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"The FDA claims irradiation of food is safe and has already authorized the irradiation of fruits, vegetables, pork, chicken, herbs, spices, teas, and seeds. Spices are the most widely irradiated food in the United States. You can avoid irradiation by buying 100% organic spices and foods. NOTE: Avoid the microwave as well. This type of irradiation affects the chemistry of foods by activating the water molecules inside. If cooking does some damage to enzymes and foods, then microwaving is the equivalent to a nuclear blast, leaving everything once living lifeless and wilted. i I." - Kevin Gianni and Annmarie Colameo, The Busy Person's Fitness Solution (Get the book.)

"Mitotic activity also remained low in niacinamide-treated animals after irradiation, but returned to pre-irradiation levels in non-treated mice. Kjellen suggested, therefore, that niacinamide might have a role in the treatment of malignant tumors. Other authors also have suggested that niacinamide increases the toxicity of irradiation against tumors in mice. M.R. Horsman and colleagues1?-^ and D.J. Chaplin and coworkers20 found that nicotinamide was the best drug for increasing sensitivity to radioactivity as compared to a series of analogues." - Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD, Feel Better, Live Longer with Vitamin B-3 (Get the book.)

"There is a special symbol on some food packaging, the radura, to indicate irradiation. This looks a bit like a flower with two leaves surrounded by a circle. No labeling is required on processed foods or spices, so we cannot always know if something is irradiated. To see what the radura looks like, go to www.fsis.usda. gov/news & events/fsisimages/index.asp. Recently irradiated foods have been permitted in school lunches. Severen Schaeffer predicted that as irradiation of fresh produce becomes widespread, city dwellers will have access to no fresh food, and new forms of pathology will appear." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "In spite of all this, the FDA approved the use of irradiation in our food supply! There is a special symbol on some food packaging, the radura, to indicate irradiation. This looks a bit like a flower with two leaves surrounded by a circle. No labeling is required on processed foods or spices, so we cannot always know if something is irradiated. To see what the radura looks like, go to www.fsis.usda. gov/news & events/fsisimages/index.asp. Recently irradiated foods have been permitted in school lunches." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"There must be a gentler way to treat breast cancer, gentler even than simple mastectomy followed by irradiation. Furthermore, given the survival differential favoring node-negative, and therefore putatively early, disease, can't we find these tumors earlier, before they are palpable lumps? Both points remain well taken, to say the least. The first led to the demonstration that breast-conserving therapy served as well as simple mastectomy. In fact, in the U.S. trial, lumpectomy was as effective as mastectomy whether or not it was followed by irradiation." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"In 1992, the FDA approved irradiation of poultry; and in 1997, it approved irradiation of red meats. There are many foods now that are being delivered to our supermarkets that have gone through this process. The food irradiation industry and the FDA claim that the food itself is not radioactive or contaminated. However, somewhat contradictorily, the FDA has also reported that irradiated food can increase the risks for developing tumors in laboratory animals; this report was made public in 1968." - KC Craichy, Super Health 7 Golden Keys to Unlock Lifelong Vitality (Get the book.)

"About 30 percent of these women will have a return of their menses sometime within the first year. irradiation of the pelvic or abdominal area can also induce menopause. Tamoxifen, another cancer drug used mostly for women who have breast cancer, can either induce menopause in premenopausal women or increase menopause symptoms in postmenopausal women. Several drugs can induce menopause that is reversible once the drugs are discontinued. These include Lupron and Synarel, which are usually given to suppress menses in the case of endometriosis and to shrink fibroids before surgery." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"RISKS OF FOOD IRRADIATION What about food irradiation as an alternative to chemical preservatives? Let's take a look. Food irradiation is done with gamma rays from cobalt, which are capable of causing genetic change and mutation just like radioactive elements. Some scientists say that irradiation can cause chemical changes in food that could destroy nutrients and create carcinogens. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tried to get irradiated foods approved and sold throughout the United States in 1989." - Dr Bernard Jenson and Mark Anderson, Empty Harvest (Get the book.)

"This study concluded that "SeMet is effective in protecting against skin cancer induced by UV irradiation, both by retarding the onset and reducing the number of lesions." They were also "effective in reducing the acute damage induced by UV irradiation-inflammation (sunburn), blistering, and pigmentation (tanning)." Selenium is a good antioxidant. It is synergistic with vitamin E, the body's best known fat-soluble antioxidant. The daily recommended dose is 200 meg. We have given 600 meg and more to certain patients for many years and have seen no toxic side effects." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"Formaldehyde, cancer-causing benzene, and mold toxins form because of irradiation. irradiation is being done to most of our food supply. This is why you must be eating 100 percent organic food. The multinational corporations are not interested in your health, but are only interested in their profits, and from my inside information I personally know that the food industry is purposely making us sick so that it can profit from the sale of drugs. To buy this book go to www.naturalcures.com, or you can simply call 1-800-787-8780, or go to www.drrapp.com." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"The facilities where irradiation takes place also pose health and environmental problems to workers and the general population. Supporters of food irradiation hope to put one thousand irradiation facilities into operation in the United States by 1995, an average of twenty in each state. Besides potential problems with transportation of radioactive materials, there have already been several radiation leaks and contaminations in existing plants, as well as numerous safety violations. And, like other harmful food practices, irradiation may not even be effective." - Debra Lynn Dadd, Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise (Get the book.)

"It is whole-body irradiation, not a surgical laser. Moreover, the genesis of a speculative bubble, such as the one we are in now, is a long, slow process, involving gradual changes in people's thinking. Small changes in interest rates will not have any predictable effect on such thinking; big changes might, but only because they have the potential to exert a devastating impact on the economy as a whole." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"Food irradiation is now being used in food production. It's a "clever" way to use nuclear wastes—to keep food fresh longer and decrease incidence of food poisoning. irradiation kills all bacteria, like Salmonella, and leaves no radiation in the food itself. But many researchers are opposed to irradiation. For instance, milk loses 70 percent of vitamin A, thiamin and riboflavin. Moreover, irradiated foods have molecules that are found nowhere in nature." - Elizabeth Lipski, Digestive Wellness: How to Strengthen the Immune System and Prevent Disease Through Healthy Digestion (Get the book.)

"He claims that research done to date, used as a basis for allowing the irradiation process, was poorly documented. In these experiments, laboratory animals died for no apparent reason. If cats living on a diet of cooked food deteriorate drastically and become sexually deviant and sterile after three generations (according to Dr. E M. Pottenger in his book Pottenger's Cats), how will irradiated foods affect us after a couple of generations? The effects on one generation have not yet been studied satisfactorily. Dr. Louria also states that no irradiation plant is environmentally safe. Dr." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"Detractors also point out that irradiation may be employed to camouflage spoiled foods, and although the irradiation process may kill Salmonella, it doesn't always destroy spore-forming bacteria, such as those that cause botulism. Consumer opposition has effectively blocked food irradiation in the United States and Great Britain. Although irradiation is approved for use on pork, poultry, and other foods, it is only in use on spices. WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW Although the list of potentially dangerous compounds in food is enormous, the actual risk for many of these is quite small." - Arthur C. Upton, M.D., Staying Healthy in a Risky Environment: The New York University Medical Center Family Guide (Get the book.)

"It is only in the last couple of years that we have become aware of irradiation as more research has appeared in print, and the results of that research are quite alarming. According to Dr. Donald Louria, chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, nuclear waste used in this process takes many years to break down. He claims that research done to date, used as a basis for allowing the irradiation process, was poorly documented. In these experiments, laboratory animals died for no apparent reason." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"JNKs/SAPKs and p38 kinases are activated by various forms of stress, including ultraviolet (UV) irradiation (Kallunki et al, 1994). In contrast, ERKs are strongly activated and play a critical role in transmitting signals initiated by tumor promoters such as TPA and growth factors, including EGF and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) (Cowley et al, 1994; Minden et al, 1994). However, the activation of these pathways is not mutually exclusive." - Erich Grotewold, The Science of Flavonoids (Get the book.)

"Although they haven't been allowed into the United States in the past, he says that Hawaii has invested in irradiation facilities that are now allowing ultraexotics to be exported to the mainland. He shows me some durian blossoms, which are hermaphroditic (meaning the flowers contain male and female parts together). They require hand pollination. A fine mist filters down through the rambutan trees. "Cicada droppings," he says. I tell him that I'm curious about people traveling for fruits. He, like Love, is familiar with a number of fruit hunters." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) "Banana republics. irradiation and fumigation facilities. Cold-storage rooms where fruits rust for months on end. Billionaire fruit barons importing illicit substances on eighteen-wheelers from Colombia. Indentured laborers dying in tropical fields. But things are changing. There are alternatives to monoculture, whether it's velvety peaches that gush nectar or heirloom pears dating back to the Renaissance. Growing these blasts of taste-bud bliss requires obstinacy, perseverance, and above all, passion." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) "It appears to be safe for human consumption, but opponents claim it is irradiation just dressed up: the chamber still pelts fruits with electrons traveling at the speed of light. Nonetheless, the process has rapidly been adopted all over the world. Brazil, touting itself as "the fruit basket of the world," has built dozens of facilities. Electronic pasteurization prolongs shelf life and destroys microorganisms and small insects, while supposedly only slightly altering the fruits' basic nutritional integrity." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) "Growing certain fruits is often the only way to taste them: even if they were to somehow be grown on a large enough scale to merit phytosanitary research and access to irradiation facilities, many are simply too fragile to survive the indignities of shipping. The Chinese emperor Hsiian Tsung used to employ a special horse-riding courier to provide lychees for his Precious Consort Lady Yang. This fruit cowboy would race across the entire length of China, from Lingnan to a palace near Ch'Ang-An, bearing his royal consignment." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"As figure 2 illustrated, the solar irradiation "drives" this thermodynamic system, enabling it to access, store, and utilize ever more of the incoming energy. As a result the web of life on Earth has distinct systemic properties. All elements are related to all others, and changes in one propagate at some level throughout the whole system. The biosphere as a whole is a natural system, but without further specification it is still too vast to permit the derivation of practical codes of moral behavior. We can, however, make further distinctions as regard sub-biospheric systems." - Ervin Laszlo, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World (Get the book.)

"For example, heat shock and UV irradiation partially activate the ERKs cascade and EGF partially activates the JNKs pathway (Davis, 1994; Minden et al, 1994). Evidence strongly indicates that the activation of MAPKs by tumor-promoting agents plays a functional role in tumor promoter-induced malignant transformation (Dong et al, 1997a, 1997b; Huang et al, 1997, 1998). MAPK are activated by translocation (Bonni et al, 1999; Kharbanda et al, 2000) to the nucleus, where they influence target transcription factors." - Erich Grotewold, The Science of Flavonoids (Get the book.)

"In one-third of cases, causes of premature menopause include metabolic and systemic disease, chromosome abnormalities, immunologic disorders, infections, lack of blood supply to the ovaries, cigarette smoking, ovariectomy or bilateral oophorectomy (both ovaries removed), pelvic irradiation, and chemotherapy. Some women may experience a temporary menopause in which normal ovarian function is interrupted temporarily and the menses stops (for 12 months or more). Some medications that are used to treat conditions such as endometriosis or certain cancers may cause this." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"We would, therefore, suggest that the three best known natural antioxidants - ascorbic acid, vitamin E, and selenium -be used to protect people against the toxic effect of excessive ultraviolet irradiation. Selenium is also a preventive nutrient. Selenium given to hairless pigmented mice protected them against damage from ultraviolet irradiation. Both a lotion containing 0.02% L-selenomethionine and oral administration of water containing 1.2 p.p.m. were protective. These dosages did not cause any toxic reactions." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"Journal Nutrition 134:3182-3S, 2004] However, laboratory experiments also show that growth-inhibiting doses of vitamin E (alpha tocopherol succinate), vitamin C and vitamin A administered before and after irradiation enhance the effect of x-ray radiation on cancer cells and protect normal cells against some radiation damage. Vitamin A and beta-carotene at high doses, administered daily before x-ray-irradiation produces more than a 90% cure rate in mice with implanted breast cancer cells, whereas treatment with radiation alone or antioxidants alone are ineffective." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"Possible "accelerated striatal aging" induced by 56Fe heavy-particle irradiation: implications for manned space flights. Radiat. Res. 130, 88-93. 161. Rabin, B. M., Joseph, J. A., and Erat, S. (1998). Effects of exposure to different types of radiation on behaviors mediated by peripheral or central systems. Adv. Space Res. 22, 217-225. 162. Bickford, P. C, Shukitt-Hale, B., and Joseph, J. A. (1999). Effects of aging on cerebellar noradrenergic function and motor learning: nutritional interventions. Mech. Ageing Dev. Ill, 141-154. 163. Hauss-Wegrzyniak, B., Dobrzanski, P., Stoehr, J. D." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Treatment with antioxidant and other nutrients in combination with chemotherapy and irradiation in patients with small-cell lung cancer. Anticancer Res. 12, 599-606. Fleischauer, A. T., Simonsen, N., and Arab, L. (2003). Antioxidant supplements and risk of breast cancer recurrence and breast cancer-related mortality among postmenopausal women. Nutr. Cancer 46, 15-22. Lesperance, M. L., Olivotto, I. A., Forde, N., Zhao, Y., Speers, C, Foster, H., Tsao, M., MacPherson, N., and Hoffer, A. (2002)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"The irradiation process also creates the known toxins benzene and formaldehyde in the food, as well as unknown chemicals that are potentially toxic. According to research, animals consuming irradiated foods have suffered early death, stillbirth, genetic damage, cancer, stunted growth, organ malfunctions and vitamin deficiency. Germany experimented with irradiated food and has decided to ban the process. Dr. Gabriel Cousens cites a study in India in which researchers fed irradiated wheat to children." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

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