In this Issue:

·         Introducing CAHN-Pro

·         Research News: Krill Oil Increases Blood Plasma levels of EPA and DHA in overweight people

Whole Foods Help Depression

·         Diabetes Statistics and H1N1 Statistics

In This Issue

Men: Do they really need testosterone therapy

Steps to Change: Understanding the levels clients often need to work through

Our response to the “Organic - No Health Benefits” study

With all the talk about Vitamin D, it is important to remember, that in foods like butter (from gradd-fed cows), egg yolks and cod liver oil, they are always together. Once a standard supplement in traditional European societies, cod liver oil provides fat-soluble vitamins A and D, Dr. Weston A. Price found present in the diet of primitives in amounts ten times higher than in modernized diets. Cod liver oil supplements are a must for women and their male partners, to be taken for several months before conception, and for women during pregnancy. Growing children will also benefit greatly from a small daily dose.

Cod liver oil is also rich in eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docasahexaenoic acid (DHA). The body makes these fatty acids from omega-3 linolenic acid. EPA is as an important link in the chain of fatty acids that ultimately results in prostaglandins, localized tissue hormones while DHA is very important for the proper function of the brain and nervous system.

Try this delicious soup using fermented soybeans, the healthy way to consume soy. Studies have may be beneficial for fermented soybeans for preventing cancer, inhibiting menepause symptoms and preventing blood clots.    

The taste of this soup will be a great combination between little bit salty from fermented soybeans, sour, sweet and also spicy from chile peppers. Adjust for your personal taste. Fermenting your own soybeans will not be salty so adjust the soup with sea salt and pepper, if needed.  

A recent study published in the UK caused a big kafuffle in the organic industry when it claimed there was no nutritional benefit to organic produce over conventional. The researchers looked at studies conducted over the last 40 years, and while the organic foods often did contain a higher amount of vitamins and minerals, they decide the difference was not “nutritionally” significant. In a single piece of produce, a 17 % difference in beta carotene, as one study found, may not be significant, just as they said. But what if that 17% were missing from everything you ate, day after day, year after year?  Would that make a difference? Probably, but that is the holistic nutrition perspective, not the conventional.

I put that concept out there because it needs to be said. Good health is easier to achieve if all the food consumed has the maximum amount of nutrients possible. However, the important aspect of the study to note, is that the studies they looked at examined vitamin and mineral content. Unfortunately, they did not look at the phyto-nutrient content, the new superstars in the health world, linked to prevention of many diseases prevalent today. As part of the plant’s defense system, phyto-nutrient content goes up in food when the plants are attacked by bugs or fungus.

Check out this interesting article about doctors and nurses and supplements. They are using them and recommending them but do not have the education to being doing so. Even amongst alternative practitioners there could be a debate about supplements; especially standardized extracts versus whole food and whole herb supplements. Most of us have been educated quite significantly on both topics or should be. The comment at the end of the artcile is the most interesting as it comes from either a nurse or a doctor and makes it quite clear the issues they encounter by doing this. 

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I would like to bring to your attention that there is a bill, HR2749  ,going through congress in the US that is greatly threatening our food choices. You can read more below including links to  several blogs on HR2749 .