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| Jerry Story
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http://www.blackherbals.com/dirty_secrets_of_the_food_processing_industry.htm Here is an excerpt: --- begin quote Paul Stitt wrote about an experiment conducted by a cereal company in which four sets of rats were given special diets. One group received plain whole wheat, water and synthetic vitamins and minerals. A second group received puffed wheat (an extruded cereal), water and the same nutrient solution. A third set was given water and white sugar. A fourth set was given nothing but water and chemical nutrients. The rats which received the whole wheat lived over a year on this diet. The rats that got nothing but water and vitamins lived about two months. The animals on a white sugar and water diet lived about a month. The company's own laboratory study showed that the rats given the vitamins, water and all the puffed wheat they wanted died within two weeks---they died before the rats that got no food at all. It wasn't a matter of the rats dying of malnutrition. Results like these suggested that there was something actually very toxic in the puffed wheat itself! Proteins are very similar to certain toxins in molecular structure, and the pressure of the puffing process may produce chemical changes, which turn a nutritious grain into a poisonous substance. Another unpublished experiment was carried out in 1960. Researchers at Ann Arbor University were given 18 laboratory rats. They were divided into three groups: one group received corn flakes and water; a second group was given the cardboard box that the Cornflakes came in and water; the control group received rat chow and water. The rats in the control group remained in good health throughout the experiment. The rats eating the box became lethargic and eventually died of malnutrition. The rats receiving the Cornflakes and water died before the rats that were eating the box! But before death, the Cornflakes rats developed schizophrenic behaviour, threw fits, bit each other and finally went into convulsions. Autopsy revealed dysfunction of the pancreas, liver and kidneys and degeneration of the nerves of the spine, all signs of insulin shock. The startling conclusion of this study is that there was more nourishment in the box than there was in the Cornflakes. This experiment was actually designed as a joke, but the results were far from funny. The results were never published and similar studies have not been conducted. --- end quote | ||
| Roy Piwovar
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Please read further down in Jerry's excellent link for a condemnation of MSG. | ||
| Ted |
It's beginning to look like full paleo is the only way to go. No grains, period. The two main reasons include anti-nutrients (which are not all removed by cooking) and gluten, (which cause the first section of the small intestine to become "glued" so that micro-nutrients cannot be absorbed by the body). This begins the process by which your immune system becomes compromised. No dairy, period. Cysteine (see gluten - same effect). No potatoes, no legumes. (see the results of insulin shock). I remember reading somewhere that eating 1 (one) french fry is worse than one (1) cigarette once you add the yummy effects of additives to the trans-fatty oil to the fast carbohydrate nature of potatoes. ps: Who wants to be the first to step up and drink a nice, fresh glass of Orange Juice? Do you like your Organophosphates, Auxigro and various other pesticides with or without pulp? | ||
| Carol H |
Ted, I'm with you. I think the french fries fried in trans fats are worse than red meat, although lately with Mad Cow around, I'm inclined not to trust the U.S. government to protect people from that either. I would abstain from beef for a while, unless you're sure where it's coming from. I assumed, like most Americans, that ending the practices that led to Mad Cow (feeding meat to animals God designed to eat grass and grass only) would result in less risk now. I guess I didn't count on cattle ranchers lying about how old their animals were - old enough to have eaten the contaminated feed. Our government protects the beef industry time and again - not shutting down plants that test positive for E-coli or fail USDA inspections. They protect the makers of Nutrasweet, they protect the industries that use MSG. They do not speak for us, they do not protect us. If you live in another country DO NOT let your government be swayed by our arrogant one. Stand your ground and refuse beef shipments till this is completely over. I am so reminded of the book "The Jungle". I urge those who have not yet read it to read it, and those who have to read it again. It is quite timely. I am surrounded by signs we are heading back to those days. From the food industry practices to the Gilded Age rich getting richer to the poor struggling in abominable conditions where they don't dare complain, and if they fall ill, they lose everything, to where we are bombarded with admonitions to buy new houses we cannot afford, so that the mortgage companies are the only winners. It is a dark book, but it is hopeful at the same time. Things CHANGED after it was published. Currently a new book by Molly Ivans called "Bushwhacked" supposedly contains a lot of information about how the U.S. government coddles the food industry. It may make interesting reading. | ||
| Roy Piwovar
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Here's an old post of mine so you can read it for free on line: By Roy Piwovar on Monday, December 17, 2001 - I suggest you read "The Jungle", a novel by Upton Sinclair: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Sinclair/TheJungle/01.html | ||
| Ted |
Carol, I quit eating beef last year. Funny growth hormones coupled with other cute chemicals designed to (I believe they call it "finishing") make more bulk combined with the anti-biotics which become necessary because the poor beast is really quite stressed out. This could be where all the anti-biotic sensitivities are coming from, perhaps? Elk now...no nothing in it. Tastes better, too. | ||
| Roy Piwovar
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On the page linked below is a flash simulation that you can play to see how Mad Cow disease works: http://ibs.howstuffworks.com/ibs/tri/mad-cow-disease2.htm (and scroll down) | ||
| Carol H |
Great link Roy! | ||
| Carol H |
A new food additive to avoid: http://www.preparedfoods.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,1231,114420,00.html Note they are targeting this gluten-derived (thus, glutamate-filled) food right at us MSG avoiders. The deceptiveness of their approach is deplorable. | ||
| Laurie M |
Oh my gosh!!! That stuff is absolutely horrifying! They actually are encouraging its use by companies who want to say no MSG on their labels! Well at least since I make virtually everything from scratch now I won't have to deal to much with this new lovely poison. But it sure is a pain having to add another stupid item to my list of ingredients to avoid. | ||
| Sharon S. |
100% natural!! Do they REALLY think they will be able to FOOL the MSG sensitive people? They can fool food manufacturers, but it is just another deception towards the general public indeed. It's a good thing it's announcement isn't nearly as hidden as AuxiGro. | ||
| Anonymous |
Someone was talking recently about statin drugs for high cholesterol but I can't find it through the board search. In any case, an alternative to statin drugs is using tocotrienols, a natural form of vitamin E. Vitamin E comes in 8 forms, four are tocopherals and 4 tocotrienols. Tocotrienols are found naturally in certain foods, including palm oil, rice bran and many others, but not usually in as high quantity as people want to take for high cholesterol. It can also it can be bought in capsules. If some one is interested in further information I suggest a web search, and obviously, not just on site that sell the capsules. There are some good studies showing showing benefits of using this natural substance. I am sure it can be taken out of the capsules if one of us show are sensitive would like to use it. | ||
| Deb A. |
Spin doctors must make a lot of money from glutamic acid additives. It's a wake up call for anyone who is easily lulled into believing the printed word in newspapers, etc. We are becoming a country of people who are being drugged unknowingly. Now that is a true crime. | ||
| Roy Piwovar
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Thanks for the warning about the new "NFE" additive. It must stand for "Not For Eating". | ||
| Jerry Story
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Here is a big list of CENSORED that they put in food: http://sci-toys.com/ingredients/ingredients.html | ||
| MEMorrisNJ
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That's quite a list, Jerry. Thanks. And they call the stuff this is added to food? | ||
| Deb A. |
An eye opening and good book to have on hand is Ruth Winter's Food Additives Book. It's up to date and very informative. | ||
| Roy Piwovar
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Dr. Winter's web site: http://www.brainbody.com/ | ||
| Jerry Story
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The dirty rotten slimy [expletive deleted]!! [quote] The Food and Drug Administration in the Code of Federal Regulations [21 CFR 101.22(3)] defines natural flavor in this way: The term "natural flavor" or "natural flavoring" means the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional [/quote] | ||
| Deb A. |
Yep...another alias for glutamate rich food additives. |
