Quantum Physiques (12/7/11): The Top 10 Toxins: You won't believe what makes this list!

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Brian Cunningham explores that Top 10 Toxins that affect not only your body, but your lifestyle and overall health. What are the real threats, and what is safe? The reality of the situation may surprise you!

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[ZenFit]

Before the Top 10, I covered some stuff on the science of meditation, here are some studies:
1.Effect of compassion meditation on neuroendocrine, innate immune and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18835662

2. Innate immune, neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress do not predict subsequent compassion meditation practice:
"...the current study strengthens findings from our initial work by supporting the conclusion that in individuals who actively engage in practicing the technique, compassion meditation may represent a viable strategy for reducing potentially deleterious physiological and behavioral responses to psychosocial stress."
time.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19615827

[I Eat Therefore I Am]

Brian, I have to dissagree with you about produce from Mexico being inferior. I don't have any information to say that it is as good or better than food we produce. However, our regulating agency allows for our food supply to have a lot of BPA, like you mentioned, among other glaring problems. One good example is the use of brominated vegetable oil that has been banned in many other countries. So just because we, the US, have more regulations doesn't mean a lot.

BUT

I totaly agree with you about calories being more so information than energy. It bothers me when people dumb dieting down to, "calories in versus calories out"... I'd venture to say that bad calories aren't a lack of information but bad information. It goes along with this age of misinformation in which we live. There's more information than we know what to do with and most of it is bull shit.

Wonderful show! thanks for all the knowledge!

[ZenFit]

Great points bro, however show me some data that organic food from MExico is legit! :)

Nutrients control genes, once you get that, you realize how critical food & supplements are to your health! thanks!


Brian, I have to dissagree with you about produce from Mexico being inferior. I don't have any information to say that it is as good or better than food we produce. However, our regulating agency allows for our food supply to have a lot of BPA, like you mentioned, among other glaring problems. One good example is the use of brominated vegetable oil that has been banned in many other countries. So just because we, the US, have more regulations doesn't mean a lot.

BUT

I totaly agree with you about calories being more so information than energy. It bothers me when people dumb dieting down to, "calories in versus calories out"... I'd venture to say that bad calories aren't a lack of information but bad information. It goes along with this age of misinformation in which we live. There's more information than we know what to do with and most of it is bull shit.

Wonderful show! thanks for all the knowledge!

[rickysymond]

Hi...,
This is a very great and helpful information...
Thanks......
:yep:

[PTB]

Brian,

Doesn't exercise in and of itself generate more free radicals or oxidation in the body? And if it does, then does exercise itself, not the lack of it also be considered to be toxic? Again, I'm saying in a vacuum, where you are not in turn going to properly feed the body the antioxidiants via the foods and supplements we would normally take to combat it?

[ZenFit]

Yes exercise does increase free radicals but the body also makes endogenous anti-oxidants to offset this. So exercise itself, if not excessive of course, is not a bad stress (toxic) but a good one!

[ManimalPatB]

Great show!!!

I couldn't help but think of a Metallica lyric while I was listening to this.

"My lifestyle, determines my death style"

[ZenFit]

Great show!!!

I couldn't help but think of a Metallica lyric while I was listening to this.

"My lifestyle, determines my death style"

Good point, but doesn't every show have an aspect of that in it? Its the dance of the opposites, the yin & yang, etc...

[ManimalPatB]

Good point, but doesn't every show have an aspect of that in it? Its the dance of the opposites, the yin & yang, etc...

I agree it does. That is the one of the good things about this show. It helps explain the good and the bad which everyone has in their lives and how we are able to change it (or try to) to extend our life, for the better.

But for some reason, this just popped in my head (probably because I listened to the song last night while training)

[I Eat Therefore I Am]

Great points bro, however show me some data that organic food from MExico is legit! :)

Nutrients control genes, once you get that, you realize how critical food & supplements are to your health! thanks!

More importantly, do you have data showing that US produce is better than Mexico's? What's funny is that just because a farm can label their produce as organic, according to the rules of our governmental bodies, doesn't automaticaly make it better than other produce -http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~lhom/organictext.html - but it sure does give us a warm fuzzy :p . For the record, I try to buy mostly organic but am just playing devils advocate... and I buy Mexican produce without hesitation.

[iRock2]

great show !

[ZenFit]

Game on!! good point I better put my money where my mouth is! I will do some research and see. Perhaps your right! I love being wrong because it means I am getting smarter! :yep:


More importantly, do you have data showing that US produce is better than Mexico's? What's funny is that just because a farm can label their produce as organic, according to the rules of our governmental bodies, doesn't automaticaly make it better than other produce -http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~lhom/organictext.html - but it sure does give us a warm fuzzy :p . For the record, I try to buy mostly organic but am just playing devils advocate... and I buy Mexican produce without hesitation.

[ZenFit]

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[OneWideBack]

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I just "liked" the shit outta that page! Will listen to the show later tonight :)

[ZenFit]

I just "liked" the shit outta that page! Will listen to the show later tonight :)

thanks bro! Also here is a great example I discuss on my show this week of 'Hidden Toxins' - this crap is estrogenic and found everywhere! We are all phuked! lol

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040704621.html

FDA says studies on triclosan, used in sanitizers and soaps, raise concerns
By Lyndsey Layton
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 8, 2010; A04

The Food and Drug Administration said recent research raises "valid concerns" about the possible health effects of triclosan, an antibacterial chemical found in a growing number of liquid soaps, hand sanitizers, dishwashing liquids, shaving gels and even socks, workout clothes and toys.

The FDA and the Environmental Protection Agency say they are taking a fresh look at triclosan, which is so ubiquitous that is found in the urine of 75 percent of the population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The reassessment is the latest signal that the Obama administration is willing to reevaluate the possible health impacts of chemicals that have been in widespread use.

In a letter to a congressman that was obtained by The Washington Post, the FDA said that recent scientific studies raise questions about whether triclosan disrupts the body's endocrine system and whether it helps to create bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. An advisory panel to the FDA said in 2005 that there was no evidence the antibacterial soaps work better than regular soap and water.

The FDA was responding to inquiries from Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), who has been pushing federal regulators to take stronger action to restrict the use of triclosan and other chemicals that have been shown in laboratory tests to interfere with the delicate endocrine system, which regulates growth and development.

"The proliferation of triclosan in everyday consumer products is so enormous, it is literally in almost every type of product -- most soaps, toothpaste, cosmetics, clothes and toys," Markey said. "It's in our drinking water, it's in our rivers and as a result, it's in our bodies. . . . I don't think a lot of additional data has to be collected in order to make the simple decisions about children's toys and soaps that people use. It clearly is something that creates a danger."

Markey wants triclosan banned from all products designed for children and any product that comes into contact with food, such as cutting boards. Other countries, including the members of European Union, have banned or restricted use of the chemical.

Brian Sansoni of the Soap and Detergent Association, which represents the $30 billion U.S. cleaning products industry, said concerns about triclosan are unfounded.

"These products and ingredients have been reviewed, regulated and researched for decades," he said. "We believe the science strongly supports the safety and efficacy of these products. It's more important than ever that consumers continue to have access to these products. It's a time of increased threats from disease and germs."

Triclosan was developed as a surgical scrub for medical professionals. It is also used in pesticides. In recent years, it has been added to a host of consumer products to kill bacteria and fungus and prevent odors. It can be found in everything from kitchen cutting boards to shoes, often packaged with labels that tout "antibacterial" properties.

Most hand sanitizers, such as Purell, use alcohol and do not contain triclosan.

Sarah Janssen, staff scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, which joined with several other environmental groups last year to petition the FDA to restrict the use of triclosan, said the soap industry was taking advantage of consumer fears. "Especially with the H1N1 outbreak, people get really scared and think they need to take extra precautions without thinking that soap and water works just as well," Janssen said.

Because it is found in so many different types of products, triclosan is regulated by three different federal agencies: the FDA, the EPA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. But the FDA, which oversees its use in personal-care products, medical devices and products that come into contact with food, has been working for 38 years to establish the rules for the use of triclosan but has not completed that task.

The FDA is committed to issuing the rules quickly and is working with EPA to review the most recent data on triclosan, said Doug Throckmorton, deputy director of the agency's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. He said the FDA is also revisiting the 1997 approval it gave for the use of triclosan in Colgate Total toothpaste because at the time, scientists had not yet raised concerns that triclosan can disrupt the endocrine system.

"For triclosan, the science is changing," Throckmorton said. "Based on what we know, we don't have evidence to suggest this chemical is a threat to human health. However, we have to understand better the health effects and we have to work with other agencies to collect that information and then decide whether or not we need to change how it's regulated."