It alleges that European harmonisation is to blame for cancer-causing nitrites being added to bacon and ham.
Nitrite-cured processed meats have been directly linked to 34,000 cases of bowel cancer every year by the World Health Organisation.
The book has sensationally claimed that nearly half of the EU’s expert scientists, who until January 1 had the power to decide on Britain’s food additive rules, have financial links with the European food industry.
And documents unearthed in the vaults of French archives, prove European “harmonisation” forced France to allow nitrites despite warnings from its own health experts in Paris.
In June 2017, the European Food Safety Authority published two reports on the use of nitrate and nitrite which the books says followed word for word some of the arguments articulated by the nitro-meat industry.
Posted on January 10th, 2021
The sunshine drug: vitamin D is created in the skin’s lower layers through the absorption of sunlight and plays a central role in immune and metabolic function Photograph: Getty Images
It’s cheap, widely available and might help us fend off the virus. So should we all be dosing up on the sunshine nutrient?
In March, as coronavirus deaths in the UK began to mount, two hospitals in northeast England began taking vitamin D readings from patients and prescribing them with extremely high doses of the nutrient. Studies had suggested that having sufficient levels of vitamin D, which is created in the skin’s lower layers through the absorption of sunlight, plays a central role in immune and metabolic function and reduces the risk of certain community-acquired respiratory illnesses. But the conclusions were disputed, and no official guidance existed. When the endocrinology and respiratory units at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals N
In March, as coronavirus deaths in the UK began to mount, two hospitals in northeast England began taking vitamin D readings from patients and prescribing them with extremely high doses of the nutrient. Studies had suggested that having sufficient levels of vitamin D, which is created in the skin’s lower layers through the absorption of sunlight, plays a central role in immune and metabolic function and reduces the risk of certain.
Junk Food Companies Worsen COVID-19 Susceptibility
Sugar, salt, and fat make junk food delicious but undermine our immune systems
Underlying health conditions like obesity, heart disease, and diabetes have emerged as key factors in fatalities due to novel coronavirus, COVID-19. In one study, more than 99 percent of COVID-19 fatalities occurred among people who had underlying medical conditions.
Among the fatalities, 76.1 percent had high blood pressure, 35.5 percent had diabetes and 33 percent had heart disease. What’s more, another study revealed that among 18- to 49-year-olds hospitalized due to COVID-19, obesity was the most prevalent underlying condition, just ahead of hypertension. Chronic conditions like Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and obesity have a lot in common, including the fact that they’re often caused by poor diet.
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