Care about your health?! You'll wanna check this out....

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine-archive/december-2009/f...

The chemical Bisphenol A, which has been used for years in clear plastic bottles and food-can liners, has been restricted in Canada and some U.S. states and municipalities because of potential health effects. The Food and Drug Administration will soon decide what it considers a safe level of exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), which some studies have linked to reproductive abnormalities and a heightened risk of breast and prostate cancers, diabetes, and heart disease.

Now Consumer Reports' latest tests of canned foods, including soups, juice, tuna, and green beans, have found that almost all of the 19 name-brand foods we tested contain some BPA. The canned organic foods we tested did not always have lower BPA levels than nonorganic brands of similar foods analyzed. We even found the chemical in some products in cans that were labeled "BPA-free."

The debate revolves around just what is a safe level of the chemical to ingest and whether it should be in contact with food. Federal guidelines currently put the daily upper limit of safe exposure at 50 micrograms of BPA per kilogram of body weight. But that level is based on experiments done in the 1980s rather than hundreds of more recent animal and laboratory studies indicating serious health risks could result from much lower doses of BPA.

In the lab With the Food and Drug Administration poised to review rules on the plastic chemical Bisphenol A, we tested samples of a number of packaged foods to check levels of the compound and in some cases to see whether the type of packaging made a difference.

In Japan, most major manufacturers voluntarily changed their can linings in 1997 to cut or eliminate the use of BPA because of concerns about health effects. A 2003 Japanese study found that the levels of the chemical in subjects' urine dropped by 50 percent after the change in cans was made.

Pete Myers, chief scientist at Environmental Health Sciences, a nonprofit group based in Charlottesville, Va., says that while can linings aren't the only source of BPA exposure, the experiences in Japan can be instructive.

In the meantime, experts say that consumers who are concerned might be able to reduce, though not necessarily eliminate, their dietary exposure to BPA by taking the following steps:

* Choose fresh food whenever possible.
* Consider alternatives to canned food, beverages, juices, and infant formula.
* Use glass containers when heating food in microwave ovens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A
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"The Beautiful Truth"
http://vids.rationalveracity.com/v/677
Garrett is a 15-year old boy living in the Alaskan wilderness with a menagerie of orphaned animals. Growing up close with nature has given him a deep understanding of nutritional needs required by diet sensitive animals on the reserve. Unfortunately, the untimely and tragic death of his mother propelled him into a downward spiral and he risked flunking out of school. This led to his father’s decision to home-school Garrett. His first assignment was to study a controversial book written by Dr. Max Gerson.

Written over 50 years ago, Dr. Gerson found that diet could, and did, cure cancer. Controversial at the time (and even today), Garrett took on the challenge of researching this amazing therapy, which drew the interest of his neighbors in the small Alaskan community. With the help of Dr. Gerson’s daughter, Charlotte Gerson, and grandson, Howard Strauss, they gave him the ammunition needed to go in search for the truth – a truth that would affect not only him, but his entire Alaskan village – all of whom wanted to know if these claims were true. After a number of cancer patients, who were diagnosed as terminal, shared their stories and their medical records with Garrett, it became abundantly clear that, contrary to the disinformation campaign spear-headed by the multi-billion dollar medical and pharmaceutical industry, a cure for virtually all cancers and chronic diseases does exist – and has existed for over 80 years!

Garrett’s mission now is to tell the world.

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Comment by Chokedattheworld on November 14, 2009 at 3:21pm: Thanks for sharing. Great video. We have had a juicer for over 10 years. "If i can get an extra 20 years or so by a simple diet change, I would be a fool to not try it". Those were my thoughts 13 years ago after I beat cancer. I had a 35% chance of living 2 years, 13 years later I see things a little differently. It is your attitude about yourself. Live or die, care or don't care. I care and I want to live long with as little health issues as possible. Sometimes you don't appreciate what you have until someone tries to take it away. It's shitty when it is YOU and the someone is death.

Comment by MBRHIndustries on November 13, 2009 at 11:58pm: I don't think I've ever been inclined to suggest that I'd get a coffee enema, but now it doesn't sound like a bad idea. God damnit, I should stop learning things. Great post man.

Comment by ☠Realize Lies☠ on November 13, 2009 at 9:19am: LOL, yeah... different strokes my friend.

Comment by ☠Realize Lies☠ on November 13, 2009 at 9:00am: Makes me think, now what the fuck am I going to eat then?!

The wife and I are going to start growing... I'm already juicing my own fruits and vegetables to drink... may just start weening myself off of certain meats as well.. I really don't wanna go vegan or anything, but whatever... if all it takes is eating good organic fresh foods to ward off cancers and diseases, might as well try at least to eat in a more natural sensible manner.... or somethin'

Here's a link to a "List Of Items Containing Disputed Chemical Bisphenol A"

I'm going to update this blog with a movie to watch... check it out.