A New York City photographer shot a McDonald's Happy Meal burger and fries every few days for over six months and saw no mold, raising questions about preservatives. McDonald's says it uses none in its beef patties, but its statement does not address the buns or fries.
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Chemical hazards: fluoride, pesticides, BPA and other contaminants.
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Saturated fat raises heart risk?
A Japanese cohort of 58,453 adults found people in the highest quintile of saturated fatty acid intake were 31 percent less likely to die of stroke over 14 years, with 52 and 42 percent lower risks of intraparenchymal hemorrhage and ischemic stroke. Heart disease links were not significant.
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This Type of Meat Contains a "Harmless" Ingredient Which Boosts Your Odds of Disease
Mercola argues that 80% of the immune system sits in the gastrointestinal tract, where the bacterial balance should run about 85% good to 15% bad but usually does not. He recommends fermented foods and probiotics, especially to restore gut flora after antibiotics.
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Ditch this Daily Kitchen Product Now to Protect Yourself from Cancer and High Cholesterol
In 12,476 children and adolescents averaging age 11, higher blood PFOA tracked with higher total and LDL cholesterol, and PFOS with higher total, LDL and HDL. Mercola notes 95 percent of Americans carry PFOA and the CDC has detected 12 perfluorinated compounds in people.
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Why This Toxic Sweetener is FAR Worse than High Fructose Corn Syrup...
Mercola introduces two videos on aspartame, arguing that nearly 20 years after FDA approval the safety debate continues, that the sweetener now appears in more than 6,000 products, and that it was approved without toxicity data. He previews claims linking it to premature birth and weight gain.
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Nonstick Cookware Linked to High Serum Cholesterol
Stephanie Frisbee and West Virginia University colleagues measured serum lipids in 12,476 children and teens whose drinking water had been contaminated with PFOA, and report that the chemicals used to make Teflon may raise total and LDL cholesterol. Nearly all blood samples were contaminated.
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How this Near-Perfect Food Flushes Heavy Toxins from Your Body...
An interview with natural products chemist Ginny Bank about chlorella, the freshwater algae best known for binding toxins such as mercury and carrying them out of the body. She notes it is about 60 percent protein and contains all the essential amino acids, which may suit vegetarians and vegans.
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Does Synutra powered milk cause breast growth in Chinese baby girls?
China's health ministry denies evidence that powdered milk caused breast growth in infant girls in Hubei, saying tests on the milk the girls drank, 42 Synutra samples and 31 samples from other producers turned up no hormones over the limit. Three of the four girls never used Synutra formula.
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The Toxic Five: Why Are They Still in Our Food?
Dr. Shiv Chopra, who spent 35 years at what is now Health Canada, describes the drug safety review process from the inside. He recalls that when he asked for testing of recombinant bovine growth hormone, the manufacturers said none was needed because it was the same hormone.
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The Deadly Neurotoxin Nearly EVERYONE Uses Daily… (Video)
Mercola calls aspartame's 1981 FDA approval one of the most contested in the agency's history and says the sweetener has harmed health since. US consumption reached 6.9 million pounds a year by 1984 and the sweetener held 55 percent of the artificial sweetener market by 2003.
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Study: PBDEs Affect Hormone Critical to Fetal Development
Among 270 pregnant women, those with higher blood levels of PBDE flame retardants more often showed subclinical hyperthyroidism, Berkeley researchers found. Co-author Brenda Eskenazi links the resulting higher T4 to miscarriage, premature birth and restricted growth in the womb.
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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals pose cancer risk
In Nature Reviews Endocrinology, Tufts researchers Carlos Sonnenschein and Ana Soto argue endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as BPA carry an additive cancer risk expected to show in adulthood. Rodent studies indicate greater harm when exposure falls during organ formation.
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Processed meat linked to heart disease, diabetes - What you need to know
A Harvard analysis in Circulation drew on 1,600 studies and found each daily 50-gram serving of processed meat such as bacon, sausage or deli meat was associated with 42 percent higher heart disease risk and 19 percent higher diabetes risk. Preservatives are the suspected cause.
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Peanut allergy in children on the rise?
Sicherer and colleagues at Mount Sinai surveyed 5,300 households and found reported peanut or tree nut allergy in children under 18 rose from 0.6% in 1997 to 2.1% in 2008. Cases were self-reported, so the survey may overestimate prevalence.
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Well-done meat does not raise breast cancer risk
Analyzing Nurses' Health Study data on cooking methods, Wu K and colleagues found meat-derived heterocyclic amines showed no association with postmenopausal breast cancer; high MeIQx, PhIP and DiMeIQx intakes tracked with slightly less ER-negative disease.
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Adding this Simple Addition to Meat Helps Decrease Damage When you Cook It
In a McCormick-funded study of 11 volunteers, burgers seasoned with an antioxidant-rich spice blend contained 71 percent less malondialdehyde, a lipid oxidation product, and left 49 percent less of it in the volunteers' urine than plain burgers did.
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More mercury found in restaurant served tuna/sushi- updated
Rutgers researchers DNA-tested sushi from 54 restaurants and 15 supermarkets and found mercury in every sample, at levels exceeding or approaching international limits. Bluefin akami and bigeye tuna carried significantly more mercury than fatty bluefin toro and yellowfin akami.
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News Flash! The HFCS Monopoly is Finally Cracking…
PepsiCo dropped high fructose corn syrup from Gatorade as a Princeton team reported that rats given HFCS gained more weight than rats given table sugar at the same calorie intake, along with more abdominal fat and higher triglycerides. The Corn Refiners Association still defends the sweetener.
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