And GMOs will solve the problem of Pesticides... yeah right

I'm reproducing this in full. (Click on the image to see the whole thing.) It is encouragement enough to:

1. Avoid GMOs (ban them?)

2. Buy Dr. Bronner

How To Increase Longevity

I read an interview with Michael Bloomberg where he brags about increasing the longevity of New Yorkers. I don't have the exact quote, but it was a self-promoting piece implying that his anti-smoking laws and green spaces improved the health of New Yorkers.

Bullshit!

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What improved the health of New Yorkers was throwing out the poor and making this a city for rich people. Rich people live longer than poor people... by a lot. These statistics (from The Nation about Baltimore) show just how much.

It's thinking like this....

The Utner Reader reports on an article in Science News. That article says that where parents of kids felt they lived in "a dangerous neighborhood," the kids tended to be overweight. Parents who felt they lived in "a safe neighborhood" had kids closer to normal. The reason, according to the study, is that parents in "dangerous neighborhoods" kept their kids at home, where they ate a lot. The kids in safe neighboods went out to play, and therefore ate less.

Er... could it be that the kids in dangerous neighborhoods had poor diets, living off fast food and other lousy cheap food? Maybe safe parents can afford the salads and health foods that keep people thin? Naw, couldn't be that. CRIME is the criminal, not economics, right America?

You EXPECT Americans to be dumb... but SCIENCE NEWS? Come on!



A link to the actual study is: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Farchpedi.jamanetwork.com%2FIssue.aspx%3Fjournalid%3D75%26issueID%3D5067%26direction%3DP&h=jAQHrDASc

New Information Says....

Of course the sponsors of this research are the Coffee Producers Consortium, and the Canola Growers Association. Both of whom have contributed generously to Robert J. Davis's research budget for this book. I don't know any of this for sure... just an.. er... educated guess.

I Knew It!

The AMA of all people give a notice about what should be obvious. The relationship of TV and DEATH!

That Crackpot was Right

Oh no!

I published a few pages from a crackpot nutritionist who said that Nicotine, and Trans-Fat were good for you. Funny, huh? Now comes this report from "reputable researchers" (oxymoron?) who say low levels of Trans-Fat may cause prostate cancer!! AND so can eating too much fish.

What's a hypochondriac to do?

Redux: Cellphones the next Cigarettes

I've been predicting this for years. Cellphones will become the next cigarettes, with warning labels, and NO CELLPHONE areas in restaurants... maybe a complete ban. I got this today from my assemblywoman. Click on it if it's too small to read:

AGAIN PROVED! Booze is a health food!

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Everything in moderation? Yeah right. Even the HEAVY drinkers outlast the teetotalers!

Not only have I been saying this for years... I've been living it! I'm not sure what a "first-degree relative" is, but I probably have one. Doesn't affect me.

THIS is the kind of stuff they should be teaching in school!

Cleanse this, baby

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I think this handbill is from Trinidad. It is so bizarre, I just had to share it. 

It advertises WATER (ionized, to be sure) that when you stick your feet into it... turns black. (That happens to me with ALL water, anyway.) This blackness is the toxins leaving your body. More than that, the company offers a special "Womb Cleansing," presumably using the same water. It is unclear what color the water turns in the process.

Where is this miracle company located? "Behind the Hotstop on Maraval Street." Ouch!

It Had to Happen

It had to happen.  I've been telling my students that in American Culture things aren't considered HEALTHY unless they're pills. I showed them pictures of natto pills and green  tea pills. Of course, the only logical absurdity would be VEGETABLE pills. And here they are: 

AIDS transmission. I've been saying it...

I found an early article that explains the reason why suddenly HETS were seen as being in danger of AIDS. I've been saying that ONLY unprotected anal sex, IV drug use, and pregnancy (mother to child) spreads AIDS. This must be where I got it from.

Hangover Cure

I found this among my bathroom reading books. I'll try it this week and let you know if it works: 

How many countries are ahead of us?

This is from the AARP newspaper of October 2008. They do quickly skip by the fact that the U.S. ranks 42 in longevity. Some places it's gone down! And they blame it on smoking!! Huh? The smoking rate has DECREASE in the U.S. over the past 10 years. Why don't you blame it on the drug and insurance companies? Maybe because the drug and insurance companies ADVERTISE in the magazine. Tobacco companies don't. 

I've been saying this for years...

EXHIBIT ONE:





EXHIBIT TWO:

Q.E.D.

Toxic Waste In Your Feet

I got this handbill in Trinidad. It shows how after just 10 minutes using this project, you put your feet in water, and the water turns black... With photogrpahic evidence!! As for me, even without this product, after just 10 minutes with my feet in water, the water turns black! You think I produce it naturally? --Mykel

Nutritional Revisionism

I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE'S IDEAS ARE SO CLOSE TO PARODY THAT...

Here's the first of my infrequent clippings, now located seperate from my diary:

It's from a mailing for Dr. David G. Williams. It is NOT an ONION paroday. If you want to examine it in details, you can get a larger, more readable version here.