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 After all, it's far less stressful on the environment to produce food as plants than as animals.
It takes 10 acres to produce the same amount of red meat protein as it does to produce one acre of soy beans. And producing spirulina yields a tenfold increase over the production of soybeans. So think about it: one acre of farmland used to produce spirulina can produce 100 times as much protein as beef and red meat. That will be very important to realize as our world population grows and it becomes increasingly difficult to produce the protein required by the population. |
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 In order to manipulate genetics and produce more milk, farmers pump the cows full of chemicals, hormones and antibiotics, many of which may make their way into the milk we drink and the cheese we eat.
Just like beef cattle, many of these cows suffer from disease, reproductive problems and lameness due to the stress of the factory setting. They produce milk for about eight or nine years until they are no longer able, at which time they are slaughtered. |
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 Sure, these companies can produce a nice, round, shiny apple at the grocery store for an unbelievably low price, but at what cost to the world? |
| Challenging to consumers
Making an informed produce purchasing decision at the grocery store, it turns out, is nearly impossible these days. There's no way to know where the food came from, what soils it was grown in, the immigration status of those who harvested it, and which chemicals were used on it. And to make matters worse, powerful food corporations are constantly trying to water down the definition of "organic" to include the agricultural use of obscene substances such as raw human sewage. |
| United States, and it's all perfectly legal and openly accepted by the Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
In the U.S., there's also the issue of so-called "illegal immigrants" (which I believe to be a strange term, since in my opinion there's no such thing as an "illegal" human being). On one hand, U.S. consumers demand cheap produce that can only be grown and harvested with the help of illegal immigrant labor. |
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| Just like beef cattle, many of these cows suffer from disease, reproductive problems and lameness due to the stress of the factory setting. They produce milk for about eight or nine years until they are no longer able, at which time they are slaughtered. One of the most frequently cited reasons for having to send a cow to slaughter, however, is mastitis -- an excruciating swelling and irritation of the mammary glands caused by bacteria. |
Pam Montgomery
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 Annual plants usually produce an abundance of seeds because this is how they reproduce. You may find the plant in the same location the following year only because it dropped its seed and began a new cycle of growth. This does not always happen, especially if the plant is very sensitive to cold.
Biennial plants complete their life cycle in two years. In the first year they produce leaves, and in the second year they produce flowers and seeds, completing their growth cycle. |
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| It takes 10 acres to produce the same amount of red meat protein as it does to produce one acre of soy beans. And producing spirulina yields a tenfold increase over the production of soybeans. So think about it: one acre of farmland used to produce spirulina can produce 100 times as much protein as beef and red meat. That will be very important to realize as our world population grows and it becomes increasingly difficult to produce the protein required by the population. |
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| On the other hand, Americans grumble about too many Mexicans migrating into California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, claiming they are stealing jobs and bankruptcing cities and states. And yet, not surprisingly, when most consumers have a choice between a $3 apple grown on a farm that pays legal wages to U.S. workers and a $1 apple grown on a farm that pays "illegal" wages to an undocumented worker from Mexico, most Americans will choose the $1 apple (and in doing so, they are in fact continuing to vote for the very illegal immigration they claim to oppose). |
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 Avoid all processed foods, period (no factory-made products)
Eat fresh produce: Veggies, fruits, nuts and seeds
Eat superfoods and juice your produce on a regular basis
That's the recipe for lasting weight loss. You certainly don't lose weight by eating pizza, ice cream and burgers. You do it by eating fresh produce and avoiding processed foods and animal products.
The title of this article is completely nonsensical to begin with: "Bad foods that are actually great for your waist." How can foods that are bad somehow magically be great for your waist? |
Pam Montgomery
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| In the first year they produce leaves, and in the second year they produce flowers and seeds, completing their growth cycle. When harvesting the roots from biennial plants, such as burdock, you would never harvest the root in the fall of the second year because it is at the end of its growth; the root is old and pithy, no longer carrying vibrancy. Your harvest time would be in the fall of the first year or in the spring of the second year.
Perennial plants are ones that leaf, flower, and seed in one year but return the following year. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 We could also engineer the body to produce vitamin C, which is produced by other animals like dogs and cats, but is not produced in the human body.
These are just a few small examples of the many ways in which genetic engineering can help alter our health outcome by changing our hardware and software. Yet, I think there are many other important applications of genetic engineering. One of the most notable today would be altering the behavioral characteristics of our species.
We have a genetic code that programs us with certain behaviors. |
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 This is accomplished through an elaborate system of fraudulent trial design, selective reporting, dismissing study subjects who don't produce the desired outcome, statistical distortions and the application of career pressure to the researchers who carry out such studies. (Researchers who don't produce the desired results get blackballed by the industry.)
The end result is that today's so-called "scientific medicine" has almost no resemblance to genuine science at all. |
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| So think about it: one acre of farmland used to produce spirulina can produce 100 times as much protein as beef and red meat. That will be very important to realize as our world population grows and it becomes increasingly difficult to produce the protein required by the population.
How to make the transition away from red meat
These are all reasons to avoid an animal-based diet and pursue a plant-based diet. Many people reading this are already following a plant-based diet, but some of you who might be considering making the change probably aren't sure exactly how to do it. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 A large proportion of cancers detected by PSA may be so-called indolent tumors, ones that are unlikely to produce clinical symptoms or affect survival. In other words, such tumors may be there, but do nothing that would reduce life expectancy. How does one know if his tumor is indolent or aggressive? How does one make what could be life or death decisions? Perhaps a strategy of so-called watchful waiting is wise, though such (non)action produces considerable and possibly long-term stress with potential negative health consequences. |
| Experiments are designed to answer questions by actions that produce data; thought experiments produce no data. Nor do thought experiments have the characteristics— experimental vs control groups, before and after measurement, ceteris paribus, and so forth—that are associated with this design. Real experiments are deeds, not thoughts; they are post priori, whereas thought experiments are limited to the a priori.
Thus, the term "thought experiment" would seem to be an oxymoron. It might be better to think of them as "controlled speculation. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 They can directly produce things, such as writing a book, or they can help teach others. They can even be mentors to young entrepreneurs, who can benefit from experience in learning how to manufacture, market or sell something useful.
An uneducated individual, on the other hand, tends to be more of a consumer than a producer of things of value, because they don't have the background, education or experience to be productive members of society. If you don't educate the population, they all become consumers and not producers. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Tanning beds induce your skin to produce vitamin D. Obviously, it's not the same as natural sunlight, because it's a limited spectrum of light, but it is a way to produce vitamin D. It's common sense that tanning beds are actually medical devices. If you put your skin under ultraviolet radiation, whether it's a tanning bed or sunlight, you skin is going to produce vitamin D. That makes a tanning bed a rather useful medical device (as long as it is used safely).
Thus, tanning beds can actually treat -- yes, treat -- osteoporosis, depression and even various cancers. You can quote me on that. |
Alex Vilenkin
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 As it decays, its energy is released to produce a hot fireball of elementary particles. The fireball then continues to expand by inertia, but now it consists of normal matter, its gravity is attractive, and the expansion gradually slows down. The decay of the antigravity material marks the end of inflation and plays the role of the big bang in this theory.
The beauty of the idea was that in a single shot inflation explained why the universe is so big, why it is expanding, and why it was so hot at the beginning. A huge expanding universe was produced from almost nothing. |
Pam Montgomery
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| In the first year they produce leaves, and in the second year they produce flowers and seeds, completing their growth cycle. When harvesting the roots from biennial plants, such as burdock, you would never harvest the root in the fall of the second year because it is at the end of its growth; the root is old and pithy, no longer carrying vibrancy. Your harvest time would be in the fall of the first year or in the spring of the second year.
Perennial plants are ones that leaf, flower, and seed in one year but return the following year. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| So think about it: one acre of farmland used to produce spirulina can produce 100 times as much protein as beef and red meat. That will be very important to realize as our world population grows and it becomes increasingly difficult to produce the protein required by the population.
How to make the transition away from red meat
These are all reasons to avoid an animal-based diet and pursue a plant-based diet. Many people reading this are already following a plant-based diet, but some of you who might be considering making the change probably aren't sure exactly how to do it. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It's true: Light bulbs were invented in 1991 that last 60,000 hours, but companies refuse to mass produce them, since repeat sales of light bulbs would plummet. The bulbs sold to consumers today are designed to self-destruct.)
Incandescent lights are a safety hazard (glass shards, anyone?) and an environmental hazard, since they produce massive carbon dioxide emissions from the coal power plants used to power these bulbs. They're incredibly cheap to purchase up front, but astonishingly expensive to use over time. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 When the pancreas cannot produce enough insulin, synthetic or recombinant DNA insulin, available as a prescription, can be injected, insulin resistance: A condition in which the body produces insulin but is unable to respond to it properly. Insulin resistance can be associated with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and/or triglyceride levels, being overweight, and aging. lactose: A type of sugar found in milk and milk products, lipid: A general term for fat. Both cholesterol and triglycerides are lipids. |
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 And when you're done dipping produce in the gel, you can either drink the gel in a smoothie or put it on your skin as a skin rejuvenation treatment. None of the aloe goes to waste, and your fruits and vegetables will last far longer! (This is especially useful for organic produce, which tends to ripen more quickly.)
Aloe vera extends lifespan
A study on rats showed aloe vera extends lifespan by 10 percent. |
Steven V. Joyal
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| First introduced into the United States in 1955, sulfonylureas stimulate the beta cells to produce more insulin. As we mentioned in earlier chapters, hyperinsulinemia (high insulin levels) is common among people who have early-stage type 2 diabetes, and we believe that taking sulfonylureas, which act in a glucose-independent fashion (regardless of blood sugar level), places undue stress on the beta cells to produce insulin and may actually hasten progression of beta-cell burnout. |
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 I only need to buy fresh, healthy produce and let the camera show you just how amazingly beautiful and healing Mother Nature can truly be.
If you want to be emailed when that Photo Tour is posted, just subscribe to our free e-mail newsletter. Click here to subscribe now, and you'll receive an e-mail alert when these new superfood photos go live!
By the way, when I'm walking through nature, or buying fresh produce, I see this kind of beauty and symmetry all around me. |
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| These are supposed to be the "gold standard" of scientific study, and yet it has been well demonstrated that these studies almost always produce results beneficial to the organization providing the funding. The wishes of the study sponsors, not true scientific methods, determine the study outcomes. This is accomplished through an elaborate system of fraudulent trial design, selective reporting, dismissing study subjects who don't produce the desired outcome, statistical distortions and the application of career pressure to the researchers who carry out such studies. |
Ann N. Martin
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 Hydrolyzed hair is made from clean hair treated by heat and pressure to produce a product suitable for animal feeding. This includes the hair from cattle, horses, pigs, or other animals who have been slaughtered.
Spray-dried animal blood is produced from clean, fresh animal blood, exclusive of all extraneous material such as hair, stomach belching (contents of stomach), and urine, except in such traces as might occur unavoidably in good factory practices. |
Charles Barber
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 And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
Let's call it not the Sea Snail syndrome but the Steve Earle syndrome, referring to the extremely talented singer-songwriter who produced only middling material early in his career, with a few frustrat-ingly brief flashes of brilliance, until both his career and his health dwindled as a result of being caught in a vortex of cocaine, crack, and alcohol. With a five-hundred-dollar-a-day habit, Earle pawned his guitars and became homeless. His most gainful employment for a time was as a doorman of an after-hours crack house. |
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