Supplements Needed

I was happy to receive this report from the UK nutrition group I belong to because I have been fighting the ignorance of the cancer industry for a long time over this issue.I'd bet it would be a lot better to give chemo patients vitamins than the chips and candy handed out at a Spokane regional cancer center; one that refused to respond to my inquiry about their practice.Remember that just this past week the government reiterated what it has said several times over the past fifty years that cancer and nutrition are connected."NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS SAFE & BENEFICIAL FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY & RADIATION THERAPY" Charles Simone et al.For nearly a decade oncologists have been telling patients undergoing chemo or radiation therapy that they should not take antioxidants &...

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Fraud Follies

Five hundred fifteen million dollars can go a long way in providing needed health care in many places throughout the world.Instead B-MS is paying this money as a fine for what we have know the drug companies do to enlist doctors to prescribe their drugs.One of the most egregious acts by this firm is the increased prices charged to government health programs, especially the Senior Drug plan. The rip-off Senior drug plan is was and always will be a gravy train for Big Pharma, unless the Congress gets some chutzpah and reverses the law."The integrity of our health care system rests on physicians being able to make decisions based on the best interests of their patients," said acting Attorney General Peter Keisler.Yes integrity is a key component of compassionate and competent health care. If...

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Nutrition Does Matter

It is always much more than you are what you eat and this is probably why I believe very strongly in two nutritional programs.One is a system based on at least 80 years of scientific research. It helps you find out which one of twelve types you are and how to plan your eating to best support your individual biochemistry. This system relates strongly to the way in which you autonomic nervous system functions.When I first began studying this system I learned that there are really no pure vegetarians. I learned also that the culture closest to veganism are the Hindu people.For someone coming from another culture whose food roots are based in meat or other type foods, it actually takes eight generations to change your physiology to benefit from another food plan.The second food plan I use is...

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FDA: “They’re passive, they’re reactive, and they often side with industry over public health,”

Now with a bigger handout from Congress, along with the lessening of your right of access to vitamins and natural supplements, the FDA tells you it is doing more for public safety.I don't expect their bureaucratic culture to change even the slightest. All of what they will be doing is collecting more money from the Pharma Cartel to faster track hazardous drugs to market, enriching the coffers of the pharmaceutical companies so they can further their desired favors from members of congress.September 28, 2007Report Assails F.D.A. Oversight of Clinical Trials By GARDINER HARRISWASHINGTON, Sept. 27 — The Food and Drug Administration does very little to ensure the safety of the millions of people who participate in clinical trials, a federal investigator has found. In a report due to be released...

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Millions to Lilly and others in the Big Pharma Cartel, Death to Thousands

It will be interesting to learn at some point what the FDA will do now to seriously consider the hazards of the SSRI drug class. One of the problems with this class of drugs is the fluoride compounds that serve as the chemical base of the drug.This issue caries over to many other pharmaceuticals such as antibiotics and osteoporosis drugs as examples.Of course I hope for more serious Black Box warnings or banning of these drugs. They have caused countless damage to those using them and innocent bystanders, as well as creating other diseases caused by side effects: diabetes is only one.In the mean time I'll keep education about how nutrition and other natural approaches can be safer and more effective in the mental health arena.Depression and Anxiety Special Report from Johns Hopkins Health...

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It's the Great Light Pumpkin Bread, Charlie Brown!

New York Septembers are a tease. Football season’s commenced, the leaves are turning ever-so-slightly, and officially it’s autumn, but the summery temperatures and lingering humidity don’t want to jump the train to Miami yet. It leaves us panting in anxious anticipation, mostly for less-sweaty subway stations, but also for warmer, hardier foods like chili, roasted root vegetables, and pumpkin bread.While pumpkin-flavored anything catches my fancy, pumpkin bread is a special breed. It has all the benefits of cake (moist, chewy, filling) with none of the drawbacks (sugary over-sweetness, cheap raspberry filling, misspelled “congradulashuns” wishes). Paired with a cup of hazelnut coffee (breakfast), a cold banana (lunch) or a tablespoon of marshmallow fluff (snack time!), each slice is an October...

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Posted in: Breads,Vegetarian

Misdiagosis and No Diagnosis All Too Common

I've mentioned recently that a doctor I know told me that "...today there is no diagnosis. Everything is based on labs".To a great extent this is very true, and it is something I have been confronted with by clients for many years.Recently I had a phone call from a client who was extremely short of breath, what we refer to as SOB. Probably the most common cause of SOB is congestive heart failure or some type of serious cardiovascular event.I could tell by speaking with this person it was not allergy, yet this is where my effort to get her to go to the doctor led.In this person's case the student PA at her clinic (for low income and those with little or no insurance) gave her somethings for allergy.It was later on, because of her co-workers that she went to the ER where it was determined...

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Raw Almond Requiem

I know this is an important story and we covered it earlier this year; now the insanity is in place.I was wondering during some time I could not get this update posted if this isn't related to cancer, since raw almonds are a very good food - in quite small amounts - to help you keep from getting cancer and helping you if you develop it.One really never knows what sinister concepts exist in bureaucratic schemes. The same false logic exicts with Big Ag farming and much of the fruits and vegetables we know are grown in the California Valley. The new replacement for methyl bromide in strawberry, tomato and other vegetable crops is MEL or methyl iodide.MEL is classed as a carcinogen, and as such could be in violation of certain government regulations that prohibit carcinogenic substances to be...

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CHG Favorites of the Week

Bargains of the WeekCooking.com: Wusthof 60% off Crate & Barrel: Scoops 50% off.Papa John’s: Free ‘za online.Restaurants.com: 60% off gift certs.Blog of the WeekSmitten KitchenApparently, if your name is Deb and you have a food blog, you automatically rule. Armed with mouth-watering photography, giggle-inducing wordsmithery, and a neat logo, Smitten Kitchen is, as Martha Stewart deems it, “a very cute website.” If you have any doubts after Miss M’s ringing endorsement, take a look at this blondie recipe or peruse bon mots like: “I almost offered to marry the guy giving it out just for the recipe but I was torn because I already have a kick-ass...

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Hillary's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf

September 26, 2007Hillary and Bill Clinton show muscle as cover boy Bill gets a negative story dumpedTim Reid in Washington Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign forced a magazine to drop a negative story about her by threatening to cut off the publication’s access to the former President Bill Clinton, it emerged yesterday. The ruthless response to GQ magazine, and its decision to bow to the ultimatum, reflects the enormous leverage Mr Clinton brings to his wife’s White House bid at a time when her quest for the Democratic nomination appears more formidable than ever. The magazine, which is due to have Mr Clinton on its cover for its December issue, was told that the former President would no longer cooperate unless it pulled an article it was about to publish detailing infighting and tensions...

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They Shoot Horses Don't They? And Kill Your Daughters with Shots

I am sure that when you offered up your daughter as a guinea pig for the NIH and Merck no one told you there might be a risk of a serious side effects from this vaccine. If you are a young woman taking this risk did any one tell you the vaccine is not designed for anyone who already is sexually active?When do you ask questions and expect the answers that are your right, under the law?You do have the right to refuse, in case you didn't know.Or did they forget to tell you this as well?Deaths Associated with HPV Vaccine Start Rolling In, Over 3500 Adverse Affects ReportedBy John-Henry Westen TORONTO, September 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - As Canada, in large part due to aggressive behind the scenes lobbying, rolls out the not-comprehensively-tested Merck HPV vaccine for girls as young as nine,...

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Treating Food-Borne Affluenza: 15 Tips to Curb Your Foodie Leanings

Millionaire Mommy Next Door describes Affluenza as an increase in materialism caused by having more money on hand, as well as various self-inflicted and societal pressures (a credit-happy culture, keeping up with the Joneses, etc.)Back in the day, I had Affluenza, but good. My strain was special, though. It was food-borne.See, when I first graduated from college, I made just over $20,000/year. In New York dollars, that puts me above Tiny Tim, but well below any of the Friends. I had three (dearly beloved) roommates, didn’t shop or travel, and ate whatever wasn’t A) rotten, B) over a dollar, or C) nailed down.As my salary increased, so did the demands of my palette. Influenced by my hip, hip surroundings and burgeoning awareness of good food, I started buying finer meats and smooth, stinky...

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Posted in: Buying Food,Dining Out,Frugality

Tuesday Megalinks: Flimflam and Farmers Markets

Consumerist: 30 Code Words for SugarXylose, how could you? I trusted you, and now I see our relationship was nothing but a fraud, a dupery, a shakedown. Well, I'm sick of the hocus-pocus. This hoodwinking's over. Get'cherself a new gal Friday.Money and Values: Festival of Frugality #93 Go for hundreds of frugal tips from dozens of frugal bloggers, but stay for the super-neat pictures of cake.New York Times: Happiness for $10 or LessPromises, promises.Serious Eats: Are Healthy and Delicious Mutually Exclusive?Man, I hope not. Otherwise this blog is all for naught. (Naught, I say!) Great comment section below Ed Levine’s smart tips.The Simple Dollar: Teaching Yourself to Cook at Home – 10 Tips from My Kitchen to Yours AND The One Hour Project – Do Some Basic Diet HackingDouble the pleasure from...

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No One Escapes the Roast Chicken Inquisition: Roast Chicken with Grapes

So, I thought I’d start off the week with a question: when is a chicken done?Most recipes call for clear juices and an inner temperature (taken at the thigh) of 160°F to 175°F, but the government mandates a scorching 180°F to ensure all lurking germs have been thoroughly incinerated. While that’s extreme, 160°F occurs to me as a breeding ground for intestinal anarchy, and I recently found that 175°F … well, it doesn’t work so well.Highly praised in its comments section, Simply Recipes’ Roast Chicken with Grapes looked like a killer way to rid myself of about-to-go-bad fruit and poultry. So I stuffed the bird, laid it gently on a bed of onion...

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Posted in: Mains,Meat and Fish

Fennel, Fish, and Food-Shopping Forethought: Cod and Arrabiata Over Braised Fennel

(Today’s recipe is a guest post by the lovely and effervescent Rachel, a.k.a. the Cheap Healthy Gourmet, a.k.a. my ex-roommate/hetero life partner. Girl can cook like the dickens.)Kris and I were roommates for nearly a decade. We whiled away many an evening brainstorming recipes, swooning over Batali, and perfecting Paula Deen impressions. (Don’t ask.) We even made an injury/insult-free Thanksgiving in a 13” x 17” oven—a testament to our enduring friendship.Kris helped me embrace my love of the kitchen, and it’s since become a thrill to create delicious meals that adhere to CHGD’s standards. (The “D” is for “dairy/casein-free.” Cursed be the...

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Posted in: Mains,Meat and Fish

CHG Favorites of the Week

Bargains of the WeekAmazon: $25 off a $49-or-more Con Agra foods order (Dealhack)Linens N’ Things: 20% off order coupon (thru 12/31 - Bargainist) Macy’s: $25 off $100 online purchase (thru 9/22 - Bargainist)Blog of the WeekWords to Eat ByThis is one of my absolute favorite food blogs in the whole world, and not just because it features THE CUTEST BABY EVER (family and friends’ children excepted, of course). A Brooklyn native, Debbie warmly and wittily recounts her adventures in lower-fat cooking and motherhood, as well as her lifelong struggles with weight. The writing is aces, the recipes are delectable (I’ve tried a few), and oh yeah - there’s that baby. If possible, check out her three-part series, “Fat Debbie,” “Hot Debbie,” and just regular ol' “Debbie.”Cookbook of the WeekLidia Bastianich’s...

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Chop ‘Til You Drop: The Ultimate Guide to Slicing, Carving, and Cutting Your Food into Tiny, Affordable Pieces

It may seem daunting, but one of the easiest and thriftiest ways to make meals taste better is to cleave, dice, and mangle your own ingredients. There are two reasons for this:Lots of foods lose flavor and vitamins the second they’re sliced open. As a general rule, the less meat and produce are handled, the better they’ll taste on the table, and the better they’ll act in recipes. Pre-cut fruit, veggies, and meat can run FIVE TIMES the cost of simply buying the food whole. Case in point: at FreshDirect.com, jumbo carrots go for $0.79/lb, while 16 ounces of baby carrots and celery sticks cost a whopping $4.99. That’s nuts. Now that you’re convinced that hacking your own comestibles is the way to go (you are, right?), let’s get to chopping.First, a smattering of rules: Chop safely. Knives are...

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Posted in: Cooking,Frugality