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Why Are We So Sick?
Jennifer Lucas, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Loyola University Chicago
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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” -Hippocrates
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Overview
• Illnesses•Case Study•Current Guidelines•What’s in Food•Two Types of Gardens•Pesticides•Two Types of Farms•Growth Hormones•Know Your Sources
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Conditions and Diseases•Diabetes•Heart Disease•Cancer •Hypertension•High Cholesterol•Thyroid Conditions •Fatty Liver Disease•Sleep Apnea •Gallbladder Disease
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Kevin and Lauren Visit the Clinic
8 year-old male• Stomach pains• #7 for dinner
28 year-old female• Stomach pains• Bacteria and food
intolerances
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Decrease Illness: Decrease Weight Current
Guidelines
• Calories• Fat• Sugar• Serving size• Fruits and
vegetables
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What’s in Food that is Making Us Sick?
•Antibiotics•Aspartame•BPA •Corn•Dyes•Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s)•Mercury and PCB’s•MSG•Nitrates•Pink Slime•Pesticides, insecticides•Preservatives, additives, artificial flavors• rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone)
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Today’s Session: Top Two
Pesticides• Fruits• Vegetables• Meat• Dairy
Growth Hormones (rBGH)• Meat• Dairy
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Two Types of Gardens
Family Garden Monoculture
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Pesticides• Pesticides are toxic
•Designed to kill insects, plants, fungi • Pesticides on food
• Absorbed through lungs or skin, consumed through foods
• Pesticides in food
•GMO seed• Health Consequences
•Nervous System• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) •Cancer
www.panna.org
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Two Types of Farms: Cows
Family Farm Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
(CAFOs)
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Cow Feed
• Family Farm Cow Diet• Herbivores (grass)• No supplements, drugs, hormones, additives
• 4-5 years old to reach slaughter weight
• CAFO Cow Diet• Corn, grains• Antibiotics, growth
hormones (rBGH)
• 14-16 months to reach slaughter weight
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Literature
Daley, Abbott, Doyle, Nader, & Larson (2010)
• Grass fed cattle have meat lower in total fat
• Grass fed cattle have better omega 6 to omega 3 ratio
• Grass fed cattle have glutathione (GT)
Daley, C., Abbott, A., Doyle, P., Nader, G., & Larson, S. (2010). A review of fatty acid profiles and antioxidant content in grass-fed and grain-fed beef. Nutrition Journal, 9:10, 1-12.
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Growth Hormones (rBGH)• Cows• Grow faster• Produce more milk
• Products• Beef • Dairy
• Health Consequences• Disrupt hormone balances• Developmental problems• Reproductive system problems• Cancers: breast, prostate, colon
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Know Your Sources
• Shop Beyond the Grocery Store• Community Supported Agriculture• Farmers Market
• Reconnect with Food• Grow Something
• Know Your Farmer• Ask Questions
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Fruits and Vegetables (Environmental Working Group)
www.ewg.org/foodnews
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Decoding Fruits and Vegetables
• Codes: View the stickers on fruits and vegetables
• 5 digit number, starting with 9: Organic
• 4 digit number: Non-Organic, grown with use of pesticides • 5 digit number, starting with 8:
Genetically Engineeredwww.ewg.org
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What’s on my food?
www.whatsonmyfood.org
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Dairy (Cornucopia Institute)
www.cornucopia.org
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Dairy Products without rBGH
www.centerforfoodsafety.org
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USDA: Know Your Farmer
www.usda.gov
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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
• Your Share • Across the Country
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Improving Health…One Plate at a Time
• Awareness
• Food Knowledge
• Planning
• Action
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Food as Medicine
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References
Center for Disease Control (October 2012). Retrieved March 20, 2013, from http://cdc.gov
Center for Food Safety (March 2012). Retrieved March 20, 2013, from http://centerforfoodsafety.org
Cornucopia Institute (September 2010). Retrieved March 20, 2013, from http://cornucopia.org
Daley, C., Abbott, A., Doyle, P., Nader, G., & Larson, S. (2010). A review of fatty acid profiles and antioxidant content in grass-fed and grain-fed beef. Nutrition Journal, 9:10, 1-12.
Environmental Working Group (January 2012). Retrieved March 20, 2013, from http://ewg.org
Green Polka Dot Box (September 2011). Retrieved March 21, 2013, from http://greenpolkadotbox.com
Local Harvest (March 2012). Retrieved March 22, 2013, from http://localharvest.org
My Plate (June 2011). Retrieved September 22, 2012, from http://choosemyplate.gov
Pesticide Action Network (2009). Retrieved March 21, 2013, from http://panna.org
Prevent Cancer Coalition (2011). Retrieved March 18, 2012, from http://preventcancer.com
The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World's Food Supply Marie-Monique Robin (2010)
United States Department of Agriculture (2012). Retrieved March 21, 2013, from http://usda.gov
What’s On My Food (2011). Retried March 20, 2013, from http://whatsonmyfood.org