By Lewis Perdue “Whether it’s from plastic water bottles or all of the things that we eat that are packed in plastic that absorb a lot of those chemicals from the plastic wrapping, even in organic food that is stamped [organic] the BPAs travel through the plastic.” — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Children’s Defense […]
FROM SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: “Most foods as purchased and consumed are processed to some extent. For this reason, accounts that are critical of ‘processed food’ are not useful — From: “Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them.” — journal of Public Health Nutrition: 22(5), 936–941 “Diets restricted to unprocessed food would be less diverse and […]
BIG DISCONNECT — In the United States acetaldehyde is commonly added to many foods and beverages because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers it an ingredient that is “Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS). (use CTRL+F to search the list at the link). Acetaldehyde is also a permitted food additive in China and a designated […]
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By Lewis PerdueChief Scientist and ChairmanCenter for Research on Environmental Chemicals in HumansThis article is copyright 2024. Please Email the author if you wish to republish this entire article. Updated, January 15, 2024 THE BIG PICTURE — A Dry January or Mediterranean Diet can be a useful exercises for those who feel they have need […]
Not everyone has the ability to easily and quickly metabolize Acetaldehyde into harmless acetates. Approximately 560 million people in the world, mostly of East Asian descent, experience an unpleasant reaction commonly called the “Asian Flush.” People with these polymorphisms experience unpleasant symptoms when they drink alcohol. Symptoms include reddening of skin on the face, neck […]
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Dairy has many opportunities for plastic contamination For dairy products, we created an ultra-strict sourcing protocol that assumed that the introduction of plastic chemicals into the dairy food chain begins with the milking process. That strict protocol had to be drastically altered will be described below. To consumers, the most obvious connection between plastic and […]
Revised Protocol: UCSF IRB/CHR Number: 15-17703 November 14, 2018 Approved by IRB/CHR Co-Principal Investigators: W. Lewis Perdue, Dr. Victor I. Reus MD Study Title: Clinical blood profile assays as biomarkers to directly assess potential health effects resulting from the controlled elimination of suspected dietary and environmental chemical toxins. This study is the first […]