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WASHINGTON, DC (PTI) - Sugar is so toxic to the human body that their sale should be regulated as strictly as alcohol by governments worldwide, researchers have suggested.
Measures such as smoking bans in public places, the use of designated drivers, and the addition of condom dispensers in public washrooms were also battlegrounds that are now taken for granted for public health, they pointed out.
In the US more than two-thirds of the population is overweight, and half is obese. About 80 percent of those who are obese will have diabetes or metabolic disorders and will have shortened lives, according to the authors of the commentary, led by Robert Lustig.
We have said it for years. Processed sugar is poisonous. It complicates many degenerative diseases, destabilizes mood, and wreaks havoc with metabolism. It CAUSES hunger.
Sadly, what emotional void are we trying to fill with sugar, food, food-porn, and guilty pleasures? Connection, love, acceptance... all of which are accessible without poisoning our bodies with toxic sugar and its byproducts (alcohol...).
XI'AH'E, China - Shira Lane, director of the new documentary film Got the Facts on Milk? - The Milk Documentary was in the rural town of Xi'ah'e meeting with Buddhist monastics from Labrang Monastery (Gompa).
The documentary provides a candid look at the high-stakes political, economic, ethical, and environmental issues involved with milk consumption.
Labrang Monastery is home to six monastic colleges covering esoteric Buddhism, theology, medicine, astrology, and law. Many Buddhist monastics in the Himalayan region depend on a diet of yak milk, butter, and cheese due to the harsh winters and nomadic nature of Tibetan society.
Tibetan monks from different sects making long life offering (WN/Yeshe Choesan)
Lane presented the monastics with a copy of the film and discussed the potential hazards of dairy product consumption. The timing of Lane's visit was particularly poignant given China's rapidly increasing consumption of dairy products, which may have profound ill effects on the health of China's population and the environment worldwide.
Although it is unclear whether all Himalayan monastics will remove diary from their diet, there is increased interest in a non-diary diet among Buddhists and yoga practitioners.
In late November, 2011 California's Berkeley Buddhist Monastery hosted a free public screening of the film. After the screening, monk and teacher Ven. Ajahn Guna led the audience in chanting including: "MILK DOES A BODY BAD."
This was followed by a Q&A with Shira Lane. Ven. Guna stressed the importance of awareness in connection to the food we consume and its wide-ranging spiritual and physical effects.
Feature length "Got the Facts on Milk?" has attracted considerable underground attention, as it goes behind the scenes of the "Got Milk" campaigns and highlights shocking facts about milk that the dairy industry sweeps under the rug.
Currently the film can only be found on the film's website milkdocumentary.com. Ven. Guna refers to the film as "an outstanding contribution to humanity." Source
The exciting author discusses the new book Eating Animals and the hefty cost of cheap food. It is an indictment of the corrupt, large-scale factory farming that dominates the American meat market and issues of food safety. A journalistic work with a novelistic feel, the book is the result of three years investigating the U.S. meat industry... Article
Includes health articles written by physicians, as well as "The 3-step way to go vegetarian" (pcrm.org)
"Food, Inc." opens today exploring agriculture, permaculture, and what Monsanto and agribusiness has done to the American food supply. A film by Robert Kenner. Opens nationwide June 12, 2009. See extended clips: Food, Inc.
The new food movement away from "factory farming" practices, which led to Mad Cow epidemics, is gaining popular appeal. Malnutrition (not calorie starvation) is the number one cause of illness in the world. The U.S. and Western countries suffer greatly because of ignorance: We are the fattest but also some of the most nutrient-deprived populations. However, our detrimental habits are being quickly exported to the rest of the world.
On one occasion Buddhist monks practicing in the forest had enough to eat. But they could not gain enlightenment. The Buddha advised a woman who provided for them to ensure that they received the "eight flavors" (astringent, sweet, sour, savory...) recommended by the ancient Indian view of a balanced diet. On account of receiving nutritious elements found in a diverse diet, the monks were able to attain when they otherwise would not have been able to. Such is the power of food. And it may suggest why the world is drifting in the opposite direction as corporations take over farming, food processing, and dietary standards.
