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2. Effect of Nutritional Deficiencies on Your Health
3. Ultra-processed food consumption linked to premature, preventable death, according to new study
4. Stop Inflammation and Stop Pain
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4 Hidden Toxins In Your Soaps, Shampoos, And Creams
by Nick Polizzi
Did you know that much of what we put on our skin absorbs into our body, almost as if we had eaten it?
There is a myth in our modern culture that somehow all the lotions, hair products, and soaps that we put on ourselves are only affecting our exterior - with zero impact on our interior. This couldn't be further from the truth.
On the hunt for more facts, I recently sought out skincare expert Rachel Pachivas from Annmarie Skincare (our favorite wildcrafted beauty brand) to answer some burning questions we had. She took me through a few powerful ways to prevent unwanted toxins from finding their way into your medicine cabinet, and also how to naturally nourish your skin.
The word "organic" doesn't always guarantee that your skincare products are 100% toxin-free. After digging into some of the biggest "natural" beauty brands, we found that many have cut corners and exploited loopholes.
When researching your favorite lotions, oils, and shampoos, please be on the lookout for these sneaky intruders:
1.) Parabens - An extremely common preservative that has been shown to disrupt estrogen production and has also been detected in malignant tumors.
2.) Phthalates - Usually hidden under the word "fragrance," a known hormone disruptor linked to reproductive defects.
3.) Benzoyl Peroxide - A known skin and eye irritant; linked to the promotion of tumor growth.
4.) Triclosan - According to the EPA, this is a serious pesticide. Enough said.
Our bodies just don't know how to process things that aren't natural, aka from the Earth. Lab-made facial products are prone to cause inflammation, breakouts, scarring and even more serious things like cancer.
More:
Toxins in Your Environment – One of the Causes of Bad Health
Toxic Cleaning Products - What to Use Instead
Remove Harmful Toxins from Your Environment
Vitamins to Fight Pollution
Supplements if you Smoke or Second Hand Smoke
Beauty Products - See Section on Beauty Products
Toxins that Cause Neuropathy – Nerve Damage
Effect of Nutritional Deficiencies on Your Health
It’s National Nutrition Month so it’s a good time discuss nutritional deficiencies and how they can affect your health.
A nutrient deficiency is basically a nutrient, such as a vitamin or mineral, that your body does not have enough of to function properly.
What if you forgot to put enough oil in your car? Despite the fact that it was getting the air, gas, functioning spark plugs and good combustion, the car wouldn’t work properly. Sure, the piston would go up and down and the car would move forward – just like normal. But soon the engine might run a little hot.
Down in the engine different things might start happening. The rings around the piston that stopped oil from getting up into the combustion area might be giving way. The normal straight camshaft might start to bend a little. The engine just won’t work correctly, and you’ll have problems.
Perhaps the car will need a small repair, or maybe a major overhaul – or ignored, the engine will just seize up and “die”.
It’s the same with your body – except that you can’t just buy another engine, and repairs made to a damaged body might not put things fully back together again.
According to the National Institute on Aging, there are 13 essential vitamins — vitamins A, C, D, E, K, and the B vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, B6, B12, and folate).
Vitamins have different jobs to help keep the body working properly. Some vitamins help you resist infections, or keep your nerves healthy, while others may help your body get energy from food or help your blood to clot properly.
Like vitamins, minerals also help your body function. Minerals are elements that our bodies need to function that can be found on the earth and in foods. Some minerals, like iodine and fluoride, are only needed in very small quantities. Others, such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium, are needed in larger amounts.
Let’s look at an example related to someone not consuming enough Vitamin C.
Gingivitis is created when plaque (sticky deposits of bacteria, mucus and food particles) adheres to the teeth, hardens and irritates the gum. The accumulation causes the gums to become infected and swollen. As the gums swell, pockets form between the gums and the teeth and act as a trap for more plaque. Irritated gums bleed and eventually start to recede. Gingivitis, untreated, can progress to periodontal disease, which can result in lost teeth and needing false teeth
This irritation of the gums can be fought by introducing Vitamin C, which fights the formation of plaque.
Seems like it would be easier just to get enough C. Consuming enough Vitamin C would have fought the formation of plaque to begin with.
In the past, higher quality food sources allowed us to consume the vitamins and minerals the body needed for optimum functioning. Because commercial farmland today is extremely depleted of minerals, eating fresh fruits and vegetables no longer ensures you will receive the vitamins and minerals that your body needs to maintain health and vigor.
In addition, these days we live in a “fast food world” of processed foods with low nutrient value, and we are subjected to toxins from chemicals in the soil and pollution in the air. Many people have a compromised gut and so they cannot absorb enough of the nutrients from the foods they eat.
Some of the things we consume such as alcohol, and tobacco, to name a few, can also deplete the body of vitamins, such as Vitamin B12.
What happens when you have a deficiency of Vitamin B12? It can bring about nerve degeneration. Vitamin B12 supports the sheathing that protects nerve cells. Damage to the nerve sheathing can produce numbness, tingling and the pain.
So, the bottom line is that if we are not consuming enough of the vitamins and minerals our body needs for optimum functioning, the result will be health issues.
What Can You Do?
Continue to feed your family a balanced diet of lean meat, fish, fresh fruits and vegetables. Try to buy organic produce, or produce from a farmers’ market, whenever possible.
Consume nutrient-dense superfoods every day, such as camel milk.
Camel milk is packed with vitamins and minerals and contains high proportions of anti-bacterial and anti-viral substances, antioxidants and immune system boosters. Camel milk contains 3 to 5 times more Vitamin C than cow milk, as well as other nutritional benefits.
Remember, when you build health with good nutrition, disease tends to fade away.
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Learn more about proper diet - What is a Healthy Diet?
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Ultra-processed food consumption linked to premature, preventable death, according to new study
This article in Medical News Today shares the latest research regarding ultra-processed foods:
“Dietary patterns can have an immense impact on health outcomes.
Ultra-processed foods that go through large amounts of processing can lose nutritional value and contain unhealthy elements.
A new study adds to a growing body of research showing that ultra-processed food consumption may cause premature, preventable death.
“People require nutrients to survive, but not all foods are the same or provide the same nutritional value.
“Highly processed foods are a more prevalent part of diets in recent decades, and researchers are still working to understand the full impact of these dietary shifts.
“A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine studied how the intake of ultra-processed foods was associated with premature, preventable death.
“Researchers found that ultra-processed food consumption may be the attributable cause of death in a significant percentage of deaths in the Brazilian population.
“The findings demonstrate the importance of reducing the intake of ultra-processed foods to minimize health risks.
Understanding ultra-processed foods
“Many foods go through a certain amount of processing so that they don’t spoil.
“Kimberly Gomer, MS, LDN, a registered dietitian and nutrition expert, not involved in the study, explained a few of the basics of processed foods to Medical News Today:
“Processing takes a food in its natural (home-grown) state and changes it by adding salt, sugar, oil, and additives like chemicals, colors, flavorings, stabilizers, and preservatives. That’s why they have an extremely long shelf life which is attractive to both people and industry.
“Ultra-processed foods, however, go through vigorous processing. A few examples of ultra-processed foods include:
Sodas
Sweet or savory packaged snacks like chips or cookies
Energy bars and energy drinks
Instant soups and other ready-to-heat products like pizza or chicken nuggets.
“Most of these foods have a long list of ingredients found on the ingredient list of the food label,” Gomer said. "These foods include — but are not limited to — frozen meals, cakes, cookies, fast food, packaged foods, and snacks.”
“The full health implications of ultra-processed food intake are still being studied.
“Some research indicates that eating processed foods decreases diet quality and increases the risk for health problems like high blood pressure (hypertension), obesity, and heart disease.
Linking ultra-processed foods to premature death
“The new study looked at the number of deaths in the Brazilian population and their relationship to the intake of ultra-processed foods.
“First, researchers looked at national food consumption in Brazil from 2017 to 2018. They then looked at this information in light of data on demographics and mortality from 2019.
“Depending on age demographics, Brazilians were getting between 13 and 21% of their total energy intake from ultra-processed foods. Researchers looked at the 541,160 people between the ages of 30 and 69 that died in 2019.
“Their analysis shows that consuming ultra-processed foods was responsible for 10.5% of all premature deaths in this age demographic.
“Researchers further noted that ultra-processed food intake was responsible for 21.8% of all preventable deaths from non-communicable diseases.
“Study author Eduardo A.F. Nilson, ScD, a researcher at the Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health, University of São Paulo, and Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil, noted the following highlights of the research to MNT:
“It is the first study that has actually modeled the overall impact of UPF [ultra-processed food] intake on deaths that we are aware of. The results are significant firstly because the attributable deaths represent a huge burden in terms of premature deaths from all causes (57 thousand deaths represent 21.8% of the premature deaths from preventable non-communicable diseases in Brazil). Additionally, if UPF intake was kept at the levels we had a decade ago, 21% of the attributable deaths could be prevented.”
“Based on this information, researchers estimated that cutting down energy intake from ultra-processed foods by 10-50% of current amounts could greatly help reduce these mortality rates.
“Clinically, the results confirm a change in the paradigm of dietary recommendations toward preventing and treating non-communicable diseases and to promoting healthy diets in general,” Dr. Nilson said.
Study limitations and areas for continued research
“The study adds to a growing body of evidence about the dangers of ultra-processed foods — but it does have some limitations that also need to be addressed.
“First, experts cannot perfectly determine the number of deaths caused by ultra-processed foods.
“The model and analysis had certain limitations, such as the risk of confounding and the inability to account for every factor.
“Researchers also acknowledge that there is a risk for reverse causation. This was also data gathered from one country, meaning that the outcomes might be slightly different in other countries, for better or worse.
“Eduardo Nilson noted that they could work to apply the data they collected in other areas and other countries:
“We look forward to estimating the impact of UPF in other countries, modeling the impacts of different policies and interventions (dietary counseling, UPF taxation, front-of-package labeling, regulation of food publicity, etc.), developing models for specific health outcomes (such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity), incorporating health economic analyses to the models and improving the models to forecast the impacts of policy interventions.”
Making healthier food choices
“It’s unknown how exactly changes to food policies and recommendations at national and international levels could affect the health of entire populations. “In the meantime, people can work with their doctors and nutrition specialists to cut down on personal consumption of ultra-processed foods as appropriate.
“Start by reducing (eventually eliminating) sodas, chips, cookies, fried foods, and junk,” Gomer said. “Replacing junk food with whole foods is key. Sit down to meals instead of eating on the run and make the time and effort to prepare healthy food at home. Challenge yourself to small changes. Replace a few unhealthy foods with healthy ones.”
Whole foods are considered to be foods that have not been processed, refined or had ingredients added to them. Whole foods include fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, meat, fish and eggs.
Jackie Furlong is a certified Nutrition Health Coach and founder of Guided Nutrition and Wellness. Jackie offers an easy guide to choosing healthier foods. She says that when grocery shopping and preparing meals, focus on foods that have a root or a parent. She reminds people that a donut doesn’t have a root or a parent
More information on Processed Foods - What Changes are Made to the Food We Eat?
Stop Inflammation and Stop Pain
Pain Relief is usually trying to block pain. But what causes pain - inflammation.
The immune system creates inflammation normally to deal with an injury, etc. Pain is caused by inflammation. Improving your immune response is thus anti-inflammatory.
Beta-glucans are a scientifically proven biological response modifier (BRM) (BRM defined as "Substances that stimulate the body's response to infection and disease.")
Beta-glucans give a powerful boost to the immune system. Many research studies have been conducted on the beneficial effects of beta-glucans and these studies are published on PubMed.gov
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