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Copyright 2006-2025 by Neil E. Levin, except as noted.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default?start-index=26&max-results=25'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>
1http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>250</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-1136850092576710485</id><published>2026-04-10T10:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2026-04-10T10:29:00.967-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ANH"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ANH USA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Arizona Statement"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chronic disease"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="FDA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="health freedom"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nutrition"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="policy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="prevention"/><title type='text'>The Arizona Statement on Reversing Americaâs Chronic Disease Epidemic and Restoring Health Freedom</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">The âArizona Statement on Reversing Americaâs Chronic 2Disease Epidemic and Restoring Health Freedomâ was released yesterday. I 3attended the meetings where the parameters of the statement were discussed, and I signed the statement as a member of Alliance for Natural 4Health USAâs Corporate Leadership Circle.&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">It is intended as a road map for 5reform and policy changes to better support prevention, health maintenance, 6sanitation, hygiene, nutrition, lifestyle and other lower-risk <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>approaches.<o:p></o:p></p> 7 8<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><a href="https://anh-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/260409_ANH_The_Arizona_Statement.pdf">https://anh-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/260409_ANH_The_Arizona_Statement.pdf</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/1136850092576710485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/1136850092576710485' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/1136850092576710485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/1136850092576710485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-arizona-statement-on-reversing.html' title='The Arizona Statement on Reversing Americaâs Chronic Disease Epidemic and Restoring Health Freedom'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-6662422271651367589</id><published>2025-05-16T17:09:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2025-05-16T17:09:24.871-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="adenosylcobalamin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="B-12"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="b12"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cobalamin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="coenzyme form"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cyanide"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cyanocobalamin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dibencozide"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fermentation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methyl group"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methylation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methylcobalamin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="synthetic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="toxic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vitamin B-12"/><title type='text'>More on Cyanocobalamin Safety/Toxicity</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Cobalamin (vitamin B-12) is <u>synthesized</u> 9only by certain microbes (bacteria and archaeon), and <u>five</u> forms of 10vitamin B-12 have been found in foods, according to the British Journal of 11Nutrition: adenosylcobalamin and hydroxocobalamin are the predominant forms, 12and other forms found include methylcobalamin, <u>cyanocobalamin</u>, and 13sulphitocobalamin. Most of these forms are considered synthetic substances, 14with additional compounds subsequently bonded to the already-synthesized 15cobalamin.</span></p> 16 17<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Methylcobalamin is produced 18commercially from cyanocobalamin, which is initially produced by fermentation 19and conversion processes. Adenosylcobalamin is directly produced by bacteria,
20while methylcobalamin requires an additional process of stripping off the 21cyanide group (CN, a carbon and a nitrogen atom with a triple bond) and adding 22a methyl group (CH3). Fermentations producing cyanocobalamin, methylcobalamin, and 23adenosylcobalamin do <u>not </u>utilize genetically engineered bacteria. The 24cyanocobalamin form is safe, stable, and bioavailable, and has been used for 25the vast majority of public health studies over the past century.</span></p> 26 27<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The amount of cyanide in 28cyanocobalamin is trivial, less than in an almond or apple; cyanide tends to be 29ubiquitous in the food supply in extremely tiny amounts. Cyanide is also 30produced by our own cellular processes (no great surprise since it's simply a 31single carbon and nitrogen molecule bonded together), but is quickly absorbed 32into the bloodstream, converted into thiocyanate (a less toxic form), and 33excreted in the urine or converted to carbon dioxide and exhaled.&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">In fact, the 34Institute of Medicine has <u>not</u> set an Upper Limit for vitamin B-12 35because âno adverse effects have been associated with excess vitamin B-12 36intake from food and supplements in healthy individualsâ (and both supplementation 37and food fortification primarily use cyanocobalamin). That same IOM report 38features this quote: âthe amount of cyanide in cyanocobalamin is considered to 39be physiologically insignificant.â It would take about 2,500 doses of 1,000 40microgram cyanocobalamin tabs to approach a dangerous amount of cyanide.</span></p> 41 42<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The adenosylcobalamin form is 43predominant in foods as well as in the human body, whereas methylcobalamin is 44typically in the body at only half the amount of the adenosyl form. Both are 45coenzyme forms with separate enzyme systems, and both are needed by the body. 46Cyanocobalamin feeds both pathways and is an inexpensive, stable, safe, and 47effective form of vitamin B-12 that does not require genetically engineered 48bacteria to produce. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/6662422271651367589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/6662422271651367589' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/6662422271651367589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/6662422271651367589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2025/05/more-on-cyanocobalamin-safetytoxicity.html' title='More on Cyanocobalamin Safety/Toxicity'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-4441645184047458587</id><published>2025-02-07T15:30:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2025-02-07T15:30:33.869-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Aspergillus Niger"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black mold"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black mould"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="citric acid"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fermentation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fungal enzymes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fungus"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="safety"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="toxic"/><title type='text'>Is citric acid made from black mold?</title><content type='html'><p>Yes, but so what? That organism - <i>Aspergillus niger</i> - has been used to <u>safely </u>manufacture citric acid for about 100 years. It's also used to make most of the 'fungal enzymes' that are vegetarian-friendly. People consuming citric acid are not <i>eating</i> black mold; just as you're not <i>eating </i>bees when consuming honey.&nbsp;</p><div><span style="background-color: white;">People worried about the fermentation process have failed to 49distinguish between the mold and its purified byproducts that have a long history of 50safe use.&nbsp; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-002-1032-6&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div> 51 52<p class="MsoNormal">The fungus produces materials <i>outside of its body</i> that can be easily isolated 53and purified, so <b>people are not inhaling or consuming mold</b> when they use a 54material produced by fermentation. In fact, companies using citric acid perform their normal microbiological 55screening to assure that there are not concerning levels of mold in that material..<o:p></o:p></p> 56 57<p class="MsoNormal">The mold itself would release spores that would be toxic to inhale if it were growing 58in your house. It may be mildly allergenic if you were eating the actual 59mold. But that'
59s not what we are exposed to or are consuming when we eat citric 60acid, which is widely distributed in the processed food chain and has an 61important role in acidifying and preserving many foods and beverages. Look at your labels!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white;">Isolated</span> 62Aspergillus-derived products, including citric acid, have been sold for about a 63century and are considered safe. These also include common plant-derived enzymes 64such as protease, amylase, and lipase that are not pancreas-derived.&nbsp; <a href="https://fungalbiolbiotech.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40694-018-0054-5">https://fungalbiolbiotech.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40694-018-0054-5</a>&nbsp;</p> 65 66<p class="MsoNormal">"<span style="background: white; color: black;">Microbial 67citric acid has high economic importance and widely used in beverage, food, 68detergents, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries.&nbsp;The filamentous 69fungus&nbsp;<i>Aspergillus niger</i>&nbsp;is a work horse and important cell 70factory in industry for the production of citric acid."&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33044884/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33044884/</a></p> 71 72<p class="MsoNormal">"<em><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/aspergillus-niger" title="Learn more about Aspergillus niger from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages">Aspergillus 73niger</a></span></em><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">&nbsp;has a long tradition of 74safe use in the production of enzymes and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/carboxylate" title="Learn more about organic acids from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages">organic 75acids</a>&nbsp;(Soares de Castro et al., 2015)."&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/aspergillus-niger#:~:text=The%20Aspergillus%20produces%20different%20types,et%20al.%2C%202015">https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/aspergillus-niger#:~:text=The%20Aspergillus%20produces%20different%20types,et%20al.%2C%202015</a><span style="color: #1f1f1f;">).</span></p> 76 77<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/4441645184047458587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/4441645184047458587' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/4441645184047458587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/4441645184047458587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-citric-acid-made-from-black-mold.html' title='Is citric acid made from black mold?'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-3550199103087269961</id><published>2024-05-06T14:46:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2024-05-06T14:46:20.734-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="2-KLG"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ascorbic acid"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="commercial production of vitamin C"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dextrose"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dietary supplement"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fermentation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fortification"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lactone"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature-identical"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sorbitol"/>
77<category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sorbose"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vitamin C"/><title type='text'>Commercial production of vitamin C for fortification and dietary supplements</title><content type='html'><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In most mammals, vitamin C is 78made in the liver from blood sugar using a four-step enzymatic process. Humans 79and about 20 other mammalian species lack one of these enzymes, requiring us to 80both obtain vitamin C from our diet and to sustain internal levels of vitamin C 81using a variety of other food antioxidants.</span></p> 82 83<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">But rather than extracting 84vitamin C from foods, the modern way to manufacture it is to start with 85dextrose, a sugar identical to blood glucose, and manipulate it into ascorbic 86acid, which is vitamin C; mimicking the biological production technique to some 87extent. The result is a nature-identical vitamin indistinguishable from the 88form in foods.</span></p> 89 90<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The primary method of 91biosynthesizing vitamin C starts with the conversion of glucose into sorbitol.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Dextrose is converted to 92sorbitol by adding hydrogen to the molecule; that is typically done with a 93catalyst (defined as an easily recoverable material that facilitates a chemical 94reaction but is </span><u style="font-size: 11pt;">not</u><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> used up in the reaction nor added to the molecule). 95The only added element is hydrogen, which is applied in a pressure tank.</span></p> 96 97<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Converting the sorbitol into sorbose and then into an intermediate known as 2-KLG is done using a two-step fermentation process</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Then a final lactonization step (reacting 982-KLG with acid and/or dehydration is used to produce the lactone known as l-ascorbic 99acid/vitamin C; chemical form C</span><sub>6</sub><span style="font-size: 11pt;">H</span><sub>8</sub><span style="font-size: 11pt;">O</span><sub>6</sub><span style="font-size: 11pt;">).</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/3550199103087269961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/3550199103087269961' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/3550199103087269961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/3550199103087269961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2024/05/commercial-production-of-vitamin-c-for.html' title='Commercial production of vitamin C for fortification and dietary supplements'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-278147660455840114</id><published>2024-04-26T11:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2024-04-26T11:16:06.177-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dietary Supplements"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="enteric coating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="essential oils"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="timing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="when to take"/><title type='text'>When to take products with enteric coating</title><content type='html'><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The reason why we suggest 100taking enterically coated supplements on an empty stomach is to avoid the pill (capsule or tablet) being trapped in the stomach with 101food for an hour or more, which could allow the contents to release prematurely 102prior to reaching the small intestine.</span></p> 103 104<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">In a study of 24 subjects, at 105baseline the median gastric pH was </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Cambria Math&quot;,serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">â¼</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">1, 106increased to pH 4.5 with ingestion of the meal, and then returned to 107approximately pH 1 some 3â4 h after the start of the meal. <a href="https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00956.2001#:~:text=test%20(nonparametric).-,RESULTS,the%20start%20of%20the%20meal">https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00956.2001#:~:text=test%20(nonparametric).-,RESULTS,the%20start%20of%20the%20meal</a></span></p> 108 109<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">However, if someone has low 110stomach acid (aging, antacids, etc.) to start, the pH can increase even more 111and risk the capsule emptying directly into the stomach. That can cause either 112degradation of the contents or increased risk of burping up and tasting any oil
112s in the product.&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The esophagus and stomach are especially sensitive to essential oils, as 113evidenced by people adding drops to water and drinking that, later ending up 114with mucous lining degradation leading to stomach pain or heartburn, and 115occasionally emergency room visits.</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/278147660455840114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/278147660455840114' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/278147660455840114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/278147660455840114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2024/04/when-to-take-products-with-enteric.html' title='When to take products with enteric coating'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-6841090957272542182</id><published>2024-04-24T15:17:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2024-04-24T15:17:52.526-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="alcohol"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fermentation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flour"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="grains"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kosher for Passover"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="leavened bread"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="matzo"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wheat"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wine"/><title type='text'>Kosher for Passover means avoiding fermentation of grains</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">There 116are different interpretations of the religious laws, but in general they do not 117allow wheat or other traditional grains, including grain alcohol, during Passover with one exception: <o:p></o:p></span></p> 118 119<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Wheat flour that is used to 120make matzos has been specially supervised from harvest through processing to 121ensure that it has not had an opportunity to start fermenting, so it is 122continually inspected to ensure that it is not in contact with moisture in order 123to inhibit fermentation. The water used to make matzos is left out overnight to 124cool, also in order to inhibit fermentation. Milling, mixing with water, 125kneading, and baking are done in separate areas to avoid cross-contamination.&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Fermentation is believed to occur about 18 minutes after a grain is mixed with 126moisture, so after mixing the flour with water, kosher for Passover matzos are 127put in the oven within that time limit; the ovens are separate from the 128preparation areas so that the heat is not promoting fermentation of materials 129being mixed/prepared.</span></p> 130 131<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Grain-based fermentation 132products such as alcohol are also forbidden in kosher for Passover products, 133since the purpose is to avoid using aged or fermented materials to mimic the 134plight of fleeing slaves who didn't have time to let (sourdough) bread rise in 135their hurry to flee Egypt.&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(While it is quite likely that the newly freed slaves 136would have grabbed already-baked bread, this specific 137kosher for Passover practice of removing all leavened bread and other forbidden items from a household during the holiday is evidently intended as a ritual to evoke sympathy for their hurried exodus 138during the Passover </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Seders</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;practiced by their descendants.)</span></p> 139 140<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p>The traditional grains banned unless following the same rules as the matzo wheat include wheat, rye, barley, oats, and spelt; all of which were available in Egypt some 3,500 years ago.&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Wine is allowed for Passover when the yeast is the product of the grapes themselves. But the wine must not include added non-kosher yeasts, other non-kosher additives (isinglass), or be produced/stored
140in a room containing grains or products made from grains. The work must also stop on the Sabbath, so observant Jews must be the winemakers.&nbsp;</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/6841090957272542182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/6841090957272542182' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/6841090957272542182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/6841090957272542182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2024/04/kosher-for-passover-means-avoiding.html' title='Kosher for Passover means avoiding fermentation of grains'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-8141063388182795458</id><published>2023-06-05T14:46:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2023-06-05T14:46:22.801-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'll be doing a live webinar on Men's Health this Thursday at 5 PM Pacific time (7 PM Central)... </span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtceyrpjgoGtOf_1bY_JfM0BuSbJJazl_C#/registration </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/8141063388182795458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/8141063388182795458' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/8141063388182795458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/8141063388182795458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2023/06/ill-be-doing-live-webinar-on-mens.html' title=''/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-5814289969049137293</id><published>2023-03-14T10:27:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2023-03-14T10:27:55.395-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;Neil will be on the radio Sunday morning 3/19/2023. It's Al Forman's Sav-A-Lot Nutrition Hour at 11am ET, 10 Central on WWNN radio 1470 AM; 95.3 FM in South Florida. Go to <a class="x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7" href="https://trueoldiesfla.com/podcasts/sav-a-lot-nutrition">https://trueoldiesfla.com/podcasts/sav-a-lot-nutrition</a> Listen live there, too; click on the Listen Live button under the station 95.3 FM at the top right of that page.</p><br />Also Neil's previous interviews with Al are available to listen or download as a podcast: <a class="x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7" href="https://sav-a-lotnutritioncenters.com/?s=Levin&amp;lang=en">https://sav-a-lotnutritioncenters.com/?s=Levin&amp;lang=en</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/5814289969049137293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/5814289969049137293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/5814289969049137293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/5814289969049137293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2023/03/will-be-on-radio-sunday-morning-3192023.html' title=''/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>
140http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-7839164920680955897</id><published>2022-06-06T16:30:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2022-06-06T16:30:51.725-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="AERs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Braun"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cGMPs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dietary supplement regulation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Durbin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="FDA enforcement"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food allergies"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food poisoning"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="herbs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="label database"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NIH"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="product registration"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="S.4090"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="S.4348"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="safety"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Senate HELP Committee"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vitamins"/><title type='text'>Federal Dietary Supplement Registry bills</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;Dietary Supplement Legislation Misguided &amp; Inflationary</p><p>A bill sponsored by Senators Durbin (D-IL) and Braun (R-IN) - S.4090, the Dietary Supplement Listing Act - mandates a registry of all dietary supplements, citing safety concerns. Meanwhile, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee also added mandatory product registration for this non-drug category to must-pass prescription drug user fee legislation S.4348, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements Act of 2022 (FDASLA).&nbsp;</p><p>These concerns are overblown; the proposed solution draconian. Why treat an overwhelmingly safe food category as inherently dangerous? Multivitamins, vitamin C, calcium, fish oil, and common nutrients are non-toxic, with few safety concerns.</p><p>Senator Durbin uses Adverse Event Reports (AERs) as justification. But Mr. Durbin knows AERs are defined as associative, not proof of a causal relationship. I manage a team handling dietary supplement AERs for a responsible manufacturer, which are promptly investigated and reported to the FDA. The few AERs we receive are typically caused by pre-existing conditions/known drug effects, not supplements. And many dietary supplement AERs received by FDA involve multivitamin choking issues, not toxicity.&nbsp;</p><p>There are potential interactions between certain ingredients and certain drugs. A published report of Mayo Clinic patient records identified only five such ingredients, noting only minor negative drug interactions. Statistics from the authoritative American Association of Poison Control Centers confirm zero deaths are associated with dietary supplements most years. Official AERs, not necessarily caused by supplements, showed only 166 hospital
140izations and 22 deaths over an 11-year, 4-month period. By contrast, CDC estimates 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths from foodborne diseases each year; food allergies cause 15 million illnesses, 30,000 ER visits and 150â200 deaths. Taking a dietary supplement is statistically far safer than eating a meal.&nbsp;</p><p>If there is a safety issue, FDA already has the power to ban products, as it did with the herb ephedra. Facility registration is already mandated in existing Bioterrorism and Food Safety laws, but S.4090 inexplicably removes carefully designed antiterrorist protections. The National Institutes of Health already have a huge dietary supplement label database, which the FDA seeks to duplicate in a wasteful agency rivalry.&nbsp;</p><p>S.4090 imposes large fines - and jail terms - for not getting advance bureaucratic permission to market any supplement, even vitamin C. Companies must seek registration numbers and identify individuals to be severely penalized for infractions, with sales restricted by agency refusal or delay. Why does the FDA need absolute veto power over every vitamin; adding red tape and inflationary costs? The FDA already has statutory authority to inspect manufacturers, review labels and batch records, and confirm AERs are being properly handled/reported. Since the rationale is lack of enforcement of existing laws, how does piling on new regulations, fees, and harsh penalties solve that persistent agency problem? An analogy: would new laws lowering the speed limit and requiring drivers to keep mileage logs stop speeders, or is enforcement the real solution?&nbsp;</p><p>The dietary supplement industry welcomes reasonable consumer protections. We supported laws giving FDA authority over ingredients, label claims, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), facility inspections, food safety practices, facility registration, adverse event reporting, steroid bans, and allergen labeling. Weâve repeatedly lobbied Congress for higher FDA enforcement budgets to weed out bad actors, but oppose universal pre-market approval.</p><p>Why is a safe food category â dietary supplements â targeted for harsh regulation and higher costs, strangling innovation and consumer needs? If safety is the issue, why shouldnât riskier food manufacturers (allergens and food poisoning) also need pre-market approval, their employees targeted for prosecution and fines? This is a punitive bill targeting an overwhelmingly safe product category for no justifiable reason.&nbsp;</p><p>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</p><p>NOW Health Group</p><p>Bloomingdale, Illinois</p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/7839164920680955897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/7839164920680955897' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/7839164920680955897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/7839164920680955897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2022/06/federal-dietary-supplement-registry.html' title='Federal Dietary Supplement Registry bills'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-5489573690321065426</id><published>2022-05-19T16:46:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2022-05-19T16:46:24.430-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internal medicine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Macedonia"/><title type='text'>North Macedonian medical conference presentation</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm giving a remote presentation tomorrow morning 5-20-2022 at the Macedonian Association of Internal Medicine conference </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://internist2022.com/program/?fbclid=IwAR3REAgoZ2wBirCN2cZgG98Cb0JikOo1D5ctSfR8_lPRVgqWm2GilMnfzDU" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://internist2022.com/program/</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I'm listed on page 7 of the program.</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/5489573690321065426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/5489573690321065426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/5489573690321065426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/5489573690321065426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2022/05/north-macedonian-medical-conference.html' title='North Macedonian medical conference presentation'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>
140http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-4977996631766080357</id><published>2022-01-12T14:54:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2022-01-12T14:54:02.590-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="enzyme"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="folate"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="folic acid"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="homocysteine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="methylfolate"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MTHFR"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="neural tube defects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NTD"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="polymorphisms"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="SNP"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="variant"/><title type='text'>Methylfolate versus folic acid for MTHFR polymorphisms</title><content type='html'><p>Methylfolate is a very expensive pharma-patented ingredient in a supplemental form that is not generally required by people. Even those with genetic polymorphisms can convert folic acid to methylfolate, though less efficiently due to their genetic differences, and still benefit from folic acid supplementation.&nbsp;</p><p>Since a main concern with MTHFR polymorphisms is the production of less active forms of the MTHFR enzyme due to genetically driven variations in its composition (such as the substitution of alanine with valine), the polymorphisms are most noted for increasing the need for folates (of any form, rather than a particular form). This is because higher quantities of these weaker MTHFR enzymes are needed to compensate for their lower activity levels and methylfolate is a cofactor in the enzyme production, so more dietary folic acid or folates are also needed.&nbsp;</p><p>The medical literature on folic acid has been misrepresented on the Internet to falsely imply that folic acid will not work in individuals with MTHFR polymorphisms. But even people with the most severe polymorphisms can still convert folic acid to methylfolate and eliminate signs of folate insufficiency, particularly high homocysteine levels, according to clinical trials. Here is one example where increasing folic acid intake for individuals with these polymorphisms resolved the problem of high homocysteine levels caused by their weaker MTHFR enzymes:</p><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5601299" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5601299</a></p><p>The folic acid was converted to methylfolate and utilized by these study subjects to make more of these enzymes, which is needed to resolve the health concerns over high homocysteine levels, despite the subjects having polymorphisms that cause weaker versions of the enzymes to be produced.&nbsp;</p><p>The CDC is even more direct, reporting, âYou might have read or heard that folic acid is not safe if you have one or two copies of the MTHFR C677T variant. This is not true. Even if you have one or two copies of the MTHFR C677T variant, your body can safely and effectively process the different types of folate, including folic acid.â&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid/mthfr-gene-and-folic-acid.htm">https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid/mthfr-gene-and-folic-acid.htm</a></p><p>So the widespread myth that people with MTHFR polymorphisms cannot process folic acid has been disproven in authoritative research showing that they actually need to increase folic acid intake (or methylfolate intake) to produce enough of the weaker enzymes to resolve the health concerns, including elevated homocysteine levels and potential neural tube defects in their offspring.&nbsp;</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/4977996631766080357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/4977996631766080357' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/4977996631766080357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/4977996631766080357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2022/01/methylfolate-versus-folic-acid-for.html' title='Methylfolate versus folic acid for MTHFR polymorphisms'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>
140http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-7081110831069226692</id><published>2021-11-22T11:52:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2021-11-22T11:52:44.222-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="COVID"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="COVID-19"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="low-carb diet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="paleo diet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pescatarian"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="plant-based diet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="severity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetarian"/><title type='text'>Plant-based diets, pescatarian diets and COVID-19 severity</title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8219480/pdf/bmjnph-2021-000272.pdf&nbsp;</p><p>After adjusting for important confounders, participants who reported following âplant-based dietsâ and âplant-based diets or pescatarian dietsâ had 73% (OR 0.27, 95% CI 0.10 to 0.81) and 59% (OR 0.41, 95% CI 0.17 to 0.99) lower odds of moderate-to-severe COVID-19 severity, respectively, compared with participants who did not follow these diets.&nbsp;</p><p>Compared with participants who reported following âplant-based dietsâ, those who reported following âlow carbohydrate, high protein dietsâ had greater odds of moderate-to-severe COVID-19 (OR 3.86, 95% CI 1.13 to 13.24).</p><p><br /></p><p>Neil E. Levin, CCN, DANLA</p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/7081110831069226692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/7081110831069226692' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/7081110831069226692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/7081110831069226692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2021/11/plant-based-diets-pescatarian-diets-and.html' title='Plant-based diets, pescatarian diets and COVID-19 severity'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-8235972940300557301</id><published>2021-09-16T16:39:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2021-09-16T16:39:55.978-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="macrobiotic diet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="macrobiotics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="yin and yang of foods"/><title type='text'>Macrobiotic Diet lecture presented in 1996</title><content type='html'><p>Originally presented on 1/24/1996 In Chicago for Nutrition for Optimal Health Association, a non-profit educational charity. I recovered this from a floppy drive today. This was one of my early lectures. As the buyer for the leading Midwestern retailer of macrobiotic foods in the late 1980s, I was the person to whom the Kushi Institute referred people with questions or seeking dietary staples (like sea vegetables, soba pasta, condiments, etc.) in that era.&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">NOHA CLASS on The&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">MACROBIOTIC DIET</span></p> 141 142<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">JAN. 24, 1996<o:p></o:p></span></p> 143 144<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Presented by&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">NEIL EDWARD 145LEVIN, CCN</span></p> 146 147<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Macrobiotics 148is the group of diets which reflect balance between natural forces to promote 149health and normal body-mind function. Using the unifying principle of yin and
150yang to describe the expansive or contractive properties of foods, one can 151correct the diet for any number of imbalances. Such a balanced diet is shown to 152reduce and reverse chronic diseases such as cancer and food allergies, while 153reducing social problems such as crime and violence.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></p> 154 155<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Adhering to a macrobiotic diet is an 156environmental act. One chooses to eat foods appropriate for one's climate and 157past imbalances. Organically-grown wholesome foods are preferred. Locally grown 158foods eaten in season are preferred. Animal products are a rarity, including 159mostly seafood.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></p> 160 161<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>All traditional diets are macrobiotic with 162a small "m". The so-called Standard Macrobiotic Diet is a remnant of 163traditional Japanese diet. It is high in grains, vegetables from sea and land, 164some non-stimulant spices, and beans.</span></p> 165 166<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>The new Food Pyramid of the Mediterranean 167Diet is fairly similar to the Standard Macrobiotic Diet. Both rely on grains as 168the main staple, vegetables as the main side dish, and beans, animal products 169and fruits used sparingly. Olive oil vs. sesame oil. Brown rice vs. wholegrains 170and pasta.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 171 172<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Yin foods are expansive, leafy, and 173watery. They tend to be high in sugars and potassium, low in calcium. They are 174fairly perishable. They tend to be eaten fresh (in season), dried, or pickled 175in sea salt. Salads and fruits are yin. Yin foods tend to be acidic.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 176 177<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Yang foods are contractive, compact, 178drier. They tend to be high in contractive minerals like calcium, low in 179expansive ones like magnesium. They have a longer shelf life than yin foods. 180They can travel farther and still be fresh and wholesome. Salt is very yang, 181but sea salt is more balanced, due to some yin minerals comprising up to 5% of 182the total weight. Gray sea salt has a lot of magnesium, and can possibly be too 183strong for some, leading to constricting effects like kidney stones. Many root 184vegetables and small grains and beans are yang. Yang foods tend to be alkaline.</span></p> 185 186<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Of course, foods are rarely all yin or 187yang. These are relative terms.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 188 189<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>We can select foods for their properties 190to compensate for seasonal and daily changes. Breakfast should be somewhat yin, 191with more water used to cook breakfast grains. This will help us to expand our 192energy. Lunch should be similar. Supper should be larger, more yang, and cooked 193more, as befits the contractive energy of the day as it is condensing inward.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 194 195<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Grains, esp. brown rice, should be eaten daily, 196preferably at nearly every meal. White rice is never used, as it is far 197inferior to the wholegrain brown rice. Smaller grains are more yang than 198larger. Short or medium grain rices are preferred for daily use. Long grain and 199basmati for occasional warm weather use only. Rice is high in every B vitamin 200plus a host of other nutritional factors.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 201 202<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>This emphasis on grains is based on 203history, biology and anatomy. The 20 molars in an adult mouth are named for the 204Latin word for "millstone". They are used to grind plant foods to a 205pulp. The eight incisors are for cutting, and the four canine teeth are for ripping. 206They are nothing like a cat or similar carnivore's teeth, which consist largely 207of large canine-type teeth. Our digestive tract is similar to plant-eaters 208rather than like predators, who eat a low fiber diet. These factors indicate 209the ideal ratio of 7 to 1 for plant to animal foods, or carbohydrates to 210protein. This is shown as 5 parts grains and other fibrous foods, 2 parts 211vegetables and 1 part beans or animal food. Meat is suited to cold climates, 212and is associated with many diseases such as cancer. Traditional cultures in 213temperate zones use meat sparingly. As a culture shuns their traditional diet 214for the modern, processed foods, the rate of degenerative diseases increases 215greatly.</span></p> 216 217<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Grains have always been the historical 218dietary staple. The word "meal" means ground grains as well as 219general eating. In China, people used rice, millet, and buckwheat. In India: 220rice and wheat. In the Mideast: wheat and barley. In lower Africa: sorghum. In 221the Americas: corn. And in Northern Europe: wheat, barley, rye, and oats. 222Grains provide steady fuel. Brown rice releases 2 kilocalories of glucose per 223minute into our bloodstream versus over 30 for a candy bar. This is due to the 224starches, or complex carbohydrates, in the grains. For athletes, the amount of 225glycogen reserves doubles using a starchy diet versus a high-protein one. 226Americans use an average of about 2,000 pounds of grain per year apiece for our 227animal-based diet. Plant food-based cultures get by very well on 400 pounds per 228person.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 229 230<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Food is nutrition: energy and components 231of our bodies. Food choices are the largest controllable variable to create 232healthy body cells. Eating one extreme will create a desire for the opposite, 233to create a rough balance. This balance of extremes is not very healthy. The 234classic example is of meat eaters craving alcohol, sweets, potatoes, and other 235very yin foods. This leads to an excess of fats, protein, carbohydrates, and 236water. <o:p></o:p></span></p> 237 238<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Poor diet often 239includes refined table salt, white sugar, animal protein, saturated fats, and poor-quality 240water. Mixing meat + dairy + sugar + cold drinks will lead to sticky deposits 241and kidney stones.</span></p> 242 243<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>These principles often lead to natural 244remedies. Kidney stones represent excess yang energy. Warm ginger compresses 245over the painful area will expand the ducts and allow the stone to pass more 246easily. Hot green tea will help internally. For a fever, one can use a fresh
247green leaf to the forehead or a tofu plaster. These will more reliably ease a 248fever within minutes than ice, which is too cold and may trap the excess in the 249body as the fever tries to force it out.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 250 251<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Dietary diversity is also important. We 252must try to eat a variety of foods to enlarge our supply of nutrients. Other 253general factors apply:</span></p> 254 255<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Men can tolerate 256more meat than women. Women can tolerate more salads and sweets. Babies, small 257and compact are more yang than adults, which creates a need for soft, sweet, 258low salt yin foods to allow proper growth. However, if children eat lots of 259sugar, they will tend to be hyperactive, emotional, and cry easily. Mother's 260milk is very yin, the perfect small baby's food. Milk is made even more yin 261when it contains antibiotics and bovine growth hormone.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 262 263<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Meat is yang and leads to aggressive 264tendencies. It is appropriate for nomadic, isolated people. Grains lead to 265mental conditions of cooperation, community, support, and family life. Look at 266our Big Mac diet versus the Japanese rice-based diet, and consider the degree 267of community cooperation in each culture. Tomatoes and other nightshade plants 268are very yin, and contain nicotine-like substances which are addictive and 269depress the mind.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 270 271<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>The Standard Macrobiotic Diet consists 272mostly of cooked foods. The food enzymes are largely provided by fermented 273foods such as miso, naturally brewed tamaris, tempeh, umeboshi plums, etc. The 274balance of foods and the amount of cooking depends on the coolness of the 275climate.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 276 277<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Like all substances, food has a 278vibrational energy. As in homeopathy, you can activate the energy in a food by 279cooking, dilute the foods by chewing with saliva to increase the power of the 280food, and thus liberate the nourishing, healing powers of our diet.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 281 282<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Yang energies activate the nerves, while 283yin dulls the sensations. Grains are high in serotonin enhancers, leading to 284calmness and thoughtful behavior. Animal foods activate acetylcholine, which 285leads to impulsive behavior linked to low blood sugar and low serotonin levels. 286Testosterone, being yang, is increased by animal foods. An explosive discharge 287of yang energy is likely to lead to violence. Refined sugar, in a Yale U. 288study, dramatically increases adrenaline levels. When children were given the 289amount of sugar in two cupcakes, their adrenaline levels increased tenfold; 290leading to rapid heartbeat, shallow/quick breathing, nervousness, and 291aggressive/hyperactive/erratic behavior. Excess sugar can deplete minerals, 292leaving white spots on nails, low zinc, manganese, magnesium, sodium, chromium, 293vanadium, and the like.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 294 295<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>These same forces influence depression. 296Late in the day and in the year the air is contractive, yang. Depression is 297linked to hypoglycemia, produced by an imbalanced diet, esp. meat and animal 298foods. Yang accumulation in the pancreas inhibits secretion of glucagon, the 299yin hormone which increases blood glucose. The pancreas gets hard and tight. 300The more yang hormone insulin still secretes and reduces blood sugar, but the 301new imbalance lowers blood sugar to the point of craving. The yang, stimulating 302neurotransmitters are reduced, which can lead to depression. Short of its blood 303sugar for fuel, the higher brain functions decrease and alcohol and sugar 304cravings increase.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 305 306<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Schizophrenics usually have chronic low 307blood sugar, leading to cravings for refined sugar, alcohol, chocolate, and 308drugs. These yin substances expand the brain and nerve cells. These expanded 309cells are overly sensitive to yang stimuli, including dopamine. Chronic 310overstimulation makes one ignore external, more distant factors. In 311schizophrenics this leads to overload, loss of abstract thought, and the 312breakdown of the yang powers of concentration and thought coordination. A 313niacin deficiency is linked to some 10% of schizophrenic cases, and may be 314linked also to glucose tolerance factors.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 315 316<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>High blood sugar is likewise linked to 317excess yin foods in the diet, so the pancreas releases more of the yang hormone 318insulin to rebalance. This also increases the stimulating, yang 319neurotransmitters to arouse motor activity.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 320 321<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Too many animal foods can lead to graying 322hair, baldness on the top of the head, being oversexed and short tempered, a 323tendency to brain hemorrhage, heart attacks, rheumatism, and arthritis. Cutting
324out the sugar in the diets of teen offenders reduced their violent episodes 325between 45 and 80%. Animal foods and excess dietary fats and calories are all 326linked to cancer. About 10-15% of our caloric intake should be healthy types of 327fats and oils, compared to 30-50% in our modern diet. Excess fat blocks the 328energy flow in the body. Plant foods tend to inhibit cancers. Soybean foods are 329specifically linked to low cancer rates. Miso eaters have much lower cancer 330rates than the control groups.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 331 332<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Some of the staple foods of the Standard 333Macrobiotic Diet include:</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 334 335<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Brown Rice for 336the main grain, also appearing in rice milk, rice cakes, mochi cakes, amazake 337drink, and pastas. Brown rice should be organic, be rinsed until the water is 338clear, and can be pre-soaked for higher digestibility. It is normally cooked 339with at least 2 parts water for about an hour. As the rice cooks, the water 340drops below the surface. Do not stir the rice after this point or it will get 341very sticky. Poke down into it with a wooden spoon occasionally to check the 342water level.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 343 344<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Soy products, 345often fermented, including tofu, tempeh, miso, shoyu &amp; tamari, and soy milks.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 346 347<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Sea vegetables, 348mostly cooked in soups, stews and bean dishes. These foods are extremely rich 349in minerals. For example, kelp has 150x the iodine of any land plant; while 350dulse has 200x the iron of beet greens, the richest land source. Other types are 351wakame for soups, stews and beans; hijiki and arame for beans and soups; nori 352for sushi rolls.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 353 354<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Soups and stews</span></p> 355 356<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Beans, esp. 357small ones which are more yang and meat-like. Look for aduki, chickpeas, 358lentils, soy, peas, and kidney beans. Sea vegetables help us to digest the 359beans.</span></p> 360 361<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Pickled foods to 362stimulate digestion, provide beneficial bacteria for the gut, and provide a 363source of lactic acid.</span></p> 364 365<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Nuts and seeds 366can be used in moderation, best if from your climate/continent. This is the 367main oil source in the macrobiotic diet. Avoid tropical items.</span></p> 368 369<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*In season: 370fruits and land vegetables.</span></p> 371 372<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Whole grain 373pastas. This is one of the few products using flour. Whole, unground grains are 374healthier than flours. Flours are stickier, more mucus-forming, more acidic, 375and harder to digest.</span></p> 376 377<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Rolled and 378cracked cereals.<o:p></o:p></span></p> 379 380<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Fish should be 381used at most 1-2 times a week.<o:p></o:p></span></p> 382 383<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">
383*Sea salt and 384foods pickled with sea salt. For flavor and digestion. Do not overuse! Signs of 385overdose include:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>fluid retention, 386thirst after meals, overeating, craving for fruits, sweets, and alcohol, and 387emotional tension. Signs of too little salt include:<o:p></o:p></span></p> 388 389<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">weak muscle tone, 390poor circulation, and mental spaciness.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 391 392<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Condiments:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>sesame salt, horseradishes, mustards, rice 393and cider vinegars, Ume plums.</span></p> 394 395<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Fresh water and 396green teas. Grain beverages.</span></p> 397 398<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">*Fermented dairy 399products like yogurt, kefir, etc.</span></p> 400 401<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>It is good to eat a variety within each of 402these food categories. Cooking methods include boiling, steaming, sautéing, 403frying, and pressure cooking. The heat intensity and cooking techniques affect 404the yin/yang energy in the food.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> 405 406<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Organic foods are so important because the 407microorganisms in both the human gut and the soil aid digestion and 408assimilation of nutrients to either us or plants. Vitamin B-12&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">is made only by 409these types of bacteria. The traditional Japanese diet provides different, 410simpler intestinal microbes than average Americans (Western J of Med, 1974), 411and such simpler populations were associated with lower rates of bowel cancer 412(Cancer Research, 1975).</span></p> 413 414<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span>Illness is a symptom of imbalance. Look 415for the lesson of how your energies are affecting that manifestation. Sickness 416becomes inevitable if our foods and actions are out of harmony with nature.</span></p> 417 418<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>If the skin is pale, you may be eating too 419much fruit. Bad skin indicates excess sugar. Gluten and grain allergies 420indicate an excess of dairy and sugar in the past. Diets high in meats, fats 421and sugar show increased rates of tooth decay and weakened bones.<o:p></o:p></span></p> 422 423<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Lotus root tea 424reduces mucus in the lungs.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></p> 425 426<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Yang foods are salts, hard cheeses, eggs, 427and meat. Illnesses from excess yang foods include:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>duodenal ulcer, hepatitis, appendicitis, jaundice, gout, liver 428cancer, and headache in the back of the head.</span></p> 429 430<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Yin foods include most dairy, sweets, 431juices, alcohol, spices, coffee and tea.<o:p></o:p></span></p> 432 433<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Illnesses linked 434to excess yin include:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>colitis, hernia, 435diabetes, asthma, pleurisy, leukemia, meningitis, detached retina, varicose 436veins, gum disease, stomach ulcers, cystitis, frequent bloody noses, and 437headaches in the front of the head.</span></p> 438 439<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>More balanced foods include grains, beans, 440vegetables, seeds, nuts, and seasonal fruits. When one eats at the extremes 441there are other associated illnesses including:<o:p></o:p></span></p> 442 443<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">arteriosclerosis, 444gallstones, arthritis, breast cysts and cancer, lung cancer, cataracts, and 445pneumonia.</span></p> 446 447<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>It is recommended to not eat for 3 hours 448before bedtime.</span></p> 449 450<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span>Cancer is yin, expansive. Avoid overeating 451and indigestion by chewing foods to liquid. Avoid all fruit, animal fats, and 452greasy foods.<o:p></o:p></span></p> 453 454<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">In studies, 455macrobiotic-type diets are very healthful:</span></p> 456 457<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Lowering and 458stabilizing blood pressure (AmJ of Epidemology, 1974)</span></p> 459 460<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Lowering blood 461cholesterol and triglycerides (NEJ of Med, 1975)(Atherosclerosis, 1982)</span></p> 462 463<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Lowering cancer 464rate by 60% and death rate by 40% in Denmark during a blockade and shortage of 465animal and dairy foods (JAMA, 1920)</span></p> 466 467<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Sea vegetables 468removed most of the strontium 90 from contaminated subjects (McGill University, 4691964)</span></p> 470 471<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Daily eaters of 472miso had 33% lower rates of stomach cancer (1981, Nat. Cancer Center of Japan)</span></p> 473 474<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Mice fed 475naturally fermented soy sauce had a 26% lower rate of stomach cancer and a 75% 476drop in tumors (1991, U. of Wisconsin)</span></p> 477 478<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Patients with 479pancreatic cancer. 24 on macrobiotic diet survived an average of 17.3 months 480vs. 6.0 months for matched controls. The one year survival rate was 54.2% vs. 48110% for controls. (1984-85, Tulane U.)</span></p> 482 483<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Macrobiotic Diet 484is a healthful way of eating (AmerMedAssn Family Medical Guide,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">1987)</span></p> 485 486<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">A high fat diet 487is linked to higher breast, lung, and skin tumors in mice. (CancerResearch2)</span></p> 488 489<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">A 41 country 490study linked high intake of refined sugar with high breast cancer rates (BritJ 491of Cancer, 1976)</span></p> 492 493<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Soy protein 494reduces serum cholesterol and triglycerides (JAMA, 1982)</span></p> 495 496<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">People who
497regularly eat cheese have a 50% greater risk of breast cancer than those who 498don't. With milk it's an 80% increase (Journal of the National Cancer 499Institute, 1986)</span></p> 500 501<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">A diet high in 502meat and animal products is linked to colon cancer&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">(NCI, 1974 in CANCER) (JAMA, 1920)</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">(Gut, 1969) (Journal of the NCI, 1975)</span></p> 503 504<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Macrobiotic 505eaters versus the Framington Heart Study participants: the macro eaters had 506average cholesterol readings of 126 mg./dl. compared to 184 for the normal diet.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Harvard study in the New England 507Journal of Medicine, 1975)</span></p> 508 509<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Fermented soy 510sauce shows anti-tumor activity (Science News, 1991, U. of Wisc.)</span></p> 511 512<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">21 Macrobiotic eaters added 250 grams of beef 513a day to their diets for 4 weeks. Within 2 weeks their serum cholesterol levels 514were up an average of 19%.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Harvard
515study in JAMA, 1981)</span></p> 516 517<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Wakame and hijiki 518seaweeds, also shitake mushrooms lower serum cholesterol&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Atherosclerosis, 5191972)</span></p> 520 521<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">A high sucrose 522diet (20% of daily caloric intake) linked to liver cancer&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Huntington Research Centre, 523Huntington, England, 1978)</span></p> 524 525<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Diet should 526consist of&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Carbs (50-60% of caloric 527intake), with glucose, sucrose, and lactose restricted. People should eat 528natural foods with unrefined carbs. High levels of fats should be restricted. 529(Journal of the ADA, 1979)</span></p> 530 531<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Shitake mushrooms 532showed almost complete regression of tumors (Cancer Research, 1970)</span></p> 533 534<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Kombu given to 535mice with implanted sarcomas: 89-95% inhibited. Also good results with leukemia 536(Japan Journal of Experimental Med, 1974)</span></p> 537 538<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Leukemia in 539chickens was reversed by feeding them whole grains and salt (Tokyo Red Cross 540Blood Center, 1972)</span></p> 541 542<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">USDA recommends 543partial replacement of animal foods with cereals and legumes, esp. soy. (Am J of 544Clin Nutr, 1983)</span></p> 545 546<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Tofu as a 547substitute for meats and dairy products is closer to the national dietary 548guidelines than beef, chicken, eggs, or cheese. It is also preferred by 549preschoolers in taste tests (Journal of the ADA, 1990)</span></p> 550 551<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Men with AIDS put 552on macrobiotic diet stabilized, did better than other patients. (Boston U. 553School of Med in Lancet, 1985)</span></p> 554 555<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;">Chewing 556thoroughly (saliva) inhibits HIV-1 infectivity (Journal of the American Dental 557Assn, 1988)</span></p> 558 559<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><o:p></o:p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/8235972940300557301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/8235972940300557301' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/8235972940300557301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/8235972940300557301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/202
5591/09/macrobiotic-diet-lecture-presented-in.html' title='Macrobiotic Diet lecture presented in 1996'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-4186668640251640496</id><published>2021-09-15T10:36:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2021-09-15T10:36:18.624-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="COVID-19"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dietary supplement"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="element"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="elemental"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="high-dose"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="JAMA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mineral compound"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="SARS-CoV-2"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="zinc"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="zinc gluconate"/><title type='text'>JAMA posted my comment yesterday on a study reviewing vitamin C and Zinc for Covid-19 patients</title><content type='html'><p>JAMA edited my comment and changed the final sentence (adding 560âor some other doseâ, which doesnât make sense), but the gist is there.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> 561 562<span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2776305?utm_source=silverchair&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=article_alert-jamanetworkopen&amp;utm_term=mostread&amp;utm_content=olf-widget_09102021">Effect 563of High-Dose Zinc and Ascorbic Acid Supplementation vs Usual Care on Symptom 564Length and Reduction Among Ambulatory Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection: The 565COVID A to Z Randomized Clinical Trial | Complementary and Alternative Medicine 566| JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network</a></span><div><br /></div><div>My original submission:</div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It is unclear what dose of elemental zinc was used in this 567study from the text provided. Fifty mg of 'zinc gluconate' is described, but 568that is 50 mg of a compound that is only about 1/7 elemental zinc. PubChem 569lists the molecular weight of zinc gluconate at 455.7 and of elemental zinc at 57065.4; so zinc gluconate contains about 14.35% elemental zinc (a maximum value 571since 'as is' measurements include impurities, including moisture). If 50 mg. 572of âzinc gluconateâ was used, as described in the text, it would represent only 573about 7 mg of actual zinc; not a "high dose" since it would be below 574the FDA's current (and recently lowered) Daily Value of 11 mg.&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">If 50 mg of 575elemental zinc from a much larger amount of zinc gluconate (typically 350- 400 576mg) was used, it should have been described more precisely as that to avoid any 577confusion. The amount of zinc used was either a low dose erroneously described 578as a high dose or the authors mistakenly used the compound name (zinc 579gluconate) in place of the element's (zinc) when describing the 50 mg amount.&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">
579Either way, how the supplement was described in this paper leads inevitably to 580confusion. The amount of actual zinc should be clearly specified, but the 581authors did not do so; nor did they relate the amount of this mineral to its 582RDA, Daily Value, or Upper Limit as a relevant reference point. The implication 583from the description of a âhigh doseâ is that the amount of zinc was 50 mg, not 584the amount of zinc gluconate, and that the authors misstated the description of 585the supplement. But they just as plausibly mistook 50 mg of zinc gluconate for 58650 mg of elemental zinc, and then inaccurately described both the supplement 587and the dosing.&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal">How did this pass peer review without catching this internal 588conflict of description that would be obvious to chemists who work with mineral 589compounds and understand how to appropriately label them by either compound or 590element? And exactly which dose of elemental zinc was used; 50 mg or 7 mg? <o:p></o:p></p><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/4186668640251640496/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/4186668640251640496' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/4186668640251640496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/4186668640251640496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2021/09/jama-posted-my-comment-yesterday-on.html' title='JAMA posted my comment yesterday on a study reviewing vitamin C and Zinc for Covid-19 patients'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-5751079217806985109</id><published>2021-07-08T14:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2021-07-08T14:26:00.347-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'><p>&nbsp;<span data-offset-key="2518r-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;">My half-hour </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="2518r-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;">presentation</span></span><span data-offset-key="2518r-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"> on Essential Oils will be aired on Wednesday, July 14th at 7pm Central time (6pm Mountain time) </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/choosing-essential-oils-understanding-labels-standards-tickets-161158512449</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/5751079217806985109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/5751079217806985109' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/5751079217806985109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/5751079217806985109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/202
5901/07/my-half-hour-presentation-on-essential.html' title=''/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-6029211630781587024</id><published>2021-06-10T17:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2021-06-10T17:12:04.857-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="amino acid"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="glutamic acid"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="l-glutamine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MSG"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nonessential"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pea protein"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="protein"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="synthesized"/><title type='text'>Is There L-Glutamine in Pea Protein?</title><content type='html'><p><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Reputable sources only list glutamic acid, a nonessential amino 591acid, in pea protein, which the body readily synthesizes and that readily converts into 592l-glutamine inside our bodies. Glutamine and glutamic acid typically comprise 593between 5% and 15% of dietary proteins, but we require so much of these two 594amino acids that most of our fairly large body stores are actually synthesized
595endogenously (internally).&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Glutamine is used to make glucosamine and is required by the 596immune system, for wound healing, for acid-base balance, for brain function, 597and for gluconeogenesis. Both amino acids are conditionally essential during 598pregnancy, lactation, and growth phases.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Commercially produced MSG is related to, but not identical to,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">glutamine because it is a salt of glutamine; a glutamate, rather than an amino acid found in common proteins. Glutamate has been classified as an excitotoxin that can overexcite our </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">nervous</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;systems; but that is dependent on the brain lacking proper controls, such as can be provided by the essential nutrients&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">magnesium</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;and antioxidants.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This study indicates that pea protein 599contains glutamic acid, not l-glutamine:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245118/</span></span></p><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245118/">Protein content and amino acid composition of commercially available plant-based protein isolates (nih.gov)</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/6029211630781587024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/6029211630781587024' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/6029211630781587024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/6029211630781587024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2021/06/is-there-l-glutamine-in-pea-protein.html' title='Is There L-Glutamine in Pea Protein?'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-5893354286130535703</id><published>2021-05-14T11:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2021-05-14T11:28:16.132-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lecithin extraction</title><content type='html'><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All lecithin is chemically extracted from bulk oils. For organic lecithin (not available in all forms and grades and very expensive due to limited supply and manufacturing capacity) organic ethanol (alcohol) is the solvent.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">All lecithin extraction processes currently employ solvents, such as hexane, to extract the oils. Hexane extraction is the most common method used in the industry to produce lecithin due to its high oil recovery and lower production cost; also, lecithin is actually defined as hexane-soluble components. These solvents are commonly recovered during the extraction step of edible oil processing through distillation and evaporation.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To remove the hexane from lecithin, the material is treated in a vacuum distillation process because hexane is volatile and vaporizes at a relatively low temperature. The hexane evaporated during the distillation is condensed and separated from water in a decanter. The recovered hexane is then reused in the extractor.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The European Union standard for hexane in bulk oils is a&nbsp;maximum residue limit (MRL) of&nbsp;<span style="background-color: white;">1 mg/kg by weight. One study published in the&nbsp;</span>Journal of Experimental and Clinical Toxicology&nbsp;<span style="background-color: white;">reported that the detected mean amount of hexane residue in product samples tested was 0.56 mg/kg; only 56% of the allowable amount. The EFSA Journal published a 2017 safety review concluding that there was no safety concern; even for infants and children using lecithin for special medical purposes.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4742</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">https://openaccesspub.org/ject/article/622#ridm1841927052&nbsp;</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/5893354286130535703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/5893354286130535703' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/5893354286130535703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/5893354286130535703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/202
5991/05/lecithin-extraction.html' title='Lecithin extraction'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-1050256084841886917</id><published>2021-05-14T11:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2021-05-14T11:09:53.882-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="aflatoxins"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="alfalfa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="antioxidant"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chlorophyll"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="deodorizer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="detox"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="detoxification"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="free radical"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="freshens breath"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="GMO"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="green pigment"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mulberry leaves"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ROS"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soluble"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="water soluble"/><title type='text'>Liquid Chlorophyll as Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin</title><content type='html'><p>Chlorophyllin is a water-soluble analog of the green plant pigment chlorophyll. Liquid chlorophyll products containing chlorophyllin are a mixture of chlorophyll and copper. Chlorophyllin is produced by extracting natural chlorophyll from mulberry leaves (post silkworm feeding) or the traditional alfalfa source (which today is mostly genetically modified/GMO) and reacting the chlorophyll to copper. Today chlorophyllin is compliant with the USP monograph as Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin and is water-soluble; chlorophyll in plants is a fat-soluble substance. Solubilized chlorophyllin is dispersible and stable in water, unlike the original plant chlorophyll, making liquid chlorophyll products possible.&nbsp;</p><p>It is best to test each lot of chlorophyll for identity, microbial burden (including pathogens), and heavy metals to assure product safety. The sodium content of chlorophyllin is negligible; about 9.5 milligrams per 100 gram serving.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Chlorophyll as Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin can function as a free radical neutralizer and may help to support the body's detoxification processes. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7788866/&nbsp; and https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12628519/&nbsp;</p><p>Specifically, chlorophyllin âhas potent antioxidant ability involving scavenging of various physiologically important ROSâ [reactive oxygen species]. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11767414/&nbsp;</p><p>Chlorophyllin has been traditionally used as an internal deodorizer, both medically under FDA authorization (21CFR357.850) and as a dietary supplement, and it promotes cleansing and freshens breath. It has also been found to be a safe and effective detoxification agent suitable for use in individuals unavoidably exposed to dietary aflatoxins. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12628519/&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/1050256084841886917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/1050256084841886917' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/1050256084841886917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/1050256084841886917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/202
5991/05/liquid-chlorophyll-as-sodium-copper.html' title='Liquid Chlorophyll as Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-8287629986135599543</id><published>2021-05-07T15:10:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2021-05-07T15:13:19.171-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="CDC"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="COVID-19"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="government"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mandatory"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="privacy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="requirements"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="state"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vaccination"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vaccine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vaccine passport"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vax"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vaxxed"/><title type='text'> Vaccine Mandate Musings</title><content type='html'><p>Should vaccine passports, or vaccination itself, be mandatory? I can only share my opinions, which are conflicted. Here are my thoughts:</p><p>Because of federal medical privacy laws, vaccine passports would have to be issued only on request of the patient/person waiving such privacy, so disclosure is in one sense inherently controlled by the individual and would be voluntary. Additionally, the state and the CDC are routinely notified of your COVID-19 vaccination, so it is not hidden from them; governments already know if youâve been vaccinated. Another argument is that apps can track your location, but of course location tracking can be disabled for any app or phone, and mandates can also limit tracking to when the app is opened. Many people post their vaccine status on social media and then inconsistently worry about privacy after sharing it with massive companies that have access to their personal data.</p><p>Private companies can already mandate vaccines, including medical and nursing home staff, or college campuses (which now offer remote classes), and require masks and distancing unless such private company requirements are banned by law. Some people may want to show these verifiable proofs and find them useful; for example to travel overseas without needing quarantines or invasive testing.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>There are also issues of whether to restrict private companies from offering incentives for people to show vaccination proof to open cruises, concerts, airline or restaurant seating, etc. A government mandate prohibiting private businesses from doing things that are perceived as helping their sales recover faster and protect public health can also be perceived as anti-capitalist and anti-libertarian. The protection of public health often conflicts with normal civil rights in troubled times; both are mandates of governments. In this case, the government in prohibiting private businesses from using customer safety as a competitive selling point is different from a government mandating essential safety practices. This is actually the opposite of asserting a state mandate to protect public health; by legislating a government monopoly on whether/how to do that, rather than trusting the private sector, as most conservatives would normally prefer.&nbsp;</p><p>As businesspeople, if you felt safer during an epidemic or pandemic by requiring masking and distancing, would you want the state prohibiting you from doing what makes you feel safer or from doing what makes your customers feel safer? In Illinois, the state has said it wonât require a vaccine passport, but did not prohibit local governments or private businesses from doing so, and Chicago may require them short-term for concerts and full restaurant capacity so businesses can reopen faster while protecting public health and safety. Is a business offering incentives discriminating against ineligible customers, or is it a justifiable practice; similar to offering private events or other perks for preferred customers?</p><p>I know this is more nuanced than social media and news outlets present the issues to us, but there are both plusses and minuses to government mandates and vaccine passports/proof, and winners and losers.&nbsp;</p><p>It also doesnât address the issue of some people who canât get vaccinated: the young, people with autoimmune diseases or other medical conditions, those who have had serious reactions to previous vaccines; even pregnancy is an unknown safety factor. Vaccine mandates without reasonable exemptions are going to harm some people; maybe far fewer than might get seriously ill or die from the disease if everyone was unvaccinated, but they would needlessly sacrifice some people for the perceived greater good instead of fine-tuning to make vaccinations even safer.&nbsp;Vaccines arenât perfect; why pretend that they are?</p><p>My problem with routine vaccinations is that there is no willingness or incentive to track a minority that may be harmed by vaccines in order to make them safer by identifying people or traits that are unsuitable for a particular vaccine. The ingredients are also a problem for some; including mercury and aluminum, preservatives, allergens, and other chemicals. Why is there no good study on the safety of the complete vaccination program of some 16 vaccines; some with additional boosters? Why are vaccine critics quickly attacked as anti-science, rather than honestly assessing their claims? Why are calls to fine-tune the vaccination program to make it even safer quickly shut down as anti-vaxxers? I appreciate the elimination of TB, smallpox, measles, etc. But why ignore a minority for whom some vaccines - or some ingredients - may be contraindicated to reduce the criticism?&nbsp;</p><p>Sorry, but I seem to have more questions than answers.&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/8287629986135599543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/8287629986135599543' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/8287629986135599543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/8287629986135599543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/202
5991/05/vaccine-mandate-musings.html' title=' Vaccine Mandate Musings'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-853384703656916677</id><published>2021-04-28T11:21:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2021-04-28T11:21:45.137-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="A. niger"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="allergic reaction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="allergy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Aspergillus Niger"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black mold"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="citric acid"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="enzymes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fermentation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="GRAS"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="microorganism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mycotoxin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="safety"/><title type='text'> Aspergillus Niger Safety</title><content type='html'><p><br /></p><p>Fermentation is a process where a microorganism is utilized as a factory to produce certain nutrients or other biologically useful substances for humans. The culture, environment, and feed can encourage production of various products including enzymes and organic acids that are commonly used in foods and supplements. Some molds are benign; think of <i>Saccharomyces boulardii</i>&nbsp;(related to the yeasts in bread or beer) or blue cheese.&nbsp;</p><p>While <i>Aspergillus&nbsp;niger</i> is a black mold, it is not the black mold that contaminates homes. As with the enzymes produced by <i>A. niger</i>, inhalation of mold or enzymes is not healthy for the lungs, and precautions are taken during production. In addition, <i>A. niger</i> is considered GRAS (generally regarded as safe) by the FDA and has been used for a century to produce citric acid and enzymes. Enzymes produced by <i>A. niger</i> do not contain significant amounts of the culture after isolation and purification to USP monograph standards of purity. Just as milk does not contain a cow, enzymes produced by <i>A. niger</i> do not inherently contain black mold.&nbsp;</p><p>The U.S EPA has reported:&nbsp;</p><p>âExposure to <i>Aspergillus </i>must be nearly universal but disease is rare. The physiological condition of the exposed individual thus appears to be of paramount importance. Patients exhibiting aspergillosis are generally immunocompromised, and thus susceptible to otherwise common and usually harmless microorganisms. Factors that may lead to immunosuppression include an underlying debilitating disease (e.g., chronic granulomatous diseases of childhood), chemotherapy, and the use of supraphysiological doses of adrenal corticosteroids (Bennett, 1980)â¦<i>A. niger</i> is not a significant human pathogen. Throughout years of use and widespread exposure to <i>A. niger</i> in the environment, there are only several reports of aspergillosis with <i>A. niger</i>, and in Nigeria, one report of a number of cases of otomycosis. There have been only several reports of allergic reactions, which are not uncommon for aspergilli in general, and not unique to <i>A. niger</i>. <i>A. niger</i> is capable of producing several mycotoxins. However, mycotoxin production appears to be controlled by the conditions of fermentation.â&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>EPAâs Final risk assessment for <i>Aspergillus niger&nbsp;</i>https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/fra006.pdf</p><p>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12172605/</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/853384703656916677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/853384703656916677' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/853384703656916677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/853384703656916677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/202
5991/04/aspergillus-niger-safety.html' title=' Aspergillus Niger Safety'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-6146208737495770064</id><published>2021-04-26T13:09:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2021-04-26T13:09:59.972-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="acid-base"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="acidic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="alkaline"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="alkaline-forming"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blood pH"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="diet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="digestive"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="electrolytes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pH"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="urine"/><title type='text'>Blood pH and diet</title><content type='html'><p>Blood pH is relatively constant at around 7.4 because the body will strip calcium from bones, if necessary, to buffer it in the absence of alkaline-forming food components. That is not homeostasis. But blood pH does vary (typically within a range of 6.8 to 7.8, with potentially lethal effects beyond that range) and affects urine pH, which we can easily measure.&nbsp;</p><p>Dietary compounds formed in the body affect blood pH; not the contrasting pH levels in the digestive tract (acid in the stomach and neutral in the small intestine) or the apparent acidity of foods, but what happens <i>after </i>digestion. The minerals or weak acids (citrates, et al) in <i>alkaline-forming</i> foods are used to make alkaline compounds in the body, which won't happen efficiently with a processed food or a non-plant-derived diet. Scientists have measured this effect and doctors have utilized it in practice, so it's not theoretical or based on pH limited to areas of the digestive tract. https://www.drrusselljaffe.com/7-principles-eating-alkaline-way/&nbsp;</p><p>"An advanced understanding of acidâbase physiology is as central to the practice of critical care medicine, as are an understanding of cardiac and pulmonary physiology. Intensivists spend much of their time managing problems related to fluids, electrolytes, and blood pH. Recent advances in the understanding of acidâbase physiology have occurred as the result of the application of basic physical-chemical principles of aqueous solutions to blood plasma. This analysis has revealed three independent variables that regulate pH in blood plasma. These variables are carbon dioxide, relative electrolyte concentrations, and total weak acid concentrations. All changes in blood pH, in health and in disease, occur through changes in these three variables. Clinical implications for these findings are also discussed." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137247/&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/6146208737495770064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/6146208737495770064' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/6146208737495770064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/6146208737495770064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/202
5991/04/blood-ph-and-diet.html' title='Blood pH and diet'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-1195486087597530059</id><published>2021-02-04T09:13:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2021-02-04T09:13:31.506-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mayo Clinic researchers: vitamin B12 deficiency can cause premature graying of hair (PGH), which could be reversed thru supplementation. Low vitamin &amp; mineral levels have also been associated with PGH, reversed by supplements: B5, PABA, D, copper, (iron). PMID: 30607038</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/1195486087597530059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/1195486087597530059' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/1195486087597530059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/1195486087597530059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2021/02/mayo-clinic-researchers-vitamin-b12.html' title=''/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-4007212965755181001</id><published>2020-07-30T13:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2020-07-30T13:42:15.484-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cardiovascular"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="DHA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EPA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ethyl ester"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fish oil"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="krill oil"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="molecular distillation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Omega-3 fatty acids"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="phospholipids"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="purity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="triglycerides"/><title type='text'>Fish Oils: Ethyl Ester versus Triglyceride forms</title><content type='html'><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Low strength natural fish oils are in triglyceride (TG) form, as 600are most natural oils. To purify the oils by removing impurities and less 601desirable fatty acids and to concentrate the EPA and DHA fatty acid components, 602molecular distillation is used. </span><span style="color: #1f497d;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #1f497d;">This 603process allows the oil to vaporize at low temperatures under pressure and is 604also known as vacuum distillation. The resulting vapor is collected and cooled, 605stratifying into distinct layers of fatty acids. This allows a purer esterified 606oil (called an ethyl ester form, or EE) with higher levels of EPA-DHA than crude fish 607oils and removal of triglycerides and cholesterol as well as other undesirable&nbsp;components.&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Some companies like to add triglycerides 608back in; this dilutes the fish oil concentrate by about 20% and the process 609also introduces mono- and di-glycerides, which donât exist in natural fish oils to a
609significant degree but are thought responsible for higher absorption levels of this reconverted 610triglyceride form (rTG) oil over natural triglyceride and ethyl ester forms. If no 611triglycerides are added back, the bodyâs own store of triglycerides will be used 612to bond to the fatty acids after absorption, potentially lowering serum 613triglycerides more than an rTG oil.&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Absorption from our guts is always in the 614form of free fatty acids, so the oilâs original triglycerides are typically 615discarded during digestion and reattached later from body stores. This lowers 616the potential of the TG or rTG oils to lower triglycerides already in our 617bodies since they introduce additional triglycerides, which may be absorbed either into the body (adding more triglycerides into the liver) or into fiber or other materials&nbsp;that carry cholesterol out through the stool (potentially reducing the removal of cholesterol by competitive absorption).&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The prescription fish oils are in the ethyl ester form, not 618triglyceride form, because of the higher purity and higher strength of EE fish 619oils over TG or rTG forms resulting in better study outcomes on cardiovascular health 620measures.&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Krill oil is distinct because of its phospholipid matrix that greatly 621enhances omega-3 absorption more than the EE, TG, or rTG forms of fish oil. <o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/4007212965755181001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/4007212965755181001' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/4007212965755181001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/4007212965755181001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2020/07/fish-oils-ethyl-ester-versus.html' title='Fish Oils: Ethyl Ester versus Triglyceride forms'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-4855043673190749545</id><published>2020-06-09T12:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2020-06-09T12:34:08.458-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="absorption"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="alpha lipoic acid"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="antioxidant"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ascorbate"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bioavailability"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="C complex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="glutathione"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="polyphenols"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="rutin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="transport"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vitamin C"/><title type='text'>Do bioflavonoids enhance Vitamin C absorption?</title><content type='html'>Vitamin C absorption from the gut is governed by sodium content for active transport. For passive absorption throughout the length of the intestine the vitamin does not use a similar co-factor.<br /> 622<br /> 623The bioflavonoids come into play after vitamin C has been absorbed and is in circulation.&nbsp; This vitamin has a relatively short half-life and depends on other antioxidants to act as electron donors to 'reduce' oxidized vitamin C (dehydroascorbate) back into the antioxidant form (ascorbate; ascorbic acid).&nbsp; Various antioxidants, including bioflavonoids and polyphenols in fruits, are typically used to provide that extra benefit.&nbsp; So the recycling and longevity of vitamin C after absorption depends greatly on the presence of other antioxidants; including not only rutin and bioflavonoids but also alpha lipoic acid, glutathione, and numerous other antioxidants.<br /> 624<br /> 625So there is a benefit to using a base, often called vitamin C complex, in a vitamin C formula, but not so much in the initial absorption as in the vitamin's retention and recycling for re-use over time.&nbsp; The variety of antioxidant-related nutrients in the human diet is thought responsible for why humans can retain vitamin C between meals when we cannot manufacture our own from blood sugar at will, as most mammals can.<br /> 626<div> 627<br /></div> 628<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/4855043673190749545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/4855043673190749545' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/4855043673190749545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/4855043673190749545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2020/06/do-bioflavonoids-enhance-vitamin-c.html' title='Do bioflavonoids enhance Vitamin C absorption?'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>
628http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30010593.post-9219546286639211457</id><published>2019-11-05T09:21:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2021-04-28T11:32:35.722-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="aluminum"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bioavailable"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chlorella"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="heavy metal"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="toxic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="toxicity"/><title type='text'>Aluminum in chlorella and other foods</title><content type='html'> 629 630<br /> 631<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> 632<span face="&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Aluminum is one 633of the most abundant elements on earth and is correspondingly present in both food and water supplies. It is not a <u>toxic</u> heavy metal and so it 634is not routinely tested in foods or other raw materials, but the reported levels in chlorella 635are still low compared to common produce and other food staples; and chlorellaâs 636serving size is also much smaller, which minimizes any potential risk even 637more.&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></div> 638<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> 639<span face="&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span>&nbsp;</div> 640<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> 641<span face="&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Aluminum in foods is not a 642cause for concern for toxicology experts because orally consumed aluminum is 643not considered to be very bioavailable from the gut, nor persistent in the body. Less than 1% is typically absorbed from our G.I. tracts, and virtually all of that has been shown to be excreted in the urine or feces. (Injectable sources, such as vaccine adjuvants, present a separate issue as absorption is not constrained by an effective gut barrier.) </span></div> 644<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> 645<span face="&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span>&nbsp;</div> 646<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> 647<span face="&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Some 648companies tout lower levels of aluminum in their chlorella products as a 649marketing distinction, but admit that the levels being compared are far lower than
649in 650most common foods that are considered very healthy, i.e. cruciferous vegetables; 651despite the overwhelming safety data showing no real risk from consuming 652these foods that are normally considered to be good for us. </span></div> 653<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> 654<span face="&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span>&nbsp;</div> 655<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> 656<span face="&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here is a toxicology evaluation of dietary aluminum safety: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11259180"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11259180</span></a> 657<o:p></o:p></span></div> 658<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="neilelevin">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div></content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/feeds/9219546286639211457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/30010593/9219546286639211457' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/9219546286639211457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/30010593/posts/default/9219546286639211457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://honestnutrition.blogspot.com/2019/11/aluminum-in-chlorella-and-other-foods.html' title='Aluminum in chlorella and other foods'/><author><name>Neil Edward Levin, CCN, DANLA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17054248061721189834</uri><email>[email protected]</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36_rjjpuXb1FCJn3TNwgtbhfHHWe-fRPQGYPlSORwyWcdlKCF_UEIu2D1Cowd5BFNw18GD4rxrvXuvUIN59UZf2aA-Gd9PCwj5dDuU3sVcCnMAMZvjC_Qy8rCE_PTvQ/s77/Neil_cropped.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
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