Nutrition: More is not always better

March 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

I’ll repeat some of what Bill said. I know that many people look for the BIGGEST lab they can get, but many more are beginning to understand that bigger is not always better, and often you get additional problems in that BIG package. Just a sided note… if breeders intentionally breed for size of lab as the primary selection criteria, they are risking the introduction of many other genetic weaknesses into their line. Familial proximity shoud be the primary consideration, functionality the second, temperment the third. Size should be the fourth consideration and then other appearance factors. Any failure in the first three considerations should prevent a breeding. Deductions in the other considerations is a matter of personal taste or preference.

 

If you start selecting for appearance and size above the other factors, I think that you’re asking for trouble. Back to the topic of feeding your dog. Many HIGH quality foods are available with HIGH nutrition. (Some premium foods are not very good and have sugar and less than quality ingredients…research them before you buy) Accelerated growth in large breeds can cause significant health problems and even pain for your furry friend. If you think that your dog either has a potential for displasia, OCD, or other joint problems…consider switching to a less than premium food after about three months. Go back to the premium stuff after 10 months, but make sure it is ADULT premium food. The size of your dog is more a function of genetic input than of food it eats.

 

A dog that is destined to be a LARGE dog, will simply be a LARGE skinny dog if it is not fed enough in quantity. Let me qualify that before I get into to much trouble. If you feed adequate nutrition, (run of the mill grocery brand food) to a puppy destined to be BIG, he will get big. If you feed premium brand puppy food he will get BIG faster. He will fill out faster. He will carry this additional weight on not yet fully developed joints. Ligaments and Tendons may not grow as fast as the bones (ouch). The ultimate size will be the same. I feed Iams (the dogs like it :>) but I’m sure any of the top quality, premium foods are good.

 

I also switch my pups gradually onto adult food beginning at 4 to 6 months of age. It’s important not to let puppies get fat, as carrying the extra weight is even harder on their developing joints. I have some good articles on nutrition and OCD if anyone is interested. I think I can attach them to files going to personal e-mail rather than bomb the whole list. My Griffon pups are now about 5 months old, and they are eating Iams chunks. They are doing well on it, and have hearty appetites. Against my own rules they are a WEE bit chubby, because we have been getting 40 below weather, and the snow is over their little heads. They are really game, though, and plunge along sniffing everything in sight. (Or out of sight, as the case may be when they disappear in a drift.

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Nutrition Resource Bulletin

March 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Dr. Joneja is coordinator of the Allergy Nutrition Program at Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre in British Columbia and is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Family and Nutritional Sciences at the University of British Columbia. The Allergy Nutrition Program includes an outpatient clinic where people obtain help in the identification and management of their adverse reactions to foods. The outreach program provides information on current research in food allergy to physicians and dietitians. Dr. Joneja conducts research in adverse reactions to foods and supervises graduate student research in this area.

 

Managing Food Allergy & Intolerance is an extensive 571 page manual written for allergists, family physicians and dietitians who counsel allergy clients. It is a useful desk reference for food scientists, as well. Dr. Joneja, who holds a PhD in medical microbiology and is a registered dietitian, has written the first truly comprehensive practical guide to this difficult area of practice. Managing Food Allergy and Intolerance (DNS002) is designed to provide you with the information and tools to detect food sensitivities and design nutritionally adequate diets to ensure the best possible health for food-sensitive persons. As the manual is guaranteed, you may review it for up to 30 days and return it for a full refund if it does not meet your expectations.

 

This clear, lucid and practical guide includes complete information describing food allergy, adverse reactions, cross-reactivity, allergenic potential, food allergy tests, diagnosis and management, elimination and challenge tests and rotation diets. The manual includes extensive information on milk allergy, lactose intolerance, egg, grain, peanut, soy, yeast, biogenic amines, tyramine, nickel, food colouring agents, salicylates, benzoates, sulphites, monosodium glutamate, nitrate, nitrite, butylated compounds and multiple allergens in food.

 

Dr. Janice Joneja has successfully used the information in this book on over 1300 patients of all ages at the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre Allergy Nutrition Program. Along with explanations of the underlying mechanisms related to each condition are risk-free, nutritionally sound elimination and challenge test and diet plans and user friendly client information sheets for photocopying. Each section containscomprehensive information on mechanisms and symptoms, specific food restrictions, client information sheets, diets, recipes, shopping tips and information on meals away from home.

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Nutrition for elderly and diseased

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Mr. Speaker, elderly nutrition programs are crucial to the senior citizens in the State of Rhode Island and throughout our country. These programs, either at meal sites or through home delivery, serve many important roles. In addition to providing meal recipients with a balanced meal, these nutrition programs often offer seniors the chance to socialize with their peers and provides them with much-needed personal contact with caring and dedicated volunteers of all ages. Annually, in my State of Rhode Island, nearly 17,000 seniors receive healthy, balanced, and nutritious lunches at 1 of the 72 local meal sites spread throughout the State.

 

Over 5,000 seniors also receive meal assistance from the home delivery program, operated in Rhode Island by Rhode Island Meals on Wheels. One woman, who lives in my district in Warwick, RI, recently shared with me her feelings on the importance of one of these elderly nutrition programs. Virginia, who will be 80 years old this month, receives a meal from Meals on Wheels and feels that it is one of the finest services around. She recently wrote to me saying: I depend on and must have well-balanced food. The lunches I receive from the Meals on Wheels Program enable me to eat nutritiously and have given me a way to recover from my recent surgery.

 

The volunteers who deliver the luncheons are so kind, friendly and the hour I hear them in their van and my doorbell rings, it makes my otherwise sedentary life brighten up! The food selections for the entire month are left at the beginning of the month, so I can anticipate my favorites. The noon hour is the highlight of my day, thanks to the friendly and kind volunteers who deliver my lunch. She completes her letter by letting me know that she is concerned about the future of this program. She prays that she will never receive a notice that says,

 

“Sorry, there will be no Meals on Wheels until further notice.” On behalf of the people who depend upon the elderly nutrition programs, I commend my colleagues for recognizing the importance of elderly nutrition programs by approving additional funding for elderly nutrition programs during debate on the Agriculture Appropriations bill. Furthermore, I respectfully request the conference committee to maintain and strengthen this commitment to our Nation’s seniors by making sure critical funding for these programs does not dry up.

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Nutrition sources for pets

March 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The only times when cats are stupid in their feeding habits is when they decide to eat some of the house-plants or out-door plants and start having seizures and go to kitty heaven. We did not have these experts when I was a young vet, we did not need them. Our feline friends did not need them. I would say, all in all, we had pretty healthy cats ( nutritionally) all things being equal. …because cats were fed what they’re *supposed* to be fed protein and fat from ***meat*** — animal sources with 67% – 73% moisture — not plants. If the cat was meant to eat vegetable and plant matter, the cat would probably have evolved to look like a rabbit!

 

So the next time you hear the professional nutritionist spouting off, just ask yourself, how is it that in light of these “professionals” we are having more nutrition health problems in our feline friends than ever before? Just my .02 cents worth. Why? MONEY, that’s why! Looking for the cheapest source with the highest profit. The pet food industry, Hill’s in particular, is reinventing feline nutrition. Already too much of this has infiltrated veterinary literature as “fact”.

 

The average pet owner has to be an *expert*, today, just to make sure their cat is getting the proper nutrition and not being poisoned (remember the propylene glycol in semi-moist foods fiasco until 1992) …. can’t rely on the pet food industry, today. Along with nutrition, apparently math isn’t your strong suit, either. I count a total of 51 posts to the board, 3 of which are on nutrition, 2 of those 3 posts were yours. Where are the other 49 posts to the board, and where are the other 99 replies that “”seem” to understand” your point?

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Food and nutrition development association

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Director Corazon Barba of the Philippine Food and Nutrition Research Institute will discuss the prevalence and trends in malnutrition in the Philippines, while the Undersecretary of the Philippine Department of Health, Susan Pineda Mercado will give an overview of the Philippines’ National Micronutrient Operational Plan, including supplementation programs. The question “How might the CGIAR and the Philippine agricultural research system participate and make a contribution?” will be answered by Dr. Gelia Castillo of University of the Philippines (UP) Los Baños, who is also an IRRI consultant on rural sociology, Dr. Cecilia Florencio of UP Diliman, and Dr. Bienvenido Juliano of PhilRice.

 

Conference discussions will focus on breeding for improved protein, breeding approaches using biotechnology, animal source foods and human development, and non-staple plant foods, as well as perspectives from Africa, Latin America, and developed countries on integrating agriculture and human nutrition. Scientists will also determine the role of agricultural investment and price policies in improving nutrition and whether some CGIAR research activities have more potential for improving nutrition than others. More importantly, scientists will discuss whether the Green Revolution improved or worsened micronutrient malnutrition, or has changed the diets of the poor, and whether modern varieties of the same crop are more or less nutritious than traditional varieties.

 

IRRI, with its headquarters in the Philippines and offices in 11 other countries, is the world’s leading international rice research and training center. It is an autonomous, nonprofit institution that is focused on increasing rice production worldwide while preserving natural resources. Its goal is to improve the well-being of present and future generations of rice farmers and consumers, particularly those with low incomes. In April 2000, IRRI will celebrate its 40th anniversary under the theme of “Rice Research for the New Millennium”. As part of the celebrations, the Institute will host the International Rice Research Conference from 31 March to 3 April; a special Farmer’s Day on 3 April; and special events on the actual anniversary day of 4 April, at which President Joseph Estrada has been asked to.

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Good money; good nutrution !

March 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Even if you just answered “yes” to the first question, would you still be interested in enjoying good nutrition while you make MONEY? This is a great “ground-floor” opportunity to make MONEY and enjoy good nutrition. I was concerned about my own nutrition (feeling tired all the time and everything that goes with it and I really don’t mind making MONEY either.) This concern made me realize this: The RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) of most vitamins and supplements is only enough of the necessary elements to PREVENT major diseases.

 

The actual realization is that the RDA, while a good concept, does not provide the necessary supplement/vitamin quantities to provide good healthy nutrition. If you are interested in a major business opportunity, making MONEY, and enjoying good nutrition (while you make all that MONEY) please call 1-888-288-6656 and enter 2151i (it’s an i) for details. The call is toll free and doesn’t take much time. Remember: this is a “ground-floor” opportunity.This is the only state approved vocational program for Nutrition Education in northern California.

 

This program offers a non-dogmatic, comprehensive approach to nutrition education that aims to improve the quality of the student’s life and to provide him or her with outstanding career options. Diet Counselor CertificateÑ150 hours Diet Counselor instruction prepares students to offer advice on appropriate food selection, preparation and combination to maintain and promote health and well-being. Nutrition Educator CertificateÑ300 hours Nutrition Educator instruction teaches students to educate individuals and groups about their biochemical individuality, to assess for nutrient excess and deficiency and to conduct research. Nutrition Consultant CertificateÑ550 hours Clinical Nutrition Consultant instruction teaches students to work cooperatively with licensed health care providers and to structure nutrition programs for persons with diagnosed conditions and diseases.

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Vitamins and proteins for your body

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I believe this refers to studies like that of Greenberg, et al NEJM, 94 in which antioxidant vitamins showed no benefit in prevention of colorectal adenoma when dietary patterns of increased fr and veg and who grains do. Same with the ATBC study and lung cancer, Antioxidants and heart disease vs patterns of whole grains, Fr and Vegs; DASH diets and hypertension vs just lo sodium or high calcium, etc. Vitamins are good, Proteins are good, Fresh fruit and vegies are good. IF you get them vine rippened and not green and stored in a cool store for 12 months – When an orange is picked off the tree it looses some of its nutritional value within 24 hours. Open it and you loose it within 7 hrs.

 

So while it is good to eat fresh foods their nutritional value aren’t always that cracked up to be. Also when you go down the local supermarket or even some markets. The quality is sometimes disgusting. As I said all of the above are good but our cells need something more. Lipids which are fats and one more major requirement. There has been a lot of research into cell blueprints and one of the most needed requirements the cells need are monosaccharides/carbohydrates/GLYCONUTRIENTS.(a chain of sugars) These are the blue print for our blood type & the communication blueprint for our cells. How to Heal itself, Clean itself, Feed itself, Support itself and recognise other cells – good or bad. This is Biochemisty at its first level. In our diets now, we only get 2 of these sugars/Glyconutrients. 5 of them are in breastmilk.

 

Our bodies naturally make the Glyconutrients but struggle because of disease and toxins in our system If anyone wants to know more let me know The news story states this sloppily; what I ASSUME they’re really pointing to is the fact that the epidemiology on fruits & veggies is strong, clear, and consistent for a protective effect agianst a wide variety of diseases, while the evidence for supplements remains conflicting and inconclusive. Indeed, nearly all of the RCTs of supplements with real morbidity & mortality outcome show no benefit, or no clear benefit, or (as in the Clark Se trial) no benefit to all but those suffering frank nutritional deficiency.

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Vitamins and minerals through your food

March 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The vitamins and minerals you were using (and are the most popular in both processed and refined “foods” – even in health “food” stores) are (not so to the public) well-known among professionals as FRACTIONS. Fractions (fragmented “foods”) are foods that have been separated by chemists (to jack up the price!) to individually display the vitamin and mineral content of any packaged item. What is missing is the connection between the parts AND the living entities known as enzymes. These are only found in foods – real foods. If you understand the functional architecture of a molecule such as a vitamin – you would know that the FUNCTION is affected by separating (for instance) the antioxidant portion from the rest of the molecule. Multivitamin and minerals manufacturers are very guilty of this “separation/fragmentation” thought process.

 

Nature provides us with a complete molecule which, intact and fragmented, includes the antioxidant ring(s) (to quench only excessive free radical pathology) the lipids (essential unsaturated fatty acid areas) the enzymes (so very important that they are defended by the antioxidant rings!) and the mineral components. If any of these are pulled apart and isolated (which they often are by biochemist like myself!) then concentrated without their families bonds and family of molecular components – you have created an ADRENAL STRESSOR.

 

Since the body cannot use the majority of these components (what the hell are these? – what happened to my FOOD!) it tries its level best to get rid of these isolated fractions AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. It does this by reeving up the metabolic rate starting with the adrenal glands and, in the long-term, the thyroid which often burns out after a while if not monitored by a (Ph.D type) NUTRITIONIST – never a dietitian who don’t know their………….fill in the blank. These concerns are often seen by people using GNC products, Bleu Green Algea and other pseudo “energizing” shakes, drinks or tablets. My advise: STOP the rush. Most people have no idea what they are doing to their bodies by using man-made supplements. NATURE KNOWS BEST – after all, our bodies where shaped over thousands of years by the food we found.

 

The FOOD was first….we, on top of the biological pyramid, cannot afford to be obnoxious about both the plant and animal life that got us here in the first place. Our bodies are made up of animals and plants in a very specific hierarchy. For example (just one of dozens) if we break our contract with our own white cells (really ancient amoebas!) by drugging our bodies with un-foods, they will not fulfill theirs by protecting us and our defense system suffers the consequences generation after generation. Now I hope you understand why you should NEVER use vitamins and minerals and amino acids without the benefit of someone who understands not only the relationships between these components but also has a healthy respect for the natural order of things.

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Multivitamins for your pets

March 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

With vitamins you’re dealing with dollars per milligrams such that even a small box of expensive Miracle Grow will be hundreds of times cheaper. IOW, use of multi-vitamins from your typical $8.00 container might be a kind (although extravagant) gesture for a house plant but is far less likely to revolutionize agriculture. I didn’t say they were human vitamins. I said if you want to give vitamins to plants, the way to do it is with micro-nutrient foliar sprays. It goes without saying that such would be formulated for the nutritional needs of plants.

 

We do happen to have intractable soil problems in my region. In the words of one soil analyst “the only thing we don’t need is calcium”. Despite the exceedingly poor soils, this is an incredibly productive agricultural area. The reason is we know how to grow plants, despite there being virtually nothing in the soil. Micronutrient sprays we find to be cheap and effective, in a big way. I heartily recommend it to anyone needing such supplement. The majority of commercial grower and nurserymen here use it. If it were cheaper or more efficient to be amending the soils, they would be doing that. But it’s not. Soil amendment is very expensive in terms of human labor and sometimes raw material.

 

Even the native plants (of which I have many) which are naturalized to local conditions, show very strong improvement on a regimen of KeyPlex. The lushness and vigor I get from them is far beyond what I see in other local plantings. I find the spray, additionally, to be very cheap because I bought in commercial quantity, bringing the cost to about $5/year/monthly apps, and it is absorbed efficiently due to the urea and sticker-spreader I add to the mix. Considering the amount of money I *don’t* spend on pest control, due to the natural vigor and resistance of the plants, I feel I am *far* ahead on the costs, and have uncommonly nice looking plants as well.

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Vitamins – Dilation of blood vessels

March 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Niacinamide absolutely doesn’t have the same effect as niacin. the niacin flush is evidence of a number of beneficial factors. the one i’m most certain about is dilation of the blood vessels. good for the blood delivery system. a lot of alternative docs are using it to help control hypertension these days. it also releases ‘histamine’, i think, although I’m not sure what that is or how it is helpful. however, you do have to be careful with niacin. long term use of high doses will, indeed cause liver damage. I had the figures on that just a few weeks ago, but forgot them already.

 

I think the rule of thumb was to limit it to 500mg per day. 800mg per day or more puts you in the danger zone for long term use. but don’t quote me on these. Twinlab has a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement called MaxiLife that does have niacin in it and ‘a lot’ compared to the other B vitamins. like 50 to 75 mg of most of the B complex and then 228mg of niacin. I’ve been using that. almost always get a flush unless my stomach is really full. one other thing. i had been buying vitamins from Peter Gillhams Vitality whatever out in Hollywood. i think the place is run by scieno’s.

 

It was recommended to me by many different scientologists in the past. Gillhams tests all his products for how much ‘energy’ they have. don’t ask me how they do this. but, their big claim is that not all supplements are created equal. on the contrary, a lot of them are worthless. i noticed that if it isn’t a brand Gillhams has specifically formulated and manufactured for themselves to redistribute, that most often they resell the brands Solaray and Source Naturals. both those brands i find readily available at good local health food stores. so, usually, i go with one of those two brands if i buy locally.

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