Guest guest Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 The major producer of Brazil Nuts is now Bolivia. Bolivia is adjacent to the rain forest of South America. http://www.new-ag.info/focus/focusItem.php?a=1083 quote: " Deep in the remote northern part of the Amazon forest in Pando, Bolivia, the air is thick with anticipation, as thousands of people pour into the rainforest from their villages. For three months of the year the Brazil nut causes a stir, as harvesting the region's most important cash crop begins. Brazil nut trees can reach fifty metres in height, and grow in the rainforests of Bolivia, Peru and Brazil. " And it is not likely that your Brazil Nuts are grown in the U.S. as: quote: " Brazil nuts come from the Brazil nut tree, and are grown in a complicated process that involves a particular type of bee and flowering plants. Because of this, it is not economically viable to grow Brazil nuts on farms or plantations...Brazil nut trees grow primarily in Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru. " (all in South (not central) America. Dee > > > > I take 2 brazil nuts a day for selenium... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 thanks Delores for the info on brazil nuts...I'll continue taking them From: Dolores <dgk@...> Subject: Re: Brazil Nuts Coconut Oil Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 10:07 AM Â The major producer of Brazil Nuts is now Bolivia. Bolivia is adjacent to the rain forest of South America. http://www.new-ag.info/focus/focusItem.php?a=1083 quote: " Deep in the remote northern part of the Amazon forest in Pando, Bolivia, the air is thick with anticipation, as thousands of people pour into the rainforest from their villages. For three months of the year the Brazil nut causes a stir, as harvesting the region's most important cash crop begins. Brazil nut trees can reach fifty metres in height, and grow in the rainforests of Bolivia, Peru and Brazil. " And it is not likely that your Brazil Nuts are grown in the U.S. as: quote: " Brazil nuts come from the Brazil nut tree, and are grown in a complicated process that involves a particular type of bee and flowering plants. Because of this, it is not economically viable to grow Brazil nuts on farms or plantations...Brazil nut trees grow primarily in Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru. " (all in South (not central) America. Dee > > > > I take 2 brazil nuts a day for selenium... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Roni, You wrote: > You avoid Brazil nuts but think the radiation from a CT scan is nothing with > which to be concerned? This does not compute with me, Chuck. I avoid random CT scans, too, unless there is a medical reason for it. There is no medical benefit from eating Brazil nuts. But, run the numbers. A CT scan is the equivalent of a sequence of X-ray snapshots. Since most of the radiation goes right through you without interacting, the total dose is around 10 mSv or about 1 rad. The relative biological effectiveness of X-rays is 1, so this translates to 1 rem. For foods, try the numbers here: http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/natural.htm The 7,000 pCi of radium in each kg of Brazil nuts accumulates in your bones. (Also 5.6 pCi of K-40/kg) Each daughter in the radium decay chain is also an alpha emitter. Moreover, these alpha emitters are inside you. 100% of the radiation energy from these alpha decays is deposited in your tissue, and these nuclides also emit beta and gamma radiation. And, the relative biological effectiveness of alpha particles is 20 rather than 1. Thus, the radium in just 100 Brazil nuts could easily double your body's committed radium burden. This would add about 40 mrem to each year that you live. If you live on the order of 50 years afterwards, that is an accumulated effective dose of 0.2 rem, getting close to that for a CT scan. Also, note that the EPA limit for radium in water is 15 pCi per liter. Assuming you drink 2 liters per day, that is a safety limit of 30 pCi per day. Just three Brazil nuts would beat that. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 I was teasing you, but maybe I should try using emoticons next time so you'll know I'm not serious. The info about the radiation is very interesting. I've had a diagnostic mammogram on both breasts, an xray of my sinuses and an xray on my back. Now they want me to have a CT scan on my sinuses, and I think they could get the same or better info from an MRI. Am I wrong? Roni From: " gumboyaya@... " <gumboyaya@...> hypothyroidism Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 10:12 AM Subject: Brazil nuts Roni, You wrote: > You avoid Brazil nuts but think the radiation from a CT scan is nothing with > which to be concerned? This does not compute with me, Chuck. I avoid random CT scans, too, unless there is a medical reason for it. There is no medical benefit from eating Brazil nuts. But, run the numbers. A CT scan is the equivalent of a sequence of X-ray snapshots. Since most of the radiation goes right through you without interacting, the total dose is around 10 mSv or about 1 rad. The relative biological effectiveness of X-rays is 1, so this translates to 1 rem. For foods, try the numbers here: http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/natural.htm The 7,000 pCi of radium in each kg of Brazil nuts accumulates in your bones. (Also 5.6 pCi of K-40/kg) Each daughter in the radium decay chain is also an alpha emitter. Moreover, these alpha emitters are inside you. 100% of the radiation energy from these alpha decays is deposited in your tissue, and these nuclides also emit beta and gamma radiation. And, the relative biological effectiveness of alpha particles is 20 rather than 1. Thus, the radium in just 100 Brazil nuts could easily double your body's committed radium burden. This would add about 40 mrem to each year that you live. If you live on the order of 50 years afterwards, that is an accumulated effective dose of 0.2 rem, getting close to that for a CT scan. Also, note that the EPA limit for radium in water is 15 pCi per liter. Assuming you drink 2 liters per day, that is a safety limit of 30 pCi per day. Just three Brazil nuts would beat that. Chuck ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 Roni, You wrote: > I was teasing you, but maybe I should try using emoticons next time so you'll know I'm not serious.... A professor of mine in grad school overheard his daughter telling a neighbor, " Never ask a physicist a question. He'll tell you much more than you wanted to know. " > Â > ... I think they could get the same or better info from an MRI. Am I wrong? MRI would be much more detailed and sensitive but also much more expensive. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 THANK YOU! This is what I believed to be true. Now I know I can either fight for the MRI or, as my Cardio said, if I don't like the answer I get, change doctors. He's very confidant and very direct. He took a bit of getting used to, but he does know his stuff. Roni From: " gumboyaya@... " <gumboyaya@...> hypothyroidism Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 7:57 PM Subject: Re: Brazil nuts Roni, You wrote: > I was teasing you, but maybe I should try using emoticons next time so you'll know I'm not serious.... A professor of mine in grad school overheard his daughter telling a neighbor, " Never ask a physicist a question. He'll tell you much more than you wanted to know. " > > ... I think they could get the same or better info from an MRI. Am I wrong? MRI would be much more detailed and sensitive but also much more expensive. Chuck ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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