Is milk good for your bones?- Facts- 1. Milk in teens was not associated with less bone fractures in later life
2.Galactose can lead to a shorter life in rats.
3. Out of 100,000 women, ones who drank milk had a higher mortality rate.
4. There is a disease called galactosemia and it makes your body not able to detoxify galactose
5. Milk consumption around the world is going up
Video 2: Are microwaves safe?:
1. Most microwave related injuries are dropping a microwave onto yourself, falling on a microwave, hurting your back while picking it up, or burning yourself with the hot contents.
2. When an egg is heated in the microwave it can explode because of pressure on the membrane
3. Warning put on microwaves about eggs
4. Kid damaged eyes from exploding egg
5. Kid burned his inner throat from reheated jelly doughnut.
The Effects of Radiation Leaking from Microwave Ovens
Many injuries from microwaves occur because of hot items
If you can call your phone when it is a microwave you can test if radiation can leak ofut of the microwave
Telescope looking for life picked up on microwave opening at right time
Women got cataracts from leaky microwave
Study was done on rats pressed up to door and they got eye problems
Video 4: Researching the Health Effects of Marijuana
First major study on Marijuana was not published until 2007
Very hard for researchers to get marijuana to research that people use
Most research is done on negative effects
Marijuana users get slightly lower scores on memory tests
Marijuana users do better on memory tests with motivation
 Are Avocados Good for your Cholesterol?
Chocolate has more phytosterols than avocados
Many studies on the effects of avocado on cholesterol include swapping lard for avocados
Avocados are a good supplement for other fats
A palmful of nuts a day is good for cholesterol
Studies were done where saturated fat was replaced with avocados
Video 6: Lead Contamination in Fish & Game
Tuna high in mercury
Several servings of Tuna
80% of ground venison had lead in it
Lead bullets break up into microscopic pieces
Very low exposure to lead can still lead to nerve damage
Video 7: Does Cell Phone Radiation Cause Cancer?
Radiation from cell phones generates free radicals
Most studies find that cell phone radiation can damage DNA
Research funded by telephone companies generally found that cellphones are safer than independently funded ones
Research changes depending on who funds it
Money manipulates science
Video 8: Cell Phone Brain Tumor Risk?
Cell phones are labeled as a possible carcinogen by the IARC
Processed meat causes cancer
Red meat is a possible carcinogen
Scientists are pushing to bump up cellphones in the carcinogenic list to group 1
More likely to die from distracted driver than by radiation from cell phone
Video 9: Preventing Liver Cancer with Coffee
Researchers found that coffee help protect against liver inflammation from alcohol
HCC is the 6th most prevalent cancer worldwide
HCC is 3rd highest in most cancer deaths worldwide
People drinking most coffee had ½ of the chance to get liver cancer compared to the people who drank the least
Smokers could cut their chances of liver cancer by drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day
Video 10: Breast Cancer Risk: Red Wine vs. White Wine
Eating Plant foods significantly lowers your risk of getting cancer
Too little fruits and veggies can cause cancer
Avoiding average american diet can help reduce risk of cancer
Avoiding alcohol helps prevent cancer
Red grapes are good at protecting from cancer
Video 11: The Food Industry Wants the Public Confused About Nutrition
Denmark made first tax on fat but abolished it
Tobacco companies suppressed facts on smoking health risks
Food industries interest to confuse public on nutrition
Only 4 out of 181 head-start teachers answered 4 out of 5 nutrition questions correctly and 0 answered all 5 correctly
55% of head-start teachers out of 181 were obese
Video 12: Is It Better to Advise More Plants or Less Junk?
It’s estimated that more than 1 million deaths occur world-wide linked to not enough fruits and veggies
Free fruit in Norway caused kids to eat the fruit, they then continued to eat fruit after the program ended
It works better to eat more fruits and it naturally lowers your intake of junk
This doesn’t work on adults
If half of the population in the US ate one more servIng of fruit a day an estimated 20,000 less cases of would occur each year
Video 13: Is Miso Healthy?
Salt is considered a probable cause of stomach cancer
people eating meatless diets has 2/3rds lower risk of getting stomach cancer
Stomach cancer is one of the world's leading cancer killers
Korea has the highest stomach cancer rate
Soy cancels carcinogenic effects from salt
Video 14: The Risks and Benefits of Sensible Sun Exposure
Vitamin D deficiency rose with city life
Takes 15-20 cups of milk, juice or beer to get the recommended amount of vitamin D a day
Skin cancer is from extensive sun exposure on sunburn
It is recommended that no one should ever be directly exposed to sunlight without sunscreen
People who had skin cancer tended to live longer
Video 15: Is it Worth Switching from White Rice to Brown?
White Rice believed to be linked to diabetes especially in Asian countries
Eating brown rice may lower diabetes risk by 16%
Unsure of true effects of brown rice vs. white rice
Women studied losing weight were found to lose more weight when eating brown rice instead of white
Brown rice is good for arteries
Video 17: Can Vinegar Help with Blood Sugar Control?
Study found that body and belly fat can go down faster with a tablespoon of vinegar a day
When blood sugar goes up artery function becomes impaired
Blunting mealtime blood sugar spikes reduces risk of diabetes
Diet centered around whole plant foods is good for reducing many bad things
Almond butter can blunt blood sugar spikes
Video 18: Slowing Our Metabolism with Nitrate-Rich Vegetables
Nitrate boosts athletic ability
Nitrate can lower metabolism rate
Caloric restriction lowers metabolism
Eating leafy green vegetables can make us live longer
Getting at least 7 hours of sleep daily can make you live longer
Video 19: Do Raisins Cause Cavities?
Raisin Bran is as bad as sugar water
Non sugar coated raisins and bran are not as bad as raisin bran
Non alcoholic wine prohibits growth of certain cavity causing bacteria
Raisins are 70% pure sugar
Phytonutrients in raisins prevent plaque build up
Video 20: How Much Fruit is Too much?
Adding blueberries to diet can blunt effects of high glycemic foods
Fruits are recommended in a type 2 diabetic diet
Fruits are beneficial in almost any amount
Eating a lot of veggies can give you a lot of bowel movements
A lot of fruits can drop cholesterol
Video 21: Animal Protein, Pregnancy and Childhood Obesity.
If you expose pregnant crickets to predatory wolf spiders the babies will be born with more anti-predator behavior
A plant grown in shade with same genes as one grown in sun will mke seeds better for shade than the sun plant
Vole pups born in winter have thicker fur coats
If your born in a hot or cold environment it determines the amount of sweat glands you have in your skin
Children born during Dutch famine in 1945 had higher rates of obesity 50 years later
Video 22: How our bacteria can use eggs to accelerate cancer
We have trillions of symbiotic commensal organisms in our body
More bacteria cells in gut than human cells in entire body
10% of DNA in our body is human
Microbial community inside of us changes how we experience meals
Metabolism and absorption of food occurs through bacteria filter
Video 23: What is the ideal white blood cell count?
Higher white blood cell count important predictor for cardiovascular disease
High white blood cell count and heart attacks are related
People with higher blood cell counts have a higher mortality rate
White blood cells could be a biomarker for how fast we age
White blood cells can slow blood flow
Video 24: Animal protein compared to cigarette smoking
1 in 10,000 people make it to be over 100 years old
IGF is known as the “Grim Reaper gene”
IGF shortens life span of an average human from 200 years to 80 years
Meat and dairy proteins raise IGF levels causing people to eat more dairy free proteins
Not eating dairy proteins kills breast cancer cells
Video 25: Is Fructose Bad, what about Fruit?
Fructose is considered “Alcohol without the Buzz”
Fructose from fruits is not associated with hypertension
Diets with fructose from only fruit are healthier
High fructose corn syrup and sugar are worse than fructose from fruits
FRuctose from fruits has little to no negative effects