jennifer lucas, msn, rn, fnp-bc loyola university chicago
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Why Are We So Sick?
Jennifer Lucas, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Loyola University Chicago
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” -Hippocrates
Overview
• Illnesses•Case Study•Current Guidelines•What’s in Food•Two Types of Gardens•Pesticides•Two Types of Farms•Growth Hormones•Know Your Sources
Conditions and Diseases•Diabetes•Heart Disease•Cancer •Hypertension•High Cholesterol•Thyroid Conditions •Fatty Liver Disease•Sleep Apnea •Gallbladder Disease
Kevin and Lauren Visit the Clinic
8 year-old male• Stomach pains• #7 for dinner
28 year-old female• Stomach pains• Bacteria and food
intolerances
Decrease Illness: Decrease Weight Current
Guidelines
• Calories• Fat• Sugar• Serving size• Fruits and
vegetables
What’s in Food that is Making Us Sick?
•Antibiotics•Aspartame•BPA •Corn•Dyes•Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s)•Mercury and PCB’s•MSG•Nitrates•Pink Slime•Pesticides, insecticides•Preservatives, additives, artificial flavors• rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone)
Today’s Session: Top Two
Pesticides• Fruits• Vegetables• Meat• Dairy
Growth Hormones (rBGH)• Meat• Dairy
Two Types of Gardens
Family Garden Monoculture
Pesticides• Pesticides are toxic
•Designed to kill insects, plants, fungi • Pesticides on food
• Absorbed through lungs or skin, consumed through foods
• Pesticides in food
•GMO seed• Health Consequences
•Nervous System• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) •Cancer
www.panna.org
Two Types of Farms: Cows
Family Farm Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
(CAFOs)
Cow Feed
• Family Farm Cow Diet• Herbivores (grass)• No supplements, drugs, hormones, additives
• 4-5 years old to reach slaughter weight
• CAFO Cow Diet• Corn, grains• Antibiotics, growth
hormones (rBGH)
• 14-16 months to reach slaughter weight
Literature
Daley, Abbott, Doyle, Nader, & Larson (2010)
• Grass fed cattle have meat lower in total fat
• Grass fed cattle have better omega 6 to omega 3 ratio
• Grass fed cattle have glutathione (GT)
Daley, C., Abbott, A., Doyle, P., Nader, G., & Larson, S. (2010). A review of fatty acid profiles and antioxidant content in grass-fed and grain-fed beef. Nutrition Journal, 9:10, 1-12.
Growth Hormones (rBGH)• Cows• Grow faster• Produce more milk
• Products• Beef • Dairy
• Health Consequences• Disrupt hormone balances• Developmental problems• Reproductive system problems• Cancers: breast, prostate, colon
Know Your Sources
• Shop Beyond the Grocery Store• Community Supported Agriculture• Farmers Market
• Reconnect with Food• Grow Something
• Know Your Farmer• Ask Questions
Fruits and Vegetables (Environmental Working Group)
www.ewg.org/foodnews
Decoding Fruits and Vegetables
• Codes: View the stickers on fruits and vegetables
• 5 digit number, starting with 9: Organic
• 4 digit number: Non-Organic, grown with use of pesticides • 5 digit number, starting with 8:
Genetically Engineeredwww.ewg.org
What’s on my food?
www.whatsonmyfood.org
Dairy (Cornucopia Institute)
www.cornucopia.org
Dairy Products without rBGH
www.centerforfoodsafety.org
USDA: Know Your Farmer
www.usda.gov
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
• Your Share • Across the Country
Improving Health…One Plate at a Time
• Awareness
• Food Knowledge
• Planning
• Action
Food as Medicine
References
Center for Disease Control (October 2012). Retrieved March 20, 2013, from http://cdc.gov
Center for Food Safety (March 2012). Retrieved March 20, 2013, from http://centerforfoodsafety.org
Cornucopia Institute (September 2010). Retrieved March 20, 2013, from http://cornucopia.org
Daley, C., Abbott, A., Doyle, P., Nader, G., & Larson, S. (2010). A review of fatty acid profiles and antioxidant content in grass-fed and grain-fed beef. Nutrition Journal, 9:10, 1-12.
Environmental Working Group (January 2012). Retrieved March 20, 2013, from http://ewg.org
Green Polka Dot Box (September 2011). Retrieved March 21, 2013, from http://greenpolkadotbox.com
Local Harvest (March 2012). Retrieved March 22, 2013, from http://localharvest.org
My Plate (June 2011). Retrieved September 22, 2012, from http://choosemyplate.gov
Pesticide Action Network (2009). Retrieved March 21, 2013, from http://panna.org
Prevent Cancer Coalition (2011). Retrieved March 18, 2012, from http://preventcancer.com
The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World's Food Supply Marie-Monique Robin (2010)
United States Department of Agriculture (2012). Retrieved March 21, 2013, from http://usda.gov
What’s On My Food (2011). Retried March 20, 2013, from http://whatsonmyfood.org