Oathealth Podcast Episode 4

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Episode #4, May 28, 2009

Show Notes

News:

• “News Coverage Temporarily Reduces Trans-fat Buying”
  • Source:
    • Reuters News Service; Health News
  • Link:
    • http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE53S58L20090429

Research

• “Number of Fast Food Restaurants in Neighborhood Associated with Stroke Risk”
  • Source:
    • American Heart Association Media Room
  • Link:
    • http://americanheart.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=666

Main Topic:

Pros and Cons of Producing Food in the Most Convenient Form

• Pros
  • Food year round
  • Contributes to lower prices
  • Not as subject to droughts and pestilence
  • Get food faster
  • More time for other things instead of preparing food
  • Available anytime you want to eat
• Cons
  • Destroys some of the nutrients
  • Removes some of the nutrients
  • Creates toxicity
  • Increased salt and artificial preservatives
  • Food designed around profitability not health
  • Food waste
  • Available anytime you want to eat
  • We are not considering good bacteria in this process of destroying bad bacteria