Re: Re: WHO sees 'global epidemic' of chronic disease

[Guest guest]

There is a little shop/café that I shop at called The Organic. She was

giving me a tour yesterday of the grocery items that she is selling. Her

only competition here is Wild Oats but it is just down the street from her.

She has weekly " shares " where you pay $27 and get a bag filled with only

organic, pesticide and hormone free meat items and/or a fruit/vegetable bag.

The meat items are always listed before buying but the fruit/vege bag is a

surprise. The bags contain recipes and helpful hints for cooking. I love

the fruit/vege bags and the quality is much nicer than Wild Oats.

Anyway, she was telling me that a lot of companies add additives and

chemicals to their food and are not required to disclose it on their labels!

She was using milk products as an example. She sells Stonybrook because she

knows the company. She said anytime we buy from a company we don't know

well, we need to phone and ask about ALL OF THE additives, even the ones not

listed. Scary!! This is true for organic companies as well.

I also asked her about getting raw milk here. Would you believe that it is

illegal to sell!

Kenda

> WE certainly do need to learn better ways to take care of ourselves. But we

> are also reliant

> on the society in which we live. The influences that affect our children

> provide a telling

> example. When the business model is 'anything to make a buck' that means

> shoveling

> more and more sugar into foods that are marketed to children.

>

> Of course, we are resonsible for our choices and we must make healthier

> choices. But how

> do we obtain healthy foods, when we are reliant on agribusiness? We are no

> longer an

> agrarian society. We can't just go out and grow our own food. Well, most of

> us can't. It

> has been a monumental fight to even get regulation to require food

> manufacturers to label

> ingredients. Still, many are deceptive and that has gotten worse over the

> last few years,

> not better.

>

> These are areas where we as a society must also demand accountability from our

> government, and from the corporations that should not have as much power as

> they do.

> That is also our responsiblity as individuals and as citizens. We are,

> ultimately, our

> government, after all.

>

> Once upon a time, corporation charters were only granted if the corporation

> was in the

> public good. My we have come a long way from that time. Now, corporations

> rule us, not

> the other way around. And that is a disaster.

>

>

>

>>>

>> http://news./s/nm/20051005/hl_nm/chronic_dc;_ylt=AmcZrixdGh6

>> Yhbu7PVbz22Za24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NW41NTlyBHNlYwMxNzAx

>>>

>>> WHO sees 'global epidemic' of chronic disease

>>>

>>> By Nebehay

>>>

>>>

>>> GENEVA (Reuters) - Developing countries can tackle a

>>> " global epidemic " of chronic disease by adopting cheap

>>> measures that have helped cut heart disease deaths in

>>> some rich nations by up to 70 percent, the World

>>> Health Organization (WHO) said.

>>>

>>> In a report published on Wednesday, the WHO said

>>> nearly half of all deaths from heart disease, cancer,

>>> respiratory infections, strokes and diabetes -- to

>>> which about 35 million people will succumb this year

>>> -- were preventable.

>>>

>>> The report, " Preventing Chronic Diseases -- a Vital

>>> Investment, " said developing countries, where most

>>> such deaths occur, must copy Western nations by

>>> discouraging tobacco use and curbing salt, sugar and

>>> saturated fats in food.

>>>

>>> " Today we have a major epidemic and we know that if

>>> nothing is done, it will evolve rapidly and even more

>>> dramatically, " Le Gales-Camus, WHO assistant

>>> director-general of non-communicable disease, told a

>>> news briefing.

>>>

>>> The WHO, a United Nations agency, said its goal

>>> was to prevent the deaths of 36 million people by

>>> 2015, by reducing death rates from chronic disease by

>>> 2 percent each year.

>>>

>>> " It is achievable. We want to stop people dying at an

>>> early age, prematurely and painfully, from a

>>> preventable condition, " said Beaglehole, WHO's

>>> director of chronic diseases and health promotion.

>>>

>>> Eighty percent of all heart disease, stroke and type 2

>>> diabetes cases, and over 40 percent of cancer cases,

>>> could be prevented, the report said.

>>>

>>> Chronic disease also has a huge economic impact. The

>>> WHO estimates that such illnesses will cost China $558

>>> billion over the next decade, the Russian Federation

>>> $303 billion and India $237 billion.

>>>

>>> Low and middle income countries, where the epidemic is

>>> worst, need to look to the example of industrialized

>>> nations. Some 80 percent of deaths from chronic

>>> diseases occur in developing countries, and half are

>>> women.

>>>

>>> " There is a very pervasive misunderstanding that

>>> chronic diseases affect only wealthy men in wealthy

>>> countries, " Beaglehole said.

>>>

>>> Alerting the public to the dangers of high cholesterol

>>> levels or blood pressure have paid off in Western

>>> countries, the report said. Heart disease death rates

>>> have fallen by up to 70 percent in the last three

>>> decades in Australia, Britain, Canada and the United

>>> States.

>>>

>>> Poland lowered death rates among young adults by 10

>>> percent per year in the 1990s at low cost, mainly by

>>> ensuring fruits and vegetables were available and by

>>> removing subsidies on butter which made it competitive

>>> with healthier vegetable oils, according to

>>> Beaglehole.

>>>

>>> Over one billion people worldwide are overweight or

>>> obese -- putting them at risk of deadly heart disease

>>> --- and the figure could rise to 1.5 billion in a

>>> decade, the report warned.

>>>

>>> About 22 million children under age five are

>>> overweight.

>>>

>>> Child obesity was " a number one public health

>>> problem, " and talks are scheduled next week with the

>>> food and beverage industry to discuss a " plan of

>>> action, " Le Gales-Camus said.

>>>

>>> " Reports of type 2 diabetes in children and

>>> adolescents -- previously unheard of -- have begun to

>>> mount worldwide, " the WHO report said, referring to a

>>> form of the disease previously known as adult-onset

>>> diabetes.

>>>

>>> Wang Longde, China's vice-minister of health, said in

>>> an introduction to the report: " We have an obesity

>>> epidemic, with more than 20 percent of our 7-17 year

>>> old children in urban centers tipping the scales as

>>> either overweight or obese. "

>

>

>

>

> Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice given by licensed

> health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed health care

> professional before commencing any medical treatment.

>

> " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you.

> Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a

> happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing, two-time

> Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kathy,

Good idea! I know Anner doesn't know of anywhere I could find it, I asked

her but perhaps my vet does. He is also a farmer. I'll ask today.

He was saying that some of his friends, also farmers, were telling him that

there are no standards for organic foods and that no one even checks their

farms. Some of these farmers are selling to stores and nice restaurants. I

know Anner personally checks where she buys from but obviously other stores

and restaurants do not. That's pretty upsetting.

Kenda

> -Kenda

> There are ways around the buying raw milk. The lady I get it from

> doesn't sell it. She gives it to me and I give her a donation.

> Other places make you pay a fee to be in a " co-op. You share the

> cost of the cow. (not really--it is only $20.00) Then you pay for

> the products but technically it is not selling as you are a co-

> owner. I am lucky that I have a woman about 45 minutes away who

> raises organic, grassfed cows and I buy the milk there. And organic

> eggs and chickens.I still need raw cheese and am working onthat

> now. Where there is a will, there is a way!

> Hugs, kathy

>

>

>

>

>

>

> -- In , Kenda Skaggs <skaggs@c...>

> wrote:

>> There is a little shop/café that I shop at called The Organic.

> She was

>> giving me a tour yesterday of the grocery items that she is

> selling. Her

>> only competition here is Wild Oats but it is just down the street

> from her.

>> She has weekly " shares " where you pay $27 and get a bag filled

> with only

>> organic, pesticide and hormone free meat items and/or a

> fruit/vegetable bag.

>> The meat items are always listed before buying but the fruit/vege

> bag is a

>> surprise. The bags contain recipes and helpful hints for cooking.

> I love

>> the fruit/vege bags and the quality is much nicer than Wild Oats.

>>

>> Anyway, she was telling me that a lot of companies add additives

> and

>> chemicals to their food and are not required to disclose it on

> their labels!

>> She was using milk products as an example. She sells Stonybrook

> because she

>> knows the company. She said anytime we buy from a company we

> don't know

>> well, we need to phone and ask about ALL OF THE additives, even

> the ones not

>> listed. Scary!! This is true for organic companies as well.

>>

>> I also asked her about getting raw milk here. Would you believe

> that it is

>> illegal to sell!

>>

>> Kenda

>>

>>> WE certainly do need to learn better ways to take care of

> ourselves. But we

>>> are also reliant

>>> on the society in which we live. The influences that affect our

> children

>>> provide a telling

>>> example. When the business model is 'anything to make a buck'

> that means

>>> shoveling

>>> more and more sugar into foods that are marketed to children.

>>>

>>> Of course, we are resonsible for our choices and we must make

> healthier

>>> choices. But how

>>> do we obtain healthy foods, when we are reliant on

> agribusiness? We are no

>>> longer an

>>> agrarian society. We can't just go out and grow our own food.

> Well, most of

>>> us can't. It

>>> has been a monumental fight to even get regulation to require

> food

>>> manufacturers to label

>>> ingredients. Still, many are deceptive and that has gotten

> worse over the

>>> last few years,

>>> not better.

>>>

>>> These are areas where we as a society must also demand

> accountability from our

>>> government, and from the corporations that should not have as

> much power as

>>> they do.

>>> That is also our responsiblity as individuals and as citizens.

> We are,

>>> ultimately, our

>>> government, after all.

>>>

>>> Once upon a time, corporation charters were only granted if the

> corporation

>>> was in the

>>> public good. My we have come a long way from that time. Now,

> corporations

>>> rule us, not

>>> the other way around. And that is a disaster.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>>>

>>>>

> http://news./s/nm/20051005/hl_nm/chronic_dc;_ylt=AmcZrixdGh6

>>>> Yhbu7PVbz22Za24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NW41NTlyBHNlYwMxNzAx

>>>>>

>>>>> WHO sees 'global epidemic' of chronic disease

>>>>>

>>>>> By Nebehay

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> GENEVA (Reuters) - Developing countries can tackle a

>>>>> " global epidemic " of chronic disease by adopting cheap

>>>>> measures that have helped cut heart disease deaths in

>>>>> some rich nations by up to 70 percent, the World

>>>>> Health Organization (WHO) said.

>>>>>

>>>>> In a report published on Wednesday, the WHO said

>>>>> nearly half of all deaths from heart disease, cancer,

>>>>> respiratory infections, strokes and diabetes -- to

>>>>> which about 35 million people will succumb this year

>>>>> -- were preventable.

>>>>>

>>>>> The report, " Preventing Chronic Diseases -- a Vital

>>>>> Investment, " said developing countries, where most

>>>>> such deaths occur, must copy Western nations by

>>>>> discouraging tobacco use and curbing salt, sugar and

>>>>> saturated fats in food.

>>>>>

>>>>> " Today we have a major epidemic and we know that if

>>>>> nothing is done, it will evolve rapidly and even more

>>>>> dramatically, " Le Gales-Camus, WHO assistant

>>>>> director-general of non-communicable disease, told a

>>>>> news briefing.

>>>>>

>>>>> The WHO, a United Nations agency, said its goal

>>>>> was to prevent the deaths of 36 million people by

>>>>> 2015, by reducing death rates from chronic disease by

>>>>> 2 percent each year.

>>>>>

>>>>> " It is achievable. We want to stop people dying at an

>>>>> early age, prematurely and painfully, from a

>>>>> preventable condition, " said Beaglehole, WHO's

>>>>> director of chronic diseases and health promotion.

>>>>>

>>>>> Eighty percent of all heart disease, stroke and type 2

>>>>> diabetes cases, and over 40 percent of cancer cases,

>>>>> could be prevented, the report said.

>>>>>

>>>>> Chronic disease also has a huge economic impact. The

>>>>> WHO estimates that such illnesses will cost China $558

>>>>> billion over the next decade, the Russian Federation

>>>>> $303 billion and India $237 billion.

>>>>>

>>>>> Low and middle income countries, where the epidemic is

>>>>> worst, need to look to the example of industrialized

>>>>> nations. Some 80 percent of deaths from chronic

>>>>> diseases occur in developing countries, and half are

>>>>> women.

>>>>>

>>>>> " There is a very pervasive misunderstanding that

>>>>> chronic diseases affect only wealthy men in wealthy

>>>>> countries, " Beaglehole said.

>>>>>

>>>>> Alerting the public to the dangers of high cholesterol

>>>>> levels or blood pressure have paid off in Western

>>>>> countries, the report said. Heart disease death rates

>>>>> have fallen by up to 70 percent in the last three

>>>>> decades in Australia, Britain, Canada and the United

>>>>> States.

>>>>>

>>>>> Poland lowered death rates among young adults by 10

>>>>> percent per year in the 1990s at low cost, mainly by

>>>>> ensuring fruits and vegetables were available and by

>>>>> removing subsidies on butter which made it competitive

>>>>> with healthier vegetable oils, according to

>>>>> Beaglehole.

>>>>>

>>>>> Over one billion people worldwide are overweight or

>>>>> obese -- putting them at risk of deadly heart disease

>>>>> --- and the figure could rise to 1.5 billion in a

>>>>> decade, the report warned.

>>>>>

>>>>> About 22 million children under age five are

>>>>> overweight.

>>>>>

>>>>> Child obesity was " a number one public health

>>>>> problem, " and talks are scheduled next week with the

>>>>> food and beverage industry to discuss a " plan of

>>>>> action, " Le Gales-Camus said.

>>>>>

>>>>> " Reports of type 2 diabetes in children and

>>>>> adolescents -- previously unheard of -- have begun to

>>>>> mount worldwide, " the WHO report said, referring to a

>>>>> form of the disease previously known as adult-onset

>>>>> diabetes.

>>>>>

>>>>> Wang Longde, China's vice-minister of health, said in

>>>>> an introduction to the report: " We have an obesity

>>>>> epidemic, with more than 20 percent of our 7-17 year

>>>>> old children in urban centers tipping the scales as

>>>>> either overweight or obese. "

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Opinions expressed are NOT meant to take the place of advice

> given by licensed

>>> health care professionals. Consult your physician or licensed

> health care

>>> professional before commencing any medical treatment.

>>>

>>> " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians

> mislead you.

>>> Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about

> how to live a

>>> happy life and how to work for a better world. " - Linus ing,

> two-time

>>> Nobel Prize Winner (1954, Chemistry; 1963, Peace)

>>>

>>>