12.31.06
Health Update
My weekly wrap up of health related articles. First large cholesterol leads to long life. Larger cholsterol particles in the blood are less likely to get stuck in the lining. Less buildup, less heart attacks and strokes.
Second, live stock pollute and take up space. Live stock generate 18% more pollution than automobiles and other modes of transportation. Live stock also generate 37% of all human-induced methane, and use 30% of the earth’s entire land surface. And for those of you that still drink milk, check out MilkSucks.com. A dairy cow produced 100 pounds of milk a day!!!! 10 times more than they would produce in nature. And coming out of the other end, the cow produces 120 pounds of waste every day — equal to that of two dozen people, but with no toilets, sewers, or treatment plants. If thats not personal enough for you, unlike french fries, potato chips, and chocolate, milk can make you break out.
Got zits? Try wiping off that milk mustache!
Will drinking milk make you greasy, grimy, and pimply? Some doctors suspect that the fat, animal protein, sugar, and hormones in milk irritate the skin, causing break-outs.
Dr. Jerome K. Fisher conducted a clinical study of 1,088 teen-age patients over 10 years and reported to the American Dermatological Association that milk was a principal contributor to some patients’ acne. Dr. Fisher found that their acne tapered off as their milk consumption did.
Dr. Fisher noted that dairy products often contain large amounts of butterfat and milk sugar, both of which, he believed, aggravate acne. He also suspected that the high volume of hormones produced naturally in the milk of pregnant cows may break down into androgen when consumed, which in turn stimulates the production of sebum, the waxy substance secreted by the sebaceous glands that clogs pores and creates acne when the pores become infected.
I’m not sure if dropping milk (all forms), has helped me reduce my acne. It could be b/c i’m a bit past my ‘hormonal years’ or whatever, but in anycase, being milk free works for me. The skin is your body’s largest organ. So eating a good diet, w/vegetables and fiber, keeps your insides running smoothly and keeps randomness from bubbling to the surface.
Next on my list, a new tattoo ink that can be removed. The ink is encased in tiny little beads that can be destroyed in a single laser light treatment. So this is good news for everyone out there wanting ‘I love [fill in name here] forever’ tattooed on your bods.