Raw Food
Source: SuperchargeMe, Reprinted from YouTube
Salmon, Simple
As I previously talked about on this blog, this is a resource spot. I will present any subject that might be helpful in fighting the diabetes epidemic in America. I love to cook, so when I locate healthy cooking videos by the real professionals, I am thrilled to reprint them on this site. This site is about keeping people alive and living healthy. Type 2 diabetes is at at least, 90% or more related to one’s diet and life style. This site will continue to put great emphasis on the importance of diet, nutrition and some type of physical exercise in this fight to control diabetes.
Source: RecipeCook, Reprinted from YouTube
Food Industry Secrets
U.S. News & World Report
10 Things the Food Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
By Adam Voiland – Mon Oct 20, 2008
Two nutrition experts argue that you can’t take marketing campaigns at face value.
With America’s obesity problem among kids reaching crisis proportions, even junk food makers have started to claim they want to steer children toward more healthful choices. In a study released earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that about 32 percent of children were overweight but not obese, 16 percent were obese, and 11 percent were extremely obese. Food giant PepsiCo, for example, points out on its website that “we can play an important role in helping kids lead healthier lives by offering healthy product choices in schools.” The company highlights what it considers its healthier products within various food categories through a “Smart Spot” marketing campaign that features green symbols on packaging. PepsiCo’s inclusive criteria–explained here–award spots to foods of dubious nutritional value such as Diet Pepsi, Cap’n Crunch cereal, reduced-fat Doritos, and Cheetos, as well as to more nutritious products such as Quaker Oatmeal and Tropicana Orange Juice.
But are wellness initiatives like Smart Spot just marketing ploys? Such moves by the food industry may seem to be a step in the right direction, but ultimately makers of popular junk foods have an obligation to stockholders to encourage kids to eat more–not less–of the foods that fuel their profits, says David Ludwig, a pediatrician and the co-author of a commentary published in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association that raises questions about whether big food companies can be trusted to help combat obesity. Ludwig and article co-author Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition at New York University, both of whom have long histories of tracking the food industry, spoke with U.S. News and highlighted 10 things that junk food makers don’t want you to know about their products and how they promote them.
1. Junk food makers spend billions advertising unhealthy foods to kids.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, food makers spend some $1.6 billion annually to reach children through the traditional media as well the Internet, in-store advertising, and sweepstakes. An article published in 2006 in the Journal of Public Health Policy puts the number as high as $10 billion annually. Promotions often use cartoon characters or free giveaways to entice kids into the junk food fold. PepsiCo has pledged that it will advertise only “Smart Spot” products to children under 12.
2. The studies that food producers support tend to minimize health concerns associated with their products.
In fact, according to a review led by Ludwig of hundreds of studies that looked at the health effects of milk, juice, and soda, the likelihood of conclusions favorable to the industry was several times higher among industry-sponsored research than studies that received no industry funding. “If a study is funded by the industry, it may be closer to advertising than science,” he says.
3. Junk food makers donate large sums of money to professional nutrition associations.
The American Dietetic Association, for example, accepts money from companies such as Coca-Cola, which get access to decision makers in the food and nutrition marketplace via ADA events and programs, as this release explains. As Nestle notes in her blog and discusses at length in her book Food Politics, the group even distributes nutritional fact sheets that are directly sponsored by specific industry groups. This one, for example, which is sponsored by an industry group that promotes lamb, rather unsurprisingly touts the nutritional benefits of lamb. The ADA’s reasoning: “These collaborations take place with the understanding that ADA does not support any program or message that does not correspond with ADA’s science-based healthful-eating messages and positions,” according to the group’s president, dietitian Martin Yadrick. “In fact, we think it’s important for us to be at the same table with food companies because of the positive influence that we can have on them.”
4. More processing means more profits, but typically makes the food less healthy.
Minimally processed foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables obviously aren’t where food companies look for profits. The big bucks stem from turning government-subsidized commodity crops–mainly corn, wheat, and soybeans–into fast foods, snack foods, and beverages. High-profit products derived from these commodity crops are generally high in calories and low in nutritional value.
5. Less-processed foods are generally more satiating than their highly processed counterparts.
Fresh apples have an abundance of fiber and nutrients that are lost when they are processed into applesauce. And the added sugar or other sweeteners increase the number of calories without necessarily making the applesauce any more filling. Apple juice, which is even more processed, has had almost all of the fiber and nutrients stripped out. This same stripping out of nutrients, says Ludwig, happens with highly refined white bread compared with stone-ground whole wheat bread.
6. Many supposedly healthy replacement foods are hardly healthier than the foods they replace.
In 2006, for example, major beverage makers agreed to remove sugary sodas from school vending machines. But the industry mounted an intense lobbying effort that persuaded lawmakers to allow sports drinks and vitamin waters that–despite their slightly healthier reputations–still can be packed with sugar and calories.
7. A health claim on the label doesn’t necessarily make a food healthy.
Health claims such as “zero trans fats” or “contains whole wheat” may create the false impression that a product is healthy when it’s not. While the claims may be true, a product is not going to benefit your kid’s health if it’s also loaded with salt and sugar or saturated fat, say, and lacks fiber or other nutrients. “These claims are calorie distracters,” adds Nestle. “They make people forget about the calories.” Dave DeCecco, a spokesperson for PepsiCo, counters that the intent of a labeling program such as Smart Spot is simply to help consumers pick a healthier choice within a category. “We’re not trying to tell people that a bag of Doritos is healthier than asparagus. But, if you’re buying chips, and you’re busy, and you don’t have a lot of time to read every part of the label, it’s an easy way to make a smarter choice,” he says.
8. Food industry pressure has made nutritional guidelines confusing.
As Nestle explained in Food Politics, the food industry has a history of preferring scientific jargon to straight talk. As far back as 1977, public health officials attempted to include the advice “reduce consumption of meat” in an important report called Dietary Goals for the United States. The report’s authors capitulated to intense pushback from the cattle industry and used this less-direct and more ambiguous advice: “Choose meats, poultry, and fish which will reduce saturated fat intake.” Overall, says Nestle, the government has a hard time suggesting that people eat less of anything.
9. The food industry funds front groups that fight antiobesity public health initiatives.
Unless you follow politics closely, you wouldn’t necessarily realize that a group with a name like the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) has anything to do with the food industry. In fact,Ludwig and Nestle point out, this group lobbies aggressively against obesity-related public health campaigns–such as the one directed at removing junk food from schools–and is funded, according to the Center for Media and Democracy, primarily through donations from big food companies such as Coca-Cola, Cargill, Tyson Foods, and Wendy’s.
10. The food industry works aggressively to discredit its critics.
According to the new JAMA article, the Center for Consumer Freedom boasts that “[our strategy] is to shoot the messenger. We’ve got to attack [activists'] credibility as spokespersons.” Here’s the group’s entry on Marion Nestle.
The bottom line, says Nestle, is quite simple: Kids need to eat less, include more fruits and vegetables, and limit the junk food.
Source: Adam Voiland, Reprinted from U.S. News and World Report
B. Smith’s Cooking Tips for Diabetics
Source: journeyforcontrol, Reprinted from YouTube
Gastric Bypass and Your Diabetes
There are some benefits from gastric bypass for the diabetics. It can reduce your level of belly fat. That is a good thing. Scientists have been publishing the results of recent studies that indicate that the size of one’s waistline can be a precursor to whether you are on you way of becoming a diabetic. It is not necessarily your weight.
This video is about a “mini- gastric bypass”. This could be a surgical remedy for diabetics that are not unable to on a exercise daily basis because of one’s circumstances. My site is about resources for people who have diabetes and people that want to avoid diabetes. Having a mini- gastric bypass is a better option than dealing with long-term diabetes. You must get rid of that extra weight around the middle, it can be deadly in the long run.
I will say again, I am not a doctor nor am I a professional medical person. The articles I write are based upon many research articles, publications and books written by men and women professional and governmental agencies that are fighting the epidemic of diabetes in America. I present their work. My site is purely a resource spot. I want to present as much information about food in America, and how our food industry has unleashed a great epidemic of diabetes across America.
The video in this post is about belly-fat. It is the most dangerous kind of fat in your body, for men and women. I’m not recommending this procedure, I am presenting this information for people that want to find it.
Source: DrRRutlege, Reprinted from YouTube
Mini-Gastric Bypass: Patient’s View
Source: DrRRutledge, Reprinted from YouTube
Simply Raw, Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
This video moved me very much. It is very well done and informative.
Source: ryanscottlove, Reprinted from YouTube
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Thought for The Day
“You may keep a man’s body in prison but you cannot imprison his mind and feelings; and that is where the person really resides”.
Source: Ishmael N.O. Totteh, from his book, ‘The Way Forward’.
Sex and Diabetes
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A Note from FoodSpook
Folks, be aware. Our food industry is powerful. It is profit driven. That’s capitalism and OK. What you must understand that any regard for your health or your lifespan on this Earth is NO concern to the corporations that are controlling our food production and supply. We are like the frog in the pot of water, as the temperture gets higher, the frog does’nt notice, until it dies. If we stop buying the processed crap on the store shelves, the stores will stop selling it. When you become aware of nutrition you can become the master of your own existence. The markets will sell what the public demands. The public is uninformed. We are becoming diabetic, and sick with heart disease and don’t know why. You are being duped. The food industry is NOT your friend. Our government is not your protector. You can believe in yourself and trust your instincts. People are dying young. Almost all of my male friends have died at a younger age than their fathers. This is 2008 and early deaths should not be happening, but it is.
A new Asian market had a grand opening my city two days ago. I went there today and could hardly find a park. When I got inside I went crazy! The fresh seafood and produce was intoxicating. The markets before that, are boring. They offered hardly any diversity on their shelves. They presented the typical U.S.A. grocery module of foods with “high fructose corn syrup”, partially hydrogenated oils, aka trans fats that are a real contributor to heart attacks in women.
Do not trust the FDA. It can only be effective as the funding it receives from Congress. Your safety and health is a concern for the FDA but this regulatory arm of our government is controlled by lobyists from wealthy food corporations. They are selling us processed foods full of disguised sugars and government sanctioned fillers, such as sawdust. We are dying. Trust your motherwood sense. It’s there. You know when you eat something that doesn’t “set right” in your stomach. Your body is telling to stop putting this CRAP into me. You must listen to your body. It communicates with you 24/7 and does not lie. Obeisity is real. Diabetes is real. Give yourself a chance. The food system in the U.S. is dangerous. The new food pyramid is a product of a political compromise in congress. The food pyramid was decided on by politicians and lobbyists for their best interests.
I ask you to empower yourself to maintain your health. People might think you a weird or quirkey. So what. It doesn’t matter what people think. It’s your life. TV, newspapers, and magazines are selling you a lie. People have lived well for thousands of years before any kind of media. Your body depends on the foods you put into it. You are being fooled to put scientifically engineered foods into your body. BEWARE. Just because you see items on a grocery shelf, that doesn’t its safe.
Read food labels. Study food labels. Then your eating habits will start to change for the better. You are not being looked after by our government. Look for 100% anything. Whole wheat, 100% whole grains will give you life and robust health. There is a reason for the epidemic of diabetes in America . The reason is our people do not realize our government has unleashed the dogs of war upon the population and we are no match for the forces that are leading us into bad heatlth and a possible early demise.
Expose From Ex Drug Sales Rep.
Source: psychetruth, Reprinted from YouTube
‘Lil FoodSpook in 1952
My daddy was a preacher. My family lived in Richmond, California. My mother and father came to California during World War II to work in the shipyards. The money was really good for poor Black people from the rural south. My parents prospered. They bought a home in 1950. We had a new TV by 1952. I was four years old at the time, and became a TV addict for life. My dad also worked as a butcher at the grocery store across the street from our house. On weekends my dad and I worked doing White people’s yards. We cut lawns, pruned trees and shrubs, and even cleared hillsides of weeds and vegetation. I was eight years old at the time. When we arrived home at 6 or 7 PM on Saturday evening both of my little brown hands had long blood filled blisters crossing the the entire palm of each hand. I survived.
My father’s father was also a preacher. My grandfather and another minister started a church in Texas in the early 1900′s that is now nationwide. In my father’s church was the beginning of my first awareness of “sugar diabetes”. The end results of diabetes always affected the elder Sisters of the church. These are the same ladies that cooked unbelievable soul food breakfasts, lunch, and dinners at church and in their homes. I will never forget these women for as long as I live.
The same ladies I’m speaking of, lost limbs. One lady would have some toes amputated. Another would lose a foot. A senior man would lose his eyesight. Many, many of the senior citizens in my church arrived at church on Sunday mornings in wheel chairs or on crutches. Myself, ‘Lil FoodSpook, thought this was normal. As a child I had no comprehension of the effect of diet and one’s health. In the Black community, we were so happy to anywhere outside of slavery that even existing was a great bonus. But we didn’t know. The eating habits we acquired during the 400 years of slavery had also inslaved us to generations of bad health. Diabetes affects Black people twice the rate in White people. Type II diabetes is preventable. Obesity in most cases is a lifestyle. Obesity can make you become a diabetic. I still remember leading the blind and handicapped elders from my father’s church to their cars. I remember thinking, when is this going to happen to me?
Please do not take diabetes lightly. It is deadly. It can incapacitate you. It causes blindness, loss of limbs, dialysis, and shortness of life. Lose weight! Exercise. Start looking at the foods you are consuming. We have been living with bad nutritional habits that have been dictated to us in a very subtle way, TV ads mainly. Ronald McDonald is a serial killer. A little exercise and a little judgement about the foods you eat, goes a long way. Good habits Can be learned. Bad habits can be reversed. Take just one step for your life. The next few steps are a little less painful. After a while good habits become a way of life. You don’t have to wait for a government or state program. Your life is in your hands.
Thought for the Day
“Release yourself from the need to control or rule others because such will imprison you.”
Source: the book ”The Way Forward” by Ishmael N.O. Totteh
Diabetes in Hollywood
Source: dLifedotcom, Reprinted from YouTube
Nick Jonas Talks About His Diabetes
Source: dLifedotcom, Reprinted from YouTube
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Home | Site Map | Contact Us | Policies and Regulations |  Email this page |  Quote from the Book, ‘Sugar Busters!’
October 13, 2008 · Posted in Diabetes Resources · Comments Off
In 1995 a book was released and became a #1 Best Seller on the New York Times list. That book was called ‘Sugar Busters!’ I read this book and it fundamentally changed my understanding of how sugar in our diets effects our health. This book was quite controversial when first published. It challenged to medical community to face up to its lack of willingness to admit that the over consumption sugar, especially in processed foods was ruining our citizens health. The authors (4) also took on the the powerful food industry. Back 1n 1995, these authors were considered “mavericks.” Just look at what is happening in 2008. In spite of all the medical advances during the past 13 years, diabetes, heart disease and strokes are at a all time high. Something is wrong with our food system. I quote from ‘Sugar Busters!’, “Let’s get the point. Sugar is toxic. Sugar? Some sugar? Most sugar? All sugar? Toxic? Well we will say that refined sugar in any significant quantity is toxic to many human bodies, and it certainly helps make many bodies fat. Moreover, significant quantities of sugar are derived in our digestive systems from carbohydrates and starches. Certain of these foods cause a definite strain on the health of the body, probably the mind, and certainly the waistline. Fructose, sugar in fruit, will not normally hurt you, but eaten at the wrong time or in the wrong combinations can create digestive and metabolic problems. Therefore, what we are recommending is a low-sugar diet. Surprisingly, that cannot be achieved by simply putting away your sugar cannister.” “How can sugar, something that tastes so god and has been fed so readily to most of us since childhood by our most trusted person on earth, our mother, possibly be so bad for us? Aside from a few bad side effects, such as dissolving our teeth, sugar largely acts as a stimulus in causing our pancreas gland to secrete one of the body’s most powerful hormones, insulin.” …”Most significantly, insulin signals our livers to make the other big”C” word, cholesterol”. …”When our borderline diabetics get to where they cannot control their diabetes with pills, diet, and excercise, and we will have to give them insulin injections, we know the first major side effect be that their cholesterol will become quite elevated, and as the insulin shots continue, Type II diabetics will start getting more obese”. This book is a very compelling study of how to avoid obesity and diabetes. It is not conventional. The concepts it presents is not rocket science. It is real solid information that other doctors seemed to have been ignoring at the time the book was written. It provides recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I give you a lesson on the food industry in this country. It provides you with a viable road map on how to live a healthy life. I hope you get a chance to read it. Please feel free to leave a comment! Source: ‘Sugar Busters’ 1995, by H. Leighton Steward, Morrison C. Bethea, M.D., Sam S. Andrews, M.D., and Luis A. Balart, M.D. Info to Reverse Diabetes
October 13, 2008 · Posted in Diabetes and Diet · Comments Off
Source: UltraWellness, Reprinted from YouTube Tribute to Curtis Mayfield, a Diabetic
October 11, 2008 · Posted in Uncategorized · Comments Off
This Brother was a musical genius from my generation. He was great. Diabetes did not stop his talent from becoming world reknown. Mr. Mayfield, 1942-1999. Source: Funkonaut, Reprinted from YouTube
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