Sunny D
Independent.co.uk
"It's the great cancer cover-up. Panicked into avoiding sunlight by health experts, we are now dying in our thousands from diseases linked to deficiencies of vitamin D. But still the exaggerated warnings come. Oliver Gillie reveals how sunbathing can save your life..." [This two-part, detailed article briefly references breastfeeding, saying human milk is "deficient" in Vit. D. - JC]
25 January 2004
How many times have you heard it: 'There's no such thing as a healthy tan.' Second only to 'smoking kills', avoiding the sun is the health advice that has most permeated our conciousness. Young and old, rich and poor, everyone knows that exposure to the sun puts us at risk of skin cancer. But does it? What if the advice we've been given to avoid the sun is wrong? What if hiding your skin from those seductive rays is putting your health in danger?"
Sunday, January 25, 2004
Saturday, January 24, 2004
Can International Standards Prevent Corporate Malpractice? The Case of Baby Food
23 January 2004
OneWorld.net -
"Globalization is sometimes portrayed as a recent phenomenon. Yet over 100 years ago the baby food industry was already an international business, with Nestlé exporting cereal milk food to Latin America and the Dutch East Indies, and soon afterwards opening factories in target markets. Over 60 years ago health campaigners began to notice the impact on health of the aggressive promotion of breastmilk substitutes...."
23 January 2004
OneWorld.net -
"Globalization is sometimes portrayed as a recent phenomenon. Yet over 100 years ago the baby food industry was already an international business, with Nestlé exporting cereal milk food to Latin America and the Dutch East Indies, and soon afterwards opening factories in target markets. Over 60 years ago health campaigners began to notice the impact on health of the aggressive promotion of breastmilk substitutes...."
Dundee professor hails benefits of "good bacteria"
Evening Telegraph
23 January 2004
"So-called "good bacteria", as advertised by yogurt and dairy drink companies, has massive health benefits and could significantly reduce the risk of cancer, says a Dundee University academic, writes Maura Bowman.
Professor John Cummings, who holds a personal chair in experimental gastroenterology, says that we can influence the growth of these "good" bacteria by eating the correct diet.... Professor Cummings said that a group of carbohydrates, known as oligosaccharides, have been found to have such an effect. These could easily be incorporated in foods as a substitute for sugar and they are found naturally in artichokes, members of the onions, leeks and garlic family, in beans, peas and soyas and, to a lesser extent, in cereals. In addition, they are found in "huge quantities" in breast milk and may help to explain the protection breast-fed babies have from infection, said the professor."
Evening Telegraph
23 January 2004
"So-called "good bacteria", as advertised by yogurt and dairy drink companies, has massive health benefits and could significantly reduce the risk of cancer, says a Dundee University academic, writes Maura Bowman.
Professor John Cummings, who holds a personal chair in experimental gastroenterology, says that we can influence the growth of these "good" bacteria by eating the correct diet.... Professor Cummings said that a group of carbohydrates, known as oligosaccharides, have been found to have such an effect. These could easily be incorporated in foods as a substitute for sugar and they are found naturally in artichokes, members of the onions, leeks and garlic family, in beans, peas and soyas and, to a lesser extent, in cereals. In addition, they are found in "huge quantities" in breast milk and may help to explain the protection breast-fed babies have from infection, said the professor."
Friday, January 23, 2004
AP Wire | 01/23/2004 | FDA Warns Supplement May Be Infant Formula
Posted on Fri, Jan. 23, 2004
FDA Warns Supplement May Be Infant Formula
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Friday not to feed their infants a product sold over the Internet as a dietary supplement because it may be an infant formula.
Although the product 'Better than Formula Ultra Infant Immune Booster 117,' sold by NSP Research Nutrition of Mt. Clemens, Mich., is labeled as a dietary supplement, it may in fact be an infant formula, the FDA said."
Posted on Fri, Jan. 23, 2004
FDA Warns Supplement May Be Infant Formula
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Friday not to feed their infants a product sold over the Internet as a dietary supplement because it may be an infant formula.
Although the product 'Better than Formula Ultra Infant Immune Booster 117,' sold by NSP Research Nutrition of Mt. Clemens, Mich., is labeled as a dietary supplement, it may in fact be an infant formula, the FDA said."
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