2012 Dirty Dozen +

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has just released the 2012 Dirty Dozen list. This year there's a + because a couple of items have been added because of pesticide concerns.
EWG's new Shopper's Guide to the Dirty Dozen will help you know which produce items have the most pesticide risk so you can try to choose organic.

FOOD SAFETY: CLEANSING OPTIONS, new 3rd edition

According to EWG -
This year we have expanded the Dirty Dozen with a Plus category to highlight two crops -- green beans and leafy greens, meaning, kale and collard greens - that did not meet traditional Dirty Dozen criteria but were commonly contaminated with highly toxic organophosphate insecticides. These insecticides are toxic to the nervous system and have been largely removed from agriculture over the past decade. But they are not banned and still show up on some food crops.
Commodity crop corn used for animal feed and biofuels is almost all produced with genetically modified (GMO) seeds, as is some sweet corn sold for human consumption. Since GMO sweet corn is not labeled as such in US stores, EWG advises those who have concerns about GMOs to buy organic sweet corn.
The Clean Fifteen is also included.

Find your new Shopper's Guide here

Dirty Dozen Plus™

Buy these organic

Apples

Celery

Sweet bell peppers

Peaches

Strawberries

Nectarines
– imported

Grapes

Spinach

Lettuce

Cucumbers

Blueberries
– domestic

Potatoes

Plus

Green beans

Kale/Greens

+ May contain pesticide residues of special concern

Clean 15™

Lowest in Pesticide

Onions

Sweet Corn

Pineapples

Avocado

Cabbage

Sweet peas

Asparagus

Mangoes

Eggplant

Kiwi

Cantaloupe
- domestic

Sweet potatoes

Grapefruit

Watermelon

Mushrooms

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Natural Health News: The New Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 - 2011

Jun 13, 2011

EWG research has found that people who eat five fruits and vegetables a day from the Dirty Dozen list consume an average of 10 pesticides a day. Those who eat from the 15 least contaminated conventionally-grown fruits .

Natural Health News: EWG publishes new food list

Apr 28, 2010

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Natural Health News: Industry Friendly Pros and Cons

Aug 03, 2010

From my perspective, what's most newsworthy about the news from CR is the immateriality of the supplements in question, a so-called “dirty dozen.” Colloidal silver? Kava? Coltsfoot? These are not mainstream supplement ...

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Natural Health News: Green Living: Clean Food

Feb 21, 2009

The worst offenders, which were nicknamed the "dirty dozen," include: # Apples # Bell peppers # Celery # Cherries # Grapes (imported, especially grapes from South American countries) # Lettuce # Nectarines # Peaches ...

Natural Health News: Watermelon and Amino Acids

Nov 07, 2010

Onions, Avocado, Sweet Corn, Pineapple, Mango, Sweet Peas, Asparagus, Kiwi, Cabbage, Eggplant, Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Grapefruit, Sweet Potato, Honeydew Melon DIRTY DOZEN (BUY ORGANIC) Celery, Peaches, ...

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J & J Mesh Bows Out of Mesh BIZ

Johnson & Johnson is stopping sales of surgical mesh products that aimed to relieve the intense pelvic pain of thousands of women but resulted in numerous reports of injury and several deaths.

The decision is the latest action by the health care giant tackling a range of problem products -- such as bottles of children's Tylenol and other popular over-the-counter medicines, as well as some contact lenses and certain hip implants -- that the company recalled due to manufacturing problems.
The surgical meshes, sold by J&J's Ethicon unit, are among a class of products made by various companies whose safety and effectiveness the Food and Drug Administration warned about in 2008. J&J's meshes are also subject to hundreds of product-liability lawsuits, according to a May securities filing by the company.

The company is planning to halt sales world-wide of Gynecare TVT Secur, Gynecare Prosima, Gynecare Prolift and Gynecare Prolift+M mesh products, an Ethicon spokesman said. The company has asked the FDA to allow it to keep selling its Gynecare Gynemesh product, but for insertion through the abdomen only, rather than the vagina as is also currently allowed, the spokesman said.
J&J will be stopping sales over the next three to nine months, with the goal of completing the process by the first quarter of 2013, the company spokesman said.

"This is not a product recall and we continue to have confidence in the safety and efficacy of these products. Our decision to discontinue these products is based on their commercial viability in light of changing market dynamics, and is not related to safety or efficacy," the Ethicon spokesman said in a statement.
The FDA didn't have an immediate comment.

Doctors began using surgical meshes in the 1970s to treat severe cases of a painful condition in which organs like the bladder, uterus or bowel drop down and protrude into a woman's vagina after childbirth. Initially, doctors inserted the meshes through the abdomen to support the organs. In the 1990s, gynecologists began inserting them through the vagina.

Between 2008 and 2010, the FDA received some 1,500 reports of adverse events for meshes made by J&J and other companies. In 2008, the FDA warned about complications including erosion, pain and urinary problems.
Reported June 6, 2012 in the Wall Street Journal

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Natural Health News: Surgical Mesh: The Ten Year Window

Jan 07, 2012

Vaginal mesh repair has become popular, because of access to the areas involved in surgery, ease of application using the manufacturers' needles, variable mesh sizes that can be cut to size during surgery, laparotomy is not ...

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Natural Health News: Transvaginal Mesh and Women's Health

Jan 05, 2012

This MESH crap is AWFUL! 2 years now, and will more and likely be lots more, I have suffered and had my whole life turned upside down. its the worst thing possible. What gets me is how long I have to wait to get this crap out ...

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Natural Health News: FDA slow to take action on vaginal mesh

Jan 06, 2012

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are calling for a congressional probe into a pair of high-profile medical device products – Lap-Bands and vaginal mesh – as Congress gears up for hearings and a vote on ...

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GMOs and Glyphosate Linked to Infertility, Botulism and SIDS

USDA Deregulates GMO Sugar Beets

GMOs and Glyphosate Linked to Infertility, Botulism and SIDS

On Friday, June 1, 2012, the Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it has completed the final assessment of Monsanto’s genetically engineered sugar beets that were modified to withstand continued applications of the Monsanto’s flagship herbicide, Roundup. Since every application for deregulation of a genetically engineered crop has so far beenapproved, it surprised no one when the agency again recommended a complete deregulation.

APHIS prepared two assessments — an environmental impact statement and a plant pest risk assessment. Both assessments were made pursuant to court orders after a lengthy legal battle with the USDA by concerned consumer and environmental groups.

The initial lawsuit, filed in January 2008, was in response to the agency’s decision to deregulate genetically engineered sugar beets. In September 2009, the district court ordered the agency to conduct a full environmental impact study. The following year, in August 2010, the same court set aside the agency’s initial deregulation decision of GE sugar beets.

The USDA’s response to the court’s August 2010 ruling was to grant industry members temporary permits that allowed continued planting of GE sugar beets, forcing environmental groups back into count to challenge the agency conduct. The district court ruled that seedlings planted pursuant to the permits must be destroyed. An Appellate Court, however, overturned that decision in February 2011. That same month APHIS announced that it will grant Monsanto’s request for a partial deregulation allowing planting of GE sugar beets with certain limitations until the agency conducts the court-ordered assessments.

George Kimbrell, Senior Attorney with the Center for Food Safety (CFS), one of the plaintiffs in the case, told me that CFS was “disappointed” with the agency’s decision and that CFS is reviewing the 800-plus page assessments to determine if any action is warranted. SOURCE

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Natural Health News: Monsanto GMO Sugar Beets Denied

Aug 13, 2010

In today's ruling the Court officially “vacated” the USDA “deregulation” of Monsanto's biotech sugar beets and prohibited any future planting and sale pending the agency's compliance with NEPA and all other relevant laws.

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Natural Health News: Current Status of GMO Sugar Beets

Feb 05, 2011

This Friday USDA announced that it will allow the planting of Monsanto's “Roundup Ready” GE sugar beets even though the agency has yet to finalize conducting an Environmental Impact Statement (”EIS”). The Center for ...

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Judge Reverses Approval for RoundUp Ready Beets

Sep 23, 2009

Noting that pollen from genetically altered sugar beets could be blown by the wind long distances to related crops, such as chard and table beets, the judge ordered the agency to produce an environmental impact statement ...

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The time, it is forever changing

Kedar N. Prasad, PhD

This time the change may be back to the past, and to tell you the truth it really annoys me.

Not that it is a personal annoyance, its more like one huge road block put in your path because other people's ignorance can really harm your health.

I think it is strange in a Jim Morrison kind of way that some get turned into celebrities by the media not really based on out come but because they are on TV or they get interviewed by someone else in the TV spotlight.

Just because someone is on TV really does not mean they are an expert in what they plie on their show. Remember that every show has sponsors and producers. If the recommend something it does not really mean it is effective or effective for you. All it is is mass marketing. And where are you when that suggestion fails you?

Its also like aggregator web sites. They fill their pages with info taken from other sources, make it look as if this was original material, and never give you and thing to assure you it might be bogus while trying to make it look like the latest hot new discovery or cure.

Thinking of something Dannion Brinkley said not too long ago about how he believes that the it is through healthcare that the globalists will find the key to controlling the world.

If you accept Dannion's premise then it won't surprise you when I suggest how crazy it is to find too loud Jillian Michaels on "Everyday Health" as one of their 'talking heads'.

And to me it is even crazier to think she has an interview with David Agus MD about cancer.

Now mind you, I do have to agree with him on the failure of the establishment on the issue of prevention.

Agus states: " ... we can win the war on cancer — but not the way we’re fighting it now.“We’ve made almost no impact on making people live longer with cancer,” he says in an interview ... noting that the death rate is down only 8 percent over the past six decades.Part of the problem, ..., is the way we think about the disease. “Instead of just trying to shrink the cancer, which buys a little bit of time, I want to change the entire state of your body. But I know, as a cancer doctor, I’m not that good. And I know that I lose two or three patients a week — and I don’t want to do that anymore.”The solution, he explains, is not to treat the disease but to stop it from happening in the first place. “Most cancers are preventable. We’ve got to take aggressive stances in that regard.”He goes on to tell you however, to ditch your vitamins and get your nutrients from food.

And this is where we part ways. The parting is of course because clearly Agus has failed to do the research that proves, even if it is organic, the nutrient level in food has diminished over the years. It is worse for products grown in commercial agriculture.

I of course support organic and buying local but I also know that not everyone can afford this. And so what does Agus offer you if you fall in the less affluent part of our culture?

Not much.

But our Food Cleansing Healthy Handout does and it is an inexpensive way to make food healthier.

And being that we believe in supplements, the correct choices of supplements so that it isn't a one size fits all, but a targeted approach to regaining your health. The science on supplements supports my position, even for cancer. Maybe something will change some day for Agus and he will see the light.

Let's hope, and work to prove Dannion wrong.

If you are looking for conscientious help in the area of supplements for health consider Health Forensics.

Read more: confusion about supplements here.

Sports and Energy Drinks Again

More today on the dangers of commercailly available sports and energy drinks from Health Day.

In the midst of this just remember this is the reason I created herbalYODA's sportZtea many years ago. This is an all natural and organic herb blend that allows you to make your own safe and health promoting sports and energy drink at home.

Find out more about herbalYODA's sportZtea here.

Please do heed the warning not to allow your children to chew sugarless gum as the Health day article states, or use articficial sweeteners when making my tea. These chemicals are implicated in the rise of obesity and diabetes as well as more than 100 health concerns.

WEDNESDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) -- Sports and energy drinks are causing irreversible damage to the teeth of teens and young adults in the United States, the authors of a new study claim.
High acidity levels in the drinks erode tooth enamel, the glossy outer layer of teeth, the researchers contend in the May/June issue of the journal General Dentistry.
"Young adults consume these drinks assuming that they will improve their sports performance and energy levels and that they are 'better' for them than soda," study author Poonam Jain said in a news release from Academy of General Dentistry, which publishes the journal.
However, "most of these patients are shocked to learn that these drinks are essentially bathing their teeth with acid," Jain said.
For the study, the researchers analyzed acidity levels in 13 sports drinks and nine energy drinks. They found that acidity levels varied widely between brands and even flavors of the same brand. The effect on teeth of these acidity levels were assessed by immersing samples of human tooth enamel in each beverage for 15 minutes, followed by immersion in artificial saliva for two hours.
The cycle was repeated four times a day for five days, to simulate the exposure of teeth in teens and young adults who drink one of these beverages every few hours.
Damage to the tooth enamel was evident after five days, the researchers reported, and energy drinks caused twice as much damage as sports drinks.
Damage to tooth enamel is irreversible, the experts noted. Without the protection of enamel, teeth become overly sensitive and are more likely to decay and develop cavities.
The American Beverage Association (ABA), which represents the beverage industry, took issue with the study.
"This study was not conducted on humans, and in no way mirrors reality," the group said in a statement released Wednesday. "The authors used slices of tooth enamel samples from extracted molars, and then placed them in petri dishes of liquid for extended periods of time. People do not keep any kind of liquid in their mouths for 15-minute intervals over five-day periods."
The association added that the lab experiments could not mimic the environment of the human mouth, where saliva helps neutralize any acidity from food and drink.
The ABA also noted that other factors besides exposure to food or drinks -- things such as dental hygiene, lifestyle and genetics -- also influence tooth erosion.
According to the dentistry academy, an estimated 30 percent to 50 percent of U.S. teenagers consume energy drinks and as many as 62 percent consume at least one sports drink per day.
People "don't realize that something as seemingly harmless as a sports or energy drink can do a lot of damage to their teeth," Jennifer Bone, a spokeswoman for the academy, said in the news release.
She advised patients to minimize their consumption of sports and energy drinks, and also suggested that they chew sugar-free gum or rinse their month with water after consuming the drinks.
"Both tactics increase saliva flow, which naturally helps to return the acidity levels in the mouth to normal," she explained.
After consuming sports or energy drinks, patients should wait at least an hour before they brush their teeth. Otherwise, they will spread acid onto the tooth surfaces and increase the erosive action, Bone said.

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Natural Health News: There are healthy energy drinks

Mar 27, 2009

... Formula One (sold as ADVENTURX) in 2004. sportZtea is a blend of 5-6 herbs that provide you with nutrients supplying vitamins and minerals to support your health and hydration. No stimulants and no artificial sweeteners.

Natural Health News: Energy Drinks: Again!

Aug 20, 2010

Brewing up a jar of herbalYODA's sportZtea and belending it with pure cranberry juice can be very beneficial. Herbs in our organic tea blend are known to contain nutritional elements: vitamins a, b complex, c, d, e, f, k, p; ...

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Natural Health News: Energy Drinks

Jan 17, 2012

We encourage you to check out the almost two dozen articles we have posted on Natural Health News about this subject . We also invite you to consider our organic natural herbal blend, herbalYODA's sportZtea, in place of ...

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Natural Health News: Where There's A Will, There's A Way

Jan 12, 2009

In the interim I'd like to propose the benefits of natural support for sports performance and my organic tea blend, herbalYODA's sportZtea, along with my xtreme sports formula, ADVENTURX. (It's our new special: With each ...

Malaria Resistance Reported Again

Study finds signs of malaria drug resistance in Africa

PARIS, Apr 27 – Africa’s deadliest malaria parasite has shown resistance in lab tests to one of the most powerful drugs on the market — a warning of possible resistance to follow in patients, scientists said Friday.

Researchers in London found resistance to artemether in test tube analysis of blood from 11 of 28 patients who had fallen ill after travelling in countries mainly in sub-Saharan Africa – what they said was a “statistically significant” result.

Artemether is one of the most effective drugs in the artemisinin group most commonly used in malaria cocktails known as ACTs. Read more

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