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MSG, What exactly is it?
While I am unsure of the origin of this email –
It is interesting and important enough to find out more!!!
The food additive MSG (MonoSodium Glutamate) is a slow poison. MSG hides behind 25 or more names, such as "Natural Flavoring." MSG is even in your favorite coffee from Tim Horton's and other brand-name coffee shops.
Blowing the whistle on MSG is our responsibility, so get the word out.
John Erb Report on Monosodium Glutamate –Report
Co-op bans additives from foods - BBC Report
Cardiovascular disease now ranks as the leading cause of death - Heart Diseases
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Coronary heart disease
Too many cigarettes, too little exercise and too much salt – that appears to be at the heart of the problem – along with much higher rates of diabetes. Coronary heart disease (CHD) rates remain stubbornly high among South Asians in the
If you are an Asian woman and have a waist circumference of more than 80 cm (33.0 in) or a man with a waist circumference of 90 cm (36in), you are at greater risk of heart disease and diabetes and should seek advice…..More
SIDS deaths when a parent and infant sleep together on a sofa are on the rise. Infant deaths
Stopping smoking suddenly can be key to success. Smokers who kick the habit on the spur of the moment are more likely to be successful than those who plan to stop smoking in advance – according to a new report published today in the British Medical Journal.
Stopping smoking suddenly can be key to success
Hypothesis: Cancer Causes and Mechanisms
by John Spottiswoode Fwd: Ashwinbhai Govindji Kagdada, PPA President (
Cancer Causes and Mechanisms:Hyptothesis
Indians eating toxic metals
Sweet meats decorated with ‘silver’ foil found highly toxic
Indians eating toxic metals
AP
Wednesday 9th November, 2005
LUCKNOW, India (AP) – Millions of Indians inadvertently eat toxic and carcinogenic metals in the form of thin silver foil traditionally used to garnish sweets and betel leaf, study results say.The silver foil used to decorate sweets and betel leaf, easily available in Indian markets, contains residues of cancer causing metals- nickel, lead, chromium and cadmium, according to a study by the Industrial Toxicology Research Center (ITRC) in
In an age–old tradition, a finely pounded sheet of silver – so thin it splits when touched – is placed atop many Indian sweets.
Silver film is sometimes also used to wrap betel leaf, which is stuffed with betel nut, lime and other condiments and is chewed as a digestive.
"There is a good chance of consuming toxic metals while eating sweets wrapped with silver foil," said Dr. Mukul Das, who carried out the study.
Eating tiny amounts of pure silver is not considered toxic to humans, but many vendors use foil adulterated with heavy metals, Das said.
"Over half of the analyzed silver foils had lower silver purity than the 99.9 per cent purity stipulated by the prevention of food adulteration act of
When such foil enters into the body it releases heavy metals that can lead to cancer, said Dr. S.K. Khanna, the co–author of the report released last month.
The report advocates controls for making silver foil. It details the unhygienic conditions in which workers put silver in small leather bags and beat it into foil with wooden clubs in dingy shops. One such artisan, Mukhtar Ali, said no health official had ever visited his workshop in
"Our labs are not competent enough" to make such checks, he said.
Garnishing some foods with silver foil is so popular in
Interesting article on History of Yoga