Showing posts with label human. Show all posts
Showing posts with label human. Show all posts

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Capitalism at it's worst. I feel commercial plane flights for the Ecuadorian government coming on.

Look, China went into these deals knowing the countries would go belly up on their debt. China had a plan to exploit these governments beyond their ability to maintain their sovereignty. It is not Ecuador's problem, it is China's problem in carrying out an aggressive capitalist take over of sovereign nations. It is China's problem, not that of the indigenous peoples. China knew exactly what it was doing and completely disregarded the human rights of the people no different than it disregards the human rights of it's own citizens.

Give there are larger numbers of indigenous in the face of austerity, it should work out well.


By Nathan Gill - Jun 24, 2011 6:37 PM ET
Ecuador’s bonds are rewarding investors (click here) with the best performance in Latin America as Chinese loans and higher oil prices boost confidence in the economy two years after the country defaulted on $3.2 billion in debt.
Ecuadorean dollar debt has returned 13 percent this year, compared with 5.2 percent for Latin American sovereigns on average, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Yields on bonds due 2015 fell 238 basis points, or 2.38 percentage points, this year to 9.59 percent. Similar maturity Brazilian bonds yield 1.9 percent, down 97 basis points from the end of December....

Oops, there goes the Chinese Renminbi. There has to be real consequences to China and making investments that inflict human rights violations is a good place to start. If China is going to play hardball with the Third World, they need to receive it in return.

If investors to China get caught up in the grind to stop human rights infractions, that's too bad, they knew better and greed drove their desire to back the deaths of innocent people.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

There is milk and there is milk.

Human breast milk has 4.2 grams of fat per 100 ml (approximately 3 and a third ounces). 

Breast milk also contains trace amounts of fatty acids and about 14 percent polyunsaturated fatty acids.

There is about 1.1 grams of protein, 7 grams of carbohydrates and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium and chlorine. Body fluid is sodium chloride, so don't get excited. This is not the same as putting chlorine in the swimming pool.

Pasteurized milk has about 3.2 percent fat. Cow's milk has less protein, less carbohydrates, but, more vitamins and minerals because it is processed. 

The point is there are nutritional needs of growth and development that are balanced and necessary. Fat is an important component to the diet of young children. During the first year of growth and development the body is still laying down myelin over the cells of the central nervous system. It is this fact that parents sometimes delay vaccinations to prevent dormant virus fragments that might later develop into MS.

So, to have a rigid demand that all parents seek to limit the amount of fat and calories in all children of all ages is not realistic. Only if the child is exhibiting trends in obesity do they need to have dietary restrictions or changes. So, I am more than surprised there is this 'blanket idea' that all children need to have a standardized diet in relation to milk and milk fat.

Cow's milk is not at all the same in composition of it's fats, proteins and carbohydrates as human breast milk. It has caused allergies in children as a matter of fact, that last through their adult years.