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From: REDACTED
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 09:06:52 -0400
* NOTE: Taken from Health Sciences Institute e-Alert - Jenny Thompson - 4/7/15
Dear Reader,
Roundup isn't just killing weeds.
Monsanto's monster invention -- now the most widely used weed killer in the world -- may be slowly but surely killing us, too.
Researchers have sounded the alarm before. But now the big guns have come out -- and they're finally admitting what the science has said all along.
Glyphosate, aka Roundup, likely causes cancer in humans.
That comes from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a committee of top cancer experts organized by the World Health Organization.
And it comes at a time when millions of dollars are being spent to make sure you never know which of your foods may be laced with this cancer-causing chemical.
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Heading for the last Roundup?
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Monsanto says that it is outraged. It's even trying to bully its way into an urgent meeting with the IARC to pressure the committee to back down.
But we're the ones, the only ones, who have the right to be outraged.
The real issue here isn't the billions in Roundup sales Monsanto stands to lose. It's that Monsanto continues to bury its head in the sand and defend a product that's threatening your health.
Monsanto has made a fortune selling Roundup for genetically modified (GM) crops -- things like corn, soy, and canola that have been injected with DNA that helps them grow while Roundup kills everything else around them.
But two years ago French scientists reported that rats fed Monsanto's GM corn suffered giant cancerous tumors and damage to their livers and kidneys. Other studies have shown how Roundup can disrupt your hormones -- and it only takes a tiny change in hormone levels to cause permanent damage.
For a company that swears its product is safe, Monsanto has worked hand-in-hand with friendly politicians to keep you in the dark about which foods are GM and may have been treated with Roundup.
Monsanto has spent a king's ransom fighting and defeating bills that would label GM foods. And just last year when the USDA analyzed food samples for harmful pesticide and herbicide residue, it never tested for Roundup.
Does that sound like an accident to you?
Monsanto doesn't want you to ever know how much Roundup is in the food you eat. But researchers have found that Roundup levels in soy, an ingredient used in thousands of processed foods, are double what Monsanto called "extreme" 16 years ago.
Considering how Monsanto's greed has contaminated the food supply, it may seem impossible to cut GM foods laced with Roundup out of your diet. But it can be done.
The good news is that organic food is still Roundup-free -- and that includes corn and soy. And remember -- organic food isn't some newfangled "fad," but rather the kind of food that people ate in the "good old days" before chemical sprays and toxic additives. And before we all became lab rats in Monsanto's giant experiment.
Of course, there are still GM ingredients in some surprising places. Like nuts cooked in cottonseed or canola oil, or "healthy" granola bars and veggie burgers made with non-organic soy.
The Institute for Responsible Technology has put together a non-GM shopping guide that will make it easier to shop and avoid Roundup. You can download the shopping guide here
...and another thing
It's something we've all been told a thousand times -- before you lose your temper, count to 10.
But when you blow your fuse, the danger lasts a lot longer than a few seconds -- especially if you have a history of heart trouble.
According to a survey of more than 300 heart attack victims at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, feelings of intense anger can make you 8.5 times more likely to suffer a heart attack for up to two hours afterwards.
And a recent review of nine previous studies involving 6,400 patients also linked acute anger to a higher rate of strokes, heart attacks and arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, within the same time frame.
Especially at risk are people with existing heart problems, according to a leader of that review.
If you want to protect your heart, it's important to keep your temper in check. Anger management specialist Joe Pereira suggests several ways of doing that.
One is to give people the benefit of the doubt. "Someone may say something to you and the impact may be hurtful. But that isn't necessarily their intent," he reminds us. He also advises us to have less rigid expectations of others.
Experts also recommend taking a "time out," to try and resolve problems, instead of just complaining about them and getting flustered.
There are also calming supplements like L-theanine that can help keep you on an even keel.
The important thing to remember is that anger can end up doing a lot more damage to you than it does to anyone it's directed at. Turns out living well and happy isn't just the best revenge -- it's the healthiest.
To Your Good Health,
Jenny Thompson
Sources:
"W.H.O. report links ingredient in Roundup to cancer" Reuters, March 20, 2015, The New York Times, nytimes.com
"Monsanto says it's 'outraged' by WHO cancer risk report" Jack Kaskey, March 23, 2015, Bloomberg Business, Bloomberg.com
"Angry outbursts really do hurt your health, doctors find" Jeanne Whalen, March 23, 2015, The Wall Street Journal, wsj.com
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
From: REDACTED
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 09:06:52 -0400
* NOTE: Taken from Health Sciences Institute e-Alert - Jenny Thompson - 4/7/15
Dear Reader,
Roundup isn't just killing weeds.
Monsanto's monster invention -- now the most widely used weed killer in the world -- may be slowly but surely killing us, too.
Researchers have sounded the alarm before. But now the big guns have come out -- and they're finally admitting what the science has said all along.
Glyphosate, aka Roundup, likely causes cancer in humans.
That comes from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a committee of top cancer experts organized by the World Health Organization.
And it comes at a time when millions of dollars are being spent to make sure you never know which of your foods may be laced with this cancer-causing chemical.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Heading for the last Roundup?
---------------------------------------------------------------------- -
Monsanto says that it is outraged. It's even trying to bully its way into an urgent meeting with the IARC to pressure the committee to back down.
But we're the ones, the only ones, who have the right to be outraged.
The real issue here isn't the billions in Roundup sales Monsanto stands to lose. It's that Monsanto continues to bury its head in the sand and defend a product that's threatening your health.
Monsanto has made a fortune selling Roundup for genetically modified (GM) crops -- things like corn, soy, and canola that have been injected with DNA that helps them grow while Roundup kills everything else around them.
But two years ago French scientists reported that rats fed Monsanto's GM corn suffered giant cancerous tumors and damage to their livers and kidneys. Other studies have shown how Roundup can disrupt your hormones -- and it only takes a tiny change in hormone levels to cause permanent damage.
For a company that swears its product is safe, Monsanto has worked hand-in-hand with friendly politicians to keep you in the dark about which foods are GM and may have been treated with Roundup.
Monsanto has spent a king's ransom fighting and defeating bills that would label GM foods. And just last year when the USDA analyzed food samples for harmful pesticide and herbicide residue, it never tested for Roundup.
Does that sound like an accident to you?
Monsanto doesn't want you to ever know how much Roundup is in the food you eat. But researchers have found that Roundup levels in soy, an ingredient used in thousands of processed foods, are double what Monsanto called "extreme" 16 years ago.
Considering how Monsanto's greed has contaminated the food supply, it may seem impossible to cut GM foods laced with Roundup out of your diet. But it can be done.
The good news is that organic food is still Roundup-free -- and that includes corn and soy. And remember -- organic food isn't some newfangled "fad," but rather the kind of food that people ate in the "good old days" before chemical sprays and toxic additives. And before we all became lab rats in Monsanto's giant experiment.
Of course, there are still GM ingredients in some surprising places. Like nuts cooked in cottonseed or canola oil, or "healthy" granola bars and veggie burgers made with non-organic soy.
The Institute for Responsible Technology has put together a non-GM shopping guide that will make it easier to shop and avoid Roundup. You can download the shopping guide here
...and another thing
It's something we've all been told a thousand times -- before you lose your temper, count to 10.
But when you blow your fuse, the danger lasts a lot longer than a few seconds -- especially if you have a history of heart trouble.
According to a survey of more than 300 heart attack victims at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, feelings of intense anger can make you 8.5 times more likely to suffer a heart attack for up to two hours afterwards.
And a recent review of nine previous studies involving 6,400 patients also linked acute anger to a higher rate of strokes, heart attacks and arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, within the same time frame.
Especially at risk are people with existing heart problems, according to a leader of that review.
If you want to protect your heart, it's important to keep your temper in check. Anger management specialist Joe Pereira suggests several ways of doing that.
One is to give people the benefit of the doubt. "Someone may say something to you and the impact may be hurtful. But that isn't necessarily their intent," he reminds us. He also advises us to have less rigid expectations of others.
Experts also recommend taking a "time out," to try and resolve problems, instead of just complaining about them and getting flustered.
There are also calming supplements like L-theanine that can help keep you on an even keel.
The important thing to remember is that anger can end up doing a lot more damage to you than it does to anyone it's directed at. Turns out living well and happy isn't just the best revenge -- it's the healthiest.
To Your Good Health,
Jenny Thompson
Sources:
"W.H.O. report links ingredient in Roundup to cancer" Reuters, March 20, 2015, The New York Times, nytimes.com
"Monsanto says it's 'outraged' by WHO cancer risk report" Jack Kaskey, March 23, 2015, Bloomberg Business, Bloomberg.com
"Angry outbursts really do hurt your health, doctors find" Jeanne Whalen, March 23, 2015, The Wall Street Journal, wsj.com
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