‘Growing food is like printing money’.
‘Life is about nature’.
‘Your body needs natural food’.
Thanks Bentley.
Your body needs real food
11 responses to “Your body needs real food”
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He mentioned growing bajan cherry trees on his far.
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Act now on dangers of trans-fats
Right here on Barbados’ soil the other day were the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, an African, with an impeccable global presence, and Barbadian Sir George Alleyne, a highly credible international voice on the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) currently plaguing developing countries, Barbados among them.
The two public figures were part of a ministerial meeting designed to chart a health and wellness course for small island developing states, SIDS, which have some of the world’s highest per capita rates of NCDs – cancer, diabetes, heart disease and chronic respiratory conditions.
It was during that highlyproductive, three-day conference that Barbadians learned their Government was planning, quite correctly, to end the importation of foods which contain high levels of trans-fats that lead to heart disease.
If you had asked both about trans-fats, chances are they would have enthusiastically endorsed the Mia Amor Mottley administration’s move for some solid reasons.
“Eliminating trans-fat is cost effective and has enormous benefits for health. Put simply, trans-fat is a toxic chemical that kills and should have no place in food. It’s time to get rid of it once and for all,” Ghebreyesus said.
In the absence of specific data about the devastation trans-fats are causing in Barbados, we can rely on WHO’s global picture: five billion people worldwide are today at risk medically because of trans-fats. Just as bad, their intake “is responsible for up to 600 000 premature deaths from coronary disease each year around the world”, according to WHO which joined Barbados in sponsoring the global SIDS meeting here.
Trans-fats are found in fried foods, commercially baked goods, stick margarines and French fries. They get into foods two ways: (1) naturally, like those in the gut of animals such as milk and meat products; and (2) are artificially created by manufacturers and food processors. The latter is far more dangerous.
Although commercial firms are aware of the nightmare, many ignore that fact, because the chemical is easy to use in food preparation, inexpensive to produce and lasts long.
Those bits of hard reality bring us back to Barbados’ plans to ban imported foods that contain artificially-made trans-fats. In his explanation of Government’s proposed action, Minister of Health and Wellness The Most Honourable Senator Dr Jerome Walcott cited the need to work with commercial firms on key issues.
“Sometimes, due to the size and nature of commercial actors involved, governments in SIDS face impossible odds in securing regulatory protection to improve health,” he said. “This is particularly true where government resources and budgets may be dwarfed by size and scale of multinational companies and foreign commercial actors.”
That hard fact probably explains why Barbadians are being asked to wait for another 18 months before an import ban can be placed on trans-fats. The Government must decide to shorten that time span. Much is at stake.
Apart from giving foods a desirable taste and texture, many restaurants and fast food outlets use trans-fats to deep fry foods because oils with transfats can be used many times in commercial fryers, stated the WHO. In addition, firms must find alternatives and that may take time.
Nevertheless, commercial firms which currently use trans-fats can decide to end the practice abruptly as evidence of their desire to show they are acting in the public interest by avoiding the use of a chemical that kills.
In effect, the non-use of commercially-produced trans-fats can be a vigorous marketing and promotional tool to underscore sound corporate citizenship.
Another thing of interest to Barbadians is that researchers have also connected trans-fat intake to an increased risk of prostate cancer and colorectal cancer. Barbados and its neighbours would be wise to take heed since they are already aware of our horrifying rates of prostate cancer.Source: Nation Editorial
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COUNTRY FIGHTING BACK AGAINST GROWING INCIDENCE OF NCDs
IT’S WARBy Donna Sealy
Barbados needs healthy, active children who will become healthy, active adults.
That, in a nutshell, sums up the rationale for the Barbados School Nutrition Policy that is being rolled out in phases across nursery, primary and secondary schools. The changes have already started with students prohibited from bringing sugar-sweetened beverages to school and more days allotted for fruits and other healthy snacks.
Before its launch in February, there were many discussions among the public about its effectiveness and objectives given that it seeks to govern what is consumed and done within the school environment, where children between the ages of three and 17 spend an average of six hours daily.
But what led to this policy which applies to all public and private schools and educational institutions from pre-school to tertiary level? Who will be negatively impacted? Is it that key stakeholders in the health sector want to put companies and individuals out of business for producing/ selling foods/products which individuals should eat in moderation? Is it that the Mia Amor Mottley administration is being heavy handed when it comes to the nation’s health?
If Barbadians are honest, they wouldn’t quibble over those things because they really don’t matter. Instead, they would admit that this is the right move to stem the growing incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and starting with our children is the best thing to do.
Wholesome menu options
Schoolchildren – from nursery to sixth form – need wholesome and nutritious menu options and physical education which, according to the policy, will be increased and mandatory. The quality of meals provided by the School Meals Department – which is “hindered by financial capacity constraints”, according to the policy – is being improved with assistance from the National Nutrition Centre.
The centre has “prepared and disseminated nutritional guidelines for school lunches but these have not been fully implemented in schools. The guidelines stipulate the composition, approximate number of servings from each food group and the frequency of provision of specific food items for the preparation of school lunches”.
Any discussion on the policy should be robust and respectful of the views of everyone involved including, but not limited to, vendors who ply their trade outside and inside the school compounds such as canteen operators, many of whom offer breakfast and lunch. We would do well to note that some operators have been offering healthy, wholesome meals at secondary schools for years now and this is to be encouraged. Unsanctioned vending is a challenge and measures should be taken to counter this.
62-page policy Let’s look a closer look at the comprehensive 62-page policy, which has supporting data on statistics on NCDs, clear strategies and policies. There’s also accompanying pictorial information with alternative suggestions for beverages and snacks which parents can use as guides when shopping.
At its root the policy seeks to address issues related to health, nutrition and the holistic development of children.
Created and approved by Cabinet in May 2022 through consultations with the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation, and other stakeholders, the framers arrived at three main areas of focus, namely, the menus of the School Meals Department, informing students how to prepare wholesome meals and an emphasis on health and physical activity.
The executive summary states, among other things, that the NCDs “are identified as one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity” in Barbados and account for “83 per cent of all deaths in 2016” and that “the rising rates of overweight and obesity in the country are of significant concern”.
Stating that “changes in dietary quality with simultaneous increases in sedentary behaviours and reduction in physical activity are acknowledged as main contributors to the progression of [overweight and obesity]”, it was noted that “these eating and activity patterns are largely established during childhood and adolescence and continue into adulthood”.
“Therefore, prevention of risky behaviours among children and adolescents is viewed as an urgent priority in efforts to reduce the burden of NCDs in the future. The role of the school environment in shaping dietary and [physical activity] behaviours has received increasing attention worldwide. . . .
Nutritional standards
“A number of factors relating to various aspects of school environments need to be addressed. These include:
• the lack of nutritional standards regulating schools’ food/beverage offerings
• unregulated food vending in and around schools
• evidence of a broad array of approaches for the marketing of nutrient-poor food and beverages
• the lack of adequate attention to nutrition and physical education in school curricula
• low levels of participation in PE classes
• the lack of a conducive [physical activity] environment
• and the need to increase student and parent engagement and other stakeholder involvement in efforts for improving children’s eating and activity patterns.”
The overall goal of the Nutrition Policy “is to create healthy school environments that enhance student learning and are conducive to the development of healthy lifelong eating and activity behaviours through a multisectoral and integrated approach”.
Among its eight objectives are:
• “To ensure that only nutritious food and beverages that enhance the health, learning and well-being of school children are sold, served, and promoted in school environments.”
Healthy eating behaviours
• “ To coordinate school food service with nutrition education and other schoolbased nutrition-promoting initiatives in an integrated approach to promote students’ adoption of healthy eating behaviours.”
• “To increase opportunities for physical activity in the school environment to enable school children to be physically active throughout the school day.”
• “To increase the availability of timely and accurate information on child and adolescent nutrition-related indicators in order to evaluate policy implementation and to inform programme development and coordination.”
To equip children in making informed decisions and to practise healthy eating and activity behaviours, there will be “comprehensive nutrition education and physical education shall be made a mandatory subject in the school curriculum”.
Not only that, “the teaching of nutrition and physical education shall be strengthened through the implementation of a national sequential curriculum framework for each subject, capacity building for effective delivery of the curricula, integration of school food service and nutrition education and programme evaluation”. (GBM)Source: Nation
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California just approved lab-grown meat into the food cycle. The approval was issued with the urging of BillpedophileGates, who has bought up Ks of acres of land in the US which is just sitting idle. There are also some reporting that hot dogs contain human meat….I won’t know because I do not eat hot dogs.
When I was a lass growing up in Barbados, it was an anomalie to see fat persons. Today, obesity has become the norm.
If there’s one snippet of wisdom we could glean from that scamdemic, it would be to grow our own NON-GMO food and don’t even rely on your local government which appears to be embedded with the International Criminal Class. Grow your food in the SUN and not with electricity, which should be a last resort.
Dr.Price is selling Tummy tea detox and Parasite candida cleanse. My fellow Bajans, if you wish to reclaim your health I suggest that you try his 14 day cleanse. Clean first, then nourish the cells. I see too many women with big hanging guts…..that’s just ugly and unhealthy esp..with the rise in colorectal cancer.
Since Dr. Sebi has transitioned, Dr. Price and Brother Yahki has been dispensing valuable knowledge.
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Today’s citizens will eat anything in the name of convenience.
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Caucasian ( Cauc= White/ Albino, Asians).
Europeans by way of Central Asia, are Albinos/derived from Albinos.So here is the deal: White Europeans are the Albinos of India’s original people the Black-as-night Dravidian’s. As the Dravidian’s left Africa and went into India, their Albinos continued north and entered Central Asia seeking a cooler climate and weaker Sunshine. They mated with each other: but when Albinos mate with Albinos, they can ONLY make other Albinos – NOT Mulattoes; You need a BLACK partner to make Mulattoes. THUS WAS THE WHITE RACE BORN.
The Central Asian Albinos were in three major tribes: the Germanics, the Slavs, and the last to enter the West, the TURKS.After their conquest of Europe, the Caucasian (Albinos )went on to conquer the entire WORLD, and each place they settled brought them the SAME problems: SUNBURN and SKIN CANCER. Because they don’t belong in those places, their one and ONLY home is Central Asia.
The White mans stated reason for Slavery:
The only reason for Black Slavery was the White/Albino Mans inability to stay out in the Sun long enough to do normal farming. This meant that without help, White people/Albinos could not feed themselves. Thus without Blacks/pigmented people to do outside work for them, Whites/Albinos would starve or die in the fields.
Modern technology / mechanisation has not resolved this dilemma.
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“Exposure to harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun while at work leads to one death and five new cases of malignant melanoma every week, the new estimates suggest.
Construction workers are most at risk of malignant melanoma followed by those who work in agriculture, researchers said.
Police, the Armed Forces and other public administration workers are also susceptible, according to the study published in the British Journal Of Cancer.”
Builders and farmers ‘most at risk’ from deadly form of skin cancer.
The Sunday Post, Jan18/2017.Reason for Racism /WHY Caucasians hate Blacks :
it is all has to due with Albinos failings and potentially deadly WEAKNESS. Like ALL Albinos, strong Sunlight Kills them. Therefore below the 40th parallel( 40° latitude) they cannot Farm the fields to feed themselves. They must either PAY pigmented people to do the work for them, or ENSLAVE pigmented people to do the work for them.Albino Europeans could not withstand working under the “Burning Caribbean Sun”.
THERE IS SIMPLY “NO” WAY THAT A WHITE BRITAIN, USED TO NO MORE THAN (UV-6) FOR ALL OF HIS LIFE, COULD HAVE POSSIBLY SURVIVED WORKING IN THE COTTON, TOBACCO, AND SUGAR FIELDS OF BARBADOS, WHERE IT IS (UV-11/12).More proof that Europeans are Albino /Albino derived people .
Tacitus (56-118 A.D.):
The Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus (56-118 A.D.) Tacitus: Germany Book 1 [1]. Describing the Germanics, who along with the Slav’s and Turks are the current White people in the world. (The Germanics have by now migrated across northern Europe and settled in western Europe and Britain).Here Tacitus is describing the western Germanics: (They) All have fierce blue eyes, RED HAIR, huge frames, fit only for a sudden exertion. They are less able to bear laborious work. Heat and thirst they cannot in the least endure; to cold and hunger their climate and their soil inure them.
Modern Scientific research:
The frequency of red hair is highest in Ireland (10 to 30%) and Scotland (10 to 25%), followed by Wales (10 to 15%),
Redheads carry mutations in the gene known as MC1R.
New research from the Mass General Cancer Center shows that the pigment ,responsible for red hair causes oxidative damage in skin that promotes melanoma formation independent of UV radiation.
So Redheads risk for melanoma can vary from 10 to 100 times that of people who don’t carry the gene variants.The misuse of land in for Albino profit :
Most of the agricultural lands in many Caribbean Island were used for sugar cane cultivation.
All of this processed sugar has created an epidemic of diabetes. -
Today’s citizens will eat anything in the name of convenience.
HOW DOES THAT MATTER?
EDUCATE US, PLEASE.IS IT NOT TRUE THAT ALCOHOL, AND THE CARBS AND FATS AND PROTEINS THAT WE EAT ARE ALL METABOLIZED TO ACETYLCO-ENZYME A
AND THAT THIS CAN NOT BE REFUTED?
SO IF YOU EAT A MEAL AT HOME COOKED IN TRADITIONAL FASHION, OR GO TO A FAST FOOD OUTLET IS IT NOT A FACT THAT WHAT EVER YOU EAT FOR CONVENIENCE OR OTHERWISE WILL BE CONVERTED TO ACETYL CO ENZYME A IN THE LIVER?
RE All of this processed sugar has created an epidemic of diabetes.
IS IT NOT TRUE THAT THERE IS RESEARCH THAT INDICATES THAT THIS IS THOUGHT NOT TO BE TRUE?
IT USED TO BE THOUGHT TOO THAT THE EARTH WAS FLAT–ALTHOUGH PSALM 93 V 3 CLEARLY STATES OTHERWISE
RE THE WAR ON NCD’S
HOW CAN YOU FIGHT A WAR, AND YOU DONT KNOW WHO THE ENEMY IS OR ITS MODUS OPERANDI, OR IF YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO TRACE THE ORIGIN OF THE EPEDEMIC FROM ITS SOURCE?
IS THAT NOT HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED?
I HOPE TO GET THE USUAL HILARIOUS RESPONSES FROM THE BU KNOW IT ALLS WHEN I TAKE A BREAK AND CHECK BACK HERE FOR SOME COMIC RELIEF.
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America’s most widely consumed cooking oil causes genetic changes in the brain
Updated: Soybean Oil Decreases Oxytocin Levels in Hypothalamus
FeaturedNeuroscience
·January 17, 2020Summary: Soybean oil, the most widely produced and consumed edible oil in the U.S., could potentially impact neurological conditions like autism, Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety, and depression.
Research using mice models revealed pronounced effects on the hypothalamus, a critical part of the brain that regulates body weight, temperature, stress response, reproduction, and growth.
The consumption of soybean oil was found to decrease the levels of oxytocin, also known as the “love hormone”, and affect about 100 other genes related to brain function and energy metabolism. The researchers emphasize that their findings are specific to soybean oil and do not necessarily apply to other soy products or vegetable oils.
Key Facts:
Soybean oil, even when modified to be low in linoleic acid, has been found to have pronounced effects on the hypothalamus, leading to gene dysfunctions including a decrease in oxytocin levels.
The researchers identified about 100 other genes also affected by a soybean oil diet, potentially impacting energy metabolism and brain functions, and possibly contributing to diseases such as autism or Parkinson’s.
The adverse effects were specifically linked to soybean oil, not to other soy products or vegetable oils. The study urges reduced consumption of soybean oil, without avoiding other soy products that contain healthful compounds.Source: UCR
https://neurosciencenews.com/soybean-oil-genetics-asd-15505/
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Scientist sees link between nature and good health
by JOHN BOYCE
johnboyce@nationnews.com
DURING HER DAYS as a student at The St Michael Girls School, the picture she sketched of her future was of an artistic nature.
But when chemistry was added to the mix, she became engrossed in the limitless boundaries of science and there she discovered her future.
Today, as Dr Sonia Peter reflects on those days, the scientist has accepted that what she had put on canvas as a representation of her genius, was a mere glimpse into a cosmos that she would explore.
And, she now accepts that art, one of her favourite subjects, was not her true calling.
While presently making waves in the world of science with herbal creations, Sonia never envisioned her alma mater becoming co-ed.
However, in 1980 the school took in its first boys, and is now a leading choice for students taking the Common Entrance Exam.
While there, the now proud alumnus said she had some great teachers who piqued her interest in art and science.
“I considered myself to be a good artist and wanted to initially pursue art, but then I got turned on to biology as my [late] teacher Ms Port was able to get me to develop my inquisitive skills and think of problem-solving,” the educator told the MIDWEEK NATION.
That gravitation towards the sciences was such that on leaving secondary school, the fully motivated student pursued a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, before completing a doctorate in natural product chemistry with a focus on the plant, horse nicker, the seeds of which are used in the game of warri.
After graduating, she taught at Harrison College, before moving on to become the head of chemistry at the Barbados Community College, collectively giving more than three decades to the profession.
On coming out of mainstream academia, she went on a journey where she explored the intricacies of science.
And out of that “exploration” came two “discoveries” in 2018.
“I formed a partnership with two colleagues [Andrea Cumberbatch and Jacqueline Fleming] in establishing Heritage Tea Barbados and a nonprofit organisation, the Bio-cultural Education and Research Programme.”
In developing the natural tea aspect of the business, the scientist said it was an effort to demonstrate the value in the Barbadian tradition of using “cooling teas”, which lower the oxygenated stress level of the body.
She said that when the oxygenated stress level is lowered then the body is less susceptible to developing illness.
The businesswoman added that the non-profit organisation was established to promote the conservation of the local plant resource in assisting people to live healthier lifestyles.
“We use only local plant materials such as lemon grass, ginger, soursop, bay leaf [et cetera], and blend them in seven different herbals and three CoCos. The agents in these plants are known, through research, to also have a mitigating effect on diabetes and hypertension.”
Pointing to the high levels of caffeine in some products, the scientist said that it’s a stimulant that they seek to avoid as healthier lifestyles are the focus, even on
a national level. Taking her mind back to the 1600s when slaves were brought to the Caribbean from Africa, the scientist said that there was no health care system for them, and this forced them to subsist on the plants that were around them for both food and medicine.
Therefore, it is against this background that she seeks to inculcate in the minds of people the inherent value of using healthy products as plants have the built-in components that the body needs to survive and be healthy.
In relation to the dissemination of information on a national level, she said: “We do workshops and run courses and have so far published a colouring book, which is in two versions, one for primary school students and one for adults, with plants that are embedded within our bio-cultural tradition, though the younger children do not know about them.”
Making a distinction between schoolchildren from The City and those from the rural communities, the educator said that children from the rural communities are more au fait with the plants and are more apt to answer questions as “they know what you are talking about”.
She added that the outreach for students will be taken a step further as soon she will be bringing an alphabet book pertaining to local fruits as “we are losing that traditional knowledge and that reconnection and it’s not serving us well”.Source: Nation
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Drax Hall Plantation, Barbados
haunted by death:
Young slaves in their mid and late teens were worked to death (usually in 7 years).
Monstrous barbarism:
In 1675, plantation owners learned of an impending slave uprising.120 slaves were taken captive – of these 47 were burnt alive, and 30 men castrated & bleed to death.
Any signs of unrest met with a terrible and monstrously cruel response.
Dead slaves were dumped in shallow graves.
BENEATH THE SUGAR CANE FIELDS of the DRAX PLANTATION is nothing but the BLOOD of AFRICANS fertilizing the soil.Dumping slaves in shallow graves was a common practice of Albino Enslavers/ Plantation Owners all over the West Indies .
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“Archaeologists at the University of the West Indies, Mona, are now carrying out investigations following the discovery of bones at an area of the campus known to have been the site of the Papine Slave Village.”
Jamaican Gleaner , Feb, 2012.
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