Treating Asthma With Plants vs. Supplements?

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Published on Apr 21, 2014

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DESCRIPTION: Whole fruits and vegetables were compared to both antioxidant pills as well as supplements containing fruits and vegetable extracts for their ability to treat seasonal allergies, improve lung function, and control asthma.
If you missed my last video about the fruit and vegetable treatment study, you can watch it here: Treating Asthma With Fruits and Vegetables (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treat...). Prior to that I dealt with preventing asthma in the first place: Preventing Asthma With Fruits and Vegetables (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preve...). I'll close out this video series with video about the efficacy of vegetarian and vegan diets for the treatment of allergic diseases in Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treat...).
The video I referenced about the cedar allergies in Japan was Alkylphenol Endocrine Disruptors and Allergies (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/alkyl...).
The theme of whole foods being more efficacious than supplements seems to come up over and over again. See for example:
• Produce, Not Pills to Increase Physical Attractiveness (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/produ...)
• Dietary Treatments for Computer Eye Strain (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dieta...)
• Some Dietary Supplements May Be More Than a Waste of Money (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/some-...)
• Prunes vs. Metamucil vs. Vegan Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/prune...)
• Optimal Phytosterol Source (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/optim...)
More on "vitamin P" in How to Slow Brain Aging by Two Years (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-t...).
The anti-inflammatory effects of nuts may explain the Harvard Nurse's Health Study finding: Fighting Inflammation in a Nut Shell (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fight...).
Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treat... and he'll try to answer it!
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GM oranges containing pig genes in the works

Tuesday, November 05, 2013 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

(NaturalNews) Increasingly stricken by a disease that leaves them shriveled, discolored and sour, Florida oranges are the latest target for genetic manipulators who are right now working on a new variety of genetically modified (GM) orange that could end up containing pig genes. According to The New York Times (NYT), the disease, known as citrus greening, threatens the entire domestic orange industry, which is why some of Florida's largest citrus producers see no other option but to fund the development of GM oranges.

Southern Gardens Citrus (SGC), one of Florida's largest citrus growers and manager of some two-and-a-half million orange trees in south-central Florida, is at the forefront of the push for GM oranges. According to reports, the company recently tried to battle citrus greening in its own groves, chopping down and burning hundreds of thousands of infected trees and bolstering its arsenal of pesticides. But these efforts ultimately failed, prompting company officials to seek various alternative approaches.

When scouring the world for an orange variety immune to the disease proved fruitless, Ricke Kress, SGC's president, decided it might be time to take a more drastic approach. According to the NYT, Kress and his boss had previously mulled the idea of developing GMO oranges when citrus greening first showed up in the state but were reluctant to actually go through with it due to the long-term damage it might cause to the citrus industry. Now, however, Kress believes that the situation is far more serious.

Though he admits that Florida oranges could naturally develop their own resistance to the C. Liberibacter asiaticus bacterium, which is believed to be the cause of citrus greening, Kress is not necessarily keen on taking this risk. Natural resistance could take just a few months to develop, he says, or it could take years or even decades. In the meantime, Florida oranges could end up going extinct, leading to the loss of some 76,000 jobs in Florida and the end of bountiful orange juice cartons on grocery store shelves.

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More fresh fruit deters diabetes while juice boosts risk

• AFP
• August 31, 2013 12:33AM

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Participants in a study who consumed one or more servings of fruit juice each day saw their risk of type 2 diabetes increase by as much as 21 per cent.

EATING more whole fresh fruit, especially blueberries, grapes, apples and pears, is linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, but drinking more fruit juice has the opposite effect, says a study.

British, US and Singaporean researchers pored over data from three big health investigations that took place in the United States, spanning a quarter of a century in all.
More than 187,000 nurses and other professional caregivers were enrolled.
Their health was monitored over the following years, and they regularly answered questionnaires on their eating habits, weight, smoking, physical activity and other pointers to lifestyle.
Around 6.5 per cent of the volunteers developed diabetes during the studies.
People who ate at least two servings each week of certain whole fruits, especially blueberries, grapes and apples, reduced their risk of Type 2 diabetes by as much as 23 per cent compared to those who ate less than one serving per month.

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