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Food Inc. Heard of it? You Should.
Published June 4, 2009 Health , Medicine , News , Nutrition , Obama , Politics , Sports , children , dairy , diet , food , garden 1 CommentTags: Health, Nutrition, vitamin d, free radicals, cancer, water, pollution, greens, diabetes, leafy greens, cleanse, detox, toxins, dirt, soil, eroded, population, production, crops, farming, food, yields, disease, consuming, intollerance, children, vitamins, whole food, organic
Salmon – not so healthy?
Published May 12, 2009 Health , Medicine , News , Nutrition , children , diet , food 4 CommentsTags: cancer, children, consuming, detox, disease, farming, food, free radicals, Health, intollerance, Nutrition, organic, pollution, population, production, salmon, soil, toxins, vitamins, water
Salmon is healthy and we should all eat more of it, right? It has healthy fats and is very versatile in the kitchen, so what’s not to like? Where the fish comes from, the methods from which it is raised and the detriment to the environment should change your thinking on ordering that slmon tonight.
If you had Atlantic salmon at the restaurant last night or picked some up at the grocery, it was almost certainly farmed salmon; even if labeled “wild caught” it has a very good chance of having come from a farm. In a cross country sting operation, Consumer Reports found that a 56% of salmon labeled “wild” in supermarkets was actually farmed. Even Pacific salmon varities are now commonly farmed as 142 distinct salmon populations in British Columbia alone have gone extinct. Annual salmon returns to the rivers of the Pacific Northwest are estimated at just 6-7% of their historic levels. In other words, these pacific fish are quickly going the way of the Atlantic salmon whihc from Maine to Norway is now considered commercially extinct. This is why if you had Atlantic salmon it was most likely raised in a pen off the Pacific coast.
So, if the fish was raised on a farm, it’s still healthy, right? Wrong. Farmed salmon are fattier than their wild brethren, but not in a good way. They have the same problem as factory farmed beef in that their balance of omega 3 – omega 6 fatty acids is strongly shifted to the pro-inflammatory omega 6 side. In other words, Continue reading ‘Salmon – not so healthy?’
Bottled Water
Published October 16, 2008 Health 1 CommentTags: bottled water, distilled, pollution, reverse osmosis, water
We all need water, all living things do. Unfortunately a vast majority of us do not drink enough. With so many beverage choices, it becomes difficult to make the right choice to quench our thirst. However, water is the only truly suitable liquid for the human body. The most common types of water choices include city water/tap water; bottled water; filtered water; and distilled water. What is the wisest choice? How much water should we have on a daily basis? What are the various impacts of our water selection on our bodies? You can read recent reports released by the associated press which states that bottled water is as polluted as tap water.
So, how much water should we consume? The US government Continue reading ‘Bottled Water’
