DANGERS OF GMO FOODS The scientific process whereby the genes of one species are inserted into the genes of another species creates what is commonly referred to as a genetically modified organism (or genetically engineered). GMO foods have been introduced into the food supply without informing people what they are eating, and since they aren’t…
More evidence that we need nutritional supplements to be healthy. I stumbled across a book review of a new book called Naked Calories, by Mira Calton CN and Jayson Calton PhD, and they provided an interesting observation on modern nutrition. Their key thesis, based on Jayson Calton’s PhD dissertation, was to look at a variety…
RED MEAT INCREASES RISK OF PREMATURE DEATH As one who hasn’t eaten red meat for over 30 years I find myself oddly critical of a new study saying that eating meat will increase your risk of premature death. This study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, followed over 110,000 people for just over 20…
We’ve all heard about the dangers of “trans-fats” and heart disease. These damaged fats, found in partially hydrogenated, hydrogenated, and repeatedly overheated (as in deep frying) vegetable oils, are in margarine, potato chips, French fries, pastries, cakes, and fried and processed “fast foods”. The link between trans-fatty acids and increased inflammation, leading to hardening of…
FRIED FOODS SAFE WHEN COOKED IN THE RIGHT KIND OF OIL Even though frying makes foods taste better due to “browning” and increasing crunchiness, fried foods have had a bad reputation in the health field for some time now. But, a recent study published in the British Medical Journal has indicated that it is…
WHAT IS VITAMIN K? In 1929 a Danish scientist discovered what was to later become identified as vitamin K. Henrik Dam was studying the effects of cholesterol by feeding chickens a diet lacking in it. He observed that after a few weeks the chickens started bleeding and he could not reverse this by adding…
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Up until recently, my belief on the value of wheat in the modern diet was based mostly on the principles of the blood type diet. My blood type (AB) seems to digest wheat alright, and I have no digestive problems from it, unless I eat more than a couple of pieces in a day, and…
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The following material is based on the Oriental medicine perspective. We here in the West have lost sight of how to eat with the seasons, since we can have tropical foods year ‘round and because with indoor heating we can counteract the needs that the seasons impose on us. For example, those living in cold…
REFUTING THE PROSTATE CANCER AND VITAMIN E STUDY I would like to briefly address the two recent news articles critical of vitamin usage printed in most newspapers with no follow up or opposing opinions. As someone who has worked in the vitamin industry for over 20 years as a consultant, product designer and published author,…
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WHAT IS SALT? How important is salt? According to the Roman historian Pliny the Elder, as stated in his “Natural History,” ”in Rome. . .the soldier’s pay was originally salt and the word salary derives from it. . .” That the word salary still stands today indicates the historical understanding of the importance of salt…
New Iodine Information As I mentioned in “Health Secrets,” we must stay on top of new information related to health issues, since what appears to be valid one year is often revealed to be wrong or incomplete in following years. Some may feel this may be unscientific but the fact is that science is a field…
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Green Fascism (A rose by any other name…) Just so we are clear, I love the planet and believe we are fast destroying it. I believe that debating global warming is a brilliant piece of sleight-of-hand by business. We used to just call it pollution and it was clearly bad; now they’ve got us debating…
Study indicates that vitamin K2 protects against prostate cancer. A new study has linked vitamin K2 levels with reduced risk of advanced prostate cancer. In this study, the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, over 11,000 men were studied by means of a dietary questionnaire. Vitamin K had already shown that it had anti-carcinogenic…
Vitamin D Year Round Personally, I still take vitamin D during the summer months. My reason is that I work indoors 5 days a week, and don’t always get time to sunbath on my days off. Frankly I’m not much of a sunbather anyways, seldom wearing shorts, and the reality is if I want to…
Can celiacs use Nutristart products? When NutriStart is asked by those with celiac disease if they can safely consume our products, we have to answer that our products are not processed in a “dedicated” plant. A dedicated plant is one that never processes any gluten containing substances and, in Canada at least, it is only…
This blog is going to be a collection of some news stories related to subjects covered in my book, Health Secrets for the 21st Century. Vitamin A may prevent fetal alcohol syndrome. As my faithful readers are aware, I am one of the few in the nutritional field who believe that vitamin A is commonly…
Cholesterol Myths Oh, myth, myth, could I have some eggs over here please? Or should I? According to my doctor my cholesterol reading is high and he wants me to cut down on my cholesterol intake, and take a statin drug to force that cholesterol down. The first myth here is that a high cholesterol…
Supplements That Protect Against Radiation Radiation and Iodine 4 I will wrap up the radiation material with this final blog so that we can move onto new subject material in the future. I strongly suggest that my readers continue to follow the information on the Japanese nuclear crisis because we are being horribly let down…
Astragalus and Longevity Having been side tracked by the importance of the Radiation blogs I overlooked uploading part 2 of the Astragalus blog. Since the final radiation blog opens with herbs that protect us against radiation damage, and Astragalus is near the top of that list, now would be a good time to pass on the more detailed…
Foods To Fight Radiation, continued Foods that I overlooked last blog include members of the onion and garlic family (including chives, leeks,shallots and scallions) which are high in sulfur, necessary for detoxification and production of glutathione in the body. Beans are also sulfur containing and, in moderation, can be an alkalizing source of protein in the…
Foods to fight radiation exposure. We are currently receiving conflicting information about the amounts and dangers of the radiation exposure that we are receiving here in North America from the situation in Japan. It is not our place here to add to the amount of fear going around, nor do we wish to minimize the…
Radiation and Iodine The subject of radiation and iodine is obviously a hot topic right now, but also a loaded one. It has been observed that more long lasting damage to individuals caught up in the Chernobyl meltdown was caused by fear and stress than by actual radiation damage (not counting children). Paul Pitchford commented, in…
Astragalus Following on the heels of NutriStart releasing our new immune supportive product, ImmuneStart, I will use this and the next blog to inform our readers of the many advantages of the herb Astragalus. In part, this is to explain why we chose to add it to the medicinal mushrooms that make up the bulk…
CELL PHONE RADIATION In late March ’09 the peer-reviewed journal Pathophysiology published an overview of 15 studies (done in six different countries) on the effects of electro-magnetic fields (EMF’s) and radio frequency radiation on human health.The editorial summed up with: “Overall, the scientific evidence shows that the risk to health is significant and that to…
Dietary Vitamin A and Vitamin D and Genetics Continuing my arguement that vitamin A deficiency is widespread. At this point I will address a specific argument put forth by Dr. Cannell (director of The Vitamin D Council) that strikes me as particularly dumb. He states: “By the time humans could hunt large mammals, the genome had…
To continue with my disagreement with the negative information on vitamin A put out by the Vitamin D Council and repeated by Dr. Mercola on his site. Fortunately for us the Vitamin D Council already has a natural enemy that immediately responded to these attacks, first in December 2008 and recently in March 2010. Because…
Greetings and salutations: I will briefly touch on some new material that relates to our previous newsletters and to general vitamin material that is germane to us all. VITAMIN A: While I am not in the camp of those who believes vitamin A is dangerous at moderately high levels, I do believe in erring on…
DEFENDING VITAMIN A: PAUL PITCHFORD’S POSITION Greetings and welcome to our new launch of Ken’s NutriStart Blog. As we have just recently released my new book, “Health Secrets for The 21st Century,” this blog will now serve as a way to dialogue with my readers. Questions that you may have about the data in the…
The field of Nutrition is full of conflicting advice, much of it motivated simply by marketing. Our book Health Secrets for the 21st Century will help you understand what Nutritional Advice fits you and your lifestyle.
