Kickstart the Planet

Fighting the Global Rise in Meat and Dairy Products

Good Medicine, Spring, 2012: China has developed a taste for meat. The country known for rice and noodle dishes has seen a massive increase in meat consumption in recent decades—more than doubling since 1990. Pork consumption rose 400 percent from the early 1990s through 2007. Today, more than half of the world’s pigs are eaten in China. McDonald’s plans to open a restaurant every day in China through 2015.

A similar phenomenon is occurring in traditionally vegetarian India, where chicken sales are skyrocketing and cheese consumption is increasing 15 to 20 percent every year. Pizza Hut signs are cropping up all over, as young people abandon traditional diets in favor of meat and cheese.

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The more produce that you eat, the more that you are doing to protect your thyroid from cancer. For years now, doctors like John McDougall, Neal Barnard, T. Collin Campbell, Caldwell Esselstyn, Dean Ornish, Joel Fuhrman and others have taught us about the dangers of eating chicken, fish, beef, pork and all dairy products. Study after study repeatedly show that animal proteins increase risk of several cancers as well as diabetes, heart disease and obesity. The Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM) have led very public educational campaigns such as Hot Dogs Cause Butt Cancer. If you are someone who just doesn’t like vegetables but you are concerned about improving your health, discover what self hypnosis can do for you. Learn hypnosis and realize that you are loving your veggies and are becoming plant-strong!

Protect Thyroid With Produce

Highest Veg Consumption Linked to 20% Lower Cancer Risk

Dole Nutritional News March 30, 2012: Another reason to load up on veggies: lower risk of thyroid cancer. 60,000 new cases of this deadly disease are diagnosed annually — while a whopping 25 million Americans suffer from various thyroid disorders. Seated right above the collarbone, your thyroid plays a major role in regulating growth, metabolism and reproduction.

Proper thyroid function depends greatly on iodine — deficiency during pregnancy being the most common cause of childhood mental retardation globally. While most Americans get more than enough iodine (thanks to WAY too much iodized salt) we consume far too few vegetables. When Italian researchers looked at two decades of scientific literature, searching for how dietary patterns impact thyroid cancer risk, they found that people with the highest veggie consumption were 20% less likely to develop this particular cancer.

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Go to the McDougall”s Health and Medical Center and to the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine and find out how eating plant-strong can change your health. You also may want to read about the Plant-Based Food Guide Pyramid.

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Think about it. Where do cows get their calcium that shows up in their mile? From grass! Elephants are drinking their milk or any other animals milk. If vegetation can build one of the largest animals on earth, then it surely can handle us humans.

Dairy Products Do Not Promote Bone Health

Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM), March 19, 2012: Dairy products and calcium do not prevent stress fractures, according to a new study published in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Researchers followed adolescent girls for seven years, tracking their diets, physical activity, and stress fractures. Girls consuming the most dairy products and calcium had no added protection. In fact, among the most active girls—exercising more than one hour per day—those who got the most calcium in their diets (coming mostly from dairy products) had more than double the risk of a stress fracture, compared with those getting less calcium. Researchers found that vitamin D intake did help cut risk. Girls getting the most vitamin D had half the risk of a fracture, compared with girls getting less vitamin D.

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Calcium from Plant Sources

Children and adults lose calcium from the body every day, so we need to replenish it. Healthful calcium sources are “beans and greens.” Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, collards, kale, mustard greens, turnip greens, and others are loaded with highly absorbable calcium and a host of other important nutrients. While these foods have a smaller amount of calcium per serving compared to dairy products, they have more calcium per calorie, and the calcium they contain is absorbed nearly twice as well as the calcium in cow’s milk.12

One cup of cooked kale, for example, has the same amount of absorbable calcium (100 milligrams) as one cup of cow’s milk with less than half the calories. Beans are a good source of calcium, too. Choose from baked beans, chickpeas, tofu, or other bean products, and you will find a taste to please every palate. Just a few ounces of tofu, a bowl of vegetable chili or creamy Broccoli Potato Soup will provide your child with another healthful helping of absorbable calcium.

If you are looking for a concentrated calcium source, calcium-fortified orange and apple juices as well as enriched soy and rice milks contain 300 milligrams or more of calcium per cup in a highly absorbable form. Your child only needs two-thirds of a cup of fortified orange juice, one cup of fortified soymilk, or one-third cup of Total Plus cereal to get the same amount of absorbable calcium as a small carton of cow’s milk. Children readily enjoy tasty and healthy treats made with these calcium-rich foods, such as Orange Power Pops or cereal topped with berries and rice milk.

Protein from Animal Sources

In 1992, a researcher from Yale University studying animal protein intake and hip fracture rates in 16 countries around the world found that those with the highest meat, fish, egg, and dairy product consumption had the most fractures.14 They speculated that protein from animal products might stimulate bone breakdown and encourage calcium loss from the body. Since then, other researchers have confirmed this observation.15,16 As you will recall, animal protein-dense foods make the blood more acidic. The body responds by pulling calcium and other minerals out of bones to neutralize the acid and sending it out in the urine. Building your child’s diet from fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes is a good way to reduce this excess calcium loss and protect bones.

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If you are living with osteoporosis or wanting to insure your children’s bone health, read these articles and talk to your health care provider about eliminating dairy products from your diet. Remember, you build strong bones with beans and greens!

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Hot Dogs Cause Butt Cancer

March 20. 2012, Dr. Neal Barnard: Here are the facts: Colorectal cancer is one of the leading cancers in the United States, attacking 140,000 Americans every year, with a mortality rate close to 50 percent. In 2007, the body of research on this disease, including nearly 60 independent studies, was deemed to provide convincing evidence—the highest possible level of scientific evidence—that hot dogs and other processed meats cause colorectal cancer. Americans eat 20 billion hot dogs a year, as well as significant amounts of bacon, cold cuts, and other processed meats.

Processed meats are a deadly habit. Each daily serving of hot dogs, bacon, cold cuts, and other processed meats increases the risk of dying prematurely by 20 percent, according to a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health. The study emphasized the risk of death from cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Adults have a right to take risks with their own health. But hot dogs and other processed meats are often fed to children, starting a lifelong habit that puts them at serious risk. It’s time to get serious about health and steer clear of unhealthful foods.

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As a kid, one of my favorite school lunches was 2 cold hot dogs with Velveeta Cheese between 2 slices of white bread. (Ew. Seriously, that is so gross!) back in the 50′s and ’60′s, we didn’t know any better. Today we do. According to the American Institute for Cancer Research, just one 50-gram serving of processed meat (about the amount in one hot dog) consumed daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer, on average, by 21 percent.

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Mom’s Yogurt Puts Baby at Risk for Asthma

Pregnant women who eat yogurt may put their future children at risk of developing asthma, according to recent research in Denmark. Consuming low-fat yogurt while pregnant is directly linked to the development of childhood asthma and hay fever, and full-fat yogurt is associated with adolescent hay fever. Consuming low-fat yogurt was associated with a 60 percent increase in asthma and an 80 percent increase in hay fever, compared with zero consumption of low-fat yogurt. The 61,912 women who completed the food questionnaire were part of the Danish National Birth Cohort.

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Changing your eating habits and the eating habits of your family may seem daunting. Dr. Neal Barnard and the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has excellent free resources for you. The Vegetarian Starter Kit is one of the resources that I recommend to Seattle hypnosis and Bainbridge Island hypnosis clients who are looking to lose weight and improve their health. Now is the time to be responsible for your health and the health of your children. Remember, yogurt is not good for you.

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Calcium and Strong Bones

How to Get Calcium into Your Bones

1. Get calcium from greens, beans, or fortified foods.
2. Exercise, so calcium has somewhere to go.
3. Get vitamin D from the sun, or supplements if you need them.

How to Keep It There

1. Reduce calcium losses by avoiding excess salt.
2. Get your protein from plants, not animal products.
3.  Don’t smoke.

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Concerned about your bone health? Then start exercising and start eating your greens and beans. Milk does not build strong bones. You can easily learn hypnosis to help you make the lifestyle changes that will support you as healthy vegan building strong bones. With self-hypnosis you can respect and care for your bones and feed them well.

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