by Charles on March 30, 2009

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March 31, 2009

CHECK BACK OFTEN: More nourishing updates as the day progresses…

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COMING IN AUSTRALIA: Want access to your own raw milk? Buy a herd and employ a farmer.

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THE “POLY-PILL”  five drugs in one. Insanity?

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TONSILLECTOMY linked to weight gain in children. Hat tip: Local Nourishment.

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TOM LASKAWY suggests the food movement hone its political skills.

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RAW MILK debate rekindling in Missouri legislature. Lengthy and detailed article.

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RAW MILK: David Gumpert has a brand new regulatory update over at The Complete Patient. Generally good(ish) news!

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TWITTER as health research tool. Interesting to see how Twitter can be used.

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NUTRITIONAL information often ignored by fast food patrons.

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“URBANA, IL has received a $7,500 grant through the Illinois Department of Agriculture to help promote its farmers market which will open at Lincoln Square Village on May 2, a week earlier than in the past.”


Large collection of medical issues today:

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NAH, REALLY? Conflict of interest allegations involving the author of a study (say it ain’t so!) published in the Journal of the American Medical Association turns into a flap involving the AMA and the editors of JAMA. It gets worse: seems the JAMA editors may have actually threatened a tipster.

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by Charles on March 30, 2009

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March 30, 2009

THE VITAMIN D COUNCIL announces its campaign to end the epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency among pregnant women:

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RAW MILK MONDAY UPDATE:

THE COMPLETE PATIENT ASKS: What will real change on raw milk look like?

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A NEW HAMPSHIRE farm stops selling raw milk and naturally raised meats.

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BOWIE, MARYLAND mother wants restrictions skimmed on raw milk.

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KIMBERLY HARTKE: Doctor wants FDA and USDA to recognize raw milk is a probiotic food.

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MORE on the Maryland bills to legalize raw milk sales.

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A BILL IN VERMONT would abolish limits on raw milk.

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THE BOVINE has an extensive raw milk roundup today.

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A BROOKLY EPICUREAN takes food production back to the basics and discusses the “whole animal” philosophy:

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by Charles on March 30, 2009

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March 31, 2009

CHECK BACK OFTEN: More nourishing updates as the day progresses…

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TWITTER as health research tool. Interesting to see how Twitter can be used.

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NUTRITIONAL information often ignored by fast food patrons.

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“URBANA, IL has received a $7,500 grant through the Illinois Department of Agriculture to help promote its farmers market which will open at Lincoln Square Village on May 2, a week earlier than in the past.”

Large collection of medical issues today:
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NAH, REALLY? Conflict of interest allegations involving the author of a study (say it ain’t so!) published in the Journal of the American Medical Association turns into a flap involving the AMA and JAMA.

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THREE RESEARCHERS AT HARVARD are named in supboena. “Federal prosecutors have issued a subpoena seeking information about the work and statements of three prominent Harvard researchers who have been the focus of a Congressional investigation into conflicts of interest in medicine.

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HARVARD Medical Students Rebel Against Pharma-Ties

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“TREATING MULTIMORBIDITY — when people suffer from multiple health conditions — is a growing challenge for doctors. Photo: Dr. Cynthia Boyd with Mazie Piccolo, whose illnesses would suggest 13 different medications, during a checkup.” Perhaps their diets don’t provide the nutrients the body craves while providing the sugar, trans fats, preservatives and all the rest the body detests.  Call it malnutrition complicated by slow poisoning. I don’t imagine piling on 13 drugs would improve the health of this patient…

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by Charles on March 28, 2009

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March 28, 2009 — Saturday Round up of the most interesting stories from the week gone by.  PLUS – one important new video! Have a healthful weekend!

Tim Wightman and Debbie Stockton discuss H.R. 875 affecting farmers’ markets and organic farms, on Glenn Beck, 3/27/09

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TRAFFICKING in Raw Milk. A must read!

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HOW LONG HAVE WE KNOWN the Lipid Hypothesis was Bull?

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TWO LADIES in Portland bring the farm to you! “They farm full time — in other people’s yards”: hat tip to Food Renegade. More information at Cooking Up A Story.

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MICHAEL R. EADES deconstructs the recent spate of news stories that eating red meat is unhealthy.

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MORE RED MEAT COMMENTARY. Kelly the Kitchen Kop asks “What if Sex was Bad for You?” “What if there was a study done and everyone in the world agreed that it was well-done, reliable and trustworthy, all variables the same, etc., and it told us that without a doubt, having sex caused premature death. Would you believe them?  I know that sounds dumb, but what if over time they got every major news station, newspaper and magazine to run ads supporting the theory. Then they got huge government grants to study it more and they found similar results. Would you believe them then? What if over time people went from disbelief, to thinking, “maybe it’s true…”, to thinking, “Well, whether or not it’s true, I’m not stopping”. As usual, Kelly rocks!  READ THE REST

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by Charles on March 27, 2009

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March 27, 2009

TEETH and gums: The root cause. Oncologists and heart specialists rarely bother to look at the state of their patients’ teeth and gums — and yet, a growing body of research has discovered that that’s the very place they should be looking. Read the rest. Weston Price — who, by the way, is mentioned throughout — would be pleased.
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FAMILIES that eat together serve up good dietary choices. A new long-term study says that kids in families that have at least five meals together a week tend to practice good eating habits.

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NAKED and organic chef Jamie Oliver will cook for the Obamas and UK PM Gordon Brown when the President visits London next month.

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WHY what’s for dinner may be about to change. From a White House garden to rule changes at factory farms, the era of industrial ag calling the shots is changing.

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WARNING LABEL: Your natural brand may not be what you think it is.

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QUAILS get super fit by simply eating omega 3 diet.

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GOTTA LOVE HER — she is 93 and making YouTube videos!

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COULD THE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS in livestock have any possible connection to the emergence of the MRSA superbug? Fred Gerendasy has some thoughts over at CookingupAStory.

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by Charles on March 26, 2009

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March 26, 2009

WHAT, EXACTLY, is a healthful food?


GRASS-FED Controversy.

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ONCE UPON A TIME, we drank whole milk and put butter on our bread. Schmaltz was something you cooked with, not just a soppy song or movie, and lard was a pantry staple.

“And most of us were a whole lot … thinner.

Say what?

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IN IOWA  Dave Murphy is challenging the corporate farming of America.

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IS THE IDEA OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD creeping into the mainstream? A New York Times article considers whether a “food revolution” is underway. ““We are so used to being outside the door,” says Walter Robb, co-president and chief operating officer of Whole Foods Market, the grocery chain that played a crucial role in making organic and natural food more mainstream. “We are in the door now.” The rest is here.

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VIDEO: Building a new food system. From 2008 but good information if you haven’t yet seen it.

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CAUSE FOR CONCERN: Investigators find source of many foods untraceable.

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TRULY FRIGHTENING: Pharmaceuticals found in fish across U.S.

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SODAS increase risk for coronary heart disease. The focus is on sugar.

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THE PERILS OF BIG FOOD. Is it similar to big tobacco?

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FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH: 7 decades of wacky dieting trends.

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by Charles on March 25, 2009

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March 25, 2009

WHY the recent  Vitamin E news — and stories like it — are meaningless. Bogus testing of Vitamins. Pat Sullivan explains.

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JIMMY MOORE takes on the red meat will kill you hysteria.

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MARTHA STEWART does Front Yard Gardens.

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TRY OUT the Eat Well Guide. Find wholesome, fresh, local, good food throughout the U.S. and Canada.  A wonderful resource!

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IT’S BEEF and it’s good for me?

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MICHAEL R. EADES deconstructs the recent spate of news stories that eating red meat is unhealthy.

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THE AVALANCE of Vitamin D news continues. The medical community seems to be taking notice of this important nutrient.

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THE FDA’S stance on raw milk: cracks in the edifice?

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HEALTHY EATING: Obamas lead by example. But David Gumpert is concerned that while “It would be nice to think that Michelle Obama’s interest in nutritious food possibly portends good things for the future of sustainable agriculture” nevertheless “the swelling hysteria over food-borne illness may overwhelm sustainable agriculture and raw milk”.

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WHILE the Obamas are leading by example, two ladies in Portland bring the farm to you! “They farm full time — in other people’s yards”: hat tip to Food Renegade. More information at Cooking Up A Story.

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