Milk Sucks
Babies who are fed whole cows' milk in the first year of life are at risk of developing iron deficiency. The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition, recommend that whole cows' milk be excluded from the diet in first year of life. Reference: The use of whole cow's milk in infancy. Pediatrics 1992;89,1105-9. Read more here and here.
Five Hot Dog Facts
- Children who eat 12 hot dogs per month have nearly 10 times the risk of developing leukemia compared with children who do not eat hot dogs.
- Children who eat hot dogs once a week double their chances of brain tumors; eating them twice a week triples the risk.
- Pregnant women who eat two servings per day of any cured meat have more than double the risk of bearing children who have brain cancer.
- Kids who eat the most ham, bacon, and cured sausage have 3 times the risk of lymphoma.
- Kids who eat ground meat once a week have twice the risk of acute lymphocytic leukemia compared with those who eat none; eating two or more hamburger weekly tripled the risk.
Preston-Martin S, Pogogda JM, Mueller BA, et al. Maternal consumption of cured meats and vitamins in relation to pediatric brain tumors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1996;5:599-605.
World Healh Organization
The main emphasis of research is on epidemiology, environmental carcinogenesis and research training. This emphasis reflects the generally accepted notion that 80% of all cancers are, directly or indirectly linked to environmental factors, and thus are preventable. - International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) part of the World Health Organization.Dietary factors are estimated to account for approximately 30% of cancers in western countries, making diet second only to tobacco as a preventable cause of cancer. Read more (PDF).
30% of cancer can be prevented (by a healthy diet, physical activity and not using tobacco). Read more.
"Eating everything you want is not that much fun. When you live a life with no boundaries, there’s less joy. If you can eat anything you want to, what’s the fun in eating anything you want to?"
- Tom Hanks
