Food Inc.

A nice trailer that gets you contemplating about where your food came from - from seed to supermarket. Go borrow the video from our public libraries islandwide in Singapore, search for this call number: AV English 338.19 FOO -[BIZ].

Also, I recommend reading this book on "What your doctor doesn't know about nutritional medicine may be killing you". Search for this call number English 613.28 STR -[HEA].

Aftethought: They say, "You are what you eat" so go for food with integrity :)

BRT

Following up from my experiment on HUFT earlier, I'm pleased to announce that grandpa has been certified to have a clean bill of health after daily therapy with HUFT so much so that he bought the machine for the family to use at home :)

I'm now experimenting with Bioresonance Therapy recommended by my director. What I like about this is that it does not require one to strip (like how it is typically done during health screening at a medical centre) and there is no injection of needles to draw blood out of you for the health screening and testing (it simply requires you to just spit into a tissue and that will be used to test your DNA... so simple... the beauty of technology!).

As for the treatment, you just need to sit pretty for 1.5 hour, reading your favourite book, enjoy a warm cup of health tonic or simply doze off, as the therapist goes about checking the health of your vital organs or treating them where strain or toxins are discovered.

Bottomline, it comes back to how you intelligently manage your diet, lifestyle habits, exercise routine and stress. I'd like to point out that this is not to say that you should not heed your doctor's advice; rather you have the power in you to seek for the truth especially in this knowledge economy - read up authoritative and credible materials that are available in abundance, thanks to the Internet, don't be shy to seek second opinions from homeopathic vs. allopathic - before making an informed decision. I'll end this post with this trailer about "Healing Cancer from the Inside Out":

Say "No" to GMO

This is an eye-opener on Genetically Modified Food and why we need to say "No" to it. I've just provided the first part of a series of the talk. If you are concerned about the well-being of your family and loved one, seek more facts to make an informed decisions or you want to wait for the 'tipping point'?

Lips Against Lead

Over time, those who wear lipstick containing lead are at risk of absorbing high levels of a neurotoxin that may cause behavioral, learning and other problems.

There are no F.D.A. standards limiting lead and other toxins in lipstick. It is up to manufacturers to decide which safety and efficacy tests to perform on their products. Cosmetics companies are required to list their “intended” ingredients on labels but lead is considered an “unintended” by-product of the manufacturing process!

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has a consumer database where it lists the ingredients in more than 42,000 products. Its Campaign for Safe Cosmetics did an independent study in 2007 and found that one-third of 33 lipsticks had lead in excess of 0.1 parts per million (p.p.m.), the federal limit for candy. Now, price had nothing to do with lead levels - less expensive brands have been found to contain no lead, whereas a branded tube contained 0.21 p.p.m.

When asked if consumers should be worried about lead in lipstick, doctors, including Dr. Sean Palfrey, a professor of pediatrics and public health at Boston University and the medical director of the Boston Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, said, “Yes, these are small amounts and if you licked your lips once you probably would not cause damage — at least not to adults,” he said, adding, “Lead is a substance that builds up in the body over time, so small amounts applied daily can add up and stay in our bodies.”

Dr. David Bellinger, a researcher at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health who has conducted studies on the health risks of very low lead exposures, agreed that “no level of lead exposure appears to be ‘safe.’ ”

Personally, Canadian government should be commended as an exemplary authority that takes the welfare of its nation into its governance holistically. Read how Canada is addressing this here.

Also, consumers should demand their right to health as well. Doing this adds pressure to manufacturers to be more ethically responsible. For a start, cautious consumers can turn to organic personal-care products and support the “Lips Against Lead” campaign to ban lead in lipstick. Read the full article here.

Eat 2 Save Yr Life

I love this program - Eat to Save Your Life. It is a great wake up call or constant reminder for us to eat healthy. Here is a preview of part 1 of 8:

Why do we need to be concerned and start changing our food purchase and consumption? Because this body we have is on rent... it does not truly belong to us. It is on rent from Allah SWT (if only majority of us realise that).

The sole purpose of our existance on earth is to do ibadah for the love of the Almighty. Now, how can we do that effectively if we are overweight or have a whole lot of bodily issues either physically or internally? Aren't we not doing injustice to ourselves, not to mention Allah SWT? Think about it... It is not too late to make the change. Start today.

Afternote: I've just started a daily routine of eating figs. "Wa tin, wa zaitun..." [Surah at-Tin]

Genetically Modified Organism

Reading the article in the local news recently about the authors 'promoting' Genetically Modified Organism (GMO), I felt queasy. As far as I've read about such, its more bad than good. Read about the key player, Monsanto and make your own opinion if it is really that bad.

Should we care? The answer should be a resounding "Yes!". Why, you may ask? Here is a list of the influential presence of GMO in our food chain - sugar (e.g. aspartame or nutrasweet), milk and beef (cows injected with Bovine somatotropin aka rBST and rBGH), soya bean (use of Roundup Ready soya), vegetables and fruits (sprayed with herbicides 2,4,5-T, DDT, Agent Orange and using Terminator seed technology), canned food (lined with chemical bisphenol A so learn how to identify resin identification code)... not to mention how some of these toxic chemicals, if not properly disposed off, will find their way into the very water we drink, the soil we use to plant our greens and the air we breathe.

The reality is, today's economy is driven by oil. Talk about monopoly, besides Monsanto acquiring some major pharmaceuticals, I discovered that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) members toggle between positions at Monsanto and FDA (talk about ethics and governance!)

Alot of informed consumers are saying "No to GMO" and majority of them who are againts Monsanto decide to go organic. Read about the pros and cons of GMO and make an informed decision for yourself. Be a responsible consumer. Learn how to avoid GMO food, read this. For a start, be mindful that GMOs and all products produced using GMOs are required to have mandatory labelling so look out for it. Better still, buy GMO-free products.