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The Chicken McNugget Isn't Completely Chicken...

What's in a McDonald's chicken McNugget? Turns out those little fluffy golden nuggets are no good for you...well we knew that a long time ago, but recent studies showed that only 50 percent of the McNugget is actual chicken!

According to a recent article in Organic Authority, the nuggets contain Dimethyl polysiloxane and tertiary butylhydroquinone.

Dimethyl polysiloxane is a type of silicone with anti-foaming properties used in cosmetics and a variety of other goods like Silly Putty.

Tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) is a petroleum-based product with antioxidant properties (not a natural antioxidant). It prevents oxidation of fats and oils, and is found in processed foods of all kinds, varnishes, lacquers, pesticide products, cosmetics, and perfumes to reduce the evaporation rate and improve stability.

According to A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives, one gram of TBHQ can cause:

Nausea

Vomiting

Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)

Delirium

Sense of suffocation

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Animal studies show that health hazards associated with TBHQ include:

liver effects at very low doses

positive mutation results from in vitro tests on mammalian cells

biochemical changes at very low doses

reproductive effects at high doses

The moral to this story: don't eat fast food. Invest that money into buying groceries and make some time in your busy schedule to cook at home, even a quick meal cooked at home can be much healthier, and will lead to life longevity and lower risk of illnesses for you and your family.

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Christmas Dinner Specials From Around the World

                      By PR Newswire Staff Writers, November 13.

While Christmas dinner without roast turkey and all the trimmings would seem as unthinkable to some of us as an English summer without rain, our own Yuletide feasting is often a far cry from that enjoyed by people elsewhere in the world.

Roast turkey is a newcomer to the British Christmas table and only made its way to Europe from North America in about 1650. Before then, roast swan, goose or peacock was considered traditional Christmas fare.

A whistle-stop tour of Europe, the Far East and South America, however, shows that the Christmas culinary traditions of other countries owe as much to ancient custom and religious belief as they do to modern tastes. In some countries, December 24 rather than the 25th is the traditional day for dinnertime indulgence, while Ukrainian families embark on an amazing twelve separate courses, each one dedicated to one of Christ's 12 Apostles!

So let's take our taste buds on a trek around the world and find out how other countries and their cultures settle down to enjoy Christmas dinner, starting in the Far East:

In Japan, Christmas has been celebrated since the 1930s but with a distinctly Western feel to the proceedings in recent decades. Parents and children have been known to queue for hours outside the local Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise for a bucket of chicken for their Christmas dinner. This practice is due to the apparent similarity between Colonel Sanders and St. Nicholas! The dinner is usually rounded off with the older tradition of eating strawberry shortcake.

Culinary treats in Germany begin on December 6 when children leave their newly cleaned shoes on the doorstep. If you have been good, St. Nikolaus will fill them with chocolate, nuts and fruit but if you were bad you would only find a `rute' (rod). Germany indulges in three days of serious eating beginning on Christmas Eve with a lighter meal but on Christmas Day proceedings kick off with a traditional roast like duck, goose or beef fillet. This is served with potatoes, dumplings, red cabbage, and sprouts. The essential drink of the festive season is Gluehwein (mulled wine) rounded off with a variety of cakes, the most popular being Stollen (fruit loaf).

From Germanic excess to Ukrainian solemnity. Christmas is a very important family holiday in the Ukraine, a country that still observes ancient customs. The most important traditional meal is Sviata Vecheria (Holy Supper) on Christmas Eve. A sheaf of wheat stalks, called didukh (meaning Grandfather), is placed under the icons in the house. This is a very important Christmas tradition in the Ukraine as the stalks of wheat symbolise the ancestors of the family with the belief that their spirits reside in it during the holiday.

The most important food of the Christmas Eve supper is Kutia (boiled wheat with poppy seeds and honey) and is also called God's Food. To accompany this is God's Drink, Uzvar, which is made from 12 different stewed fruits. There are 12 meatless courses in total that make up the Christmas Eve supper, each one dedicated to Christ's Apostles in accordance with Christian tradition. The courses are meatless because there is a period of fasting required by the Church until Christmas Day.

In contrast, Mexico celebrates Christmas with all the razzmatazz of a carnival. At midnight on Christmas Eve, the birth of Christ is heralded with fireworks, ringing bells and blowing whistles. Following Mass, families return home to a huge dinner of traditional Mexican foods, the common ones being tamales (a fiery corn wrap), rice, rellenos (green chiles stuffed with cheese) and atole (a sweet drink).

The eight-day Jewish festival of Chanukkah, also known as the festival of lights, is sometimes thought of by non-Jews as the Jewish Christmas merely because it begins on December 25. But Chanukkah is not even mentioned in Jewish Scripture and is marked more by lighting oil candles than settling down to particular food. However, fried foods are usually eaten during this festival because of the significance of oil to the holiday.

Whatever you eat and wherever you eat it, the Christmas Day meal still remains something special.

Distributed by PR Newswire on behalf of PR Newswire Europe

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Benefits of White Bean Extract for European Origin

                    People of European descent suffer greatly with the diseases that have been defined as “lifestyle disease”, such as obesity and diabetes.

The white bean extract is the key ingredient to fight back against these health challenges due to its powerful effect on:

Carbohydrate Metabolism

Weight Reduction

Diabetes

Obesity: Weight Management

Enzyme Inhibition may equal Weight Loss

White bean extract inhibits the production of alpha-amylase, an enzyme involved in the digestion of starch. Participants in the clinical trial experienced greater weight loss when using white bean supplements than people who used diet and exercise alone, according to a 2007 clinical trial published in the journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine.

Decreased Fat Volume While Protecting Lean Muscle Mass:

People taking white bean extract experienced a decrease in fat volume, but don't lose lean muscle mass. The participants in the study were slightly overweight but generally healthy (International Journal of Medical Science, 2007).

Scientists study what the natural healers have effectively used for thousands of years, elements derived from Phaseolus vulgaris (the White Bean) in the control of appetite, energy intake, and carbohydrate metabolism

White beans extract are a good source of cholesterol-lowering fiber, as are most other beans. In addition to lowering cholesterol, white beans' high fiber content prevents blood sugar levels from rising too rapidly after a meal, making these beans an especially good choice for individuals with diabetes, insulin resistance or hypoglycemia.

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Graviola and Cancer

Graviola, a staple food item in Hispanic culture for thousands of years is the key ingredient in the MiGENETICS Hispanic Origin formula. The National Cancer Institute funded research on graviola for its cancer-fighting properties. Graviola is also known as Guanabana, Brazilian Paw Paw, Custard Apple and Sourso. Graviola has been praised for its abilities to fight cancer cells, kill viruses, bacteria and parasites, as well as to lower blood pressure, calm nerves, and prevent depression. This has made Graviola very important and precious in natural herbal medicine to the indigenous Hispanic people.

The scientific researches of Graviola started in the 1940s and they are still underway. The results of the early studies have proved the plant’s antispasmodic (prevents or relieves spasms or convulsions), hypotensive (reduces blood pressure), cardiotonic (balances functioning of heart), and vasodilator properties.

More recent studies of Graviola extract have shown its antibacterial properties. Graviola bark is believed to be a good antifungal agent (destroys fungi parasitic spores). The plant’s seeds are used to kill parasites. Another study proved a leaf extract to be effective against malaria.

The National Cancer Institute discovered high activity of Graviola leaves and stem in fighting cancer cells. Scientists isolated a set of chemicals called annonaceous acetogenins. These substances turned out to have strong anti-cancerous and anti-tumor properties.

Acetogenins are believed to slow down certain processes that take place only in cancer cells. Acetogenins destroy cancerous cells, but do not harm healthy ones. Researchers from the Purdue University published the statement in 1997, saying that acetogenins had the ability to kill cancerous cells that did not respond to traditional anti-cancer treatment. At the same time, these compounds had some analogy with the resistant cells. Graviola annonaceous acetogenins show positive results in the treatment of colon, breast, lung, ovarian, prostate, lymphoma, pancreatic, and cervical cancers. Acetogenins are said to be 10,000 times stronger in colon cancer cure than traditional adriamycin drug.

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Can Cancer Cells Self-Destruct?

MiGenetics releases one of three new products next week, the MiGenetics Asian supplement, which has a key ingredient of brown seaweed. Can this ingredient cause certain cancer cells to self-destruct? First let's explore why cancer spreads.

Why Does Cancer Spread?

Cancer metastasis involves the tumor cell adhering to an adjacent host tissue basement membrane, followed by tissue invasion.

Fucoidan is placed between the cancer cells and the normal cell membranes which interferes with cancer cells' metastasis by inhibiting the physical interaction between tumor cells and basement membranes, as well as suppressing the proteolytic cascade of plasminogen activation.

Because Fucoidan is a sulfated fucopolysaccharide it restricts the cell to cell interaction by blocking the lectin molecules that have attached onto the surface of a cell, which stops the metastasizing process. 

Japanese researchers discovered that a polysaccharide known as Fucoidan, found in kombu and other types of brown seaweed (wakame, mozuku, and hijiki ), causes various types of established cancer cell lines to self-destruct.

Fucoidan is rich in simple sugars such as  glucuronic acid, mannose, fucose, laminarin, alginate, galactose, xylose and glucuronic acid.

  Fucoidan has also been shown to help with the following functions:

·       Enhance immunity

·       Relieve stomach disorders

·       Fight allergies

·       Improve and support liver function

·       Inhibit blood clotting

·       Fight against free radicals

·       Lower cholesterol levels

·       Promote healthy skin

·       Decrease high blood pressure

·       Stabilize blood sugar levels

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POOR Health is a Result of POOR Nutrition!

We now know that Black Americans will suffer the most from almost every negative health condition and age yields no mercy to the Black Americans either in the womb or at doorstep of the grave. Scientists and the government have not ignored this dilemma. Studies are beginning to unravel the mystery and show us the answers. Moreover, the answer may be something as simple as foods we consume or meeting our daily nutritional requirements. Either our day-to-day diet has too many harmful ingredients or not nearly enough proper nutritional elements to build, maintain and fuel a healthy strong vibrant body. After years of Study we have concluded it’s the nutrition we are consuming or lack there of causing much of the problem. The following list details some of the issues.

1. For 9 of the 10 Healthy Eating Index Components, fewer than 50% of African Americans meet the dietary recommendations. (Report Card on Diet Quality of African Americans,Family Economics and Nutritional Review, Summer, 1998, By: P. Peter Basiotis, MarkLino, Rajen S. Anand)

2. African American seniors were significantly less likely than White seniors to use daily multivitamins and calcium, as well as all other categories of dietary supplements. (Kaiser Permanete Medical Care Program, by Nancy P. Gordon, and Donna H. Scaffer, Published February 9, 2005, National Institutes of Health, Public Access Policy)

3. Studies show that the lack of vitamin D in woman ages 15-49 is ten times more prevalent in black women.

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Vital Functions of Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a vital part of the process related to growth and maintenance of bones and teeth. It works in association with calcium to provide strong bones, which can withstand normal wear and tear in human life. It also helps in achieving healthy gums and tooth enamel.

Phosphorus can relieve serious problems like loss of bones, also known as osteoporosis. This mineral lays the foundation of a strong skeletal structure to ensure healthy living. Phosphorus plays an important role in facilitating effective digestion in the human body by fueling the digestion of riboflavin and niacin in a proficient manner.

Phosphorus is important in keeping the kidneys in a normal condition. It does so by ensuring proper release of wastes from kidneys by the process of excretion. Since, phosphorous is an essential element found around as well as inside the cells of the brain, it is responsible for various important functions.

Proper levels of phosphorous help maintain proper brain functions. Health benefits of phosphorus may also be considered as vital for regulating the balance of hormones in human body. It ensures that hormones, especially those required for good reproductive health, are always present in balanced form. Phosphorus aids the process of energy extraction by stimulating the process of metabolism of different nutrients and the flow of energy and its efficient usage by different body parts.

Phosphorus contributes in repair and maintenance of various body cells, which are prone to daily wear and tear. It ensures that body cells are developed properly and remain active for admirable health conditions.

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Nutritional Importance of Amaranth

Protein

Amaranth contains large amounts of protein, up to 30% more than wheat flour,  rice    and oats. The protein contained in amaranth is also unusually complete when compared to other plant sources containing a complete set of amino acids. Therefore, different sources to obtain the recommended daily dose of protein are not needed.

Amaranth contains anywhere from 15-17% protein by weight. It is rich in the amino acids lysine, methionine, and cysteine.

 It has the highest content of lysine than any other grain.

Dietary Fiber

Dietary fiber and essential amino acids, including lysine, which has clinically shown potential for cancer treatment, are prominent in amaranth. High in fiber with three times the fiber of wheat.

Vitamins & Minerals

In terms of nutrition, amaranth is loaded with vitamins and minerals. It has more than 20% of the recommended daily amount of vitamins & minerals.

 It is high in iron, protein and has three times the calcium of milk.

Amaranth has twice the iron as wheat does; though vegetarian sources of iron are generally difficult to absorb. National Academy of Sciences recommended it as part of a healthy, diverse diet.

Amaranth is highly vitamin-rich and is a good source of vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin K, vitamin C, folate and riboflavin.

Amaranth includes numerous minerals such as calcium, potassium, iron, copper, magnesium, phosphorus and especially manganese.

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The Importance of Phytonutrients

             There are many multi-vitamins on the market, but Migenetics differs because it contains the power of life in every bottle – phytonutrients. These phytonutrients propel nutrients, minerals, vitamins, enzymes into cells, which provides the food your cells need to create the health your body desires.

Studies show that phytonutrients:

• deactivate over thirty cancer causing agents,

• contain 3x the antioxidant power of standard vitamins,

• provide live function support,

• have antibacterial properties.

Phytonutrients are derived from plants. Migenetics uses all natural, organic, living fresh fruits and vegetables properly prepared with your health in mind, as opposed to synthetic components, fillers, and dead processed materials found in other products. Ingredients that are cooked above 118◦F kill the natural qualities of the enzymes, co-enzymes, and phytonutrients that your body needs for advanced health.

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Amaranth Seeds Are A Rich Source of Squalene

Amaranth seeds are a rich source of squalene, which performs as a strong antioxidant, being able to reduce or remove harmful effects of pollution in the body caused by toxic substances from the environment (ie: car exhaust fumes and industrial wastes). 

Shark and whale liver oils have been the main sources of squalene, but can be rather costly. Recent research shows that amaranth oil has almost {8 times the amount of squalene} as shark liver oil and is a more acceptable source for vegetarians. Researchers have said that squalene is perhaps the most amazing immune enhancer ever discovered.

New research shows that squalene may:

Inhibit the growth of tumor-induced new blood vessels

Reduce the spread of tumor metastases and significantly reduce the growth of lung, breast, prostate and brain tumors and in certain cases eradicate tumors.

Squalene:

Is used for control of allergies, diabetes, candida, pain, arthritis, asthma and improve memory function.

Helps prevent and treat osteoporosis due to high levels of calcium, magnesium and iron.

Great source of foliate, B vitamins and zinc, all of which improve brain function, including memory.

 Several studies have shown that amaranth seed or oil may benefit those with hypertension and cardiovascular disease; regular consumption reduces blood pressure and cholesterol levels, while improving antioxidant status and immune parameters.

Additionally, amaranth may help lower cholesterol. They cite a study in which young chickens where fed amaranth based food, which greatly lowered their LDL cholesterol while having no effect on their HDL cholesterol. It is a cholesterol-lowering food, with tocotrienols and phytosterols, two natural compounds known to help the body eliminate bad cholesterol. With such a potent nutritional content, amaranth is an ideal addition to any health-conscious diet.

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Illnesses Commonly Associated With Gluten Intolerance

      As we posted earlier this week, Amaranth is a vegetable that has the potential to improve nutrition and is certified gluten-free. Gluten is found in wheats, oats, barley and rye. Why does it matter if it's gluten-free? Gluten is associated with the following illnesses:

Celiac's Disease

Autism

Dermatitis Herpetiformis

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Schizophrenia

Crohn's Disease

Depression

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Thyroid Disease

Gluten Sensitive Enteropathy

Migraines

ADD

The highly nutritional amaranth serves as as alternative to grains for those with gluten intolerance/allergies, and can be found in Migenetics supplements.

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What is Amaranth?

  Amaranth is a traditional food plant in Africa, which has potential to improve nutrition. It is often referred to as the crop of the future.

Amaranth has been tested by a certified AOAC food analysis laboratory (ELISA tested) and is certified gluten-free. Amaranth is recognized by the Gluten Intolerance Group, Celiac Disease Foundation, Celiac Sprue Association, American Dietetic Association and other groups as gluten-free.

Amaranth is a highly nutritious small seed used as an alternative to grains for people with gluten intolerance and grain allergies as well as those who want to eat more healthy foods. It is one of the best kept secrets to hit the food industry in recent years a powerful, organic, alternative grain super food that delivers measurable health benefits. Its seeds have protein content greater than that of wheat. However, unlike that found in true grains (i.e. from grass seeds) its protein is not of the problematical type known as gluten.

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What is Migenetics? Migenetics is the first and only genetically targeted dietary supplement; a revolutionary new product that promotes healthy living by addressing nutritional needs according to genetic origin. Our journey started in Geneva, Switzerland in 2003 when the prestigious World Health Organization published a paper entitled Technical Series 916. This document outlined the declining health of people around the world and linked this phenomenon directly to the incongruity between what people of specific ethnic origins traditionally ate and what they are eating today.