 Consumer Reports recently released a condensed summary of 6 misleading food labels. The information was eye opening. For example, when people see “no cholesterol” on a peanut butter jar label, what do they typically think? That it’s a good thing, right? But no, wait. Plants don’t have any cholesterol, only animals do. So what’s the term doing on that peanut butter jar? Misleading consumers. It’s been going on for a long time.
In the 1970s, food companies took note of the trend towards “natural foods” that had come out of the early environmental movements that were gaining in popularity. At the time, that term was used to distinguish between manufactured products and whole foods in their natural state. Soon, the big food companies started slapping that word on just about everything. Processed cheese food was natural. So was breakfast cereal. Crackers. Ketchup. Soup. Cookies. Even additives can be defined as “natural,” a term that’s still used today but means absolutely nothing to the food companies. However, many consumers respond emotionally to it, and it helps sell products. For a more recent example, the ketogenic diet is difficult and potentially dangerous, is meant to be short term, and should only be undertaken with professional guidance. It’s a diet that has limited appeal. But “keto” is another one of those terms that a certain percentage of Americans feel is healthful, and manufacturers are slapping it on highly processed, basically unhealthy products. We trust that the 6 misleading labels summary from Consumer Reports will be helpful not only when shopping for those kinds of items, but will inspire more scrutiny of all the food products we consume. Click to read the Consumer Reports article
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There are two basic specialties that deal with mental and emotional conditions, psychologists who primarily use talk therapy, and psychiatrists, who are MDs and typically prescribe pharmaceutical drugs to alleviate symptoms. About a month ago on Facebook Live, Dr. Taketa-Wong hosted a remarkable holistic psychiatrist that prefers to avoid prescribing drugs for his patients. Dr. Erik Shipley incorporates advanced brain health techniques and also considers the role that a patient’s medical issues could play.
In this eye-opening video, Dr. Shipley reveals how patients can be helped by TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation. TMS is an advanced, cutting edge technology that uses magnetic fields to stimulate the nerve cells in the brain that are involved in mood control and much more. Results are often very impressive. Even military members with PTSD have achieved good results. Dr. Shipley is board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry and general psychiatry and is a specialist with Brain Health Hawaii. He treats disorders such as depression, anxiety, autism spectrum, trauma, PTSD, and many others. Different regions of the brain have certain rhythms, like the heart has a beat. “It’s like a symphony with its different sections,” said Dr. Shipley. “The advanced TMS technology can measure the beat of each section. Because the brain’s circuits are electrical, a magnetic field can get each section of the brain beating in the same rhythm. Then the symptoms that people experience as fatigue or anxiety or depression can resolve without the need for drugs. Children with ADHD especially like it because they can avoid the personality changes that drugs can cause.” |
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