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THE TOP TEN THINGS FOOD COMPANIES DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
By Mike Adams
newstarget.com
Monday, August 14, 2006
http://www.newstarget.com/019957.html
[Visit the link above for exhaustive links to the items
referenced in this
article. --DS]
The giant food corporations have one mission: selling more food
and beverage
products to consumers. Succeeding with that mission depends on
keeping
consumers in the dark on certain issues such as the presence
cancer-causing
chemicals found in popular food products.
Here are ten things the food corporations, whose products
dominate grocery
store shelves across the United States and other countries,
absolutely do
not want you to know.
1. The ingredients listed on the label aren't the only things in
the food.
Cancer-causing chemicals such as acrylamides may be formed in
the food
during high-heat processing, yet there's no requirement to list
them on the
label. Residues of solvents, pesticides and other chemicals may
also be
present, but also do not have to be listed. The National
Uniformity for Food
Act, currently being debated in the U.S. Congress, would make it
illegal
(yes, illegal) for states to require cancer warnings on foods
that contain
cancer-causing chemicals (such as California's Proposition 65.)
See articles
on the Food Uniformity Act:
http://www.newstarget.com/019184.html
2. Monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is added to thousands of
food and
grocery products through a dozen different innocent-sounding
ingredients,
imbalances endocrine system function, disabling normal appetite
regulation
and causing consumers to keep eating more food. This chemical
not only
contributes to nationwide obesity, it also helps food companies
boost repeat
business. See articles on MSG:
http://www.newstarget.com/MSG.html
3. MSG is routinely hidden in foods in these ingredients: yeast
extract,
torula yeast, hydrolyzed vegetable protein and autolyzed yeast.
Thousands of
common grocery products contain one or more of these chemical
taste
enhancers, including nearly all "vegetarian" foods such as
veggie burgers
(read labels to check). See Food manufacturers hide dangerous
ingredients in
everyday foods by using confusing terms on the label:
http://www.newstarget.com/001529.html
4. ADHD in children is caused almost entirely by the consumption
of
processed food ingredients such as artificial colors and refined
carbohydrates. Eighty percent of so-called ADHD children who are
taken off
processed foods are cured of ADHD in two weeks. See articles on
ADHD:
http://www.newstarget.com/ADHD.html
5. The chemical sweetener aspartame, when exposed to warm
temperatures for
only a few hours, begins to break down into chemicals like
formaldehyde and
formic acid. Formaldehyde is a potent nerve toxin and causes
damage to the
eyes, brain and entire nervous system. Aspartame has been
strongly linked to
migraines, seizures, blurred vision and many other nervous
system problems.
See articles on aspartame:
http://www.newstarget.com/aspartame.html
6. Most food dips (like guacamole dip) are made with
hydrogenated oils,
artificial colors and monosodium glutamate. Many guacamole dips
don't even
contain avocados.
7. Plastic food packaging is a potent health hazard. Scientists
now know
that plastics routinely seep the chemical bisphenol A into the
food, where
it is eaten by consumers. Cooking in plastic containers
multiplies the level
of exposure. Bisphenol is a hormone disruptor and can cause
breast formation
in men and severe hormonal imbalances in women. It may also
encourage
hormone-related cancers such as prostate cancer and breast
cancer. See
Plastics chemical bisphenol A found to promote prostate cancer
in animal
studies:
http://www.newstarget.com/019572.html
8. Milk produced in the United States comes from cows injected
with
synthetic hormones that have been banned in every other advanced
nation in
the world. These hormones help explain why unusually young
teenage girls
develop breasts at such a young age, or why hormone-related
cancers like
prostate cancer are being discovered in unprecedented numbers.
In order to
protect Monsanto, the manufacturer of hormones used in the
industry, the
USDA currently bans organic milk producers from claiming their
milk comes
from cows that were not treated with synthetic hormones. Even
organic milk
is now under fire as the Organic Consumers Association says
Horizon milk
products are falsely labeled as organic. See Horizon milk, Wild
Oats named
in consumer boycott of "false" organic products
<http://www.newstarget.com/019806.html>. (The solution to all
this? Drink
raw almond milk instead. Make it yourself with a Vitamix, water
and a nut
milk bag.)
9. Most grocery products that make loud health claims on their
packaging
are, in reality, nutritionally worthless (like meal replacement
shakes,
instant chocolate milk, etc.). The most nutritious foods are
actually those
the FDA does not allow to make any health claims whatsoever:
fresh produce.
See articles on food labeling:
http://www.newstarget.com/food_labeling.html
10. Food manufacturers actually "buy" shelf space and position
at grocery
stores. That's why the most profitable foods (and hence, the
ones with the
lowest quality ingredients) are the most visible on aisle end
caps, checkout
lanes and eye-level shelves throughout the store. The effect of
all this is
to provide in-store marketing and visibility to the very foods
and beverages
that promote obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other
degenerative
conditions now ravaging consumers around the world. See articles
on food
marketing:
http://www.newstarget.com/food_marketing.html
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