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CAM News March 2008

CAM News March 2008

Just the other day I was asked by our marketing department to sum up my thoughts on organic, sustainable foods and why I seem to be incorporating them more and more in menus I create. Unfortunately, my philosophy on organic/ sustainable/ local food is one that can’t be easily summed up with a couple of key points, to an audience not familiar with some of the underlying principles. I’ll try to make it short and sweet. Please bear with me.

The reasons people promote local, organic/ sustainable foods covers a diverse spectrum of thought, as diverse as the American people themselves. There might be many different reasons, but there is, what seems to be a common thread to tell the story of local/ sustainable/ organic foods. My philosophical convictions to champion local and sustainable/organic foods come from both, practical experience and academic pursuits and I am afraid, I have to add to the diversity of opinions mentioned above. Both my professional and educational pursuits required me to reevaluate my conceived notions about food, diet, and health. The correlation between the SAD (Standard American Diet) and the American public’s health, both, economical and physical can no longer be ignored and action is required. It is agreed by most experts that the so-called SAD plays a huge role in the development of chronic disease. By now you are probably asking, what does that have to do with a philosophy on sustainable and organic foods on a restaurant table?

CAM News February 2008

Namaste,

Welcome to another edition of CAM News. A quick reminder: here are links to previously discussed nutrients, Vitamin A, Vitamin D, and a link to explanations of common terms. Let's not waste any more time, on to Vitamin E.

Our discussion of this month's vitamin will mainly center around two main texts I found useful in the research of Vitamin E. The Antioxidant Miracle: Put Lipoic Acid, Pycnogenol, and Vitamins E and C to Work for You by Dr. Packer and Carol Colman, and William's Essential of Nutrition.

CAM NEWS July 2007

Dear Reader,

I am especially excited to bring you this month's CAM News issue. Along general information about the vitamin I will be discussing, I am going to share with you the results of a study done in Omaha, Nebraska. Cedric Garland, a prominent researcher of the vitamin I will be reporting on calls the study "... a breakthrough of great medical and public health importance." This month we are continuing our series on vitamins. Mainly the fat soluble vitamins. I have already covered vitamin A here. The July issue of CAM News will cover another fat soluble vitamin. Read on...

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CAM News Vol. 2 Issue V

Dear Reader,

It is once again time to put you on alert about Government activity that might adversely affect your healthcare rights as a consumer. If you are taking vitamins, eat healthy foods, and think there should be viable alternatives to prescription drugs but haven’t heard of S. 1082 the FDA Revitalization Act of 2007, then I believe that you must STOP everything you are doing right now, put your undivided attention to the below Newsletter and then take action. With Senate Bill S. 1082, which passed the Senate, the very people who are supposed to represent their constituents essentially voted to outlaw natural supplements & alternative medicine! It is up to the House of Representative to stop this insane piece of legislation. Please read the enclosed letter from Rima E. Laibow, MD, Medical Director, Natural Solutions Foundation, (www.HealthFreedomUSA.org) in its entirety and then take action by calling your representatives and e-mailing them. It is vital that your voice be heard, unless of course you believe that vitamins, carrots, apples, oranges, in essence any food product you can attach a health claim to, should only be available via a prescription from your Medical Doctor. TAKE ACTION NOW!

Beste Gesundheit,

Werner

CAM NEWS Vol. 2 Issue IV

Dear Reader,

In the April issue of CAM News we are going to start our review on the vitamins and minerals. Let us start with a brief review of common terms.

AI or Adequate Intake is the suggested daily intake of a nutrient to meet daily needs and support health. It comes into play when there is not enough research to develop a RDA.

UL or Tolerable Upper Intake Level describes it all. It is the highest amount of a nutrient we are able to consume without jeopardizing our health.

EAR is the Estimated Average Requirement for the day of any given nutrient to meet the requirement for half of the healthy people of any given age and gender.

AMDR is the Acceptable Macro-nutrient Distribution Range of calories across all nutrients. Carbohydrates should provide 45% to 65% of total kcal, fat 20% to 35% of total kcal, and protein should provide 10% to 35% of total kcal. Having said this, on to the Fat Soluble Vitamins. Which are A, D, E, K. In this newsletter we will cover:

CAM NEWS Vol. 2 Issue III

Dear Reader,

I have to apologize for getting of the subject with this newsletter. I know I promised you some information about vitamins. Please be patient with me, because there are more pressing issues at hand. What possible could be more important than informing you about proper use of Vitamins and minerals? I tell You. The government has done it again. One has to wonder what a bunch of nincompoops make policy and who the people are dispersing the advise in order to come up with public policy?

CAM NEWS Vol. 2 Issue II

Dear Reader,

Hello again, as winter passes and the first rays of the warming sun are melting away the accumulation of snow on top of the roof of my house. I can't help but correlate this process of accumulation and what seems miraculous vanishing of material on my rooftop to the process called metabolism, which our body goes through. We humans, belonging to a class of heterotrophic organisms, require a constant, complex supply of organic compounds from plants and animals, to supply our body with essential nutrients in order to provide the energy to sustain life.

CAM NEWS Vol. 2 Issue I

Dear Reader,

I hope the first couple weeks of the New Year treaded you well. The process of incorporation is finally done and we are well on the way to apply for non-profit status. As promised in the last issue, I will cover some of the 50 macro and micronutrients, experts have found to be essential to human life and health in this newsletter. I will tell you about them and give you DRIs (Dietary Reference Intakes). The DRI is the framework of nutrient standards and includes RDA, AI, UL, EAR, AMDR.

CAM News Vol. I Issue 12

Happy Holidays,

I have some exciting news to share with you in this issue of CAM News. It is official now. I received the paperwork from my attorney just in time for this newsletter. Thanks to your generosity we are now incorporated in the state of Michigan. We had to change our name a little bit, due to legal implications, but nonetheless finally. Ladies and Gentlemen, effective as of November 09, 2006, let me present to you Article I of the Articles of Incorporation, which states the name of the corporation:

CAM NEWS Vol. I Issue 11

Dear Reader,

greetings from the November issue of CAM News. As the latest set of elections changed the political landscape in Washington it remains to be seen if something is actually happening. In this month's newsletter I would like to touch on the ongoing healthcare crisis in this country. Clearly, the health care policies adopted by our leaders and faithfully carried out by the AMA (American Medical Association) are not working. It is a model based on disease management versus a model of health management. The majority of this country's population, if this problem remains to be ignored, will be plagued by insurmountable chronic diseases.