Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You can get organic food in a lot of the supermarkets you know, so it is available. As a mother, you still have to go to the supermarket, okay, so just buy organic versus the other. Big deal, what's the difference? By the time your children are two years old, they have half the pesticides and herbicides in their system that would be equivalent to being carcinogenic. A child who eats organic food has one-sixth the pesticides and herbicides of a child who is eating commercial food. We're doing a study about mothers' milk, and I'm not very happy about it because they are saying that it's so toxic. |
Stacy Malkan
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 So he started a new company to sell food-grade cosmetic products certified under the organic food standards. "If you wouldn't put it in your body, why would you put it on your body?" He sees no point in toxic ingredients.
The reason Horst waited so long to start a new product line was that he "didn't read the fine print in the contract" with Estee Lauder, which specified he had to quit and then wait five years before starting a competing business. He stayed on with Estee Lauder after the 1997 sale, hoping to use the big company's resources to reformulate products. |
Jack Challem
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 Don't assume anything about the food you buy
6. Eat organic food as often as you can afford it
Ten Practical Guidelines for Healthy Eating Habits
1. Eat nutrient-dense foods to make every bite count
2. Eat some high-quality protein at every meal
3. Eat plenty of vegetables
4. Eat high-fiber, nonstarchy fruits
5. Eat healthy oils and fats
6. Season your foods with herbs and spices
7. Drink water and teas
8. Don't eat foods made with refined and added sugars
9. Don't eat foods made with refined carbs 10. |
Michael Pollan
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 Also, the supermarket today is brimming with processed organic food products that are little better, at least from the standpoint of health, than their conventional counterparts. Organic Oreos are not a health food. When Coca-Cola begins selling organic Coke, as it surely will, the company will have struck a blow for the environment perhaps, but not for our health. Most consumers automatically assume that the word "organic" is synonymous with health, but it makes no difference to your insulin metabolism if the high-fructose corn syrup in your soda is organic. |
Mark Sircus
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 If you needed that extra nudge to start feeding your kids organic food, here it is: In a recent U.S. EPA-funded study, 23 Seattle-area youngsters were switched to an all-organic diet, and the levels of pesticides in their bodies declined to essentially zero after only five days. When the kids started eating conventionally grown food again, their pesticide levels shot back up. The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives clearly shows that pesticide-free food leads to pesticide-free kids. |
Michael Pollan
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| These examples come from a 2007 report entitled "Still
No Free Lunch" written by Brian Halweil, a researcher for Worldwatch, and published by the Organic Center, a research institute established by the organic food industry. "American agriculture's single-minded focus on increasing yields created a blind spot," Halweil writes, "where incremental erosion in the nutritional quality of our food . . . has largely escaped the notice of scientists, government, and consumers. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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 Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones. organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides, fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge, bioengineering, or ionizing radiation. Before a product can be labeled 'organic,' a government-approved certifier inspects the farm where the food is grown to make sure the farmer is following all the rules necessary to meet USDA organic standards. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 Eat only 100 percent organic food.
Diamond Organics www.diamondorganic.com (888) 674-2642 SunOrganic Farm www.sunorganic.com (888) 269-9888
Grain and Salt Society www.celticseasalt.com (800) 867-7258
Gold Mine Natural Food Co. www.goldminenaturalfood.com (800) 475-3663
South River Miso Company www.southrivermiso.com (413) 369-4057
Information on Organic Food
Organic Trade Association www.ota.com (413)774-7511
Organic Consumers www.organicconsumers.org (218) 226-4164 Beyond Pesticides www.beyondpesticides.org (202) 543-5450
The Meatrix www.themeatrix.com
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Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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| Companies that handle or process organic food before it gets to your local supermarket or restaurant must be certified, too."
What does any of this have to do with cosmetics? Many consumers are already attracted to any cosmetic that claims to be natural, no matter how bogus the claim. To make their products stand out from the rest, cosmetics companies are starting to use the term "organic" on their product labels. But as Consumer Reports (August 2003, page 61) stated, "With no hearings or public discussion, the USDA extended its rules on organic labeling to cosmetics. |
Mark Sircus
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| The United Nation's Codex Alimentarius commission actually is staffed by people in the medical community whose main goal is to block our access to vitamins and minerals within the therapeutic range, as well as to all the most innovative dietary supplements, especially food based products, and even to organic food. If they have their way we will only be able to buy at highly inflated prices ?with a doctor's prescription ?low levels of vitamins and minerals.
Allopathic philosophy ignores the idea or concept of nutritional deficiency. |
Stacy Malkan
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| The family is now using all unscented products and has switched to organic food. toxic to the brain) that should be thoroughly investigated so we might better understand the impact to human health.18 But government and industry have been slow to demand or fund such research. The FDA has taken no action on a petition submitted to the agency in 1999 requesting fragrance components be listed on labels.19
Glossed Over
Formaldehyde, toluene, phthalates, acetone, methylacrylates — nail treatments are among the most toxic products in the Skin Deep database. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
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 I stock Kashi products in both of my Natural Medicine Stores, but they are also available on the health food or organic food aisle in almost any grocery store.
Another brand to check out is Food For Life (www.foodfor-life.com). I am a huge fan of their organic sprouted whole-grain pastas and breads. Again, I stock Food for Life products in my Natural Medicine Store, but to find out where you can buy them, check out the website's built-in store finder.
Organic Housecleaning Products
Remember that it is important to decrease your exposure to environmental estrogens, or xenoestrogens. |
Stacy Malkan
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| But at least there are standards for organic food; in personal care products, "it's a total free-for-all."
As of spring 2007, there are no standards for organic personal care products in the US. The word "organic" — like the words "pure," "natural" and "gentle" — can be used as marketing claims on any personal care product, with no guidelines. For years, the organic purists have argued with the not-so-purists about creating an industry standard for organic personal care products. |
| This led to the organic food standards. "In the third reform, we asked the same questions about skin care, cosmetics and body care products. Why do these products have to have so many objectionable ingredients? And that takes us to Consciousness in Cosmetics."
The phrase refers to his company's recent efforts to reformulate products in response to the Compact for Safe Cosmetics. Morris explained the history of Avalon's change of consciousness. |
| Inside on the floor of the Anaheim Convention Center, the business opportunity of the 21st century is on full display in all its mad glory: more than 3,000 booths offering tiny bottles of natural shampoo, morsels of organic food and other flashy tricks that make it hard to focus in any one direction. The place has the throng and pulse of an outdoor marketplace in Bangladesh, infused with the rush for California gold. This is an industry on the brink of the big time, and change is in the air. |
Alex Steffen
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 Students who emerge from college already familiar with the advantages of fresh, local, organic food are bound to have an impact on the future of the food industry. In April 2006, the University of California at Berkeley opened the first certified organic kitchen in the nation. By applying for full certification with the California Certified Organic Farmers, the dining hall committed itself to serving 9 5 percent organic food at all times, and set a new standard for collegiate meal plans. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 EDUARDO
I cannot afford all the required supplements, yet even so I am vigilant about my organic food intake. I juice organic fruits and vegetables. My vegan lifestyle supplies me with constant energy throughout the day. I remember the times I crashed with exhaustion in the past around midday. Instead of being home with upper respiratory infections, today they are mild annoyances. My healthy body recuperates easily without absences from work.
MONICA JACKSON
My husband and I were introduced to a physical and emotional lifestyle change at Gary's health retreat. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| When potentially harmful compounds are contained in an organic food, the whole, organic food also provides a wide range of compounds that protect the body from harm. Potentially harmful food additives, on the other hand, are typically added to artificially preserve freshness in some foods or to nutritionally poor foods, such as cured meats and junk foods. Take nitrates as an example. Many common vegetables, such as celery, radishes, and beets, are rich sources of nitrates. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 Apparently the only way you can be certain you are not eating a GM food is to eat only organic food, which is a great idea in any case.
Switch to Nontoxic Cooking and Storage Wares
Avoid plastics, nonstick wares, and aluminums when you store (and for that matter, cook) foods. Use nonplastic wares, containers, and wrappings, such as ceramics, porcelain, glass, and natural parchment paper.
ENHANCE DIGESTION WITH ENZYMES AND PROBIOTICS
Up to now, I've been covering mostly external toxins. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| Organic food is produced by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality for future generations. Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones. organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Start eating organic food, and start eating some of those foods raw. Goji berries are great things to start with, and then you just feel your way out. Start having salad, stop going out to eat at night and start making your own food. Now how do you do that? Well, you just wing it. I mean, I'm way behind the current curve when it comes to making food. I just end up throwing everything into a blender, blending it up and running out the door.
You’ve got to go through a learning curve. |
David Steinman
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 Certainly, other large agricultural companies such as Kraft and General Mills have made significant investments in organic food production, which is the ultimate form of carbon-neutral agriculture. Archer Daniels Midland dominates the ethanol market.
CargilPs Web site doesn't mention organic agriculture; however, it does discuss the company's current investments in genetically modified agricultural crops. This was disappointing.
Yet, here in Blair, Nebraska, the company was actually doing something profoundly important for the environment? |
| Bottom line: If people feel better eating organic food, it is probably because they are right," she said. Dr. Brandt told me in an e-mail that she suspected her animal research will pan out with population studies.29
We all value pure food and water for our families and ourselves. We also value consumer choice such as the ability to buy many different types of foods. As most of us ought to know, Mom was right when she told us to eat our vegetables, for a varied diet of fresh produce makes for good health. Eating well would do wonders for lowering health care costs, too. |
| If you look at the consumers and try to understand the evolution of their healthy lifestyles, what you see is that things like exercise and eating organic food are some of the activities that they adopt early on," Hollender said. "We know that buying environmentally nontoxic household products is something that is a later stage of developing." Having children helps sway reluctant shoppers, he added. "All of a sudden indoor air quality becomes a much bigger priority," he said, especially health issues like asthma, allergies, and chemical sensitivities. |
| He showed me all of this wonderful organic food and even the growing number of natural cosmetics that are being made with organic herbs and without chemical additives, and their natural and organic meats and seafood and produce. He turned to me and said, 'Then, when I get to the vitamin section, all of this completely disappears.' What he meant was, the vitamins and minerals being sold today are largely synthetic. Once our vitamin and mineral supplements were fashioned from whole foods such as cereal grasses, and they were packed with organic whole food goodness. |
| Flora also owns their own farmland for cultivating and testing a variety of certified organic herbs under the Washington State Department of Agriculture organic food Certification Program. These programs and guidelines provide the twofold benefit of environmentally sustainable farming and a superior product for the consumer.
Flora also chooses environmentally friendly recyclable glass to package their products, and uses ecologically sound, 100 percent biodegradable, starch-based packing peanuts for shipping. And all of their company trucks run on natural gas. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| So, if we're walking into that organic food store, we're going to be making better and better choices, and eventually what happens is the flow of food that's coming in suddenly comes in from over here -- all of a sudden -- and all our cells start being able to breathe. We are actually like a hive of 60 trillion different cells, and they each want their oxygen, they each want their water, they each want their goodies and they each want their protein. How are we going to get that from fried chicken?
Mike: We're not.
Wolfe: So, how can we get it? Well, we can get it now. |
| We've got superfoods, we've got vegetables, fresh vegetable juices, raw fruits and vegetables in every description imaginable and we've got organic food of every description imaginable. The answer is there.
Mike: At this time in human history, we have access to the most exotic and the most amazing foods of any civilization that we know of in the history of this planet. It's due to people like you who are getting this out there, but we are blessed right now with access to this food that kings would have killed for, you know? |
Pam Montgomery
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 We strengthen the physical vessel through exercise, breathing, and bodywork while eating good organic food and drinking pure water. We also attempt to clean house, emptying closets of our psyche of wornout beliefs, old patterns, negative thought processes, and unwarranted fears so that the healing gifts of the plant spirits can live in this space instead.
Simple meditation each morning is a way to quiet your thoughts so that the voices of the plants can be heard. This requires only a brief amount of time, but at least long enough to achieve stillness. |
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