GMO Ballot Initiative Fails In California

There was a ballot initiative in California to require Genetically Modified Organisms in foods to be labeled so consumers can have a choice. This freaked out the companies like Monsanto and DuPont that produce GMO.

They and their allies like Coca Cola, General Mills and many others donated around $50,000,000 to defeat the measure.

The groups and organizations supporting the passage of the initiative raised only around $4 million.

The opponents of labeling produced commercials that lied outright and even said that the FDA agreed with their position, which was possibly a violation of federal law.

The Organic Consumers Association is calling on consumers to boycott these organic and "natural" brands that are owned by major manufacturers. The amount they donated to defeat the labeling initiative:

• PepsiCo (Donated $2.5M): Naked Juice, Tostito’s Organic, Tropicana Organic

• Kraft (Donated $2M): Boca Burgers and Back to Nature

• Safeway (Member of Grocery Manufacturers Association, which donated $2M):“O” Organics

• Coca-Cola (Donated $1.7M): Honest Tea, Odwalla

• General Mills (Donated $1.2M): Muir Glen, Cascadian Farm, Larabar

• Con-Agra (Donated $1.2M): Orville Redenbacher’s Organic, Hunt’s Organic, Lightlife, Alexia

• Kellogg’s (Donated $791k): Kashi, Bear Naked, Morningstar Farms, Gardenburger

• Smucker’s (Donated $555k ): R.W. Knudsen, Santa Cruz Organic

• Unilever (Donated $467k): Ben & Jerry’s

• Dean Foods (Donated $254k): Horizon, Silk, White Wave

Even with all of this money, the results were still close. The opponents of labeling received 53% of the vote and the supporters of labeling received 47% of the vote. While we lost this time, over 90% of the people in this country support labeling, so its only a matter of time before the GMO companies and their allies lose.
 

Celery May Be A Treatment for Breast Cancer

A study conducted by the University of Missouri found that an ingredient in celery is a non-toxic treatment that can stop breast cancer in its tracks. The researchers found that the treatment even worked on deadly, fast-growing breast tumors by inhibiting cancer cell growth and reducing the expression of a gene associated with cancer malignancy.

The ingredient in from celery is apigenin. It’s cheap, natural and it’s the active ingredient in celery, parsley, thyme and a number of fruits, veggies and spices.

When mice were implanted with cells of a very deadly, fast-growing human breast cancer were treated with apigenin, the cancerous growth slowed and the tumors shrank. Blood vessels feeding the cancer tumor also shrank which starved the tumor of the nutrients it needed.

Another study found that when rats with breast cancer were treated with apigenin, they developed fewer tumors and had significant delays in tumor formation.

All this sounds great, except the researchers are having a problem getting funding for human trials. That’s because none of the drug companies will fund the study. Since this a natural substance that is cheap, there is no profit motive for the drug companies to fund the research. So…until the researchers can get funding, we won’t know if apigenin can stop cancer in its tracks.
 

Use Zinc To Reduce The Impact Of A Cold

Years ago, research started showing that zinc could reduce the suffering from the common cold. A new Canadian analysis published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has confirmed this outcome.

The researchers looked at the findings of 17 randomized trials that included more than 2,100 patients. The patients were either given zinc or placebo.

The researchers found that people who took zinc saw a significant reduction in both cold symptoms and the duration of those symptoms. They also found that a higher does worked better than a low dose.

While zinc works on adults, the researchers found no effect on children.

So…feel a cold coming on get some zinc lozenges and as they melt in your mouth your cold will lose its impact.
 

Learn To Play Piano With Help from Technology

How would you like to learn how to play a piano while watching a TV show? Well, its looking like it can be done.

A computer scientist at Georgia Tech co invented the Mobile Music Touch device. The person wears a fingerless glove that is connected via Bluetooth to a laptop or cell phone that plays a song.

The computer program converts the musical notes to vibrations and stimulates the fingers to move to hit the right keys in the right order.

Participants in the study were able to learn the first 45 notes of Amazing Grace in half an hour while studying. The students scored the same on their exam as the students who studied regularly.

The researcher even has used the device to help a people with spinal cord injuries that require repetitive motion therapy to regain movement. He wired up quadriplegics and found that the MMT boosted had sensation and agility.

The researcher thinks that MMT works because it stimulates nerves in the hand that causes the brain to devote more neurons to explaining the sensations.

(Reported Discover Dec, 2012)

 

Vitamin D Keeps You Limber, Too!

The news on Vitamin Ds impact just keeps getting better and better. A study from Wake Forest School of Medicine found that as we age we lose our ability to be limber.

The researchers found that Vitamin D keeps a person limber. In the study, the 70 to 79-year-olds with the highest levels of Vitamin D were the least likely to have trouble walking and stair climbing.

The Vitamin repaired muscle and maintained lower-body strength. Pretty cool results.

So…get a blood test done so you’ll know that your level of Vitamin D is and then take a Vitamin D3 supplement. You want to get into the optimum range with is 50 to 70 ng/lt.

(Reported Prevention October 2012)

 

A New, Old Grain Is Now Available

There’s an ancient grain that was first cultivated in Egypt and is now being farmed organically in the US. It’s called Kamut and it is high in selenium.

It also contains up to 40% more protein than conventional wheat. It’s favor is described as similar to brown rice.

One brand that you can check out is Bob’s Red Mill Kamut Berries.

(Reported Prevention October 2012)

 

Getting Iron Into A Woman’s Diet Reduces Birth Problems

Cambodia's women have a major problem with anemia, which has resulted in premature labor, hemorrhaging during birth, and poor brain development among their babies. Chris Charles, a graduate student from the University of Guelph in Canada, figured out a brilliant way to work with the locals to increase the amount of iron in their diet without changing their eating habits.

Iron pots are expensive, so getting new cookware wasn't an option. Neither was asking them to buy iron-boosting pills. So Charles came up with an idea. He shaped iron blocks like a fish which are 3 to 4 inches long. The locals consider a fish to be lucky. The person leaves the iron fish in a pot while water boils. This provides the villagers with 75 percent of their daily iron requirement.

Better still, the fishes are only $1.50 each and can last for up to three years. Since the fish was introduced, anemia levels have drastically declined and villagers have started feeling much healthier as a result.

Iron deficiency affects 3.5 billion people around the globe, proving that Charles's idea has world-changing potential.
 

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