The Future of Food: An Enlightening Video
February 21st, 2009 · 12:46 PM
Tags: food, genetically modified food, genetically modified seeds, Monsanto
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"Comparison of Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine" and daily health secrets.
"Comparison of Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine" and daily health secrets.
Stan M. Gardner, MD, was trained in traditional Western medicine. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biology at Utah State University, attended medical school in the Philippines (where he learned firsthand about alternative methods of healing), did a residency in Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and practiced conventional medicine for 15 years. He has practiced alternative and energy medicine for over 10 years.
Love your articles, I am interested in learning more. Thank you, Catherine
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My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing:
There is a difference between prevention of disease and being truly healthy, and much of that has to do with ingesting adequate nutrients. Unfortunately, we all have different requirements, and the nutrition from our food is not as good as it was 50 years ago. We also have greater exposure to toxins, which places an additional load on the body for detoxification. Stress also increases the need for extra vitamins.
I strongly believe that we cannot be optimally healthy without a good basic vitamin regimen with essential fatty acids. On top of that, most of us have other needs that can be addressed with supplements instead of medications.
Allopathic medicine now supports giving folic acid for pregnant women, vitamin D and calcium for osteoporosis, and I recently had a patient tell me her ophthalmologist prescribed lutein and other antioxidants for macular degeneration. There is now an omega 3 fish oil by prescription for heart support and inflammation.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Susan Foreman // Feb 22, 2009 at 5:35 pm
One way to make sure you don’t buy GMO fresh produce is to look at the oval-shaped sticky labels on vegetables and fruits. Conventional produce
contains four digits beginning with the number 4. Organic produce has a beginning digit of 9 followed by four digits. GMO produce begins with 8 followed by four digits. Prepared foods often will contain GMO ingredients, (unless it is marked “non-GMO” on the package), and are usually made from GMO soy, corn, canola oil, and cottonseed oil. However, the big concern about patenting more and more different kinds of seeds, (from what’s already been patented), is that there will be less and less choices left for consumers who want to buy seeds from non-GMO sources, as Monsanto forces others to buy seeds from them as a matter of control, and thus, profit for a monopoly.
2 Sarah Austin // Feb 23, 2009 at 9:53 am
I worry about GMO’s that is another reason I have planted a garden every since 1962…thanks to Susan’s comment I made this saying
“8 is Not great, but 9 is fine.” Maybe it will help.
Thanks for the info Sally
3 More on Monsanto. Please Be Aware: and Beware! // Apr 6, 2009 at 8:15 am
[...] Dr. Gardner’s comments: Millions of dollars are going into research and development of genomically altered seeds that produce a greater yield and more resistant to bugs, but I can’t find anywhere the research supporting the nutritional value and long-term health results of ingesting these modified foods. Rather, there is MUCH cause for concern about these products. Beware! For further information, check out the video I posted on the Future of Food. [...]
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