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"Health hazards of obesity. Endocrin. Metab. Clin. No. Am. 4, 907-919. 14. Seidel, J. (1998). Epidemiology: definition and classification of obesity. In "Clinical Obesity" (P. G. Kopleman and M. J. Stock, Eds.), pp. 1-17. Blackwell Science, Maiden, MA. 15. Despres, J. P., Moorjani, S., Lupien, P. J., Tremblay, A., Nadeau, A., and Bouchard, C. (1990). Regional distribution of body fat, plasma lipoproteins, and cardiovascular disease. Arteriosclerosis 10, 497-511. 16. Lemieux, S., Prud'homme, D., Bouchard, C, Tremblay, A., and Despres, J. P. (1996)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Due to the health hazards associated with xenoestrogens that were mentioned in Chapter 2, we urge you to eat only organic meats and poultry, which are produced without chemicals or growth hormones. Even with organic meats, some choices are better sources of protein than others. Red meat is usually higher in fat, particularly saturated fat. There are, however, plenty of lean complete proteins, including the breast meat of poultry and eggs from organic, free-running hens." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"The human body is now forced to cope with constant health hazards in the form of water and air pollution, noise, stress, radiation and dangerous chemicals, forced upon us from factories, power stations, agriculture, mines and waste disposal. Environmental pollution has brought about an alarming increase in respiratory diseases and this alone may well be the major cause of today's high incidence of asthma, particularly in industrial areas." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Health hazards of obesity. Endocrinol. Metab. Clin. N. Am. 25, 907-919. 99. Zhi, J., Melia, A. T., Guerciolini, R., Chung, J., Kingberg, J., and Hauptman, J. R. (1994). Retrospective population-based analysis of the dose-response (fecal fat excretion) relationship of orlistat in normal and obese volunteers. Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. 56, 82-85. 100. Hill, J. O, Hauptman, J., Anderson, J. W., Fujioka, K, O'Neil, P. M., Smith, D. K., Zavoral, J. H., and Aronne, L. J. (1999). Orlistat, a lipase inhibitor, for weight maintenance after conventional dieting: a 1-y study. Am. J. Clin. Nutr." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"A phaseout of all domestic uses of chlorpyrifos was completed in 2005—a decision based largely on the health hazards it posed to children—yet chlorpyrifos is still widely used in agriculture, and the threat of exposure remains high for rural residents, including children. Lindane may have been banned in fifty-two countries, but it's still used today in the United States and persists in the environment." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Cation exchange softener: Used in whole-house and point-of-entry units, this unit softens hard water by removing calcium and magnesium, as well as barium and some other ions that can create health hazards. Distillers: These boil water and condense the purified steam in a separate chamber. You can find distillers for countertops or ones that can be hooked up to the entire house's points of entry. They can also be combined with carbon filters." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"To be specific, I've invested more than seven-thousand hours investigating the under-reported health hazards associated with vaccinations, along with the attendant ethical and legal issues. What started as a fairly modest research exercise has turned into a second full-time career. I've discussed vaccination hazards on more than 50 radio and television programs, addressed hundreds of professional, political, and trade groups, produced two informational DVDs, and authored numerous articles for both print publications and Internet sites." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Cooking meats at high temperatures also creates other health hazards, such as the formation of gene-mutating toxins—carcinogens—that significantly increase your risk of cancer (see "Cook to Your Health," page 103). Eating Out Following an antiglycation eating plan when dining out is easy. One tip is to always verify with the waitstaff how a particular menu item is prepared. If you don't see what you want, ask if a particular item can be made for you. For example, if a fish dish on the menu is offered grilled, ask if it can be poached." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Warren took the lead in developing a congressional report on the health hazards of alcohol use. Dr. Warren prepared several chapters for the report, including one on Birth Defects and Anomalies. One outcome of this 1980 report was the issuance of the Surgeon General's Advisory on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in May 1981, for which Dr. Warren was the lead contributor. Twenty-four years later, he again played a significant role in the development and issuance of an updated Surgeon General's Advisory in February 2005." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"This amount, combined with the uneven access to the reserves, would create major health hazards in many parts of the world. Already today about one-third of the population does not have access to sufficient supplies of safe water, and by 2025 two-thirds of the population will live under conditions of extreme water scarcity. Whereas Europe and the United States will have half the per capita water reserves they had in 1950, Asia and Latin America will have only a quarter. The worst hit countries will be in Africa, the Middle East, and south and central Asia." - Ervin Laszlo, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World (Get the book.)

"The program didn't focus on health hazards. It focused on the money-making aspect." (2) Products used in hairdressing and beauty salons contain many unlabeled toxic ingredients. These include carcinogens, hormone disrupters such as phthalates and parabens, allergens, and penetration enhancers. Salon products are often dispensed from bulk containers without readily available ingredient labels. Of even greater concern is the cumulative contamination of the air in salons with volatile ingredients, as well as fine particles from hair sprays, known as aerosols, which penetrate deep into the lungs." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "Professor Roelofs makes an important point that the health hazards in nail salons and their products are not just the effects of individual chemicals: "we do not understand how these chemicals interact with each other in the salon environment." ((9) In the nail care industry alone at least 10,000 chemicals are used, 89 percent of which have never been safety tested individually by an independent agency. Few if any have been tested for their synergistic effects." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"As soon as your children are capable of abstract thought and when the right occasions present themselves, begin your relentless and systematic counterculture education on the health hazards of the SAD, counterfeit quasi-foods while, in the next breath, point out the endless benefits of live foods. Do this in fun ways! Ask them questions, and express delight when they have the right answers! Children thrive on attention and positive reinforcement! They love to get enthusiastic! Most are just longing for the chance to get happy!" - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "An excellent book on how the invention of the light bulb has contributed to modem-day health hazards is Lights Out by T. S. Wiley. One great bonus about the raw diet is that if you do miss a good night's sleep, you won't feel nearly as fatigued as you did when eating cooked foods. Even if you sleep for only a couple of hours, you can still feel great the next day! You will still need to catch up on missed sleep eventually. Sleep deficits are bad for every cell of the body and for mental/emotional health." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "Entire books have been written on the topic. Its health hazards have long ago entered mainstream knowledge. (See Appendix A.) Still, some raw fooders debate whether Celtic sea salt, Himalayan rock salt and other forms of natural salt are healthful. Some believe we should avoid them altogether. Others claim they are a great source of trace minerals. According to Dr. Cousens, a vegan diet tends to cause the body to wash out chlorine, the natural chlorine found in plant foods and needed by the body, not the harmful form found in tap water and swimming pools." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "Those with the deep pockets simply don't want the health hazards of cooked food to be made public knowledge. As a result, most of these studies have been done by individuals so driven by curiosity and humanitarian concerns that they were motivated enough to fund their own research. Or they have been conducted in those universities where bucking the system is still possible. If you would like to research these articles for yourself, start by going to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi. You will see a web site called "Pub-Med," which contains the National Library of Medicine." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"In 2004 the Region 6 office of the EPA, based in Texas, published "A Guide To Protect the Health of Nail Salon Workers and Their Working Environment," a laudatory effort at educating salon workers about health hazards. It even made this declaration: "Nail salon products may contain many potentially harmful chemicals that can be a major cause of occupational asthma as well as other health and environmental concerns." But following complaints from the nail products industry about this and other wording in the guidebook, the national Washington, D.C." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction with the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages. DOSAGE Mode of Administration: Orally as a liquid extract. LITERATURE Martindale. The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 27th Ed. Pub. The Pharmaceutical Press (1977) UK." - Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D., PDR for Herbal Medicines (Get the book.)

"Instead, we use other liquids to provide taste without the health hazards. Surprisingly, plain water makes an excellent sauteing liquid. It prevents foods from sticking to the pan and still allows vegetables to brown and cook." - John A. McDougall, Dr. McDougall's Digestive Tune-Up (Get the book.)

"Millions of women around the world, without being aware of the potential health hazards of ultrasounds, are participating in the largest medical experiment of all times. Their babies are the guinea pigs in this experiment. They become vulnerable to external and internal harmful influences when their delicate electromagnetic fields are distorted, misaligned or damaged by highly concentrated doses of ultrasound; exposure to that is neither natural nor suitable for any human being." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Since then, medical hysteria has shifted from masturbation to other health hazards, such as smoking and obesity. Today, circumcision is considered as a "strategy for AIDS prevention."13 The significance of the idea of masturbatory insanity lies in the fact that sexual self-stimulation was the first in a long line of religious transgressions converted into medical diseases." - Thomas Szasz, The Medicalization of Everyday Life: Selected Essays (Get the book.)

"In response to concern about the health hazards of mercury amalgam fillings, the Swedish government has taken steps to ban their use. Q High mercury levels have been linked to candidiasis. (See candidiasis in Part Two.) Q The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a warning to consumers to inform them of the dangers of inhaling mercury vapors. Certain ethnic and religious customs involve using a product called azogue, which in reality is metallic mercury. This product is sold in herb shops, or botanicas. Azogue is sprinkled throughout the home for religious purposes." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"To avoid these health hazards, look for soaps and detergents labeled Fragrance Free. As an alternative, castile soap can be used as a general cleaner anywhere in the home, including in the laundry. Natural oils such as olive, walnut, food-grade linseed, and jojoba make excellent furniture polish and floor wax. (Mineral oil is the more conventional ingredient for wood treatment, but it is derived from petroleum and it off-gases toxins." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"They tracked down lists of known and suspected chemical health hazards from various government and academic sources — lists from the US FDA, EPA, National Toxicology Program, European Chemical Bureau and peer-reviewed academic journals — and merged them together into a common database. If you'd expect the cosmetics industry to have a central list of product ingredients, you might suppose the government would already have a central database of hazard information about chemicals." - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction with the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages. Due to the constituent pungent substances, the intake of larger dosages may well lead to irritations of the stomach and the urinary drainage passages. LITERATURE Connell WD, J Chem 23:369. 1970. Further information in: Hoppe HA (1975-1987) Drogenkunde, 8. Aufl., Bde 1-3, W. de Gruyter Verlag, Berlin, New York. Kern W, List PH, Hdrhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 4. Aufl., Bde." - Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D., PDR for Herbal Medicines (Get the book.)

"Chips are still full of salt and chemical additives, and have a nutritional profile on a par with diet sodas, which are completely devoid of nutrients and contain artificial sweeteners and other potential health hazards. PepsiCo earns its place next to General Mills for the chutzpah award in finding no cereal too sugary to call healthy. Among the kid-friendly breakfast cereals deemed worthy of basking in the healthy glow of the Smart Spot are Peanut Butter Crunch, Cap'n Crunch Swirled Berries, and Cap'n Crunch MagiColor Berries." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.)

"WORTH KNOWING No health hazards or side effects are known with proper use. On rare occasion, a contact allergy has been observed. Though rosemary is perfectly safe in amounts normally consumed in foods, in medicinal dosages it should not be used during pregnancy due to concerns that it might have uterine-and menstrual flow-stimulant effects. TO 03 in in tj r> m in > o o o o m 3 (Sage Sage is a great little herb, which has been valued for more than 2,000 years, both for its medicinal properties and for its ability to spice up foods." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"Potential Public health hazards of Biosynthetic Milk Hormones," Int. J. Health Serv. 20: 73-84, 1990. 3. S.S. Epstein. "Questions and Answers on Synthetic Bovine Growth Hormones,"//?/. J. Health Serv. 20: 573-581, 1990. 4. Food and Drug Administration. "Interim guidance on the voluntary labelling of milk and milk products from cows that have not been treated with recombinant bovine somatotropin," Federal Register 59(28):6279-6280, 1994. 5. S.S. Epstein. "A Needless New Risk of Breast Cancer (Commentary)," Los Angeles Times p. M5, March 20, 1994. 6. I.S. Matthews, G. Norstedt, and R.D." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.) "However, bGH is more likely to increase costs to the farmer; to destroy the small traditional family farmer; to seriously damage animal health and welfare; to contaminate milk, dairy products and meat and pose major potential public health hazards. ¦ We demand an immediate international ban on the manufacture of bGH. ¦ We demand an immediate international ban on the manufacture of bGH-related products, such as bGH Growth Hormone Releasing Factors, anti-Somatotropin antibody, and Insulin Growth Factors." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.)

"WORTH KNOWING Sage is completely safe, and no health hazards or side effects are known. However, sage may decrease breast milk supply and is considered by some experts to be a uterine stimulant—virtually all pregnancy experts advise that sage and sage preparations should not be taken during pregnancy. e Although a generation of baby boomers probably first heard the name of this herb through the immortal Simon and Garfunkel song, it's actually been around since the days of the ancient Greeks and Romans, who valued it as an aphrodisiac." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

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