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"The legendary Captain Cook, who made three historic voyages between 1758 and his death in 1769, was credited with using cabbage and fruits to prevent anyone from dying of scurvy on his ships. Still, the British navy didn't make lemon or lime juice a standard requirement on ships until 1795. (This story is frequently used as an example of the "principle" that the establishment takes about fifty years to catch up with the cutting edge." - 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.)

"They made their way into countries along the Mediterranean Sea by way of merchant ships. By the tenth century, watermelon found its way to China, which is now the world's number one producer of watermelons. The thirteenth century found watermelon spread through the rest of Europe via the Moors. Watermelons made their way to the United States via slave ships. Where Are Watermelons Grown? Watermelons are grown commercially in over ninety-six countries. The top watermelon-producing countries are China, Turkey, Iran, and the United States." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"By the time the ships reached port, most of the crews were already dead or dying. Some of the ships never even made it to port, running aground along the coast after the last of their crew became too sick to steer the ship. Looters preyed on the wrecks and got a lot more than they bargained for—and so did just about everyone they encountered as they carried the plague to land. In 1348 a Sicilian notary named Gabriele de'Mussi tells of how the disease spread from ships to the coastal populations and then inward across the continent: Alas!" - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.) "The most likely origin of the European outbreak is thought to be a fleet of Genoese trading ships that docked in Messina, Italy, in the fall of 1347. By the time the ships reached port, most of the crews were already dead or dying. Some of the ships never even made it to port, running aground along the coast after the last of their crew became too sick to steer the ship. Looters preyed on the wrecks and got a lot more than they bargained for—and so did just about everyone they encountered as they carried the plague to land." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"Historians believe that as early as the 15th century, the Chinese were cultivating fruit and vegetable gardens on board their large 'junk' ships during voyages of discovery that may have taken them as far afloat as Africa and North America. During this period, Admiral Zheng led a series of voyages, involving more than 300 ships and nearly 30,000 men. Largely because of their diet, these sailors did not suffer from the symptoms of scurvy that plagued the European crews on board the ships led by Ferdinand Magellan and Sir Francis Drake during their voyages of discovery." - 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.)

"A beautiful example of this principle is illustrated by the inability of the native peoples of North America to see the ships of the early Europeans that were anchored just off their shores. The concept of a massive wooden boat with huge masts and sails was so foreign to them that they had no point of reference for what they were seeing. In the same way that our vision is capable of detecting the individual frames of a movie, the natives' eyes could certainly make out the silhouette of the ships on the horizon." - Gregg Braden, The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief (Get the book.)

"Investigations of weather patterns and cargo data from the New Orleans harbor identified soy dust from ships carrying soybeans as the probable cause. No association was found between asthma-epidemic days and the presence of wheat or corn in ships in the harbor. The researchers concluded: "The results of this analysis provide further evidence that ambient soy dust is very asthmogenic and that asthma morbidity in a community can be influenced by exposures in the ambient atmosphere." Soy contains built-in insecticides called isoflavones (genistein and daidzein)." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Most of the coffee groups, including PPKGO, send their beans here for export. The ships at the port of Medan are no Makassar schooners. Rather, they are the huge container ships that pack as many as four hundred containers on deck, each coffee container carrying forty thousand pounds of green beans. The container ships steam out of the port on their thirty-day voyage to California. On their way, they pass dozens of jermal, offshore wooden fish traps and processing stations on stilts, largely served by debt-pledged or abducted children aged twelve to sixteen." - Dean Cycon, Javatrekker: Dispatches From the World of Fair Trade Coffee (Get the book.)

"Sturdier ships, railways, and later automobiles and planes gave us far greater freedom of movement and allowed industry to use resources from all over the globe. Medical discoveries relieved us from the scourge of many diseases, freed us from much physical pain, and helped us recover from physical injury. In these and other ways, the Industrial Revolution liberated us from many of the constraints of our bodies and from many of the limits imposed by our environment. Today, information technology is leading to an emancipation from work itself." - Peter Russell, Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace In Times of Accelerating Change (Get the book.) "As the European forests dwindled, the forests of North America were plundered. The ships that brought the early settlers over from Europe went back laden with timber for the new railways and factories. Today, less than 20 percent of the earth remains forested; yet our demand for wood is greater than it has ever been. The consequence, as we are all well aware, is the plundering of the largest remaining forests: the tropical rainforests of South America and Southeast Asia. I remember the first time I flew across the Brazilian forests at night." - Peter Russell, Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace In Times of Accelerating Change (Get the book.)

"Navy who painted ships with lead-based paint. The effectiveness and safety of the method prompted the FDA to approve of EDTA chelation for lead poisoning. Doctors soon began reporting improvement in the circulatory status of EDTA-treated patients with chronic lead poisoning who also had arterial plaque deposits. The reports spawned an interest in chelation therapy among many physicians to help patients with CVD. Today, more than a thousand doctors worldwide use chelation therapy for a variety of CVD-related conditions." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Watermelons made their way to the United States via slave ships. Where Are Watermelons Grown? Watermelons are grown commercially in over ninety-six countries. The top watermelon-producing countries are China, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the top producing states for watermelons are Texas, Florida, California, and Georgia. Why Should I Eat Watermelon? The lycopene content of watermelon is comparable to what is found in raw tomatoes." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "United States by English merchant ships. The white and black walnuts are native to North America, mainly in the Appalachian and the Central Mississippi Valley area. Where Are Walnuts Grown? The main producers of walnuts are China, the United States, Turkey, Romania, Iran, and France. Ninety-nine percent of English walnuts are grown in California. Why Should I Eat Walnuts? Walnuts have the highest level of omega-3 fats compared to any other nut. A one-ounce serving contains 2.6 grams of omega-3 fatty acid, providing two hundred percent of the recommended daily value." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "The Roman Empire even had an "asparagus fleet" of special ships charged with the task of gathering the finest asparagus plants in the world. In the sixteenth century, asparagus gained popularity throughout France and England and, from there, the early colonists brought it to America. Where Is Asparagus Grown? Wild asparagus grows in such diverse places as England, central Wisconsin, Russia, and Poland. In 2004, the top four cultivated asparagus producers were China, Peru, the United States, and Mexico. Why Should I Eat Asparagus?" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"They take off on fishing ships in the middle of the night." Although extinction concerns have classified the fruit as vulnerable on the World Conservation Union's Red List, management efforts have been successful so far. The entire neighboring island of Curieuse, where the palm also grows, has been cordoned off as a nature reserve. The government maintains a database listing every coco-de-mer tree in the Seychelles, and it is the owners' responsibility to submit—under penalty of law—quarterly statements about each fruit's level of maturity After the fruits fall, their ivory is extracted." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) "The first ever official fruit hunt was organized by the Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut, who sent ships to the land of Punt in East Africa to retrieve seeds and plants in the fifteenth century b.c. Whenever galleons blew into shore, local tribes offered fruits as welcoming presents. Columbus was served custard apples upon landing in the Americas. Natives presented Cortez with unnamed oddities. Captain Cook was given breadfruit "the size and shape of a child's head . . . reticulated not much unlike a truffle." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Attacks have continued every year on gene factories producing GMOs, on researchers advocating their use, on genetically manipulated crops, and on ships and trucks transporting GMO seed. Even an Iowa cornfield was painted with the banner, "Warning: Biotech Hazard." One Cargill plant in India was torn down. Cargo ships were blockaded from delivering GMO corn to Mexico. African countries even refused genetically manipulated crops as foreign aid. The promised market euphoria for GMO food never materialized for U.S. farmers. Instead of gaining world markets as the genetic promoters promised, U.S." - Will Allen, The War on Bugs (Get the book.)

"The American ships were seen as easy prey for the locals, as they were lightly armed, unlike the Dutch, British, Spanish, and Portuguese, who sought territory, slaves, and spices in convoys of heavy merchant warships. War, peace, and coffee remain front and center in Sumatra. While Umesh poured the dark roast in Ipswich, I sat in the Vermont office of Senator Patrick Leahy drinking some lesser brew." - Dean Cycon, Javatrekker: Dispatches From the World of Fair Trade Coffee (Get the book.)

"The rest washed in with the ocean current, a situation compounded in recent years by the minute life forms arriving in the bilge water of ships. Hawaii today is full of immigrant fruits growing buck wild. Love's mission is to catalog, promote and sell them. Most Hawaiians don't even realize what's growing in their backyards, he says. They'd rather eat sub-par fruits that pass through the industrial food chain than the fresh fruits growing all around them." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"So also in this rime in like manner as did that blessed man, many people managed in a few days to build ships for themselves consisting of almsgiving, that these might transport them across that flood of flame.48 Whatever his perspective, John's eye for the telling detail is very real, indeed: Once the plague arrived in Constantinople, "nobody," he wrote, "would go out of doors without a tag upon which his name was written and which hung on his neck or his arm,"4? a means of identification in case he died suddenly." - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.)

"During this period, Admiral Zheng led a series of voyages, involving more than 300 ships and nearly 30,000 men. Largely because of their diet, these sailors did not suffer from the symptoms of scurvy that plagued the European crews on board the ships led by Ferdinand Magellan and Sir Francis Drake during their voyages of discovery." - 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.)

"Now, multiply this voyage by a hundred, five hundred ships. By a thousand ports. Ten thousand oxcarts. The demon was loose. PART III BACTERIUM m CHAPTER SEVEN "Daughter of Chance and Number" It is not surprising that microbes now find us so attractive. Because the carbon-hydrogen compounds of all organisms are already in an ordered state, the human body is a desirable food source for these tiny life forms. Bacteria see us as a source of autopoietic maintenance in their ancient struggle against thermodynamic equilibrium." - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.)

"No association was found between asthma-epidemic days and the presence of wheat or corn in ships in the harbor. The researchers concluded: "The results of this analysis provide further evidence that ambient soy dust is very asthmogenic and that asthma morbidity in a community can be influenced by exposures in the ambient atmosphere." Soy contains built-in insecticides called isoflavones (genistein and daidzein)." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"The largest oceangoing merchant ships loaded at its wharf until clearing of the uplands started a cycle of erosion that began filling in the bay. By 1768, the county seat was moved to Baltimore where the harbor was unaffected by sedimentation. In the 1940s the remnants of the old wharf stood behind a hundred feet of tree-covered land that extended out past where tall ships once anchored. The head of Chesapeake Bay shoaled by at least two and a half feet between 1846 and 1938 with deposition of dirt from the surrounding farmlands." - David R. Montgomery, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"Seven Chiquita banana ships were stopped in 1997 containing more than a ton of cocaine. Another fruit industry professional in Montreal told me that almost all the city's drugs arrive sewn up in fruits. Even though fruits are tracked and documented at every transfer point, it remains impossible to search more than a small fraction of the cargo. "You think they're going to open every box of mangoes at every border?" he said. "Anyways, everybody's getting greased. Customs guys get thirty thousand dollars in brown envelopes to let a truck through. That's how much they make a year." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Still, the British navy didn't make lemon or lime juice a standard requirement on ships until 1795. (This story is frequently used as an example of the "principle" that the establishment takes about fifty years to catch up with the cutting edge.) From asthma to high blood pressure, from cancer to rheumatoid arthritis, vitamin C is one of those nutrients that is needed everywhere, and at any given time (and especially on a desert island). This powerhouse vitamin is required for at least 300 metabolic functions in the body." - 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.)

"By 1795, limes were standard supplements on British ships and scurvy was no longer a problem. British seamen are called "limeys" to this day because of this custom. Captain James Cook sailed to the Hawaiian Islands using sauerkraut for his vitamin C and lost no men to scurvy. DISCOVERY OF ASCORBIC ACID Until the early twentieth century, the factor in these foods that prevented scurvy was an unknown antiscorbutic (prevents scurvy) factor. In 1912, Casimir Funk introduced his theory that scurvy is due to the absence of an "anti-scurvy vitamine." This factor was named vitamin C in the 1920s." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"Clipper ships were slim, sleek vessels with several masts and vast expanses of billowing sails that gathered every gust of wind. This new class of sailing ship reduced the travel time along the tea-trade route from months to weeks; some clippers made the trip from Hong Kong to London in as short a time as ninety-five days. Famous clipper ship races were held, with various trading companies vying to be the first to bring a new harvest of tea to the marketplace. The great era of stately clipper ships was shortlived." - Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews, The Green Tea Book (Get the book.)

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