industrialized farming

The negative health aspects of industrialized farming is that: millions of Americans are in infected and thousand's Die every year. Remember mad cow disease ?When people ate cows with "Mad Cow Disease," they got Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), a fatal dementia that afflicts humans. Another farm animal disease beginning to jeopardize human health is avian influenza.The meat, poultry, dairy and egg industries are employing technological short cuts; they are using drugs, hormones, and other chemicals to maximize farm production. Ducks are used in order to produce foie gras. that is when they put metal tubes down the ducks throats so there livers will be 10 times bigger then usually.Gestation crates, narrow metal enclosures where female breeding pigs are confined for most of their lives.Hens exploited for egg production are among the most abused farm animals. They live for years crowded in battery cages - tiny wire cages where they cannot even stretch their wings. They are de-beaked, and they are starved to shock their systems into new egg laying cycles. Approximately 300 million chickens kept for egg production in the U.S. are confined in "battery cages" where four hens are typically crowded into a wire cage measuring just sixteen inches wide. The hens are crowded so tightly, that they cannot stretch their wings or legs, and they suffer from severe feather loss, bruises and abrasions.

Baby Calves, who are taken from their mothers at birth, chained by the neck in crates, and fed a diet deficient in iron and fiber to produce the anemic white meat known as veal.

Calves are denied basic needs, including access to their mother's milk, access to pasture and exercise and often prohibited from any movement at all in order to produce the pale-colored flesh for which veal is coveted.

We can help these animals by letting the other people know how badly these animals are treated and what we can do to help them.

soy

Myths & Truths About Soy

Myth: Use of soy as a food dates back many thousands of years.

Truth: Soy was first used as a food during the late Chou dynasty (1134-246 BC), only after the Chinese learned to ferment soy beans to make foods like tempeh, natto and tamari.

Myth: Asians consume large amounts of soy foods.

Truth: Average consumption of soy foods in Japan and China is 10 grams (about 2 teaspoons) per day. Asians consume soy foods in small amounts as a condiment, and not as a replacement for animal foods.

Myth: Modern soy foods confer the same health benefits as traditionally fermented soy foods.

Truth: Most modern soy foods are not fermented to neutralize toxins in soybeans, and are processed in a way that denatures proteins and increases levels of carcinogens.

Myth: Soy foods provide complete protein.

Truth: Like all legumes, soy beans are deficient in sulfur-containing amino acids methionine and cystine. In addition, modern processing denatures fragile lysine.

Myth: Fermented soy foods can provide vitamin B₁₂ in vegetarian diets.

Truth: The compound that resembles vitamin B₁₂ in soy cannot be used by the human body; in fact, soy foods cause the body to require more B₁₂

Myth: Soy formula is safe for infants.

Truth: Soy foods contain trypsin inhibitors that inhibit protein digestion and affect pancreatic function. In test animals, diets high in trypsin inhibitors led to stunted growth and pancreatic disorders. Soy foods increase the body's requirement for vitamin D, needed for strong bones and normal growth. Phytic acid in soy foods results in reduced bioavailabilty of iron and zinc which are required for the health and development of the brain and nervous system. Soy also lacks cholesterol, likewise essential for the development of the brain and nervous system. Megadoses of phytoestrogens in soy formula have been implicated in the current trend toward increasingly premature sexual development in girls and delayed or retarded sexual development in boys.

Myth: Soy foods can prevent osteoporosis.

Truth: Soy foods can cause deficiencies in calcium and vitamin D, both needed for healthy bones. Calcium from bone broths and vitamin D from seafood, lard and organ meats prevent osteoporosis in Asian countries—not soy foods.

Myth: Modern soy foods protect against many types of cancer.

Truth: A British government report concluded that there is little evidence that soy foods protect against breast cancer or any other forms of cancer. In fact, soy foods may result in an increased risk of cancer.

Myth: Soy foods protect against heart disease.

Truth: In some people, consumption of soy foods will lower cholesterol, but there is no evidence that lowering cholesterol improves one's risk of having heart disease.

Myth: Soy estrogens (isoflavones) are good for you.

Truth: Soy isoflavones are phyto-endocrine disrupters. At dietary levels, they can prevent ovulation and stimulate the growth of cancer cells. Eating as little as 30 grams (about 4 tablespoons) of soy per day can result in hypothyroidism with symptoms of lethargy, constipation, weight gain and fatigue.

Myth: Soy foods are safe and beneficial for women to use in their postmenopausal years.

Truth: Soy foods can stimulate the growth of estrogen-dependent tumors and cause thyroid problems. Low thyroid function is associated with difficulties in menopause.

Myth: Phytoestrogens in soy foods can enhance mental ability.

Truth: A recent study found that women with the highest levels of estrogen in their blood had the lowest levels of cognitive function; In Japanese Americans tofu consumption in mid-life is associated with the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease in later life.

Myth: Soy isoflavones and soy protein isolate have GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status.

Truth: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) recently withdrew its application to the FDA for GRAS status for soy isoflavones following an outpouring of protest from the scientific community. The FDA never approved GRAS status for soy protein isolate because of concern regarding the presence of toxins and carcinogens in processed soy.

Myth: Soy foods are good for your sex life.

Truth: Numerous animal studies show that soy foods cause infertility in animals. Soy consumption enhances hair growth in middle-aged men, indicating lowered testosterone levels. Japanese housewives feed tofu to their husbands frequently when they want to reduce his virility.

Myth: Soy beans are good for the environment.

Truth: Most soy beans grown in the US are genetically engineered to allow farmers to use large amounts of herbicides.

Myth: Soy beans are good for developing nations.

Truth: In third world countries, soybeans replace traditional crops and transfer the value-added of processing from the local population to multinational corporations.

Soy is one of the most popular health foods in the world...
i don't think soy is bad for you because its in every day food and i don't think it will kill you as long as you don't use it like drugs that you get addicted to it.consumption of soy foods will lower cholesterol but that does not mean you arint at risk of heart disease.well i did lot of research on soy and most of the articles say that soy is not bad for you . Dr. Brian F. Issell of the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii did good on the soy. as a vegatarain he had soy products for a year and every week or so he would get checked to see if the soy was helping. and it did it lowered his cholastoral and other problems that he had. everyone was shocked when they found out that soy helped Dr.Brian F. Issell they didn't think iut would help.So far, studies have been small, and it's not certain whether soy protects one's bones over the long-term.The greatest benefits were obtained when soy protein was substituted for animal protein.The protein in cow’s milk has no benefits for the cholesterol. Soy protein can decrease cholesterol levels.women who eat soy foods are at lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who don't.i don't think soy is bad but some people might.

Conflict Resolution

There are many tools available to persons in conflict. A way would be not to fight over it, no violence, only talking out the problem. i think it will be a great way for people to get the hang of it but not a lot o people talk about those things. thats when all of the violence comes in. if you're having trouble in school or what ever you shouldn't let it inside, you should talk to someone even though most of the time in order to get your anger out you use it on something or someone. in that case you feel better at the moment but then someone gets hurt and after a couple of minuets you go back to what ever was on your mind. and that anger builds up. what usually causes these angers to build up is: stress, not enough sleep, fights with parents or someone close to you, or just your teen years.

Principles of Conflict Resolution

1.think before reacting
2.look at problem
3. see if there another way to solve the problem
4. breath
5. try to focus on something else