After Chernobyl (which means Wormwood, in Russian), there was a huge uptick in bad nuclear isotopes finding their way into the milk and meat of grazing animals. Once released, its hard to get that genie back into the bottle.
When cesium and other isotopes, cancer is sometimes the result and our Pacific salmon and other top-of-foodchain miracle foods will be so toxic, they will not be worth eating for the harm done to the body. My sum of all fears is that the core literally melts thru the containment concrete and begins to melt into the bedrock around it. There is a large aquifer underneath that site and it is already spewing tons of radioactive water into the ocean next door. Its a mess, to say the least.
One of the ways that the Russians got their mess under control was to dump tons of boron onto the melted mess and then to pump concrete onto it. The helicopters that dumped the first loads of boron onto the melting pile were irradiated to the point that the pilots died within days or weeks. They are true patriots and heroes to their country and people. They knew they were on suicide missions. I have always wondered after the people of the Ukraine who have been through so much suffering from Stalin to that mess. Both events helped to bring the Russian empire down due to embarrassment and human cost.
The short story is, we need boron in our diet to combat the isotopes that will be floating freely in our atmosphere for some time after the apocalypse. I had no idea raisins were such a good source of the stuff. They store well and can be used for many things in our day-to-day diets.
Here is what got me spun up:
1st the raisins...
Health Benefits
Raisins have been the object of phytonutrient research primarily for their unique phenol content, but these delicious dried grapes are also one of the top sources of the trace mineral, boron, in the U.S. diet.
Antioxidant Protection from Phenols
The phenols found in fruit have repeatedly been show to have antioxidant activity and to help prevent oxygen-based damage to cells in the body. The total antioxidant activity of many fruits and vegetables has been found to be exactly parallel to their total phenol content, and raisins take their place in this list right alongside prunes and apricots as an antioxidant-rich fruit. The flavonols (one type of phenol belonging to the flavonoid family) in raisins appear to be least affected by the grape-drying process, but raisins do contain fewer phenols than grapes since many of grape's phenols are largely lost in the conversion of grapes to raisins. These phenols include the hydroxycinnamics (caftaric and coutaric acids), procyanidins, and flavan-3-ols.
So, the two important things to take from this information is:
1) Boron
2) Hydroxycinnamic Acid (HCA)
These are BOTH found in raisins. They are also found in "chokeberries", or the "Anoria Melanocarpa".
[link to www.whfoods.com]
1st as to Boron:
Dairy Farmers (in Hawaii) Fight Radiation with Boron
[link to articles.mercola.com]
"An open letter from organic dairy farmers in Hawaii explains how to reduce radiation in milk and vegetables. The letter explains that boron can be used to capture radioactivity.
The letter states that boron is the only mineral capable of accepting and ionizing radiation that never changes the nucleus of living cells. The Hawaii farmers have begun feeding their cows and goats sodium borate at milking times, as well as adding it to kelp and water troughs.
According to Food Freedom, the letter states in part:
“Fortunately, red wine and coffee are significant sources of boron, as well as non-citrus fruits, red grapes, plums, pears, apples, avocados, legumes and nuts! Boron is known to be non-carcinogenic, non-mutagenic and has been used internally to protect the astronauts in space as they leave the earth’s protective magnetic field
... In these tenuous times it is all we can do to be honestly informed of the situation at hand and act accordingly. We are doing our best to protect our soil, animals and bodies from the elevated levels of radioactivity, and hope that you will also.”
2nd as to the Hydroxycinnamic Acid (HCA)
Radio protective Activity
"Feeding with Aronia extract significantly increased the survival rates in rats suffering from radiation sickness caused by gamma irradiation compared to control group. (Andryscowski et al., 1998)"
[link to www.innovationsfood.com]
Double roles of hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives in protection against lysozyme oxidation.
[link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
"Abstract
Oxidative damage to protein has been implicated in a number of diseases. Much interest has been focused on preventing oxidative damage to protein. Here we showed that hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives (HCA) were able to inhibit the cross-linking of protein induced by riboflavin-mediated photooxidation. HCA were also found to strongly protect lysozyme from gamma rays irradiation. The antioxidative properties of HCA were further studied by laser flash photolysis. Mechanism of antioxidant activities of HCA on lysozyme oxidation was discussed. HCA were found to protect protein against oxidation by scavenging oxidizing species and repairing the damaged protein."
Scientifically they are Anoria Melanocarpa and Vitus Vinifera. to you and me they are chokeberries and raisins. These are two of the most important items on anyone's bug-out list!!
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