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		<title>Health Benefits of Vegetarian Diet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost all food nowadays undergo a lot of processing. Most of them have preservatives that are harmful to health. Almost all processed foods are garnished or even saturated with monosodium glutamate or MSG. Soft drinks and other instant drinks are mixed with aspartame, a potent excitotoxin that causes brain cancer and other diseases. MSG causes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Almost all food nowadays undergo a lot of processing. Most of them have preservatives that are harmful to health. Almost all processed foods are garnished or even saturated with monosodium glutamate or MSG. Soft drinks and other instant drinks are mixed with aspartame, a potent excitotoxin that causes brain cancer and other diseases. MSG causes obesity even to those who skip their three regular meals.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Medical studies have recently confirmed that flesh meats are sources of tumors and cancers. Mortality rates are increasing because of too much eating of flesh meats. Even fish and seafood are no longer safe because of pollution and parasites that thrive in the sea and other bodies of water.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The safest alternative is vegetarian diet. Fruits, grains and vegetables was the original diet prescribed by God. Our digestive system was designed for these foods.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Fruits, grains and vegetables supply our body with carbohydrate, protein,  vitamins &amp; minerals. Light proteins from fruits and vegetables are easily digested and assimilated by the body, thus making them readily beneficial to our health.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Health benefits can be obtained  in eating raw fruits, grains and vegetables. It cures some diseases, and prevents most of them. Eating raw vegetables enhances good memory and vanishes all bodily pains and aches.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Eight years ago, I started eating raw vegetables. Within two weeks, all my body pains disappeared. My eyesight and hearing improved, and my memory became more retentive and photographic. I was able to memorize seventeen chapters of the Holy Bible in a short time. Also, I became stronger &#8212; I could run uphill and downhill without getting tired.</p>
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		<title>Dangers of MSG</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 06:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people are not aware of the dangers of MSG. Monosodium glutamate or MSG is a toxic substance that is used as an enhancer in almost all processed foods. It was first discovered in  1908 by Kikunae Ikeda of Tokyo Imperial University. He isolated this flavor from seaweed broth and called it monosodium glutamate. Ikeda [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most people are not aware of the dangers of MSG. Monosodium glutamate or MSG is a toxic substance that is used as an enhancer in almost all processed foods. It was first discovered in  1908 by Kikunae Ikeda of Tokyo Imperial University. He isolated this flavor from seaweed broth and called it monosodium glutamate. Ikeda patented MSG in 1909 through the help of Ajinomoto Corporation of Japan, and from then on, it became the most popular food flavor in the name of Ajinomoto.</p>
<p>Monosodium glutamate is an excitotoxin like aspartame, and caffein. Like all excitotoxins, it is very dangerous to the body especially the brain and the nervous system. It causes brain tumors, brain cancers, and many more different disease.</p>
<p>Some of the consumers are now aware of the harmful effects of monosodium glutamate, and because of this, the manufacturers of MSG are hiding its name in euphemised names such as hydrolyzed protein, textured protein, yeast extract, sodium caseinate, glutamate, calcium caseinate, yeast nutrient, yeast food,  autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) , hydrolyzed plant protein (HPP), and others.</p>
<p>Hydrolyzed protein is made from rotten vegetables. This decaying vegetables are boiled in a vat of acids. After the acid bath, the veggie-acid slurry is then neutralized with caustic soda. The proteins then coagulate into a brown sludge, solidifies as a sludge mat on the surface of the vat. This brown sludge is dried up and powdered and sold as hydrolyzed protein.</p>
<p>MSG disrupts the endocrine relationship between the meta-thermoregulatory modulators like neuropeptide Y (NPY) and leptin and their target tissue, reducing the thermogenicity of brown fat while suppressing the food intake (hypophagia). This means that MSG will make you to gain weight even when you decrease your caloric intake.</p>
<p>Glutamic acid is one of the amino acids that are the building blocks of protein occurring naturally in tomatoes, milk and mushrooms. This natural glutamate in plants and animals is called L-glutamic acid. Nomal digestive process breaks this natural or &#8220;bound&#8221; glutamic acid, and then delivered to glutamate receptors in our body and brain. Broken this way, it is harmless, but when it is processed (autolyzed, hydrolyzed, modified or fermented with strong chemicals, bacteria or enzyme, it becomes &#8220;free&#8221; , modified and harmful. MSG is 78.2% glutamate, 12.2% sodium, and 9.6% water. This &#8216;&#8221;free&#8221; glutamic acid contains d-glutamic acid, L-glutamic acid,  pyroglutamic acid, and other contaminants which are not found in natural glutamic acids in plants and animals.</p>
<p>The following are some of the symptoms of MSG toxicity: swelling of hands, numbness or paralysis, mouth lesions, atrial fibrillation, rise or drop in blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, angina, vomiting,  heart palpitation, stomach cramps, painful rectum, spastic colon, joint pains, muscle aches, water retention, shortness of breath, mental dullness, tightness of chest, depression, runny nose and sneezing, loss of memory, dizziness, anxiety,  extreme dryness of mouth, migraine headaches, Parkinson&#8217;s, insomnia, infertility, gall bladder problems, kidney pain, aching teeth, skin rash, tinnitus or Meniere&#8217;s disease, , slurred speech, balance problem, obesity, brain tumors and cancers, chronic cough, asthma, ALS, ADD, ADHD, diabetes, epilepsy, hypothyroidism, multiple sclerosis, pituitary tumors, hypoglycemia.</p>
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		<title>Harmful Effects of Caffeine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The harmful effects of caffeine are many. Among the harmful effects of caffeine are forgetfulness, nervousness, and addiction. Caffeine is a psychoactive substance naturally found in coffee, tea, kola nuts,  and in lesser amount, in cocoa. It is also found in beans, leaves, and fruits of some plants that acts as a natural pesticide to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">The <strong>harmful effects of caffeine</strong> are many. Among the <strong>harmful effects of caffeine</strong> are forgetfulness, nervousness, and addiction.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Caffeine is a psychoactive substance naturally found in coffee, tea, kola nuts,  and in lesser amount, in cocoa. It is also found in beans, leaves, and fruits of some plants that acts as a natural pesticide to ward off insects.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Caffeine is a common ingredient in soft drinks, such as cola which was originally prepared from kola nuts. Soft drinks usually  contain about 10 to 50 milligrams, and energy drinks, 80 milligrams of caffeine per servings. Guarana, a prime ingredient of energy drinks, contains large amounts of caffeine with small amounts of theobromine and theophylline. It is also found in tea, and in chocolates, in the form of cocoa, in small amount.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Caffeine is an excitotoxin that harms the brain. It stimulates the body in similar manner as cocaine and heroin, and its addiction is gradual and subtle. Like most excitotoxins, caffeine causes brain malfunctions. This substance, like alcohol and nicotine, can easily penetrate the blood-brain barrier and can over excite the brain neurons to death.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Busy people  who want to extend their working hours drink more coffee in order to stay awake all day. Caffeine blocks adenosine receptors in the central nervous system of our brain, and brings a temporary feeling of alertness and wakefulness. Adenosine is a neurotransmitter that is involved in the control of the sleep-wake cycle. It promotes drowsiness and sleep after long hours of work or mental activity.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Caffeine molecule is structurally similar to adenosine. It easily binds to adenosine  receptors on the cell surface without activating them, thus blocking and inhibiting their functions. Cells that are normally slowed down by adenosine are speeded up by caffeine. Sensing that the cells are not slowed down, and suspecting that an emergency has happened, the hypothalamus reacts by releasing a neuro-hormone called dopamine into the bloodstream which triggers the adrenal glands to start pumping. Dopamine  increases heart rate and blood pressure, thus the feeling of wakefulness and alertness when drinking coffee.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The temporary sensation of high energy and alertness after drinking coffee, soft drinks, and energy drinks could be due to the the effects of caffeine&#8217;s three by-products during its metabolism.   Paraxanthine increases the lipolysis process, which releases glycerol and fatty acids into the blood as a source of fuel for the muscles. Theobromine dilates the blood vessels to increase the amount of oxygen and the flow of nutrients to the brain and muscles. Theophylline relaxes the smooth muscle of the bronchioles;  changes the time of heart rate, and alters the force of  muscle contractions in the heart.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Caffeine is an excitetotoxin that destroys the brain. Its excitatory effects not only weaken the neurons in the brain but can even over excite them to death. Caffeine, by counteracting adenosine, has inhibitory effects on brain activity. It adversely affects the healthy functioning of the brain, and other learning skills.  Long-term consumption of caffeine even in small doses affects learning and memory by inhibiting the creation of neurons in the hippocampus of the brain.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Other <strong>harmful effects of caffeine</strong> are the following:</p>
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<li>it causes nervousness, trembling, and abnormal muscle contractions</li>
<li>it causes dizziness and headaches</li>
<li>it causes indigestion</li>
<li>it slows down reaction to auditory and visual stimuli</li>
<li>it causes forgetfulness  and tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon</li>
<li>it increases the risk of myocardial infarction</li>
<li>it increases heart rate</li>
<li>it causes heart palpitation</li>
<li>it increases the risk of miscarriage in pregnant women</li>
<li>it causes lethargy, and irritability</li>
<li>it causes confusion and inability to focus</li>
<li>it causes visual hallucinations</li>
<li>it intensifies and prolongs the effects of psychostimulant drugs such as amphetamine, methamphetamine, and dextroamphetamine</li>
<li>it causes increased gastric acid secretion in the cells</li>
<li>it decreases broad-range thinking abilities</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Some studies showed that caffeine is good for the heart, and increases mental performance related to focused thought. This may be true as in other contradicting results from studies done on the effects of caffeine. But these are all temporary and transitory. When the stimulating effects are gone, the harmful effects of caffeine appear in the form of illnesses and diseases.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Caffeine is a nerve irritant that does not nourish the system in any way. Its temporary effects of high energy, alertness, wakefulness, increased strength, vivid imagination, and mental arousal are only nervous excitements produce before caffeine is ever digested and assimilated by the body. When the effects of this stimulant are gone, these unnatural euphoric conditions disappear, and only results to debility and langor.</p>
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