A Fluoride Action Network fundraising bulletin reports that Port Angeles, Washington voted against fluoridation, and reprints letters between former Crescent City councillor Donna Westfall and Peel councillor John Sprovieri, who say no US or Canadian agency will answer their safety questions.
Food Consumer
GMO
Why we ARE winning the GMO battle!
A fundraising message from Jeffrey Smith of the Institute for Responsible Technology, arguing that despite approvals of GMO salmon, potatoes and apples the anti-GMO campaign is closer than ever to winning, and inviting readers to watch a short video and donate.
Cancer
Healthy Diet Helps to Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer
About 20 percent of colon cancer deaths in low-income communities could have been prevented by early screening and proper diet, and the CDC estimates $6 billion in lost wages. The piece explains colonoscopy and recommends less saturated fat and salt and more colorful fruits and vegetables.
Healthy Recipes from AICR
Healthy Recipes: Asian Savoy Cabbage and Shiitake Mushroom Soup
Vegetable stock simmered with Savoy cabbage, carrots and shiitake mushrooms, topped with sliced cooked egg and cilantro. Four servings at 90 calories each. Cabbage brings vitamins C and K plus glucosinolates, which the recipe notes show promising cancer-protective properties.
Healthy Recipes from AICR
Healthy Recipes: Asian Savoy Cabbage and Shiitake Mushroom Soup
A four-serving soup simmers Savoy cabbage, carrots and shiitake mushrooms in low-sodium vegetable stock with soy sauce, topped with sliced cooked egg and cilantro. Each 90-calorie bowl supplies vitamins C and K plus cruciferous glucosinolates.
Environment
Electromagnetic fields from Wi-Fi routers affect liver enzymes
A rat study released in November 2015 reported that exposure to 2.45 GHz Wi-Fi router radiation altered liver enzyme activity and shifted blood glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol and HDL. Vitamin C at 250 mg per kg a day appeared to reduce the harm.
Disease
Type 2 diabetes mellitus linked to kidney stones
A study in Advanced Biomedical Research found kidney stones at least 30 percent more common in people with type 2 diabetes, with uric acid stones making up 36 percent of their stones against 11 percent in non-diabetics. Their urine was more acidic, pH 5.61 against 6.87.
Food
Fish oil may help fight prostate cancer
In cell experiments, fish oil suppressed prostate cancer cell viability while oleic acid did not. Oleic acid instead inhibited new fatty acid synthesis, cutting fatty acid synthase activity within 24 hours, faster than fish oil did.
Food
Prostate cancer patients should avoid eating too much saturated fat
Among 926 physicians with non-metastatic prostate cancer, taking 5% more of daily calories as saturated fat in place of carbohydrate went with 80% higher all-cause and 180% higher prostate cancer mortality. The authors say vegetable fat may lower the risk of death. Cancer Causes & Control.
Politics
Victory! Agent Orange Crops Halted
EPA announced it is revoking the registration of Dow's Enlist Duo, a glyphosate and 2,4-D mix made for genetically engineered crops, after a lawsuit by Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice. EPA said the combination is likely more harmful than it first believed.
Politics
Everything You Need to Know About Food Stamp Fraud
The Labor Department puts fraud or abuse at 2% of food stamp payments, and in 2010 the LA Times reported 25% of new San Diego County welfare applications contained some fraud. The piece runs through cases, including Birmingham store owners buying EBT cards at 50 cents on the dollar.
Cancer
Mediterranean diet helps fight prostate cancer
A study of men with prostate cancer linked high intakes of dairy, red meat and serum omega-6 fats to more DNA damage, while Mediterranean diet adherence, monounsaturated fats and oleic acid tracked with less. Diet did not appear to affect PSA levels.
Food
Eating soy lowers prostate cancer risk
Among 100 Chinese men with and without prostate cancer, those whose plasma genistein was above the median were 65% less likely to have the disease. Median genistein ran 728.6 ng/ml in men without prostate cancer against 513.0 ng/ml in those with it.
Vitamins
Vitamin C helps prevent prostate cancer
A meta-analysis of 18 cohort and case-control studies covering 103,658 subjects tied vitamin C intake to lower prostate cancer risk, with 150 mg a day linked to 20% lower risk in case-control data. A 1997 lab study found vitamin C slowed prostate cancer cell growth.
Healthy Recipes from AICR
Healthy Recipes: Cranberry Apple Salsa
A raw relish of fresh cranberries, Fuji apple, red onion, lime and jalapeño, pulsed in a food processor and left 20 minutes for the flavors to marry. Makes eight quarter-cup servings at 36 calories each; serve with whole grain crackers the same day.
Politics
FDA approves GE salmon
The Center for Food Safety tells supporters it will sue over the FDA's approval of AquaBounty's genetically engineered salmon, the first GE animal cleared for human consumption, and asks for donations. The agency received two million comments opposing the move.
Lifestyle
Mobile phone use increases brain cancer glioma risk
A pooled case-control analysis by Lennart Hardell and Michael Carlberg found mobile phone use over a latency of more than 25 years associated with a 200% higher glioma risk, a weaker association for cordless phones, and greater risk among users who started before age 20.
Disease
Antibiotics boost diabetes mellitus risk
A population-based case-control study in JCEM reported that exposure to antibiotics of any type was associated with a 53% higher risk of type 2 diabetes. The piece notes certain antibiotics have long been used to induce diabetes in rodents.
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