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As Nature Intended: Childhood Sunshine Reduces Multiple Sclerosis Later. Medical Politics: Obesity Taboo Broken. Quote of Month:
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Challenge the Limits. Questions: Fruit, Fructose Overdose, Colic; Learning to like vegetables Retinol, Cancer and Face Creams;
Cinnamon Sunscreen Ingredient. Meal Idea: Peabody's Sautéed Chicken Salad. Hints & Tips: Long Time Organic Farming. News
Shorts: Obese Girls - Less College; Apple Peel Healthiest. Good News: Red Wine Fends off Prostate Cancer; Milk in Tea: Antioxidants
OK. Second Guessing Nature: Selenium Supplements and Diabetes. Disease Connections: Crucifers Fight Prostate Cancer. Did You
Know?: Sperm Speed Competition. Feedback: Tony Marowitz. Book Review: The Dig Tree (VII). Laughter: Unintended Howlers.

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AS NATURE INTENDED: Sunshine

Sunshine deficiency is responsible, wholly or in part, for a great number of the illnesses we suffer today [Ref 1].
Childhood Sunshine Reduces Multiple Sclerosis Later
Those children who had a sunny childhood are less likely to develop multiple sclerosis in later life. Talat
Islam PhD of The University of Southern California and colleagues carried out the study on identical
twins - a powerful way of eliminating genetic weakness as a cause of MS. The twin who received most
sunshine received "strong protection from MS"; the sunshine deficient twin doubled his risk of MS [Ref
2].

MEDICAL POLITICS
Obesity Taboo Broken: Say it as it Is
The doctors’ association now recommends that when a child is obese, doctors should say so – and then
get the child and parents to deal with it [Ref 3]. This is a reversal of the earlier policy which tried to
spare fat people's feelings.
Our View? About time! In January 2004 we quoted author Greg Critser: “Suggest to an obesity
counselor that children should be counseled against gluttony and you will be admonished as a veritable
child abuser.” [Ref 4] See our full article: January 2004
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
Challenge the Limits
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go". -- T. S. Eliot, American
Nobel prizewinning poet.
QUESTIONS
Fruit, Fructose Overdose, Colic
Q. Your remarks about colic and its connection to fructose overdose from fruit helped me cure this
longstanding ailment (Natural Eater and Colic, November 2006). However, can you give us some
guidance as to which fruits are particularly low in fructose?
A. Yes. The trick is to define fruits that are not only low in fructose but are also low ("good") glycemic.
1. Low fructose, good glycemic: bilberry, blackberry, gooseberry, grapefruit, lemon, lime,
loganberry, nectarine, pomelo, raspberry, redcurrant, whitecurrant and wild strawberry.
2. Low fructose, borderline glycemic: banana (green), guava, tangerines (Satsuma, mandarin)
orange, peach, plums (greengage, Victoria, damson), strawberry (cultivated).
3. Low fructose, bad glycemic: apricot, fig (raw), kiwi, melon (cantaloupe, galia), pineapple,
watermelon.
4. Medium fructose, good glycemic: Blackcurrants, cherries.
5. High fructose, borderline glycemic: apples (all varieties), dates (raw), lychees, pear (all varieties).
6. High fructose, high glycemic, : bananas (yellow, ripe), custard apple, grapes, mango, persimmon
(a.k.a. sharon, kaki), prickly pear.
Our View? it is a shame that modern fruits are problematic compared to our ancestral ones. In your
case, you need to stick to category 1 above and see how you go if you introduce some of the other
categories. On the other hand you will need to boost your intake of salad vegetables to compensate. (It
might be some consolation to know that low fructose, low glycemic avocado and tomato are both
technically fruit!)
Learning to Like Vegetables

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Q. I have read Deadly Harvest and am totally convinced by your arguments. The trouble is, I simply
cannot bring myself to eat the kinds of foods, particularly salads, fruits and vegetables that you
recommend. What to do?
A. There are a couple of things you can do. First sneak up on it gradually. If you can manage a tomato,
train yourself to eat one or two every day. Learn to use vinaigrette in various ways to give an appetizing
taste. When that is in place, move on to the next ingredient, cucumber or lettuce, say.
Another temporary makeshift device is to juice your vegetables. Throw them in the blender and then
drink them down as slowly as you can. This is just a stopgap measure. Bit by bit, get used to eating
those same ingredients in their normal state.
Retinol, Cancer and Face Creams
Q. You mention last month (July 2007) that esophageal cancer is aggravated by retinol (vitamin A)
supplementation. Many face creams contain retinol. Should these be avoided?
A. No. The minute amounts of retinol in skin creams are no threat. In fact, as described, retinol
potentiates the efficacy of face cream.
Cinnamon Sunscreen Ingredient
Q. In June 2007 you mentioned that cinnamates (from cinnamon) were OK compounds. However - does
this favorable comment apply to " ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate"? It appears in many sunscreens and
lotions.
A. There are indeed problems, albeit minor, with this chemical and they are set out very well on www.cosmeticsdatabase.com.
Our view? Why bother? You do far better to manage your exposure to the sun without sunscreens, just cover yourself up as
necessary to avoid burning.

MEAL IDEA
Peabody's Sautéed Chicken and Warm Salad
This is one of the Natural Eating dishes offered by Peabody' casual diner in Palm Springs:
- Sautéed Chicken Breasts
- Sautéed sliced bell pepper
- Lightly sautéed sliced tomatoes
- Peeled and sliced avocado
- Lettuce.
On a bed of lettuce place the tomatoes then the bell pepper, avocado and chicken.

HINTS & TIPS

Long Time Organic Farming Even Better for Tomatoes
In a new angle on organic farming, a study finds that the longer a field has been organic, the better the
nutritional quality of the tomato. In particular, the level of the micronutrients called "flavonoids"
increased to much higher levels over a period of ten years. The researchers commented that the
nutrient increases corresponded with the increase in organic matter (humus) in the soil.
Our View? Our food chain has major back-tracking to do before it can supply us with produce as nature intended. By all means
go that extra mile and source produce from a long-standing organic farmer if you can.

NEWS SHORTS
Obese Girls Less likely to Attend College
Obese girls are half as likely to attend college as normal size girls according to a study from the
University of Texas [Ref 5]. Obese girls feel bad about themselves; they feel even worse if obese girls
were a small minority at school. Obese boys, however, had no such qualms.
Our View? maybe it's one more reason why parents and the health professionals need to be cruel to be kind - and shock kids
into controlling their appetites. See Obesity Taboo Broken, above.
Apple Peel Keeps Cancer at Bay
Researchers have identified a dozen compounds -- "triterpenoids" -- in apple peel that inhibit, even kill
cancer cells. Three of them have never been described before [Ref 9].
Our View? We should be certainly eating the whole apple including the peel anyway. Since apple is rather glycemic and high in
fructose [see Fruit, Fructose Overdose, Colic above] then perhaps we should focus more on the peel than the flesh!

GOOD NEWS
Red Wine Fends off Prostate Cancer
Men who drink an average of four to seven glasses of red wine a week have half the risk of being
diagnosed with prostate cancer as those who drink none [Ref10].

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Our View? Red wine, with its cargo of valuable micronutrients, can be an agreeable addition to The Bond Effect regime. Just
practise it in moderation!
Milk in Tea Does not Reduce Antioxidants
Black tea has a deserved reputation as a rich source of micronutrients. (See "Healthy Tea", July 2003).
Americans and Europeans tend to drink tea weak, flavored perhaps with a twist of lemon.
However, in British tea culture (which includes most countries of the Commonwealth), tea is brewed
strongly and drunk with a splash of milk. Researchers wondered if the milk neutralized the goodness in
the tea.
They used British tea bags which, at 3 grams, contain 50% more tea than American and European
ones. They then brewed the tea for 7 minutes. One day the volunteers drank the tea neat and on the
next with milk added.
The researchers found that adding milk made no difference. Either way, after 80 minutes, the
volunteers' blood contained much elevated levels of all kinds of good compounds: phenols (20%),
catechins (32%), quercetin (39%) and kaempferol (45%). General plasma antioxidant activity increased
10% [Ref 11].
Many unfamiliar with British tea culture might be surprised at the length of brewing: 7 minutes.
However, interestingly, the researchers found that the longer the tea is brewed, the better.
My View? As a Brit I drink plenty of tea -- brewed plenty strong. And yes, I guiltily put in a splash of milk -- only condiment
quantities, mind! But I am comforted to know that the tea itself remains just as healthful.

PITFALLS OF SECOND-GUESSING NATURE

Selenium Supplements Increase Diabetes
Selenium is an antioxidant often included in multivitamin tablets and is thought to be a "good thing".
However, those who consumed 200 micrograms of selenium per day were 55 percent more likely to
develop type 2 diabetes [Ref 7]. The researchers think that excess selenium disrupts the endocrine
(hormone) system.
Our View? Last month (July 2007) we mentioned how excess selenium is linked to esophageal cancer. Some selenium is
essential, but too much is detrimental. Here is yet another example of how we cannot second-guess nature. But we don't need to!
Just eat like nature intended and these thing work out just fine.

DISEASE CONNECTIONS
Cruciferous Vegetables Beat Back Prostate Cancer
In a recent study, greater consumption of dark green and cruciferous vegetables, especially broccoli and
cauliflower, was linked to deceased risk of aggressive prostate cancer [Ref 6].

DID YOU KNOW?

Sperm Speed Competition
Sperm have to swim quite a long way to find an egg to fertilize. The first one there gets the prize. So
evolutionary competition will work to reward the fastest. This matters most if sperm from different
males are competing with each other.
So in promiscuous species, we might expect sperm to swim faster. This is borne out by experiment
[Ref 8]: The chimpanzee female is highly promiscuous: she will mate with several males within minutes
of each other. Their different sperms race each other at 24 inches an hour.
In contrast, dominant gorillas maintain an iron grip on their harem's chastity. No competition there. So
gorilla sperm can afford to amble along at only 3 inches an hour.
And where do humans fit into this? They have sperm that swim at about 8 inches per hour. That is,
faster than gorilla sperm but slower than chimpanzee's. This implies that human males, in their
ancestral past, competed at a level of female promiscuity intermediate between chimpanzees and
gorillas.
Afterthought: How did the researchers obtain the sperm samples? The ever-ready chimpanzees were happy to ejaculate into
an artificial vagina. But the gorilla was more coy. Nevertheless one intrepid (female) researcher solved the problem. While
distracting him with candy, she gave the gorilla a hand job!

FEEDBACK
Tony Marowitz
"Please pass along the following fact I found very interesting. I'm not remotely overweight, I'm a hair
under 6 feet and prior to starting the recommended diet by Geoff weighed anywhere between 166 lb -

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172 lb depending on how much beer I drank the prior night or on what I pigged out on. Certainly a
reasonable weight for a 6 foot guy. Oddly enough though, I've evidently burned off the beer fat and
whatever else was rotting away in my insides. I'm down to 156 now and am back in 34 waist pants for
the first time in 20 years. Thanks again. What a lifestyle change it is." - Tony Marowitz
GEOFF'S REVIEW OF BOOKS
The Dig Tree (VII)
by Sarah Murgatroyd
Bloomsbury, London, 2002
The 1860 Burke and Wills Expedition to pioneer a route across Australia is a nutritional object-lesson. It also highlights
deep human drives. Why did Burke take such futile risks?
.... Burke was crazy with love and would do anything to win Julia's hand. In such conditions, just
leading a competent and uneventful expedition across the continent is not enough – it has to have the
element and drama of “futile risk-taking.”
Of course, risk takers also risk losing their lives, which is just what happened to Burke and some of his
unfortunate companions. But he certainly got the acclaim he craved – posthumously. His story set alight
the imaginations ofMelbourne society. He and Wills became household names. Their bodies were
brought back from the bush to lie in state.
On the day of the state funeral thousands thronged the streets and jostled for position. The funeral
procession was a sumptuous cavalcade of consular officials from nine countries, assorted bigwigs,
politicians, businessmen, marching bands and all led by a regiment of Light Dragoons. “The centerpiece
of the cavalcade was the funeral car, a magnificent vehicle, modeled on the carriage used for the Duke
of Wellington ... pulled by a team of six horses sporting elaborately decorated harnesses and black
plumes”. The Royal Geographical Society in London awarded Burke its prestigious gold medal; statues
of Burke and Wills adorned Melbourne and other towns.
Source did indeed get the recognition he craved. Had he managed to survive, he would almost certainly
have earned the hand of his beloved. JuliaMathewsgave several memorial performance for the dead
explorers.
All in all, Murgatroyd gives an enthralling, meticulously detailed account of this extraordinary
expedition. It gives us at www.naturaleater.com the material we need to make our points about human
nutrition, and about the motivations of idiotic male endeavor.
I have just one small quibble: Murgatroyd's inappropriate use of the metric system in an Anglophone
world which still loves and uses Imperial units. I strongly doubt that Burke measured out “85 grams” of
sugar as his daily ration (“3 oz”, more like) – and a cricket pitch is exactly 22 yards long, dammit – not
20.1 meters!
Read the full review on www.TheBondEffect.com or on Amazon: click on this direct link.

Laughter the Best Medicine

Unconscious Howlers
Genuine clips from letters to public housing maintenance departments:
* "My bush is really overgrown round the front and my back passage has fungus growing on it."
* "It's the dogs mess that I find hard to swallow"
* "I wish to report that the tiles are missing from the outside toilet roof. I think it was bad wind the
other night that blew them off."

FOOTNOTES
[1] Marc Sorenson; Solar Power for Optimal Health, ISBN1-4243-1387-2.
[2] Neurology. 2007 Jul 24;69(4):381-8. Childhood sun exposure influences risk of multiple sclerosis in monozygotic twins. Islam T.
[3] American Medical Association; Expert Committee Recommendations on the Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Child and
Adolescent Overweight and Obesity; June 6, 2007
[4] Critser. Fat Land : How the Americans became the Fattest People in the World. ISBN-13: 978-0141015408
[5] Crosnoe, R; Gender, Obesity, and Education, Sociology of Education, July 2007, 241-260.
[6] J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 Aug 1;99(15):1200-9. Epub 2007 Jul 24; Prospective study of fruit and vegetable intake and risk of prostate
cancer. Kirsh VA.

[7] Ann Intern Med. 2007 Aug 21;147(4):217-23. Epub 2007 Jul 9. Effects of long-term selenium supplementation on the incidence of
type 2 diabetes: a randomized trial. Stranges S.

[8] The use of optical tweezers to study sperm competition and motility in primates; Journal of the Royal Society Interface; DOI
10.1098/rsif.2007.1118; Online Date Tuesday, July 24, 2007; Jaclyn M. Nascimento.
[9] J. Agric. Food Chem., 55 (11), 4366 -4370, 2007. 10.1021/jf063563o S0021-8561(06)03563-1; Web Release Date: May 8, 2007;
Triterpenoids Isolated from Apple Peels Have Potent Antiproliferative Activity and May Be Partially Responsible for Apple's Anticancer
Activity; Xiangjiu He and Rui Hai Liu.

[10] Janet L. Stanford; The International Journal of Cancer; June 2007.

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[11] Effects of Infusion Time and Addition of Milk on Content and Absorption of Polyphenols from Black Tea ; Janet A. M. Kyle, et al; J.
Agric. Food Chem., 2007, 55, (12), pp 4889–4894. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf070351y.htm

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