In light of the recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO) which revealed that bacon, sausages and other processed foods can cause cancer, dietitian Elenore Lambert has called on citizens to choose healthy local foods over processed ones.
According WHO, the consumption of processed meats like hot dogs, sausages and bacon can cause colorectal cancer in humans, and red meat is also a likely cause of the disease, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) adding that there is a connection between eating red meat and pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer.
Lambert is encouraging residents to choose local chicken and fresh fish instead of processed foods.
“It is not something that people don’t know,” she noted. “Everybody has a choice but people make their choices and stand the consequences of their choices. We importing foods and we have nice fresh foods here. People want to eat imported foods, what can you do? Can you beat them?”
She added, “Really we have to look out all these things are going in our food supply…because we are not going to have enough nurses and doctors to deal with sickness.”
Lambert is also pointing out that parents also has the responsibility to put proper menus in place for their children.
The Dietitian, in addition, mentioned that Styrofoam containers are also carcinogenic that should be avoided and persons should exercise more.
Meantime she pointed out that while she is not forcing the authorities to appoint members to serve on the Dominica Food and Nutrition Council, with the rise in many illnesses relating to nutrition, it may be time to do so.
“We need education, that’s why I believe the food and nutrition council should get going but I cannot force anybody,” Lambert, who is a former Chairperson of the council, said. “The council should meet, but if they haven’t appointed a council, then the council cannot meet. I don’t know what the hold is up.”
The council consists of persons from health, education, community development and private sector, and the term for the last council ended in December 2014.
This recent WHO report caused panic across Canada. To borrow an expression it can be called an inconvenient truth. Obviously it was based upon study after study so I do not think we can afford to ignore it.
I am glad DNO picked up on it and brought it to the attention of Dominicans even in the diaspora and others around the world. Dietitian Elenore Lambert has done the public a big favor. Thank you Elenore!
A problem is beginning to surface. Every new study seems to take something away from us. These are all foods I enjoy. Ever get the feeling that soon there will be nothing left we can eat?
Please give us more life saving information on healthy alternatives. Even if you have to keep repeating yourself. Continue publishing the facts until they sink in. I know I will be making some changes in my own diet. Hope I am not too late!
Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.
Wow wow wow! So many Doctors on this panel. Seem like they are all specialized in the same field. I say they are all CRAZY. I just eat and give God thanks. Who’s gonna live forever down here?
The dietitian could advise the populace without being so sarcastic. While I agree everyone’s health is their personal responsibility, when an individual heads to the market or supermarket what guides their choices most of the time is disposable income. So many varying points of view. Am I to understand that our local red meats should not be consumed? Everyday is a different report not sure what to believe. Today something is the best since slice bread, tomorrow it is the worst.
The best thing to do is to eat in moderation. You know, too much of one thing is good for nothing. One does not have to eat a plate-full or a belly-full to be satisfied. Instead of sweets or cakes, eat some fruits for dessert.
Do you know what my favorite dessert is? If I have any, my preference is jello and fruit cocktail. Just a little. Why? Because it is light. You can make your own fruit cocktail.
We cannot go wrong eating healthily.
“my preference is jello and fruit cocktail.”(Facts).
Facts, I do not know about this fruit cocktail thing, however, just in case you do not know that and jello might be a very bad combination since “jello” is a product the swine “pig meat” to be precise Jelly is nothing more than all pig fat!
Research it Facts, that will kill you; you might as well eat sweetened and lard, because there isn’t much difference in jello, and lard, the one used for shortening!
Francisco to me The Dietitian, saying to eat local because processed foods causing cancer, and not specifically about fat and its effects on the body, and since wen natural sugars in fruits harmful to d body, is artificial sugars that is most dangerous to d body not natural sugars found in foods,
Guy, I understand everything that the person said; I am not as dumb as some people would have you believe. The processed meats he/she is talking about are not manufactured in Dominica, so the simplest thing to do is prevent the importation of such products. I know he is talking about the preservatives, and chemicals in such products!
The reality is; some people may eat as much as they wish, and will never developed cancer. Eery human alive has cancer cell in their body; nevertheless, everybody do not develop cancer.
However, when one condemns one thing, and shows a photograph of what they construed is best to consume, he/she could be on a promotion of foods that are as harmful as that which he condemns. Starch breaks down into carbohydrate, which ultimately breaks down into glucose (sugar) then glycogen, by now you should know the effects of glucose and sodium in the human body!
Why do you believe there are so many people in Dominica suffering from diabetes? All due to some…
However, when you advised people to eat local chicken, you need to tell them to remove the skin, and extract all the fat from the meat. Some fish has very high contents fat resulting in high cholesterol, if you are a dietician advise people in the appropriate way!
When you encourage people to eat locally grown food, you need to warn them of the high contents of starch in pumpkin, squash bananas, Yam Tanya, Dasheen Sweet potato’s and like products, especially in a country as ours where people are prone to diabetes.
Lean red meat can be eaten, however in moderation, as red meat contains protein which the body requires!
Where it pertains to fruits, they all contain high levels of sugar, such are killing our people, you had better advise that the population concentrate on dishes which comprise of yellow red, and green Bell-peppers, cabbage, cucumbers, green beans tomato’s anything leafy!
“Eight of the nine doctors on the panel that developed the new cholesterol guidelines had been making money from the drug companies that manufacture statin cholesterol-lowering drugs”
USAToday.com October 16, 2004
If that’s your opinion; I crown you the most notorious fool of the century! In that event learn this: a steroid alcohol found in animal fat, and oils, bile, blood, brain tissue, milk, egg yolk, myelin sheaths of nerve fibers, liver, kidneys, and adrenal glands: Since I believe you will not totally understand it all I will not waste my time.
I will simply inform you that, in general, as the total cholesterol level rise above 150 mg/dl, the risk for coronary artery disease gradually increase. Persons with cholesterol levels above 260 mg/dl will require medication to lower their LDL levels, and reduce the risk of heart disease. Note: when talking about heart disease, you can anticipate heart attacks, and stroke, in addition to an aneurysm in your brain!
Increased levels of cholesterol in the blood are found in cardiovascular disease, and atherosclerosis, obstructive jaundice, hypothyroidism, nephrosis, and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. Cholesterol exists in both a free, and…
Cholesterol exists in both a free, and esterified form; the ratio of free to esterified cholesterol is significant in the diagnosis of certain diseases; i. e., there is a markedly abnormal ratio of these two forms of cholesterol in hepatic biliary disease, infectious diseases, and extreme cholesterolemia!
It is one thing to believe anything when one do not know, nevertheless, it is nonsense to write comments when you do not know what the heck you are talking about.
STFU
This country has become much poorer and stubborn over the last 15 yrs and as a result it has become and will only worsen when it comes to healthy choices.farmers the few that are left come in to Roseau with their supplies what the haition brothers 7 sisters did not buy to o their huckstering sell and then before they return from whence they sprang(villages) they pass by Nassief\’s KFC and ram it down( the imported fowl and soda.
When the ignorant ,those who think they are too bz to stop and think of what they are consuming get real hungry what do we expect? The shirtless ones don\’t think they just grab what they can get.
Fete! The real facts wanted to outdo the nutritionist Lambert -Douglas (or the other way around)
You seem to think that you know more about nutrition than a dietitian does, but I don’t find that.
Shellfish is usually worse for one’s cholesterol than fish is, although thanks to decades of pollution both can have mercury, particularly predatory fish like swordfish. Either way, the idea one needs meat of any kind for protein is a myth: there’s more protein in 100 calories of broccoli than in 100 calories of beef.
Yes, vegetables have starch and fruits have sugar, but both still typically have a lower glycemic index than those boxed and tinned foods that are loaded with processed sugar and starch. It’s not really dasheen and bananas that are causing diabetes, it’s obesity from eating too much and exercising too little. (Bad habits to which I admit I myself am not immune.)
Steve I do not know if that is in response to my comments, if it is, be informed; learning, and education do not belong to any special group of people: that may be the impression in Dominica. I have more medical knowledge than any practicing dietitian!
In the first place, a dietitian is one concerned with the promotion of good health through proper diet, and with the therapeutic use of diet in the treatment of disease. The dietitian may work in variety of setting, including hospitals and other health care agencies, schools, hotels, and other commercial institutions where his/her duties are primarily administrative, or they may choose to enter the field of education and research, some operate independently, either as consultants or private practitioners in the area of therapeutic dietetics.
I am above that in the field of medicine okay!
The only educational requirement for that is a bachelor’s degree; not even a Ph.D, with a major in foods, and nutrition or institutional…
The only educational requirement for that is a bachelor’s degree; not even a Ph.D, with a major in foods, and nutrition or institutional management is the minimal educational requirement for a dietitian.
So, whereas I am not an authority on anything, I can draw circles around some of those people where it pertains to the crap they are talking!
“Yes, vegetables have starch and fruits have sugar, but both still typically have a lower glycemic index than those boxed and tinned foods that are”(Steve).
Steve, as you know the script has to be short in order to get it all in on DNO. And so I could not ask you last time to explain to me and those who has some form of medical background when you talk about glycemic index.
I am open for learning, hence I would like you to elaborate on what you term glycemic index.
I know about hypoglycemia, and hyperglycemia, so do not waste your time on that fill me in on glycemic index! I did not get that in college!
Francisco:
Stop processed meats from coming into the country? Then people will eat more local red meat!
We need information on what produce – veggies and fruits) – are not loaded with natural sugar and what can provide the nutrition we will need to replace the meat we will not be eating. Does fish and fowl provide sufficient protein? Some food companies are adding sugar to these canned products to sell more. We need somebody to create and market soybean meat substitutes. Exploit the potential of the humble soybean
Thank you Francisco for all the information. It is worthy of study.
Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.
Actually, while some fish may be lower in fat, one have to be selective with the type of fish they eat, where it pertains to protein, that can be obtained from simple staples such as green beans, and a few otheres, it is always better to concentrate on the green products, anything from the leafy.
Human nature is as such, we crave certain foods, if you say to someone do not eat certain foods, they will eat it anyway; so the best thing to suggest is eat anything, however, eat in less than moderation.
The process meats, sausage, and the rest should be avoid, pure turkey is better than chicken though chicken taste better, the reason chicken taste better is due to the high contents of fat. That is why it is encourage to eat skinless chicken, a lot of different products cause cancer: i. e. decaffeinated coffee, they extract the caffeine which affects the heart, however, the chemical used to remove the caffeine causes cancer too.