Category: Quality Control (Page 71 of 74)

Breastfeeding is Not Encouraged in Most U.S. Hospitals

August 2, 2011 / Staff

Breastfeeding rates in the U.S. are very low compared to the rest of the world.

Even supermodels like Gisele Bundchen have been outspoken advocates for breastfeeding, risking the backlash of mothers everywhere.

The benefits to baby and mother are indisputable yet hospitals seem ill-equipped to advocate and support breastfeeding for new mothers.

U.S. hospitals are not doing enough to encourage mothers to breast-feed their newborns, raising the risk of childhood obesity, diabetes and other conditions, according to a federal study released on Tuesday.
Less than 4 percent of the country’s hospitals fully support breast-feeding, said a report issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Doctors, Health Care Policy, Hospitals, Nutrition, Quality Control, Wellness

breastfeeding breasts Gisele Bundchen hospital policy infant nutrition maternity nursing women's health

Monsanto Spends Millions of Dollars Lobbying for Your Life

June 24, 2011 / Staff

Monsanto spares no expense to control the World’s food supply.

The maker of Round-Up and the leader in GMO’s has a firm hold on lawmakers in Washington D.C.

This large corporation spends millions to make you ill.

The world’s largest seed company lobbied Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture over regulations that would affect the distribution of genetically engineered crops like the company’s Roundup Ready soybeans and alfalfa.
The company also lobbied Congress and USDA on issues surrounding consolidation and antitrust law in agriculture. Last year, the USDA launched a joint effort with the U.S. Department of Justice to examine antitrust laws over food companies, and Monsanto was a key focus of a public workshop on the seed industry.

Quality Control

food lobby GMO Lobbyists Monsanto Round-Up Round-Up Ready Crops

10 Food Additives to Avoid for Better Health!

June 22, 2011 / Staff

Food additives are now a main ingredient of the American diet.

Additives, which were developed to help preserve food freshness, have become a health hazard to millions.

Read on for more details.

These top ten are particularly harmful.

Artificial Sweeteners
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Monosodium Glutamate
Trans Fat
Common Food Dyes
Sodium Sulfate
Sodium Nitrate/Sodium Nitrate
BHA and BHT
Sulphur Dioxide
Potassium Bromate

A typical American household spends about 90 percent of their food budget on processed foods, and are in doing so exposed to a plethora of artificial food additives, many of which can cause dire consequences to your health.

Nutrition, Quality Control

Artificial Sweeteners asthma BHA and BHT Common Food Dyes diabetes diet food additives heat disease High fructose corn syrup Monosodium Glutamate obesity Potassium Bromate Sodium Nitrate/Sodium Nitrate Sodium Sulfate Sulphur Dioxide Trans Fat

Your Multivitamin May Not Contain All the Nutrients on the Label

June 21, 2011 / Staff

Vitamins are expensive and the research is out on whether or not they are as effective as we hope that they are.

Recent studies about the potency of some supplements and multivitamins is discouraging.

“While medications are closely overseen by the federal Food and Drug Administration, supplements like vitamins don’t get regular testing by any government agency. So there’s no way of knowing — outside of independent testing — whether a bottle of supplements contains what it’s supposed to … Although low levels of certain nutrients can be a problem, doses that exceed recommendations are especially worrisome. Several products evaluated … including some designed for children, had this issue.”

Nutrition, Quality Control, Wellness

diet FDA multivitamins nutrients supplements vitamins

New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening Considered Unsafe By Women

May 30, 2011 / Staff

Breast Cancer Guidelines are being amended and there is some concern.

The greatest health fear for many women is breast cancer disease.

One in eight women do develop breast cancer, however, women perceive the risk to be much higher.

So much so, as a matter of fact, that they are concerned about the new guidelines limiting early cancer screening for breast cancer.

More than eight out of 10 women say new guidelines recommending against routine breast cancer screening of women under 50 are “unsafe,” according to a small survey.
But most of the women also grossly overestimate their risk of developing the disease, researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester found.