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Polluting The Body
Do you know how much we pollute our body?
The five elements in food should be supplied in their natural form. They should not be contaminated or polluted. We talk a lot about environmental pollution. But have we ever thought of the pollution in our body? We are concerned about polluting the earth, air and water with harmful chemicals. But think about polluting our body with harmful chemicals we ingest in our body through water and food. Our body is made up of chemicals and all our life processes are due to the interplay or reactions of these chemicals. Good chemicals will react in a good way with our body chemicals; the bad ones will disturb the good reactions in our body and manifest as ailments. Despite the presence of toxic chemicals, the body tries to restore its harmony.
"Dangerous" Soft Drinks?
Carbonated soft drinks have a pH of 4 which is 10 times more potent than the HCl acid that is used for cleaning. We have seen a correlation between people who drink carbonated drinks and pancreas problems.
Do Not Torture Your Body.
We are sadistic in a way. We torture our body and enjoy the pain. Drinking excessively cold or hot drinks is a form of torture to our body. Can you put your finger in a cold or hot drink bottle for more than 10 seconds? Can you keep your finger in a hot coffee cup for more than 15 seconds? Just think about the torture to the cells of your body which are exposed to the extreme cold and hot through your food and drink habits.
The tongue deals with all the heat and the cold and reduces it. Still, some of the heat or cold from the drink or food passes into the food pipe and reaches the stomach to spoil the digestive juices. Thus, digestion is impaired. People drinking excessively cold and hot drinks are also prone to constipation and piles.
When we say body, it includes the inside machinery as well. We beautify only the exterior body appearance; if someone says I love myself, he means he loves his exterior body. One who loves his body as a whole (internal and external, equally) he is the healthy one. The love he has will be a sense of gratitude. HE WILL NOT THEN DO ANYTHING THAT WILL HURT HIS BODY (internally or externally).
Microwave cooking
Cooking using microwaves is not good for health. The reason is that it causes loss of nutrients. A recent scientific study shows the amount of nutrient loss compared to other types of cooking. Steam based cooking is the best. Details are on the next page.
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Polyphenols
ORAC -ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. It's a lab test that attempts to quantify the "total antioxidant capacity" (TAC) of a food by placing a sample of the food in a test tube, along with certain molecules that generate free radical activity and certain other molecules that are vulnerable to oxidation
https://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Article/2017/08/18/Saying-goodbye-to-ORAC-was-a-good-thing-for-industry-suppliers-say
Orac no more https://www.huffpost.com/entry/orac-_b_1594115
Organic and conventional Agriculture and polyphenolics
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=polyphenolic+organic++conventional
Significantly higher levels (p < 0.05) of phenolic compounds were found in organic Extra-Virgin Olive Oil.
Analysis of 17 polyphenolic compounds in organic and conventional legumes by high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) and evaluation of their antioxidant activity. All organic legumes showed a higher antioxidant capacity with respect to conventional samples with the exception of red and yellow dehulled lentils.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09637486.2017.1399258
Phenolics and Carotenoid Contents in the Leaves of Different Organic (had higher) and Conventional Raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31591360
The effect of organic and conventional farm management on the allergenic potency and bioactive compounds status of apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.) The main conclusion is that some organic apricots, despite their better quality, would not be recommended for consumption by allergy sufferers.
Evaluation of polyphenolic content and antioxidant activity in two onion varieties grown under organic and conventional production systems. Organic cultivation practices resulted in significantly higher levels of potential bioactive compounds in onion.
Anti-oxidants in other foods
Anti-oxidants are not only confined to nuts and seeds but are also present in other grains, fruits and vegetables. Polishing or refining the grains also strip anti-oxidants and other nutrients from the food.
So to be healthy eat unprocessed, unrefined foods. White wheat flour, white rice, corn starch, corn syrup are highly processed foods that should be avoided. Consuming these refined processed foods is the main cause of diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, cancer, overweight, obesity and other ageing and oxidation-related diseases.
Read the next interesting fact about the danger of eating refined foods.
Amla, also known as Indian gooseberry, is one of the most antioxidant rich foods on Earth. In a test of over 3,000 foods, amla turned out to be the number-one antioxidant-rich food. Amla powder can be blended into a morning smoothie for a hefty antioxidant boost.
Amla may be effective in treating diabetes, and in an in vitro study, amla demonstrated nearly the same ability as a leading chemotherapy drug in cutting tumor growth, and the amla powder preserved and even enhanced normal cell growth.
Amla has been used in Ayurvedic, Chinese, and Thai medicine for centuries, and preclinical studies have shown that it possesses many disease-combatting properties. It has also been used as a snake venom neutralizer and hair tonic, and may be an effective component in homemade mouthwash.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6160559/ (regulations labeling)
https://nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidants-in-a-pinch/
https://phytochem.nal.usda.gov/
Good article on - cooling inflammation in a natural way.
https://chemistry.tutorvista.com/organic-chemistry/phenolic-compounds.html
Vagus Nerve Stimulation is a way to reduce inflammation
Antioxidant Activity of Spices and Their Impact on Human Health: A Review
The Role of Food Antioxidants, Benefits of Functional Foods, and Influence of Feeding Habits on the Health of the Older Person: An Overviewhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5745491/
The Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Foodshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4009199/
Natural Antioxidant Activity of Commonly Consumed Plant Foods in India: Effect of Domestic Processing https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3694554/
Oxidation and antioxidation has to be in a balance
Regulated Production of Free Radicals by the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain: Cardiac Ischemic Preconditioning https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2789306/
Dietary Polyphenols Targeting Arterial Stiffness: Interplay of Contributing Mechanisms and Gut Microbiome-Related Metabolism
https://research.unl.pt/ws/portalfiles/portal/12380196/nutrients_11_00578.pdf
Bioactive polyphenols and cardiovascular disease: chemical antagonists, pharmacological agents or xenobiotics that drive an adaptive response? https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/bph.13708
Increases in human plasma antioxidant capacity after consumption of controlled diets high in fruit and vegetables.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/43d7/5aff7995766e3c5eba8f67810652e278d057.pdf?_ga=2.85947226.2114286366.1579274510-1532572517.1578015241
Resources and Biological Activities of Natural Polyphenols
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4277013/
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Alkaline Diet and Acidic Diet based on Blood groups and hot-cold foods
When our cells breaks down food to produce energy, Hydrogen atoms are produced as a waste product. By they are highly toxic to the cells and cause severe damage. To prevent this, we breathe in oxygen which combines with hydrogen and forms water. This non-toxic water is then excreted as urine.
Cancer, inflammatory diseases and other chronic diseases are also caused by the toxicity of chemical molecules formed during the energy production.
So foods can be categorized into two types, based on the amount of charged hydrogen ions that is produced while beings used as energy source.
The foods that causes more hydrogen ions production are acidic (they lower the neutral blood pH of 7 to acidic values of 6 and below ).
Those foods that do not change the blood pH significantly, instead help to neutralize (detoxify) hydrogen are alkaline foods. Mostly vegetarian food sources are alkaline and animal derived foods like meat are acidic. Diary products like milk is neutral.
Why alkaline and acidic food concept is not considered scientific but non-sense? Our body tries to maintain the pH of the blood by detoxifying hydrogen ions using oxygen and other bio-molecules in our body. Therefore we cannot determines the blood pH changes, hence it is considered un-scientific.
When we eat more acidic foods, then we will be pulling the bio-molecules of the body to detoxify the hydrogen ions. These balancing bio-molecules have other roles in the body but now we are merely using them for detoxifying the hydrogen ions produced by the acidic foods. Deficiency of the bio-molecules will appear as various disease symptoms in the body.
In summary we dont see directly blood pH changes because blood pH is immediately restored to neutral by bio-molecules. What we see is the effect of balancing actions of bio-molecules leading to diseases. If you eat alkaline foods you keep the bio-molecules for their required body functions. If you eat acidic foods you create imbalance of bio-molecules. This imbalance can cause wide range of mild symptoms from fatigue to major killer disease like cancer.
Alkaline water? Is there are logic behind drinking alkaline water?. No, just by changing the ph of water, it will not affect our body. But water clusters is broken down , will help our body. This is why traditionally water is boiled with herbs and so clusters are broken and toxins are removed. see water boiling with herbs.
Please read another article to know about heating and cooling foods.
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see many recent references like
Stress Affects the Balance of Bacteria in the Gut and Immune Response
What's Your Gut Type? Gut Bacteria Could Help With Diagnostics and Influence Treatments
Mind-Altering Microbes: Probiotic Bacteria May Lessen Anxiety and Depression
Gut Bacteria Can Control Organ Functions
Healthy Gut Flora Could Prevent Obesity, Rat Study Suggests
Mother's Diet Influences Baby's Allergies, Research Suggests
Viruses in the Human Gut Show Dynamic Response to Diet
The Microbiome and Disease: Gut Bacteria Influence the Severity of Heart Attacks in Rats
Study Linking Gut Microbe Type With Diet Has Implications for Fighting GI Disorders
Diabetes May Start in the Intestines, Research Suggests
Learning How Gut Bacteria Influence Health: Scientists Crack Sparse Genome of Microbe Linked to Autoimmunity
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Common Gastrointestinal Disorder Linked to Bacterial Overgrowth, Food Poisoning
Gut Bacteria Linked to Behavior: That Anxiety May Be in Your Gut, Not in Your Head
Bacteria in the Gut of Autistic Children Different from Non-Autistic Children
The list continues.........Jeff Leach
http://humanfoodproject.com/author/jeff-leach/
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Metabolic output defines Escherichia coli as a health-promoting microbe against intestinal Pseudomonas aeruginosa. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31595010
Lactobacillus johnsonii L531 reduces pathogen load and helps maintain short-chain fatty acid levels in the intestines of pigs challenged with Salmonella enterica Infantis. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30827387
SCFAs are secondary metabolites resulting from bacterial action on diet indigestible fraction that may influence host metabolism26 These findings are consistent with data from previous studies showing that circulating acetic acid is related to “de novo” lipogenesis and cholesterogenesis stimulation in the liver, while propionic acid seemed to inhibit them43,44, which reinforced the hypothesis that the ratio of acetic acid to propionic acid could be considered as a novel biomarker of the host lipid profile status.
Nevertheless, with regard to the role of acetic acid in lipid metabolism there are some controversies, since other authors have reported that dietary acetic acid is related to a decrease of both cholesterol and triglyceride levels in rats45
Are Short Chain Fatty Acids in Gut Microbiota Defensive Players for Inflammation and Atherosclerosis? J. Atheroscler. Thromb.24, 660–672 (2017).
Dietary acetic acid reduce serum cholesterol and triacylglycerols in rats fed a cholesterol-rich diet. Br J Nutr, 2006; 95: 916-924 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16611381 To investigate the efficacy of the intake of vinegar for prevention of hyperlipidaemia, we examined the effect of dietary acetic acid, the main component of vinegar, on serum lipid values in rats fed a diet containing 1 % (w/w) cholesterol. Animals were allowed free access to a diet containing no cholesterol, a diet containing 1 % cholesterol without acetic acid, or a diet containing 1 % cholesterol with 0.3 % (w/w) acetic acid for 19 d. Then, they were killed after food deprivation for 7 h. Cholesterol feeding increased serum total cholesterol and triacylglycerol levels. Compared with the cholesterol-fed group, the cholesterol and acetic acid-fed group had significantly lower values for serum total cholesterol and triacylglycerols, liver ATP citrate lyase (ATP-CL) activity, and liver 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA content as well as liver mRNA levels of sterol regulatory element binding protein-1, ATP-CL and fatty acid synthase (P<0.05). Further, the serum secretin level, liver acyl-CoA oxidase expression, and faecal bile acid content were significantly higher in the cholesterol and acetic acid-fed group than in the cholesterol-fed group (P<0.05). However, acetic acid feeding affected neither the mRNA level nor activity of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase. In conclusion, dietary acetic acid reduced serum total cholesterol and triacylglycerol: first due to the inhibition of lipogenesis in liver; second due to the increment in faecal bile acid excretion in rats fed a diet containing cholesterol.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26925050
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26925050 Overproduction/accumulation of short chain fatty acids, but not lactic acid, in the proximal colon and/or distal ileum may play a role in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants.
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Rice Mistake
Best rice is Black, followed by red and then brown and worst is white rice.
In South India, diabetes in olden days was called as the rich man's disease. Because it was found only with the rich people, because they only could afford to eat white rice , since it required extra labor to polish rice.
In England and other Asian countries, prisoners in 18th century, were kept in prison which were located mostly in islands. Since brown rice became rancid and stale in prison due to long storage. Hence white rice was given in these prisons. a mysterious nervous breakdown disorders were noticed in these prisoners and at that time, everyone took for a bacterial infection that spread through white rice.
It was accidentally discovered that giving rice bran prevented drooping neck syndrome in pigeons. Pigeons that were fed with white rice had all speedily developed marked symptoms of malnutrition and serious nerve derangements. Besides losing weight they sit listless and shivering, lose power in their legs, suggesting nerve paralysis, while many develop convulsions.
We repeat now the same mistake of using refined rice and other grains putting us into the risk of not only diabetes, cholesterol, but many other nervous break down disorders. Click here to read from this site about more information about the harmful effects of refined foods.
Reference
McCann, Alfred Watterson, 1879-1931. This famishing world; food follies that maim and kill the rich and the poor, that cheat the growing child and rob the prospective mother of health, that burn up millions in treasure. Published New York, George H. Doran company [c1918]
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1929/eijkman/lecture/
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