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The reason eating citrus fruits appears to protect against cancer may be because of DNA repair enzyme-boosting powers of a compound concentrated in the peel.
Citrus Peels & Cancer: Zest for Life?
Doctor's Note
That's why my favorite citrus fruit is kumquat—because you can eat the peel and all!
For other foods that may keep our DNA intact, see my Which Fruits and Vegetables Boost DNA Repair? video. Kiwifruit (Kiwifruit and DNA Repair), broccoli (DNA Protection from Broccoli), and spices (Spicing Up DNA Protection) may also fit the bill.
More on citrus in Keeping Your Hands Warm With Citrus and Reducing Muscle Fatigue With Citrus, and Can Vitamin C Help with Lead Poisoning?.
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Is it the essential oil in the peel that does the work? Would it be worth a study?
From Dr. Greger's transcript today: "Why not just take carotenoid supplements to boost our DNA repair? Because it doesn't work. Although dietary supplements did not provoke any alteration in DNA repair, dietary supplementation with carrots did. This suggests that the whole food may be important in modulating DNA repair processes."
It is the whole food, not the essential oil, that seems to do the trick.
Lisa: Is it just the carotenoids? How about limonene? Thanks
I will check and let you know.
Lisa – Would you take a look at my post toward the top of the page re: the actual research transcripts describing that it was the "retinols plus supplements" that offered protection. I took that quote from the abstract. My question is: What exactly is the protective part? Dr. G indicates its the zest, but that's not what I thought the research was reflecting. Let us know what you find out when you get a chance. Thx.!!
GEBrand: The reason I asked Lisa about limonene is because I've seen reports on the positive effects of limonene, and other terpenes, on cancer (One paper available free online has the title "Prevention and Therapy of Cancer by Dietary Monoterpenes")
And limonene, as I understand" is present only in the peel. Probably limonene contributes to the anticancer benefits of citrus zest, but I don't know what Dr. Greger's sources say about limonene.
When he said "carotenoid supplements" I didn't think he was referring to the zests. Was he?
No, he was not. He was talking about the difference between supplements and food. Carotenoid supplements or carrots (to get the natural source of carotenoids). It is almost universally true that studies that compare the bioactive ingredient separated from the food itself do not seem to work in the body. There are studies that show activation in test tubes, or peetree dishes, but not in humans.
Does it make a difference whether you eat the whole carrot or run it through a blender to drink it as a juice along with other delicious greens? In my case I would be doing this in a VitaMix or a Ninja blender rather than a juicer which extracts the pulp.
Hi Damien – here's video number #1 of Dr. G's five-part series on smoothies. You can find links for videos #2-5 in the "Doctor's Note" section. Hope this helps! Are Green Smoothies Good for You?
Damien, in at least one of Dr. Greger's videos, it talks about how blending foods can drastically increase bioavailability of nutrients. So blending is definitely a good thing and doesn't damage anything.
Blend don't Juice.
I just shared this on FB prefaced with…"For those of you who think supplements, vitamins and juicing are a short cut to eating WHOLE food as a complete package…" Maybe simplistic, but nature has been perfecting it's creations for a lot longer than we've been trying to duplicate them, wouldn't it be a whole lot easier and more beneficial to just take advantage of that amazing gift? We have a tendency to want to take things apart and find the "best" (and easiest) component, but it's always a package deal!
And the ultimate whole food is a living food. A living plant is more than the sum of its chemical constituents. There's a pinch of mystery here, just to keep us scientists humble.
This citrus peel nutrition effect is such a fascinating discovery (at least for me). After reading a comment here on NutritionFacts about a year ago, I started putting a whole organic lemon in my blended smoothies. I did take the seeds out first, since I don't know whether they are healthy or harmful when blended. This video is great confirmation that using the whole fruit is best!
Super smart way to use the whole thing! Very clever!
Would it be advisable to just throw the whole lemon, peel and all, into a smoothie?
Ben: I don't think it a good idea to eat lemon seeds regularly.
I was thinking about the freezing the lemon then grating it method, but that would also grate the seeds. Maybe dehydrate the peels then, then powderize in coffee grinder.
Today i just cut the lemon in wedges, this makes it easy to remove the seeds, then tossed them into the smoothie to get the advantages of the peel. But i only make smoothies two times a week so i need more strategies.
I also take seeds out of lemons, place all of them in my blender with green tea and blend. Pour on a tray and freez. Ones frozen i break into chunks and store in a bag in the freezer. When i do a drink in my blender i use piece of the lemon but you could also use this in your cooking, soups, stir fry…..
I do the same, mostly limes cuz they are cheap here, but it's actually the white pith below the rind that is bitter and that people sometime object to, so proceed accordingly, but I've grown fond of the bite, (and I'm lazy!). So many cuisines enjoy the bitter quality of foods in a balance with the other flavors, here we seem to shun it, besides maybe in coffee. Apparently it's a taste well worth cultivating!
Here is an interesting article: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/72/6/1424.full the gist of which is, that it is the bitter component of foods that is the healthy bit.
Good point about the bitterness. So my idea was to balance the bitterness in orange peels with sour by fermenting them. They are too dry for me to eat by themselves otherwise and strong-flavored. The fermentation keeps all of the enzymes alive. I add it to my multi-species sauerkraut and top my salad with it. I like it. Make sure you're using organic oranges or you'll be eating a lot of pesticide with your fruit.
John S
How do you ferment orange peels? Recipe? Thanks!
Good idea – I've been doing the same with oranges in my smoothies (I use organic Valencia oranges which I can usually find at a reasonable price – not sure but I'm assuming the if you're going to use the peels, that organic is probably a lot better), i.e. I cut the orange in half and throw a half, peel and all, into the smoothie. The peel actually adds nice flavor.
New regimen starting today: eating some citrus (lemon, orange) peel after dipping it in my new fave sweetener, healthful dark maple syrup, to make it more palatable.
It's all good!
Calling dark maple syrup "healthful" doesn't actually make it healthful. What evidence is there that it is? It is mainly just sugar after all.
New research suggests that maple syrup, despite being a concentrated source of "sugar," possesses significant anti-cancer properties.
"A provocative study published recently in the journal Oncology Reports reveals that a commonly used sweetener, maple syrup, inhibits the growth and invasion of human colorectal cancer cells."
Does such protection offer enough counter-weight against the harm that sugars do by spiking blood insulin levels and destroying leptin receptors? I doubt it, because spiked insulin and the brain not being able to read the presence of leptin are strongly implicated in the biggest killers, like stroke and heart disease.
Joseph in Missoula
I know I can't do maple syrup without gaining unwanted weight. In my younger years I could seem to handle it, but not now in my late 40's.
A dip or two of maple syrup should be of no concern to anyone … except maybe to a diabetic or a hypochondriac.
One would think. What you say is the common-sense view of it, but science says otherwise. Science has shown that sweeteners of any kind, even artificial sweeteners, are highly addictive. It's the "you can't eat just one" syndrome for almost everyone. Check out Dr. Robert Lustig's book "Fat Chance", and Dr. Susan P. Thompson at brightlineeating.com on this question. If you want to be become slim and stay that way for the rest of your life, check out Dr. Thompson, a neuroscientist and psycholgist — her Ph.D. is in Brain & Cognitive Sciences.
Joseph in Missoula
You know, I'm as interested in staying healthy as the next NF.org follower.
I also indulge a treat now and then without worrying about it — I just enjoy it.
It is sometimes good to remember that neither common sense nor science (with its ever-changing findings and conclusions) are carved into stone tablets by the finger of God.
According to our commonly accepted nutrition science this woman should have croaked from arteriosclerosis decades ago.
Behold! the oldest woman alive (and buckle your seat belt for her diet :-) ):
Not everyone is the same about all kinds of things, including the susceptibility of addiction to sweeteners. Some can do it from time to time and it doesn't become habitual. Others can't get close to it and then walk away without having that sweet treat. The latter is almost always heavy or obese. For them, it's just as important to make it an iron-clad rule to never have any in order to pull themselves out of their disorder. For them it's just like so many cigarette smokers, but not all, who can't have just one puff. One puff and within days they're back to 2 packs a day.
Joseph in Missoula
re my second paragraph above about science's "ever-changing findings and conclusions" … for example, as just published in The Lancet (a leading medical journal):
I do find on maple syrup and I've used a lot of it to sweeten desserts and never got a sugar head ache (which I get if I eat a lot of refined cane sugar), weight gain, or blood sugar spikes or crashes. I feel MUCH better using maple syrup than refined sugar and I appreciate that there are unique antioxidants in it (according to the research I read about), minerals, and apparently a substantial amount of riboflavin (I believe that's the one) according to cronometer's database. I would find it hard to believe that a tree sap is just sugar, even though it is heated and processed to a palatable degree. But, like with any concentrated substance, best not to drink it by the cup full… obviously.
Dr. Greger has turned us on to research that tests the therapeutic value of food by having subjects eat the food, and then drip the blood on the test tissues, rather than dripping the pureed food on the test tissue. Unfortunately, the maple syrup research design was the latter.
Thanks for the links. My reading is that this study, partially funded by an association of maple farmers, suggests that maple syrup is superior to plain sugar for inhibiting cancer cell growth in a test tube. However, my understanding is that most foods are superior to sugar in this particular area.
This is a common technique used by the food industry – compare your product to something you know is worse.
Sure, dark maple syrup is less bad than pure sugar – but that does not make it healthful.
Dr G has a number of videos on cancer fighting foods, all of which I suspect will much better for you than maple syrup.
Just to add, "dark" maple syrup is dark as a result of processing the maple tree sap into syrup. All maple syrup has the same sugar content. The lower the sugar content of the sap, the longer the sap needs to cook to get to the right sugar concentration. And the longer the cooking takes, the darker the sugar gets (caramelization which changes the color and flavor). Any nutrition in maple syrup from the tree sap is trivial. But … it sure is delicious!
For nutritious sweetening, soak some pitted dates in water and then puree them for a sweet dip.
Just to add, "dark" maple syrup is NOT dark from processing. Otherwise how do you explain light and dark syrups? The color is affected by growing conditions and when the sap is collected. There is Maillard browning during processing, but this is not what makes some syrup dark and some light.
Lee, Thanks for stimulating me to do more research and to talk with a maple farmer in Vermont. There are multiple reasons for variation in maple syrup color. One is the when the syrup is collected. Early season sap has a higher concentration of sugar than later in the season so requires less time in the evaporator with less time for caramelization and Maillard browning. But how much bacteria infiltrate the sap after harvesting, the amount of time the sap sits between harvesting and evaporation and other growing and weather conditions also affect the color. Like in life, things are more complicated than first thought.
Steve, I was curious so I googled it and according to this source, all maple syrup is produce the same way and color depends on time of season it's cultivated…
"this difference in color has mostly to do with when the syrup is made. As the spring warms up, the sap coming from the trees becomes darker in color, producing a darker syrup. Corresponding to color, the darker the syrup is, the stronger its flavor. The State of Vermont distinguishes four maple syrup grades. From light to dark they are: Fancy, Grade A Medium Amber, Grade A Dark Amber, and Grade B. It is important to understand that ALL maple syrup is produced by exactly the same process." http://deepmountainmaple.com/maple-facts-and-fictions
I've always read that darker syrup has more minerals. In any case, I wouldn't call any nutrition in maple syrup tribal, there's substantial calcium, riboflavin and other minerals and nutrients. All that just from an added sweetener is a pretty sweet (mind the pun) bonus.
trivial* but the "tribal" typo was amusing as it was first discovered by North American Natives.
Now that sounds wonderful! Try another trick: after dipping in dark maple syrup, you can dredge it in unsweetened cocoa powder – which has the second highest polyphenol content of any food. It becomes an antioxidant treat!!!!!!!!!!
Lisa, I've stopped consuming cocoa powder and switched to cocoa bars because of the cadmium issue with the powder as recently reported by Consumer Lab.
Their testing reveals the highest polyphenols / lowest cadmium content in various brands.
There are no powders low in cadmium? That's a shame.
From what I've read (at the moment don't recall where) it's the grinding process that accounts for the higher cadmium levels in powders. Seems that the cacao readily picks up cadmium from the metal grinding blades.
Dommy: As I understand it, if you adjust for fat intake/amount used in a serving, the chocolate bars and chocolate powders really ended up being about the same. (Neither of which is good/ideal…)
From Berkeley (and thank you Tom Goff for finding this article!): "On the other hand, when comparing chocolate bars and cocoa powders by serving sizes (about 40 grams and 5 grams, respectively), the bars had nearly as much cadmium, on average, as the powders."
From: http://www.berkeleywellness.com/healthy-eating/food-safety/article/there-cadmium-your-cocoa
Considering that, and that the saturated fat from full chocolate is not so healthy either, I just decided not to worry about the form of chocolate I am eating. If I'm eating it, I know that I'm accepting some risk along with benefit and leave it at that. (That's my personal philosophy on chocolate/cocoa at the moment.)
I've been having chocolate cake everyday, the Lindsay Nixon recipe just replace the sugar with erythritol, i don't gain any bodyfat from it. But now the cadmium issue. I wonder if our WFPB diet protects us from the cadmium.
Ben: ooooh, chocolate cake! Sounds *great* to me.
I don't know what to say about the cadmium issue. If you read the article I linked to above, you can see that the body doesn't absorb dietary cadmium all that well. But at the same time, they do recommend people limit dietary cadmium, because it is a known problem (as I understand it). So, how to judge the risk level of eating chocolate cake every day, especially in light of an otherwise whole plant food diet? I think no one knows the answer to that. Based on my (admittedly limited) knowledge, this is one of those areas where people just have to do what feels right.
I will say this, though: If after thinking about the issues, you decide to keep eating that chocolate cake, either every day or less frequently, then really enjoy it and don't worry about the cadmium in that case. That's my best advice. :-)
Yes, I bought the nibs with the lowest cadmium but really like the powder, so I used our coffee grinder to make powder from the nibs. Worker great.
I've just eaten the peel of two satsumas along with the fruit. Nothing more was needed and it imparted a lovely tingly feeling to the tongue. Why spoil this by adding a processed sugar? Apparently, the only processed sugar with any nutrient value is date sugar…. I don't even buy sugar to consume myself – except I do have to keep some for visitors, and always have to hunt through my cupboard when it's needed. I'm aiming to live to 120, and relying on Dr Greger to help me get there – hahahaha! (At just 60, a new aquaintance thought I was the same age as her – 43 – which is 6 months younger than my eldest daughter! So maybe I'm doing something right…:)
Let's see…. Citrus burps or breast cancer?
I took a course in graduate school called Bioactive compounds. What I learned is the protective parts of plants, the peels, pits, and things that are inedible to humans (but keep insects from eating plants) contain the highest amounts of bioactivity. So, I peeled a mango (studying the effects of Mangosteen, the bioactive compound in mangoes), roasted it seasoned with cumin and coriander, and we ate it. It was terrible! It is helpful to remember that things like lemon and orange zest (used for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years) use the parts of plants in creative ways to capture the bioactive compounds!!
Rats, I was hopeful about those mango peals.
Right now I have a jar full of mango peels, pineapple scraps, apple cores, melon rinds, and strawberry tops steeping with a vinegar mother from another batch…free fruit vinegar from nutritious scraps and bruised fruit that can still go into the compost pile later! Now thinking I should add some citrus peels! Being poor can help you flex your mental muscles and be healthier too! :) Sometimes our blessings aren't necessarily the ones we would choose, but simplifying life and getting back to basics has been very liberating. Just to keep with the theme…when life gives you lemons…utilize the whole thing! lol
The pith (the white part, somewhat bitter but not as much as the rind) has lots of nutrients in it too. When I peel an orange, I try to leave a moderate amount of pith, but not so much to ruin the sweet taste of a fresh orange.
I would tend to agree with your general characterization that certain peels and pits are inedible. Though I would say in small quantities, and in certain forms, these may be palatable. For example I cut up organic pomegranate peel, freeze it and then add small pieces of the peel to my daily smoothie, about 1/2″ square for 4 cups. To your point, I were to double the quantity the smoothie is too bitter.
Careful who you give those mango peels to. People like me who have a heightened sensitivity to poison ivy are extremely allergic to mango peel. (Same family of poison.) The last time I ate mangoes, I peeled them and ate the fruit, throwing the peel away. Two days later I was on steroids due to a systemic reaction to the peel I hadn't even eaten.
I love kumquats too, but I've added another routine since reading about the health benefits of citrus pith & rinds. I wash my citrus fruits (oranges, tangerines, clementines, &c) thoroughly (even organic) before peeling, then dehydrate the peels and powder them in my coffee grinder. I add the powder to my hibiscus & green tea for added flavor & nutrition. Any little pieces that resist powdering give mini citrus hits reminiscent of Constant Comment tea.
Interesting that heat seems to vitiate the protective effect of lemon peels, since heating helps modify citrus pectin to make it water-soluble. The resulting material is a hot item in some circles because of its reputed anti-cancer and heavy metal chelating properties. See:
People with access to the Asian citrus called hallabong (aka dekopon) may want to consider chowing on their peels as well: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26778161
I love saying kumquat, I love calling other people a kumquat.
To which the proper response is, "What's up, hallabong?"
While cooking red bell pepper apparently reduces its overall antioxidant content, frozen, cooked red bell pepper tops the list in terms of beta cryptoxanthin content:
The data are standardized to 200 calorie servings, so it would probably be easier to get beta cryptoxanthin from pumpkin or squash.
I, too, noticed that data on beta-cryptoxanthin in pumpkin, squash, and red bell peppers. I'm now wondering if these foods will give the same effect as citrus peel or is the effect the result of a synergism among only citrus fruit compounds. I guess more studies are needed. Either way, they're all super healthy foods compared to the SAD diet :-)
The pumpkin and butternut squash would lack limonene, but I get my limonene from orange peel flavored chocolate (yeah, I know, not supposed to eat chocolate, sat fat and sugar…) I could probably make a date-cashew-chocolate-orange peel truffle type thing. One of these days.
Another indictment on fruit juice I hear at the end. That would be a good lead in for explaining to folks how supplements _cannot_ work. In my world tea and coffee are more nutritious than juice. Funny world.
also: I zested lime onto my breakfast and into my tea this morning.
I read this and immediately ran to the fridge for a lime which I zested over my lunch of udon, black beans, tomatoes, cilantro and scallions. Delish! Thanks!
Please let me rephrase a question I asked the other day in a different video: does anyone have experience with using lemon juice and/or lemon oil topically, for skincare purposes? A controversial topic which appears to divide people online into two polarized camps.
Input appreciated.
Grapefruit, especially the rind is high in nootkatone, an AMPK activator, like vinegar, which lowers blood glucose, MTOR activity, cholestrol and triglycerides and increases insulin sensitivity, fat oxidation, autophagy, mitochondral biogenesis, apoptosis, ketone bodies, NO and ceremide synthesis. So, I put a piece of grapefruit rind in my smoothie regularly. Nice to know that it may also prevent cancer.
If your on statins I would think you would not want to do that.
My first reaction to your comment Ron, was that as Buck seems to know a bit about that of which he's writing, he probably doesn't need to be taking statins, because of the quality of the diet he consumes (presuming that he makes his smoothies green and without any milk, or milk derived products). Grapefruit is generally contraindicated when taking ANY allopathic preparations, not just statins…. Personally, I'd much rather stay well through consuming as much plant-based nutrition as possible. At age 60, on no meds with no health issues and, as I said earlier in this thread, being told by a 43 year-old woman that she thought I was the same age as her, There must be something in this 'whole food, plant-based' lifestyle that I've been on board with for the last two years plus! Success leaves clues!!!
This is going to sound like a stupid question, but what if the peels were boiled in sugar first (the confection known as "candied peel")?
Any easy way to zest peel is to freeze the lemon or orange first
I just wonder if that OJ consumption showing an increased risk of melanoma was consumed along with gin or vodka.
By "peel," do you mean the whole peel, like the orange outside part of the skin on an orange or will the white inner part do as well?
There are some good definitions with diagrams at this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zest_%28ingredient%29
Right, but my point was are the benefits obtained from the peel limited to the zest ("flavedo") or are they obtained just as well from the white pith ("albedo")?
I don't know what else is in the white pith, but I recall that they are full of bioflavonoids. I used to chop them up into 1/4″ pieces and swallow a small handful, especially during hay fever season, because bioflavonoids help with allergies.
What about just adding to my tea orange/lemon peel but without zesting? Only a slice of the peel.
I know eating the peel would be better but I've been doing this since my childhood and was curious to know if it is helpful or helpless.
Curious too as I do the same, but I think it's because I heard that the white part is actually full of some nutritional benefit too, I just can't remember what off hand! lol
I, too, eat both the pith and the peel (from organic citrus) in my smoothie. Here's some info I found at the following website: http://www.ehealthzine.com/the-health-benefits-of-orange-pith-uncovered.html
"Although the citrus fruit itself has flavonoids content, but the
highest concentration of flavonoids was found in the pith of the orange
(the white part between the fruit and the peel) – which means you should
eat the fruit with the white pith to get the maximum flavonoid effects.
One of the most powerful substances in the flavonoids are naringenin, which is found in all citrus fruits and tomatoes. Research has shown that the naringenin in citrus fruits can inhibit tumor growth by repairing damaged DNA."
pith and vinegar. :)
Thanks for clarifying!
I do that all the time, with homegrown or organic citrus.
This is off topic, but I recently noticed a change in myself and I didn't see any topics about it on this site.
I've had dandruff since a very very early age, probably around 12, I've tried to stop using dandruff shampoos, went the medicated route for a while, then just settled into Head and Shoulders daily, the last time I was in the store, I stopped and told myself.. what if it was diet related? So I bought a normal non-dandruff shampoo, and the condition has cleared up on eating a WFPB diet. Has any study about this ever been done? I remember being told it was a fungus and some people were genetically prone to it, etc, but clearly that was a lie.
mmm I don't know.. My boyfriend has dandruff so bad… and hasn't recovered yet.
I know this sound totally off-beat, but have him try not using any shampoo or soap, just hot water (or baby shampoo if he objects), and rinse with dilute vinegar for a few shampoos. Some people have sensitivities to the slew of cosmetic ingredients in personal care products, and that's a good way of finding out. I like to steep mint, rosemary or citrus in the vinegar for a week or two for a better scent, and use about a TBS per quart.
I thought that I had chronic dandruff for the first 50 years of my life. No shampoo ever made a difference. It turned out that I actually have scalp psoriasis. A WFPB diet manages it but has not eliminated the problem. Perhaps your boyfriend's dandruff is actually another condition altogether.
I think identification of the problem is important, I did a lot of experimenting in my younger years to find out my dandruff issues. I also get rashes and bumps on my skin if using cheaper shampoos or skin products, deodorants would burn unbearably mid-day all of a sudden. My skin has cleared up, I haven't seen any rashes or bumps, so I don't know if it is cured as well but definitely much less sensitive. I still get dry skin on my arms, but its only 10% as bad as before, baby steps I guess.
Clearly standard medicine knows NOTHING about nutrition Nick because changing to a WFPB diet as an experiment to control diabetes not only reversed it in short order, but also a slew of other major and minor health issues I had been plagued with for many years that were "NOT related to diet", ahem. It still amazes me all these years later, and since nobody wants to hear about changing their diet to improve their health, I now challenge them to "try it for a few weeks and prove me wrong" as a more effective motivation to see for themselves!
To add to Vege-tater's response below. Try dilute baking soda, 1tbsp per quart, for shampooing. Rinse and then follow with vinegar solution at same dilution. I just use organic apple cider vinegar, but Vege-tater's is an interesting recipe.
Well, I don't have any issues anymore, I stopped using the old shampoo a month ago, and before if I went out somewhere for work for more than a couple days it would start back up.
I slice small sweet satsumas or tangerines with thin skins and dehydrate them. These crispy slices of bright orange are delicious. I add them, chopped, to my home made muesli and energy bars. I had a feeling the peel was good too.
Great idea! I live in FL, the land of sun and citrus, and have been thinking about cobbling together a solar dehydrator to take advantage of both!
You know when they put bananas on sale…banana chips without sulfur. NOW I know what I'm going to do with that sliding door I've been saving.
Great! Lemme know how it goes…
Ok, . . so I went ahead and took a look at the abstract that Dr. G. was quoting. Here's a quote from the paper: "Only retinol intake from foods plus supplements appeared protective within a subgroup of women . . ." (supplements? what supplements?)
I was curious because Dr. G was stating that zesting is the way to go to get the protective benefit. My question is – Was the zest itself tested? or the pith? or the zest and pith together? Nowhere in that research did it state that the zest was the place where the the retinol "lived". So I'm wondering if anyone knows just where the retinol is located in citrus?
Having said all of that. . . One of Ann Esselstyn's favorite sandwiches is an open faced (cooked) kale sandwich to which she adds very thin slices of lemon, rind and all. I've had it. It's excellent and you don't taste the bitter rind.
One more thing and then I'll be quiet :-) I recently got some information that the food industry (don't we just love 'em?) sprays citrus – oranges for certain – with a coloring that is cancer-causing but makes the citrus look ripe. The oranges may actually be ripe but look a little less colorful, so they color-spray them. Does anyone know if that stuff can be washed off? (I'm not talking about the ethelyne gas de-greening process explained here: http://www.riversweet.com/degreening2.htm ). Thanks!
I kind of doubt it, but was so shocked after we moved here (FL) and actually got to see what citrus that is tree ripened looks like! Not much like the uniformity you see in stores! They turn orange and fall off when they are mostly past their prime, so how does this silly perfectionism and visual appeal even get started, and out-class flavor and nutrition? I hate shopping at the big box stores and hit the ethnic stores and farmers markets for what I don't grow myself. Better variety AND quality, just not as "pretty"!
Yes, V-tater – I was surprised to find that a perfectly ripe orange can look green. That was new to me. I won't feel hesitant now when I see a greenish orange in the store. Might even prefer it!
Would rather not eat chemicals.
That's really interesting. When my mom lived in California she had a couple of orange trees and the fruit turned orange and looked quite enticing long before they were sweetly delicious. They stayed that way for a month or more before they were really ripe. They were probably a different orange – navels instead of perhaps Valencias – than what you grow in Florida.
You're probably right about the varieties, because even our navel oranges here are different from the CA ones. Ours have more fibrous sections, thicker skin and just look different. We are also losing our citrus because of a disease called citrus greening and there is no cure yet, kinda sad.
Very sad (citrus greening). I hope the plant experts come up with something soon.
I came across a short YouTube video a couple of years ago, in which the presenter was advocating freezing whole lemons, and grating them into a container to be stored in the freezer for use as needed. This guy was so passionate about it that I was moved to try it for myself. I found that it was indeed really tasty, so a most palatable way of consuming the peels, but that grating the frozen lemons is exceedingly hard work (perhaps my grater isn't sharp enough) and, also, I found myself left with sizeable chunks of lemon which I could no longer grip for grating, so had to discard. Following today's video, I am tempted to try the technique again, but using oranges. I just checked, and the youtube video is stil there, along with quite a few others about freezing lemons: https://youtu.be/ygxFYIuGWPs
Joss – One thought that comes to my mind would be to cut the lemons into quarters or eighths (or whatever) and then freeze them. Then I would think they could be put in a food processor and chopped to small bits that way. Might save the old tips of fingers. Ouch! Another thought might be to slice while unfrozen with a mandolin then freeze on a cookie sheet. Thanks for the video, very interesting and thoughtful.
Joss – If it were me, I'd use the grating feature/blade of my food processor. I'm all about power tools in the kitchen. :-)
Good idea, but the seeds are also getting grated up. I wonder if there could be issues with consuming lemon seeds regularly.
Ben: Someone else asked a similar question and I tried to find an answer at that time. Result: I couldn't find a source of information that seemed reliable enough to point people to. My sense is that the general consensus is that consuming some lemon seeds is either neutral or mildly healthful. But there are some people who think it might be mildly harmful. And I couldn't confirm either way.
Baring any real info I can rely on, and knowing that people commonly put lemon slices with seeds and peel and all into their smoothies without obvious downside, I personally would not balk at eating some lemon seeds now and then that are ground up in whatever else I am eating. My guess is that my consumption amount would be too low to matter even if there are some potential downsides. But that begs the question – what would be an ideal limit/cut-off for those people who want to go wild with their grated frozen lemons? I don't know…
I got interested in this limonene thing about a year ago and did some research on it and saw at least one study in which topical application DID result in accumulation of the desired substance in fatty tissues, including breast tissues. They had women apply an essential oil with a certain concentration for a certain amount of time before breast lump removals, and there was a drop in some cancer marker that occurred between biopsy and lump removal only in the women using that oil. I also read that although the peel has the most health benefits, the pith also has a high level. I use an organic red grapefruit in my regular smoothie and sometimes I force myself to eat a little piece of the peel while I'm peeling the grapefruit, but it doesn't taste good and it will ruin the smoothie if I actually put it in there. So I just try to leave a lot of the pith on instead. How much of the peel do you have to eat to see the cancer-fighting benefits?
I like this since if you only use the juice of the lemon ,your throwing half of the produce away. Saves me money! I just bought a watermelon and I weighed it , cut it up and found the rind was 50% of the weight. So I juiced the rind, threw in a whole lemon in the blender with rind juice…..pretty good
esben andersen: My dog LOVES watermelon rinds. So, I eat the red part and he gets cut up pieces of the rest. Just sharing.
I remember I researched watermelon rind preserves some years ago. It was an interesting idea, but of course, it was heavily boiled and smothered with sugar. So, not exactly the health food we are going for here. Still, the topic/idea is interesting as I had never heard of that dish/condiment before.
my dog loves watermelon rinds too, in europe they pickle pumpkins just like a sweet pickle, so so in my books
Awww. What a cute dog!
re: pickled pumpkins. That's another new one on me. I like trying new foods, so it interests me. Maybe someday…
Hi Thea, When we have juiced watermelons with a Champion juicer, we would juice the rind as well as the red flesh. It reduces the sweetness and was much preferred for its balance. Our cats will eat all kinds of fruit and vegetables, but I doubt they will go for the watermelon rinds.
robert: re: juicing. That's another interesting idea. I remember trying a watermelon drink in Mexico once that was so refreshing and just tasted like watermelon juice. But it was also probably pretty sweet. I like your idea on how to get some balance.
re: cat liking fruits and veggies. I love your cat! You go kitty!!
I think it's a Southern thing – pickled watermelon rinds, or watermelon pickles.
I can't believe people are asking such stupid questions about individual components of the fruit…("essential oil in the peel",Is it just the carotenoids?…)…The whole fruit, vegetable or almost anything else is a "complex" meant to be consumed all together….It won't work unless consumed as a "complex"….I have ALWAYS consumed the entire lemon and orange….Whole lemons are great to cook with….
Calling other people's questions "stupid" is offensive, downgrades the quality of our site, and discourages the free and open Q & A. How about saying something like, "I find the questions about the individual components of fruit to miss the point. I believe…?"
You seem to be rabidly salivating to correct something that someone wrote….
What area of expertise is your PhD in? English?
It's very offensive that a supposed woman is correcting a man here instead of being in a kitchen preparing a healthy meal for Mr. Gayle Delaney…. Fulfilling your divine duties….
(Gayle probably even wears pants…)….
Since I drink Hibiscus tea and It taste better with a bit of citrus in it, How about zesting in some lemon/orange peal into the mix?? Then squeeze the rest in it too… I'm gonna give it a try…
I kind of like to use some ginger juice in my tea,
Great info guys, thanks! :)
Off topic question. I have tried to use turmeric as a supplement. I've added it to food but for me it ruins the taste so I want to just take it as supplement by itself. I've read that heating it up increases it's bioavailability. I thought that making Golden Paste may be a good idea and then I could just eat that straight, but that recipe includes oil. So to my question… if I am not going to add turmeric to food what is the best way to take it. Is Golden Paste a good idea? Should I just mix the raw powder with pepper with some water and drink that? Please let me know. Thanks!
Dr G says we only need 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric a day, and that tiny amount is easily hidden in my quart of morning tea concoction, which contains both green and Earl Grey, chopped ginger, a bit of black pepper to make the turmeric much more absorbable.
Thanks for your question!
Before using turmeric, I recommend you watch this video to ensure that turmeric is appropriate for you or not. To answer your question, I will use the practical recommendations provided by the University of Maryland:
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I used to love the dark chocolate-covered candied orange peels made by Fannie May. It was a sugar overload, but it was a great treat. Would orange marmalade be an acceptable way to eat the orange peel or too much sugar?
From Monday's video, Dr. Greger sites that; "However, if you boiled the lemon first for 30 minutes, the effect was lost." So heat, or at least boiling destroys the effect.
Marmalade is boiled. The recipe that I looked at called for boiling the marmalade ingredients for 10 minutes. Presumably, some if not all of the cancer fighting effect found in the orange peel will have been lost in the process. Best to do what Annalisa Mather, "Joy of Yum" does and put slices in a food dehydrator which will concentrate the sweetness of the fruit and hopefully preserve some if not all of the citrus peel goodness…
Our store sometimes carries fresh kumquats, so I guess I'll stick to them. (And maybe dip them in a bit of melted dark chocolate.)
As pesticides collect mostly in the peel of fruit, it seems a bit risky to eat any part of it. Won't the toxins undo the DNA-repair of the zest? Unless it is the peel of organic fruit.
Would there be pesticides in the peel of organic fruit? I'm guessing not or at least far less. All peel needs a good wash and scrub imo though.
Organic fruit normally has less (or no) pesticides. Washing the fruit does not help much in the reduction of pesticides, check out the video http://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-pesticides-be-rinsed-off/
Organic citrus is still often sold with a wax coating. This is very thin and easily scrubbed off with hot water. The pesticides on conventional citrus are quite nasty. Buy organic if you plan to eat the peel.
I didn't realise that organic citrus fruits still (or may still) be waxed. I just assumed they didn't have it, esp on their appearance and feel/texture. I shall keep a look out at the various brands I buy to see if they give me details.
where do I buy Citrus peel capsules?
Hahaha! Are you serious? :) You're not, (are you?) :)
In India it's common to pickle lemon, sometimes with sugar and/or salt, and sometimes with oil, always with a lot of spices. some make it sweet and some spicy. Usually you grab about 1/4 of a lemon pickle and eat it with your rice and yogurt, or with chapatis, veggies and daal. This is a daily thing, and it adds some salty and spicy flavor to your meal. Here is a sugar and oil-free recipe if anyone is interested. This is worth the work. Luckily our relatives in India send it every now and then for us. http://www.indiankhana.net/2013/09/lemon-pickle-nimboo-ka-achar-no-oil.html
And for those who are even more extremely patient, there is a black lemon pickle which takes a year or longer to really ferment, but the taste is quite amazing, and goes especially well with kichadi. You can search for a few recipes on the 'net. Now you can buy so-called Indian "picle" from the Indian store however they often contain preservatives including sulfites. Sunlight is an essential ingredient for these pickle recipes. In this way, the citrus peel is preserved and eaten once a day with this popular pickle.
Careful attention is required to keep the pickle from spoiling, but if done right it can keep for a long time.
I wonder what the bottom line would be on eating candied orange peel, something I have always loved but gave up due to the sugar content. Just read maple syrup might be protective, so maybe orange peel candied in maple syrup? I'm one of the weirdos that actually loves Christmas fruit cakes too. Same wonder re ginger.
I'm still in complete shock that there is so easy and simple solution ,for almost all of the misery and suffering in ours life ( plant based diet) and yet,all those years of million of deaths,the health service didn't bother to inform us. this is unethical.
i suffered many years from bleeding out of my rectum ,i had hemorrhoids,i was almost needed to have a surgery,i took it as a fact of life,until i started a vegan diet from moral reasons,and i was shock that my hemorrhoids and my bleeding completely gone,and i didn't felt any pain anymore while dumping . so then i decided to research this diet benefits further.
Our oranges are not organic and even lemons are hard to get organic. Is it still better to use it anyway?
What is the best way to clean the chemicals/bacteria from the surface of citrus fruit?
jj: Check out this NutritionFacts video and see if it answers your question: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-make-your-own-fruit-and-vegetable-wash/
Thanks Thea. I'd forgotten that one.
There's so much information here, it's so easy to forget some of it! I do that too. Glad I could help.
Hello Dr. Greger, will you please post a topic about vaccines? I know you mentioned in other videos that the benefits farly outweigh the risks but can you please make one about the "studies" those antivaxxers use for reference?
As someone that consumes the juice of half a lemon first thing in the morning everyday, and then discarding the lemon, I shall now be buying organic lemons and limes and grate the peel into a container and store in the freezer for use in my daily veggie smoothie. I'll make sure to wash the produce first of course. I did know about this beneficial properties of citrus fruits but had forgotten lol. So cheers for the reminder Dr G
WHOA – citrus fruits like oranges are pesticide heavy. Yes, go organic, but do you need the actual peel with fiber, or simply the 'zest' meaning the spray from slicing off a curlicue? Let's review what a "zest" is – this is a word that is an odd one!
I am not a Doctor and could not find the info on google. How about eating rotten fruits (apples, cantaloupes, oranges, tomatoes, potatoes). Are they really dangerous or are the fungus on them healthy and boost the body's immune system ? Of all, rotten apples are my favorite and quite sweet and delicious.
After learning about how nutritious citrus peels are I googled and found that their peels are also great as a vitamin C mask. So whenvever I eat citrus, I eat everything except 1/4 of the peel. I remove the pith and add it to my collection of other peels , which I leave out in the sun for a few days. Once a week, I grind a few of these dried peels, mix with honey and put on my face till it dries. Then I scrub it away and viola, I get smooth, glowing skin for a few days. Careful if you have sensitive skin though, it can burn !!
How about making an orange julius type smoothie with vanilla almond milk, vegan protein, orange sections, and orange peel zest ? Use a zester for this.
What is the best value in citrus? Oranges and lemons both contain limonene, but oranges cost half as much per pound, and grapefruit is even cheaper. I know its all good, but hey, I'm always looking to keep that grocery bill under control. Good food ain't cheap. :)
I know your question is from a long time ago but I have read that the most limonene is in grapefruits.
Right just through in the whole orange or lemon into you smoothie, all the runner groups in my area eat oranges like they eat apples … which I am sure is what most of our ancestors did …
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Or make a tea out of the peels! Or better yet a tincture maybe!
i don't have any recipes that use orange peel….. what would it be good in? do you have any recipes or general recommendations?
also, have there been any studies done with kumquats? i actually used to eat them as a kid, because one of my friends had them in her backyard… but i only see them occasionally in the store.
Just make some OJ yourself with the whole orange! Here I actually remove the zest, but since this post, I've been putting the whole orange into smoothies, and it tastes great! http://fresh-you.blogspot.com/2012/03/easy-oj-with-extra-creaminess-and-fiber.html ALSO, here is a juice recipe that has so much more than just citrus peel! …coming soon :)
check this out: Oral intake of purple passion fruit peel extract reduces pain and stiffness and improves physical function in adult patients with knee osteoarthritis. Double blind placebo controlled 33 patients https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20934601
There must be something common in various fruit peels that help with arthritis. Keeps coming up in studies. Is it the enzymes or something else? It would be great if Dr. Greger and team could gather all of the studies on the peel of fruit to see what the benefits are and possible pinpoint what it is about fruit peel that has benefits for various conditions. Thanks!
The effect of citrus peel extracts on cytokines levels and T regulatory cells in acute liver injury.
Oral dose of citrus peel extracts promotes wound repair in diabetic rats.
what about the effect of oranges – tangeretin – on tamoxifen? this study shows tangeretin negated the cancer preventative effects of the drug.
"In our study, the tumor growth-inhibiting effect of oral tamoxifen was reversed upon addition of tangeretin to the diet. Our data argue against excessive consumption of tangeretin-added products and supplements by patients with mammary cancer during tamoxifen treatment."
Why does drinking orange juice daily increase a type of skin cancer risk? Could someone explain this? That doesn't make a lot of sense to me… that's to say that squeezing the juice out of a fresh orange would have a negative effect on the body on a daily basis? That can't be right. Did it have to do with additives in the store bought juices?
I always try to put a little orange or lemon peel in my smoothie. I never knew it was good for us. Awesome . I'm sure there a big difference in organic and non organic though. He didn't specify but I'm sure we don't have guess what happens when it's not organic peel.
Since garlic, onions and lemon offer the best DNA repair, would a pureed concoction of all three placed in a jar keep its nutritional value? I'd like to pre-make it and add to foods.
I hope you get an answer. I'm all for streamlining this food making business. It takes a ton of time and I would like to have those things work out well myself. I do know that we are supposed to allow the garlic and onion preferably crushed and sliced respectively, need to air out for several minutes to develop the proper components we are looking for.
One thing I do is put all of those into my smoothies and then freeze large portions and then just defrost a "block" for every two days.
You can hide a lot of things in a smoothie. And yes I've even "hidden" the garlic and onions and whatever other things I do not like to eat on their own, like the most god-awful tasting vegetable, radicchio, I mean the second most god-awful tasting vegetable, the first of course being cilantro.
They are probably not what most people would call the tastiest smoothies. :) I'm actually myself not necessarily thrilled with the flavor until I go to check off all those marks on my DailyDozen that I shoved into that blender!
Best wishes!!
I hope someone can see this comment, in one of the cited papers "Dietary intakes of vitamins A, C, and E and risk of melanoma in two cohorts of women", the finding is that those who eat the most fruits and vegetables have a higher risk of melanoma! Can Dr Greger comment why did he leave this important fact out?
In Dr Greer's recipe book he uses blended peeled lemon. Would it not be better to include the peel?
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"Nothing is being ruled out, and that remains the point," he told reporters in the Rwandan capital after leaving a refugee camp outside Goma. "But we have a 17,000-strong MONUC force, and that is of course the first call for security support in the Congo."
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Am 2004-05-15 22:18:16, schrieb Francesco Paolo Lovergine: >On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 07:02:03PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: >> >> I think, there is realy no problem to put closed-source firmware in >> "non-free" but make it easy to get the firmware downloaded (with wget) >> if we can not distribute it with Debian (like the mgmt.o) >> > >The problem is that some of that firmwares are needed e.g. for some >ethernet cards (which could cause installation of the system impractical >or difficult on many off-the-shelf systems) or for common graphic cards. If they need Firmware on Start-Up for installation, how do you install M$ Win eXPlode ? I do not know any hardware which does not work with the c...y Win... So the $WINUSER mut install Windows andafter this he mut install a closed source Driver... This -eq with Debian main/non-free >That's not a simple problem of 'modules'. In some cases it could require >to patch properly and rebuild the X server, the kernel or what else. >Of course all that could be done, but I personally cannot find a good >reason why John Newbie could be find convenient to do that, instead of >installing Fedora or what else. > >And what if next processors will require downloading firmware to work? Brain Oops ! microde ? >Francesco P. Lovergine Greetings Michelle -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs was one of the finalists to become the home for the 24th Air Force, described by the service as "a new numbered Air Force headquarters focused on the cyber mission." But it'll have to settle for Miss Congeniality. Lackland Air Force Base in Texas has been chosen as the so-called "preferred alternative" pending an environmental impact study. A final decision is expected this summer.
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WASHINGTON -- The Air Force announced today that Lackland AFB, Texas, is the preferred alternative for the permanent location of 24th Air Force, a new numbered Air Force headquarters focused on the cyber mission.
Although Lackland has been identified as the preferred alternative, a final basing decision will not be made until the environmental process required under the National Environmental Policy Act is completed.
In October 2008, the Air Force announced the creation a Cyber-NAF under Air Force Space Command. The Air Force announced the six candidate bases for the NAF headquarters on January 21, 2009 and then began site surveys that teams completed on March 6. The six candidate bases were: Barksdale AFB, La.; Lackland AFB, Texas; Langley AFB, Va.; Offutt AFB, Neb.; Peterson AFB, Colo.; and Scott AFB, Ill.
"Site survey teams used previously approved criteria to gather information, assess capabilities, and refine initial data to thoroughly evaluate all candidate locations in accordance with our basing process," said Ms. Kathleen Ferguson, the Deputy Secretary of the Air Force for installations. "She added that these basing selections were made using a measured and deliberate process to ensure that the final decision is the best possible outcome for national defense and is in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act." This information was then evaluated during a Headquarters Air Force-level review to select the preferred alternative, she added.
In selecting a preferred alternative for the cyber mission, Air Force officials considered cyber NAF mission synergy (including proximity to other cyber operational missions and access to scientific and technical expertise) as well as communication and bandwidth capabilities. Other criteria evaluated included facilities and infrastructure, support capacity, security and transportation/access considerations.
Following the completion of the environmental impact analysis, the Air Force intends to make a final base selection this summer.
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Deploy and run a universal forwarder inside a Docker container
If you are a first-time Splunk user, Splunk's Docker containers for Splunk Enterprise and universal forwarder helps you quickly deploy and gain hands-on experience with the Splunk software, while still allowing for complex deployments in the future.
Containerized Splunk software provides the following flexibility and scalability to your Splunk environment:
- Deployment of Splunk Enterprise and universal forwarder that can be run on your laptop or desktop, or pushed to a large orchestrator
- Support for multiple Splunk Enterprise topologies including standalone server and distributed multi-node deployments
- Automatic installation of all upcoming versions of Splunk Enterprise and universal forwarder (beginning with version 7.2)
- Defaults to the latest official Splunk Enterprise/universal forwarder release
- Previously released versions can be installed and upgraded to the most current version of Splunk Enterprise/universal forwarder. However, Splunk versions prior to 7.2 are not supported.
Splunk's official repository containing Dockerfiles for building Splunk Enterprise and Universal Forwarder images using containerization technology can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/splunk/docker-splunk
Containerized Splunk software prerequisites
At the current time, Splunk software container images only support the Docker runtime engine and requires the following system prerequisites:
- Linux-based operating system (Debian, CentOS, etc.)
- Chipset
- splunk/splunk image supports x86-64 chipsets
- splunk/universalforwarder image supports both x86-64 and s390x chipsets
- Kernel version > 4.0
- Docker engine
- Docker Enterprise Engine 17.06.2 or later
- Docker Community Engine 17.06.2 or later
- overlay2 Docker daemon storage driver
For more details, please see the official supported architectures and platforms for containerized Splunk environments as well as hardware and capacity recommendations.
Deploy Splunk universal forwarder Docker containers
You deploy Splunk universal forwarder inside a Docker container by downloading and launching the required universal forwarder Docker image. The image is an executable package that includes everything you need to run Splunk universal forwarder. A container is a runtime instance of an image.
- From a shell prompt, run the following command to download the required universal forwarder image to your local Docker image library.
docker pull splunk/universalforwarder:latest
- Run the downloaded Docker image.
docker run -d -p 9997:9997 -e "SPLUNK_START_ARGS=--accept-license" -e "SPLUNK_PASSWORD=<password>" --name uf splunk/universalforwarder:latest
<password>is the new password you want to set for the universal forwarder instance. For information on password requirements, see Configure a Splunk password policy in Authentication.conf in Securing Splunk Enterprise.
-p 9997:9997exposes the default port of the universal forwarder inside the container to the outside world by mapping it to a port on the local host. In this case, the outside port is also 9997. If port 9997 is occupied by another service on the host, you can use the
-pparameter to map the application port to another available port on the host, for example,
-p 9998:9997.
Accept the license agreement with
SPLUNK_START_ARGS=--accept-license. This must be explicitly accepted on every splunk/universalforwarder container, otherwise the universal forwarder will not start.
- The output of the
docker runcommand is a hash of numbers and letters that represents the container ID of your new universal forwarder deployment. Run the following command with the container ID to display the status of the container.
docker ps -a -f id=<container_id>
- When the status of the container becomes healthy, it means the container is already up and running.
Administer Splunk universal forwarder Docker containers
You can use the following Docker commands to manage containers.
- To see a list of example commands and environment variables for running a forwarder in a container, run:
docker run -it splunk/universalforwarder help
- To see a list of your running containers, run:
docker ps
- To stop your forwarder container, run:
docker container stop <container_id>
- To restart a stopped container, run:
docker container start <container_id>
- To access a running forwarder container to perform administrative tasks, such as modifying configuration files, run:
docker exec -it <container_id> bash
To learn more about Splunk Enterprise and Docker commands, see the documentation on GitHub for Splunk-Docker.
Make a universal forwarder part of a host image
Start the universal forwarder
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Universal Forwarder: 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.1.0


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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is developing its own military cloud computing networks, which will be up and running by the end of the year, according to The Jerusalem Post.
The networks will allow commanders in any part of the battlefield to log on to receive real-time intelligence on the location of both enemy targets and friendly forces, said senior army sources cited in the report. Such data can be used to plan strikes.
"This is our operational Internet. We are setting up the infrastructure to back up the information," one source said in the report. "Then we'll set up multiple cloud networks, which will work with the air force, ground forces and navy. It will be accessible to them all."
The military cloud network is just one of several teleprocessing upgrades underway, to increase the effectiveness of the military's firepower and reaction time, noted the Jerusalem Post. Other systems in development include one called Crystal Ball, where data from various sensors is consolidated on a dashboard in a command center.


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Main topics of CLT19: 5G, digital economy, infrastructure investment, spectrum use, and inclusion
ICT ministers, regulators, operator executives and technology companies, leaders of international agencies and academic institutes in the sector are among the first confirmed to attend the 7th edition of the annual forum to discuss digital public policies in Latin America, to take place in July in Argentina.
The seventh edition of the Latin American Telecommunications Congress (CLT19) will feature public sector authorities and senior executives from the digital ecosystem of Latin America and the Caribbean, and will be held on July 1-5 at the Brigadier General Juan Bautista Bustos Convention Center in Córdoba, Argentina. The search for coordinated actions to close the digital divide and transform production processes based on the inclusion of new technologies will set the tone for the event. Attendees will also discuss the impact of the arrival of 5G and spectrum allocation policies.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Andrés Ibarra, Deputy Chief of Cabinet of Ministers and Secretary of Modernization, Argentina
- Carlos Lugo Silva, Executive Director of the Communications Regulatory Commission, CRC, Colombia
- Silvana Giudici, President of the National Communications Agency, ENACOM, Argentina
- Nelson Guillén, President of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute, Indotel, Dominican Rep.
- María Elena Estavillo, Former Commissioner of Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Institute
- Angel Melguizo, VP of External and Regulatory Affairs for Latin America, DirecTV
- Ana Valero Huete, Director of Regulations for Latin America, Telefónica
- Gabriel Solomon, Head of Government Relations and Industry for Europe and Latin America, Ericsson
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The Plenary Session of the Congress will include a diverse list of topics to be discussed, including the importance of spectrum in the digitalization processes of economies; the pro-investment agenda for digital infrastructure; the challenges of secure internet under a multi-participatory approach; or the challenges of efficient spectrum planning. In addition, a series of workshops will be held on how to transform Universal Service Funds to close the digital divide in the region; Argentina's Digital Agenda; Democracy, Freedoms and Rights on the Internet and the Future of Internet Governance; and promoting the deployment of new connectivity networks for 5G, among others.
The CLT19 will also boast a wide range of parallel activities. On Monday, July 1, the annual meeting of Communications Policy Research Latin America (CPR LATAM) will be held, where the continent's leading academics and researchers will thoroughly analyze ICT public policies in Latin America. On the same day, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will hold the forum "Spectrum Management on the Way to the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19)," a preparatory meeting for this key event for the future of 5G. The Congress will also host the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Central American Regional Technical Commission of Telecommunications (COMTELCA), on Friday, July 5.
CLT19 is jointly led by ITU, CAF–development bank of Latin America–, the Inter-American Association of Telecommunications Companies (ASIET) and the GSMA, with Argentina's Secretariat of Modernization as host. It is sponsored by the Government of Córdoba and ENACOM, together with organizations such as COMTELCA, Regulatel, ECLAC-eLAC, ICANN, Internet Society and LACNIC.
For more information and registration, please visit clt.lat
About the Latin American Telecommunications Congress
The Latin American Telecommunications Congress (CLT) is the most important annual forum on public policies related to information and communication technologies in Latin America. Each year, it gathers ICT ministers, regulatory authorities and telecommunications executives from across the continent. The CLT is jointly organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), CAF–development bank of Latin America–, the Inter-American Association of Telecommunications Companies (ASIET) and the GSMA. Organized since 2013, it has been held in Panama (on two occasions), Mexico City, Cancun, Cartagena (Colombia), and Varadero (Cuba).


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I've got a race this weekend.
Well, okay, not a race. A FatAss. An event.
An event which encompasses the entire 71.1 miles of the Massanutten Trail.
Sigh. I'm really in over my head. Or at least that's the why I feel. The more I read, the more frightened I become. (Then Kim, stop reading!!!!)
Tonight I went over the map, to refresh some of the names. Signal Knob. Veach Gap. Camp Roosevelt. Lots of labels with "Mountain" on them.
Tomorrow I am off work. I need to pack my clothes for the run; my single drop bag I am allowed. I need to look over the map some more. I need to laminate the MMT Trail description (which is backwards to the direction we'll be running, I guess that will keep me alert!)
I need to get up around 3am on Friday to meet Slim over at New Stanton, PA, for the rest of the trip south. I've agreed to a orientation run/hike at Bird Knob, since I won't get 'enough' of the MMT Trail on Saturday and Sunday.
I'm seriously out of my league with this run/event.
But, as I contemplate what I just typed, how do I get any better? I like to be familiar with a trail. How do I get familiar with a trail? I gotta get out on it.
I'll be the slowest runner out there. I know that. That doesn't bother me, so much, as the much more talented runners bound up the trail, out of sight, within the first 1/2 mile of trail.
But I really hate to tie people up. To make folks wait for me. That's my biggest issue with being the slowest runner out there. I hate that people, the RD, the timer, the last AS workers, have to wait until I come by.
So I am hoping the folks of VHTC will tell me when I need to stop. I don't want them to be waiting on one poor slow runner who has fallen way behind the curve.
I also am not planning on quitting.


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Sweden's largest business podcast named Virtual eTraining's EdTech project "Taggis" this week's winner!
Every week the business podcast invites the most influential entrepreneurs to assess and judge three different business pitches. The one with the best pitch and business model is then named the "Business Pitch of the week".
This week our MD presented our new concept Taggis which received a lot of positive feedback from the jury and was finally named the winner of the three.
Stay tuned as we will release the first version of Taggis shortly!
Listen to the podcast (nr. 120, in Swedish) here.
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It's sloppy, and the onions take some time, but man is it worth it when you have this traditional fast-food-but-better In-N-Out style burger with that crazy animal sauce in your hands.
Complete this burger with our French Fries recipe (better yet—our poutine recipe), and finish with a our Drumstick Milk Shake recipe, inspired by the Nestle Drumstick from the ice cream truck.
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I've heard time and time again people losing themselves in art. It's a distraction from their mundane life and for me; writing does the same for me. When I'm writing an article, nothing else matters except for the piece I'm working on. And, for Renderosity member Brandy Everett (-BrandyE-), art is an escape. Read about how she found Renderosity, fell in love with art and some other things you may not know about her.
What brought you to Renderosity?
Many, many, many moons ago I was a dabbler in the tubing and tagging community and made many friends that are now vendors and artists in the 3d community. At some point, we started seeing people creating their OWN artwork in poser and several of us were drawn in instantly. I've been here ever since! I've worn many hats in the "poser-verse" and I've been a store tester from my very early days. I even owned a large brokerage for several years. I've been a vendor, but my real love is the art and the people.
How has art changed your life?
It's brought me a great deal of joy! Lots of my close friends of many years are people that art and 3d have brought into my life! Art has brought me a confidence in my skills and in being whoever it is that I am. The more I create, the more I understand about myself and the world around me, and how I react to it and perceive it.
What is it about art that you love?
I have always had an extremely vivid imagination...nature, music, colors, poems, books, and movies all inspire me and touch me. And, art allows me to tell the stories in my head, to express the emotion and to capture those little vignettes that I see and share them. Fantasy, gothic romance and emotive imagery are my wheelhouses, but I dabble in pinup and other styles and am a fan of artists in almost every genre.
Would you consider yourself more of a hobbyist?
I consider myself a semi-professional artist. I've had some modest success with book covers, clip art sales, commissions and commercial work. I've also sold a lot of my pieces incorporated into wearable art..jewelry, tattoos, etc. I have had the honor over the years to beta test for some of the most talented vendors in our community. So, I take pride in knowing that even in a tiny, tiny way, I've helped to make our industry vibrant and thriving. I also have done a great deal of marketing and promotional art for vendors and stores, both personally and through my promotional art group, Sympatico Studio. I will probably always dabble in the commercial arena, but I don't pursue it because my time and energy is limited and I never want my art to be a chore. If my art is anything, it's therapy and a source of joy and I want it to remain that.
What does art mean to you?
Art is beauty, passion, joy, pain, grief, wonder, and fear, all the range of human emotion expressed in a medium that can be shared with others and which evokes a feeling or response in them. Art is what makes the world special, which helps us rise above the mundane and the utilitarian.
How did you become so passionate about art and why?
I've always loved art and how through an image you can get inside someone's head and they can show you, in a tangible way, their passion, imagination, their fear and their emotion. I'm so grateful that I discovered 3d. It's been a constant in my life from the very day I made that first, truly horrible image that I thought was AMAZING! For me personally, my art is a release of emotion, tension, stress, fear.
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