Women Put 515 Chemicals Into Their Body Everyday
Mar 9th
One Radio Network
March 9, 2010
Women and beauty products – it’s a love affair that’s been going on for centuries. And no wonder. There’s nothing like a new lipstick or favourite perfume to make us look and feel good. Or so we thought. In fact, according to a new report, most of our favourite cosmetics are cocktails of industrially produced and potentially dangerous chemicals that could damage our health and, in some cases, rather than delivering on their potent ‘anti-ageing’ promise, are causing us to age faster. See the picture diagram below.
Secondhand Smoke Damages Arteries
Mar 8th
Reuters
March 8, 2010
Children as young as 13 who have evidence of secondhand smoke in their blood also have visibly thicker arteries, Finnish researchers reported on Tuesday. Their study suggests that the damage caused by secondhand tobacco smoke starts in childhood and causes measurable damage by the teen years.
Food Additive Feared Tainted With Salmonella
Mar 8th
Brenda Branswell
The Gazette
March 8, 2010
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it is tracing where a potentially tainted food additive was distributed in Canada and what products it was used in. It’s also assessing whether those products pose a health risk, though the agency says on its website that the risks related to this contamination “are considered to be very low.”
GMO-Free is Fastest Growing Retail Brand
Mar 7th
Tom Pirovano
Nielsen
March 7, 2010
U.S. retailers continue to make progress in offering store brand products with health claims relevant to shoppers looking for healthier food choices. Store brands flexed their marketing muscle in the health claims arena putting impressive growth numbers on the leader board in emerging, albeit smaller, trend areas such as genetically modified organism (GMO) free, gluten free and absence of a specific fat.
Common Herbicide Used On U.S. Crops Castrates Male Frogs
Mar 7th
Azadeh Ansari
CNN
March 7, 2010
Atrazine, a weed killer widely used in the Midwestern United States and other agricultural areas of the world, can chemically “castrate” male frogs and turn some into females, according to a new study.
Shatter Limits note: If so, how could it affect humans?
Low Levels of Vitamin D Linked to Muscle Fat, Decreased Strength In Young People
Mar 7th
Julie Robert
McGill University
March 7, 2010
There’s an epidemic in progress, and it has nothing to do with the flu. A ground-breaking study published in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found an astonishing 59 per cent of study subjects had too little Vitamin D in their blood.
Chemicals In Toys, Furniture May Face Tighter Standards
Mar 6th
Dalia Fahmy
ABC News
March 06, 2010
People used to laugh at Richard Wiles when he started lobbying Congress 10 years ago for tighter rules on the chemicals allowed in consumer products. Although chemicals known to harm human health — such as mercury and asbestos — were making it into everything from computers to carpets, the government had no power to enforce bans. The chemical industry seemed untouchable. Read the rest of this entry »
DNA test ‘could predict most effective diet’
Mar 6th
BBC News
March 6, 2010
A simple DNA test may predict whether someone is more likely to lose weight on a low fat or a low carbohydrate diet, say US researchers. The results from the small preliminary study of 101 women showed those on the best diet for their genes lost two to three times more weight than the rest.
Vitamin D Found to Help Lift Mood During Winter Months
Mar 5th
Nora Plunkett
Loyola University
March 5, 2010
A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what Chicagoans need to get through the long winter, according to researchers at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON). This nutrient lifts mood during cold weather months when days are short and more time is spent indoors.
McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets branded ‘healthy’ by Weight Watchers
Mar 5th
Bonnie Malkin
Telegraph.co.uk
March 5, 2010
Shatter Limits note: These products contain harmful additives like MSG that are not mentioned in this article. This is what makes them particularly harmful.
McDonald’s is not the obvious choice for the health conscious dieter but the fast food chain has signed a deal with Weight Watchers to rebrand some of its meals as “healthy options”.
