In the News
Written by Dr. Segura
Friday, 03 October 2008 20:15
Some children are quick to accept a bottle of milk, cookies, or crackers as a replacement for physical touch and emotional nurturing when parents are unable to provide them with such care. When a child receives food instead of emotional nurturing, it is quite probable that such a child will make poor food choices in the future. The process of "I need emotional nurturing = I get physical food" leaves them unable to tell the difference between normal emotions, such as anger, sadness or loneliness, and the desire to eat from a very early stage. And thus it happens that food becomes the replacement for emotional nurturing for some children as they learn to feel physical hunger in place of emotional need. When these children grow up, their most intimate friendships are with chocolates, cookies, ice cream, pizza, etc. which eases feelings of loneliness and/or reduces shame or anger.
In these cases, diets fail - and with failure comes shame, for which another sweet treat is needed to ease the discomfort. And so it goes, on and on.
Now there are other variations to this emotional relation to food, but you get the idea. Here is a relevant study that addresses the importance of emotions in food choices:
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It appears that some of the chemicals that can cause cancer, can also keep cancer treatment from working. Evil begets evil in strange ways, and that's not even including the fact that chemo is evil and causes cancer as well, so that adds another evil, or is that another two evils.A chemical widely used in hard plastic drinking bottles and the lining of food cans may reduce the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatment, a new study shows.
The findings, reported in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, adds to the growing list of concerns about bisphenol-a, or BPA, a chemical used to make the hard, clear and nearly unbreakable plastic called polycarbonate. The plastic is also found in the lining of nearly every soft drink and canned food product.
Most of the concern about BPA has focused on children, who are exposed to the chemical when trace amounts leach from polycarbonate baby bottles and the linings of infant formula cans. The worry is based on data from animal studies. Rat pups exposed to BPA, through injection or food, showed changes in mammary and prostate tissue, suggesting a potential cancer risk. In some tests of female mice, exposure appeared to accelerate puberty.
In the latest research, a team from the University of Cincinnati studied human breast cancer cells, subjecting them to low levels of BPA similar to those found in the blood of adults. They found that BPA acts on cancer cells similar to the way estrogen does — by inducing proteins that protect the cells from chemotherapy agents.
“It’s actually acting by protecting existing cancer cells from dying in response to anti-cancer drugs, making chemotherapy significantly less effective,” said Nira Ben-Jonathan, a professor of cancer and cell biology who has studied BPA for more than 10 years.
The research may help explain why chemotherapy appears to be less effective in some patients.
“These data,” study authors write, “provide considerable support to the accumulating evidence that BPA is hazardous to human health.”
The study was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
The 2003-4 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found detectable levels of BPA in 93 percent of urine samples collected from more than 2,500 adults and children over 6.
In September, The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that adults with higher levels of BPA in their urine were more likely to have heart disease or diabetes. The Food and Drug Administration has reassured consumers that the chemical appears to be safe, but the National Toxicology Program , which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services, has raised concerns.
In September, the American Chemistry Council wrote this response to concerns about BPA.
And to learn more about our exposure to BPA and the chemical’s effects, read my recent Well column, A Hard Plastic Is Raising Hard Questions.
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Oh my.....Morning Edition, October 9, 2008 ·
The National Debt Clock has run out of numbers. The giant sign in New York City changes constantly as the federal debt increases. It was put up years ago by a real estate developer horrified that the debt was approaching $3 trillion. Some years ago, the clock stopped when the U.S. started running a surplus. But now it's running again, and when the debt struck $10 trillion recently, the owners had to improvise an extra number one.Labels: national + debt+clock+has+run+out+of+numbers
In the News
Written by Dr. Segura
Tuesday, 30 September 2008 18:34
Did you know that magnesium deficiency and yeast infection produce symptoms of anxiety or depression, including fatigue, insomnia, eye twitches, apprehension, nervous fits, light-headedness, hyperemotionality, palpitations, rapid pulse, impaired breathing, confusion, anger, nervousness, rapid pulse, apathy, poor memory, etc? It has been documented that we could never get enough magnesium from diet alone, as the soil was depleted of that same mineral long ago. This makes magnesium deficiency quite an epidemic.
Yeast infection is also a modern worldwide epidemic. With so many highly-processed and junk foods feeding the candida - plus the fact that everybody takes a course of antibiotics at some point in their lives - our bodies are stripped of the good bacteria that can fight off yeast/candida.
When it comes to depression, serotonin is the brain chemical that makes us feel good. The problem is that serotonin production and function relies on the presence of enough magnesium in the body. Our bodies need magnesium to release and bind adequate amounts of serotonin in the brain. Also, our adrenal glands, which are overstressed by chronic stress, are also supported by the magnesium we so often lack. Worse yet, stress causes magnesium deficiency, and a lack of magnesium magnifies stress! If there is a deficiency in this key mineral, the muscles and arteries can't relax, and thus the muscles cramp and blood pressure increase.
There are MILLIONS of people using psychiatric drugs and receiving psychological therapy for symptoms that can be explained by improper nutrition - that is, magnesium deficiency and an overgrowth of yeast in our bodies.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, and depression go hand in hand with candida infection and magnesium deficiency. Candida releases over 90 toxins into the body, which then disrupt the balance of the natural cocktail of chemicals in the brain.
Why aren't the people in the study below talking about this if it's all scientifically documented?!
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By Ron Paul
01/10/09 -"ICH" -- - This time last week, the biggest bailout in the history of the world seemed to be a fait accompli. Last weekend, the Fed Chairman and the Secretary of the Treasury had harsh words of doom and gloom for Congressional leaders, with the rest of the administration parroting along, and by last Monday it seemed both parties were about to fall in line and vote our Republic away by socializing the banking industry through this bailout.
Foolish business behavior was about to be rewarded, and propped up a little longer, the bubble blown a little bigger, and our coming Depression made that much greater, but then something happened on the way to the House floor.
Citizens made their voices heard.
The real story behind the story in Congress this week was the thousands of calls and emails sent to Representatives, clogging up inboxes and even slowing down the House internet system. Slowly, like the Titanic turning around, sentiments on the Hill shifted, and we heard Congressmen capitulating and changing their tune a little, desperately trying to find ways to salvage the bailout without completely enraging their constituencies.
Now we hear about taxpayer protections, about golden parachutes, and about other nuances that hardly cover up the fact that we would be creating more money out of thin air and further devaluing the dollar! The problem is not HOW the government is spending this money; it’s the fact that the government is spending this money. We don’t have it. We are already nearly $10 trillion in debt, not including unfunded liabilities. We already spend about $1 trillion a year we don’t have on our overseas empire. Now nearly $1 trillion more is somehow supposed to magically appear and solve all our problems! No – creating more money might delay the inevitable for some well-connected banks on Wall Street, but in a few weeks we will find ourselves right back in this same position, but much poorer.
The unfortunate thing is that we’ve already spent at least $700 billion on other bailouts that did not solve the problem. And while all this negotiation was taking place, the auto industry was quietly bailed out, with no controversy, no discussion, to the tune of $25 billion.
Inevitably, it appears Congress will call their constituents’ bluff and the bailout will pass, because that is the habit Wall Street and Washington have fallen into. People are right to be concerned about our financial future. I’ve been talking for 30 some years about reasons we need to be concerned and change our ways. We find ourselves now in a position of no good options, and no silver bullets. But the worst thing we can do is to compound our problems by intensifying the mistakes of the past. We do have tough economic times ahead, no doubt, no matter what we do, even if we do nothing. The question, is will we have the courage to take our medicine now and get it over with, or will we prolong the misery for many years to come? I’m less and less optimistic about the answer to that question.
Dr. Ron Paul is a Republican member of Congress from Texas
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