BPA in plastics are damaging to all humans but they are especially damaging to babies as they can retard and cripple their hormonal systems during a crucial phase of development. Lets do our part to protect the future of this planet.

BPA’s are chemcials that are found in most plastic containers today.

BPA’s can cause obesity, breast cancer and impotence in men and the side effects are even worse for children, particularly babies.

We can make a difference. Lets start with California first. Email your Senator and Support the Ban of BPA’s in baby products in California. I already did. You can too. Senator’s do pay attention to these emails and if enough go through you can bet they will sign this bill to make certain they get reelected.

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Plastic storage containers such as bottled water has been shown to leak estrogen.

Plastic containers have been proven to leak estrogen into the substances they contain.

First know that estrogen is a steroid. Steroids are illegal to buy and administer without a doctors prescription. Steroids have been demonized as extremely dangerous, yet everyday we all get a mega dose of the steroid estrogen from the foods and liquids we consume. Their are some foods that can naturally raise your estrogen such as Soy, but the xenoestrogens that plastics leak out actually act as estrogen in our bodies. This effect of this is direct and rapid.

Which plastics are the cause?

Nearly all plastics can leak xenohormones. It all has to do with how these synthetic materials are made and that they contain Bisphenols.

Bisphenol A (BPA) is the key element in polycarbonate synthetics and epoxy resins. Over three million tons being produced annually all over the world. Everyday objects such as medical equipment, baby bottles and food packaging are made of PC synthetic materials. Epoxy resins are also used used to coat food and drink cans and seal drinking water pipelines. We get it from via the air, water and dental fillings as well as  from the food and liquids coming into contact with the packaging materials or plastic containers.

The plastic leaks out substances that act as estrogen in the body. These substances are called xenohormones. *man-made substance that has a hormone-like effect. Plastic has been shown to leak xenoestrogens, substances that act like estrogen in the body.

Substances that are at Risk of BPA Contaimination

Anything that comes in a plastic container has been exposed to Bisphenol and thus will leak xenohormones.

• Bottled Water
• Soft Drinks
• Things you put in plastic Tupperware
• Microwaves, people often reheat food in plastic containers, this rapidly accelerates the level of xenoestrogen leakage

The Snail Study

Two researchers, Wagner and Oehlmann conducted a study on the New England Mudscale using commercially available mineral waters. Their results Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

They took twenty brands of mineral water available in Germany, nine bottled in glass, nine bottled in plastic and two bottled in paperboard boxes coasted with an inner plastic film and tested the water in them for the prescence of estrogenic chemicals. They detected contamination in 60% of the samples, 12 of twenty brands. 33% of all mineral waters bottled in glass were contaimainted, while 78% of all mineral waters bottled in plastic were contaiminated with xenosterogens.

They then went a step further. They wanted to see if these xenoestrogens would indeed act like estrogen. They used the New Zealand mud snail as a test subject and breed them in water from both the glass and plastic bottles. The researchers found more than double the number of embryos in plastic bottles compared with glass bottles.

The authors conclude: “We must have identified just the tip of the iceberg in that plastic packaging may be a major source of xenohormone* contamination of many other edibles. Our findings provide an insight into the potential exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals due to unexpected sources of contamination.”

Obesity, Breast Cancer and Impotence.

First know that estrogen is a steroid. Steroids are illegal to buy and administer without a doctors prescription. Steroids have been demonized as extremly harmful, yet everyday we all get a mega dose of the steroid estrogen from the foods and liquids we consume.

The effect of estrogen, besides it’s obvious central role in the female reproductive cycle is that increases fat and water retention. The higher your estrogen levels the more water and fat your body will hold onto. This is why women naturally hold much more fat and water than males. Obesity is not helped by the doses of estrogen we get from plastic containers.

Sheryl Crow recently spoke about her battle with breast cancer on ABC News. She mentioned how drinking water bottled in plastic left in her car was one of the causes. The xenoestrogens that leak out in plastic will cause abnormal growth in breast tissue, contributing to breast cancer.

Men are also at risk from the xenoestrogens that leak out of plastic containers. When a males estrogen levels rise the body will lower its testosterone levels. This is actually one of the bad side effects of taking Androgenic Anabolic steroids, yet we get this same effect everytime we drink water bottled in plastic or eat nearly anything. The effects of lower testosterone include, depression, impotence, fat gain, and lack of focus. This is one of the major causes of men having testosterone levels 30% lower than just thirty years ago.

Bottle-fed Babies Especially Vulnerable

BPA is a hormonally active substance that acts like the natural hormone estrogen and as an anti-androgen. Even small amounts of the substance can thus affect sexual development, especially for male fetuses and babies.

A study revealed that babies and infants absorb the most BPA. Babies fed using PC bottles are the worst affected, on average taking in 0.8 micrograms of BPA per kilogram of body weight via bottles. This amount is well below the statutory minimum. “But the latest studies on rats have shown that even low doses can have a harmful impact on the development of the animals,” says von Götz. The exposure declines with age, although the study also shows that it depends on the kind of diet or lifestyle: people who live on a lot of canned food, warm up their meals in PC containers in the microwave or have just had a new epoxy resin-based filling are exposed to a comparatively higher dosage of BPA.

For von Götz, an important aspect is that nutrition studies should not only pay attention to what people eat, but also how the food is packed. More research might be necessary on the chain of custody as it is often unclear as to how substances like BPA ultimately get into the food.

Final Word on Plastic Containers

Avoid all liquids and foods in plastic containers as much as you can. While most foods and containers have come into contact with plastic containers during processing we can lower the amount of xenoestrogens we get significantly by avoiding anything that comes packaged in plastics.

1. Do not drink water bottled in plastic.
2. Do not ever feed your baby anything bottled in plastic.
3. Never put any plastic in the microwave, this rapidly speeds up the rate at which xenoestrogens are absorbed into the food.

Sources

• Wagner et al. Endocrine disruptors in bottled mineral water: total estrogenic burden and migration from plastic bottles. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2009; DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0107-7
• Von Götz N et al. Bisphenol A: How the Most Relevant Exposure Sources Contribute to Total Consumer Exposure. Risk Analysis, (2010), 30, 473-487 DOI:10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01345.x
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Raw Milk is milk straight from the breast. Human babies get raw milk when they are breast fed. We should always demand the best milk, as little processing as possible and never pasteurized.

Raw Milk has made me feel good about drinking milk and eating diary again.

I love the taste of Raw Milk. I grew up on a farm in Egypt and the milk I had there was warm fresh and alive straight from the cow. It made me a strong and healthy boy. When I came to the USA with my parents and we began drinking the milk in stores I changed. My mother was shocked to see me go from a strong healthy infant to a sickly little boy in just a few months.I came down with allergies to dust, insects, dogs and nearly everything. I also had serious respirator problems and my mucus became a problem. She still speaks about that transformation. She took me to the best doctors she could afford but they couldn’t help. My mother then, just like most people now had no idea how bad drinking pasteurized milk is for your health.

What is NOT Raw Milk

The milk sold in supermarkets is pasteurized. My research on the dangers of pasteurized milk convinced me to stop drinking any and all pasteurized diary. If you look at pasteurized milk under a microscope it looks as if everything has been exploded and bombed to death. The pasteurization kills off all the good bacteria and destroys most of the enzymes and proteins. Homogenization goes the extra mile and splits the fat molecules into smaller pieces which are more easily absorbed as belly fat by the body. Homogenized milk is always pasteurized because homogenized milk becomes rancid rapidly. Pasteurized milk is effectively a dead white liquid. For more research and studies on why pastuerized milk is to be avoided please refer to this article Milk, Pasteurization, Pus, Steroids, Lactose Intolerance and the Facts

Pasturized milk has been known to cause

• Excessive amounts of mucus –  The pus in pasteurized milk is way over healthy levels and will force your body to make more mucus to coat the toxins.
• Exaggerate allergies – The pesticides and in genetically modified pasteurized milk, all pasteurized milk in the USA is genetically modified, will worsen allergies.
• Calcium deficiency - The calcium in pasteurized milk cannot be absorbed into the body so those who reply on it for their calcium are actually calcium deficient. This is especially bad for children.
• Far more side effects of pasteurized milk exist read more about why pasteurized milk is no longer necessary

What is Raw Milk

When any mammal breast feeds it’s baby, they are drinking raw milk. Raw milk is milk that has not undergone the process of pasteurization. Pasteurization is highly damaging to milk and to we who consume it. Raw milk is far more than simply unpasteurized milk, it has come to be recognized by milk lovers and health professionals as milk that comes from no genetically modified cows, raised in good conditions and fed a mainly grass diet as was intended by nature. No steroids, pesticides or pus. This is what our grandparents drank everyday as children, before dairy became big business and got their lobbyists into our government.

Milk has been long considered a super food and anti aging medicine by cultures and religions around the world. If all these ancient books and cultures look to milk as super medicine then there must be a grain of truth to it. There is far more than just a grain. We all know milk is good for us. It is something hardwired into our minds by nature. We can skip the research there and just look to our gut.

Health Benefits of Raw Milk (unpasteurized milk )

• Enzymes that are destroyed during pasteurization. Without them, milk is very difficult to digest. So if you have lactose intolerance, it may very well disappear once you start consuming raw dairy products. It also contains phosphatase, an enzyme that aids and assists in the absorption of calcium in your bones, and lipase enzyme, which helps to hydrolyze and absorb fats. Enzymes are deactivated when you get above 120 degrees. By the time you get to 150, 160 degrees, almost all of them are completely inactivated, which is why you will not get ANY of these benefits from pasteurized milk.
• Natural butterfat, which is homogenized or removed in pasteurized milk. Without butterfat, it becomes very difficult for your body to absorb and utilize the vitamins and minerals in the water fraction of the milk. Butterfat is also your best source of preformed vitamin A.
• High omega-3 and low omega-6 ratios, which is the beneficial ratio between these two essential fats
• Good Natural Hormones: Colostrum. Colostrum is a certain kind of raw milk. Colostrum refers to the milk produced by the cow, human or any mammal for the seven weeks after they first give birth.  Colostrum is truly a super food. It is loaded with super natural pure growth hormones, souped up vitamin complex and the hardest to find trace minerals in abundance. The special fat found in colostrum manifests as a series of  hormones that boost immunity and increase all good kinds of growth, including height, muscle and cognitive development.

The Taste of Raw Milk

This is my favorite part. I love the taste of raw milk. It is exactly how I remember milk tasting as a small boy. All milk lovers are in for a special treat when they have their first glass of raw milk. It is like rediscovering milk all over again.

Where can you get Raw Milk?

Raw milk is legal to be sold in only the following states.

1. California
2. Connecticut
3. Maine
4. Pennsylvania
5. Washington
6. Arizona

If you live in the following states then the just head over to your local farmers market and you will surely see small farmers offering raw milk for sale. Check out http://www.organicpastures.com/ for more raw milk sources in your state.

Here are some questions to ask these farmers

• Do they do regular testing for pathogens? Pathogens are illness causing bacteria and organisms. The farms stock should have a low pathogen count
• Do they quickly chilled after milking ?
• Are the cows raised naturally, in accordance with the seasons ?
• Are the cows are mainly grass-fed?
• Are the cows given antibiotics and growth hormones to increase milk production? The answer better be no
• Do these farmers drink the milk themselves?
• Was this milk intended to be sold raw or was it intended to be sold for pasteurization? Always make certain the raw milk was always intended to be sold raw. This will ensure that the cows are non Genetically modified and were not given any steroids or other drugs.

Why You Never Heard about Raw Milk

The FDA has gone to war with raw milk farmers.

The Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund filed a law suit against the FDA several months ago on behalf of Raw Milk consumers in an effort to overturn the interstate ban on raw Milk movement. The FDA response was a 30 page document that reads like a facist mind control document. Basically the FDA outlines it’s mission statement and it shows us who they truly are in regards to our health.

• There is No Right to Consume or Feed Children Any Particular Food…25
• b. There is No Generalized Right to Bodily and Physical Health…26
• c. There is No Fundamental Right to Freedom of Contract…27
• 5. FDA’s Regulations Rationally Advance The Agency’s Public Health Mission

Basically the FDA is here to push pharmaceutical drugs on us and while we are invisible to them, the lobbyists of big Dairy Business are not. Pasteurization is no longer necessary. Surpluses on farmers are no longer necessary. We could actually make the system produce good healthy food and milk from non tormented and abused animals. The politics of this game are tied to money and as usual it is the consumer who suffers.

The pasteurization of milk has caused all kinds of health problems for over 50 years. Those problems are treated with pharmaceutical drugs. The cycle goes from the cows to farmers who barely survive feeding those cows for big dairy to the big dairy executives to us shopping in the aisles. Our government has gotten involved over the years more and more as more money began to be available to them from big dairy. This isn’t a conspiracy theory, it’s just business. Unfortunately the goals of business and our health do not match up, rather they are diametrically opposed.

Big Dairy wants to use genetically modified cows to produce as much as much milk as they can. These cows are  loaded up with steroids and antibiotics to treat their unnatural illnesses from being milked far too much. The bad treatment these cows get gets passed on to their milk. The milk big dairy produces is full of pus, herbicides and the pain of sick and abused animals. Of course they demand it be bombarded with radition, which is what pastuerization is. The milk they produce is not fit to be consumed raw. Raw milk from small farmers is the alternative and it is a good one.

Want to see a Change ?

1. Stop drinking pasteurized dairy
2. Educate your friends about the milk issue
3. Support your small local farmers by switching to raw milk

Do these things and you will be separate Big Dairy Business from your life. If all your friends do it and their friends do it then we will send a real message to big dairy that they will have to listen too.

Sources

• Michigan Fresh Raw Milk Study
• The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America’s Emerging Battle Over Food Rights
• FDA Motion to Dismiss Document CFR 1240.61
• FDA Conspiracy against Raw Milk Dealers
• Dr Mercola -Mark McAfee Raw Milk Interview

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Nothing feels better than getting babies started right, especially with nutrition.

My good friend Heather just had a baby and it really got me thinking about how amazing it would be to nurture a newborn with the very best food on earth the second they stop breast feeding. A vegetable rich green puree is an awesome start and they should have it once a day. They will ask for it so much more though as  tt is amazingly delicious and very sweet. Even better it also low glycemic and incredibly nutritious! It is also made from totally raw and organic  ingredients so it comes straight from the earth as nature intended.

But wait… Why can’t you just buy baby food?

You would think that when it comes to our kids the big commercial food corporations would stop the funny business and only use the best ingredients but the truth is it is just business as usual for them. Commercial baby food is processed and you will find many less than stellar ingredients in them such as refined sugar and sometimes even corn syrup.

Most commercial baby food is notoriously high in sugar and this can wreck havoc with your baby blood sugar setting them up for diabetes later. The great thing is we can make our own awesome tasting baby food that is nourishing, low in sugar and can also help to regulate a baby’s blood sugar. The secret is to use your own local fresh ingredients and real whole super foods. Without further delay here is my …

Baby Green Knockout Puree Recipe

• 1 Young Thai Coconut, water and meat
• 2 tablespoons of Coconut Oil
• 1-2 cups greens ( dandelions, spinach or organic lettuce )
• 1-2 tablespoons of Raw Honey
• 1 Apple
• Half a Lemon
• Half a tablespoon of Stevia
• 1 tablespoon of Cinnamon
• 1 spoon of Mesquite
• 1 spoon of Lúcuma
• 1 tablespoon of Maca
• 2 spoons of Sun Warrior Protein
• 1 spoon of Blue Green Algae

Blend it, in Style

Put this all into a blender until it is consistent and will still hold in a spoon well enough to feed the little fellow. I Highly recommend the VitaMix 5200 Blender.  It is expensive but it will change the way you eat and if anyone deserves the best it is your child. Check out their site http://www.vitamix.com and use Coupon Code 06-004792 for Free Shipping and a discount.

The Science of Baby Food

Each of these ingredients is amazing and together they make the ultimate food. I have this every morning ( except I add nutmilk to make it more like a drink rather than a puree as I am not an infant lol ) It keeps me going through an intense 3 hour boxing training session and I even have a jar of it afterwards to feed my muscles and regulate my blood sugar. Your kid will be Knockin’ em out!

• Young Thai Coconuts are the best coconuts and coconuts in general are amazing. They are the most hydrating liquid you can have because their milk matches the consistency of the plasma in your blood more than any other fluid in nature, other than your own blood of course. Also the milk of a coconut is completely sterile. The coconuts thick shell and complex natural fibers act as a filtration system that totally cleans the water over a period of eight months.  WOW Oh and they have an awesome natural sweetness! Coconuts are so good for you I will be writing a Coconut article soon.
• Coconut Oil is one of the best fats on earth. We all need good fats. The more active you are the more good fats you need for recovery of muscles and various organs, most importantly the brain. If you are literally growing everyday at a rapid rate then you must have as many good fats as you can get. Coconut oil is also an immune system booster. Nearly 50% of the fatty acid in natural coconut oil is lauric acid. Lauric acid destroys the lipid membrane of such enveloped viruses as HIV, measles, Herpes simplex virus (HSV-1), influenza and cytomegalovirus (CMV). Its usefulness in treating AIDS is currently under investigation. It is a main component of human breast milk and helps protect children from illness during infancy. Find it at your local organic market or get Raw certified organic Coconut Oil online
• Dandelions is a great detoxifying agent. You may ask why a new born would need to be detoxified as they are basically brand new. Newborns start out fighting off a world that they see as foreign and toxic compared to the sterile womb they knew for 9 months. They accumulate many toxins in those first few weeks until their immune systems adapt and anything that helps them detoxify is good. Dandelions are also one of the least hybridized crops so you can usually get it as the earth originally made it. Spinach or organic lettuce will also do, or any other green on hand but my current favorite is Dandelions
• Raw Honey is honey straight from the bee’s. It is thicker and has a more natural sweetness. Plain old honey and even organic honey have been pasteurized and often processed so they have lost much of their natural healing properties. Honey has been used as Warrior food by the Spartans, Egyptians and Incas alike.
• Apples are one of the best tasting natural sweetners. A fresh fuji apple’s glycemic index is far lower than commercially sold apple juice.
• Stevia is an amazing all natural sweetener with no sugar! It’s sweetness saturates anything you put it in and it’s glycemic value is near zero so you know your baby’s blood sugar will remain balanced and optimal. It is very important to make certain that your baby’s blood sugar levels do not get spiked too often. The higher our blood sugar goes the more our pancreas must work to process it. This can cause insulin imbalances which can make them more prone to type 1 diabetes later in live. The pancreas is especially sensitive at this age and treating it right now will pay off handsomely later! Check out my Best Sweetners Review for more low glycemic Sweetner options
• Cinnamon is one of the most medicinal spices on earth and it makes things taste great. Cinnamon’s essential oils also qualify it as an “anti-microbial” food, and cinnamon has been studied for its ability to help stop the growth of bacteria Cinnamon also contains the mineral chromium which helps you balance your blood sugar. Keeping your baby’s blood sugar balanced is one of the most important things you can do for their health, especially for the future. Too often young children are forced to eat Baby Food that is extremely high in sugar and this is one of the main culprits in juvenile diabetes.
• Lúcuma is a popular flavoring for ice cream in in Peru even exceeds the demand for more globally popular flavors such as strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla so you know it tastes great.  In fact, it was once referred to as the Gold of the Incas. Lúcuma an excellent source of carbohydrates, fibre, vitamins and minerals. It has lots of beta-carotene, niacin (B3) and iron. It is also low glycemic! Lúcuma powder is an awesome an nutritious sweetener.
• Lemons: Lets talk about just how amazing the common lemon is. In traditional medicine, the lemon is widely known for its healing powers and is used in many different ways. In fact, the lemon is so powerful that it was used by the Romans as their cure for all types of poison. Because of its high vitamin C content, it is thought to help prevent and treat many infections, hasten wound healing and temper down high fever. Lemon juice also relieves symptoms of asthma, tonsillitis and sore throat. Pretty amazing for a fruit we take for granted. The sourness they add works amazingly well with the sweetness of this recipe.
• Mesquite is of particularly great value to those looking to balance blood sugar levels. Mesquite flour offers a naturally sweet flavor to recipes, but its sugars are derived from fructose (which does not require insulin to digest and is readily metabolized). Additionally, the flour is an excellent form of fiber – meeting almost a quarter of daily needs in just two tablespoons – which not only improves digestion but further benefits sugar metabolism. Mesquite also contains lysine (an amino acid), as well as notable quantities of digestible protein, calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron and zinc. As such a balanced food, it is easy to see why our Native American ancestors relied so heavily on mesquite as a staple form of delicious nourishment. Mesquite comes in a powder that is easy to put into anything.
• Maca is rich in calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium, sulfur and iron, and contains trace minerals, including zinc, iodine, copper, selenium, bismuth, manganese and silica, as well as vitamins B1, B2, C and E. Maca contains nearly 20 amino acids and seven essential amino acids.. During the height of the Incan Empire, legend has it that Incan warriors would consume maca before entering into battle. This would make them fiercely strong. But after conquering a city the Incan soldiers were prohibited from using maca, to protect the women from excessive sexual impulses. LOL Now you know why I love it. Maca is an amazing natural aphrodesiac, but don’t worry your little guy won’t grow up to be a sex maniac they will just be grow up to be alot sexier.  Maca powder is simplest way to get this amazing supe rfood into nearly anything.
• Sun Warrior Protein: Your body needs protein to heal, regenerate and grow. Babies easily use all the protein they can get, much more so than we adults so it is even more important that they get as much of the best protein as possible so they achieve their maximum growth potential. Sun Warrior Protein is the only protein powder I use. The reason? It is actually a real whole food, not just a supplement like every other protein powder out there.  It is not made from whey, which is processed from pasteurized milk. Read my Milk article to see why pasteurized dairy products must be avoided.
• Blue Green Algae is natures ultimate protein source. It is amazing stuff whose benefits are just to numerous.  E3 Live is the top brand of Blue Green Algae but there are many awesome ones.  For parents looking for major extra credit then go with Pure Synergy. It is my favorite and it has way more than just the algae. It is a superfood blend of 60 different plants, herbs, and superfoods. This product was developed and perfected over a 20-year period by Mitchell May, PhD. It was originally conceived to help Mitchell May recover from a severe car accident that caused extreme nerve and tissue damage. I put this into all my green smoothies and anything else I can sneak it into.

Now that’s Super Baby Food

A baby’s health should be taken seriously and no expense should be spared in research and preparation for giving it the very best from the very start. I put together this recipe as if I was going to give it to my own child, assuming I had one.

We live in a world of processed foods and it is easy to make mistakes but we are also blessed to live in a time where there are a select few who have achieved greater awareness and that we can get these products easily. Lets continue to educate each other and pass on our wisdom and experience. Our children are the main benefactors of our awareness! God Bless

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