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Yes, brown rice is a whole grain. U.S.research wizards suggest that eating more brown rice and less white rice will lower people’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This also means that a diet with more whole grains and less refined grains will lower people’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

I hope these guys got their degree at Harvard, yes they did.  How astute of them to realize the whole natural form of a food is better for you than a refined version.

Brown Rice Secret Revealed

The reason for their observation was that a National Institutes of Health sponsored study led up to these finding in the June issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine. The lead author was Dr. Qi Sun who worked on the study while at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and is now an instructor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, both in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sun, whose work was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Unilever Corporate Research, told the press that this was the first study to compare links between white and brown rice consumption and diabetes risk among Americans, who are eating more rice now than they did a few decades ago.

The reason that is given for the difference is unrefined grains have more nutrients and fiber, which slow the sugar spikes.

Government Guidelines

The US government’s guidelines recommend that Americans get at least half their carbohydrates from grains including rice. Americans are eating more rice, but the choice is usually white rice. Senior author Dr. Frank Hu professor of nutrition and epidemiology at HSPH, said:  “From a public health point of view, whole grains, rather than refined carbohydrates, such as white rice, should be recommended as the primary source of carbohydrates for the US population.”

Think Again

Unilever is on a mission to let you have all the refined food they can manufacture, with some whole grain brown rice thrown in for good measure. Hello, all studies show the importance of a whole food diet. This can include whole grains, but if the truth be known you can include or not include them and avoid diabetes.

Unilever has the biggest market share and is dominant in the food sector. The firm produces a variety of goods in the snack foods, fats and spreads, sauces and seasonings and beverages sectors.

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Food

All you have to do is remove all food with high fructose corn syrup, wrapping, and a long shelf life. This is how you stay healthy, and do it your own way.  Any health secret revealed from main stream studies are a watered down recipe for healthy living. Most health conditions are preventable, the key to a healthier you is to realize all manufactured processed food is not food.

Phytonutrients your personal pharmacy means that it doesn’t take a hike to the Pharmacy; just a few steps to your garden will help heal what ails you.

phytonutrients

Phytonutrients are compounds that naturally occur in plants and provide a range of potential health benefits. It’s believed that the health benefits come from the pigments in fruits and vegetables that give them their vibrant colors. By boosting phytonutrient intake, it can help decrease the risk for certain chronic diseases, including cardiovascular, cancer, and diabetes.

A study, supported by the Nutrilite Health Institute and presented at the Experimental Biology Meeting, April 25, in Anaheim, California, found that despite the availability of a wide range of foods that contain phytonutrients, many Americans are getting phytonutrients from a relatively small number of specific foods that are not necessarily the most concentrated sources.

This shouldn’t come as a surprise; processed food is the food group of choice. With that being the main stay of the American diet, eating has become risky. There is no understanding of what are the primary foods for the human body to function at peak performance.

The next generation will have no compelling evidence, because this is seldom stated as the cause of ill health. The drop in plant consumption has resulted in many of the chronic health conditions plaguing us.

Produce Intake Among Americans

A previous study conducted by the Nutrilite Health Institute concluded that 8 in 10 Americans have a Phytonutrient gap, which translates to a lack of fruit and vegetable intake. If such great things come in small packages that could result in better health you would think that we would partake of it.

If fruits and vegetables were pharmaceuticals we would have the medical community touting the remarkable results that it produced.

Common drugs accelerates mental and physical decline in the elderly. Yet, changing to a good diet curtails both of these events. Pulling all the research together shows that produce promotes health and longevity.

Phytonutrients offer powerful protection optimizing digestive, circulatory, hormone function, bladder, liver, pancreas and vision function.

With all the health giving benefits produce intake which is the foundation of health is quite low. This is more than an apple a day will keep the doctor away. It literally is the fountain of youth that everyone is so intent on seeking. It is right in front of your nose, the plant food that lines the produce department of super-markets, and the farmers markets that spot the landscape.

A Short List of Potential Live Extending Produce

Beta-carotene – carrots

Beta-cryptoxanthin – oranges/orange juice

Lutein/zeaxanthin – spinach

Ellagic acid – strawberries

Isothiocyanates- mustard

For each of these phytonutrients, however, there is a more highly concentrated food that could be chosen instead:

• Beta-carotene – sweet potatoes
  Sweet potatoes have nearly double the beta-carotene compared to carrots in a single serving.
• Beta-cryptoxanthin – papaya
  A serving of fresh papaya has roughly 15 times the beta-cryptoxanthin of an orange.
• Lutein/zeaxanthin – kale
  By substituting cooked kale for raw spinach, it is possible to triple lutein/zeaxanthin intake.
• Ellagic acid – raspberries
  Serving per serving, raspberries have roughly three times the ellagic acid compared to strawberries.
• Isothiocyanates – watercress
  Just one cup of watercress as the basis for a salad has about the same level of isothiocyanates as four teaspoons of mustard.

Type 2 diabetes treatments for both cholesterol and high blood pressure fail to save lives.

Diabetes Type 2 Treatment

Key results from a landmark federal study shows that adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets, does not prevent heart problems, and in some cases causes harmful side effects.

Study

The study involved people with Type 2 diabetes. Diabetics have more than double the risk of being a heart attack or stoke statistic. Researches led by Columbia University’s Dr. Henry Ginsburg studied more than 5,500 diabetics who also had another health risk, such as high blood pressure or cholesterol.

All were given statin-cholesterol-lowering pills sold as Lipitor and Zocor. Half were also given Abbott Laboratories’ TriCor, and the rest got placebos. TriCor is a drug that lowers fats called triglycerides while boosting “good” cholesterol. People with very high blood fats seemed to have some benefit from TriCor.

Women taking TriCor appeared to have a higher chance to have heart problems compared to the women taking the placebo.

The blood-pressure part of the study was led by Dr. William Cushman, preventive medicine chief at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee. About 4,700 diabetics were treated with different medicines to keep their systolic blood pressure-the top number-either below 140 or below 120.

The intense treatment did not reduce the number of heart attacks, although it prevented more strokes, a less common problem. Side effects were greater with the intense treatment.

North Chicago, Illinois-based Abbott makes TriCor and a newer version, Trilipix. The drugs had more than $1.3 billion in U.S. sales last year.

The Natural Way

There are natural ways to combat type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. Natural healing is an underutilized intervention. It is both potent and convenient.

The optimal defense is a lifestyle makeover. Lifestyle changes are unmatched and have the potential to turn around chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes. This is a modality that physicians have not tapped into. This has the ability to prevent drug induced serious conditions

This is a video that has made the rounds with those interested in alternative healing. The American Medical Association is still looking for a little green pill, the color of a dollar bill.