From those who bring us “all the news that’s fit to print”

Posted on 07/03/2012 by J. Morris Hicks

The New York Times shamelessly promotes the meat industry.

News: Coffee is free on the 4th of July at Starbucks. Thank you Howard. Just got my free cup in Mystic, CT and am now finishing it up on the train to NYC  for the day.

Shameless meat promotion; just in time for the 4th of July. Appearing in the Sunday Review section on July 1, I actually had trouble believing that what I was reading was actually accepted as a legitimate article by the editorial staff of this prominent newspaper. The article led off thusly:

As Americans plan their Independence Day barbecues, they should skip the tony sirloins and chops, and opt for what can be the most sustainable, economical, gastronomically flexible and morally responsible cut of meat: ground. (See link below to full article)

Happy 4th of July from my humble abode, where no dead animal will be eaten on our nation’s birthday or any other day of the year.

Sustainable? No form of meat consumption (including fish) is sustainable. With 7 billion humans and rising, our meat-eating days will be completely over by the end of this century—maybe much sooner. It is inevitable.

Gastronomically flexible? What does that mean? As the leading cause of colon cancer, heart disease and diabetes; how is any form of meat now considered gastronomically flexible?

Morally responsible? Torturing and killing 60 billion animals per year so that we can eat their flesh? How morally responsible is that? Of course, the writers recommend the non-factory farm meat—which comprise about one percent of the meat in America. Don’t kid yourself with things like free range chickens and grass fed beef; they’re even less sustainable than the factory farm varieties of meat.

Maybe the editor-in-chief of the New York Times should take a look at what Philip Wollen (former Citibank exec) had to say about eating meat. A few key excerpts followed by his fiery ten minute May 2012 speech (video):

Just in time for the 4th of July, the New York Times does their part to support the meat producers of the world.

Animal suffering. Only 100 billion people have ever lived. 7 billion are alive today. And we torture and kill two billion animals every week.

Animal Rights is now the greatest Social Justice issue since the abolition of slavery.

World hunger. 1 billion people today are hungry. 20 million people will die from malnutrition. Cutting meat by only 10% will feed 100 million people. Eliminating meat will end starvation forever. If everyone ate a Western diet, we would need 2 Planet Earths to feed them. We only have one. And she is dying.

A crime of epic proportions. Poor countries sell their grain to the West while their own children starve in their arms. And we feed it to livestock. So we can eat a steak? Am I the only one who sees this as a crime? 

Please take ten minutes to watch this powerful message from down under:

My challenge for the executive editor, Jill Abramson, of the New York Times. I am going to give her the same challenge two-fold challenge that Mr. Wollen gave the opposing panel down under. Maybe after gaining a better understanding, Ms. Abramson will be better and more responsibly equipped to decide what is “fit to print.”

Tonight I have two Challenges for the opposition:

  • Meat causes a wide range of cancers and heart disease. Will they name one disease caused by a vegetarian diet?
  • I am funding the Earthlings trilogy. If the opposition is so sure of their ground, I challenge them to send the Earthlings DVD to all their colleagues and customers. Go on I DARE YOU.” (Click here to view the movie “Earthlings” on this site.

For your convenience:

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—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

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Obesity—now threatening the future of the planet

Posted on 07/03/2012 by J. Morris Hicks

According to new study, Tackling population fatness may be critical to world food security and ecological sustainability.

As I have often said; most people are just following their natural instincts in an unnatural world — it’s up to the educated leaders to take responsibility and lead by “being the change” we must see in this world.

Now that should get your attention. As we pointed out clearly in Part II of our book, what you eat affects a lot more than just your own health or waistline.

Last week, CBS of Atlanta reported on a recent study conducted by scientists in London—finding that the obese persons of the world are playing an increasingly large role in the rate at which the planet’s finite resources are used. And although obesity touches all corners of the Earth, it was found that we Americans were especially weighing down the planet. From the article:

“If all countries had the [body mass index] distribution of the USA, the increase in human biomass of 58 million [metric tons] would be equivalent in mass to an extra 935 million people of average body mass, and have energy requirements equivalent to that of 473 million adults,” the research dictated.

Not everyone is obese, but most of them are enough overweight to cause the dock to collapse moments later.

The problem of obesity has become ubiquitous. The other night on the evening news, they showed a video of a wedding party on a dock. Many of the party, including the bride, appeared to be overweight or obese—then the dock on which they were standing gave way and the entire group of about twenty well-dressed people suddenly found themselves in four feet of water.

It gets worse. Now, there’s the need for larger seats on airplanes, bigger beds, bigger clothes, more calories per person and on and on. The study shows that “Increasing population fatness could have the same implications for world food energy demands as an extra half a billion people living on the earth.” The article concluded:

“Although the concept of biomass is rarely applied to the human species, the ecological implications of increasing body mass are significant and ought to be taken into account when evaluating future trends and planning for future resource challenges,” the study found. ”Tackling population fatness may be critical to world food security and ecological sustainability.”

Here they are in the water. What fun.

The Bottom Line. Tackling “population fatness” for most people means weight-loss diets, portion control and exercising. Although our doctors tell us we need to lose weight, at least 95% of them don’t know about the effortless and permanent weight-loss of a whole foods, plant-based diet.

Just imagine how many medical doctors are unknowingly placing their patients’ health at risk by recommending weight-loss diets like Atkins, Dukan or South Beach. None of those weight-loss diets are going to work long-term and their hefty levels of animal protein are ultimately going to take their toll in terms of more heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc.

Unfortunately, medical doctors receive little, if any, training in nutrition—and what they do receive is the same old “meat & dairy balanced diet” garbage from the USA. But the day they graduate from med school, they are now suddenly qualified to counsel patients about what they should be eating.

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For help in your own quest to take charge of your health, you might find some useful information at our 4Leaf page or some great recipes at Lisa’s 4Leaf Kitchen.

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—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

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My only brother “unsubscribes” from my blog…

Posted on 07/02/2012 by J. Morris Hicks

…after reading my recent post about PSA testing.

Cancer is our most-feared disease and is somewhat of a lightning rod when it comes to people who’ve experienced any form of this horrible disease. Occasionally, people decide to “unsubscribe” from my blogs after reading some of my bold comments about cancer. This week, it was my one and only brother who lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

Birmingham, Alabama—home of my only brother. My three sisters all live in Florida.

I’m not sure why he unsubscribed, but it might be related to the depression he has suffered in recent years.  Since 2008, he has pretty much cut off communication with me and our three sisters. He may have unsubscribed because of my stating that our toxic diet is the primary driver of all forms of cancer (per T. Colin Campbell).

You see, his wife had breast cancer back in the 90’s and maybe he just prefers to believe—as most do—that cancer is simply a matter of bad luck.

On a brighter note, there are other cancer survivors who absolutely love my blog. They love the idea of learning all that they can about preventing cancer in the first place—or at least slowing, stopping or possibly reversing it. This week I heard from two of those blog readers—both on the same topic of the treatment of prostate cancers.

Two trusted resources provide the same input—over 24-hour period.

Sunset in Stonington, CT

On Saturday night, I was visiting with Wendy, one of my local friends at an exquisite sunset party by the harbor and she was telling me about how much she enjoyed my blogs.

She also shared a story about the non-conventional prostate cancer treatment that her husband had recently undergone—proton radiation at the Loma Linda Health Center. Then less than 24 hours later, I received this letter from John, a highly educated business executive in California:

Dear Jim, Thank you for continuing to keep me informed with your messages on “good health”.  As a prostate cancer survivor myself, I read with great interest the article on PSA screening.  and I would like to take a position on radiation’s side effects.

The side effects mentioned in the article are dependent on the type of radiation that is used and are most common with conventional radiation treatment.  Proton radiation treatment, however, which is available from a limited number of hospitals in the United States, including the Loma Linda Health Center in Loma Linda, California, is being used very successfully for prostate cancer and without the patient suffering from any serious side effects.

Whereas conventional radiation passes through the body, proton radiation is “pin-pointed” and stops at the exact location of the cancer.  The same type of radiation treatment is also being used for brain cancer and, more recently, breast cancer.  You can refer to the Loma Linda Health Center website for more information.

I’ll look forward to receiving your next informative message. To your health, John Kvicky, Brea, CA

My thanks to both Wendy and John for this helpful input. As you know, my focus is on helping people understand that they can completely prevent most chronic diseases—if they start taking charge of their health early enough in their life. But, when it’s too late for prevention—people need to have other options.

My recent post about PSA testing: Professor of medicine says NO to the PSA test…

Handy 4-piece take-charge-of-your-health kit—from Amazon.com

Want to find out how healthy your family is eating? Take our free 4Leaf Diagnostic Survey. It takes less than five minutes and you can score it yourself. After taking the survey, please give me your feedback as it will be helpful in the development of our future 4Leaf app for smartphones. Send feedback to jmorrishicks@me.com

International. We’re now reaching people in over 100 countries. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter or get daily blog notices by “following” us in the top of the right-hand column. For occasional updates, join our periodic mailing list.

To order more of my favorite books—visit our online BookStore now

J. Morris Hicks, working daily to promote health, hope and harmony on planet Earth.

For help in your own quest to take charge of your health, you might find some useful information at our 4Leaf page or some great recipes at Lisa’s 4Leaf Kitchen.

Got a question? Let me hear from you at jmorrishicks@me.com. Or give me a call on my cell at 917-399-9700.

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Blogging daily at hpjmh.com…from the seaside village of Stonington, Connecticut – Be well and have a great day.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

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