar drain on our health care system.
Dr. Pelham went on to say, “We had though that children medicated longer would have better outcomes. That didn’t happen to be the case.”Instead, he said, the kids “had a substantial decrease in their rate of growth so they weren’t growing as much as other kids, both in terms of their height and in terms of their weight. “In the short run, [medication] will help the child behave better, in the long run it won’t. And that information should be made very clear to parents,” he said.
So what are we to expect with early testing and treatment for autism? The health establishment in the U.S. is completely focused on diagnosis and treatment. Not the cure. Ladies and Gentlemen, Parents and Grandparents, please wake up to the fact that something is clearly very wrong, and it may not be with our children. Our environment and health system may be the problem.
At www.infinitehealthresources.com we continue to present fact upon fact how proper nutrition throughout a person’s whole life can and will prevent many of today’s illnesses and life threatening diseases. That’s right, prevent. Prevention can be the cure.
What you put on you body is as important as what you put into your body. Non-toxic shampoos, lotions, nail polish, nail polish removers and filtered shower water and drinking water are essential to healthy living.
Are new and expecting mothers depriving their bodies and then the bodies of their unborn of the essential nutrients for proper brain development? Could the thousands of diets that we all try and fail at, coupled with fast food, be causing our level of nutrition to fail our offspring and us?I certainly do not have these answers. Isn’t it about time some serious discussion begin about autism, ADHD, breast cancer and so many modern disorders that are destroying lives, creating heart ache and pain and the premature death of our loved ones and friends.
This is a stand we must take together, we must unite. Our politicians would never rise to the task. They are owned by the pharmaceutical and processed food industries with billions in political action committees.
Wake up America and take a stand on your families’ health.
Visit www.infinitehealthresources.com and learn more on nutrition, disease, recipes and healthy products. Read the newsletters from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, The Cancer Project and The Organic Consumers Association.
Learn the truth about living a healthy lifestyle.
Visit www.infinitehealthresources.com
Sincerely,
Thomas Affatato
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Superbug and Your Food
Superbug and Your Food
All week, every major news outlet talked up a storm about the infections killing teens and others. The antibiotic resistant infections are long overdue and very little can be done to stop them.
The food chain in the U.S. is contaminated and loaded with antibiotics. These foods are beef, chicken and pork. The second tier of foods are eggs, milk, cheese and coldcuts, from the same source.
Our cattle are fed other cattle. Mainly none edible parts such as heart, stomach, intestines and other organs. Our cattle, therefore, are fed huge amounts of antibiotics to kill any infection caused by this cannibalism. Chicken, one very dirty and nasty piece of meat, ubiquitous in every New York deli, in no less than 10 different recipe preparations, is also loaded to the max with antibiotics.
Pork, long considered swine and the filthiest of creatures by many of the world’s population, such as Jews and Muslims, see they do have things in common, may be the least harmful as far as antibiotic use goes. They have been genetically altered to be more lean and grow faster and smaller. That will pass on a whole new series of human health issues soon to be uncovered.
American people are toxic, constipated, obese and yes, antibiotic resistant. There is no end in sight. I will attempt to lay out a little guidance that over time, I am not sure how much time, years possibly, to bring the body back to normal and become non-toxic.
For starters, stop eating any meat that is not organic. What does that mean? Organic simply means no antibiotics, pesticides, insecticides or animal parts were used in the raising of any animal slaughtered for human consumption.
The U.S. beef and poultry industry monitored under the FDA and USDA require all animals, several days before slaughter, to be removed from antibiotic use so the level of these drugs falls within limits set up of course by none other than the FDA and USDA. I do not know what the acceptable limits are for us humans to consume in our daily diet of McDonald’s, Burger King and KFC.
Only 5% of the U.S consumes organic produce, meat, fruits and liquids. I suggest to most parents, eat your organic veggies and organic beans to get a good dose of protein. Cut all meat consumption to once or twice per week. Eat organic meats only.
Now, to be fair to the U.S. meat industry, I will point to another industry that abuses the dispensing of antibiotics. Doctors!
Ear infections are quite common among toddlers. Their cause and cure is a lengthy subject to be covered another day. I remember my oldest son from the ages of 4-6 was on and off antibiotics for two years. I admit I knew little of what I know today, however, I learned quickly he was the only child ever to go through such a long period of antibiotic drug use of my four children. This is just one example of the abuse our health system perpetrates daily, starting at such a young age.
Yes diet and alternative methods of dealing with ear infections helped me with my other three children.
We are bombarded all year by several of the largest industries in America with contaminated food and a drug dealing health industry.
Wake up America! Aids, car accidents, DWI, breast cancer and many other causes of death will become three times less a cause of death. Our food chain and daily diet is becoming the number 1 cause of disability, diabetes II, stroke and obesity. Now death to superbugs.
America shouldn’t fear global warming, at least not yet. America should fear the big corporations who feed us, provide health care for us and the governmental agencies that monitor those corporations. Wake up America!
Learn more about the healthy lifestyle. Concerning hundreds of health topics. Non-meat recipes and more.
Visit www.infinitehealthresources.com.
All week, every major news outlet talked up a storm about the infections killing teens and others. The antibiotic resistant infections are long overdue and very little can be done to stop them.
The food chain in the U.S. is contaminated and loaded with antibiotics. These foods are beef, chicken and pork. The second tier of foods are eggs, milk, cheese and coldcuts, from the same source.
Our cattle are fed other cattle. Mainly none edible parts such as heart, stomach, intestines and other organs. Our cattle, therefore, are fed huge amounts of antibiotics to kill any infection caused by this cannibalism. Chicken, one very dirty and nasty piece of meat, ubiquitous in every New York deli, in no less than 10 different recipe preparations, is also loaded to the max with antibiotics.
Pork, long considered swine and the filthiest of creatures by many of the world’s population, such as Jews and Muslims, see they do have things in common, may be the least harmful as far as antibiotic use goes. They have been genetically altered to be more lean and grow faster and smaller. That will pass on a whole new series of human health issues soon to be uncovered.
American people are toxic, constipated, obese and yes, antibiotic resistant. There is no end in sight. I will attempt to lay out a little guidance that over time, I am not sure how much time, years possibly, to bring the body back to normal and become non-toxic.
For starters, stop eating any meat that is not organic. What does that mean? Organic simply means no antibiotics, pesticides, insecticides or animal parts were used in the raising of any animal slaughtered for human consumption.
The U.S. beef and poultry industry monitored under the FDA and USDA require all animals, several days before slaughter, to be removed from antibiotic use so the level of these drugs falls within limits set up of course by none other than the FDA and USDA. I do not know what the acceptable limits are for us humans to consume in our daily diet of McDonald’s, Burger King and KFC.
Only 5% of the U.S consumes organic produce, meat, fruits and liquids. I suggest to most parents, eat your organic veggies and organic beans to get a good dose of protein. Cut all meat consumption to once or twice per week. Eat organic meats only.
Now, to be fair to the U.S. meat industry, I will point to another industry that abuses the dispensing of antibiotics. Doctors!
Ear infections are quite common among toddlers. Their cause and cure is a lengthy subject to be covered another day. I remember my oldest son from the ages of 4-6 was on and off antibiotics for two years. I admit I knew little of what I know today, however, I learned quickly he was the only child ever to go through such a long period of antibiotic drug use of my four children. This is just one example of the abuse our health system perpetrates daily, starting at such a young age.
Yes diet and alternative methods of dealing with ear infections helped me with my other three children.
We are bombarded all year by several of the largest industries in America with contaminated food and a drug dealing health industry.
Wake up America! Aids, car accidents, DWI, breast cancer and many other causes of death will become three times less a cause of death. Our food chain and daily diet is becoming the number 1 cause of disability, diabetes II, stroke and obesity. Now death to superbugs.
America shouldn’t fear global warming, at least not yet. America should fear the big corporations who feed us, provide health care for us and the governmental agencies that monitor those corporations. Wake up America!
Learn more about the healthy lifestyle. Concerning hundreds of health topics. Non-meat recipes and more.
Visit www.infinitehealthresources.com.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
FDA Approves Anti-Psychotic Drug for Teens
FDA Approves Anti-Psychotic Drug for Teens
The Food and Drug Administration approved expanding use of Johnson & Johnson’s anti-psychotic drug Risperdal to include adolescents suffering from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, a move likely to heighten the already-fierce debate over pediatric prescriptions of such of such powerful drugs.Some doctors are concerned about the safety of treating children whose bodies are still growing with Risperdal and similar medications. They point out that the FDA’s decision is based on short-term studies. Risperdal and competing drugs have previously been tied to serious side effects including increased blood sugar, a potential precursor to diabetes.“ We definitely need to have longer-term follow-up to learn the full extent of the side-effect liabilities,” said Jeffrey Lieberman, chairman of the psychiatry department at Columbia University in New York gets research funding from drug companies.The FDA approval, which is limited to schizophrenic youngsters 13 –17 years old and short-term treatment of bipolar patients who are 10 – 17, also comes as experts continue to disagree over what symptoms justify prescribing anti-psychotics to teens and children.Risperdal is the first of the newer-generation anti-psychotic drugs known as “atypical” to win FDA approval for those conditions in young people. It was already sanctioned for irritability in pediatric patients with autism.Doctors are allowed to prescribe marketed drugs for any use they wish, even if it isn’t specifically approved by the FDA, and the use of anti-psychotics in young people is already growing rapidly. Overall, the drugs have roughly $15 billion in yearly sales, with Risperdal ringing up $4.18 billion last year. The number of doctor visits by patients 20 years and younger that included an anti-psychotic prescription grew to an estimated 1.2 million in 2002, from about 201,000 in 1993.
Here is where I must stop and ask, what happened between 1993 and 2002 that caused bipolar disorder and schizophrenia to increase in teens?
Was it Bill Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky affair? Was it the tech bubble of 200? Or was it September 11th, 2001?
Here is what I think. Perhaps it was because of the disconnection between parent and child. Let’s face it. No 13-year-old is going to get a prescription for such a dangerous drug without the parent or parent’s consent.
Are these the same 5-7-year-old children, who were prescribed Ritalin for ADD? Wow, what a pharmaceutical company dream come true!
A drug addict for life. Once this child is of the legal age, 18 in most states and 21 in others, well, they can now ask for any psychotic drug they want. In addition to five other or so drugs to counter all the side effects from the childhood years of drug abuse. Well, is it really drug abuse if I allow my doctor to prescribe a drug for my child that will allow him or her to be a more attentive student, be more sociable with others while I am working 12 hours a day, golfing, doing yoga and pilates, or is it child abuse?
I have four children. If they so much take a Tylenol over a six-month period I am upset. They all seem ok. They do well in school. They seem to follow instructions well.
I am simple man. I believe a little family participation, playing a little ball in the park, good food, sunlight and exercise can do a child a lot of good.
I am, however, a little afraid for them and myself. I am afraid that one of these abused children will forget to take his or her medication one day or two and snap. In the process, hurt someone in my family and other innocent children. Unfortunately, I do see children in our community who are troubled and are on these drugs. Frankly, I am bit more than afraid. I am terrified at the thought.
If you are one of these parents or know someone who is, get help. Learn how proper nutrition, exercise and tender care can be more powerful than any drug.
I am aware that there are truly some troubled children out there. I do not believe there are millions of troubled children out there in the U.S.
Thomas Affatato
www.infinitehealthresources.com
The Food and Drug Administration approved expanding use of Johnson & Johnson’s anti-psychotic drug Risperdal to include adolescents suffering from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, a move likely to heighten the already-fierce debate over pediatric prescriptions of such of such powerful drugs.Some doctors are concerned about the safety of treating children whose bodies are still growing with Risperdal and similar medications. They point out that the FDA’s decision is based on short-term studies. Risperdal and competing drugs have previously been tied to serious side effects including increased blood sugar, a potential precursor to diabetes.“ We definitely need to have longer-term follow-up to learn the full extent of the side-effect liabilities,” said Jeffrey Lieberman, chairman of the psychiatry department at Columbia University in New York gets research funding from drug companies.The FDA approval, which is limited to schizophrenic youngsters 13 –17 years old and short-term treatment of bipolar patients who are 10 – 17, also comes as experts continue to disagree over what symptoms justify prescribing anti-psychotics to teens and children.Risperdal is the first of the newer-generation anti-psychotic drugs known as “atypical” to win FDA approval for those conditions in young people. It was already sanctioned for irritability in pediatric patients with autism.Doctors are allowed to prescribe marketed drugs for any use they wish, even if it isn’t specifically approved by the FDA, and the use of anti-psychotics in young people is already growing rapidly. Overall, the drugs have roughly $15 billion in yearly sales, with Risperdal ringing up $4.18 billion last year. The number of doctor visits by patients 20 years and younger that included an anti-psychotic prescription grew to an estimated 1.2 million in 2002, from about 201,000 in 1993.
Here is where I must stop and ask, what happened between 1993 and 2002 that caused bipolar disorder and schizophrenia to increase in teens?
Was it Bill Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky affair? Was it the tech bubble of 200? Or was it September 11th, 2001?
Here is what I think. Perhaps it was because of the disconnection between parent and child. Let’s face it. No 13-year-old is going to get a prescription for such a dangerous drug without the parent or parent’s consent.
Are these the same 5-7-year-old children, who were prescribed Ritalin for ADD? Wow, what a pharmaceutical company dream come true!
A drug addict for life. Once this child is of the legal age, 18 in most states and 21 in others, well, they can now ask for any psychotic drug they want. In addition to five other or so drugs to counter all the side effects from the childhood years of drug abuse. Well, is it really drug abuse if I allow my doctor to prescribe a drug for my child that will allow him or her to be a more attentive student, be more sociable with others while I am working 12 hours a day, golfing, doing yoga and pilates, or is it child abuse?
I have four children. If they so much take a Tylenol over a six-month period I am upset. They all seem ok. They do well in school. They seem to follow instructions well.
I am simple man. I believe a little family participation, playing a little ball in the park, good food, sunlight and exercise can do a child a lot of good.
I am, however, a little afraid for them and myself. I am afraid that one of these abused children will forget to take his or her medication one day or two and snap. In the process, hurt someone in my family and other innocent children. Unfortunately, I do see children in our community who are troubled and are on these drugs. Frankly, I am bit more than afraid. I am terrified at the thought.
If you are one of these parents or know someone who is, get help. Learn how proper nutrition, exercise and tender care can be more powerful than any drug.
I am aware that there are truly some troubled children out there. I do not believe there are millions of troubled children out there in the U.S.
Thomas Affatato
www.infinitehealthresources.com
Monday, October 8, 2007
The Death of Environmentalism
The Death of Environmentalism
There has finally came a book that dares to actually speak the truth about global warming.
Breakthrough: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. Authors Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger break from the Sierra Club and Al Gore mentality and really do tell the truth inconvenient truth.
The major point made in this book that Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth farce barely gave 60 seconds to, is that China and India could well be solely responsible for all Global Warming by 2050. Here’s what Shellenberger had to say.
“If China burns all the coal that is set to burn between now and 2050,” Shellenberger says, “We are super-deeply fucked.”
The fact hardly ever talked about by most hard left wing environmentalists is that China fires up a new coal burning plant every 7-10 days with no pollution control measures whatsoever. India isn’t very far behind them.
Here is a fact made evident in the book, Breakthrough. Even if every American SUV owner were to buy a hybrid tomorrow, that wouldn’t come close to offsetting the environmental change being perpetrated around the globe. In fact all the standards, cap and trade limits, and emission reduction standards that environmentalists have been pushing for may slow, but will never reverse global warming. That is Shellenberger and Nordhaus’ inconvenient truth.
Hollywood and Al Gore have put together a convenient lie at making the U.S. the bad guy, again, for the world’s global woes.
Consider this. Evidence shows, since the Kyoto agreement, many of the 36 industrialized countries that committed to reducing emissions from many of the 36 nations have gone up not down.
These two men have realized a new way of thinking about global warming has come. For the past 10 years, Nordhaus and Shellenberger toiled in the green movement as political strategists and consultants, each wanting to have an impact on society.
Breakthrough takes accurate aim at the environmental movement’s biggest leaders, like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Al Gore. “If this book doesn’t piss off a lot of Liberals, we’ve failed,” Nordhaus says.
I, Thomas Affatato, am personally against big government and higher taxes. However, I do believe global warming is real. The proof for me came two years ago when I was introduced to chemtrails in the sky. Those ubiquitous long plumes that criss-cross each other and expand into a hazy cloud cover. The Discovery Channel had a segment on it this year. I realized then, that this concerted effort by the world’s industrialized nations to filter the sun’s rays is possibly a last minute effort to save the plant. This is quite alarming. There are hundreds of thousands of health issues, although unproven at this time, related to the chemicals dispersed by these high flying unmarked tankers.
I do not believe that the meteoric rise of asthma in children over the last decade is the result of food allergies and peanuts.
Breakthrough contends it is the government’s responsibility to fund in an unprecedented way, to find the technology needed to eliminate carbon emissions. They call for a $300 billion investment that could lead to another $200 billion investment by private enterprise.
Nordhaus and Shellenberger contend this is the next revolution in technology. They call it the $300 billion Manhattan Project.
Nordhaus and Shellenberger make a good point. Intel and Google wouldn’t exist today if it weren’t massive federal spending on Computer Science for the military and many tech firms like them figured a way to take this technological revolution to the masses.
For Christ’s Sake! We have spent this money on Iraq to date. Sad to say, it may well be a $300 billion mistake and waste. More importantly are the thousands of young men and women who have been killed and mamed in the process. For what?
To protect the fuel source every air conditioned, lighted home, restaurant, factory, airline, office building and car owner throughout the world, so deeply depends. You do not see the U.S., Nato or Russia in Africa with the same zeal. Because frankly, in the world’s scheme of things. Africa does not matter.
Breakthrough will stop terrorism in its tracks. The day the Middle East and places like Venezuela are not needed we will have literally cut the head off the industrialized world’s enemies. In the process, the next technological revolution will lift billions of people out of poverty, pollution and misery.
Let’s all listen to the inconvenient truth in the new book, Breakthrough: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. By Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger.
Thomas Affatato
For more on the environment and the healthy lifestyle visit www.infinitehealthresources.com
There has finally came a book that dares to actually speak the truth about global warming.
Breakthrough: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. Authors Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger break from the Sierra Club and Al Gore mentality and really do tell the truth inconvenient truth.
The major point made in this book that Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth farce barely gave 60 seconds to, is that China and India could well be solely responsible for all Global Warming by 2050. Here’s what Shellenberger had to say.
“If China burns all the coal that is set to burn between now and 2050,” Shellenberger says, “We are super-deeply fucked.”
The fact hardly ever talked about by most hard left wing environmentalists is that China fires up a new coal burning plant every 7-10 days with no pollution control measures whatsoever. India isn’t very far behind them.
Here is a fact made evident in the book, Breakthrough. Even if every American SUV owner were to buy a hybrid tomorrow, that wouldn’t come close to offsetting the environmental change being perpetrated around the globe. In fact all the standards, cap and trade limits, and emission reduction standards that environmentalists have been pushing for may slow, but will never reverse global warming. That is Shellenberger and Nordhaus’ inconvenient truth.
Hollywood and Al Gore have put together a convenient lie at making the U.S. the bad guy, again, for the world’s global woes.
Consider this. Evidence shows, since the Kyoto agreement, many of the 36 industrialized countries that committed to reducing emissions from many of the 36 nations have gone up not down.
These two men have realized a new way of thinking about global warming has come. For the past 10 years, Nordhaus and Shellenberger toiled in the green movement as political strategists and consultants, each wanting to have an impact on society.
Breakthrough takes accurate aim at the environmental movement’s biggest leaders, like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Al Gore. “If this book doesn’t piss off a lot of Liberals, we’ve failed,” Nordhaus says.
I, Thomas Affatato, am personally against big government and higher taxes. However, I do believe global warming is real. The proof for me came two years ago when I was introduced to chemtrails in the sky. Those ubiquitous long plumes that criss-cross each other and expand into a hazy cloud cover. The Discovery Channel had a segment on it this year. I realized then, that this concerted effort by the world’s industrialized nations to filter the sun’s rays is possibly a last minute effort to save the plant. This is quite alarming. There are hundreds of thousands of health issues, although unproven at this time, related to the chemicals dispersed by these high flying unmarked tankers.
I do not believe that the meteoric rise of asthma in children over the last decade is the result of food allergies and peanuts.
Breakthrough contends it is the government’s responsibility to fund in an unprecedented way, to find the technology needed to eliminate carbon emissions. They call for a $300 billion investment that could lead to another $200 billion investment by private enterprise.
Nordhaus and Shellenberger contend this is the next revolution in technology. They call it the $300 billion Manhattan Project.
Nordhaus and Shellenberger make a good point. Intel and Google wouldn’t exist today if it weren’t massive federal spending on Computer Science for the military and many tech firms like them figured a way to take this technological revolution to the masses.
For Christ’s Sake! We have spent this money on Iraq to date. Sad to say, it may well be a $300 billion mistake and waste. More importantly are the thousands of young men and women who have been killed and mamed in the process. For what?
To protect the fuel source every air conditioned, lighted home, restaurant, factory, airline, office building and car owner throughout the world, so deeply depends. You do not see the U.S., Nato or Russia in Africa with the same zeal. Because frankly, in the world’s scheme of things. Africa does not matter.
Breakthrough will stop terrorism in its tracks. The day the Middle East and places like Venezuela are not needed we will have literally cut the head off the industrialized world’s enemies. In the process, the next technological revolution will lift billions of people out of poverty, pollution and misery.
Let’s all listen to the inconvenient truth in the new book, Breakthrough: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. By Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger.
Thomas Affatato
For more on the environment and the healthy lifestyle visit www.infinitehealthresources.com
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