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Food Scares IndexThese days there seems to be one scare after another. If it isn't BSE in cattle causing CJD in humans, it's pesticides in vegetables causing cancer. Here are some that have hit the headlines with what the evidence really says about them, as many are merely scare-mongering, while others might be worth taking seriously. I have tried to be objective about them but you can make up your own mind. Unhealthy dogma means unhealthy food. Milk and dairy produce is thought to cause cancer and other diseases. But it is only low-fat dairy which does; full-cream dairy actually protects us. 
Ungesundes Dogma — ungesundes Essen
Milch und Molkereiprodukte stehen im Verdacht Krebs und andere Krankheiten zu verursachen. Aber dies trifft nur auf fettarme Produkte zu: Vollfette Milch und Milchprodukte haben schützende Wirkung. Salt and Blood Pressure – more nonsense? CJD, BSE, and Foot & Mouth disease: Who or what is really to blame? Swedish Scientists Find Cancer Agent in Staple Foods STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Scientists in Sweden have found high levels of a substance believed to cause cancer in staple foods eaten by millions of people around the world, such as bread, rice and potatoes. Experts launch action on acrylamide in staple foods from British Medical Journal 20 July 2002 Carbohydrates Suppress Your Immune Function We are advised to eat a largely carbohydrate-based diet, but we have known for over a quarter of a century that this increases our risk of cancers and infectious diseases. Food Additives — Look Before You Eat You walk into a supermarket. On the delicatessen counter there are some sausages whose label reads: 'not less than 100% meat'; in other words, there is nothing in them other than meat. But it also reads: 'contains herbs, preservative and colour' so, quite obviously, it must be less than 100% meat . It's fraud — and it's legal. The Healthfood Scam Many people believe that if a food is 'natural', it is safe and better for them. But the health food industry is in a far from healthy state, at least as far as the customer is concerned. For it has its deadly side. The Bottle Boom In the western world, tap water is about as safe as it can be and it is relatively cheap. Yet many people are prepared to pay up to 1,500 times as much when the same stuff comes in a bottle. In this paper we will consider this phenomenon. Do diesels, not smoking, cause lung cancer? Although smoking tobacco is blamed for causing lung cancer, the evidence is stronger in the case of diesel smoke, according to the late Oxford scientist, Dr Kitty Little |
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