Category Archives: Unsafe Foods

Is Artificial Sweetener Poisoning You?

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It never ceases to amaze me that so many people will use the artificial sweetener, aspartame. Mind you most people will not realise the danger I would guess…it’s also in SO many products consumed daily by MANY people and they don’t know the potential problems associated with this product… Aspartame, more commonly known as NutraSweet or Equal, is one of the most toxic substances being consumed today. The artificial sweetener, currently used in over 4,000 products worldwide, entertains a sordid past and has been one of the most tested and debated food additives in the history of the FDA. While the manufacturer maintains that aspartame is not a danger to your health, the scientific studies don’t necessarily agree. The Ingredients of Aspartame Aspartic Acid: Aspartate is a neurotransmitter in the brain, facilitating information from one neuron to another. Too much aspartate allows an influx of calcium into the brain cells, triggering an excessive amount of free radicals which kill the cells. Aspartate is referred to as an “excitotoxin” because of the nerve cell damage that it causes. Many chronic illnesses have been attributed to long term excitotoxin exposure, including multiple sclerosis, ALS, memory loss, hormonal problems, hearing loss, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s … Continue reading →

Jamie Oliver Food Warning

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New trade deal with U.S. will open the door to inferior food pumped with growth hormones and pesticides warns Jamie Oliver Worries GM crops and less vetted food will be forced on dinner plates Chef spoke to Business Secretary Vince Cable about ‘massive concerns’ US farmers often rear beef on vast factory farm feed lots rather than fields Laws allow them to pump animals with growth hormones Concerns come as UK and US negotiate a new free trade pact  By Sean Poulter Consumer Affairs Editor Published: 17:48, 6 March 2015 | Updated: 18:24, 6 March 2015 Jamie Oliver Food Warning Jamie Oliver has warned that a new trade deal with America will open the door to inferior food, including beef pumped up with growth hormones, banned additives and pesticides. There are also concerns that GM crops and food produced in the USA, which have not been through more strict vetting procedures in Europe, could be forced on to dinner plates. The campaigner and chef held talks this week with Business Secretary Vince Cable to outline his ‘massive concerns’ that the deal could seriously undermine British food and farming. The EU and the US government are negotiating a new free trade pact … Continue reading →

From arsenic in rice to toxic metals in sweets and veg . . . Poisons in your shopping basket

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A Channel 4 investigation shows foods may contain dangerous metals Cadmium is found naturally in almost all vegetables and wholemeal grains  It builds up in the kidneys and can damage them in the long-term  Mercury released into the ocean can affect seafood like tuna Sweets can also contain aluminium (used in food colouring)  Wild game has been traditionally killed with lead shot By Etan Smallman for the Daily Mail Published: 22:07, 16 November 2014 | Updated: 08:42, 17 November 2014 While there are strict regulations for levels of arsenic in drinking water, there are none for food. And though levels in rice aren’t toxic in the short term, no research on long-term exposure has been done. The best variety of rice to choose is basmati, which absorbs less arsenic from the soil. It is also possible to remove 80 per cent of arsenic from rice in the cooking process. The key is to rinse thoroughly before cooking, to boil it in the largest volume of water possible (which allows the poison to leach out) and to rinse it again in boiling water after cooking. Scarily, however, arsenic is not the only poison being served up in our homes. Heavy metals … Continue reading →

5 Surprising Factors That Make You Pack on Pounds

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From Mercola.com #1: Antibiotics in Food and Medicine Compelling evidence suggests antibiotic overuse and obesity are intricately linked, although the reasons why didn’t become clear until we discovered how your microbiome influences your weight. Antibiotics can save your life if they’re necessary, such as if you develop a serious bacterial infection, but you don’t need antibiotics for every ear, nose, or throat infection you come down with. Remember that antibiotics are useless against the viral infections that cause the common cold and the flu, and when used for this purpose, they will only harm your health by wiping out the good bacteria in your gut. Beneficial bacteria (probiotics) are, in fact, so crucial to your health that researchers have compared them to “a newly recognized organ,” and have even suggested we consider ourselves a type of “meta-organism.” This is an acknowledgment of the fact that we cannot be healthy without the participation of a vast array of beneficial microbes. While overused in medicine, the primary source of antibiotic exposure is actually through your diet. The US uses nearly 30 million pounds of antibiotics each year to raise food animals.3, 4 This accounts for about 80 percent of all antibiotics used … Continue reading →

True Cost Accounting—Understanding the Real Cost of Cheap Food

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It never ceases to amaze me that these days, when we’re supposed to be cleverer and brighter than ever, that the obesity argument is getting worse and worse. Fresh – and I MEAN fresh food grown to natural (NOT GM) standards and cooked properly and well at home is the only way to have  natural and heaslthy diet. What do we get? Parents and people in general who have NO idea HOW to prepare and cook food, fast food giants and supermarkets governing the food and drink markets  – result, lazy minds and overworked people who either don’t have time or the will to prepare good food. General public do not have a mind of their own these days. Ok – that’s a bit of a “statement”, but in general, it looks to be true. The “Natural” Brand! ) By Dr. Mercola America is as obese as it possibly can be, yet the government and media refuse to take responsibility for this tragic problem.  Although obesity rates among American preschoolers declined by 43 percent in the past decade, teenage and adult obesity are deplorable and show no signs of improvement. These findings were broadcast on all of the nation’s major … Continue reading →

A lethally sweet relationship

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Last night we watched the final parts of The Wire, an American crime drama television series set and produced in and around Baltimore, Maryland It was quite plain by the end of it that the “powers that be” were all taking handouts and the drug crime was just going to go on and on after a seemingly big police bust… The BIG relevant element there is the “powers that be” and their greed and the huge handouts taken for “looking the other way”…. Today we read an article about the politicians and the food giants who refuse to cut sugar levels, thereby causing countless deaths. Just looking the other way, as it were…. The general food ignorance shown by Joe Public is playing right into the hands of all these “powers that be” and they don’t care a fig because they are getting the huge payouts and sponsorship deals for their research and other work by…..you guessed it – the food giants. The very fact that the 2012 Olympics were sponsored by Coca Cola and McDonalds must say something about the crass attitude that the government holds for the health of this country. Take a look at this excellent article … Continue reading →

****Truth Alert! **** The American Parasite – 250 Million Americans Infected

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Feeling Rough? Under the Weather? All the time? Part of the time? Allergies? Eczema, Psoriasis? Then you need to watch this video – ALL of it. Even if you don’t feel rough all the time, but you have health problems you don’t understand and the doctors just pass you off with a drug of some kind (with no real long term results) – You STILL need to watch this video. ALL of it…. Now watch this video – all of it!

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Argentina suspends construction of Monsanto’s unconstitutional GMO seed plant

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Yet again Natural News has an article on the machinations of that controversial Monsanto and connected industry chums. Let’s hope this will be a successful outcome for the impact study mentioned below.. Thursday, January 16, 2014 by: PF Louis Tags: (NaturalNews) It’s not a total ban, but it’s at least a victorious battle against the evil empire of Monsanto and the sociopathic biotech industry. After many months of grassroots demonstrating, blocking bulldozers and construction of a Monsanto seed factory in Argentina, a three-person court ruled two to one that construction of a Monsanto GMO seed plant must be halted until an environmental impact study is completed. Of course, Monsanto is taking this decision to a higher court with claims that they did their own environmental study and the paperwork for construction on that site was approved by Argentine construction bureaucracies. They played the typical corporate rights card, which tends to appeal to individual rights philosophies even among libertarians, unfortunately. The pesticide human health issue The motivating force behind expanding anti-Monsanto demonstrations, including life-threatening demonstrations on the seed plant construction site, was the growing health problems near soy fields sprayed with Roundup. Farmers who sign up for Roundup Ready seeds are … Continue reading →

UK bread and cereal bars found to be contaminated with glyphosate

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Monday, January 13, 2014 by: PF Louis (NaturalNews) The UK and EU populace doesn’t embrace Monsanto’s propaganda, and their governments are somewhat less dominated by Monsanto minions than the US government is. So traces of glyphosate in major British non-GMO food brands should be a huge red flag for us here in America. UK news site The Ecologist featured a study performed by a British anti-GMO group called GM Freeze. Two major food brands contained traces of glyphosate. The research disclosed that all four cereal bars produced by Jordans and 34 out of 40 bread products sampled from Walburtons contained traces of glyhosate. These are both big name brands in the UK. Those traces were below the EU maximum allowable glyphosate residue amounts for cereal products. But many disagree with the maximum allowable amounts, pointing out that glyphosate is an endocrine disruptor and thus shouldn’t be tolerated at any level. [1] [4] Parsing the glyphosate RoundUp issue So how does glyphosate show up in those biscuits and breads where GMOs aren’t grown? Well, RoundUp is such a popular herbicide that it’s used on non-GMO grain fields. Normally, RoundUp destroys all plant life that’s not grown from RoundUp Ready GMO seeds … Continue reading →

9 Things Everyone Should Know About Farmed Fish

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By Dr. Mercola Industrial fish farming, or aquaculture, is the fastest growing form of food production in the world.1 About half of the world’s seafood now comes from fish farms, including in the US, and this is expected to increase. Already, for the first time in modern history, in 2011 global farmed fish production topped beef production, and the gap widened in 2012 when 66 million tons of farmed fish were produced, compared to 63 million tons of beef.2 At first glance, farmed fish may seem like a good idea to help protect wild seafood populations from overfishing while meeting the nutritional needs of an ever-expanding global population. In reality, however, the industry is plagued with many of the same problems surrounding land-based concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), including pollution, disease and inferior nutritional quality. It’s getting so bad that fish farms can easily be described as “CAFOs of the sea.” 9 Facts About Farmed Fish: Read This Before Your Next Seafood Meal… 1. The Omega-3 Levels are Not What You Think If you’re eating fish, you’re probably doing so, in part, to take advantage of their beneficial omega-3 fats. But levels of critical omega-3 fats may be reduced by … Continue reading →