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"GE that has the potential to be the single greatest long-term health risk entailed by this technology." — David Schubert, molecular biologist and protein chemist, Salk Institute for Biological Studies 1. Plants produce thousands of chemicals which, if ingested, may fight disease, influence behavior or be toxic. 2. The genome changes described in this section can alter the composition and concentration of these chemicals. 3. GM soybeans, for example, produce less cancer-fighting isoflavones. 4. Most GM-induced changes in these natural products go undetected." - Jeffrey M. Smith, Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods (Get the book.) "The public relations firm Burson Marsteller told EuropaBio, "Public issues of environmental and human health risk are communications killing fields for bioindustries in Europe."22 They told them to avoid all public debates. In lieu of a rational discussions we get spin. When a linguist analyzed the rhetoric offered in defense of GM crops, he discovered that GM proponents use unscientific, emotional, and irrational arguments to attack critics as unscientific, emotional, and irrational." - Jeffrey M. Smith, Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods (Get the book.)

"Despite such evidence, manufacturers of the chemical maintain that PFOA does not pose a health risk to humans, citing a lack of sufficient evidence. Consider now the strawberries and cantaloupe Becky prepares for breakfast. Prior to arriving on her daughter's plate they have been sprayed repeatedly with insecticides to help protect their skins from pests both in the field and during transit to Becky's local grocery store, where she bought them wholly unblemished." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"A limited number of health risk behaviors, such as cigarette smoking, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and underuse of prevention practices, are linked to chronic diseases. But as thp evidence mounts on the contribution of toxins to the progression and sustainability of chronic disease, there is a call to action. I continue to be amazed by how effective a detoxification program can be for a person—even someone who didn't think he or she was "toxic" and who doesn't have any specific health concern." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and obesity-related health risk factors, 2001. JAMA 289, 76-169. 6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2005). National diabetes fact sheet, 2005. Retrieved March 27, 2007, from http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/factsheet05.htm. 7. U.K. Prospective Diabetes Study Group. (1998). Intensive blood glucose control with sulfonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33). Lancet 352, 837-853. 8. Turner, R. C, Cull, C. A., Frighi, V., and Holman, R. R. for the U.K." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Thus, the holiday period may be a critical period for overall health risk for all weight categories. Possible factors promoting weight gain and alterations in fat patterning during holiday periods include increased availability of palatable food, excessive portion sizes, increased variety, increased eating frequency and duration, social facilitation, and increased stress. The overall disruption in normal routine and heightened focus on enjoyment and relaxation may also increase sedentary behaviors." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "CURRENT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WEIGHT LOSS AND PREVENTION OF WEIGHT REGAIN Acknowledging that BMI may misclassify the health risk of very active and/or lean individuals, a 2001 ACSM Position Stand recommended that overweight (BMI = 25-29.9 kg/m2) and obese (BMI > 30kg/m2) individuals reduce their body weight by a minimum of 5-10% by decreasing energy intake by 500-1000 kcal/day, reducing dietary fat to less than 30% of total energy intake, and progressively increasing moderate intensity exercise to 200-300 minutes (3.3-5 hours) per week [13]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Heat Illness Dehydration also poses a serious health risk in that it increases the risk of cramps, heat exhaustion, and life-threatening heat stroke. Early symptoms of heat injury are excessive sweating, headache, nausea, dizziness, a reduced consciousness, and mental function. When the core temperature rises to over 40°C, heat stroke may develop, characterized by hot dry skin, confusion, and loss of consciousness. There are several anecdotal reports of athletes and army recruits who died because of heat stroke." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Environmental Protection Agency attempts to monitor pesticide exposure levels for human health risk, it subscribes to the guideline that "the dose makes the poison"; as long as the exposure is low enough, it does not cause serious harm. But is that the case? According to a National Academy of Science report, 70 pesticides known to cause cancer in animals are allowed in commercial foods.11 Pesticide chemicals can accumulate to toxic levels in body fat. Many of them are linked to the disruption of nervous, endocrine, and reproductive systems." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Unless you are allergic to sulphur dioxide, this ubiquitous preservative usually doesn't pose a health risk. Unsulphured (brown) versions can be found at your local health food store. A Serving of Food Lore... Cultivation of apricots dates back more than three thousand years. The botanical name for apricots suggests that the fruit originated in Armenia, ApriCOtS (Prunus armeniaca L.) apricot or not? yet it appears that its true origins actually lie somewhere between northeastern China and Russia, close to the Great Wall." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Aside from any health risk associated with artificial sweeteners there's also the issue of the overall sweetness quotient in the foods you eat. Artificial sweeteners are 200 to 600 times sweeter than sugar. When you regularly consume It's not just about the calories when it comes to excess sugar in the diet. One recent alarming study showed that the effect of a diet filled with sugary foods can make you up to 70 percent more vulnerable to pancreatic cancer." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Today exposure to lead—whether it be in drinking water, in paint, in contaminated dust, or in soil—poses a significant health risk to the neurological development of young children and adults, although adults are more resistant to the effects of poisoning. Lead, a heavy metal, is most toxic to children under six years old, because it is easily absorbed into developing bodies, where it interferes with the growth of the brain and other organs and systems." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"Residents learned that night that traces of the chemical remained in nearby sewers and that the sewer system ran through a heavily populated part of the East Ferry area, where, local advocates worried, PCB levels might still pose some health risk. Together, this string of waste sites formed a kind of toxic Orion's belt that stretched across the East Ferry and Delavan-Grider neighborhoods—only this Orion's belt remained dangerously invisible to the naked eye." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"There is no odor and in most instances no health risk involved in the colonic procedure when performed properly by a trained, certified colon TIP Some companies offer certain types of herbal products formulated especially for children. Do not use adult formulas on children or teens without first consulting with the company on proper dosage and with your child's pediatrician. Children under four should not use herbal detoxification products. Once again, consult their pediatrician about utilizing diet changes, probiotics, oils, enzymes, and fiber. therapis t." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"While studies linking artificial sweeteners to cancer such as bladder, leukemia, and lymphomas or migraines or other adverse health effects have never been conclusive and although the FDA tells us that artificial sweeteners are generally considered safe (other countries ban them because of their demonstrated health risk in animal studies), my own feeling is that there is enough evidence associating the use of artificially sweetened foods to weight gain and enough unanswered questions about the effects of these chemical substances on our long-term health that they're best avoided." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "Too much fat around the waist is bigger than your hips you need to lose : a greater health risk than excess fat on "waist." roughly half of your height in inches. Women can add up to 2 inches to the result; men, up to 3 inches. So if you're a woman who's 5-foot-6, or 66 inches tall, half of that is 33 inches, plus 2 inches equals 35 inches so you could have a waist measurement of roughly 35 inches or lower. A 6-foot man is 72 inches. Therefore, he could have a healthy waist measurement of roughly 36 plus 3 inches or 39 inches or less. WHR." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "Too much fat around the waist presents an even greater health risk than excess fat in the hips and thighs. So if your waist is bigger than your hips, that's a clear indication that you need to lose. Ideally women should have a waist measurement below 35 inches and men below 40 inches. Here's how to check: Measure your waist circumference by drawing a plastic or cloth measuring tape snugly around your waist—at the narrowest part between your belly button and the bone on the midline of your chest that connects your ribs. Use a mirror to make sure you pull the measuring tape straight around." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"If I think the patient is taking a health risk with a therapeutic choice, I try hard to convince him or her not to try that treatment. If the risk is only to the pocketbook, I say to give it a try but to keep my rules in mind. Is the treatment risky? The alternative practitioner is not the person to ask. You don't need your doctor's endorsement of the alternative treatment you are going to try, either—just his or her help in assessing the risk of that treatment. Then follow the Natel-son Six-Week Rule. If you are confident that this treatment makes you feel better, continue." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"The harm to the public was palpable, consistent with the Court's findings: [T]he public health risk from neural tube defects is undeniably substantial. [Neural tube defects (NTDs)] occur in approximately 1 of every 1,000 live births in the United States . . . Approximately 2,500 babies are born every year with an NTD. Of the children born with NTDs, most do not survive into adulthood, and those who do experience severe handicaps. The lifetime health costs as- sociated with spina bifida, the most common NTD, exceed $500,000, and the yearly costs in Social Security payments exceed $82 million." - Jonathan W. Emord, The Rise of Tyranny (Get the book.)

"I just think it's been way oversold as a health risk and that the emphasis on that sii number has caused us to take our eye off the ball when it comes to a dozen far more significant risks for heart disease. Fully half the people who have heart attacks have normal cholesterol, and half the people who have elevated cholesterol have perfectly healthy hearts. There's more. While total cholesterol used to be neatly divided into "good" cholesterol (HDL) and "bad" cholesterol (LDL), the truth turns out to be a far more complicated affair." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Stress also leads to more "health risk behaviors"—poor diet, alcohol abuse, and so on, which can in turn lead to poorer health outcomes. Could the researchers prove that the number of people with autoimmune disease in the East Ferry area of Buffalo was statistically significant enough to be a cluster? Or was it merely a statistical aberration resulting from the difficult life circumstances of people in the area? These are the questions that the University at Buffalo team would ask in trying to judge whether East Ferry qualified as a cluster site." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Fischell denied that the stent posed a health risk. "I don't know what they are doing," he said of the FDA "They must have some other type of agenda." He claimed the investigation was unfair, even bizarre: "The only tiling that is strange about this is how amazing this thing is." Stenting, approved for elective surgery only since 1994, has had an "explosive" growth rate. By the new millennium it was performed more than one million times annually (twice as often on men, compared with women), making it the third most common surgery in the United States today. Does it work?" - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"Because both titanium dioxide and zinc oxide have been traditionally regarded as safe materials without any impact on human health, manufacturers are blithely assuming that nanoparticle versions will not pose a health risk either. A common assurance given by sunscreen and sunblock manufacturers is that nanoparticles of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide remain on the surface of the skin, never penetrating into your skin cells or into your bloodstream (and through it, the rest of your body)." - 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.)

"Excess inflammation in the body is a serious health risk that demands immediate attention. Therefore, in our detailed discussion of food and diabetes in chapters 5 and 6, you will learn how to avoid dietary glycotoxins and the best ways to prepare foods to prevent their formation. Yet another way to deal with glycotoxins is through the use of pharmaceuticals." - 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.)

"Based on current knowledge, it seems unlikely that Lactobacilli or Bifidobacterium pose any health risk to humans when consumed in appropriate dosages. On the other hand, some families of bacteria, such as Enterococcus, contain some species that are probiotics and others that cause disease (one is even a superbug). Thankfully, the species found in food products and supplements use researched species with well-documented safety records. the trials, as these are known to work. Scientific studies tell us that the specific strain, at a specific dosage, in a specific population of people works." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"It is important to keep in mind that cholesterol is not a health risk in and of itself. In fact, cholesterol is vital to many of the body's essential functions. For example, cholesterol is the most common organic molecule in the brain (this could explain why statins have a small but statistically significant negative effect on cognitive function). It is also an essential building block of many of the body's most important hormones, such as stress hormones, blood sugar-regulating hormones, and sex hormones." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "An article published in JAMA in 1999, for example, shows how much more of a health risk poor fitness is than elevated cholesterol levels. The study collected data on 25,000 executive and professional men at the time they underwent "executive physical exams." Ten years later, the findings of the exams were correlated with the deaths that occurred from cardiovascular disease (heart attack, stroke, and blood clots) and from all causes to determine which factors contributed the most." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "It turns out that being among the 20 percent least physically fit (as determined by the results of a treadmill test) is a far greater health risk than is an elevated total cholesterol level (above 240 mg/dL). For the normal-weight men, low fitness accounted for three times as many deaths from cardiovascular disease as did elevated cholesterol. For the overweight and obese men, low fitness accounted for one and a half times as many cardiovascular deaths as did elevated cholesterol." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"They believe that it is not possible to consume enough aspartame for it to pose a toxic health risk, even at "abuse" levels by consumers. Their science is mostly based on studying the potential toxic effects of aspartame in isolated systems and by failing to find health problems beyond the normal with its intake in large groups. Our response: What is the health risk to specific individuals? What happens when aspartame is consumed by an individual whose detoxification systems may already be overburdened from common pollution? How would a person know if they are having a problem?" - Byron J. Richards, CCN, Mastering Leptin: The Leptin Diet, Solving Obesity and Preventing Disease, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"Natural, sugar-free sweeteners such as liquorice root and stevia leaf are therefore preferred, but even they are claimed to present a health risk, especially when used indiscriminately. The most sensible way to satisfy a sweet tooth is to eat dry fruits (raisins, dried figs, dates, apples, apricots, peaches, pears, prunes and others). These are very healthy snack foods because they contain easily digestible sugars and a high density of vitamins, minerals and fibre per unit weight. Edible gums, mainly from Acacia species, are water-soluble polysaccharides that yield simple sugars when digested." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.)

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