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10 January 2010
We are Eating Ourselves Sick!
16/01/10 21:05 Filed in: Nutrition, Diet, Chronic Disease Prevention
1 in 3 Americans born after 2000 will contract early onset diabetes | Among minorities the rate will be 1 in 2. Time to get rockin' on real healthy food!
Please Help Haiti Earthquake Victims
14/01/10 18:41 Filed in: Natural Pain Relief Chiropractic Chiropractor North Bethesda Rockville MD Back Pain Neck Pain Headaches
Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort
Many of my patients from Haiti have family and friends that are in dire need of assistance. The most effective way you can help is to make a donation to a well-established organization that is involved in providing emergency support. I recommend:
Doctors Without Borders Because Doctors Without Borders already had teams working on medical projects in Haiti at the time of the earthquake, they have treated hundreds of injured people and are working to get more staff into the country. Doctors are setting up medical facilities in tents, since their own buildings have been severely damaged. Click here to donate or call 1-888-392-0392.
Partners in Health This aid organization "is based on solidarity, rather than charity alone," and is working to coordinate 120 doctors and 500 nurses on the ground in Haiti, evaluating how best to respond to the crisis. PIH's flagship project is based in Haiti, and it's where the organization's broadest range of resources is located. Click here to donate or call 1-617-432-5256
Oxfam International Oxfam has dispatched a team of specialists to Haiti and is working to send badly needed medical supplies. Their humanitarian coordinator in Port-au-Prince said, "Our immediate priorities will be providing safe water and shelter material for the people who have lost their homes. Many people have lost their homes and were sleeping out in the open last night." Click here to donate or call 1-800-776-9326.
International Rescue Committee The IRC will be working with overwhelmed local aid groups in Haiti to provide life-saving medical care, clean water and sanitation to earthquake survivors. IRC specialists are veteran first-responders who set up immediate and effective emergency programs around the world during violent conflicts and natural disasters. Click here to donate or call 1-877-REFUGEE.
American Red Cross You can support the American Red Cross efforts in Haiti by giving to their International Response Fund. Click here to donate or call 1-800-REDCROSS.
Just say NO to Ensure!
14/01/10 14:06
To those of you who believe that Ensure is a good nutritious drink, think of vitamin-fortified non-dairy coffee creamer. Would you drink that to get healthy?
Here are the ingredients:
WATER, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR (SUCROSE), CORN SYRUP, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, COCOA POWDER (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), SOY OIL, SHORT-CHAIN FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CANOLA OIL. LESS THAN 0.5% OF: CORN OIL, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, SOY LECITHIN, MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CITRATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT (SODIUM CHLORIDE), CARRAGEENAN, CHOLINE CHLORIDE, ASCORBIC ACID, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ZINC SULFATE, NIACINAMIDE, FERROUS SULFATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, CUPRIC SULFATE, MANGANESE SULFATE, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, FD&C RED #3, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, THIAMINE CHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, BIOTIN, SODIUM SELENATE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, PHYLLOQUINONE, CYANOCOBALAMIN, AND VITAMIN D3.CONTAINS MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTS; LACTOSE- AND GLUTEN-FREE.
Lovely, eh? ;-) Stick with real food and real health will stick with you.