America's Test Kitchen Radiogram - April 19, 2014 - drshawnie@gmail.com - Gmail

America's Test Kitchen Radiogram - April 19, 2014 - drshawnie@gmail.com - Gmail: " Junk Food Engineering: Why Food Companies Weaponize Sugar, Salt, and Fat"

Did you know that Cargill has more than 40 different types of salt, each one designed for a specific application, most of them used in the production of processed foods? In the big money world of junk food engineering, nothing is left to chance. Finding the perfect balance of sugar, salt, and fat results in consumers finding the “bliss point,” the perfect junk food that makes you want to come back for more. To achieve this culinary home run, big food companies use everything from food chemistry to brain scans to turn a new product into a $100 million business. There is nothing random about Cheetos.



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FDA OKs Oralair, First US Sublingual Allergy Immunotherapy

FDA OKs Oralair, First US Sublingual Allergy Immunotherapy:

"The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Oralair (Stallergenes, Inc), the first sublingual immunotherapy in the United States to treat multiple grass pollens.

The drug is indicated for the treatment of persons aged 10 to 65 years with grass pollen–induced allergic rhinitis with or without conjunctivitis, confirmed by positive skin test or in vitro testing for pollen-specific immunoglobulin E antibodies for any of five grass species: sweet vernal, orchard, perennial rye, timothy, and Kentucky blue grass."


Prevention is the best medicine when faced w/ allergy issues.

Helpful tactics I Rx in my chiropractic clinic:

Implementing the deflame diet to reduce inflammation in the body overall.

Saline lavage the sinuses 3 times per day.

Air purifier in the bedroom.

Use of air filters for reducing allergens in the home

If you exercise outdoors then choose the time of day w/ lowest pollen count.

Shower post outdoor activities to remove pollen.




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Artificial sweetners

Did you know that artificial sweetners cause bladder spasm?

You will have increased urges to urinate. 

Remedy this urge by limiting  diet sodas/drinks.  Be healthy!!

FDA Approves First Device to Prevent Migraine

FDA Approves First Device to Prevent Migraine:



Do you want to be migraine free and drug free then this device may be worth your time researching. (Cefaly, STX-Med)







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Probiotics and what you need to know to support your immune system

http://www.modernhcp.com/defining-potency-and-efficacy-in-probiotics/

Probiotics support the immune system by appropriately responding to invaders.



Probiotics support production of Butyric Acid, a short-chain fatty acid that is used to rebuild the colon.



Probiotics stimulates enzyme production to aid digestion and absorption of nutrients.



Probiotics support healthy gut bacterial balance.



Probiotics assist in synthesis of folic acid, niacin, pantothentic acid, biotin and Vit. A and K.



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Gluten free spaghetti - Go rice!

Wanna be gluten free? A pasta made from brown rice flour is a perfect alternative to wheat. Thanks to a relatively high combined total of fiber and protein and a low, slow drying process, rice spaghetti is  delicate, thin stranded, springy and clean-tasting. 

Fatty acids Bad fats and risk of cancer.

Fatty acids

The correlation between fat consumption and the risk of cancer seems to depend on the specific types of fat and their constituent fatty acids. Fatty acids can be separated into 3 classes on the basis of their carbon-carbon bonds, as follows:

·                            Saturated fatty acids, such as stearic acid, contain no carbon-carbon double bonds.

·                            Monounsaturated fatty acids, such as oleic acid, have a single carbon-carbon bond.

·                            Polyunsaturated fatty acids, including linoleic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid, have 2 or     more carbon-          carbon bonds.

Trans fat is an industrially created unsaturated fat that is neither necessary nor beneficial. Trans fat may be monounsaturated or polyunsaturated.  Trans fats are bad fats.

Fatty acids are generally found in foods and in fat deposits as triglycerides or neutral fat, in which 3 fatty acids are esterified to a single molecule of glycerol. In cell membranes, fatty acids exist as phospholipids, in which one of the fatty esters is replaced by a head group such as choline, serine, or inositol. Phospholipids are integral components of cellular membranes; they are responsible for maintaining cellular integrity and for regulating membrane enzymes, cell-signaling processes, and the construction of cellular receptors.

Omega 3 Fatty Acids (O-3 FA) are found in:

nuts,

avocado 

berries

fish

Incorporate one of these food sources in your daily food intake to get your O-3 FAs.