@katiecouric: Americans and Food
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What we eat, why we eat so much of it, and what it means for our health. Katie Couric talks food with with former FDA Commissioner Dr. David Kessler and "Fast Food Nation" author Eric Schlosser
Marion Nestle, Currently Browsing Posts About: Radioactivity
by Marion Nestle, from her blog “Food Politics”
March 20, 2011
Uh oh, Radioactive iodine in Japanese food
Japanese health authorities have found levels of radioactive iodine and cesium in spinach, milk, and water. They detected levels of iodine-131 up to seven times higher than safety limits in spinach collected from six farms as far as 75 miles from the reactors.
How serious a problem is this? From a strictly scientific viewpoint, probably not much. But note the “probably.” From the standpoint of the public, the problem is very serious indeed.
What’s happening with the Japanese food supply gets us into the classic contradictions of risk communication. Consider this response:
After the announcements, Japanese officials immediately tried to calm an already-jittery public, saying the amounts detected were so small that people would have to consume unimaginable amounts to endanger their health. “Can you imagine eating one kilogram of spinach every day for one year?” said State Secretary of Health Minister Yoko Komiyama. One kilogram is a little over two pounds.
Edano [chief cabinet secretary] said someone drinking the tainted milk for one year would consume as much radiation as in a CT scan; for the spinach, it would be one-fifth of a CT scan….Drinking one liter of water with the iodine at Thursday’s levels is the equivalent of receiving one-eighty-eighth of the radiation from a chest X-ray.
Is the Japanese public likely to be reassured by these statements? They remind me of the British minister who went on TV and fed a hamburger to his small daughter during the mad cow crisis of the early 1990s. It didn’t work.
We are talking about food here. Something that people put in their bodies and those of their children.
Specialists in risk communication would view radioactive spinach as a problem ranking high on anyone’s “dread-and-outrage” scale.
Radioactivity is not visible, is not under personal control, and is technological, unfamiliar, and foreign. This makes something like this really, really scary, as I explain in the introduction my book Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety.
So the statements of American experts don’t help much either:
“The most troubling thing to me is the fear that’s out of proportion to the risk,” said Dr. Henry Duval Royal, a radiologist at Washington University Medical School.
Yes it is. Understandably so. And Japanese officials will have a hard time dealing with it unless they are thoroughly forthcoming with information, earn the trust of the public, and take the fears seriously.
Update, March 21: The New York Times account on this issue from March 20. The March 21 story describes the spread of the radioactive materials:
Spinach from a farm in Hitachi, about 45 miles from the plant, contained 27 times the amount of iodine that is generally considered safe, while cesium levels were about four times higher than is deemed safe by Japan. Meanwhile, raw milk from a dairy farm in Iitate, about 18 miles from the plant, contained iodine levels that were 17 times higher than those considered safe, and milk had cesium levels that were slightly above amounts considered safe.
Source: Marion Nestle, “Food Politics”
Talk – Vandana Shiva – The Impact of Globalization on Food and Water
Source: Uploaded by talkingsticktv on Feb 15, 2010 to YouTube
I think you will find this video as germane today, if not more so, than when Vandana Shiva made this presentation in 2002. FoodSpook.
Talk by Vandana Shiva author of "Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit" speaking on "The Impact of Globalization on Food and Water" given July 28, 2002 at Kane Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
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A
- Acidosis (See Renal Tubular Acidosis)
- Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease
- African Americans and Kidney Disease
- Albuminuria (See Proteinuria)
- Alport Syndrome
- Amyloidosis and Kidney Disease
- Analgesic Nephropathy: Painkillers and the Kidneys
- Anatomy of the Kidneys
- Anatomy of the Urinary System
- Anemia in Kidney Disease and Dialysis
- Anemia of Inflammation and Chronic Disease
- Angiotensin-converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors (See High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease)
- Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs) (See High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease)
- Arteriovenous (AV) Fistula (See Vascular Access for Hemodialysis)
- Arteriovenous (AV) Graft (See Vascular Access for Hemodialysis)
- Artificial Kidney (See Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Hemodialysis)
- Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow: NIH Research Timelines) (from the National Institutes of Health)
B
- Basics, Kidney Diseases
- Basics, Urologic Diseases
- Bedwetting (Easy-to-Read)
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
- Biopsy of the Kidneys
- Biopsy of the Prostate
- Bladder and the Urinary Tract
- Bladder Control for Women
- Blood in the Urine
- Blood Pressure
- Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) (from MedlinePlus)
- Bone Disease of Kidney Failure
- BPH (See Prostate Enlargement: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia)
- BUN (See Blood Urea Nitrogen)
C
- Calcitriol (See Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder)
- Childhood Kidney Stones
- Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome
- Children and Kidney Disease
- Child’s Bedwetting (Easy-to-Read)
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Diet: Assessment, Management, and Treatment (PDF, 4.89 MB) * (for health care professionals)
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Drug Dosing: Information for Providers (for health care professionals)
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Failure (Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow: NIH Research Timelines) (from the National Institutes of Health)
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Medicines: What You Need to Know (PDF, 287 KB) *
- Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder
- Chronic Kidney Disease: What Does it Mean for Me? (PDF, 564.01 KB) *
- CKD Quick Reference Card (for health care professionals)
- Complications in Kidney Disease
- Creatinine (See Quick Reference on UACR and GFR) (for health care professionals)
- Cystinuria (See Kidney Stones in Adults)
- Cystitis (Easy-to-Read)
- Cystocele: Fallen Bladder
- Cystoscopy and Ureteroscopy
- Cysts
D
- Daily Bladder Diary
- DI (See Diabetes Insipidus)
- Diabetes and Kidney Disease
- Diabetes Insipidus (DI)
- Diagnostic Tests for Kidney Diseases
- Diagnostic Tests for Urologic Diseases
- Dialysis
- Dialyzer (See Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Hemodialysis)
- Dictionary, Kidney Diseases
- Dictionary, Urologic Diseases
- Diet for Hemodialysis
- Diet for Kidney Stone Prevention
- Directory of Kidney and Urologic Diseases Organizations
- Diurnal Enuresis (See Urinary Tract Infections in Children)
- Drug Information (from MedlinePlus)
E
- Easy-to-Read Publications
- Eating and Kidney and Urologic Diseases
- Eating Right for Kidney Health: Tips for People with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (PDF, 292 KB) *
- Eat Right to Feel Right on Hemodialysis
- Ectopic Kidney
- ED (See Erectile Dysfunction)
- eGFR (PDF, 242 KB) * (for health care professionals)
- End-stage Renal Disease
- Enuresis in Children (See Urinary Incontinence in Children)
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
- Erection Problems
- Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) (PDF, 242 KB) * (for health care professionals)
- Explaining GFR: A Tear-off Pad for Clinical Use (for health care professionals)
- Explaining Your Kidney Test Results: A Tear-off Pad for Clinical Use (for health care professionals)
F
- Fallen Bladder
- The Family Reunion Health Guide
- The Family Reunion Health Guide (Promotional Card) (PDF, 245 KB) *
- Fecal Incontinence
- Financial Help for Treatment of Kidney Failure
- Fistula (See Vascular Access for Hemodialysis)
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (See Glomerular Diseases)
- For People with Diabetes or High Blood Pressure: Get Checked for Kidney Disease (PDF, 283 KB) *
G
- Getting a New Kidney: Facts about Kidney Transplants (PDF, 440 KB) * (from the American Society of Transplantation)
- Getting an Expanded-Donor Kidney (PDF, 187 KB) * (from the American Society of Transplantation)
- GFR
- Glomerular Diseases
- Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
- Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Calculators for Adults and Children (Online Tool) (for health care professionals)
- Glomerulonephritis (See Glomerular Diseases)
- Glomerulosclerosis (See Glomerular Diseases)
- Glossary, Kidney Failure
- Goodpasture’s Syndrome
- Growth Failure in Children with Kidney Disease
H
- HD (See Home Hemodialysis)
- Hematuria: Blood in the Urine
- Hemodialysis
- Hemodialysis Dose and Adequacy
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Children (HUS)
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (HSP)
- High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease
- Home Hemodialysis (HD)
- How to Read a Food Label: Tips for People with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (PDF, 179 KB) *
- HSP (See Henoch-Schönlein Purpura)
- HUS (See Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Children)
- Hyperoxaluria (See Kidney Stones in Adults)
- Hypertension
I
- IC/PBS (See Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome)
- IgA Nephropathy
- Imaging of the Urinary Tract
- Imaging Studies, Kidney Diseases (See Diagnostic Tests for Kidney Diseases)
- Imaging Studies, Urologic Diseases (See Diagnostic Tests for Urologic Diseases)
- Impotence
- Incontinence
- Incontinence in Children
- Incontinence in Men
- Incontinence in Women
- Infection, Bladder
- Infection, Kidney
- Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome (IC/PBS)
- Is My Child at Risk for Kidney Disease? (PDF, 1.93 MB) *
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K
- Kegel Exercise Tips
- Kidney and Urologic Statistics for the United States
- Kidney Biopsy
- Kidney Cysts
- Kidney Disease and Kidney Failure
- Kidney Disease in Children
- Kidney Disease of Diabetes
- Kidney Disease Research Updates (periodic e-newsletter for health care professionals)
- Kidney Diseases Diagnostic Tests (See Diagnostic Tests for Kidney Diseases)
- The Kidney Diseases Dictionary
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- Kidney Disease: What African Americans Need to Know
- Kidney Dysplasia
- Kidney Failure
- Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That’s Right for You
- The Kidney Failure Glossary
- Kidney Failure Series
- Kidney Failure: What to Expect
- Kidney Function
- Kidney Infection (See Pyelonephritis [Kidney Infection] in Adults)
- The Kidneys and How They Work
- Kidney Stone Prevention Diet
- Kidney Stones
- Kidney Stones (Easy-to-Read)
- Kidney Stones in Adults
- Kidney Stones in Children
- Kidney Sundays: A Toolkit-A Guide for Faith-Based Communities on Making the Kidney Connection (PDF, 4.58 MB) *
- Kidney Tests (See Diagnostic Tests for Kidney Diseases)
- Kidney Transplantation
L
- Laboratory Tests, Kidney Diseases
- Laboratory Tests, Urologic Diseases
- Loss of Bladder Control
- Low-literacy Kidney Publications
- Lupus Nephritis
M
- Make the Kidney Connection
- Make the Kidney Connection (Fan) (PDF, 2.90 KB) *
- Make the Kidney Connection (Outreach Promotion Card) (PDF, 244.60 KB) *
- MCDK (See Kidney Dysplasia)
- Medical Tests for Kidney Function
- Medical Tests for Prostate Problems
- Medicines for Keeping Your New Kidney Healthy (PDF, 255 KB) * (from the American Society of Transplantation)
- Medullary Sponge Kidney (MSK)
- Membranous Nephropathy (See Glomerular Diseases)
- Mineral and Bone Disorder of Chronic Kidney Disease
- Minimal Change Disease (See Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome)
- MSK (See Medullary Sponge Kidney)
- Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney (MCDK) (See Kidney Dysplasia)
N
- National Kidney Disease Education Program: Reducing Disparities. Improving Care. A Summary Report (PDF, 3.05 MB) *
- Nephrology Referral Form (Online Tool) (PDF, 118 KB) * (for health care professionals)
- Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults
- Nephrotic Syndrome in Children
- Nerve Disease and Bladder Control
- Neurogenic Bladder (See Sexual and Urologic Problems of Diabetes)
- Newsletters, Kidney and Urologic (periodic e-newsletters for health care professionals)
- NIDDK Prostate Research Strategic Plan (CD)
- NIDDK Prostate Research Strategic Plan (PDF, 18 MB) *
- NIDDK Research Progress Report and Strategic Plan for Pediatric Urology
- Nocturnal Enuresis (See Urinary Incontinence in Children)
- Nutrition and Kidney Diseases
- Nutrition for Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults
- Nutrition for Chronic Kidney Disease in Children
- Nutrition for Early Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults
O
- Organizations, Directory of Kidney and Urologic Diseases
- Overactive Bladder (See Urinary Incontinence in Women)
- Overcoming Bladder Disease: A Strategic Plan for Research (PDF, 1.05 MB) *
- Overview of Kidney Diseases in Children
- Oxalate (See Kidney Stones in Adults)
P
- Painful Bladder Syndrome
- Painkillers and the Kidneys
- Pelvic Floor Exercises
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis Dose and Adequacy
- Pessary
- Peyronie’s Disease
- Phosphorus: Tips for People with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (PDF, 530 KB) *
- PKD (See Polycystic Kidney Disease)
- Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
- Potassium: Tips for People with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (PDF, 140 KB) *
- Prevent diabetes problems: Keep your kidneys healthy
- Progress and Priorities: Renal Disease Research Plan (PDF, 278 KB) *
- Prostate
- Prostate Enlargement: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- Prostate Problems (Easy-to-Read)
- Prostatitis: Disorders of the Prostate
- Protein: Tips for People with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (PDF, 112 KB) *
- Proteinuria
- Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection) in Adults
R
- RAS (See Renal Artery Stenosis)
- Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
- Renal Cysts
- Renal Dialysis (See Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That’s Right for You)
- Renal Disease Research Plan (PDF, 278 KB) *
- Renal Dysplasia
- Renal Osteodystrophy (See Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder)
- Renal Transplantation
- Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)
- Research Materials, Kidney Diseases (for health care professionals)
- Research Materials, Urologic Diseases (for health care professionals)
- Research Needs in Pediatric Kidney Disease: 2000 and Beyond (PDF, 282 KB) *
- Research Updates in Kidney Diseases (See Kidney Disease Research Updates) (periodic e-newsletter for health care professionals)
- Research Updates in Urologic Diseases (See Urologic Diseases Research Updates) (periodic e-newsletter for health care professionals)
- RTA (See Renal Tubular Acidosis)
S
- School & Family Problems of Children With Kidney Failure
- Sexual and Urologic Problems of Diabetes
- Simple Kidney Cysts
- Sodium: Tips for People with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (PDF, 1.72 MB) *
- Solitary Kidney
- Spanish, Kidney and Urologic Diseases Publications
- Sponge Kidney (See Medullary Sponge Kidney)
- Statistics, Kidney and Urologic Diseases
- Stoma (See Urostomy and Continent Urinary Diversion)
- Strategic Plan for Pediatric Urology: NIDDK Research Progress Report (PDF, 9.7 MB) *
- Stress Incontinence (See Urinary Incontinence in Women)
- Suggestions for Laboratory Professionals (for health care professionals)
T
- Tests for Kidney Function
- Tests for Prostate Problems (Easy-to-Read)
- Tests for Urinary Problems
- Transplantation, Kidney
- Treatment, Kidney Failure
- Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure in Children
U
- UACR (See Urine Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio) (PDF, 242 KB) * (for health care professionals)
- Ureteroscopy
- Ureterostomy (See Urostomy and Continent Urinary Diversion)
- Urethral Stricture (See Urinary Retention)
- Urinary Incontinence in Children
- Urinary Incontinence in Men
- Urinary Incontinence in Women
- Urinary Retention
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
- Urinary Tract Infections (Easy-to-Read)
- Urinary Tract Infections in Adults
- Urinary Tract Infections in Children
- Urine Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio (UACR) (PDF, 242 KB) * (for health care professionals)
- Urine Blockage in Newborns
- Urodynamic Testing
- Urologic Diseases Diagnostic Tests (See Diagnostic Tests for Urologic Diseases)
- The Urologic Diseases Dictionary
- Urologic Diseases in America: Interim Compendium
- Urologic Diseases Research Materials (for health care professionals)
- Urologic Diseases Research Updates (periodic e-newsletter for health care professionals)
- Urostomy and Continent Urinary Diversion
- UTIs (See Urinary Tract Infections)
V
- Vascular Access for Hemodialysis
- Venous Catheter (See Vascular Access for Hemodialysis)
- Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR)
- VUR (See Vesicoureteral Reflux)
W
- What African Americans with Diabetes or High Blood Pressure Need to Know: Get Checked for Kidney Disease (PDF, 2.07 MB) *
- What I need to know about Bladder Control for Women (Easy-to-Read)
- What I need to know about Erection Problems (Easy-to-Read)
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X
- X ray, Kidney Diseases (See Diagnostic Tests for Kidney Diseases)
- X ray, Urologic Diseases (See Diagnostic Tests for Urologic Diseases)
Y
- Your Kidney Test Results (PDF, 109 KB) *
- Your Urinary System and How It Works
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Isorhamnetin – A Natural Way To Prevent Cancer and Diabetes
By: Tom Parker
Isorhamnetin is a flavonol and phytonutrient (a group of chemical compounds that are found in plant based foods but not considered essential to human health) that has been linked with cancer and diabetes prevention. In this article I will be discussing isorhamnetin in greater detail and providing you with a summary of its main functions, the best food sources, the recommended daily allowances (RDAs) and the potentially adverse effects of consuming too much or too little.
1) DISCOVERY:
Isorhamnetin was discovered by the Hungarian biochemist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi in 1938 as part of the flavonoid family. Gyorgyi initially believed that he had discovered a new vitamin and so named the flavonoids vitamin P. However, it was later discovered that unlike vitamins, the flavonoids are not essential to human health.
2) FUNCTION:
Like many of the flavonols, isorhamnetin is a powerful antioxidant which protects your body’s cells from damaging free radicals (harmful by-products of oxygen related reactions). It can also prevent multiple types of cancer (including esophageal cancer, liver cancer and lung cancer) and reduce the complications associated with diabetes (which include diabetic cataracts and high blood glucose levels). In addition to this, isorhamnetin can help keep your heart healthy by preventing arteriosclerosis (hardening and loss of elasticity within the arteries), preventing high blood pressure and protecting the heart’s cells against oxidative damage.
3) RDA:
Isorhamnetin is not believed to be essential in humans so no RDA has been established for this flavonol.
4) FOOD SOURCES:
Isorhamnetin can be found in numerous plant based foods. Some of the best sources include almonds (7.05 milligrams (mg) per 100 grams (g)), chives (6.75mg per 100g), dill weed (43.5g per 100g), fennel leaves (9.3mg per 100g), red onion (4.25mg per 100g) and turnip greens (between 5mg and 10mg per 100g).
5) OVERDOSE SYMPTOMS:
At the time of writing no overdose symptoms have been linked with isorhamnetin consumption.
6) DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS:
At the time of writing no deficiency symptoms have been linked with isorhamnetin consumption.
7) SUMMARY:
Whilst there is still a lot more research to be done on isorhamnetin, the early signs are very promising. Not only can it help you fight a number of nasty health conditions (including cancer and diabetes) but it also keeps your heart healthy. Furthermore, isorhamnetin rich foods contain high levels of other health boosting nutrients which means eating these foods allows you to unlock many more health benefits. So make sure you eat almonds, add chives to your dishes and cook with red onions to enjoy all the health benefits listed in this article and more.
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About the Author:
Tom Parker owns Free Fitness Tips – a fantastic source of free, impartial fitness advice. You can learn more about isorhamnetin and the other flavonols by visiting his website.
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