Food for thought

Hear it straight from the great doctor McDougall. This is a tremendous free opportunity for important knowledge. I eat very healthy. After watching this I am going to eat even healthier. http://www.drmcdougall.com/video/diet_ms.html

Prediction: Breast cancer rates will skyrocket in the next 20 years. POSTED ON OCTOBER 15, 2010 BY JOEL FUHRMAN, M.D. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. I want to raise awareness that childhood diets are the major cause of adult cancers, including breast cancer. [1] I also want to raise awareness that women are not powerless against breast cancer – mammograms for ‘early detection’ are not the only defense and do not even offer significant benefits. The most important thing to be aware of is that women can achieve meaningful risk reduction with powerful preventive lifestyle measures. The American Institute for Cancer Research estimates that 40% of breast cancers are preventable through diet and lifestyle measures. I propose that we could prevent much more than 40% of breast cancers in the future, if we can ingrain healthy habits in our children at a young age. Early studies found wide international variations in breast cancer rates, originally generating the hypothesis t

Just like so many people, not a clue. When interviewed, Kelly said, "I want to eat whatever I want. It's all about portion control." Wrong, wrong, wrong. What she says is a contradiction. You can't eat whatever you want if you have to watch how much you eat! There is a saying, "You are what you eat." So if you eat junk, what does that make you? Even if you watch your portions, if you eat unhealthy foods, you are taxing your organs by putting unhealthy fat, cholesterol, sugar/sweeteners, salt, preservatives, artificial this, artificial that, etc. through your body. If you eat and drink unhealthy you are not promoting your longevity, it is just the opposite- you are risking shortening your life. Want pain, disease, pills, and doctor's bills when you are elderly? If you make healthy choices, called a "prescription for nutritional excellence", you don't have to watch portions. You can eat all the healthy food you want (prepared in a healthy way

1. Butter and Cheese - full of saturated fat, cholesterol, and fat delivered chemical pollutants 2. Potato Chips and French Fries - rich in trans fat, salt, and carcinogenic acrylamides 3. Doughnuts and other trans fat containing sweets - rich in trans fat, sugar, and other artificial substances 4. Sausages, hot dogs, and other luncheon meats - containing nitroso compounds that are potent carcinogens 5. Pickled, smoked, or barbequed meats - places you at risk for both stomach cancer and high blood pressure Get your children hooked on healthy foods instead! Joel Fuhrman, MD

I am up in Warroad, Minnesota on my school assembly tour, probably not the most progressive area. In a restaurant I was waiting for my meal, and happened to see this article in the Editorial Page of a newspaper from Grand Forks: (The article's headline was in big print which spanned across the entire editorial page!) Saturd ay marks World Farm Animals Day Grand Forks - Saturday marks the 28th annual observance of World Farm Animals Day, dedicated to exposing and mourning the suffering and death of 58 billion land animals in factory farms and slaughterhouses. There have been undercover investigations showing male chicks suffocated in plastic garbage bags or ground to death, their female counterparts crammed together in tiny wire-mesh cages, pigs clobbered by metal pipes and killed by hanging, and assorted farm animals skinned and dismembered at the slaughterhouses while still conscious. Studies have linked consumption of animal products with elevated risks for heart disease, stroke,