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Epigenetic Mechanisms in Autism Spectrum Disorders

The Lead Content Scam

The toxicity of lead is well known, as are the ways of ameliorating its effects in the human body. Lead is everywhere in the environment. Over 300 million tons were mined and used to contaminate our planet in the last century. Healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, etc. are high in lead, while the junk foods which one should not be consuming are low in lead. Infamous scam artists use people’s fear of the toxic effects of lead and their lack of knowledge of how lead is processed by the human body in various scams.

It is not the lead content of your food that is paramount. It is the amount that absorbed and used in toxic ways by the body. Listen to the advice on cleaning up the environment and proper nutrition from the researchers. Complain to the authorities about the convicted felons running the scams to defraud the public.

The rate at which the human body absorbs and removes lead depends on the state of nutrition. Adequate calcium, iron, phosphorus, vitamin C, D and various trace minerals are needed by the body to minimize the adsorption of lead and to remove it from the body. The body has numerous mechanisms for removing lead. These range from the various forms of excrement and the normal replacement of cells to the not so obvious ones like the breakdown of hemoglobin by the gall bladder and natural chelating processes. The important thing to remember is the body can deal with most environmental factors providing it has an adequate supply of the critical nutrients. The best defense is to help clean up or neutralize the contamination and to make sure each meal is balanced in the proper manner for human nutrition.

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Monitoring your Nutrition

The USDA has a website you can use to monitor your nutrition. It is good as far as it goes. It lacks most of the foods I consume, as well as, my favorite exercise, but I find it useful anyway. I hope they willl continue to improve it. The URL is http://www.mypyramidtracker.gov/.

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My New Year's Resolutions

1. Make the world healthy through good nutrition. I am asking everyone to sign up as an Independent Herbalife Distributor to improve their health. You can sign up online as a Herbalife Distributor at http://myherbalife.com or https://hlc.myherbalife.com/onlinecontract/SponsorValidation.aspx. All you need is a sponsor and $87.95 plus tax and shipping to purchase the International Business Pack. Included is the Quickstart Program (normally, $85.60). So, you are getting enough product to offset the cost of signing up. It also contains samples, your application form, DVD, and training materials. Everything you need to get started is included. When you apply, enter the following: Sponsors’s Herbalife ID Number: 100829632 First 3 Letters of Sponsor’s Last Name: CAM. It takes 5-10 minutes and you will have your own ID number.
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3. Make the world one community. I am asking everyone to join religious groups and professional societies in order to work together. Most of the professional societies like IEEE and ACM that I belong to, offer online courses that more than offset the cost of membership. Almost no one attends the chapter meetings and dinners. So please join and attend. I invite anyone to join me at Sunset Beach Christian Church in Hawaii for worship and fellowship. Please pray for us to find a pastor to guide us in setting a good example and making a real difference in the world. Give everyone a smile, a friendly gesture with the love and real communication everyone deserves.

The Definition of Epigenetic Nutrition

Epigenetic nutrition is the set of all patterns of stimuli that open up pathways leading to synthesis of molecules which maintain the symbiotic relationship between cells and their environment. For example, the presence of sunlight during the waking hours and its absence during sleep leads to the synthesis of hormones such as vitamin D, serotonin, melatonin, etc., and thus provides essential nutrition. Patterns of gravitational effects are also essential as was made evident by the development of osteoporosis in astronauts. Breathing patterns are also a source of nutrition not just in terms of providing oxygen, but its overall effects on the symbiosis of the body's cells and their environment. The way in which the feedback mechanisms between the heart and brain are effected is but one of the many intriguing aspects of this. Other important patterns of stimuli such as psychological and physical stress and parental care also both affect and effect nutrition in this sense. Finally, in terms of this definition, the pattern of consumption of food is what provides the nutrition, not the food itself. This is especially significant when one looks at the epigenetic effects that combine with other stimuli to open up and close the pathways that synthesize conditionally essential nutrients needed to maintain the symbosis which makes life possible.

The Usual Warnings about Soda Pop

1. Labels on Pepsi bottles are 45% lead. They have agreed to remove it from 95% of the bottles in 7 years and 100% in ten years. In the mean time, the bottles should be kept out of reach of small children.
2. Astonishingly high levels of reactive carbonyls were found in eleven brands of non-diet sodas, similar to the dangerous levels found in the blood of diabetics. Mixing the drinks with green tea is the recommended way of neutralizing the toxins.
3. Diet sodas often contain aspartame an excitotoxin that causes inappropriate insulin release, possible death of brain cells and breaks down into other toxins. Consuming them with a high carbohydrate, low protein meal is dangerous. Protein, theanine (green tea), and lithium have been suggested as providing some protection.
4. Polar beverages, Zone brands and others have vitamin C which reacts with preservatives to form Benzene, a known carcinogen.
5. 12 oz. bottles often contain between 5 and 72 milligrams of caffeine, a diuretic and stimulant. The toxicity levels are based on body weight. So, it is most dangerous for children with small body weight.
6. Soda pop is often sold in aluminum cans. One should not drink water with more than 200 micrograms of aluminum per liter according to the World health organization. Aluminum inhibits important enzymes in the brain (Na-K-ATPase and hexokinase)
7. The aluminum cans are often lined with #7 plastics which the FDA has issued a warning about. It leeches out Bisphenol-A which can have epigenetic effects. Extra folic acid should be consumed following exposure.
8. Sweetener levels are so high, that users regularly exceed the recommended daily maximum for calories. They do not provide the minerals such as chromium needed to process the sugars.