Organic Food is No Healthier Than Conventional Food, Study Finds...

A recent study (publication date is actually today July 29, 2009); says their study finds that organic food is no healthier than conventional food. Here’s why you shouldn’t believe them...

This study seems to be impressive when you first look at the big picture. The American Journal of Nutrition, Published July 2009, lots of references and materials gathered from many studies dating back 50 years. But there’s one problem. They are simply rehashing the studies from years gone by and do not present any actual scientific research. They’ve simply gone back, looked at old published papers on same or similar topics, gathered information and then related the overall findings that fit their criteria. What’s wrong with that?

Well, where’s the actual “recent research” data on the nutritional content of conventional foods that shows how much of a given vitamin, mineral, antioxidant, enzyme, co-factors, pesticide, herbicide or otherwise and compared that to the same in an organically grown food? Answer: There is none.

And, you also can’t just “LUMP” all organic foods into 1 category because, sadly enough, people try to scam us using the organic label just like in any other business. Sure, you can feed a cow organic corn and organic soy and call the cow organically fed cow. But in nature, a cows natural diet is the flowering tops of grasses.

I can feed you organic cardboard boxes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. So does eating organic cardboard boxed give you any nutritional advantage over conventional cardboard boxes? No. Why? Because we didn't evolve over hudreds of thosands and millions of years to eat cardboard boxes! It's that simple. Capish?

Then you can raise a cow conventionally and then 3 months prior to slaughter, “finish the cow on grass” and technically you can call it natural grass-fed meat.

You can eat organic cereals, but not be aware that the extremely high heat extrusion process by which most cereals are made and formed into their flakes or other shapes, kills all viable nutrient value. So it doesn't matter what it's made out of if the process kills the nutrients.

Were the organic vegetables studied picked locally after being vine ripened? Or were they picked before they were ripe and then shipped across the country while they rotted to their ripeness rather than “vine ripened”?

How about “Organic Eggs”??? I wrote about this only a few months ago. Most cartons of eggs in a health food store marked “organic” or “natural” are marked “100% organic vegetarian diet” or “fed 100% all roasted organic corn and soy diet”. So what’s the problem? It’s the diet that’s the problem. Hens don’t eat soy or corn in a natural environment. They peck and eat bugs, worms, seeds and whatever else is in those fields they run around in. Why is that a healthy diet for hens? Because it’s what they’ve evolved to eat over hundreds of thousands of years of evolution.

So, to come up with a study that says organic foods have no nutritional advantage over conventionally grown foods only raises more questions rather than providing validation of the farming practices of the American Food Industrial Complex. Hey, and don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a problem with you eating their stuff if you choose. You should just be aware you’re being deceived and understand the alternatives (properly grown organics) have a much greater nutritional value.

You know what you do? Go find a local organic farm and that’s where you buy your eggs, milk, cheese, meats, veggies and fruit. Learn how to make your own condiments (via lactofermentation methods) like your great grandmother did.

And for those who want to find out if organic foods actually have more nutritional benefits than conventional food, you must first really be looking! Try doing some original research next time!

'nuff said

DocT

Dr. Narson is a 2-term past president of the Florida Chiropractic Association’s Council on Sports Injuries, Physical Fitness & Rehabilitation and was honored as the recipient of the coveted Chiropractic Sports Physician of the Year Award in 1999-2000. He practices in Miami Beach, Florida at the Miami Beach Family & Sports Chiropractic Center; A Facility for Natural Sports Medicine.

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Back Pain & Sitting, It's Bad For Your Back So What Do You Do???

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One of the most common causes is low back pain is the constant and repetitive sitting we do as a society. Besides applying ice and proper lifting techniques, one of the most common pieces of advice I give my patients with Low Back Pain is NOT to sit for more than 20-30 minutes at a time. To set a timer for 20-30 minutes, then get up and give your back a break to relieve it from the constant compression of sitting. All it takes is a quick 2-3 minutes to stand up, walk around, stretch and then you're ready to go again.

What happens is, everyone forgets. They only start to remember when the pain returns. I call pain the great motivator. But, I'm in the business of preventative health. So, I'm pasting in a link to a cool little program. It's called Focus Booster.

It's a pretty quick download and what you get is a timer that will let you set your work time and your break interval. It will chime an alarm when it's time for your break and an alarm when it's time to get back to work. I will be using this to help my low back pain patients remember when to take their stretch break every 20-30 minutes and then take that 2-3 minute break. However, the application was originally designed to help people focus on their work for 25 mintues and take a 5 minute break. This breaks up the monotony of work and allows you to be more focused and more effective by giving you regular relief. To me, this sounded like a great thing for my low back pain patients....

So, without further ado..... Here's the link to the download.

http://www.focusboosterapp.com/

Hope it helps....

'nuff said

DocT
Todd Narson, DC, DACBSP

Dr. Narson is a 2-term past president of the Florida Chiropractic Association’s Council on Sports Injuries, Physical Fitness & Rehabilitation and was honored as the recipient of the coveted Chiropractic Sports Physician of the Year Award in 1999-2000. He is a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians and specializes in the treatment of sports injuries. He practices in Miami Beach, Florida at the Miami Beach Family & Sports Chiropractic Center; A Facility for Chiropractic Care, Physical Therapy, Athletic Training, Massage & Natural Sports Medicine.

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SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH - A Possible Simple Method To Predict If You're Next

Sudden cardiac death is a major health problem and accounts for between 200,000 and 400,000 deaths every year in the US. Most of us only hear about it when it’s a friend or family member. For us sports physicians and athletic trainers, there’s that 1 in a million that happens on the field of play. The big problem is, the only way to detect these are expensive medical tests. Most or all of which are unfeasible for high school or city league teams or the private individual without health insurance to afford. Maybe, until now.

Most athletes who suffer from Acute Cardiomyopathy just simply drop dead on the field or on the court. It happened to the 17 year old son of one of my patients while his father was watching the game. Ironically and luckily, his father was a semi-retired cardiothoracic surgeon who immediately rushed into action, called 911 and started chest compressions. Ultimately he saved his life. Unfortunately this is not typically the case.

Fewer than 5 per cent of people who experience this combination of heart events are successfully resuscitated, which is why finding out who might be at risk within the general population is a major public health challenge.

The problem lies in the fact that unless mom, dad, grandma or grandpa were athletes and stressed their system to the max, there’s almost no way to tell if you are at risk of sudden cardiac death. A typical patient history, stethoscopic examination of the heart and even EKG won’t reveal the defect. Cardiac ultrasound is typically the only way to detect the underlying defect which is often only trigger with intense athletic activity.

However a recent study may have discovered a simple test to more accurately (and less expensively) identify people at risk for sudden cardiac death. Click here to read more about the study.

Here’s the direct link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/157637.php

While this may be more telling for sudden cardiac death in the general population, it will be interesting to see where this goes for the predictiono of Acute Cardiomyopathy in athletes. As sports physicians often working on the field with athletes pushing themselves to the max, a simple evaluation to screen for this problem would a very welcomed tool.

This blog post is dedicated to the memory of my cousin Michelle Jodi Narson who died only a few years ago at the age of 33 from a sudden cardiac death event and to her mom Renee, father Ricky and younger brother Lonny who still live with broken hearts...

‘nuff said

Dr. Todd Narson

References:

Excessive heart rate increase during mild mental stress in preparation for exercise predicts sudden death in the general population.

Xavier Jouven , Peter J. Schwartz , Sylvie Escolano , Céline Straczek , Muriel Tafflet , Michel Desnos , Jean Philippe Empana , and Pierre Ducimetière. European Heart Journal, Advance Access published on July 2, 2009. DOI 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp160Eur Heart J 30: 1703-1710.

Dr. Narson is a 2-term past president of the Florida Chiropractic Association’s Council on Sports Injuries, Physical Fitness & Rehabilitation and was honored as the recipient of the coveted Chiropractic Sports Physician of the Year Award in 1999-2000. He is a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians and practices in Miami Beach, Florida at the Miami Beach Family & Sports Chiropractic Center; A Facility for Natural Sports Medicine, Chiropractic, Physiotherapy, Rehab, Massage & Performance Enhancement

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