Apples from China
Imported apples from China free of Chemicals Recently I was asked to assess the level of chemicals in some imported Chinese apples comparing them and the chemical levels to local Australian grown apples. All samples we tested at a government lab in Victoria Australia. All being analysed for the present of 200 different chemicals. Results: […]
Excess Protein Arthritis, Adverse Effects on our Health and Body
Bryan L McLeod Soil, Plant & Animal Nutritionist It is my belief that high to excess protein diets that are being promoted today are the biggest danger to our general health and well being. See my page “Low Carb Diet Danger”. Protein Arthritis, Adverse Effect on Health Research has confirmed that you are 30% […]
Thiamine deficiency in livestock on New Zealand and Australian pastoral grazing properties
Thiamine deficiency was a serious problem in days gone by or so we thought. Over the last two years I have been asked to help with two serious out breaks, one in New Zealand and one in Victoria Australia. In both cases there seemed to be little understanding of the issue from local authorities. Perhaps […]
Soil Laboratory Kaifeng Xian China
Bryan inspecting a wheat crop in the Kai Feng Xian Nong Zhu (Kai Feng County Henan Province) Establishing a laboratory and working farmers in China was both challenging and very rewarding. Firstly we needed to [1] understand local farming methods [2] Work with local farmers to gain local knowledge – we did this by choosing […]
China–Farmer information meetings
Bryan conducting information days in local farming villages around Kai Feng China. During our period in China I thought it important to make contact with local farmers and promote the benefits of soil analysis as part of their farming operation THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS SHOW SOME OF THE VARIOUS FARMER GROUPS I DID […]
Alpaca’s
The Australian Alpaca Conference was held in Adelaide Australia in May 2014 over 3 days. Speakers covered all topics relating directly to Alpaca productivity and well being. This is the paper presented by Pasture and Animal Consultant Bryan L McLeod View PDF here.
MUN Milk urea nitrogen and BUN Blood urea nitrogen
Milk urea nitrogen and blood urea nitrogen are both becoming recognised issues in both our dairy industry and in human health. As higher nitrogen pasture is consumed then levels increase and the question is what is if any the adverse effect on milk quality. We know that there are serious side effects for health both […]
Saliva Production–The importance of it
Saliva – I feel is almost completely overlooked in its importance for our digestion and general health. More research is required to look at our salivation time. This is the time when eating that we are actually producing saliva and how much saliva are we producing. Naturally we are producing some saliva every time we […]
Nitrates: Good or bad? Look for yourself
Nitrates are part of the protein in food, but a toxic part. Protein is just total nitrogen X 6.25. The total nitrogen% is made up of different forms of nitrogen with some being toxic and some being ideal
Protein excess and the dangers
You only have to look on the net to see how much info is available about the dangers of consuming excess protein. We have medical research showing the dangers and nutritionists and gyms promoting high protein diets. Here are some extracts from the net Bryan M