tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post6388652312398480769..comments2023-11-30T00:29:08.106-08:00Comments on Animal Pharm: Pesticides May Cause U.S.A. Insulin Resistance and Obesity TrendsDr. B Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-862768514791650722012-04-04T22:30:01.379-07:002012-04-04T22:30:01.379-07:00Brash,
Yeah, one pot of rice lasts a week at our ...Brash,<br /><br />Yeah, one pot of rice lasts a week at our house. We try to get in all the colors too (carotenoids, lycopene, etc)!<br /><br /><br /><br />Ted,<br /><br />Thank you much for the update!!! I know Europe was successful initially at thrwarting GMO but even that I think succumbed eventually. India is not doing great on that front either.<br /><br />A significant amount of Whole Foods products are GMO now. Sad!!!<br /><br />GraceDr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-72203209376412983172012-03-31T14:42:38.801-07:002012-03-31T14:42:38.801-07:00I don't want to disillusion Nige but there is ...I don't want to disillusion Nige but there is an awful lot of pesticide/herbicide used on crops in Lincolnshire. It's the only way they can manage the land without employing lots of labour. So the machinery gets more and more ginormous somewhat larger than the narrow lanes can safely accommodate and heavier than my house (which was build before foundations were thought a good idea)can bear. <br />Details of specific amounts used can be found <a href="http://pusstats.csl.gov.uk/" rel="nofollow">here UK PESTICIDE USAGE STATISTICS</a><br />and to compare with the USA this <a href="http://www.panna.org/issues/pesticides-101-primer" rel="nofollow">map gives an idea</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/agr_pes_use-agriculture-pesticide-use" rel="nofollow">and this compares many more countries<br /></a>TedHutchinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13140097526458431747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-80584827110459074722012-03-30T13:29:00.796-07:002012-03-30T13:29:00.796-07:00Oh, I love the TMI!! I would be wary of both Japa...Oh, I love the TMI!! I would be wary of both Japanese rice and seaweed at this point, because of the radiation. But frankly, I have eaten enough brown rice for a lifetime! I do have an occasional tablespoon or so at my fave Thai place.Exceptionally Brashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177479330600606059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-1162741753309234542012-03-26T15:41:12.764-07:002012-03-26T15:41:12.764-07:00Nigie,
Your ageless swagger is even hawwwter! *h...Nigie,<br /><br />Your ageless swagger is even hawwwter! *ha ahaaa!*<br /><br />graceDr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-33428375468531749012012-03-26T02:20:03.849-07:002012-03-26T02:20:03.849-07:00@Grace: *blushes* You're pretty hawwt yourself...@Grace: *blushes* You're pretty hawwt yourself! :-D<br /><br />@Everybody else: Nowhere is perfect (unless you're rich enough to buy an island somewhere nice).<br /><br />However, I'm getting on a bit* (I won't say how old I am, as I'm looking for a girlfriend and I don't want my real age showing up on the interwebs!) and I'm managing to get slimmer. I never loosen my belt. I only tighten it. If I over-indulge at a party it's uncomfortable, so I don't.<br /><br />Nige<br /><br />*A few people have told me that I look about 48, so 48 I am! ;-pNigel Kinbrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368973941328529619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-15609307293983450812012-03-25T22:38:49.319-07:002012-03-25T22:38:49.319-07:00I dunno about Japan... Fukushima has unleashed a t...I dunno about Japan... Fukushima has unleashed a ton of radioactivity that can't be ignored.<br /><br />http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112190001bDr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-37403152970230335962012-03-25T17:54:46.357-07:002012-03-25T17:54:46.357-07:00Good for me that I am no longer eating that "...Good for me that I am no longer eating that "safe" starch. I ate lots of brown rice, mostly from Japan, when I was macrobiotic. I wonder if it is any better, contaminant-wise than Lundberg's.Exceptionally Brashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177479330600606059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-88436721456968913582012-03-23T16:44:03.082-07:002012-03-23T16:44:03.082-07:00Thanks Brash,
Demyth #8 -- arsenic and mercury; r...Thanks Brash,<br /><br />Demyth #8 -- arsenic and mercury; rice and fish are O-H-S-O-H-E-A-L-T-H-Y . . .<br /><br />I didn't have time to go into this but I'm sure you heard of the arsenic in rice, no?<br /><br />Arsenic-based herbicides (like MSMA, DMA, MAA) used on cottonseed crops in the Cottonbelt (Missippi) have drift into other crops including soybean and rice. They are used to control troublesome annual grasses, broadleaf grasses and perennial grasses (nutsedge, johnson).<br /><br />Arsenic was a problem in 1977 per this study below (arsenic in rice 0.16 ppm) and obviously it still is especially considering that rice bran syrup is used as a common sweetener now (baby formula, Jaminent's PHD-diet and many vegan-approved diets). Even though sources state 'organic and no pesticides' the soil is contaminated from previous use on cotton crops or simply DRIFT.<br /><br />Some people have more genetic susceptibility to arsenic. It's like mycotoxins -- a significant subpopulation of people are gonna be REALLY affected by arsenic (and other metals) and the majority won't seem affected until a higher threshold is met.<br />http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1002522<br /><br /><br />Etc<br />http://www.voanews.com/english/news/health/Scientists-Find-Arsenic-in-Baby-Formula-Sweetener-139484178.html<br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1637422/pdf/envhper00485-0085.pdf<br />http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4041449?uid=3739256&uid=2&uid=4&sid=55940398743<br /><br /><br />EAT RICE AND FISH. So HEALTHY!!!<br /><br />NAUGGGGGGGGHT....!!<br /><br />(a) Rice consumption contributes to arsenic exposure in US women, Diamond et al PNAS.<br />http://www.pnas.org/content/108/51/20656.short<br /><br />(b) Mercury in US women associated with fish consumption, Asian ethnicity, higher wealth status, coastal proximity, NHANES 1999-2004<br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19165386<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Dr. F,<br /><br />Ditto. Thanks for you kind words.<br /><br />I missed that link! Asprey has overcome an impressive of list of health issues and lost 100 lbs of fat. He explained some of what worked and the biohacking for me:<br />http://www.bulletproofexec.com/podcast-transcript-12-sexification-with-roger-lawson/9/<br /><br /><br />He advised a book he told me about that you might like, Shoemaker's Overcoming Mold.<br /><br />GDr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-20544492548343683762012-03-23T12:33:26.801-07:002012-03-23T12:33:26.801-07:00Looking at the obesity map makes me wonder what th...Looking at the obesity map makes me wonder what they are putting on cotton crops.Exceptionally Brashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177479330600606059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-7072090117119563642012-03-23T09:39:08.895-07:002012-03-23T09:39:08.895-07:00Dr. BG,
As always, it is a pleasure (and an educa...Dr. BG,<br /><br />As always, it is a pleasure (and an education) to read your work.<br /><br />Dave Asprey recently wrote about a related topic -- the role of herbicides in promoting mycotoxins in our food supply:<br /><br />http://www.bulletproofexec.com/mycotoxins-in-america/<br /><br />I hope that (despite the toxic stew of chemicals enveloping us all) you are happy and well.<br /><br />Dr. FunkensteinDr. Funkensteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-9700665099800784322012-03-23T06:54:20.452-07:002012-03-23T06:54:20.452-07:00Hey Stanton,
Looking forward to your thoughts ;) ...Hey Stanton,<br /><br />Looking forward to your thoughts ;) <br /><br />I just posted on pesticides on the Domythang post...<br /><br />Body Burden — The Pollution in Newborns<br /><br />A benchmark investigation of industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides in umbilical cord blood [128 chemicals found in 10 random newborn's cord blood!!!]<br />http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/execsumm.php<br /><br /><br />Partition of Environmental Chemicals between Maternal and Fetal Blood and Tissues<br />Environ. Sci. Technol., 2011, 45 (3), pp 1121–1126<br />http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es1019614<br /><br />In 15 sample sets, we measured a total of 87 environmental chemicals, almost all of which were detected both in maternal and fetal tissues.... Concentrations of pentachlorbenzene, γ-hexachlorocyclohexane, and several polychlorinated biphenyl congeners with low chlorination were higher in fetal samples and showed poor correlation with maternal levels...<br />Cadmium, lead, mercury, and selenium were all (!!!) detected in fetal samples, but only mercury showed close correlations among concentrations in different matrices. <br /><br /><br />GDr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-43501002477187745622012-03-23T05:27:01.475-07:002012-03-23T05:27:01.475-07:00The pesticide/herbicide/pollutant connection has b...The pesticide/herbicide/pollutant connection has been on my list of "issues to investigate that probably contribute to metabolic dysfunction" for a long time, but I've been looking more towards xenoestrogens.<br /><br />Thank you for bringing to light these intriguing (and disturbing) connections, and for the references!<br /><br />JSJ. Stantonhttp://www.gnolls.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-19743474241951008832012-03-23T01:20:33.889-07:002012-03-23T01:20:33.889-07:00lightcan,
*sigh* Yes, it's all frustrating. ...lightcan,<br /><br />*sigh* Yes, it's all frustrating. Jenny is great. <br /><br />Good to hear from you! Hope you are doing well!!<br /><br />Much love and cheer,<br />GDr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-32363685797512023912012-03-22T13:06:19.401-07:002012-03-22T13:06:19.401-07:00Nige,
Europe is better, but not that perfect. fex...Nige,<br />Europe is better, but not that perfect. fex. Animals are fed GM grains. Fish stocks are not left alone to regenerate. They're thinking about bringing CAFOs to England.<br /><br />Grace,<br />at last, somebody is starting to take these issues seriously. Until now, I have just heard, 'Nah, humbug.' Only Jenny mentioned chemicals in relation to diabetes.<br />And nobody around me cares about organic food for their babies and children, even educated, well-off people who could afford it, it always makes me feel like a weirdo.lightcanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050215395108869677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-42134110838886760692012-03-21T17:53:11.791-07:002012-03-21T17:53:11.791-07:00Nige-Poo,
I'd love to live in the EU!!! Much...Nige-Poo,<br /><br />I'd love to live in the EU!!! Much less sheeple there and they protect their food and culinary heritage with pride. You're as hawwt as your car.<br /><br /><br />LeonRover,<br /><br />During the last 4.5 billion years of earth's history living things just have not been exposed to the onslaught of new chemical structures that are now for the first time being pharmacologically created and biochemically manipulated in sophisticated laboratories... [from gnolls.org]<br />http://www.economist.com/content/anthropocene<br />Virgin geology and physiology!! To HG and all beings for time eternal...<br /><br /><br />Aaron,<br /><br />SCARY AND FRIGHTENING. Colorado is inland but fed by rivers, no? It's a fractal I guess... insects, bees, frogs, marmots, fish... us.<br /><br />Pesticides are just the tip of the iceberg. I failed to yet talk about pheromones. Synthetic pheromones are used to 'handle' and 'control' pests and insects. Unfortunately these are cross-kingdom signalling chemicals just as estrogens are ubiquitious in both plant and animal kingdoms. The bees (and bats) are the foundation of pollinating harvests and orchards... Bees are hypothesized to be adversely affected by these pheromonal pesticides. <br /><br /><br />HELLO BEAUTIFUL Ms. Yetter!<br /><br />*tap* *tap* *tap*<br /><br />I'm still waiting for our MINDBLOWING co-written hormone post and your brainaic sexxxxy contributions....!!!<br /><br />No pressure.<br /><br />Hey I'll ck out! If you haven't read Nick Lane, he's the ROCKSTAR. Literally he climbs rocks and delves into the depths of mitochondrial science and evolution... Gilbert Ling is cool too -- he handles the issue of water that results from oxidation.<br /><br />GraceDr. B Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451872961651116061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-58400697099604294082012-03-21T14:13:45.720-07:002012-03-21T14:13:45.720-07:00WOW! Two posts this week! What a treat for me. Thi...WOW! Two posts this week! What a treat for me. This post is so interesting to me. I've been discussing mitochondrial dysfunction off and on with my facebook group but we've not yet made the pesticide connection. I'm sharing this. Thanks lady!Hiit Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17643418975354118941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-87234352950419926892012-03-21T07:40:17.054-07:002012-03-21T07:40:17.054-07:00This is such an important theme to highlight. I co...This is such an important theme to highlight. I commented to Randy Nesse after his recent talk at the UCLA Evolutionary Medicine month event that anthropogenic toxins may be a lurking silent contributor to many of our modern health woes. Dan Blumstein, one of the conference organizers and a field animal behaviorist told me that the marmot population he studies in Colorado has been showing increasing signs of obesity and related health problems over the years. No, they haven't started popping pop tarts and downing super big gulps. Their diet hasn't changed, but something has!Aaron Blaisdellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04045384289936816823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-18077214325829506132012-03-21T06:34:55.440-07:002012-03-21T06:34:55.440-07:00Dr BG
Sensible and well presented post.
The use ...Dr BG<br /><br />Sensible and well presented post.<br /><br />The use of plant pesticides in food production is a major difference between traditional hunters, hunter-gatherers, herders or horticulturalists (KItavans) and other large scale producers.<br /><br />It certainly is a difference together with the presence in drinking water and air of other pollutants of an industrial nature.<br /><br />It is just food: it's also wsater and air.<br /><br />ThanksLeonRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484097018449402128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780103924890350442.post-4883724725189772752012-03-21T05:30:06.902-07:002012-03-21T05:30:06.902-07:00Hmmm.
Ever thought about moving to Europe? The EU...Hmmm.<br /><br />Ever thought about moving to Europe? The EU has stricter food regulations than the US and they're better-enforced.<br /><br />I'm getting slimmer, so there can't be *that* much pollutants in my food.<br /><br />Best, NigeNigel Kinbrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368973941328529619noreply@blogger.com