A year-end fundraising letter from the Organic Consumers Association, arguing that regenerative agriculture can feed the world and cool the planet, and noting that Mercola.com and Dr. Bronner's will match the first $250,000 raised by December 31.
Food Consumer
Politics
A Report (on Fluoridation) from New Zealand
This is a Fluoride Action Network fundraising appeal, reporting $90,352 raised from 300 donors and listing matching pledges tied to donor milestones ahead of its year-end goals.
Food
Edward & Sons Trading Company Offers New Organic Foods
Edward & Sons Trading Company is promoting winter items across its brands: Let's Do...Organic shredded coconut, flakes and flour, Miso-Cup instant soup mixes, Native Forest organic coconut milk, and Edward & Sons organic croutons and mashed potatoes.
Politics
Show your support for Organic Consumers Association
A fundraising appeal from the Organic Consumers Association asks readers to help reach a $250,000 year-end goal, citing the appointment of Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris to lead the incoming administration's American Manufacturing Council.
Food
Health Food News: Edward & Sons Introduces Two New Organic Young Unseasoned Jackfruit Items - Versatile Vegan Alternative To Meat
Edward & Sons is adding two unseasoned organic young jackfruit cuts, Pieces and Shred, to its line, arguing that leaving out sauces lets cooks add their own seasonings. The items sell on the company website now, reach Amazon in January and stores in spring.
Diet
Ketogenic diet, hyperbaric oxygen therapy boost cancer survival
In mice with systemic metastatic cancer, a ketogenic diet fed ad libitum lowered serum glucose, slowed tumor growth and extended survival by 57%. Pairing it with hyperbaric oxygen therapy extended survival by 79.9%, while the oxygen therapy alone did not slow progression.
Diet
Brain cancer patients should avoid using vinegar?
A 2014 study in Cell found glioblastoma and brain metastases can use acetate, which vinegar contains, as an energy source. The writer suggests patients might be better off avoiding vinegar, while noting blood acetate also comes from other sources and cannot be eliminated.
Politics
Fluoridation and Human Rights
A Fluoride Action Network appeal marks Human Rights Day by arguing that adding fluoride to drinking water to treat people, rather than to make the water safe, violates the right to informed consent. It also reports $33,454 raised from 176 donors.
Drug
Gcmaf a universal cancer cure?
A comment piece citing studies by Nobuto Yamamoto that report GcMAF, a vitamin D3-binding protein tied to macrophage activation, cured all 16 metastatic prostate cancer patients in a Translational Oncology paper with no recurrence for seven years. It argues immunotherapy avoids drug resistance.
Politics
Bring the Buffalo Home - Newsletter 120916 from Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association newsletter argues activists should copy the cross-issue solidarity that won at Standing Rock, and go further by helping that community restore its land rather than simply moving on to the next fight.
Law & Regulations
Statement on USDA Final Rule on Enhanced Retailer Standards in SNAP
United Fresh president Tom Stenzel welcomed USDA's final rule requiring SNAP retailers to stock seven varieties of fruits and vegetables with three units each, calling it a win for both SNAP families and the small stores his group asked USDA not to overburden.
Lifestyle
Fasting protects cancer patients against chemotherapy
A report on nature.com says cancer patients can fast to cut calories and protein and protect themselves against chemotherapy's toxicity, with five days of fasting followed by normal eating avoiding weight loss. The American Cancer Society advises the opposite, the report notes.
Food
Legumes good for non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients
Among 2,339 Multiethnic Cohort participants, high dairy intake was linked to 14% higher all-cause and 16% higher non-Hodgkin lymphoma mortality, while legumes were tied to 13 to 16% lower risk of both. Fibre, soy, fruit, vegetables and processed meat showed no link.
Supplements
Sulforaphane fights triple negative breast cancer
In a study in Cancer Research, sulforaphane, a compound in broccoli and its sprouts, stopped breast cancer stem cells from forming mammospheres at 7.5 uM. Mice given 50 mg/kg daily developed smaller tumors, most markedly when supplemented before receiving the cancer cells.
Miscellaneous
Reinstatement of HRAs Good News for Small Businesses
Small Business Majority's John Arensmeyer welcomed Senate passage of the 21st Century Cures Act, which lets small employers offer Health Reimbursement Arrangements so insured workers can put pre-tax dollars toward premiums and out-of-pocket costs. He also urged keeping the ACA intact.
Food
Edward & Sons Trading Company Offers Organic Mashed Potatoes, Croutons, and Coconut products
A publicist's pitch for Edward & Sons Trading Company, listing winter products including Let's Do...Organic shredded coconut, flakes and flour, Miso-Cup instant soups, Native Forest organic coconut milk, and organic croutons and mashed potatoes.
Minerals
Calcium supplements cut death risk in women, but not men?
In 132,823 adults followed about 17.5 years, women taking 500 to 1,000 mg of supplemental calcium daily had up to 16% lower all-cause death risk, while men taking 1,000 mg or more were 17% more likely to die, mostly from cardiovascular causes.
Supplements
Turmeric based herbal supplement as effective as antidiabetic drug
Diabetic rats given a 1:1 Curcuma longa and Eugenia jambolana supplement twice daily for six weeks had significantly lower fasting and random plasma glucose and 6% lower HbA1c than controls, an effect the researchers say matched the drug glibenclamide.
13770 stories