Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  General Mills is probably never going to be a health food company, but at least they can play a positive role in avoiding the most egregious nutritional mistakes (like making breakfast cereals with white flour and refined white sugar). What would the next huge improvement be for General Mills? How about making zero-sugar cereals with stevia as the only sweetener? I'd be floored, and I'd rave endlessly about General Mills if they went straight to natural herbal sweeteners. | | Basically, all you're getting when you eat white bread, white flour or breakfast cereals made with white flour is empty calories -- nothing but the carbohydrate, or technically the endosperm of the grain.
You also get some things you don't want in white flour. Sometimes you get pesticide, solvents or other contaminants. I don't want to be eating anything that says "bleached." If you look at the ingredients label on a lot of these boxes, it says, "enriched bleached flour." Do I want something bleached in my body? Gee, I don't think so. What's this "enriched" anyway? | | It is definitely better for you than any of the breakfast cereals made with refined grains. Now, certainly there are some things that can be improved in the health of General Mills’ cereals - for example, they still use refined sugars. However, this is a huge step in the right direction, and I think General Mills deserves a lot of credit for having the courage to stand up and take this step. Moving to whole grains is a very big deal.
You'll notice the other cereal companies haven’t been doing it. You don't see Post moving everything to whole grains, and you don't see Kellogg's doing it. |
Elaine Magee
See book keywords and concepts |  Add it to hot or cold breakfast cereals.
/ Add it to homemade muffins and breads. Replace no more than V4 cup of every cup of flour called for with ground flaxseed.
/ Sprinkle it on yogurt or cottage cheese.
___________________ ___ J a day, flax offers a few other potential benefits beyond cancer and heart disease prevention, including: þBetter regulation of bowel functions (less constipation) þPossible improvement in glucose control and insulin resistance þPossible benefits in many "hyperstimulated" immune system diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis
Flax is not for everyone. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
See book keywords and concepts |  Also, including foods like whole grain breakfast cereals and other whole grain food items are associated with keeping healthy and trim. And the examples go on and on.
The 101 Foods
You may be wondering how I came up with these 101 foods. For starters, I turned in part to the concept of "nutrient density." Adam Drewnowski, director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington, is one of many researchers who have been tackling the challenge of developing a system for consumers that clearly shows which foods are the healthiest. |
Michael Pollan
See book keywords and concepts |  Where once the familiar names of recognizable comestibles—things like eggs or breakfast cereals or snack foods—claimed pride of place on the brightly colored packages crowding the aisles, now new, scientific-sounding terms like "cholesterol" and "fiber" and "saturated fat" began rising to large-type prominence. More important than mere foods, the presence or absence of these invisible substances was now generally believed to confer health benefits on their eaters. | | When corn oil and chips and sugary breakfast cereals can all boast being good for your heart, health claims have become hopelessly corrupt. The American Heart Association currently bestows (for a fee) its heart-healthy seal of approval on Lucky Charms, Cocoa Puffs, andTrix cereals, Yoo-hoo lite chocolate drink, and Healthy Choice's Premium Caramel Swirl Ice Cream Sandwich—this at a time when scientists are coming to recognize that dietary sugar probably plays a more important role in heart disease than dietary fat. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  The foods that have the most acidifying effects in the body include milk, dairy products, meat and its products, tinned or frozen foods, white bread, pasta and pastry made from bleached and refined flour, refined sugar, alcoholic beverages, diet beverages, soft drinks, sports drinks, packaged fruit juices, preserved foods, processed breakfast cereals, chocolates, ready-made cakes, potato chips (crisps), hydrogenated oils and fats, and most fast/junk foods. The exaggerated ratio of daily-required vitamins may apply only to the severely undernourished person. |
Marshall Editions
See book keywords and concepts |  Remember, besides the obvious sources of wheat such as bread and pasta, wheat is also hidden in biscuits, cakes, pastries, breakfast cereals, beer, soups, and many prepared meals.
NOTE: Celiac disease—or gluten intolerance (see p. 332)—is a bowel disease suffered by around one in 1,000 people. It is an extreme form of wheat intolerance that occurs when the intestine finds it difficult to absorb gluten found in wheat, barley, oats, and rye. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts | | Phosphate stones are formed, in particular, from eating too many foods that are high in phosphate and low in calcium, such as meat, processed breakfast cereals, breads, pasta and nuts, as well as all carbonated beverages. To neutralize the highly acidic phosphate, which could easily burn the delicate kidneys, the body leaches extra amounts of calcium from the bones and teeth and uses whatever magnesium it can obtain from such foods as green vegetables. As mentioned earlier, it takes over two gallons of water to neutralize the acidity of one can of soda. |
Marshall Editions
See book keywords and concepts | | Remember that bread, breakfast cereals, and tinned vegetables can also contain a lot of salt.
Supplements: Magnesium supplements, taken at 1,000 mg a day, may relieve the tinnitus associated with Meniere's disease and protect the ears from resulting damage. The B vitamins may be beneficial to those with hearing loss. A high-potency complete B-complex vitamin is recommended. Alternatively, take 500 mg of vitamin B1, 250 mg of B6, and 500 meg of B12. Vitamin C has been shown to relieve Meniere's disease symptoms in some patients. Take 1,000 mg three times a day. |
Ron Garner
See book keywords and concepts |  Processed and packaged foods such as sugar and refined white flour, and the products made from them, such as candy, soft drinks, desserts, breakfast cereals, and breads, are almost totally lacking in fatty acids, minerals, and enzymes. In addition, they form acids and contain toxic chemicals which are added as preservatives to prolong shelf life and enhance flavor.
When food lacks one or more of the six essential ingredients listed above, the body has to borrow resources from its own tissues to process it. |
J. Douglas Bremner
See book keywords and concepts |  They found a link to the excessive intake of vitamins through American fortified foods, such as breakfast cereals. It seems the American predilection for fortifying everything with vitamins has gone haywire. As a result, the Danes banned Kellogg's vitamin-fortified cereal. On December 8, 2004, a spokesperson for that country was quoted by nutraingredients.com as saying that "the Danish population already has a high intake of calcium, iron, B6 and folic acid . . . the knowledge on toxicity of vitamins and minerals is very limited and practically nonexistent for children . . . |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  These include cakes, cookies, desserts, potatoes, most packaged breakfast cereals, breads, pastries, baked goods, juice, soda, chips, and rice cakes. Proinflammatory foods will exacerbate acne lesions, cause us to pack on the pounds, make us old before our time, and place us at serious risk for the many diseases and degenerative conditions listed above.
Understanding the Mechanism
Proinflammatory foods cause a sudden spike in blood sugar, triggering an insulin response from the pancreas in an effort to control the rising level of blood sugar. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
See book keywords and concepts | | Add ground cardamom to flan, rice pudding, or hot breakfast cereals. Add whole cardamom to tea with milk or chai beverages.
• Cardamom is traditionally offered after dinner in Indian restaurants as a breath-freshener.
Fried Tofu in Curry Sauce by Dave Grotto Serves: 8 • Prep and cooking time: 25 minutes
You can substitute chicken or fish for the tofu, if you like. This recipe contains an amazing 10 powerhouse foods. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  It's a great replacement for oatmeal or other hot breakfast cereals. (I eat it myself, even though I don't have cancer. It's just loaded with such good nutrition!)
You can learn more about what I recommend as natural cures for cancer in my latest book, Natural Health Solutions and the Conspiracy to Keep You From Knowing About Them, which documents the oppression of natural cancer therapies by promoters of drugs-and-surgery medicine.
Final warning to consumers! |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Almost from the get-go, we're groomed, programmed, and conditioned to become the next wave of brand-loyal consumers of particular breakfast cereals, candy bars, sodas, and largely non-nutritious snacks.
Although it's an inadvertent move on the part of unsuspecting parents, it's a deliberate, planned corporate strategy included in far-reaching marketing plans.
"Everything conspires to make us eat cheap food, which happens to be sugar, fat, and salt," observes Adam Drewnowski, Ph.D. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
See book keywords and concepts | | Psyllium has even been included in breakfast cereals marketed at reducing cholesterol by being "heart healthy." After all (or so the consumer is meant to think), if it's included in breakfast cereal, there can't be anything unsafe about it—right?
These products' manufacturers must be aware of the risk of using psyllium, as they include warnings on the labels similar to the ones below (chosen randomly from actual products).
"Psyllium Warnings
• Taking this product without adequate fluid may cause it to swell and block your throat or esophagus and may cause choking. | | Avoid foods commonly made from white flour: breads (even those labeled as "multigrain" or "wheat"), pizza crusts, pasta, bagels, pretzels, crackers, tortillas, hamburger and hot dog buns, and most breakfast cereals.
How Does Table Salt Cause a Toxic Colon?
The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a nutritional lobbying group, claims that sodium chloride (common table salt) could be "... the single deadliest ingredient in the food supply. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | In spring 2005, soon after reading an Associated Press article revealing that new versions of popular kids' breakfast cereals aren't any lower in sugar than the old versions, Jennifer Hardee, a San Diego mother of two, sued Kraft Foods Co., General Mills Cereals, LLC, and Kellogg USA Inc. Hardee's suit—which has since been settled—sought class action status on behalf of all duped California consumers who bought the new cereals. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts | | Added to a large number of manufactured foods, including breakfast cereals, niacin also is not without risks. After large doses of niacin (3g) were given to patients suffering from psychiatric diseases, these patients developed hepatitis and other liver problems. Among other symptoms of niacin-poisoning are hot flushes, itching skin, arrhythmia, and nervousness. Illegal use of niacin in minced meat and hamburgers has repeatedly led to similar symptoms. The main reason for adding niacin to meat is to color it red and give it the appearance of being fresh. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  In a similar way, it's also a good idea to eat lots of sugary breakfast cereals with high-fat cow's milk. This will give you saturated fat from the cows' milk and the high sugar content of the breakfast cereals, thereby adding fat to your body through two different biological mechanisms: fat and refined carbohydrates.
Step four: load up on junk foods
Junk foods are, of course, another outstanding choice for achieving your goals. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts | | Many people use it in their breakfast cereals and for baking.
3. D-Mannose for Bladder/Kidney Infections
D-Mannose is considered to be a simple sugar, like glucose. It is naturally found in cranberry and pineapple juice. When D-Mannose is ingested into the body, most of it is rapidly absorbed through the stomach and upper gastrointestinal tract before reaching the intestines. The result is that almost all of the sugar is emptied into the urine through the kidneys, and only a very small amount of D-Mannose is actually metabolized by the body. |
Dr. Steve Blake
See book keywords and concepts |  Enriched white flour has less than a quarter of the zinc found in whole wheat flour because the zinc is lost in milling. Many breakfast cereals are fortified with zinc. Zinc deficiency in agricultural samples is very common with only a small percentage of agricultural soils providing adequate zinc.
:ion of Zinc
Zinc absorption in the intestines varies from 15 to 40 percent. Zinc can be absorbed by a special protein in the intestinal cells called metallothionein. As you may recall, this is the same protein that can bind copper. Zinc is held by metallothionein until needed in the blood. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts | | Could it really be possible that children (and also adults) who suffer from repeated infections are, in fact, only reaping the consequences of being poisoned by such unhealthful products as soft drinks, ice cream, chips, processed chocolate products, candy, "light" foods, "fast" foods, processed breakfast cereals, frozen meals, canned foods, and bottled salad dressings? [There is more on this subject in Chapter 13.]
Over 40,000 different food items now occupy the shelves of modern grocery stores. Ninety-eight percent of them have nothing to do with what nature intended a human being to eat. | | Most processed foods contain them, including breads, crisps, chips, doughnuts, crackers, biscuits, pastries, all baked goods, cake and frosting mixes, baking mixes, frozen dinners, sauces, frozen vegetables, and breakfast cereals. In other words, nearly all foods that are shelved, processed, refined, preserved, and not fresh can contain trans fats. Trans fats inhibit the cell's ability to use oxygen, which is required to burn foodstuffs to carbon dioxide and water. Cells, which are inhibited in completing their metabolic processes, may thus become cancerous. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Just about every major media program for kids has a line of licensed merchandise that sells breakfast cereals, snacks, candy, and fast food.
» Many toys are really junk food ads in disguise. Take, for example, Coca-Cola Barbie and McDonald's Play-Doh.
¦ To establish what CCFC calls "cradle-to-grave brand loyalty," marketers zero in on tots and toddlers by licensing toys, accessories, and even baby bibs with popular characters.
Sadly, our nation's young are sitting targets for marketers' exploitative means. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
See book keywords and concepts |  Low activity scores were associated with consumption of several vegetables and fruits, pork, beef, and fish, breakfast cereals, potatoes, legumes, and milk and other dairy products.
A number of other investigators have attempted to associate foods or food types with the onset or relapse of IBD. The studies are often contradictory and the relationships between food and disease are often based on the patients' attempt to recall foods consumed prior to the onset of symptoms, and seldom related to markers of inflammation or histological changes. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
See book keywords and concepts | | Frequent consumption of milk, yogurt, cold breakfast cereals, peppers, and cruciferous vegetables and intakes of dietary folate and riboflavin but not vitamins B-12 and B-6 are inversely associated with serum total homocysteine concentrations in the US population. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Dec;80(6): 1500-1507.
Parvez S, Malik KA, Ah Kang S, Kim HY. Probiotics and their fermented food products are beneficial for health. JAppl Microbiol. 2006 Jun;100(6):l 171-1185.
Perdigon G, de Moreno de LeBlanc A, Vasdez J, Rachid M. Role of yoghurt in the prevention of colon cancer. Eur J Clin Nutr. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
See book keywords and concepts | | Grains Group includes all foods made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley, such as bread, pasta, oatmeal, breakfast cereals, tortillas, and grits. In general, 1 slice of bread, 1 cup of ready-to-eat cereal, or 1/2 cup of cooked rice, pasta, or cooked cereal can be considered as 1 ounce equivalent from the grains group. At least half of all grains consumed should be whole grains.
5 Meat & Beans Group includes, in general, 1 ounce of leanmeat, poultry, orfish,1 egg, 1 Tbsp. |
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