LaDyBuG wrote:

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I agree with all that Baina....

As well.....

THE #1 CAUSE OF CANCER IS "STRESS"

And only in NORTH AMERICA is life soooo stressful on a daily basis!
Where else in the world do people live "paycheck to paycheck".

Another little "note" about Europe is that with the streets being so tiny and destinations not so far from each other...people walk DAILY.....on top of which, their foods are NOT as processed as ours are.....

Believe it or not....in KUWAIT (middle east).....the government takes care of everything....I mean health, education, better living....etc....they also pay for your wedding expenses....NOT A LOAN....but a 10 thousand dollar wedding gift....And "family time" as well as "nap time" during the weekdays is soooo crucial......it is not as fast paced as North America.....and yet it's still a very wealthy country.....go figure!

So all in all it all comes down to how a country is being run....and for that only the government can be blamed.....(yet another reason to vote...LOL)

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THE #1 CAUSE OF CANCER IS "STRESS"
Ummm, I think stress can speed up cancer but the origin could be the alteration of genes in our bodies by factor such as chemicals in food and the environment, as well as pathogen such as viruses and bacteria.  e.g: stomach ulcers can turn into cancers, it was thought that ulcer were derived from stress in our lives, but an australian scientist discover that bacteria can survive the stomach acid and live under the linen of the stomach, this is the origin of most ulcers, stress just make it worse as the body releases chemicals such as adrenaline. That's why I said before: keep aways from uncooked food such as Suchi, many japanese suffer these infections. Also, many frutes, grains and vegetables have been genetically modified, in europe they are labelled as such, in Canada stores don't have to release that info, that's why we see humongous tasteless vegetables and grains.  Nowadays vegetables and frutes don't have the same amount of vitamines and minerals that those grown centuries ago had cause the land has lost them, that's why there are fertilized heavily and that's why we also need to supply our bodies with vitamins. Coca Cola has like 6-9 table spoons of sugar in them per can, little kids go hypper and their mothers give them chocolate to control them, yeap, I've seen that on buses and subways.  Aluminum cooking utensil can dissolved as oil heats up and the food carry it to our brains where it can cause Alzeimer's desease; Why the goverment don't do anything?,cause aluminum is one of the greatest industries and pay taxes.  One doctor told me that the goverment would whish citizen to pass away by 65 so they don't collect pension for too long!

@ LB & Bainaman

Whatever freakos!! … government poisoning us! Pfff!!

(Fine!!!! ”TUDU tudu TUDU tudu…” is for the twilight zone theme, ooops!)

BTW man! Get a computer that works!!

@ Bainaman

I have to say, that yes, I have seen or heard about much more health problems here that I have seen in MX. In France thought, is it mostly cholesterol problems and heart conditions (how can you resist all these pastries, cheeses, cold meat….mmmmmm).

And I agree with you, the food is very different as well as eating habits. In my case, I was raised with homemade food. I discover the junk food when I was 13 +/- so it did not really change affected me. But we never had soda on the table but always water to go with the meal. All aliments were represented and our moms made sure that we would have a portion of everything.

So I guess that even if I don’t pay the same attention to it, today, I still have the basis to know what a good healthy alimentation is and how to take care of myself!

In France, I was lucky enough to go back home for lunch when I was a kid and the Cafeteria world started when I went to H.S and back then it was not that bad. But I know that today, the food they serve is disgusting. BTW, have you ever seen the TV show of this English chef, trying to prove that even for the same, ridiculous low price, you can actually have an very healthy meal; it just take more time to prepare! His fight is a though one but he is raising a lots of voices.

In Mexico, I was very close to kids (lets say that I had 3 tornados for a couple of years) so I had a chance to see what other kids “lunchera” was made of or either what the parents were giving them in between meals, omg . And until today, I do not understand why the parents put chips, soda and cookies, instead of a portion of real food. Especially when the moms cook. This is part of the kid education that must be taught by the parents.

Unfortunately, sports almost disappeared form the school program. Before we were going trough with 3 to 4 hours of sports every week, at school, including atletismo (?), team games, gymnastics, and swimming pool…. Plus extra activities after school : more sport.

But I guess this is not the way parents (in general) raise their kids here. It seems some much easy to put them in front of the TV, give them only what they ask to eat and buy peace that way ! And this is very sad. I don’t think the “but we are working parents and have no time” is a good excuse, mine worked as well and they still had time. I don’t say it is an easy task but who said parenthood was !

We do have a busier life those days, with more stress and all. Therefore, we are not paying that much attention any more to the quality of our food and will probably go to the easiest way to feed us. Like buying sauces already made instead of buying the ingredients and doing it yourself. And yes, exercise is long time gone, although a lots of pple are now buying good conscience toward society going to the gym and then, pack like crazy all week long. This is not the right way to do it !

So I guess that I am not surprised to hear about all these allergies and cancers….. but I do think that we have still have the option to make things right by not buying all this pre-prepared food which will help us to avoid most of those illnesses; and that the parents should be much more responsible when it comes to their kids health. I have the impression that sometimes they think that the school will do it for them, wrongggg.

So many things are coming trough my mind right now about this but I will spend my day on this theme, and believe it or not, I do have some work to do. But I could go on with that for a while so I guess  we will finish this talk another day

Bainaman wrote:

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@ Julie - What are your thoughts about it??? @ Dogo - Your link won't play in my computer......What is it??? (somehow I think you deserve an.........A$$HOLE!!! for it )  

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@ Julie - What are your thoughts about it???

@ Dogo - Your link won't play in my computer......What is it??? (somehow I think you deserve an.........A$$HOLE!!! for it )

Bainaman wrote:

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Without getting TOO into my North American (US & CND) conspiracy theory........I think that you never hear about those things elsewhere the food is totally different. I strongly believe that we're getting poisoned by the government

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Bainaman wrote:

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Julie wrote: This is sad, really But I wonder how long did she had to wait before being treated (remember, this happened in QC) ? I also wonder why is there so many pple allergic to nuts in North America ? I haven't heard about it when I was in Mx or Europe. I think most of it have to do with the fact that parents give some food to their kids at a very early age that is inappropiate for them. Therefore, the body become allergic to it as a form of rejection.   Without getting TOO into my North American (US & CND) conspiracy theory........I think that you never hear about those things elsewhere the food is totally different. I strongly believe that we're getting poisoned by the government....but anyway....that's another thread. The girl had a grave form of the allergy....that's why she died quickly.  

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Bainaman wrote:

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A teenage girl with an extreme allergy has died after kissing her boyfriend who had eaten a peanut-butter sandwich hours earlier. Christina Desforges, 15, from Saguenay, Canada, went into anaphylactic shock. She was given an adrenalin shot and taken to hospital but died four days later from acute respiratory failure. Doctors said that a nut allergy brought on by the kiss was the cause of death. The boy, who has not been named, had minute traces of peanut on his lips. "If peanuts are still in the mouth, or on the tongue or on the lips, they can cause a reaction," said Dr Karen Sigman, an allergy expert. "Teenagers with allergies have to let their friends know. If they are going to be dating somebody, then they have to tell the people they are close to that they are allergic to make sure they are not in contact with nuts or peanuts." Christina is thought to have suffered a hyper-immune reaction. This causes the body to produce aggravated amounts of antibodies, leading to inflammatory hypersensitivity. Peanut allergies are widespread but seldom fatal. The symptoms can include hives, plunging blood pressure and swelling of the face and throat, which can inhibit breathing. About 1.5 million Americans are severely allergic to the smallest trace of peanuts and about 100 people a year die of food allergies in North America, mostly from exposure to nuts. Christina's funeral will take place on Sunday.

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This is sad, really

But I wonder how long did she had to wait before being treated (remember, this happened in QC) ? I also wonder why is there so many pple allergic to nuts in North America ? I haven't heard about it when I was in Mx or Europe. I think most of it have to do with the fact that parents give some food to their kids at a very early age that is inappropiate for them. Therefore, the body become allergic to it as a form of rejection.