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The “Report of the New York State College of Agriculture,” regarding the use of salicylates in food preservation, states, “Salicylic acid and the salicylates added to foods even in small quantities exert a depressing and harmful influence on digestion and health and upon the metabolic activities of the body.”6 It is also now known that plants produce more salicylic acid when they are stressed.7 This fact is being used purposefully in agriculture to stimulate blooming times in plants and to enhance crop yield.8 Ms B was not an aspirin user; however, her diet contained enough aspirin–like compounds that she had symptoms mimicking aspirin toxicity. The end result is salicylate intolerance and the subsequent physical and behavioral reactions that come with it.18 With assistance from charts identifying foods low in salicylates,4 Ms B was put on a no/low-salicylate-free diet for 2 weeks. There are likely numerous patients like Ms B who have developed salicylate sensitivity over time, perhaps partly due to the rising amounts of salicylates used in foods and consumer products.

The Endocrine Society applauded the European Parliament’s release of a report demonstrating that endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) pose a serious threat to the health of current and future generations and illustrating the need for additional action by policymakers in the EU to address this issue. The scientific report, which was commissioned by the Parliament’s Committee on Petitions, highlights areas of consensus in the research community that show how current regulations are limited in their ability to identify safe levels of exposure and fail to protect consumers from the effects of exposure to chemical mixtures. The report summarizes scientific knowledge regarding the health effects of endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure and offers recommendations to better protect public health. Concerns expressed as recently as November on communication for a failure to protect children and vulnerable populations from EDC exposure In its position statement issued last year, the Society called for the EU to revise its 1999 strategy on EDCs.

For example, salt and alcohol reduction can bring blood pressure levels down by 3 to 5 mm Hg,” said Manolis Kallistratos, MD, cardiologist at the Asklepieion General Hospital in Voula, Greece, and one of the study’s co-authors, adding that a low-dose antihypertensive medication usually lowers blood pressure levels by 5 to 7 mm Hg, on average. An average 5 mm Hg drop in blood pressure observed in napping group Overall, taking a nap during the day was associated with an average 5 mm Hg drop in blood pressure, which researchers said is on par with what would be expected from other known blood pressure-lowering interventions. Study included 212 people with a mean blood pressure of 129.9 mm Hg The study included 212 people with a mean blood pressure of 129.9 mm Hg. Researchers assessed and recorded blood pressure for 24 hours consecutively, midday sleep time (the average duration was 49 minutes), lifestyle habits (for example, alcohol, coffee and salt consumption, physical activity levels), and pulse wave velocity, a measure of stiffness in the arteries.

Recently, the Changing Markets Foundation, SumOfUs, and Proyecto AliMente sent a letter to Kellogg’s CEO Steven Cahillane reacting to the company’s response to a new report which found that over the last five years, the food industry leader had removed key vitamins and minerals from popular cereal brands sold in Mexico. While it is true that in Mexico moderate deficiencies of vitamin D exist and therefore adding this vitamin is a step in the right direction, you fail to respond to other crucial points in our report and explain why you have reduced or removed nutrients (iron, folic acid, vitamin A and calcium) for which calcium remain high, especially amongst children…” More specifically, Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes (known as Zucaritas in Mexico) had folic acid levels reduced by 70% over the last five years, and Kellogg’s Corn Flakes halved iron levels, while calcium fortification was removed entirely from both of these popular cereals. ‘Cereal Offender’ highlights Kellog’s lacking credibility of ‘tackling the global challenges of food security including undernutrition, hidden hunger, and obesity in middle – and low-income communities across the globe’ ‘Cereal Offender’ also highlights the lack of credibility behind Kellogg’s supposed commitment of ‘tackling the global challenges of food security including undernutrition, hidden hunger, and obesity in middle – and low-income communities across the globe’ by delivering ‘healthy foods for people of all income levels in every country’.