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Some Baby Foods are Worse Than Junk Food

May 22nd, 2009 | Posted by Fred Bloem, MD in Nutrition - (246 Comments)

From Mercola.com

Some baby foods contain as much sugar and saturated fats as chocolate cookies or cheeseburgers.

A survey of more than 100 foods for babies and toddlers found examples that were 29 percent sugar, and others that contained trans fats, which have been linked to heart disease.

The Children’s Food Campaign, part of food and farming campaign group Sustain, examined the nutritional content of 107 baby and toddler foods. Only half the products were low in saturated fat, salt and sugar.

So, what about organic baby food — is it your safest choice?

Maybe not…

Katharine Wroth of Grist was curious about her organic baby food options, so she took a look at several types of baby food.

She found that, among other results, Earth’s Best had an extensive selection, but also had high sodium levels. Gerber Organic was easy to find, but came in plastic containers. Organic Baby was from a good company, but was sometimes hard to find.

Plum Organics had BPA-free packaging, but a high price and limited flavor options. Happy Baby had the same advantages and the same problems. Little Lettice comes from a company that uses local ingredients and doesn’t ship outside the region, but that means it is only available in Massachusetts.

In the final analysis, the frozen baby foods tasted better than the jarred ones, but they would be prohibitively expensive if they were all you bought. However, they also noted that there is one option that is affordable, tasty, and healthy: making your own.

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Your Tuna is Getting More Toxic

May 22nd, 2009 | Posted by Fred Bloem, MD in Nutrition - (243 Comments)

From Mercola.com:

The rate of mercury contamination in tuna and other Pacific fish has increased 30 percent since 1990. The increase is a direct result of China’s rapid industrialization, and the mercury content is expected to increase another 50 percent by 2050 if China continues to build more coal-fired power plants.

The data comes from a new study by the U.S. Geologic Survey.

About 40 percent of all U.S. exposure to mercury comes from eating contaminated tuna from the Pacific. Roughly 75 percent of all human exposure to mercury in general comes from eating fish. Mercury poisoning early in life, even in very small amounts, can lead to permanent developmental effects.

Mercury becomes toxic when it is converted by bacteria into a form called methylmercury. Scientists have long known how this conversion takes place in freshwater lakes, reservoirs and rivers, but this study is the first to document how that conversion takes place in the ocean. It shows that methylmercury is produced in mid-depth ocean waters by bacteria decomposing settling algae

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Cancer Studies Published in Respected Journals Biased By Medical Industry Money

May 22nd, 2009 | Posted by Fred Bloem, MD in Cancer | Health Policies - (169 Comments)

From NaturalNews.com

On the issue of Daniel Hauser (the “chemo boy”) who is now on the run with his mother, it turns out that cancer studies are fraudulent to begin with. So the very idea that this boy can be “saved” by chemotherapy is pure junk science.

Read this article to see why even cancer studies published in peer-reviewed medical journals are biased by Pharma money:

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Infant Formula: Explosive Chemicals Used in Refining of DHA

May 22nd, 2009 | Posted by Fred Bloem, MD in Nutrition - (166 Comments)

From NaturalNews.com

Dear NaturalNews readers,

In 2003, a chemical explosion thundered through a wastewater treatment facility in Kentucky. Upstream from the explosion, a manufacturing plant had been releasing a hazardous, toxic chemical into the wastewater, which accumulated and ultimately caused the explosion.

You might wonder: What kind of manufacturing plant was dumping these explosive chemicals in the first place? A gasoline refinery? A military weapons factory?

How about this: It was an infant formula ingredient manufacturer named Martek Biosciences!

Today’s investigative story reveals the startling truth about explosive chemicals used in the refining of DHA for infant formula. I cite the public documents and reveal the sources that will leave you stunned to learn this little-known truth about the companies behind popular infant formula products.

Click here to read the complete article.

A Preview of What US Healthcare Could be Like in the Near Future

May 22nd, 2009 | Posted by Fred Bloem, MD in Health Policies - (91 Comments)

Neil McDonald (CBC News) writes:

“We call our system a “safety net.” We think it helps prevent the sort of crushing social inequality that most of us think is everywhere on your side of the border.

We actually love hearing about your crushing social inequality. It’s a favorite Canadian topic. Remember that famous Canadian rock song, American Woman, by the Guess Who back in the ’70s? Listen to the words sometime.

Anyway, while the progressives among you seem to envy our system, your conservatives hate it. And they seem to think our system is where your president is headed.

They’re the ones you’ll be hearing most from.

Actually, you’re already hearing from them if you watch cable news. A group called Conservatives for Patients’ Rights has already started running attack ads talking about the “victims of government-run health care.” Most of these “victims,” it turns out, are Canadian.”

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Vaccines – Government Scientists Hide Vaccine-Autism Link

May 21st, 2009 | Posted by Fred Bloem, MD in Vaccinations - (247 Comments)

There is no question in my mind that vaccines are harming our children, the rising generation. There is an abundance of scientific information that demonstrates that thimerosal is harmful.

Click here to read Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s “Deadly Immunity” article.

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Soy Protein Used in Natural Foods Bathed in Toxic Solvent Hexane

May 20th, 2009 | Posted by Fred Bloem, MD in Nutrition - (339 Comments)

(NaturalNews) Virtually all “protein bars” on the market today are made with soy protein. Many infant formula products are also made with soy protein, and thousands of vegetarian products (veggie burgers, veggie cheese, “natural” food bars, etc.) are made with soy protein. That soy protein is almost always described as safe and “natural” by the companies using it. But there’s a dirty little secret the soy product industry doesn’t want you to know: Much of the “natural” soy protein used in foods today is bathed in a toxic, explosive chemical solvent known as hexane.

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Swine Flu Martial Law Bill Clears Massachusetts Senate

May 20th, 2009 | Posted by Fred Bloem, MD in Old News - (104 Comments)

It took corporate media swine flu hysteria to ram through a martial law bill in Massachusetts. S18 gives the Governor the power to authorize the deployment and use of force to distribute supplies and materials and local authorities will be allowed to enter private residences for investigation and to quarantine individuals.

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U.S. military: Heavily armed and medicated

May 19th, 2009 | Posted by Fred Bloem, MD in Nutrition - (178 Comments)

In deploying an all-volunteer army to fight two ongoing wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon has increasingly relied on prescription drugs to keep its warriors on the front lines. In recent years, the number of military prescriptions for antidepressants, sleeping pills, and painkillers has risen as soldiers come home with battered bodies and troubled minds. And many of those service members are then sent back to war theaters in distant lands with bottles of medication to fortify them.

Click here to read the rest of the article.

This is sad. Just like everyone else, the U.S. military could also benefit from holistic healing: whole, non-processed foods, adequate rest, nutritional supplements, and energetic healing methods such as Emotional Freedom Technique and NeuroModulation Technique. What we have now is a prescription for broken bodies and spirits and addiction and dependency to pharmaceuticals.

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Mercury Amalgam Fillings Dangers

May 19th, 2009 | Posted by Fred Bloem, MD in dentistry - (146 Comments)

Mercury amalgam fillings are euphemistically called “silver fillings”. Although silver may be part of a dental amalgam filling, about 43-54% consists of mercury. Tin, copper, and zinc usually are the other metals in a dental amalgam.

Because mercury is a toxic metal it needs to be removed carefully by a dentist who has experience and the proper equipment.

Unfortunately, we cannot rely on the mainstream dental organizations to provide us with correct information on this topic.

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