Listening to Negative People Will Make You Dumb

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By Thom S. Rainer , Christian Post Guest Columnist

August 27, 2012|11:37 am

We all know those "energy drainers." They are the people that seem to have a perpetual cloud hanging over their heads. They have the keen ability to turn good news into bad news. Yes, they are the kind of people you avoid asking "How are you?" for fear they will give you an answer. Some are critics. Some are simply just negative people.

Brain Studies and Negative People

Minda Zatlin reports in Inc. magazine that new research in neuroscience demonstrates how negative and critical people affect us. She notes that "being exposed to too much complaining can actually make you dumb. Research shows that exposure to 30 minutes or more of negativity – including viewing such material on TV – actually peels away neurons in the brain's hippocampus. That's the part of your brain you need for problem solving."

So what is the result of exposure to negative and critical people? "Basically it turns your brain to mush," the article notes. It has the same effect even if you are passively listening to them.

What's a Leader to Do?

Those in leadership positions are in a dilemma it would seem. Every position of leadership will always be exposed to negative and critical people. It goes with the responsibility.

Though leaders cannot avoid negative people entirely, we can incorporate some tactics that will help us deal with the matter more effectively.

• Discern the difference between the negative critic and the constructive critic. You really want to hear the latter person. You want to avoid the former if at all possible.
• Avoid negative media. Many leaders are drawn to negative television, radio, print media, and blogs like an onlooker is drawn to a car wreck. We just want to look. Before you begin reading or listening to the negativity next time, just remember that you will walk away dumber.
• Have a spirit of rejoicing. The Apostle Paul writes this imperative in Scripture: "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!" (Philippians 4:4). The mandate is not only to rejoice, but to rejoice at all times. If we are allowing thoughts of rejoicing into our minds, we don't allow the words of negative persons and critics to enter.
• Choose your friends wisely. Avoid friends who are negative and embrace those who are not. You are likely to spend a lot of time with your friends. Make certain the time is well spent.
• Be a positive person. You will attract other positive people. And you may dissuade the negative person from being so negative.

Leadership Requires Focus

One of the greatest dangers a leader faces is to lose his or her focus. Much is expected of leaders. Indeed much is demanded of leaders. A constant barrage of negativity can prove to be extremely harmful to the leader and to the organization he or she leads.

And now we have medical and scientific evidence that shows the detrimental effects of negativity on the brain. It's not a pretty picture.

So next time you are confronted with a negative or critical person, consider practicing some of the tactics noted above. You might come away a happier person. You might come away a better leader. And you might even come away a bit smarter or, at the very least, not any dumber.

Dr. Thom Rainer is president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Ritual-ritual Wajib Penderita Diabetes Biar Tak Makin Parah

http://health.detik.com/read/2012/08/29/135039/2002109/775/ritual-ritual-wajib-penderita-diabetes-biar-tak-makin-parah
Putro Agus Harnowo - detikHealth



Diabetes adalah penyakit yang tidak bisa disembuhkan dan membutuhkan perawatan seumur hidup. Apabila sampai terjadi komplikasi seperti penyakit jantung ataupun stroke, maka akibatnya bisa fatal.

Oleh karena itu, penderita diabetes harus selalu mematuhi ritual-ritual tertentu untuk mengontrol penyakitnya.

Diabetes ditandai dengan munculnya gula dalam urine karena insulin gagal memproses gula darah. Gangguan ini merupakan salah satu pemicu munculnya penyakit jantung, pembuluh darah dan kerusakan ginjal. Apabila tidak dikendalikan dengan baik, penyakit ini akan sangat menurunkan kualitas hidup pasien.

Komplikasi yang ditimbulkan diabetes bisa berupa komplikasi akut dan menahun. Disebut akut karena tubuh jadi mudah terkena infeksi dan sukar disembuhkan. Sedangkan komplikasi menahun akan menyebabkan penebalan dan penyempitan pembuluh darah yang berisiko memicu penyakit lainnya.

"Pasien diabetes perlu mengontrol kadar gula darahnya secara teratur dan minum obat. Diabetes memang tidak dapat disembuhkan, tapi bisa dikendalikan dengan pola hidup sehat dan rutin mengecek kondisi kesehatan," kata Prof Sarwono Waspadji dari Divisi Metabolik-Endokrin, Departemen Ilmu Penyakit Dalam FKUI ketika dihubungi detikHealth, Rabu (29/8/2012).

Ada beberapa hal yang harus dipatuhi penderita diabetes agar penyakitnya dapat terkontrol, antara lain yaitu:

1. Hindari makanan manis dan gaya hidup tak sehat
Diabetes merupakan penyakit yang dipengaruhi oleh gaya hidup dan pola makan. Pasien harus menghindari makanan yang bisa memperburuk diabetes, yaitu yang dapat menaikkan kadar gula darah secara drastis seperti makanan manis dan berkalori tinggi. Rokok, alkohol dan makanan berlemak juga harus dihindari karena berisiko memperburuk diabetes.

2. Minum obat untuk diabetes
Ada berbagai macam obat diabetes, baik yang ditelan maupun suntikan. Obat yang ditelan biasanya dimulai dengan dosis kecil kemudian dinaikkan bertahap jika perlu. Obat-obatan diabetes yang umum diresepkan adalah metformin, insulin dan sulfonylureas. Penggunaannya harus dikonsultasikan dengan dokter karena memiliki efek samping.

3. Banyak bergerak dan olahraga
Aktivitas fisik perlu untuk meningkatkan metabolisme tubuh. Olahraga setidaknya dilakukan 3 - 4 kali per minggu, masing-masing 20 sampai dengan 40 menit. Olahraga teratur dapat membantu menormalkan kadar gula darah, menjaga berat badan serta mencegah penyakit jantung.

4. Rajin mengecek gula darah
Salah satu faktor penyebab komplikasi diabetes adalah kadar gula darah yang tak terkontrol, baik terlalu tinggi ataupun terlalu rendah. Kadar gula darah yang terlalu rendah juga berbahaya sebab dapat menyebabkan hilang kesadaran dan berbuntut kematian. Maka dari itu, tak ada salahnya memiliki alat pengukur kadar gula darah yang bisa digunakan di rumah.

Jenis Diabetes yang Paling Banyak Menyerang Manusia Masa Kini

http://health.detik.com/read/2012/08/29/123929/2001987/775/jenis-diabetes-yang-paling-banyak-menyerang-manusia-masa-kini
Vera Farah Bararah - detikHealth



Saat ini diketahui ada beberapa jenis diabetes yang bisa diderita oleh seseorang. Tapi diantara beberapa jenis diabetes ini, tipe mana yang saat ini paling banyak menyerang?

Ada beberapa tipe diabetes yang bisa diderita oleh seseorang, seperti dikutip dari buku 'Diabetes? Siapa Takut!!' karangan Prof Dr dr Sri Hartini KS Kariadi, SpPD-KEMD, yaitu:

1. Diabetes tipe 1
Diabetes tipe 1 atau dikenal juga dengan insulin-dependent diabetes terjadi ketika tubuh tidak mampu memproduksi insulin apapun. Diabetes ini biasanya mengenai anak-anak dan remaja, meski bisa juga menyerang orang dewasa.

Tipe ini pankreas tidak bisa produksi insulin sama sekali sehingga harus diberikan dari luar dengan cara disuntikkan. Apabila insulin tidak segera diberikan, penderita dengan cepat bisa tidak sadarkan diri disebut juga dengan koma ketoasidosis atau koma diabetik.

2. Diabetes tipe 2
Diabetes tipe 2 terjadi ketika tubuh mampu memproduksi insulin, tapi tidak berfungsi secara optimal. Bisa juga ketika sel di tubuh tidak bereaksi dengan insulin atau dikenal dengan istilah insulin resistance.

Tanda-tanda dan gejala yang berkembang umumnya lambat sehingga banyak orang yang mungkin tidak menyadari bahwa dirinya memiliki diabetes. Orang dengan diabetes tipe ini tidak mutlak memerlukan insulin karena pankreas masih bisa menghasilkan.

3. Diabetes gestational
Diabetes ini terjadi pada ibu hamil dan diperkirakan muncul sekitar 2-5 persen dari seluruh kehamilan. Kondisi ini terjadi karena tubuh tidak memiliki kemampuan lebih untuk memproduksi insulin yang cukup dalam memenuhi kebutuhan saat hamil.

Diabetes tipe ini lebih sering terjadi pada perempuan dengan riwayat keluarga diabetes, di atas usia 25 tahun serta memiliki kelebihan berat badan atau obesitas. Meskipun diabetes ini bisa hilang setelah tidak hamil, tapi perempuan ini berisiko lebih tinggi nantinya mengembangkan diabetes tipe 2.

4. Tipe lainnya
Diabetes tipe ini terjadi karena adanya kelainan tertentu, misalnya karena kenaikan hormon tertentu yang kinerjanya berlawanan dengan insulin atau kontra insulin, infeksi atau tumor.

"Yang paling banyak adalah diabetes tipe 2, kalau di kita lebih dari 90 persen diabetes tipe 2, karena yang diabetes tipe 1 banyak yang tidak teridentifikasi. Lalu yang kedua paling banyak tipe 1, lalu tipe gestational diabetes dan yang keempat tipe lainnya," ujar dr Dante Saksono Harbuwono, SpPD, PhD dari Divisi Metabolik Endokrin, Departemen Ilmu Penyakit Dalam FKUI/RSCM saat dihubungi detikHealth dan ditulis Rabu, (29/8/2012).

dr Dante menjelaskan faktor yang bisa membangun diabetes itu ada faktor intrinsik yaitu kode genetik yang terekam mulai dari lahir. Kode ini bisa diswitch on oleh faktor lingkungan atau ekstrinsik, biasanya saat usia lebih dai 40 tahun.

"Untuk faktor gaya hidup proporsi tiap orang beda-beda. Apapun gaya hidupnya, kalau hasil akhirnya obesitas terutama obesitas sentral maka bikin dia lebih besar risiko kena diabetes. Obesitas ini faktor kuat penyebab orang jadi diabetes," ungkapnya.

Lalu bagaimana mengetahui apakah seseorang terkena diabetes atau tidak?

dr Dante menuturkan untuk identifikasinya bisa dengan menggunakan cara konvensional atau tradisional yaitu berdasarkan gejala klasik yang muncul, atau dengan cara yang lebih agresif yaitu melakukan pemeriksaan rutin tiap tahun.

Jika berdasarkan gejala ini yaitu sering haus, sering buang air kecil, banyak makan tapi berat badan menurun dan ditambah dengan lemas. Hal-hal ini disebut dengan gejala klasik.

"Untuk yang agresif dengan pemeriksaan rutin gula darah saat puasa, gula darah 2 jam serta kadar HbA1C, pemeriksaan ini yang jarang dilakukan orang," dr Dante yang juga aktif di PAPDI (Perhimpunan Dokter Spesialis Penyakit Dalam Indonesia).

dr Dante mengatakan seseorang dikatakan diabetes jika kadar gula darah puasanya lebih dari 126 mg/dl darah, gula darah 2 jam nya lebih dari 200 mg/dl darah serta kadar HbA1C lebih dari sama dengan 6,5.

Umumnya pada awal-awal diabetes tidak menunjukkan gejala apapun sehingga banyak orang yang tidak menyadari kondisi ini. Untuk itu dibutuhkan pemeriksaan secara rutin agar terkontrol dan tidak menimbulkan komplikasi.

Trik-Trik Dapatkan Tubuh Ideal

http://health.okezone.com/read/2012/08/28/486/681891/trik-trik-dapatkan-tubuh-ideal-i



SUDAH menjalani diet, namun bobot masih tidak berubah? Trik–trik ini bisa menjadi solusi Anda mendapatkan bentuk tubuh impian.
 
Mengatur pola makan saja tidak cukup untuk mendapatkan berat badan ideal. Ada beberapa tip dan trik agar diet Anda sukses, sebagaimana dilansir Rxlist.
 
Minum banyak air atau minuman bebas kalori

Sebelum Anda membuka kantong keripik kentang, cobalah minum segelas air putih. Orang kadang bingung antara perasaan haus dengan lapar, sehingga Anda dapat berakhir dengan makan kalori ekstra. Jika air putih tidak berhasil, cobalah minum air mineral atau menyeduh secangkir teh herbal.
 
Pilihan makanan ringan malam hari

Ngemil di depan televisi menjadi salah satu cara termudah untuk merusak diet Anda. Karena itu, Anda bisa mengganti camilan dengan mengonsumsi buah-buahan segar, es krim rendah lemak, atau tutup pintu dapur Anda agar terhindar dari godaan camilan.
 
Nikmati makanan favorit Anda

Menghapuskan makanan favorit Anda demi diet, bukan ide yang baik. Anda justru semakin menginginkan makanan tersebut dan akan mengonsumsi dalam porsi besar saat menemukan makanan favorit Anda dalam piring. Kuncinya dengan membatasi porsi makan sehingga Anda masih bisa menikmati makanan favorit ketimbang menghilangkannya sama sekali.
 
Makan porsi mini makanan di siang hari

Jika Anda makan lebih sedikit kalori daripada yang dibakar, Anda akan kehilangan berat badan. Tapi ketika Anda lapar sepanjang waktu, makan lebih sedikit kalori bisa menjadi suatu tantangan.
 
"Studi menunjukkan orang yang mengonsumsi makanan atau camilan empat hingga lima kali setiap hari lebih mampu mengontrol nafsu makan dan berat badan," kata peneliti obesitas, Rebecca Reeves, DrPH, RD. Dia merekomendasikan untuk membagi kalori harian Anda dalam porsi kecil atau makanan ringan.
 
Makan protein setiap kali makan

Protein menjadi makanan yang lebih memuaskan daripada karbohidrat atau lemak, serta membuat Anda merasa kenyang lebih lama. Hal ini juga membantu mempertahankan massa otot dan mendorong pembakaran lemak. Jadi, pastikan untuk memasukkan protein sehat seperti makanan laut, daging tanpa lemak, putih telur, yoghurt, keju, kedelai, kacang, atau kacang-kacangan dalam makanan utama dan makanan ringan Anda.

RINTANGAN saat diet selalu menggoyahkan program penurunan berat badan Anda. Saatnya Anda cari tahu trik-trik menjalankan diet yang baik dan sehat agar bobot tubuh terlihat ideal.
 
Mengatur pola makan saja tidak cukup untuk mendapatkan berat badan ideal. Ada beberapa trik agar diet Anda sukses, seperti dirilis Rxlist.
 
Tambahkan sensasi pedas

Tambahkan bumbu pedas dalam makanan untuk meningkatkan rasa yang dapat membantu Anda merasa puas. "Makanan yang sarat dengan rasa akan merangsang selera dan menjadi lebih memuaskan, sehingga Anda tidak akan makan banyak," kata Malena Perdomo, RD, juru bicara American Dietetic Association,
 
Isi dapur Anda dengan makanan sehat

Saat lapar dan isi lemari es Anda tidak menarik, Anda cenderung menelefon layanan makanan delivery.Karenanya,
siapkan makanan sehat di rumah agar Anda bebas dari obesitas.
 
Pesan porsi anak-anak saat di restoran

Mengapa tidak? Memesan hidangan ukuran anak-anak menjadi cara yang bagus untuk memotong kalori dan menjaga porsi Anda yang masuk akal.
 
Selalu sarapan

Beberapa orang percaya, dengan melewatkan sarapan, Anda akan kehilangan berat badan. Namun, beberapa studi menunjukkan sebaliknya. Tidak sarapan dapat membuat Anda lebih lapar pada jam makan siang dan menyebabkan makan terlalu banyak. Untuk menurunkan berat badan dan mempertahankannya, sebaiknya sisihkan waktu untuk makan pagi yang sehat, seperti sereal tinggi serat, susu rendah lemak, dan buah.
 
Sertakan serat dalam diet Anda

Serat membantu pencernaan, mencegah sembelit, dan menurunkan kolesterol, serta membantu menurunkan berat badan. Untuk menuai manfaat serat, kebanyakan wanita harus mendapatkan serat sekira 25 gram setiap hari, sedangkan laki-laki membutuhkan sekira 38 gram. Sumber serat yang baik, termasuk oatmeal, kacang-kacangan, makanan gandum, serta berbagai buah-buahan dan sayuran.

Working Moms Healthier Than Stay-At-Home Peers: Study

http://www.rttnews.com/1952407/working-moms-healthier-than-stay-at-home-peers-study.aspx?type=hnr&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=sitemap

8/22/2012 6:00 PM ET

(RTTNews) - Women who return to the workforce soon after having children exhibit better mental and physical health than their stay-at-home or part time working peers, a new study from researchers at University of Akron and Penn State University shows.

The study looked at surveys from 2,540 women who became mothers between 1978 and 1995. Lead researcher Adrianne Frech and her team surveyed women on their overall physical and mental strength after having children.

They found those women who returned to work shortly after giving birth reported significantly higher levels of mental and physical health, including higher mobility and energy levels and less depression by age 40.

"Work is good for your health, both mentally and physically. It gives women a sense of purpose, self-efficacy, control and autonomy. They have a place where they are an expert on something, and they're paid a wage," Frech said in a press release.

At the recent American Sociological Association's Annual Meeting in Denver, where the study's findings were released, Frech said working also contributed to fiscal soundness-of-mind for women.

"Work makes you healthier. You will have the opportunity to save a nest egg. Also, should a divorce happen, it is harder to enter the workforce if you don't have a solid work history. Don't give up on work and education."

by RTT Staff Writer

Is ABSI the New Body Mass Index?

http://caloriecount.about.com/absi-new-body-mass-index-b583323?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_20120818&utm_term=title1

Numbers are a significant part of trying to lose weight. Be it pounds, inches, calories, or minutes, we’re all counting our way to a healthier lifestyle.  While many of us have a goal weight, others are focused on a goal BMI. That is to say, we want to be healthy according to the standard measurement that screens for obesity, called Body Mass Index (BMI). A normal BMI range is between 18.5 and 24.9. A comparison of height and weight, BMI is meant to determine a person’s health risks for chronic disease such as heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes. Then there’s waist circumference. The National Institutes of Health suggests a waist circumference higher than 35 inches for women and 40 for men is associated with a higher risk of chronic disease. But neither of these directly measures a person’s total body fat, or accounts for an adult’s age or body composition, leaving many, including pregnant women, athletes, body builders, and the elderly, categorized incorrectly. Enter A Body Shape Index (ABSI), a newly proposed measurement that combines BMI and waist circumference.

What is ABSI?

The new obesity measurement tool was developed by researchers at The City College of New York. Using data from over 14,000 non-pregnant adults, they found mortality rates were best predicted by ABSI, while BMI was less accurate. To get your ABSI, you’ll need both your BMI and waist circumference (WC) equation is:

To determine if your health risk is above average, go to the ABSI calculator here. The results compare the relative risk of your BMI along with the risk calculated from the ABSI measurement. It's a good way to see how an elevated waist circumference is affecting your health.

Waist-to-Height Ratio vs. Waist-to-Hip Ratio
Aside from waist circumference, there are two other measures of abdominal obesity, one of which is waist-to-height ratio. A new study in Obesity Reviews says waist-to-height ratio is a better indicator of overall health than BMI and waist circumference alone. Waist-to-height ratio is measured by dividing your waist circumference in inches by your height in inches. A 5’9” women with a waist of 37 inches has a waist-to-height ratio of .53. An “elevated” waist-to-height ratio is greater than 0.5. If you're 5'4, a healthy waist-to-height ratio is a 31-inch waist. The other measurement of abdominal obesity is waist-to-hip ratio, by dividing your waist by your hip circumference in inches. Anything above 0.8 for women and 1.0 for men signals an elevated health risk for developing heart disease. Because neither of these measurements factor in the weight of the individual, they are less useful than ABSI.

The Bottom Line

Because body fat is at the heart of determining the health risks of obesity, indirect measurements like BMI, waist-to-height ratio, and waist-to-hip ratio can only tell half the story. While ABSI helps create a more complete picture of fat distribution and how it may contribute to overall health risks, even it isn't a perfect determinant of who will develop heart disease, diabetes, or hypertension. So try not to put too much stock in meeting a certain number. Because weight loss as small as 5% in obese individuals can create positive health outcomes, the ultimate goal is to take baby steps toward a healthier you. After all, like life, maintaining a healthy weight is a journey, not a destination.

Say No To ....

http://www.truehealthandhealing.org

Milk

Did you ever see those lovely big tanker trucks that tell you that ‘Milk is Beautiful’? Well each of them contains milk from hundreds of cows, all in together! If even one of those cows is sick, all of the milk will have the germs. Oh yes, more good news still—it is almost impossible to find a totally healthy dairy cow.

Why No Milk

1. During pasteurization all valuable enzymes are destroyed (lactase for the assimilation of lactose; galactase for the assimilation of galactose; phosphatase for the assimilation of calcium).
2. Even after pasteurization, milk is very high in bacteria count – 100,00 bacteria in teaspoon.
3. Milk contains antibiotics and animal drugs.
4. Milk is a liquid meat and contains lot of pus.
5. Dairy Products contains high protein Content and promote calcium loss and leads to osteoporosis.
6. Milk and Dairy products contains high amount of Trans fat may cause heart disease.
7. Casein, which comprises 80% of the protein in cow's milk, promotes cancer in all stages of its development.

Calcium

The calcium in cow's milk is basically useless because it has insufficient magnesium content (those nations with the highest amount of milk/dairy consumption also have the highest rates of osteoporosis.Calcium? Where do the COWS get calcium for their big bones? Yes... from plants! The calcium they consume from plants has a large amount of magnesium... necessary for the body to absorb and USE the calcium.

Allergies

A teenage boy in hospital with muscular and skeletal pains, bronchial asthma, abdominal pains, headache and dark circles under the eyes experienced substantial improvement within two days when milk and chocolate were taken out of the diet. When milk was given to him again after three weeks, the… symptoms returned.

– E G Weinberg and M Tuchinda, “Allegic Tension Fatigue Syndrome”
Annals of Allergy, 31:209-11, 1973
Cited in Let Food Be Thy Medicine, by Alex jack

Anemia

Young children sometimes become aanemic due to significant iron loss from intestinal bleeding. Studies show that over half the intestinal bleeding in children is a reaction to dairy products. Many studies have measured the haemoglobin (iron) levels of people with different diet-styles. Vegetarians consistently fare better in these tests than do meat eaters. The only people who run into trouble are the ones who eat a lot of dairy products, fatty foods, sugar and junk foods.

– Wilson J, Journal of Paediatrics, 1974, 84:335, 1974
Cited in Diet for a New America by John Robbins

Arthritis

A 38-year-old woman had, for 11 years, been suffering from steadily worsening rheumatoid arthritis. Three weeks after doctors removed all dairy products from her diet, she showed signs of improvement. In four months, her arthritic symptoms had completely disappeared.

In the interest of scientific curiosity, she once again ate some cheese and milk. The next day, her joints were swollen, stiff and painful. Her symptoms again disappeared as she resumed her abstinence from dairy products.

– Parke, A, “Rheumatoid Arthritis and Food…”
British Medical Journal, 282:2027, 1981
Cited in Diet for a New America, by John Robbins

Asthma

Twenty five patients with bronchial asthma were put on a strict vegetarian diet and showed 71 percent improvement within four months and 92 percent improvement within one year. The experimental diet avoided meat, dairy food, eggs and fish, as well as sugar, chocolate, salt and other foods.

– O Lindahl, et al, “Vegan Diet Regimen with Reduced Medication in the Treatment of Cronchial Asthma”,
Journal of Asthma, 22:45-55, 1985
Cited in Let Food Be Thy Medicine, by Alex Jack

Cancer

A 16-nation study, based on World Health Organisation Statistics, found a high correlation between consumption of animal protein, particularly from beef and dairy products, and lymphoma mortality.

The study indicated that beef and dairy food increased the risk of lymphosarcoma and Hodgkin’s disease by 70 and 61 percent respectively, while cereal grains lowered the risk by 46 and 38 percent.

Harvard University researchers asked hundreds of women with ovarian cancer to record in detail what they normally ate. There was one thing that they had eaten much more frequently than women without cancer: dairy products, especially the supposedly “healthy” products such as yoghurt.

The problem is the milk sugar, not the milk fat, so it id not solved by using nonfat products.

– A S Cunningham, “ Lymphomas and animal protein consumption,” Lancet, 2:1184-86, 1976
Cited in The Cancer Prevention Diet, by Michio Kushi

Cataracts

Populations that consume large amounts of milk and dairy products have a much higher incidence of cataracts.

The problem appears to be the milk sugar, lactose. In the digestive tract, lactose breaks apart, yielding two simple sugar molecules, glucose and galactose. When blood concentration of galactose increase, it can pass into the lens of the eye. There, galactose degrades into various molecular waste products that can lead to opacities of the lens.

Nursing children can generally handle galactose... As we age, many of us lose much of the capacity to break down galactose. There are even some rare cases of genetic defects in which children cannot break down galactose. These children can form cataracts within the first year of life.

– Couet C, jan P Derby G, “Lctose and cataract in Humans: a review”, Journal of the American
College of Nutrients, 10(1):79-86, 1991
Cited in Food for Life, by Dr Neal Barnard

Crime and delinquency

Excessive milk consumption is connected with juvenile delinquency. Researchers at the University of Washington found that male offenders consumed an average of 64 ounces of milk a day, while the control group rank an average of 30 ounces. For girls, the figures were 35 and 17 ounces.

“In some situations,” they reported, “eliminating milk from the diet can result in dramatic improvements in behaviors, especially in hyperactive children.”

– Alexander Schauss, Diet, Crime and Deliquency

Diabetes in children

Cow's milk protein can enter the infant's blood stream and stimulate the formation of antibodies which, in turn, destroy the insulin-producing pancreatic cells. Diabetes becomes apparent when 80 – 90 percent of the insulin-producing beta cells are destroyed.

Researchers found high levels of antibodies to a specific portion of cow’s milk protein… in every one of 142 diabetic children they studied. Cow’s milk protein can even much reach a breast-feeding baby if the mother drinks milk.

– Scott F W, “Cow milk and insulin-dependent diabetes melitus…”
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 50:728-30. 1989
Cited in Food for Life, by Dr Neal Barnard

Multiple sclerosis

Children who are fed cow's milk formula grow up into adults with a higher susceptibility to multiple sclerosis than children who are breast-fed.

Cow’s milk contains only one fifth of the linoleic acid of human milk, and skimmed cow’s milk is utterly void of this important nutrient. Linoleic acid is essential for human nervous systems, which is where multiple sclerosis strikes.

– Agranoff, B. “Diet and the Grographical Distribution of Multiple Sclerorosis,” Lancet, 2:1061, 1974
Cited in Diet for a New America, by John Robbin

Osteoporosis

Pobably most surprising of all, milk has been found to contribute to osteoporosis – the very disease that it is supposed to help prevent!

Even those studies by the National Dairy Council for the express purpose of showing the benefits of milk for women susceptible to osteoporosis have, in fact, ended up showing something quite different.

In one Dairy Council sponsored study, women who drank an extra three 8-ounce glasses of low fat milk everyday for a year showed no significant increase in calcium balance. They were still in negative calcium balance after a full year of the regime.

The scientists who conducted the test said the women continued to develop osteoporosis due to “…the average 30 percent increase in protein intake during milk supplementation.

– Recker R, “The Effects of Milk Supplementation on Calcium Metabolism, Bone Metabolism and Calcium Balance,” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 41:254, 1985

The calcium in kale and other green vegetables is more efficiently absorbed than the calcium in milk.

– Robert p Heaney and Connie M Weaver, “Calcium Absorption from Kale,”
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 51:656-57, 1990

Milk does contain calcium... but they are also high in protein and diets that are high inprotein, especially animal protein, cause more calcium to be excreted. Meats also contain large quantities of phosphorus, which can impair calcium balance.

– Hegsted R B, Barden H S, Zemel M B, Linkswiller H M,
“Urinary calcium and calcium balance in young men as affected by level of protein and phosphorus intake,”
Journal of Nutrition, 111:553-62, 1981

Caffeine

Is Caffeine Truly Dangerous and Addictive?

1. Coffee contains nitrosamines which are carcinogenic.
2. The adrenal glands pump out stress hormones that stay elevated for up to 18 hours after consumption.
3. It Increases high artificial adrenalin in blood.
4. The liver releases higher amounts of sugar and fat into the blood stream.
5. The pancreas produces insulin to remove the excess blood sugar and store it as fat.
6. The insulin spikes create a blood sugar rollercoaster.
7. Muscle tension is increased.
8. The blood vessels constrict, reducing the flow of oxygen to important areas like your brain (up to 30%) and your extremities.
9. Its one of the main cause of high blood pressure.
10. Digestion and the immune system are impaired or suppressed.
11. The production of DHEA and other anti-aging hormones is decreased. ( If You want to say young, avoid caffeine)
12. Cortisol and other stress hormones are elevated.
13. We lose Calcium and Magnesium by drinking caffeinated drinks
14. It takes the body 24 hours to flush out the harmful effects of coffee (even 1 cup!), even though it contributes absolutely nothing to the total body chemistry.
15. It is harmful to the liver, kidneys, heart, bladder, digestive tract, bones, teeth, skin, growing fetuses and newborns.

Addictiveness

When you drink caffeinated drinks like coffee, tea and most sodas, the caffeine in the drink causes increased neuron activity in the nervous system, which in turn results in release of adrenalin. That’s why caffeine gets us wide awake and alert as soon as it is sipped. As adrenal high wears off in the blood, you start to feel tired, irritated, confused and may experience a headache. This is usually results in reaching for another cup of coffee/tea/soda and the roller coaster ride starts over.

Caffeine Products

1. 1 cup of Coffee has 40 to 150 milligrams of caffeine.
2. 1 cup of Tea has 10 to 50 milligrams of caffeine. (Wikipedia)
3. Most of the soft drinks contain at least 50 milligrams of caffeine.
4. Energy drinks contains 70 to 400 grams of caffeine.
5. Chocolate contains 5 to 10 milligrams of caffeine per ounce.

Fact about health benefits of Tea

Claims that tea is a good source of anti- oxidants are true. But there are plenty of other sources of anti-oxidants that do not have the harmful effects of tea.

What to do, to curb Caffeine Cravings?

Drink the following thing, when ever you get caffeine cravings.

1. Drink lot of water and flush out toxins in your body.
2. Switch to Cereal coffees, but not too hot.
3. Herbal teas, but not too hot.
4. Switch to soy milk, nut milk, seed and grain milk.
5. Fresh juices made at home.

Soft Drinks and Energy Drinks

Why you should not drink Soft drinks & Energy Drinks

1. Carbonated drinks are made by injecting carbon dioxide into the water under pressure.
2. We all know that carbon dioxide is a waste product exhaled by human.
3. Carbon dioxide kills healthy cells.
4. It abuses Kidney.
5. It Provides Zero Nutrients.
6. It contains full of refined high sugar.
7. Weakens the immune system.
8. It Increases the Blood pH which is a flourishing environment for Bacteria and Virus
9. Contains Caffeine, which is an additive drug, weakens the nervous system and increases the heart rate.
10. Depletion of calcium from bone and tooth.
11. One of the active ingredient is Coke is phosphoric acid. Its Ph is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.
12. The Preservatives and artificial flavoring chemicals may cause allergy, cancer, obesity, diabetes, tooth decay, osteoporosis, nutritional deficiencies, heart disease, and many neurological disorders.

Refined Sugar

 

Alternative to Refined sugar: Raw Sugar, Jaggery, Palm sugar, Honey, Fruits

125 Reasons Why Sugar Is Harmful !

In addition to throwing off the body's homeostasis, excess sugar may result in a number of other significant consequences. The following is a listing of some of sugar's metabolic consequences from a variety of medical journals and other scientific publications. The following data is from the book, Lick the Sugar Habit, by Nancy Appleton.

1. Sugar can suppress the immune system
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction of defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases)
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function; the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose
7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency
9. Sugar leads to cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostrate, and rectum
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose
11. Sugar causes copper deficiency
12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium
13. Sugar can weaken eyesight
14. Sugar raises the level of neurotransmitters: dopamine. serotonin, and nor-epinephrine
15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia
16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract
17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children
18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease
19. Sugar can cause premature aging
20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism
21. Sugar can cause tooth decay
22. Sugar contributes to obesity
23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn s disease and ulcerative colitis
24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in a person with gastric or duodenal ulcers
25. Sugar can cause arthritis
26. Sugar can cause asthma
27. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections)
28. Sugar can cause gallstones
29. Sugar can cause heart disease
30. Sugar can cause appendicitis
31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis
32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids
33. Sugar can cause varicose veins
34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users
35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease
36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis
37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity
38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity
39. Sugar can lower the amount of vitamin E in the blood
40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone 41 Sugar can increase cholesterol
41. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure
42. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children
43. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar bound non-enzymatically to protein)
44. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein
45. Sugar causes food allergies
46. Sugar can contribute to diabetes
47. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy
48. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children
49. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease
50. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
51. Sugar can change the structure of protein
52. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen
53. Sugar can cause cataracts
54. Sugar can cause emphysema
55. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis
56. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL)
57. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body
58. Sugar lowers the enzymes' ability to function
59. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinsons disease
60. Sugar can cause a permanent altering of the way the proteins act in the body
61. Sugar can increase the size of the liver, by making the liver cells divide
62. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat
63. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney
64. Sugar can damage the pancreas
65. Sugar can increase the body's fluid retention
66. Sugar is enemy # 1 of the bowel movement
67. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness)
68. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries
69. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle
70. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine
71. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women
72. Sugar can adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders
73. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves
74. Sugar can cause depression
75. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer
76. Sugar can cause dyspepsia (indigestion)
77. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout
78. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates
79. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low-sugar diets
80. Highly refined sugar diet reduces learning capacity
81. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body's ability to handle fat and cholesterol
82. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer's disease
83. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness 85 Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become underactive and others become overactive
84. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones
85. Sugar can lead the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli
86. Sugar can lead to dizziness
87. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress
88. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion
89. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer
90. Sugar feeds cancer
91. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant
92. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents
93. Sugar slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract
94. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon
95. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men
96. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, makes the process of digestion more difficult
97. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer
98. Sugar is an addictive substance
99. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol
100. Sugar can exacerbate PMS
101. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce
102. Increase in sugar intake can increase emotional instability
103. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch
104. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food Intake in obese subject
105. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
106. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition
107. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function
108. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases
109. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain
110. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cance
111. Sugar increases the risk of polio
112. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures
113. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people
114. In Intensive Care Units: Limiting sugar saves lives
115. Sugar may induce cell death
116. Sugar may impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in living organisms
117. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior
118. Sugar can cause gastric cancer
119. Sugar dehydrates newborns
120. Sugar can cause gum disease
121. Sugar increases the estradiol in young men
122. Sugar can cause low birth weight babies

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Aspartame

Aspartame is marketed as NutraSweet, Equal Spoonful, Benevia, NatraTaste and since the patent on it has now expired it likely will come on the market under many different names. It was discovered by accident in 1965 when James Schlatter, a chemist of G.D. Searle Company, was testing an anti-ulcer drug. Undoubtedly you have heard that Aspartame is a safe sweetener and people use it to loose weight. Unfortunately that information is criminally false and misleading. For more info:http://www.aspartamekills.com/

Aspartame was approved for dry goods in 1981 and for carbonated beverages in 1983. It was originally approved for dry goods on July 26, 1974, but objections filed by neuroscience researcher Dr John W. Olney and Consumer attorney James Turner in August 1974 as well as investigations of G.D. Searle's research practices caused the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to put approval of aspartame on hold (December 5, 1974). In 1985, Monsanto purchased G.D. Searle and made Searle Pharmaceuticals and The NutraSweet Company separate subsidiaries.

Aspartame is made of 3 components, 50% phenylalanine, 40% aspartic acid and 10% methanol (wood alcohol). In the body methanol breaks down into formaldehyde (embalming fluid) and formic acid.

Health Risks: Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, Brain Tumor, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's Disease, Lupus, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS), Diabetes and Diabetic Complications, Epilepsy, Alzheimer's Disease, Birth Defects, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lymphoma, Lyme Disease, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Panic Disorder, Depression and other Psychological Disorders.

Symptoms: Abdominal Pain, Anxiety attacks, Arthritis like pain, Asthmatic Reactions, Bloating, Blood Sugar Control Problems, Brain Cancer (Pre approval studies in animals), Breathing difficulties, burning eyes or throat, Burning Urination, Chest Pains, chronic cough, Chronic Fatigue, Confusion,Death, Depression, Diarrhea, Dizziness, Excessive Thirst or Hunger, fatigue, feel unreal, flushing of face, Hair Loss (Baldness) or Thinning of Hair, Headaches/Migraines, Hearing Loss, Heart Palpitations, Hives (Urticaria), Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Impotency and Sexual Problems, inability to concentrate, Infection Susceptibility, Insomnia, Irritability, Itching, Joint Pains, laryngitis, Marked Personality Changes, Memory loss, Menstrual Problems or Changes, Muscle spasms, Nausea or Vomiting, Numbness.

Recovery: If you use products with aspartame, and have physical, visual, mental problems, ailments the doctors can't seem to cure... then please try the 60 day no aspartame test.

Aspartame banned in Europe for children's products:

On the European Common Market, Aspartame is banned for all children's products. Why is this not the case in Canada and the U.S.? Because Monsanto - which owns the NutraSweet Company which manufactures Aspartame - pays off the FDA, the American Medical Association, The American Dietetic and Diabetic Associations, Congressmen and Senators and virtually anyone who gets in the way, and in other countries too. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation caught them red handed and aired a program where Monsanto was trying to bribe Canadian Doctors at Health Canada.

More on the Monsanto company: Monsanto is the world's largest manufacturer of poisons, not only of the citizens of the world but also of the environment. In 1995, Monsanto ranked 5th among US corporations in the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, having discharged 37 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air, land, water and underground. Thousands of Indian farmers are committing suicide after using genetically modified crops by Monssanto which are not giving yield. Farmers are finding it harder to earn a living using more expensive Monsanto seeds that despite claims still require specific pesticide and fertilizer.

The Following are some of Reduced Calorie Products that have Aspartame-Sweetened Choices:

• Breath Mints
• Carbonated Soft Drinks
• Cereals
• Chewing Gum
• Flavored Syrups for Coffee
• Flavored Water Products
• Frozen Ice
• Frozen Ice Cream Novelties
• Fruit Spreads
• Gelatin, Sugar Free
• Hard Candies
• Ice cream Topping
• Ice Creams, No Sugar Added or Sugar Free
• Iced Tea, Powder
• Iced Tea, Ready to Drink
• Instant Cocoa Mix
• Jams & Jellies
• Juice Blends
• Juice Drinks
• Maple Syrups
• Meal Replacements
• Mousse
• No Sugar Added Pies
• Non-Carbonated Diet Soft drinks
• Nutritional Bars
• Powdered Soft Drinks
• Protein Nutritional Drinks
• Pudding
• Soft Candy Chews
• Sugar Free Chocolate Syrup
• Sugar Free Cookies
• Sugar Free Ketchup
• Table Top Sweeteners
• Vegetable Drinks
• Yogurt, Drinkable
• Yogurt, Fat Free
• Yogurt, Sugar Free

MSG

MSG is a drug and a neurotransmitter which stimulates the brain cell activity. MSG "tricks" the brain into thinking the food you are eating tastes good and you want more. Remember the advertising campaign for the chip company that used the slogan "I bet you can't eat just one". These were laced with MSG. The reaction of headaches, migraines, stomach upsets, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, asthma, panic attacks, heart palpitations, mental confusion, mood swings, neurological disorder symptoms like Parkinson's, MS, ALS, Alzheimers and behavior disorders to name a few are not an allergic reaction, but a powerful drug reaction. This over stimulation of the brain cells actually kills the brain cells.

MSG was discovered (1908) by Kikunae Ikeda (Tokyo Imperial University) when he was trying to pin down the chemistry behind the flavor later termed “umami“, a Japanese word that is the “IT” word amongst name-dropping with-it foodies today. He isolated this flavor from seaweed broth and called it Monosodium Glutamate. With the help of the Ajinomoto Corp of Japan, Ikeda patented MSG in 1909 and it was made commercially available for the first time. Thus, MSG has been around and in commercial use for almost 100 years. MSG was desirable because it boosted the sensation of “savory” flavors in food, especially important if you are involved with vegetarian cuisines or if you are preparing low-protein content foods for mass marketing.

MSG is now so ubiquitous in our food chain (east and west) that you would be very hard pressed to go MSG-free. As you would expect, junk foods and instant foods like soups and other mixes contain MSG. Prepared food in your grocery stores and at fast food outlets (KFC chicken skin is massively loaded with MSG) and fine dining restaurants alike are awash in MSG. Red meats, poultry, and other off-site prepared meat products are either sprayed with MSG containing solutions (Sanova, a pesticide) or injected with MSG containing compounds (hams, turkey, chicken, etc).

Other names for MSG: Ajinomoto, Gelatin Calcium Caseinate, Monosodium glutamate, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP), Textured Protein, Monopotassium glutamate, Hydrolyzed Plant Protein (HPP), Yeast Extract, Glutamate, Autolyzed Plant Protein, Yeast food or nutrient Glutamic Acid, Sodium Caseinate Autolyzed Yeast, Vegetable Protein Extract, Senomyx (wheat extract labeled as artificial flavor).

MANUFACTURED VS. NATURAL GLUTAMIC ACID

There are a number of straightforward bold faced lies used by the glutamate industry in defending its contention that exposure to free glutamic acid found in processed food does not cause adverse reactions such as hives, asthma, seizures, and migraine headache; could not possibly cause brain damage, learning disorders, or endocrine disturbances; and could not possibly be relevant to diverse diseases of the central nervous system such as addiction, stroke, epilepsy, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, and degenerative disorders such as ALS, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease.

Central to their argument is the lie that the processed free glutamic acid used in processed food is identical to the glutamic acid found in unprocessed, unadulterated food and in the human body.

The truth of the matter is that the glutamic acid found in unprocessed, unadulterated food and in the human body is composed of one form of a single amino acid, L-glutamic acid, and nothing else. In contrast, the processed free glutamic acid used in processed food is always composed of two forms of glutamic acid (L-glutamic acid and D-glutamic acid) and a variety of other

chemicals commonly referred to as contaminants. In addition to the D-glutamic acid, contaminants may include, but are not limited to, pyroglutamic acid, mono and dichloro propanols, heterocyclic amines, and peptides. Mono and dichloro propanols and heterocyclic amines are carcinogenic. The consequences of the interactions of these various chemicals are unknown.

GLUTAMIC ACID: (also referred to as glutamate) is an amino acid found in all protein. Following ingestion of protein, and during the course of normal digestion, glutamic acid is released from ingested protein, becoming "free glutamic acid." If sufficient amounts of free glutamic acid are not available for normal body function, the body can create glutamic acid from other amino acids. Humans do not need to eat protein in order to supply the body with the glutamic acid that it needs.

Glutamic acid can also be freed from protein by fermentation, enzymolysis, use of acids, or other manufacturing processes, prior to ingestion.

REFERENCES

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14. Expert Report of Paul M. Kuznesof, Ph.D., Chief of the Chemistry Review Branch in the Division of Product Manufacture and Use, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA. The Report was submitted on September 3, 1996 to the Federal Court in the Eastern District of Missouri re: Truth in Labeling Campaign, et al., vs. Shalala et al., pages 1-3.

Excitotoxins

We surely live in an exciting time in history. If you are not careful, the poisons being put into your food will get you. If you manage to avoid them, the medicinal drugs you are prescribed will do you in. In the chemical age in which we live, the rule must be: Let the buyer beware.

Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., a neurosurgeon at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, has researched extensively into a little-known set of substances called excitotoxins. What you dont know can kill you, by inches if not faster.

MSG (monosodium glutamate), Aspartame (Nutrasweet, Equal), hydrolyzed vegetable protein, and cysteineare all examples of excitotoxin amino acids. They are added to human foods and drinks in order to enhance the flavor. But careful research on animals reveals that they destroy brain cells.

Working of Nerve Signals

Neurotransmitters are chemicals that act as messengers between cells in the brain and nervous system. When an impulse arrives at neuron, neurotransmitter molecules are released from its axon. The molecules diffuse across a short gap and bind with an empty receptor on the surface of another neuron, or on a muscle or gland. There are many different neurotransmitters and more than one kind might be used between an axon, gap, and receptor (together called a synapse). When metabolic processes are functioning normally, the concentration of neurotransmitter is quickly reduced and cellular 'housekeeping' takes place to keep everything healthy and in balance. Everything happens in milliseconds or less. Too much of a neurotransmitter makes it excitotoxic. The receptors over-activate. Ultimately the nerve cannot keep up and kills itself (apoptosis) or triggers a nearby cell to devour it (phagocytosis).

Excitotoxins chemicals are found naturally in very small amounts in plants. But, anxious to get you to buy more of their products, the food companies use man-made, highly concentrated forms of those chemicals. Fearful that their competitors will sell more food than they do, every (every) major food company uses them to heighten the flavor. The presence of those chemicals in the food causes you to want to eat more of the product than you normally would. Excitotoxins are especially added to foods that have a bland taste or little flavor.

But when the same amount of these chemicals, that you ingest in a bottle of Flavor Cola or a bowl of Nutty Crisps, is added to the rations of test animals (including mice, cats, and chimpanzees), it produces brain damage. The excitotoxins stimulate the neuron brain cells so vigorously, that the cells die of exhaustion! This effect is especially seen in the hypothalamus and temporal lobes which control behavior, emotions, onset of puberty, sleep cycle, hormones, immunity, and a number of other body functions. Short term memory and the ability to learn are also affected.

Several factors determine how much damage occurs at a given meal: the amount that is eaten and how frequently such foods are eaten. Some people eat such food every day or at certain times day after day. Some people drink no water, but derive all their fluids from soft drinks! Guess what is in those soft drinks? Hypoglycemia also makes the brain nerves very sensitive to these chemicals.

Dr. Blaylock recommends that those with a family history of neurodegenerative diseases should make every effort to avoid foods containing excitotoxins. These diseases include Alzheimers disease, Parkinsons disease, Huntingtons disease, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrigs disease). They markedly decrease the blood brain barrier, making a person more sensitive than normal to chronic exposure to these dangerous chemicals and consequent brain damage.

Now, let us consider some doctored foods in which these substances are found:

Beware of canned soup, fast foods, junk food, and food found in fast-food or Chinese restaurants. They will generally contain large amounts of MSG.

A meal of this so-called food can, in a child, raise the blood level of excitotoxins six timeswhich, in primates, destroys brain cells! A childs brain is four times more sensitive to damage by excitotoxins than an adults brain. But the brain damage will not be evident until the child is more mature. Is tasty junk food really worth the damage it is going to bring to you?

The following food additives contain 30% to 60% MSG: monosodium glutamate, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, hydrolyzed protein, hydrolyzed plant protein, plant protein extract, sodium caseinate, calcium caseinate, yeast extract, textured protein, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed oat flour, Accent.

The following food additives contain 12% to 40% MSG: malt extract, malt flavoring, bouillon, broth, stock, flavoring, natural flavoring, natural beef or chicken flavoring, seasoning, spices.

The following additives may contain MSG: Carrageenan, enzymes, soy protein concentrate, soy protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, some types of soy milk.

READ LABELS: Remember to read labels on the foods you buy. In the chemical age in which we live, the rule must be: Let the buyer beware. We hope you will come to realize that the "food is food" concept is out! Buy foods with the purest ingredients, free from refined sugars, free from hydrogenated oils, chemicals and preservatives. When you must use oil in your cooking, use only a high grade olive oil.