Death By Supermarket (44 page)

magnesium

depletion of,
95

Maher, Bill,
235
,
262

male pattern balding,
190

malnutrition

of excess,
12
,
37

low-calorie dieting and,
173
-
84

obesity and,
37

symptoms of,
190

Mann, George V.,
127
-
28

maple sugar,
38

marketing, drug industry,
227

mastitis, bovine,
149
,
154

McAfee, Mark,
157
,
159
,
229

McAfee Quality Dairy,
159
,
161

McDonald’s,
173
,
259

McGovern, George (D-SD),
121
-
22

McGraw, Phil,
27
,
174
,
266
-
67

meals, timing of,
207

meat “analogs,”
71

medical journals,
116
,
119

membranes, trans fats in,
123

menopause

choices for women,
80
-
81

early,
246

hormone levels in,
246
-
47

symptom relief,
80
-
82

menstrual cycles

age of,
151

disruption of,
80

xenoestrogens and,
150
-
51

Merck,
64
-
65

mercury toxicity,
66
-
67
,
84

metabolic rates,
176

metabolic set points,
176

metabolic syndrome,
29

methanol, in aspartame,
55

micronutrients,
18

Midnight Express
(film),
271
-
72

migrants, weight gain in,
181

military rations,
279

milk

benefits of,
140

clabbered,
160

factory produced,
145
-
57

labeling for rGBH,
155

living,
159
-
69

mammals producing,
168

pseudo-organic,
169

rBGH and production of,
148

Miller, Margaret,
154
,
155
-
56

Million Dollar Baby
(film),
202

minerals

behavioral improvement and,
233

brain health and,
95

stripping from salt,
204

Mirapex,
260
-
61

miso,
84

Moby Dick’s restaurant,
271

molasses,
38

monoglycerides,
24

monounsaturated fats,
102
,
114
,
131

Monsanto,
56
,
69
,
76

Agent Orange,
76

Arthur Anderson Consulting Group and,
87

genetically modified seeds,
87

Michael Friedman at,
156

profits,
156

rBGH and,
153
,
154
-
55

Round Up,
76

Round Up Ready seeds,
76
,
88

mood, neurotransmitters and,
7
-
8

morbid obesity,
180

Morris, Dave,
259

mouthfeel,
4

MSG (monosodium glutamate),
24

addiction to,
45
-
52

additives containing,
48
-
49

in the American diet,
52

endothelial function and,
129

excitotoxicity of,
46
-
47

foods containing,
48

hypothalamic damage and,
59

in soy milk,
91

in soy protein isolate,
90

myasthenia gravis,
7

myocardial infarction,
104
,
128
.
See also
heart disease

Naprosyn,
237

National Cancer Institute (NCI),
24

description of,
157

on low fat diets,
192

SEER database,
58

National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS),
164

National Institutes of Health (NIH),
117

native diets,
102
-
3
,
127
-
28

neurons, migration of,
52

neurotransmitters

breast milk and development of,
94

deactivation of,
49

hormone transport and,
49

imbalances,
7
-
8
,
229
-
30
,
231

mood and,
7
-
8
,
19
,
32

school performance and,
245

New England Journal of Medicine
,
116

The New York Times
,
25
-
26
,
64
,
192

The New Yorker
,
181
-
82

Newsweek
, on lard,
101

Nexium, marketing of,
261

nicotine, addiction to,
20

night eating,
208

Nip/Tuck
(TV show),
150
,
201

no-carb diets,
197

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs),
63

Northrup, Christiane,
76
,
82

Norwalk-like viruses,
138

Nourishing Traditions
(Fallon),
95

nutraceuticals

definition of,
182

FDA’s role in,
224
,
225

marketing of,
266
-
67

NutraSweet Company,
56

Nutrisystem meals,
178

Nutri-Grain Yogurt Bars,
24

nutrition, as “standard of care,”
10
-
11

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
(Price),
102

nutritional education,
116
,
117

nutritional information,
116

nutritional rehabilitation,
177
-
78

nutritional value, food from CAFOs,
5

obesity

aspartate intake and,
59

in children,
271
-
72

costs of,
280

factors related to,
10

malnutrition and,
178

malnutrition of excess and,
12
,
37

MSG intake and,
59

as the norm,
271
-
72

stereotypes,
271
-
72

in the U.S.,
5

obesogens,
179
-
80

The Okinawa Diet Plan
(Wilcox),
85

The Okinawa Program
(Wilcox),
77
,
78

Olean,
257

olestra,
257

olive oil,
114

Olney, John W.,
46
-
47
,
55
,
58

omega-6 (linoleic acid),
112
-
13

omega-3 (linolenic acid),
112
,
113
,
233
,
236

organic foods

limitations of,
168

marketing of,
254

price of,
279
-
80

Organic Pastures Dairy Company,
163
,
229

Organic Pastures farm,
161
-
62

Ornish, Dean,
263

osteopathy,
234

osteoporosis,
237
-
38

over-the-counter (OTC) drugs

for constipation,
236

FDA approved,
66

use of,
223

Over the Edge of the World
(Bergreen),
131
-
32

oxidation, free radicals and,
50

Paleolithic diet,
22

pancreas,
20
,
190

papad
franchises,
22

Parkinson’s disease,
51

Parra, Nicole,
165

Pasteur, Louis,
9
,
10
,
146

pasteurization,
147
,
149
,
160

Pasteurized Milk Ordinance,
164

Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich,
31

PBS Online New Hour
,
66

peer-reviewed journals,
117

penicillin G,
149

People
magazine,
102

Peoples, Eric,
258

Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act,
258
-
59

pesticides,
149

Pfizer,
64

pharmaceutical industry,
227
-
47

lobbying by,
69
-
70

marketing by,
213
-
22

sales representatives for,
116

pharmaceuticals, obesity and,
10

phenylalanine,
55

phosphoric acid,
110

physicians

continuing education for,
116

credibility of,
263

The Physiology of Taste
(Brillat-Savarin),
195

phytic acid,
95

phytoestrogens

effects of,
79

hypothyroidism and,
83
-
84

in soybeans,
79
,
151

types of,
97

Pigafetta, Antonio,
132

platelets, stickiness of,
123

Plavix, marketing of,
260

Plymouth colony,
145

politics, lobbyists and,
37

polyphenol, contamination by,
39

polyunsaturated fats,
102

description of,
109
-
14

dietary benefits of,
131

heart disease and,
106

heat-processed,
245

ideal dietary ratio of,
112

processing of,
109

sources of,
107
,
113
-
14

vegetable oils,
101

Pope, Alexander,
106

portion control theories,
173
-
74

Post,
23

Post Grape-Nuts,
201

Pottenger, Francis,
103
-
4
,
235

poverty, nutrition and,
279

Pravachol,
242

precocious puberty,
7
.
See also
premature puberty

body fat and,
152

xenoestrogens and,
152

pregnancy

aspartate during,
51

diet during,
19
-
20
,
95
-
96

maternal diet during,
230

MSG during,
51

Premarin,
246

premature puberty,
80
.
See also
precocious puberty

Prempro,
81

preservatives, in snack foods,
207

Preventative Medicine Research Institute,
263

Price, Weston A.,
102
-
3
,
127

on dietary fats,
132
,
186

dying words of,
167

on historical diets,
140

on milk,
146

on native diets,
110

“prime slime,”
126

prion proteins,
136
-
38

prisons, Americans in,
32

Procter & Gamble,
257
-
58

product placement ads,
262
-
63

progesterone replacement therapy,
235

propaganda,
251
-
52

prostate gland, rGBH and,
153

protein

in a balanced diet,
202

diets low in,
190

function of,
133

sources of,
133

The Protein Power Lifeplan
(Eades and Eades),
112
,
191

Protein Technologies International,
78

Prozac,
68
,
219

Prudent Diet (AHA),
111

Prusiner, Stanley,
136
-
37

psychiatric drugs,
67
-
68
.
See also specific drugs

puberty, age of,
150
-
51

Puritanism,
106

radiation, obesity and,
10

Randy’s Donuts,
261

Rapadura,
38

Ravnskov, Uffe,
191
-
92

raw milk,
159
-
69

California standard for,
164

coliforms in,
165

content of,
162

sale of,
279
-
80

Raw Milk Program (RAMP),
165
-
66

rBGH.
See
bovine growth hormone, recombinant (rBGH)

Reagan, Ronald,
55

real food, definition of,
5

real food diets,
201
-
8

realmilk.com
,
169

Requip,
261

research, funding for,
118
-
19