National Organic Standards Board Decision a Victory for Organics, Preservation of Antibiotics. What it Means to Be Organic: the Organic Chicken and Egg Debate. Is Subway Real Food? Nestle Group -"Access to Water Is Not Your Right" Organic attack: godfathers of organicised crime. Undefined Below is an extract from an article which first appeared in the The Ecologist, Vol 31 No 1. www.theecologist.org Organicised crime:The backlash against organic food has begun.
But who is behind it? Andy Rowell ....the agribusiness and biotech corporations are supported by a loose network of think-tanks, both in the US and in the UK. Anyone for Dennis? So who are the main characters involved? Avery, a former agricultural analyst for the US State Department during the Reagan era, is now Director of the Centre for Global Food Issues, which is part of the Hudson Institute, a right-wing US think-tank. Avery's defence of agribusiness sometimes borders on the absurd.
Having dismissed organic food, Avery turns his attentions to the wonders of biotechnology. Harry Hadaway, for the Soil Association points out how 'scientifically unsound' such statements are. Avery dismisses critics who point out the funding of the Hudson Institute by agrochemical companies. Widening the circle Barmy books. Deceptive Marketing: Pepsi's Naked Juice 'Exposed' A complete list of artificial ingredients. Rice Farmers Sue Drug Companies. Organic attack: godfathers of organicised crime. Your Yogurt Has More Sugar Than A Coke (And Some Other Sneaky Food Stuff You Didn’t Know)
10 Things the Processed Food Industry Doesn't Want You to Know. By Donna Gates Guest Writer for Wake Up World Okay, they taste good… and they’re easy.
In fact, they’re everywhere you look. Processed foods seem like the answer to today’s busy lives. And new fads and fancy advertisements make promises that keep us coming back for more. But before you hit the vending machine or the fast food window, find out what the processed food industry doesn’t want you to know. 1. Whole foods are made up of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, fiber and water. Eating highly processed or highly concentrated foods can artificially stimulate dopamine (the pleasure neurotransmitter), which plays a role in addiction. A food addiction starts because you feel good when you are eating these foods and they make you think they taste better. 2. Additives in processed foods, like high fructose corn syrup, sugar and MSG have been linked to weight gain and obesity.[2] Dr. 3. An example would be a frozen meat and cheese pizza. 4. 5.
The Ultimate Craving - How Industry Designs Food to be as Addictive as Narcotics. By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World It’s not surprising that processed foods are designed to foster addictive behavior — robbing us of our health, serenity and hard-earned cash.
Sugar, fat, salt and artificial flavors are manipulated in such a way that after one taste, consumers just cannot help themselves and a vicious cycle begins. Not only ingredients, but texture, shape and ‘mouth feel’ are all heavily researched and refined to create a highly pleasurable experience as well. Even though the average American does not view junk food as an addiction, researchers have discovered unhealthy food can actually seize the brain in the same way nicotine, cocaine and other drugs do — leaving us at the mercy of cravings and binges.
Processed food – The devil is in the details Picture for a moment two pieces of chocolate. Consider “sensory-specific satiety.” Interestingly, nicotine andnarcotic addictions hijack the brain in a similar fashion. Article Sources. How Bad Is Junk Food For Your DNA? By Raluca Schachter Guest writer for Wake Up World If we all dropped dead after eating junk food, the message would have been loud and clear: DO NOT INGEST! But this is one of the things we probably have to learn the hard way. Many people these days struggle through a long time of sickness, being plagued with low immunity, high toxicity, and a wide range of metabolic imbalances. Most likely they will have to leave this world in a hospital, after a long addiction to medical drugs and doctors. In the Aboriginal tribes on the other hand, the elderly leave their community and go alone to die in the wilderness when they “feel” it’s time to go.
Most modern, “civilized” people refuse to make and acknowledge any connection between the food they ingest, their lifestyle and their health. This mentality allows it to easily find excuses that validate our eating behavior, with no regard to the massive negative effect the junk food industry has on the human race. 1.