Arsenic-containing drugs intentionally added to poultry feed to reduce the parasite burden and pinken the meat are apparently converted by cooking into carcinogenic inorganic arsenic compounds.
Los niveles de arsénico, pesticidas prohibidos, y dioxinas, excedieron los niveles de referencia de cáncer en cada uno de los 364 niños evaluados. ¿Qué alimentos fueron las principales fuentes de contaminantes tóxicos para los pre-escolares y sus padres?
Foods of animal origin (especially fish) appear to be the most important source of human exposure to industrial pollutants such as alkylphenol xenoestrogens.
¿Cuántos meses hacen falta para limpiar el mercurio y otras toxinas industriales del cuerpo y que papel representa nuestra reserva grasa en acumular contaminantes solubles en grasa?
Un análisis de riesgo/beneficio de 33 especies de peces analiza los efectos del DHA para potenciar el cerebro y los compara con los efectos dañinos del mercurio, para determinar el efecto neto sobre la inteligencia (IC – Cociente Intelectual).
Exposure to mercury during pregnancy appears to influence fetal brain development, as detected by decreased size of a newborn’s brain.
Phytonutrients in certain plant foods may block the toxic effects of industrial pollutants, like dioxins, through the Ah receptor system.
Dioxins, endocrine disrupting pollutants, heavy metals, saturated fat, and steroids in the meat supply may be affecting sperm counts, semen quality, and the ability of men to conceive.
La existencia de bajos niveles de químicos neurotóxicos en el queso podría explicar la conexión entre el consumo de productos lácteos y la enfermedad de Parkinson.
El inicio temprano de la pubertad en las niñas asociado con el consumo de proteína animal podría deberse a un químico contaminante que perturba el sistema endocrino que se encuentra en el suministro de carne.
What a few days eating vegetarian can do to the levels of antibiotics and phthalates flowing through one’s body.
The reason birth order is a predictor of pollutant levels in the bodies of children is that women can pass along as much as half of their PCB burden to their fetus during pregnancy.
Phytonutrients found in certain foods may protect against the toxic effects of industrial pollutants such as dioxin and DDT, suggesting a dual role for plant-based diets to reduce both exposure and subsequent damage.
Where do DDT, hexachlorobenzene, PCBs, and perfluorochemicals (linked to thyroid disease) concentrate in the food supply?
Based on the half-life of industrial pollutants children may be exposed to in the womb or at the breast, how many years does it take for them to detoxify their bodies (assuming they’re brought up on a healthy diet)?
Are pregnant women who eat fish, other meat, and dairy still passing along the pesticide DDT—even decades after it was banned?
Other than pet food and fish (which may be most contaminated), how do fire-retardant chemicals (PBDEs) and polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) concentrate in the American food supply?
Levels of flame-retardant chemical pollutants (PBDEs) in the tissues of women from around the world are compared.
Cans of bamboo shoots imported from China may have concerning levels of pesticide contamination.
The official National Cancer Institute report on the “unacceptable” burden of cancer stemming from industrial chemical pollutants is strongly worded, but lacks sufficient dietary guidance.
The latest national survey on the levels of chemical pollutants (such as heavy metals, toxic solvents, endocrine-disrupters, flame-retardant chemicals, PCBs), and pesticides (such as DDT) in the bodies of pregnant and non-pregnant Americans.
La muerte en los EE. UU. es, en gran medida, una enfermedad alimentaria. El Dr. Greger, enfocándose en estudios publicados durante el año anterior, en revistas médicas revisadas por pares, ofrece recomendaciones prácticas sobre cómo alimentarnos nosotros mismos y a nuestras familias, para prevenir, tratar e incluso revertir muchas de las 15 principales causas de muerte en los Estados Unidos.
Vegetarians appear to get more of a cognitive boost than meat-eaters from creatine supplementation.
The association between poultry and cancer may be explained by the presence in chickens’ and turkeys’ flesh of industrial carcinogens such as dioxins, oncogenic (cancer-causing) viruses, and/or the drugs that were fed to the birds.
Triphala, a combination of three fruits—amla, bibhitaki, and haritaki—is the most commonly used herbal formulation in Ayurvedic medicine, and may have powerful anticancer properties. Unfortunately, one in five Ayurvedic herbal dietary supplements were found contaminated with lead, mercury, and/or arsenic.
Major fish oil manufacturers and drug stores are being sued for failing to disclose the PCB pollutants in fish oil supplements.
The top three sources of industrial toxins in the diet are fish oil, fish, and eggs.
Al elegir fuentes a base de algas de ácidos grasos omega-3 de cadena larga, uno puede obtener los beneficios del consumo de pescado sin los riesgos de este último.
Equilibrando los riesgos y beneficios del consumo de pescado.
Los niveles de contaminantes industriales encontrados en la acuicultura.
Una forma de desintoxicar el cuerpo de contaminantes industriales que se encuentran en el suministro de alimentos.
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