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    Dangerous Food Deceptions Exposed; You Wont Believe Your Eyes

    Those unaware of being unaware

    If there's one thing in the world the food industryis dead set

    against, it's allowing you to actually maintain some level of control

    over what you eat. See, they have this whole warehouse full of whatever

    they bought last week when they were drunk that they need to get rid of

    -- and they will do so by feeding it all to you. And it doesn't matter

    how many pesky "lists of ingredients" and consumer protections stand

    between you and them.

    The Secret Ingredient: Wood

    You know what's awesome? Newspaper. Or, to be precise, the lackthereof. The Internet and other electric media have all but eaten up

    classic print media, with the circulations of almost all papers on the

    wane. Say, do you ever wonder what they do with all that surplus wood

    pulp?

    "But what" you inquire, "does this have to do with food ingredients?"

    We look at you squarely in the eye, then slowly bring our gaze upon the

    half-eaten bagel in your hand.

    Oh, @#$@# ...

    The Horror:

    What do they do with all the cellulosewood pulp? They hide it behind a

    fake name and make you eat it, that's what.

    The best part of waking up, is wood pulp in your face! And everybody's

    doing it. Aunt Jemima's pancake syrup? Cellulose. Pillsbury Pastry

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    Puffs? Cellulose. Kraft Bagel-Fuls? Fast-food cheese? Sara Lee's

    breakfast bowls? Cellulose, cellulose, and more cellulose.

    Et tu, Hot Pockets?

    It turns out that cellulose can provide texture to processed foods, so

    food companies have taken to happily using it as a replacement for such

    unnecessary and inconveniently expensive ingredients as flourand oil.

    As the 30 percent cheapercellulose is edible and non-poisonous, the

    FDA has no interest for restricting its use-- or, for that matter, the

    maximum amount of it that food companies can use in a product. It is

    pretty much everywhere, and even organic foods are no salvation --

    after all, cellulose used to be wood and can therefore be called

    organic, at least to an extent.

    But the worst thing about cellulose is not that it's everywhere. The

    worst thing is that it is not food at all. Cellulose is, unlike the

    actual, normal food items you thinkyou're paying for, completely

    indigestible by human beings, and it has no nutritional value to speak

    of. If a product contains enough of it, you can literally get more

    nutrients from licking the sweet, sweet fingerprints off its wrapper.

    That loaf and the chopping block have an equal wood content.

    Zombie Orange Juice

    Quick, name the most healthy drink your nearest store has to offer. You

    said orange juice, didn't you? It's what everybody makes you drink whenyou get sick. That stuff must be like medicine or something. And the

    labels are always about health benefits -- the cartons scream "100

    percent natural!" "Not from concentrate!" and "No added sugar!"

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    "Less than four thumbs per gallon!"

    And why not believe them? When it comes to making the stuff, orange

    juice isn't sausage. You take oranges, you squeeze oranges, you put the

    result in a carton, with or without pulp. End of story, beginning

    of deliciousness.

    But what if we told you that "freshly squeezed" juice of yours can very

    well be a year old, and has been subjected to stuffthat would make the

    Re-Animator puke?

    Packaging Gateway

    Tropicana's bottling room. Not pictured: Anything orange.

    The Horror:

    Ever wonder why every carton of natural, healthy, 100 percent, not-

    from-concentrate orange juice manages to taste exactly the same, yetever so slightly different depending on the brand, despite containing

    no additives or preservatives whatsoever?

    The process indeed starts with the oranges being squeezed, but that's

    the first and last normal step in the process. The juice is then

    immediately sealed in giant holding tanks and all the oxygen is

    removed. That allows the liquid to keep without spoiling for up to a

    year. That's why they can distribute it year-round, even when oranges

    aren't in season?

    Amazon Fresh

    Thanks to science, we can enjoy screwdrivers from Christmas to the 4th

    of July.

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    There is just one downside to the process (from the manufacturers'

    point of view, that is) -- it removes all the taste from the liquid.

    So, now they're stuck with vats of extremelyvintage watery fruit muck

    that tastes of paper and little else. What's a poor giant beverage

    company to do?

    Why, they re-flavor that stuff with a carefully constructed mix of

    chemicals called a flavor pack, which are manufactured by the same

    fragrance companies that formulate CK1 and other perfumes. Then they

    bottle the orange scented paper water and sell it to you.

    And, thanks to a loophole in regulations, they often don't even bother

    mentioningthe flavor pack chemicals in the list of ingredients. Hear

    that low moan from the kitchen? That's the Minute Maid you bought

    yesterday. It knows you know.

    "Braaaaaaaains!"

    Ammonia-Infused Hamburger

    Any restaurant that serves hamburger goes out of its way to reassure

    you how pure and natural it is. Restaurant chains like McDonald's("Allour burgers are made from 100 percent beef, supplied by farms

    accredited by nationally recognized farm assurance schemes") and Taco

    Bell("Like all U.S. beef, our 100 percent premium beef is USDA

    inspected, then passes our 20 quality checkpoints") happily vouch for

    the authenticity of their animal bits.

    Their testaments to the healthiness and fullness of their meat read out

    like they were talking about freaking filet mignon.

    McDonalds

    Above: Gourmet as balls.

    And aside from the rare E.coli outbreak, the meat is clean. It's how

    they get it clean that's unsettling.

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    The Horror:

    Ammonia. You know, the harsh chemical they use in fertilizers and oven

    cleaners? It kills E.coli really well. So, they invented a process

    where they pass the hamburger through a pipe where it is doused in

    ammonia gas. And you probably never heard about it, other than those

    times that batches of meat stink of ammonia so bad that the buyer

    returns it.

    If your Big Mac ever tastes like pee, this is why.

    The ammonia process is an invention of a single company called Beef

    Products Inc., which originally developed it as a way to use the

    absolute cheapest parts of the animal, instead of that silly "primecuts" stuff the competitors were offering (and the restaurant chains

    swear we're still getting). Consequently, Beef Products Inc. has pretty

    much cornered the burger patty market in the U.S. to the point that 70

    percent of all burger patties out there are made by them. Thanks,

    ammonia!

    Fake Berries

    Imagine a blueberry muffin.

    Onemuffin please, lets not be greedy.

    Even with your freshly gained knowledge that there may or may not be

    some cellulose in the cake mix, it's pretty impossible not to start

    salivating at the thought. This is largely because of the berries

    themselves. What's better -- they're so very, very healthythat it's

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    almost wrong for them to taste so good.

    We could taste delicious if we wanted to. Stupid show-off berries.

    Everything is better with blueberries -- that's why they put them in so

    many foods. Now that we think of it, there sure seems to be a lot of

    blueberries in a lotof products. You'd think we'd see more blueberry

    fields around ...

    The Horror:

    ... not that it would do any good, as the number of blueberries you've

    eaten within the last year that have actually come from such a field is

    likely pretty close to zero.

    We can almost hear the muffins mocking us.

    Studies of products that supposedly contain blueberries indicate that

    many of them didn't originate in nature. All those dangly and chewy and

    juicy bits of berry are completely artificial, made with different

    combinations of corn syrup and a little chemist's set worth of food

    colorings and other chemicals with a whole bunch of numbers and letters

    in their names.

    They do a darn good job of faking it, too -- you need a chemist's set

    of your own to be able to call it bull@#$$. You can sortof tell them

    from the ingredient lists, too, if you know what to look for, although

    the manufacturers tend to camouflage them under bull@#$@ terms like

    "blueberry flakes" or "blueberry crunchlets."

    Nothing says "nature" like petrochemical-derived food coloring.

    There are a number of major differences between the real thing and the

    Abomination Blueberry: The fake blueberries have the advantages of a

    longer shelf life and, of course, being cheaper to produce. But

    they have absolutely none ofthe health benefits and nutrients of the

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    Find The Best

    In reality, not only are the blueberries fake, but also they've forged

    the freaking pomegranates as well.

    "Free Range" Chickens That Are Crammed Into a Giant Room

    Buying "free range" eggs is one of the easiest ways to feel good as a

    consumer -- they are at least as readily available as "normal," mass

    produced eggs from those horrible giant chicken prisons Big Egg

    maintains. Hell, they even cost pretty much the same. There's literally

    no reason not to buy free range even though, now that we think about

    it, we're not actually sure what that means. But the animals mustlive

    in pretty good conditions. In fact, let's buy our meat and poultry free

    range, too!

    Fresh air, green grass, plenty of cocks ... free range chickens have

    it good.

    Well, according to law, the definitionof "free range" is that chickens

    raised for their meat "have access to the outside." OK ... so that's

    not quite as free as we assumed, and it appears to only apply to

    chickens raised for their meat. But at least they still have some

    freedom, what with the outsideand all that.

    The Horror:Words have power, and "free range" in its original sense means unfenced

    and unrestrained. That makes it a powerful phrase that, no matter how

    smart we are, conjures subconscious images of freedomhens, riding tiny

    little freedom horses out on the plains, wearing hen-sized cowboy hats

    and leaving a happy little trail of delicious freedom eggs in their

    wake. There may be mandolin music.

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    Although we have it on good authority that chickens prefer Jay-Z.

    But the reality is there are absolutely no regulations whatsoeverfor

    the use of the term "free range" on anything other than chickens raised

    for their meat. Your Snickers bar could be free range for all the

    government cares.

    The industry knows this full well and happily makes us lap up the free

    range myth, even though in reality a free range henlives in pretty

    much the same prison as a battery cage hen -- except its whole life

    takes place in the prison shower, rather than a cell.

    Look, they're free!

    Awareness of the free range myth is slowly increasing, but although a

    manufacturer that has been pushing his luck a bit too much does get

    jailed every once in a while, that doesn't do much to the overall

    phenomenon. In fact, Europe is set to ban egg production in cage

    systems come 2012. Guess what the replacement is going to be?

    Bull#@#$ Health Claims

    Nuts that reduce risk of heart disease. Yogurts that improve digestion

    and keep you from getting sick.

    Baby foodthat saves your kid from atopic dermatitis, whatever the hell

    that may be. Products like that are everywhere these days, and we do

    have to admit it's hard to see any drawbacks to them. We eat yogurt

    anyway, so why not make it good for our tummy while we're at it?

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    "This brand treats syphilis anddiabetes."

    It's just that we can't keep wondering where all these magic groceries

    suddenly appeared from. One day your peanuts were peanuts, and then,

    all of a sudden, it was all coronary disease this and reduce heart

    attack risks that. Maybe Food Science just had a

    really, reallyproductive field day a while back?

    Or, of course, it could be that we're being fooled yet again.

    Amazon Fresh

    We don't know if we could handle Mr. Peanut lying to us.

    The Horror:The vast majority of product health claims use somewhat older

    technology than most of us realize: the ancient art of bullshitting.

    The "health effects" of wonder yogurtsand most other products with

    supposed medical-level health benefits can be debunked completely,

    thoroughly and easily. So why are they able to keep marketing this

    stuff?

    It all started in 2002, when many ordinary foods found themselves

    suddenly gaining surprising, hitherto unseen superpowers. This is when

    the FDA introduced us to a new categoryof pre-approved product claims.

    It was called "qualified health claims," and it was basically just

    another list of marketing bullshit the company can use if their product

    meets certain qualifications. This was nothing new. What wasnew,

    however, was that the list said no consensus for the scientific

    evidence for the product's health claims was needed.

    "That pepper will keep you hard for hours, and eggplant works in lieu

    of chemotherapy."

    Since "no consensus needed" is law-talk for "pay a dude in a lab coatenough to say your product is magic and we'll take his word for it no

    matter what everyone else says," companies immediately went apestit.

    Suddenly, everyone had a respected scientist or six in their corner,

    and the papers they published enabled basically whatever they wanted to

    use in their marketing and packaging.

    We're not saying that none of the products boasting health properties

    work. There are plenty out there, but they're kind of difficult to find

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    under the constant stream of bullshit supplementary claims. Come

    on, food industry-- just tell us the truth. Don't you realize

    that we'll just eat it anyway? Shit, people still buy cigarettes, don't

    they?

    "There's a doctor who says these can cure my gout."

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    The Unsavory Truth of the McRib and Other Fake Foods, and Why Russia

    Banned US-Raised Meat

    Over the past couple of years, weve learned the unsavory truth about

    pink slime,reconstituted meat, and how the use of meat gluecheats

    you out of your hard-earned money at the grocery store and threatens

    your health.

    Weve also learned that fast food fare such as McDonalds hamburgers

    contain so many chemicals and so few real food ingredients that

    a burger fails to show signs of decompositionafter more than a decade

    The famous McDonalds McRib also came under closer scrutiny, and turnedout to be something less than mouthwatering. The McRib sandwich is a

    non-standard item on the fast food restaurants menu;1its annual return

    is always advertised with great fanfare last year it even made the

    headlines on ABC News.2

    The pork sandwich is described as a tasty fan favorite slathered in

    tangy barbecue sauce, slivered onions and tart pickles, served on a

    hoagie style bun. Sounds perfectly normal, but whats it made

    of, really? In a November 2011 article, CBS Chicago news3spilled the

    beans on this seasonal favorite:

    More than 70 ingredients make up the McRib and, yes, one of them is

    pork. But as CBS 2s Vince Gerasole reports, theres also an ingredientthat can be found in shoes [Registered dietician Cassie] Vanderwall

    gave the McRib a closer look and found the McRib has azodicarbonamide,

    which is used to bleach the flour in bread. It has other uses. It

    could be on your yoga mat, in your gym shoes, in your anything thats

    rubbery, Vanderwall said

    Then theres the pork which is really restructured meat product. In

    other words, its made from all the less expensive innards and castoffs

    from the pig Vanderwall said the McRib ingredient list reminds me of

    a chemistry lab.

    To see pictures of a deconstructed McRib sandwich, check out

    foodfacts.infos McRib page.4It sure doesnt look so appetizing anymore

    once the sauce is washed off and the meat sliced in half. In fact, it

    can barely pass meat, which was the point CBS news tried to make in the

    first place.

    What is Food Anyway?

    Two years ago, the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible

    Medicinesingled out McDonalds in their advertisement against obesity-

    related deaths. As the ad claimed, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol,

    hypertension and heart attacks are hallmark diseases associated with a

    fast food diet a clear indication that it does not provide the

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    appropriate nutrition for your body.

    So, is McDonalds fare really food?

    When you consider the fact that a large number of the ingredients in a

    fast food meal exist nowhere in nature, but are rather concocted in a

    lab, the answer would have to be no. Unfortunately, and to our severe

    detriment, ever since the advent of the so-called TV dinner back in the

    1950 s, the concept of food has expanded from meat, vegetables, raw

    dairy products, fruit and other such natural items to include the

    highly processed, preserved, artificially flavored and often brightly

    colored chemical concoctions. But man simply was NOT designed to thrive

    on man-made chemicals.

    Sadly, store-bought foods you might not recognize as processed, such as

    ground beef, are oftentimes no better. As reported last year,

    approximately 70 percent of the ground beef sold in U.S. supermarkets

    contains pink slime added in as a cheap filler.

    The Pepto-Bismol-colored concoction consists of beef scraps and cow

    connective tissues, which has been treated with ammonium hydroxide

    (basically a solution of ammonia in water). It can legally make up 15

    percent of any given beef product, which shaves about three cents offthe cost for a pound of ground beef. The trimmings used come from parts

    of the cow that are most likely to be contaminated with dangerous

    bacteria like E. coli which is why it must be treated with ammonia to

    kill off the pathogens in the first place. Its really industrial food

    practices like this that pose very real threats to your health, not raw

    unpasteurized dairy products and other non-processed whole foods

    Russia Throws Poisonous Meat Back to U.S.

    In related questionable food news, Russia has recently banned U.S.

    meat supplies after discovering it contains ractopamine a beta

    agonist drug that increases protein synthesis, thereby making the

    animal more muscular. This reduces the fat content of the meat. As

    reported by Pravda,5Russia is the fourth largest importer of US meats,

    purchasing about $500 million-worth of beef and pork annually.

    The drug is banned for use in 160 countries, including China and

    Russia, but allowed in 24 countries, including Canada and the United

    States. According to the New York Times,6the ban took effect as of

    December 7, 2012, and Russian health regulators stated that while they

    will initially conduct their own testing, foreign countries will soon

    be required to certify their meat as ractopamine-free if they want to

    export it to Russia. While the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

    considers ractopamine safe and doesnt test for it, Russias chief

    health inspector, Gennady Onishchenko, claims there are serious

    questions about the safety of the drug. He told the New York Times:

    For instance, use of ractopamine is accompanied by a reduction in body

    mass, suppression of reproductive function, increase of mastitis in

    dairy herds, which leads to a steep decline in the quality and safetyof milk.

    Ractopamine is also known to affect the human cardiovascular system,

    and may cause food poisoning, according to Pravda.7Its also thought to

    be responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown, and increased death

    and disability in livestock. While other drugs require a clearance

    period of around two weeks to help ensure the compounds are flushed

    from the meat prior to slaughter (and therefore reduce residues

    leftover for human consumption), there is no clearance period for

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    ractopamine. In fact, livestock growers intentionally use the drug in

    the last days before slaughter in order to increase its effectiveness.

    According to veterinarian Michael W. Fox, as much as 20 percent of

    ractopamine remains in the meat you buy from the supermarket. Despite

    potential health risks, the drug is used in 45 percent of U.S. pigs, 30

    percent of ration-fed cattle, and an unknown percentage of turkeys.

    Mexico and Brazil have announced that they will comply with Russias

    demand for ractopamine-free meats.8The US has shown no sign of coming

    to an agreement, however. Instead the US has accused Russia of

    violating World Trade Organization (WTO) rules an accusation Russian

    Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich has dismissed as being part of

    business as usual, since all WTO members break these rules.

    How to Identify REAL Food

    There are major incentives to center your diet on real foods as opposed

    to food-like products, the primary one being that real food is

    essential for optimal health. Real foods also taste delicious, and when

    bought from sustainable sources help to protect the environment. But

    with all the sneaky tricks being employed, how can you tell the

    difference? Heres a listing of the characteristics and traits of real

    food versus processed food products.

    Real Food Processed Food-Like Products

    Its grown, and sold

    whole

    Produced, manufactured in a factory, and sold in

    neat, convenient packages

    Variable quality Always the same (no quality or taste variance)

    Spoils fast Stays fresh for extended periods of time

    Requires preparation No preparation required, just heat and serve

    Vibrant colors and rich

    textures

    Contains fillers, additives and preservatives to

    make otherwise dull and bland mixtures

    appetizing

    Authentically flavorful Artificially flavorful

    Strong connection to

    land and culture

    No connection to land or culture

    Shopping Guidelines for Real, Health-Promoting Food

    As the U.S. agriculture industry now stands, antibiotics, pesticides,

    genetically engineered ingredients, hormones and countless drugs are

    fair game for inclusion in your food. So if you purchase your food from

    a typical supermarket, youre taking the chance that your food is

    teeming with chemicals and drugs even those that have been banned in

    other countries due to adverse health effects.

    So please do your health a favor and support the small family farms in

    your area. Youll receive nutritious food from a source that you can

    trust, and youll be supporting the honest work of a real family farm.

    It all boils down to this: if you want to optimize your health, you

    must return to the basics of healthy food choices. Put your focus onWHOLE foods foods that have not been processed or altered from their

    original state food that has been grown or raised as nature intended,

    without the use of chemical additives, drugs, hormones, pesticides,

    fertilizers, and mystery concoctions of discarded scrap parts.

    Its really as simple as that!

    And its not nearly as daunting a task as it may seem to find a local

    farmer that can supply your family with healthy, humanely raised animal

    products and produce. At LocalHarvest.org, for instance, you can enter

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    your zip code and find farmers markets, family farms, and other

    sources of sustainably grown food in your area, all with the click of a

    button. Once you make the switch from supermarket to local farmer, the

    choice will seem natural, and you can have peace of mind that the food

    youre feeding your family is naturally wholesome. That said,

    regardless of where you do your grocery shopping, these are the signs

    of high-quality, health-promoting foods you want to look for:

    1. Its grown without pesticides and chemical fertilizers (organic

    foods fit this description, but so do some non-organic foods)

    2. Its not genetically modified

    3. It contains no added growth hormones, antibiotics, or other drugs

    4. It does not contain any artificial ingredients, including

    chemical preservatives

    5. It is fresh (keep in mind that if you have to choose between

    wilted organic produce or fresh conventional produce, the latter

    may actually be the better option)

    6. It did not come from a factory farm

    7. It is grown with the laws of nature in mind (meaning animals are

    fed their native diets, not a mix of grains and animal

    byproducts, and have free-range access to the outdoors)

    8. It is grown in a sustainable way (using minimal amounts of water,

    protecting the soil from burnout, and turning animal wastes into

    natural fertilizers instead of environmental pollutants)

    If the food meets these criteria, it is most likely a wise choice, and

    would fall under the designation of real food. Keep in mind that

    reclaiming your kitchen is part and parcel of healthful living, so you

    know exactly what youre putting in your body. If you need help to get

    started, see Colleen Hubers helpful tips on how to eat healthier

    organic foodon a budget. And if youre hooked on fast food and other

    processed foods, please review my article How to Wean Yourself Off

    Processed Foods in 7 Steps. Its one of the absolute most positive life

    changes you could make!

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    Glazed and Confused...

    It's Time To Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

    Dollars to doughnuts, if you live in the U.S.A., some

    of your hard-earned dollars are likely being spent on

    this soulless treat. In 2011, Americans who rank

    among the lowest of industrialized nations in terms

    of life expectancy spent approximately $130 billion

    on fast food; this figure is projected to skyrocket

    for 2012.

    And doughnuts aren't the only problem. The list of

    terrible things we mindlessly ingest in the name of

    nourishment is long. But just what are these dietary

    culprits comprised of? What makes them so toxic? And,

    most importantly, what are they doing to us?

    The purpose of this article is not to frighten people

    into eradicating all processed foods from their

    diets, but simply to shed light on some of the dangerous ingredients wemay be unknowingly ingesting, and the way in which we might be

    depriving ourselves of the most basic nutritional fundamentals.

    Processed, Junk, and Fake Foods

    Processed foodis made from real food that has been put through

    devitalizing chemical processes and is infused with chemicals and

    preservatives. Beef jerky, canned tea, jam, hot dogs, and low-fat

    yogurt with sugar or aspartame are a few examples of processed food.

    Junk foodscontain very little real food. They're made of devitalized

    processed food, hydrogenated fats, chemicals, and preservatives, and

    include anything made with refined white flour. Canned breakfast

    drinks, cold/sugary cereals, doughnuts, drive-through foods, and soda

    are examples of junk foods.

    Fake foodsare made primarily of chemicals, and often contain gums and

    sugar fillers. Examples include bacon bits, bottled salad dressing,

    dehydrated soups, and instant coffee.

    Energy Output > Exceeds Nutritional Input

    These non-foods have one thing in common; it costs your body a great

    deal more to digest, absorb, and eliminate them than they offer your

    body in nutritional value an extremely poor return on your investment

    that leaves your body sluggish and depleted.

    Toxins, Poisons, Processed Food, And The Body

    Our ancestors preserved foods naturally, using salt, fermentation, and

    sun drying. Food processing has evolved away from these simplepractices into more complicated and dubious methods. Today, nearly six

    thousand additives and chemicals are used by food companies to process

    our food. Many of them can have a devastating effect on our health.

    It is important to note the fact that additives and preservatives

    cannot always be painted with a negative brush. The addition of

    vitamins to bread and milk has helped to stamp out diseases such as

    pellagra and rickets.

    Unfortunately, the good intentions that characterized the processed

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    food industry during the early days have now de-evolved to finding ways

    to cheaply process food and manipulate buyers, regardless of the

    detrimental affects on the health of Americans.

    Today, many additives and preservatives are harmful toxic chemicals as

    problematic as the decay they are used to prevent.

    Preservatives

    Preservatives are a type of additive used to help stop food from

    spoiling.

    Nitrates and nitritesare used to preserve meats such as ham and bacon,

    but are known to causeasthma, nausea, vomiting, and headaches in some

    people. In addition to allergic reactions, the same is true

    forsulfites (sulfur dioxide, metabisulfites,and others), which are

    commonly used to prevent fungal spoilage, as well as the browning of

    peeled fruits and vegetables.

    Sodium nitritein some foods is capable of being converted to nitrous

    acid when ingested by humans. While animal testing showed thatnitrous

    acid caused high rates of cancer,it is still in use.

    Benzoic acid aka sodium benzoateis added to margarine, fruit juices,

    and carbonated beverages. It can produce severe allergic reaction and

    even deathin some people.

    Sulfur dioxideis a toxin used in dried fruits and molasses as well as

    to prevent brown spots on peeled fresh foods such as potatoes and

    apples.Sulfur dioxidebleaches out rot, hiding inferior fruits and

    vegetables. In the process, itdestroys the vitamin B contained in

    produce.

    Antioxidants

    While antioxidants such as alpha-carotene are recommended by health

    specialists to prevent premature aging, some of the antioxidants used

    as food preservatives may be unhealthy. Contained in nearly every

    processed food on the market, antioxidants prevent fatty foods from

    spoiling when exposed to oxygen.

    BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) and BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)are

    two of the most widely used, yet controversial of all antioxidants. So

    alarming were the results of BHT and BHA in animal testing, that a

    number of countries have severely restricted their use.

    Some people have difficulty metabolizing these chemicals, which is

    thought to result in health andbehavioral problems,andhyperactivity.

    They causeallergic reactions,may also contribute to the development

    oftumors and cancer,as well as betoxic to the nervous system and

    liver.

    In spite of these findings, the use of BHT and BHA has increased,

    rather than decreased, in the U.S.A.

    Coloring

    Each year, the American food industry uses three thousand tons of food

    color. Many coloring agents are derived from coal tar,and nearly all

    coloring is synthetic. Norway has a total ban on all products

    containingcoal tar.

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    Though some artificial food dyes have been banned because they

    arebelieved to cause cancer,most dyes used today are of the

    artificial variety. They are also linked toallergies, asthmas, and

    hyperactivity.

    The long list of foods and beverages in which color is altered includes

    butter, margarine, the skins of oranges and potatoes, popcorn,

    maraschino cherries, hot dogs, jellies, jellybeans, carbonated

    beverages, and canned strawberries and peas.

    Even the chicken feed on large-scale egg farms is colored so that

    chickens will lay golden-yolked eggs similar to those laid by free-

    range chickens. Talk about the goose that laid the golden egg!

    Sweeteners

    Most processed foods contain sweeteners, many of which are artificial

    sugar substitutes containing no natural sugars, such assaccharine and

    aspartame.

    Artificial sweeteners are linked tobehavioral problems,

    hyperactivity,andallergies.Because saccharin was shown toincrease

    the incidence of bladder cancer in animal testing, all foods containingthis sugar substitute are required to carry a warning label.

    Emulsifiers, Stabilizers, and Thickeners

    These additives alter the texture of foods. Emulsifiers, for example,

    prevent ingredients from separating into unappealing globs in food such

    as mayonnaise and ice cream.

    A first cousin to anti-freeze,propylene glycolis a synthetic solvent

    used as an emulsifier in foods. Although it is recognized astoxic to

    the skinand other senses, and is considered aneurological

    toxicant,the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has deemed it

    generally recognized as safe (GRAS).

    Flavorings

    The most common food additive, flavorings of which there are over

    2000 in use may be natural or artificial, and are usually comprised

    of a large number of chemicals. Peruse theingredient list for the

    strawberry flavoringin one popular fast food outlet's strawberry milk

    shake.

    Artificial flavors are linked toallergic and behavioral reactions,yet

    these ingredients are not required to be listed in detail as they're

    generally recognized as safe.

    MSG (monosodium glutamate)is another popular flavor enhancer. Found to

    cause damage in laboratory mice, it has been banned from use in baby

    foods, but is still used in numerous others. It causes commonallergicand behavioral reactions including headaches, dizziness, chest pains,

    depression, and mood swings,and is alsoa possible neurotoxin.

    Refining

    Refined flour has had the brown husk of the grain stripped away,

    leaving the white, refined starch found in white bread, white rice,

    pasta, cookies, and numerous other junk foods.

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    Without the fibrous husk, refined starches are broken down quickly into

    sugar and absorbed immediately into the bloodstreamcausing glucose

    levels to rise, and increasing the risk of obesity.

    In contrast, whole grains such as whole grain bread and cereals,

    brown rice, and barley retain the bran surrounding the starch, so

    they're absorbed more slowly into the bloodstream than refined

    starches. This slows sugar absorption from the intestine, and reduces

    the risk of obesity.

    Refining Destroys and Devitalizes Most of Foods' Goodness:

    Healthy unsaturated fatty acids high in food value are lost during

    the milling process. Half the vitamin E is destroyed when the wheat

    germ and bran are removed. Refining wheat into white flour removes

    between 50 and 93 percent of wheat's magnesium, zinc, chromium,

    manganese, and cobalt.2

    Additionally, approximately 50 percent of calcium, 70 percent of

    phosphorus, 80 percent iron, 50 percent potassium, 65 percent of

    copper, 80 percent thiamin, 60 percent of riboflavin, 75 percent of

    niacin, 50 percent of pantothenic acid, and about 50 percent ofpyridoxine is lost.3

    Refining sugar cane into white sugar depletes it of 99 percent of its

    magnesium and 93 percent of its chromium. Polishing rice removes 75

    percent of its zinc and chromium.4Refined table salt has had most of

    the trace minerals removed during processing. It contains no sodium

    chloride, sugar as filler, and may even contain aluminum.5

    Bleaching

    Part of the process wheat undergoes to become the white flour in

    popular baked goods involves bleaching. Various chemical bleaching

    agents are used includingoxide of nitrogen, chlorine, chloride,

    nitrosyl, and benzoyl peroxidemixed with a variety of chemical salts.

    Chloride oxide which catalyzes a chemical reaction thatdestroys beta

    cells in the pancreas is now beinglinked to diabetes.6This toxic

    effect is common scientific knowledge in the research community. In

    spite of this, the FDA still allows companies to use chloride oxide in

    processed food.

    For more about processed foods, read on.

    A Healthier Lifestyle

    Eradicating every guilty pleasure in life is not the end goal here, nor

    is it a particularly realistic approach to making changes...we all

    enjoy the occasional cheeseburger, order of fries, or bag of chips.

    But if we understand the consequences of making what ought to be an

    occasional treat into the mainstay of our diet, we can begin to makewise choices about how many of these things we are willing to eat.

    When it comes to avoiding many of the questionable and possibly

    deadly additives contained in processed foods, we're only human after

    all, so taking baby steps toward change is usually the best approach.

    If you can accomplish just one of these 10 steps, you're moving in the

    right direction. Try implementing one change a month...

    1. As a general rule, if you don't recognize or can't pronounce the

    words on a label, don't buy it, or eat it. Opt instead for thereal

    thing!

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    2. Avoid products containing

    Nitrates and nitrites (including sodium nitrite)

    Sulfites (including metabisulfites)

    Sulfur dioxide

    Benzoic acid (aka sodium benzoate)

    BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)

    BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)

    Coloring

    Coal tar

    Propylene glycol

    MSG (monosodium glutamate)

    Refined or bleached flour (i.e. whitened using chloride oxide)

    3. Don't eat partially hydrogenated or hydrogenatedtrans fats

    4. Don't eat products containing sugar substitutes such as saccharine

    and aspartame.

    5. Avoid products with a long shelf life the better they do on the

    shelf, the worse they are for your body.

    6. Avoid products that have been enriched. They have been completely

    devitalized during processing.

    7. Avoid food that has been genetically modified or engineered. Nearlyall processed food contains GMOs.

    8. Avoid products made with ingredients euphemistically described as

    "natural flavoring" or "natural coloring."

    9. Avoid products with added sugar watch for words with "-ose"

    endings such as glucose.

    10. Incorporate a multi-vitamin into your health regimen.

    If you've had a history of eating products high in sugar and are

    concerned about diabetes, incorporate disease-fighting products such as

    garlic, vitamin E, and aloe vera into your diet. Vitamin E supplements

    can also protect your body from the harmful effects of eating refined

    products that have been bleached with chloride oxide.

    Learn moreFACTSabout processed foods.

    As you begin to eliminate processed food from your diet, and start to

    enjoy eating real food that has not been processed to death, you will

    be on your way to optimizing your health, making an investment in your

    body's future and, ultimately, feeling better.

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    Whole Food Plant Based Diet

    Our country has increasing amounts of environmental pollutants

    (chemicals and heavy metals). We have shrinking quality of food in

    standard grocery stores and processed food served in restaurants. The

    following tips are general things to do and eat which will help you

    stay healthier and live longer. All food should be 100% organic,

    natural and whole.

    Shop at stores that sell organic natural whole foods and read the food

    labels

    UP code: 9000 is organic; 8000 is genetically modified food

    Studies show that a plant based diet rich in organically grown fruits,

    vegetables, beans, whole grains, nuts and seeds is the most effective

    diet for maintaining health

    Drink spring water or reverse osmosis water (8 glasses per day)

    Eat breakfast (even if it is small)Eat several small meals per day rather than one large meal

    Finish dinner three hours before bed

    Avoid your delayed IgG food allergies (if you have not had these

    tested, get the lab test done in clinic)

    Eat organic salads with lunch and dinner

    *Eat only small amounts of organic meat and dairy (or none at all)

    *Eat only small amounts of organic range fed poultry and their eggs (or

    none at all)

    **Healthy people around the world eat less than 10% of their diet from

    animal protein. The healthiest are vegan (no food derived from animals).

    Use only small amounts of organic cold, expeller pressed oils (organic

    extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil)

    Use natural sweeteners: molasses, agave, etc.

    The 8 Vegan Food Groups:

    to be eaten in quantities with beans first and nuts & seeds last.

    beans

    rice

    potatoes & yams

    corn

    vegetables

    salad

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    fruit

    nuts & seeds

    Sometimes, what you dont dois more important than what you do.

    Avoid refined flour and sugar products

    Limit alcohol and caffeine

    Avoid trans fats, hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated oils

    Avoid high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, sucrose, dextrose or malto

    dextrose

    Avoid artificial sweeteners, NutrSweet, Splenda, aspartame, sucrolos,

    saccrin

    Avoid monosodium glutamate (MSG)

    Avoid nitrites (found in processed meats and bacon)

    Limit animal based food to 10% or less of your intake (animals have the

    highest concentration of environmental toxicants)

    Avoid meats containing herbicides, hormones or antibiotics

    Avoid meat and other food sold in Styrofoam trays and plates

    Avoid farm-raised fish

    Avoid microwaving

    Avoid carbonated drinks or diet drinks (Limit club soda)

    Avoid fast foods, processed foods, foods with additives andpreservatives

    Avoid genetically modified food

    Avoid lotions, creams, or cosmetics containing parabens

    Minimize use of air conditioning

    Avoid fluorescence lights (unless they are full spectrum)

    Drug use is at its highest in the United States. We are experiencing

    more poor health and chronic disease than ever.

    Drugs: all non-prescription, over-the-counter and prescription drugs

    and medication have side effects (even aspirin) and lead to secondary

    illness and to weight gain

    See: http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/fat_sick_and_nearly_dead_2010/

    Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead

    http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/fat_sick_and_nearly_dead_2010/http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/fat_sick_and_nearly_dead_2010/