We Still Don’t Eat Enough Fruits and
Veggies

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Posted By Gerald PuglieseFrom Disease-ProofYeah, kind of a no-brainer—heck, I’ve got friends that for as long as I’ve know them, I’ve never seen them look at a piece of fruit, let alone eat one! And this next report only confirms my observation. According to HealthDay News most Americans are still not eating the recommended [...] Tags: Disease Proof

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Obesity-Link: High Fructose Corn Syrup

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Posted By Gerald PuglieseFrom Disease-ProofFoodNavigator is all over new research claiming to have found a link between fructose syrup and obesity. Stephen Daniells reports:The study could increase pressure on formulators to remove the ingredient from their products, with the use of high fructose corn syrup specifically accused of playing a major role in the [...] Tags: Disease Proof

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Fruit Salad Wiggle Wiggles

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Posted By Gerald PuglieseFrom Disease-ProofHere’s the Wiggles take on fruit salad: Tags: Disease Proof

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Examining the Twinkie

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Posted By Gerald PuglieseFrom Disease-ProofLong before my vegetable-based diet days I used to eat junk food, but, I can honestly say, I’ve never had a Twinkie. I guess that makes me un-American. And why was I never tempted by an over-processed, industrialized, snack-cake? Maybe its 39 ingredients have something to do with it. Anne [...] Tags: Disease Proof

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Cow Farts

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Posted By Gerald PuglieseFrom Disease-ProofWe’ve all heard someone say that mass flatulence from livestock is harming the environment, but is it true? To the casual observer it might seem like an urban legend. But sadly, unlike a good fart joke, it’s no laughing matter. Take a look at this report Dr. Fuhrman emailed me [...] Tags: Disease Proof

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Bad News for Franken-Corn

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Posted By Gerald PuglieseFrom Disease-ProofCall me crazy, but I think futzing with Mother Nature is foolhardy. Apparently millions of years of natural evolution aren’t good enough for us. Well, here’s what we get. It now seems some genetically modified maize is showing signs of health risks. More from Stephen Daniells of FoodProductionDaily:The study, performed [...] Tags: Disease Proof

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When is chicken bad diet food

post from Fitness Health and Diet Tips on 19 March 2007 03:29:00 PM. © Fitness Health and Diet Tips

I thought that this would go without saying but I continually run onto people that seem to be eating well but destroy what they eat with the dressings that go on their foods.

My sister makes quite possibly the best Caesar salad dressing that the world has ever known. I like it and everyone in my family and our friends like it as well. The trouble is that even if the lettuce is almost calorie free there is a part of the Caesar salad recipe where you add 2 cups of oil. Oil as we all know is 100% fat.

Another example. My wife uses Pam for cooking instead of butter. No matter what the can of Pam says it is of course 100% oil, this is OK when you compare it to using 3 times as much butter but still do not minimize the impact that these "trace" amounts of oil have.

What does this all have to do with chicken? Well chicken is very good as a protein source because it has close to no fat and is very balanced for it's amino acid profile. The trouble with chicken is that when you cook it you will find that it can get dry and you add come kind of sauce to make it less dry tasting. These sauces tend to be bad. This is the same story with tuna, where people will add mayo and salad dressing to the tuna to make it better and less dry.

And there is another fat food, Mayonnaise is very high in fat as well.

So as you look through the foods that you like and the foods that you eat, see what there is that is high in fat as an addition to your regular good food. You of course can leave in whatever you wish, but there is a chance that you will find some stuff in your diet that you just do not care much about that is ruining the good work that you are doing in the rest of your diet and with your exercises.

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Breast cancer surgery better at high-volume
hospitals

Filed under: Breast Cancer, Clinical Trials, Research, Cancer Survivors

The American Journal of Public Health published a study that states women with early-stage breast cancer have a better survival if they undergo surgery at a hospital that performs large numbers of breast cancer surgeries.

To explore the link between hospital volume and breast cancer survival, researchers conducted a study among more than 11,000 Medicare beneficiaries who underwent surgery for Stage I or Stage II breast cancer. These surgeries were performed at 457 different hospitals in the United States.

Hospital volume of the number of breast cancer surgeries was defined as:

low volume -- zero to nineteen cases per year
medium volume -- twenty to thirty nine cases per year
high volume -- forty or more cases per year

Study participants were followed for roughly five years after surgery:

Compared to women treated at a low-volume hospital, women treated at a high-volume hospital were 17 percent less likely to die of any cause and 20 percent less likely to die of breast cancer.
Surgery at the high-volume hospital was linked with better survival among women with lymph-node negative cancer as well as among women with lymph node positive disease.

It appears that the treatment at a hospital that performs a greater number of breast cancer surgeries appears to result in better survival among women undergoing surgery for breast cancer.

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Workers exposed to some chemicals may increase
stomach cancer risk

Filed under: Prevention, Stomach Cancer, Clinical Trials, Research

An article recently published in the International Journal of Cancer says that airborne exposure to some occupational carcinogens appears to increase the risk of noncardia gastric cancer among men.

Noncardia gastric cancer refers to cancer that is in the middle or lower part of the stomach. Researchers from Sweden recently conducted a clinical study to evaluate potential occupational airborne exposures that may be associated with the risk of developing noncardia gastric cancer. This study included over 256,000 men with 200 different jobs.

Conclusions:

Workers exposed to cement dust has a 50 percent increased rate of noncardia gastric cancer
Workers exposed to quartz dust had a 30 percent increased rate of noncardia gastric cancer
Workers exposed to diesel exhaust has a 40 percent rate of noncardia gastric cancer
Exposure to asbestos, asphalt fumes, concrete dust, epoxy resins, isocyanates, metal fumes, mineral fibers, organic solvents, or wood dust did not appear to increase the risk of noncardia gastric cancers.

Men exposed to these airborne carcinogens may wish to speak with their physician regarding potential screening measures for noncardia gastric cancer.

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