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Chemicals and Obesity: What if it isn't all your fault?
October 19, 2009 Karen Vaughan, L.Ac., Registered Herbalist (AHG)	15 Comments
As someone who was around in the '50s and '60s when there was less obesity, I have to tell you that diets were not that good. TV dinners, Wonder bread, instant mashed potatoes, fish-sticks and whole milk predominated and vegetables tended towards the overcooked. Food was cooked in Crisco, full of trans fats, and cotton seed oils. Fresh vegetables came in during the late 60s, but predominated on the coasts. There was less soda and no high fructose corn syrup, and portion sizes were somewhat smaller, but the caloric difference may not be enough to explain why we have an epidemic of infant obesity today that we didn't then. And I doubt that the babies today are doing any less exercise, although their older siblings may be indoors on computers more instead of riding bikes.
While diets included a lot more fresh vegetables after the 1960s and mothers showed an increased willingness to breastfeed, obesity rates increased. And not just in couch-potato adults or fast food addicts. The Harvard School of Public Health reported in 2006 that the prevalence of obesity in infants under 6 months had risen 73 percent since 1980. You need to look at more than calories in and calories out when infants start showing up obese.
One thing that has affected all of us, from the developing embryo to the adult is a category of chemicals named obesogens by researcher Bruce Blumberg of the University of California, Irvine. These chemicals mimic hormones and upset the body's homeostasis and disrupt the endocrine system in a way that increases appetites and stores fats. There is evidence that they also affect developing fetuses. Levels have been increasing since the 1950s.
Paula Baillie-Hamilton, a doctor at Stirling University in Scotland wrote in a 1997 article in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, had risen in lockstep with the use of chemicals such as pesticides and plasticizers over the previous 40 years.
The obesogens have two previously unsuspected effects. They act on genes in the developing fetus and newborn to turn more precursor cells into fat cells, which stay with you for life. And they may alter metabolic rate, so that the body hoards calories rather than burning them. If you have an active life style and eat well, you may avoid turning these on, but if you live the "normal" life of 21st century Americans you are likely to end up obese.
The chemicals are fat soluble, which makes them very difficult to excrete, since we evolved to detoxify the water-soluble poisons found in nature. In what may be the only defensible use of Olestra, researchers have used the fake fat to increase excretion of a broad variety of toxins.
The most important obesogens are found in common everyday life and are difficult to avoid unless you really try:
The "plasticizers" phthalates for instance, are ubiquitous. An estimated 1 billion pounds are produced each year worldwide. The Environmental Working Group reports that phthalates are found in toys, food packaging, hoses, raincoats, shower curtains, vinyl flooring, wall coverings, lubricants, adhesives, detergents, perfumes, nail polish, hair spray and shampoo. Even vinyl ICU hoses used for premature babies have been found to contain phthalates.
PCBs have been added to plastics, inks, adhesives, paints, and flame retardants. as well as being used as coolants and lubricants in electric equipment. PCBs are in the air and water, and many people are exposed to them through eating certain fish — especially those highest on the food chain.
Bisphenol A (or BPA) is found in hard plastics, including baby bottles, food-storage containers, water coolers, dental fillings, canned food tins and in sunglasses.
It is estimated that 93 percent of the US population had bisphenol A, a chemical that can be found in canned goods, in hard, clear plastic items such as baby bottles and polycarbonate water bottles, in their body. Mice fed Bisphenol-A during early devolopment in University of Missouri studies grew up to be fatter than those who weren't. Similar studies cited in a government report found fat, feminization of males and greater incidences of breast and prostate cancer. The fat research was replicated in rats at Tufts University. The industry group representing plastic manufacturers declares " scientific evidence shows that bisphenol A . . . does not have any effect on body weight," according to Steven Hentges, its vice president.
A trial in Maine found 100% of people studied had phthalates in their blood.
Blumberg also studied the antifungal agent tributyltin, used in marine paints to keep ship hulls free of barnacles. Female mollusks exposed to the chemical were seen to grow male sex organs. Lab mice exposed to tiny levels of tributyltin during prenatal development became fatter adults than those not given the chemical. "It predisposed them for life," said Blumberg. This chemical gets into sea water and then into the seafood we eat.
The mechanism by which babies born underweight are likely to be fatter later in life, may be like that where undernourished fetuses learn to use fat cells more efficiently and that efficiency gets embedded in their physiology. Researchers suspect the same thing may be taking place with chemical exposures.
If you are pregnant, avoid plastics and pesticides. Use glass or unlined steel water bottles. Clean your house with vinegar or lemon slices. Eat organic food. Use organic soaps and shampoos free from phthalates and natural cosmetics. Leave the area if someone is spraying for insects. Walk away from traffic. Take responsibility for the prenatal environment of your child.
Afterwards, breast feed as long as possible. Use glass baby bottles instead of plastic. Look for phthalate-free and BPA-free plastics and cloth or wooden toys and teething aids. Eat organic and use organic shampoos (or just pure soap and water) to clean with.
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Begley, Sharon. Born to Be Big: Early exposure to common chemicals may be programming kids to be fat. Newsweek. 9/11/09
Biello, David. Consumer Alert: Plastics in Baby Bottles May Pose Health Risk. Scientific American 4/21/08
Chen, JQ, Brown TR. Regulation of energy metabolism pathways by estrogens and estrogenic chemicals and potential implications in obesity associated with increased exposure to endocrine disruptors. Biochimica et biophysica acta. 2009 Jul;1793(7):1128-43. Epub 2009 Apr 5.
Daley, Beth. Is Plastic Making Us Fat? http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2008/01/14/is_plastic_making_us_fat/?page=1 Boston Globe.1/14/2008
Grün F, Blumberg B. Endocrine disrupters as obesogens Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2009 May 25;304(1-2):19-29. Epub 2009 Mar 9. Review. PMID: 19433244 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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National Toxicology Program. NTP Brief on Bisphenol A. 4/14/08 http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/bisphenol /BPADraftBriefVF_04_14_08.pdf
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Karen Vaughan, L.Ac., Registered Herbalist (AHG) says:
And in almost 1% of children who become obese, there is missing DNA. But no evidence that has increased in a meaningful way, creating this epidemic.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091206/ap_on_sc/us_sci_obesity_dna;_ylt=AtrZutHX5si_pRWH9h.CCK.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNTNiaWpkBHBvcwMxMTgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNzdHVkeW1pc3Npbmc-
The Endocrine Society now has a scientific statement on Endocrine Disrupting Hormones. Throw out all your plastics labeled with 3,6 or 7. And never, ever heat plastics, even in the dishwasher, or by putting hot foods into them. Get the glass ones instead.
http://www.endo-society.org/journals/ScientificStatements/upload/EDC_Scientific_Statement.pdf
Obesity and diabetes is a growing problems nowadays. It is caused by todays lifestyle which does not involve lots amount of exercise. Most people are just happy sitting in their office chair and they do not even want to sweat.
Well there is certainly a factor dealing with lifestyle, and exercise can help us modify our genetic and epigenetic heritance. But I don't think it applies to obese 6 months olds.
Also, you can put the gut bacteria from a fat mouse into a thin mouse, and he will be driven to change his eating and will get fat. Or you can give someone a common adenovirus and they will get fat, even if they weren't before. So it isn't all lifestyle.
The endocrine disruptors also lead to ADD: http://blogs.healthfreedomalliance.org/blog/2010/02/02/chemical-exposure-linked-to-attention-deficit-disorder-in-children/
Kaye Abad says:
Obesity is a growing health problem these days because people are too lazy to do some extra exercise and they eat too much. i always exercise and do cardio regularly to maintain a healthy weight.
Pthlates also cause neurological damage to the fetus.
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Jimmy Cruz says:
here in Philippines, obesity is also becoming a problem. More and more children are getting obese due to a lifestyle that is not fully of physical activities. most kids just wants to watch TV, play computer games and surf the net.
Gelly Anderson says:
Obesity and diabetes are becoming more and more of a problem these days. Actually it is easy to avoid being overweight by just having the proper diet and exercise.
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Kid Ink's Guide To His Favourite Tattoos
Watch Kid Ink pick out his favourite tattoos and explain what they mean to him exclusively for Capital XTRA.
When Kid Ink dropped by the Capital XTRA studio we asked him to give us the low down on the hundreds of tattoos that cover his body.
The 'Body Language' rapper happily showed off the map that is his body and picked out for us his six favourite tattoos, from the first one that he ever got to his most meaningful, explaining what they mean to him.
Check out Kid Ink's top six inkings below.
1. 'The Hand'
When we asked Kid Ink to take his top off and choose a handful of his favourite tattoos for us to photograph, without a second thought the first one he picked out was the skeleton bones that covers his hands. Why does he like it so much? Watch the Vine below to find out.
2. 'Stay Humble'
Kid Ink might be covered in tattoos but he has only a few written words on his body. His favourite 'quote' tattoo is on the inside of his right arm and reads 'Stay humble.' He says they are the words you need to live by to get ahead in the game.
3. 'The two people that raised me'
The most prominent tattoos on Kid Ink's body sit on his two pecks and are good size bigger than the rest. They are of his mother and grandfather, the two people that raised him and who he says helped him most in life. Funnily, his grandfather doesn't actually like tattoos, but he said the on of himself is the best tattoo he's ever seen.
4. 'The one that started it all off'
Kid Ink, real name Brian Collins, got his first tattoo at age 16 and his mum accompanied him to the tattoo parlour. Below he picks it out as one of his favourites to this day.
5. 'Public Enemy number one'
Across his back Kid Ink has the name of the iconic hip-hop band 'Public Enemy' written in large red letters, with a pair of eyes sat in between the words. Interesting, when we asked the rapper the meaning behind the tattoo, he didn't mention the hip-hop group, but said that together they represent how he needs to "watch his back."
6. 'Alumni'
Signed to 'Tha Alumni Group,' Kid Ink is clearly a loyal guy as he has the Alumni's 'A' just below his right shoulder.

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Summer has finally hit here in New England. So since it is t-shirt weather, we decided to paint our own. T-shirts were on sale this past week at Joann's (4 for $10) and AC Moore ($2.99). We bought a bunch in different colors for both of us and a few for gifts. I also used my 50% off coupon at Joann's to buy some metallic and glitter fabric paints. Needless to say we will be making some for the various holidays this year. I had seen a few places using freezer paper stencils and read somewhere that contact paper would also work. I also had seen a tutorial in Family Fun Magazine to make your own silk screens so they would be reusable, but I didn't want to invest the money and time into this. Since I had a piece of contact paper cut that wasn't used for its original intention, I went with that. It was so easy! I googled for free stencils and for certain pictures. We had decided we wanted mermaid t-shirts to enter in the Mermaid Project Competition.
So to start I traced the stencils onto the clear contact paper. Then using an Exacto type knife I cut out the portions for each color. (On some of the multi-colored ones if the colors were not too close I would cut them both out of one as to not waste Contact paper.) Then we chose the color for the first part and I put the stencil on the t-shirt with a magazine inbetween the layers of the fabric. We put some paint in a plastic egg carton and Hazel dabbed it on with sponge applicators I bought the last time we painted t-shirts for Valentine's Day.
Hard at work on her mermaid!
The mermaid was the only one we used twice. So we did these together each layer. First we did Hazel's and then I would remove the stencil and put it right on my t-shirt and dab the stencil with a paper towel since I wanted different colors.
We bought Hazel a new sun hat which she loves and she wanted a t-shirt to match it so I copied the fish and used the picture as a stencil. It came out pretty good. The unicorn I want to fix. I let Hazel choose the colors and the white she chose doesn't really show up well and neither does the pink mane and tail. Still thinking about what I will do with it though.
I bought some large farm animal stamps ages ago. Hazel wanted to use the duck one and I let her paint it whatever colors she wanted and as many times as she wanted. She wanted to make a mommy duck, a daddy duck and a baby duck so there are three. This was probably among the easiest method and the one she could basically do by herself!
Then for Father's Day, we made my father a t-shirt. Or at least I should say we started him a t-shirt. We did the front. We will bring it to him and give it to him but when my nephew comes for his visit this summer he will complete the back for him. I will leave him some of the paints to do it. We used Hazel's handprints to make a heart. I saw this idea at Craft Passion.
Hazel put paint on each of her hands and we made handprints. Then I used the paints directly from the bottle and drew the heart around her hands and wrote the words. Hazel calls my dad Pop. My nephew calls him by his first name so his will be different on the back.
We have some more ideas to try, so stay posted for another t-shirt post. Enjoy!
wow they turned out really beautifully. Stencils are such a good idea for kids.
So cute! They came out great! Thanks for sharing at our Pinteresting Party.
Thanks for linking with me.
Very cool!!! Those turned out so pretty!
I think the contact paper idea is brilliant. A stencil that doesn't move. My 4 year old would have fun with this. Maybe I can help her make one for her dad for father's day.
How fun, I love the designs, and all the glittery color! I used to love painting t-shirts, makes me want to go get some fabric paints and get to crafting! :) Hope you all have a nice Father's Day!
these are just darling! thanks again for linking up to tip toe thru tuesday!
So fun! I love the contact paper tip! Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!


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Here's Where to Get Beyoncé's New Album, Lemonade
Let's just get right to it: NEW BEYONCÉ MUSIC IS HERE! That's right—Bey dropped a new visual album, Lemonade, and it's as mind-blowing as you'd expect. Here's everything we know so far.
By Anna Moeslein and Krystin Arneson
New Beyoncé music is here, people! That's right—Bey dropped a new visual album, Lemonade, on Saturday night, and it's about as mind-blowing as you'd expect. Here's what we know and how you can start playing it on repeat.
This is Beyoncé's sixth album and her second visual album. Want to watch it? Here's how you can watch Lemonade on HBO Go and HBO Now. (P.S. ICYMI, the encore is at 8 P.M. EST).
According to Tidal, Lemonade "is a conceptual project based on every woman's journey of self-knowledge and healing." The title is likely a reference to the old adage "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
You can listen to the full album on Tidal. Tidal members get exclusive access to the visual album—and can also stream it offline—but non-members can easily sign up for a one-month trial to experience it. It will also be selling a version to download for $17.99.
You can also buy the album on iTunes. It'll cost you $17.99.
__Lemonade is also now streaming on Pandora.__ According to Pandora, Beyoncé has 5.3 billion spins (that's for all time, not just for Lemonade) on the service. Wow.
This album release is so major, Beyonce even wrote her first tweet since 2013 about it:
There are 12 tracks. Here's the full list (and featured artists!):
Pray You Catch Me
Don't Hurt Yourself (featuring Jack White)
6 Inch (featuring the Weeknd)
Daddy Lessons
Love Drought
Forward (featuring James Blake)
Freedom (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Go forth and download! We'll keep updating this post as more information becomes available.
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