whats on my food

WHATS ON MY FOOD
this website called  www.whatsonmyfood.org was discovered while
doing a followup reading on the potato experiment from last weeks
blog
that posting was bothersome as the potatoes that werent organic
would not grow a vine but the organic one would

so i went to this website
clicked on apples because i eat an apple a day
as it keeps the doctors away

there was a list of 42 chemicals added to the apples
number one was thiabendazole
that word looks so familiar

i know where i recognize that word
when my wife she was in graduate school i worked as
a research assistant for a parasitologist
who was studying parasites in cattle and goats
we use to give that medicine to them to kill round worms

so if i eat apples then i wont get roundworms
the legend shows it to be carcinogenic and to possibly
be a reproductive and developmental toxin

what about carrots
well there are only 26 pesticides found on carrots
whew
not as many on carrots as apples
at least thats what the fda says

lets see most have linuron on them
its slighly toxic to birds and aquatic life
wonder if its the one that makes those frogs have 5 legs and three eyes
but its ok for us to ingest it
wonder what it does to a rapidly growing baby or infant

ok
one more
lets see what it says about taters
looks like there are 37 chemicals found on them
yep theres that chlorpham (chlorphane) that little girl did her video on
its number one
then theres that thiabendazole
guess if you all this stuff you wont get worms any more
then theres all those letters and numbers that dont sound good
2,4-d, dde-pp', dcpa, and pcb
wait pcb
wasnt that banned years ago
pcb is on our taters too
thats scary
if its got all those letters and numbers thats not good either

sorry i couldnt help it
when i went shopping i went straight to the organic section
and bought all my fruits and vegetables
and went out to my garden and pulled my pesticide free
organically grown veggies

this stuff on our foods cant be good for us and our kids and our pets

the organicgreen doctor

thats siri

THATS SIRI
havent talked to siri yet as i dont have an iphone 4s
but have seen video of people who have one and who talk
to her
wonder where her name came from
is she indian
or is her name just abbreviation for something
even google cant seem to answer that one

guess that will be the name of the future for kids
siri
she sure is smart
just dont talk bad to her or shell let you know
sometimes people forget they are not talking to a
real person

the other day i called one of the megabanks to make sure
they had received the final payment on my house mortgage
the person i talked to said yes it had been paid for
and i would be receiving documentation later

i asked her hows the weather there by the way
thats when i realized i was really talking to siris sister
and not a live human being

may have to get me a siri phone

because of siri the volume of usage of the iphones has
increased dramatically so there is more data use than before

so has the use of the web to watch videos and movies
of course those cable folks are figuring out ways
to make money on us as we use more
they are like drug dealers
they have us hooked

they will be charging us based on how much data we
download

we use verizon wireless as we live just beyond anything
that works faster
they hit us with extra charges each month if we go over their
limits
we dont download any videos or movies at all
but easily go over our limits each month

think these guys will be like the megabanks and will stick
it too us as we dont really have much choice except to
give up the internet

dont think that will happen any time soon
just bend over

the organicgreen doctor

scans, post video, post visit, workup

SCANS
tried to post a beta amyloid pet scan of a patient with
mild cognitive impairment yesterday on facebook
that would not post so im posting it here

the red stuff is not suppose to be there
this is actually from a patient with alzheimers disease
but a patient with mild cognitive impairment who has
advanced some will look similar to this

that red stuff is beta amyloid
thats what is thought to be the cause or the end result
of whatever is causing alzheimers disease

if we can stop this deposition of the beta amyloid in the
brain or remove it early with meds or a vaccine then we
will be getting somewhere in the prevention and cure and
treatment of the big A

this is a glucose metabolism  pet scan

the red stuff in this scan is suppose to be there
its radioactively labelled glucose
the more the merrier
in mild cognitive impairment its reduced
and in the big A its even reduced more
the brain cells that are damaged cant metabolize
glucose well so they start dying

the other scan that is done is the volumetric mri


on the right is a normal beta amyloid with a normal
volumetric mri (vmri)
on the left is the abnormal beta amyloid with the red stuff
and just below this is an abnormal volumetric mri
with increase size to the ventricles in the middle that looks
like a bird in flight and the decrease in the hippocampal area
on the under surface of the brain
-the hallmarks of early alzheimers disease or mild cognitive impairment

these then are the three scans that i am aware of that are used
in working up alzheirmers disease or cognitive problems
the beta amyloid scan is only available in research centers but will
be available elsewhere in the next two years if the fda approves it

the volumetric mri and the glucose metabolism pet scan can be done
at many radiological centers now

hope this is helpful to those of you that have asked about them

POST VIDEO
taping the video was fun
dang sure was a lot of retakes
hate to see what it would be like to do a movie
the video staff taped an interview with me then with the doctor
i see doing an office visit with me then with the research director
doing an intake interview with me and then with the testing person
doing part of the neuropsychological testing (asked them to do
the part that i could do correctly)
this is will eventually be on their new updated website
will post it when its all completed

POST VISIT
am sure they hate to see doctors as patients
know i hate being one
theres no changes in my medications and will do
a follow up in 6 months
not much to report

WORKUP
a close relative of mine has decided to undergo an evaluation
mainly as a baseline for future reference
the relative took the article that was written about my situation
to the doctors visit
she is now having an evaluation done that sounds like its everything
that should be done to evaluate someone

this is probably a good idea since
the relative is probably at a higher risk than most people because of
our shared genetic history
remember most cases of alzheimers ARE NOT genetic
it just happens that it probably is in our families genes

the earlier this is picked up
the earlier medication and preventative stuff can be done (we all should
be doing those things anyway)
the medications can delay things for awhile
it gives us time with our families
and in my case i savour each day
which i may not have been doing if i didnt know

good luck with the evaluation

the organicgreen doctor