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Nearly all of the processed foods in the US contain GMO.

- GMO alert: top 10 genetically modified foods to avoid eating (Natural News, May 01, 2012):

There is a conspiracy of selling out happening in America. Politics and personal interest it would seem determine government policies over and above health and safety issues. When President Obama appointed Michael Taylor in 2009 as senior adviser for the FDA, a fierce protest ensued from consumer groups and environmentalists. Why? Taylor used to be vice president for Monsanto, a multinational interested in marketing genetically modified (GM) food. It was during his term that GMO’s were approved in the US without undergoing tests to determine if they were safe for human consumption.

The danger of GMO’s

The question of whether or not genetically modified foods (GMO’s) are safe for human consumption is an ongoing debate that does not seem to see any resolution except in the arena of public opinion. Due to lack of labeling, Americans are still left at a loss as to whether or not what is on the table is genetically modified. This lack of information makes the avoiding and tracking of GM foods an exercise in futility. Below are just some of the food products popularly identified to be genetically modified: Continue reading »

Tags: canola, Corn, Cotton, Food, Genetically Modified Organisms, Global News, GMO, Health, Papaya, Peas, Potatoes, rice, soy, Tomatoes

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- FDA Withdraws Plan To Limit Antibiotics Use in Healthy Livestock Intended For Human Consumption

- FDA refuses to ban antibiotics in livestock, resorts to voluntary phase out that will be ignored by industry (Natural News, April 30, 2012):

In a desperate attempt to avoid implementing an actual ban on the non-therapeutic use of antibiotic drugs in factory animal feed, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has once again made it abundantly clear that it favors corporate interests over public health. In a recent announcement, the FDA publicly petitioned the factory food industry to voluntarily stop using antibiotics, claiming that this hands-off, non-regulatory approach will somehow be more effective at curbing antibiotic overuse than a mandatory ban would be.

The announcement comes just weeks after a federal judge took the FDA to task for its blatant disregard for public health, and ordered the agency to begin withdrawing approval for the non-therapeutic use of certain antibiotics in animal feed (http://www.ucsusa.org). But instead of stepping up to the plate to fulfill these federally-mandated legal duties, the FDA has instead chosen to stage a meaningless publicity stunt that will do absolutely nothing to fix the problem.

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Tags: Antibiotics, Barack Obama, FDA, Food, Government, Obama administration, Politics, U.S.

- Iodine measured from clams in Chiba (Fukushima Diary, April 30, 2012):

7.2 Bq/Kg of radioactive iodine was measured from clams in Chiba. The type of iodine is not announced. 10.0 Bq/Kg of cesium was measured from the same sample as well.

It was announced on 4/28, the analysis was done by National Research Institute of Fisheries Science.

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Tags: Clams, Environment, Food, Fukushima, Global News, Health, Iodine, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Radiation, Society

If you have cleaned out your body, especially your colon, and your liver, from toxic garbage and start living a really healthy lifestyle, then there is no acne. Acne is not really about bad bacteria. It is all about the milieu inside your body. It is about the inability of the body to get rid of all the toxins, so the body wisely detoxifies itself  by using the biggest organ for detoxification, your skin, to keep your body alive and well as long as possible.

- Apple Cider Vinegar Cures (Natural Society, April 24, 2012):

Apple cider vinegar is one of the most popular home remedies for a number of conditions, and is often utilized as a powerful cure when common medical interventions offer no relief. It can even be used as a cleaning agent around the house. Health professionals have been utilizing apple cider vinegar to enhance lifestyle changes and target certain ailments for ages, and chances are one of these apple cider vinegar cures can help enhance your own life.

Here are some of the top conditions in which apple cider vinegar can help cure: Continue reading »

Tags: acne, Apples, Celluliite, Food, Health

- Methanol, Biproduct of Aspartame Linked to Autism, Preterm Delivery (Natural Society, April 27, 2012):

One would think that with the extreme and almost omnipresent dangers of aspartame that there would be far less of the substance on the market compared to a decade or two ago. But, with fully sanctioned advertisements telling you just how great products are which contain aspartame, there seems to be no end in sight for this dangerous edible chemistry experiment. There have been, however, several dozen studies on just how viable the purely artificial sweetener actually is for the human body, mostly ignored by the general populace and still consumed just as much of the sweetener as before.

Methanol, Biproduct of Aspartame Linked to Autism, Preterm Delivery

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Tags: Aspartame, autism, Cancer, Food, Formaldehyde, Global News, Health, Methanol, Pregnancy

- Mad Cow Disease May Infect Through Milk Despite USDA Claims (Natural Society, April 27, 2012):

Following the latest confirmed case of mad cow disease in California, the USDA and the dairy industry alike are struggling to assure consumers that drinking affected milk poses no serious risk to your health. Despite these warnings, some scientists have found research that points to the contrary. In fact, two large studies found that prions — pathogenic agents associated with mad cow disease and other life-threatening conditions — can actually transfer from animal to animal via milk consumption.

One such study, performed by a conglomerate of French, Norwegian, and British researchers, actually observed the presence of prions in sheep milk – the very prions that the USDA says cannot inhabit US dairy. Shockingly, this peer-reviewed study was published back in 2008 in the journal PLoS Pathogens. Why has the USDA not spoken of this study, or even the second study that reached similar conclusions? In case you’re unsure, let’s examine an excerpt from the study authors:

This finding indicates that milk from small ruminants could contribute to the transmission of prion disease between animals. It also raises some concern with regard to the risk to humans associated with milk products from ovine and other dairy species.

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Tags: BSE, Food, Global News, Government, Health, Meat, Milk, Politics, U.S., USDA

And by the way:

The Gerson Therapy cures diabetes II within 7 to 14 days. And that is not an advice. It’s a fact!

– Health blogger threatened with jail time for advocating Paleo diet that cured his diabetes (Natural News, April 26, 2012):

Internet free speech is under assault in America, and a dangerous new trend has surfaced that threatens to throw nutritional bloggers in jail for advocating healthy diets on their blogs or websites. As you read this, a blogger who wrote about using the Paleo diet to overcome diabetes is being threatened with jail time in North Carolina, where the state Board of Dietetics / Nutrition claims his nutritional advocacy is equivalent to the crime of “practicing nutrition without a license.”

His name is Steve Cooksey, and his website is http://www.diabetes-warrior.net

He’s being targeted by state “dieticians” (which is another word for “nutritional moron” as you’ll see below) who say that Chapter 90, Article 25 of the North Carolina General Statutes makes it a misdemeanor to “practice dietetics or nutrition.” His website’s advocating of the Paleo diet for individuals who have health challenges is, they claim, a violation of law.

So they’ve threatened him with arrest if he does not take down his website… or at the very least stop advocating the Paleo diet to readers.

Criminalizing health advice

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Tags: Blogger, Blogs, Constitution, Diabetes, Dictatorship, Fascism, First Amendment, Food, Global News, Government, Health, New World Order, North Carolina, Paleo diet, Politics, Society, U.S.

- Why Did Russia Ban The Use of Microwave Ovens? (Apparently Apparel, Aug 18, 2011)

Tags: Food, Global News, Government, Health, Microwave, Politics, Russia, Science

- #Radioactive Japan: People Invited to Eat Cesium Beef from Iwate (EX-SKF, April 25, 2012):

This is the copy of the printed version of Fukushima Minpo on April 25, 2012, a local newspaper in Fukushima:

The reporter signs off as “Kyodo News”, but reading the postscript part of the article it is clear that this is the original Fukushima Minpo article. It was probably fed to Kyodo News, as Fukushima Minpo is a member of Kyodo News.

What does it say?

The series title in the upper right corner: “New Happiness in Japan – Measure”

The article title in the middle: “Think what “food safety” means”

The subtitle of the article: “Cesium beef offered at an event”

From this information, if you conjure up the image of the gist of the article as “OK, the happiness in Japan in post-Fukushima is to gladly eat beef known to contain radioactive cesium to help producers as long as it is measured and disclosed properly, and that’s food safety”, I’ll give you an A.

Quick translation (main article only, subject to revision later, maybe):

It was quiet in the office district on Sunday. It was March 11 afternoon, one year anniversary of the disaster. Couples with children, middle-aged men in jeans were entering a 12-story public building off the busy streets in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

On the tables in the kitchen that is used for cooking classes were the plates with hamburgers just cooked. Mitsuhiro Anada (age 40) told the people in the kitchen, “These contain 6 becquerels/kg [of radioactive cesium]. Please let me know if you don’t want to eat them. We have also prepared cesium-free ones.” About 30 people then sat at the table and started to eat.

Mr. Anada is the head of “Mo-ton Family”, a meat processing company located in the northern Iwate. The event, “Let’s eat cesium beef” came about after calling the customers who buy ham, hamburger meat and sausages from his company by mail order.

The main dishes are the hamburgers and beef stew made from the beef that had been detected with radioactive cesium. Both dishes tested far below the provisional safety limit (500 becquerels/kg [it was still the provisional safety limit in March this year]).

“I wanted the consumers to think about what “food safety” means, by showing the number [of radioactive cesium measurement] and having them eat [the meat]“, said Anada when asked why he held this event.

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Tags: Beef, Contamination, Environment, Food, Fukushima, Global News, Health, Iwate, Japan, Meat, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Radiation, Society

- Japanese Seaweed Radiation Doubles (EnviroReporter, April 20, 2012)

Tags: Contamination, Environment, Food, Global News, Health, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Radiation, Seaweed, U.S.