Increased Consumption of Processed Meat is Associated With an Increased Risk of Stomach Cancer

A study conducted by the Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, The National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 98, No. 15, 1078-1087, August 2, 2006 shows that people eating more processed meats such as bacon, sausage, hot dogs, and lunch meats face a higher risk for stomach cancer. You can read the report online here.

I'll have the new Tofurkey Chipotle dogs, thank you very much. 
Bradley Saul Interview 
Jennifer Duffy of the Arizona Daily Star met with raw foods vegan athlete Bradley Saul to discuss how his diet helps him cope with the incredible physical demands of the Tour d'Organics. The raw facts are here. In this opinion piece Ms. Duffy points out that munching on "a few heads of lettuce for lunch and avoiding all cooked and processed foods sounds a little extreme, but the principles of his vegan raw food diet are based on eating whole, organic foods that provide the vitamins, minerals and fiber that we all strive for in our diets." It must be remarkably difficult for a raw foods vegan to find a place to eat out, except maybe a salad bar, but imagine how much easier things are in the grocery store! Raw foods vegans aren't having to check all the labels on those processed foods the rest of us look at. Imagine for a moment being vegan AND never having to worry about ingredients lists! Maybe they're onto something...
Veganism: The Ethical Diet
Great English newspaper The Independent ran a story titled "An Ethical Diet: The Joy Of Being Vegan." The story made us feel proud; it should make you feel proud too.
Read more here...
Watch Online Lecture: Meat and Dairy Promote Cancer

Vegsource has made a 51 minute lecture available for viewing online. In it, "celebrated Cornell professor [Dr.] T. Colin Campbell discusses his decades of [National Institutes of Health]-funded research which show that meat and dairy promote cancer growth and a plant-based (vegan) diet can prevent and even reverse cancer. Covers the Oxford-Cornell-China Study which the New York Times called 'the Grand Prix of epidemiological studies.'" To watch Dr. Campbell's lecture just click here.
Poor Excuse: Cardiologists Not Offering Life-Saving Advice Because They Assume Patients Won't Comply

We happen to believe that doctors are paid to tell us the news, good or bad, that we need to hear - whether we want to hear it or not. Unfortunately a study by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine found otherwise. "A new survey of cardiologists found that although many knew about the potential life-saving effects of low-fat vegetarian diets for their heart patients, most did not recommend them on the belief that their patients would not comply. However, studies have shown that most patients on such diets rate them very positively and experience benefits beyond those of more modest diets. Among the respondents, 82 percent said they routinely ordered dietary changes for their patients and 91 percent cited being "somewhat familiar" or "very familiar" with research supporting the use of very low-fat cardiac diets. However, 63 percent of the cardiologists said they never order or recommend this diet and 23 percent said they only sometimes order or recommend it to their patients." Read more here...
New Cookbook Released
Wow, a vegan restaurant chain. Open a location here folks! Real Food Daily are based in California and have just released a cookbook. Their press release starts "With no known cure for cancer, an epidemic of childhood-onset diabetes and viruses like Bird Flu spreading, a vegetarian/vegan diet may prove to be a healthy option for millions of people. Recipes from the new "Real Food Daily Cookbook," (Ten Speed Press, $24.95) by Ann Gentry, owner of the bustling Real Food Daily restaurants in Santa Monica and West Hollywood, Calif., offer healthy, tasty animal-free alternatives that can promote wellness and may even help prevent several diseases and cancers." You can read the full press release here.
GOT HYPE? Calcium and Vitamin D May Not Provide The Benefits Once Thought

More medical evidence that what we have traditionally accepted as science is in fact just marketing. Trial results published February 16 in the New England Journal of Medicine indicate that calcium and vitamin D supplemenents provide little defense against broken bones in postmenopausal women. The conclusion: Among healthy postmenopausal women, calcium with vitamin D supplementation resulted in a small but significant improvement in hip bone density, did not significantly reduce hip fracture, and increased the risk of kidney stones.  The study results...
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GOT HYPE? Calcium and Vitamin D May Not Provide The Benefits Once Thought

More medical evidence that what we have traditionally accepted as science is in fact just marketing. Trial results published February 16 in the New England Journal of Medicine indicate that calcium and vitamin D supplemenents provide little defense against broken bones in postmenopausal women. The conclusion: Among healthy postmenopausal women, calcium with vitamin D supplementation resulted in a small but significant improvement in hip bone density, did not significantly reduce hip fracture, and increased the risk of kidney stones.  The study results...
To Your Health!
No doubt about it: we are some of the healthiest people in the state. Here's why:
New Cookbook Released
Wow, a vegan restaurant chain. Open a location here folks! Real Food Daily are based in California and have just released a cookbook. Their press release starts "With no known cure for cancer, an epidemic of childhood-onset diabetes and viruses like Bird Flu spreading, a vegetarian/vegan diet may prove to be a healthy option for millions of people. Recipes from the new "Real Food Daily Cookbook," (Ten Speed Press, $24.95) by Ann Gentry, owner of the bustling Real Food Daily restaurants in Santa Monica and West Hollywood, Calif., offer healthy, tasty animal-free alternatives that can promote wellness and may even help prevent several diseases and cancers." You can read the full press release here.
Poor Excuse: Cardiologists Not Offering Life-Saving Advice Because They Assume Patients Won't Comply

We happen to believe that doctors are paid to tell us the news, good or bad, that we need to hear - whether we want to hear it or not. Unfortunately a study by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine found otherwise. "A new survey of cardiologists found that although many knew about the potential life-saving effects of low-fat vegetarian diets for their heart patients, most did not recommend them on the belief that their patients would not comply. However, studies have shown that most patients on such diets rate them very positively and experience benefits beyond those of more modest diets. Among the respondents, 82 percent said they routinely ordered dietary changes for their patients and 91 percent cited being "somewhat familiar" or "very familiar" with research supporting the use of very low-fat cardiac diets. However, 63 percent of the cardiologists said they never order or recommend this diet and 23 percent said they only sometimes order or recommend it to their patients." Read more here...
Watch Online Lecture: Meat and Dairy Promote Cancer

Vegsource has made a 51 minute lecture available for viewing online. In it, "celebrated Cornell professor [Dr.] T. Colin Campbell discusses his decades of [National Institutes of Health]-funded research which show that meat and dairy promote cancer growth and a plant-based (vegan) diet can prevent and even reverse cancer. Covers the Oxford-Cornell-China Study which the New York Times called 'the Grand Prix of epidemiological studies.'" To watch Dr. Campbell's lecture just click here.
Veganism: The Ethical Diet
Great English newspaper The Independent ran a story titled "An Ethical Diet: The Joy Of Being Vegan." The story made us feel proud; it should make you feel proud too.
Read more here...
Bradley Saul Interview 
Jennifer Duffy of the Arizona Daily Star met with raw foods vegan athlete Bradley Saul to discuss how his diet helps him cope with the incredible physical demands of the Tour d'Organics. The raw facts are here. In this opinion piece Ms. Duffy points out that munching on "a few heads of lettuce for lunch and avoiding all cooked and processed foods sounds a little extreme, but the principles of his vegan raw food diet are based on eating whole, organic foods that provide the vitamins, minerals and fiber that we all strive for in our diets." It must be remarkably difficult for a raw foods vegan to find a place to eat out, except maybe a salad bar, but imagine how much easier things are in the grocery store! Raw foods vegans aren't having to check all the labels on those processed foods the rest of us look at. Imagine for a moment being vegan AND never having to worry about ingredients lists! Maybe they're onto something...
Who Is Healthier?

The times, they are a'changin'. Compare the past year's stock performances of Arkansas's own Tyson Foods, the country's biggest meat packer, and Wild Oats Markets, one of the nation's largest natural foods retailers and for years a primary source of vegan goods in Arkansas: Looks like one company's arteries are clogging up.  

                                 Tyson                                                                        Wild Oats
Increased Consumption of Processed Meat is Associated With an Increased Risk of Stomach Cancer

A study conducted by the Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, The National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 98, No. 15, 1078-1087, August 2, 2006 shows that people eating more processed meats such as bacon, sausage, hot dogs, and lunch meats face a higher risk for stomach cancer. You can read the report online here.

I'll have the new Tofurkey Chipotle dogs, thank you very much.