 okay welcome everyone welcome to health talk the live broadcast of health talk coming to you live from the garden state of new jersey my name is james your host i am also the host and narrator of censored returns which is another internet talk show that we do based on past newsletter censored newsletters uh that was written and founded of course by the one and only the reverend dr william j isaman uh i want to start the show by reading some health oriented newspaper articles from the past week that are from a local northeastern new jersey well-established newspaper the bergen record okay the first article that i'm going to read before we go on to um our health talk topics for the week uh this one here is um titled 6000 hogs set to be put down may have eaten tainted pet food here we go again listeners with the tainted pet food i did these articles uh in the past um recent health health talks there have been many articles since the many deaths that occurred due to the um the wheat gluten from china okay 6000 hogs set to be put down may have eaten tainted pet food by rick weiss washington post news service washington and this came from the bergen record uh april 27 2007 washington federal and state authorities have identified 6000 hogs in at least seven states that may have consumed contaminated pet food or pet food byproducts and all the animals are slated to be euthanized to ensure they do not enter the human food supply the food and drug administration said thursday officials said they are also looking into the possibility that some chickens may have eaten chow contaminated by the pet food which they believe was tainted with chemicals imported from china uh the disclosures are the latest in a string of recent surprises that have brought home uh to many americans how complex and interconnected are the supply chains uh linking imported pet food ingredients farm animal chow and food for human consumption officials stressed that the human health risks of eating pork from animals fed the contaminated food were extremely low the decision to keep those animals off the market and to reimburse farmers for the losses was made in the interest of extreme prudence they said FDA and agriculture department experts also revealed preliminary findings that may explain how low doses of the prime contaminant the industrial chemical melamine considered only mildly toxic may have caused the deaths of some pets a second contaminant found in the pet food cyan cyanuric acid when combined with melamine appears to prompt the formation of crystals in urine they said those crystals can cause kidney failure it is unclear how the two chemicals found their way into pet food but many experts suspect they were added intentionally so that test results of the protein content of the food would be falsely elevated okay and the last article for this week's health talk um let's see tainted pet food here's another one tainted pet food was fed to hogs us officials say okay here's another article about that it's not known whether meat entered human supply by andrew bridges the associated press washington salvage pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical was fed to hogs in as many as six states federal health officials said tuesday it was not immediately clear if any of the hogs then entered the food supply for humans food safety officials said hogs at farms in california new york north carolina south carolina utah and possibly ohio ate the contaminated products hogs at some of the farms it wasn't immediately clear which have been quarantined the urine of some has tested positive for the chemical melamine and food and drug administration the food and drug administration set quote at this point i don't have a definitive answer other than to say that the issue is being addressed unquote uh steven sunloaf the fda's chief veterinarian told reporters when asked if any of the hogs had entered the human food supply a poultry farm also may be involved he added wonderful the fda also said it planned to begin testing a wide variety of vegetable proteins at firms that imported the ingredients to make everything from pizza dough to infant formula the protein shakes to um energy bars and protein shakes to energy bars uh the ingredient list includes wheat gluten corn gluten cornmeal soy protein and rice bran uh pet food companies have recalled more than 100 brands of cat and dog food since the first reports of animal deaths a little over a month ago investigators have found melamine in at least two imported chinese vegetable proteins used to make pet foods the chemical uh possibly was used to skew analysis that measured the protein content of the ingredients wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate uh there were no direct uh shipments of either of the two ingredients to firms that make food for humans or for animals used as food said uh michael rogers who directs field investigations for the fda a second related chemical called cyanuric acid uh also has been found to uh contaminate rice protein concentrate samples sunloft said the analysis of the analysis the fda plans to begin later this week we'll look at producers of both food for humans and animal feed said dr david uh acheson the chief medical officer within the agency's center for food safety and applied nutrition uh acheson stressed that there was no evidence any of the other vegetable proteins had been contaminated but that the fda wanted to quote get ahead of the curve unquote and raise awareness among manufacturers fda officials said the hogs were fed salvage pet food made with tainted rice protein concentrate the food was given to the animals prior to the products recalls roger said rogers said okay um well it doesn't surprise me american companies can't you know buy all their food ingredients from a high quality reliable source and get the very best quality ingredients that money can buy like certified organic uh ingredients uh weak gluten so on and so on grains uh soy protein no they have to get it from the cheapest source regardless of what quality these food products are composed of it's all about the bottom line corporate america isn't it it's all about the bottom line at the expense of human life and in this case animal life so get your ingredients from china and china probably can care less about the nature of what it imports to the beloved united states of america so that's what happens the bottom liners the conservative corporate american bottom liners all right the next article before we start doing the uh some best of health talks talks um is uh well i thought this was an applicable article for this time of year it's now spring it's um it's very um you know the the the merry month of may may flowers is coming up very soon and this is uh the allergy season of course right now we have the the tree pollen at its peak and then that will be followed by the grass pollen and that's what gets me the grass pollen um for seasonal relief and antioxidant protection quercetin is key quercetin is one of a class of compounds called flavonoids which are plant-based substances that exhibit anti uh inflammatory and antioxidant properties quercetin is one of the most active uh flavonoids that have been studied and many of the beneficial properties of some foods may be derived from this compound common foods rich in quercetin include apples especially the peel green tea onions red wine grapes and citrus fruit other less commonly consumed foods include a variety of berries including uh lignin berry and cranberry this multifaceted compound exhibits a variety of anti-inflammatory effects including um inhibiting histamine release uh histamine is responsible for many allergies allergy symptoms um inhibiting release of anti of inflammatory mediators by mass cells white blood cells that are active in the inflammatory process mass cells okay inhibiting release of that um and by acting as a vitamin C sparing antioxidant for many years quercetin has been used as a supplement to combat allergies quercetin is a key component of many allergy formulas many natural allergy formulas that are on the market um quercetin's uh anti-inflammatory effects may also be used useful to promote healthy lung function along with the allergy concerns quercetin has also been thought to have benefits against abnormal cells in a study of quercetin combined with ultrasound abnormal cells uh from skin and prostate showed 90 mortality while normal cells were not affected it's also been shown in test tube studies to exhibit anti estrogen effects and may be active against abnormal breast cells quercetin also appears to promote a healthy bladder function some people have pressure and pain in the bladder area with urinary urgency and frequency in the absence of a urinary tract infection this a common problem afflicts many americans especially women as reported in an article from the tufts university school of medicine uh recent evidence uh from a pilot study suggests that quercetin may be beneficial for these people an interesting study from appellation state university has also found that quercetin may help the body fight infections in stressed individuals the source of stress was extreme exercise in this case cycling over a five-week period only five percent of athletes who consume 1000 milligrams per day of quercetin had illness whereas 45 percent of athletes who consumed a placebo became sick this is amazing when you consider that 900 percent more people became ill without the quercetin it was also noted that the cyclists who took quercetin uh better maintain their ability to uh react to an alertness test other studies have indicated quercetin is very powerful at promoting healthy cardiovascular function quercetin is an important compound found in nature but in small amounts in order to promote optimal health larger amounts of quercetin in supplements form appear to be beneficial okay um let's see if there's any more information that that pretty much wraps up quercetin um let's see all right uh we're gonna well we're gonna do one more of these articles i'd say after commercial and doing after doing a best of um health talk let me just try to locate something here um that will be good um okay you know what i like this here um i'm gonna do strong bones need more than just calcium um i'll do that i'll do that next uh but first uh let us go to commercial with the one and only the reverend doctor william j isamin uh and then we'll do a best of health talk let's see what does do uh before i read the article about calcium what it will do less than and medicinal mushrooms all right less than and medicinal mushrooms take it away reverend doctor william j isamin are you ready are you reaching your fitness goals working out on your own or with a training partner as your health club fulfilled any of the promises made before they took that expensive annual membership fee at the you paid the expensive annual 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