Diet for a Poisoned Planet by David Steinman

Cris Bisch
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Clearly the continuing rise of cancer parallels the increase of toxins in our external and internal environments: hazardous chemicals and synthetics manufactured into products, crowding our personal space with airborne poisons, and tainting our food supply.

I've made it my mission these past number of months to optimize my health, and prevent my chances of getting cancer, or any other disease for that matter, by talking to others, perusing and reading as many recommended books as I can about food, product and environmental safety. I lost my father to lung cancer that metastasized in his brain, this past year. My dearest friend is undergoing invasive surgery and treatments to be free from breast and lymph node cancer right now.

David Steinman's 2007 book, his second edition of his 1990 "Diet for a Poisoned Planet," is intended to help us avoid exposing ourselves and our family to high levels of carcinogens and toxins, providing evaluation tools and guidance to head us in the right direction towards a healthier lifestyle that will improve our quality of life and hopefully length of years to live a full and vital life.

Here's just one example why we need to pay very close attention, and fine-tune our awareness about what's in our food. Recently, I was in Wild Oats over in Bend, Oregon. I stared to bag some delicious apples to take to share with my mother, until I noticed a round label with minuscule print. It took some effort to read the word "shellac". Sheesh, I said out loud! On page 71, of Diet for a Poisoned Planet, Steinman explains that waxing or shellacking of fruits and vegetables to improve color will expose us to fungicides, pesticides, carcinogens and neurotoxins. The details are startling, and many markets fail to be in compliance with the Federal laws that mandate disclosure of the wax and shellac coatings on their produce, on the food we are about to eat. Triple Sheesh!

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