Food “Safety”? All the Dangerous Food Recalls in Just the Last Few Days By Melissa Dykes One of the clear and present dangers in having such a highly industrialized, highly centralized food system in this country (a system where a whopping 96% of everyone relies on the other 4% for their food) is contamination. Our food is so centralized now that 10 megacorporations essentially own and produce all the brands you see on your grocery store shelf. In short, it ain’t like your mom’s mom’s mom used to make. So in a typical week, several products are found contaminated with everything from undeclared major allergens to potentially fatal food-borne pathogens to “particulate matter”. In just the last few days, these things have been recalled (via the FDA’s recall page and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS):June 12, 2015 – Larry’s Custom Meats Inc., a Hartwick, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 529 pounds of beef tongue products that may have been shipped with lingual tonsils still attached, the U.S. Via Food Safety News:
Whitehead & Whitehead Consultants 10 Worst Food Companies that are Poisoning You Daily and Lying About It By Jake Anderson Much of the mainstream American food supply is laden with unhealthy additives, artificial flavorings, coloring, dyes, preservatives, hormones, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and toxins. Not everyone agrees that GMOs have been proven harmful to humans, which is why the food chains listed here were selected specifically because they are responsible for a wide variety of health violations—the GMOs and their concealment from public knowledge are included for informational purposes. As with all things, I urge you to read with your head on a swivel, adjusting your worldview based on new information. #1: ConAgra Foods ConAgra—whose brands include Hunt’s, Healthy Choice, Marie Callender’s, Orville Redenbacher, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, Egg Beaters, Hebrew National, P. In 2003, it was revealed that for two years, ConAgra had been poisoning Americans with E.coli-tainted beef, which the USDA was complicit in covering up. #2: General Mills Does this really surprise anyone? #9: PepsiCo
Whitehead and Whitehead Consultants Deceptive almond milk ingredients (NaturalHealth365) Do you drink almond milk instead of cow’s milk because you think it’s healthier? Well, that may be true, but only if you’re making your own fresh (organic) almond milk. Almond milk’s popularity can be seen due to its presence in most mainstream grocery stores – but there is a serious problem with those commercially-produced brands. Store bought almond milk is not the health food most consumers believe it to be. Widely known, yet kept secret within the health food industry, commercially-produced almond milk actually only has about a handful of almonds per half-gallon carton. What you’ll find in commercial almond milk will shock you! Commercial almond milk ingredients aren’t close to what you would expect. If the fiber content on your almond milk is low or non-existent, that almond base is practically almond-free. Evaporated cane juice (basically, sugar)Calcium carbonateSea saltCarrageenanFortified vitamins and minerals
Vegetable oil consumption now linked to trans-fats and pesticides found within human tissues (NaturalNews) Vegetable oil is a product consumed worldwide. Production sky rocketed with advances made in agricultural farming from the industrial revolution. The most common vegetable oils include soybean oil, cottonseed oil, canola (rapeseed) oil, corn oil and safflower oil. Studies reveal that vegetable oil consumption is now linked to trans-fatty acids and pesticides being found within human tissues. Vegetable oils are popular in modern cuisine because they can be used in different techniques in restaurants and home cooking. Vegetable oils dominate an overwhelming amount of processed foods found in dressings, marinades, spreadable cheeses, packaged baked goods, and the list continues on. Vegetable oils are polyunsaturated in that they have multiple double bonds and are easily damaged by heat or UV light. Costa Rican studies have since shown insight on the relationship between vegetable oil consumption and trans fat accumulation in the body. 1. Sources: Baylin A, et al. Dr.
The Frightful 15: Food Additives That are Killing You Photo credit: bigstock.com You might try to kid yourself when you are eating those processed or junk foods and tell yourself that they aren’t all that bad, are they now? In a simple sentence; yes, they are that bad. Eating processed foods, junk foods, or fast foods is a virtual guarantee that you are consuming any number of toxic, carcinogens, or questionable food additives. Additives are used for various reasons; to stop fats or oils from going rancid, to stop fruit from browning, to “enrich” the food with synthetic vitamins, or to greatly slow down the spoiling rate. Although almost all of these ingredients have been linked in numerous studies to health concerns or even shown to be downright dangerous, they are approved because these Big Food companies conduct their own research and they tell the FDA or the USDA that these additives are “Generally Recognized as Safe,” a.k.a. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: FDA Admits it Allows Untested Food Additives to be Sold to Consumers Continue to Page 2 1. 2.
Nestle Being Sued for $100 Million Dollars Over Hazardous Lead in Food By Carey Wedler The Indian government has announced that it is suing mega corporation Nestle over claims it deceptively allowed unsafe and illegal levels of lead in Maggi instant noodles, one of the company’s most popular products in the country. The lawsuit, which seeks nearly $100 million in damages, alleges Nestle engaged in “unfair trade practices” and alleges the noodles are unfit for human consumption. On Wednesday, the Indian government officially declared that it filed suit in the country’s top consumer court, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), which has semi-judicial powers. It seeks 6,400 million rupees, or $98.6 million in damages from Nestle India. “Our complaint is over their unfair trade practices and the court will now issue them notices to hear their response,” said G. Sales of the noodles plunged after India’s food safety regulator reported in June that it had tested the noodles and found “unsafe and hazardous” levels of lead. Also See:
Toxic veggie burgers - Morningstar Farms exposed (NaturalHealth365) Having pre-made food options can be very exciting for vegetarian lovers – especially when schedules are busy. It’s “just what the world ordered” according to MorningStar Farms®. While the brand pleads with America to take the “green” challenge by eating more veggies and less meat, MorningStar Farms® is hoping you won’t read this article and discover what’s really in their food products. Thanks to powerful (suggestive) marketing techniques, vegetarian and vegan shoppers are led to believe that the brand’s “Veg of Allegiance” must mean that their products are safe to eat. But, reality reveals a very different story. MorningStar Farms® offers lower fat products for the health conscious consumers, but buyers may be risking the very thing they are trying to protect – their bodies from toxic chemicals. Hexane is a neurotoxin found in soy-based foods that poison the body. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is an excitotoxin that is extremely harmful to health. Food & Nutrition
Warning: Shocking Toxic Chemicals Found In Teas Warning: Shocking Toxic Chemicals Found In Teas Please be sure to Join our email list and receive all our latest and best tutorials daily – free! 1K+ Photo – © Herbs-Info.com UPDATE: Many people wanted to see “which brands”: We linked to the Glaucus Research report that tears Teavana a new one, we linked (end of the article) to Food Babe’s article which includes a complete chart of which brands she investigated, and we followed up with a lot of our own additional research into the substances in the teabag material and so on. To sum it up; Numi, Rishi and Traditional Medicinals came out smelling of roses; most of the others, not so – including Lipton, Allegro, Celestial Seasonings, Tazo, Teavana, Bigelow, Republic of Tea, Twinings, Yogi, Tea Forte, Mighty Leaf, Trader Joe’s, Tetley. Now I’m a tea fanatic so I was understandably upset by finding out that my favorite brew is loaded with surprisingly high quantities of pesticides and other dubious chemicals. 1) PESTICIDES.
The Shocking and Disgusting Things That are Hiding in Your Meat and Processed Foods - NaturalON Photo credit: bigstock.com Ever since the horsemeat scandal, more people than ever before are looking more closely at the food they eat. However, the sad truth is, no matter how many labels you read, you might be eating things you can’t even imagine. Besides the food additives, chemicals, preservatives, and artificial colors, you might be shocked to find out all the things that are in the foods the FDA says is safe. 1. Human Hair It’s happened to all of us at one time or another: you sit down to a great meal and yuck, a hair! You can avoid this by purchasing your bread from a local baker, as it’s not an additive you find in flour. 2. Hold onto your hat. 3. You have heard of carbon monoxide poisoning, of course, but did you know that you are being exposed to this potentially lethal gas every time you eat beef? Continue to Page 2 4. You are probably already aware that keeping rodents out of any facility that makes or stores food is next to impossible. 5. 6. 7. Continue to Page 3 8. 9. 10.
What You Never Knew About Caffeine Consumption (Until Now) | Greatist I have had a love/hate relationship with caffeine for the better part of the last seven years—a short time frame, no doubt, compared to the more devoted coffee drinkers among us. But in that time I’ve learned quite a bit about the compound known as 1,3,7 trimethylxanthine—and it's not all pretty. In the grand continuum of drugs, caffeine is seen as mild, and with good reason. Compared to the effects of drugs such as cocaine and heroin, caffeine affects the brain in much less severe ways. Few of us may think of the contents of our coffee mugs as being equal to a pill or a powder, but in essence that’s what us caffeine addicts are consuming every day. This Is Your Body On Caffeine Caffeine is produced by more than 75 plants, which utilize it as a pesticide. Caffeine is a member of both the alkaloid family (along with morphine, nicotine, codeine, etc.) and the xanthine family, from which most stimulants are derived . Caffeine, Health Risks, and Addiction The Takeaway
5 organic foods that contribute to inflammation (NaturalHealth365) At one time, certain foods were considered “healthy” such as yogurt, whole grain bread, or granola. But, now, many people know that these prepackaged and processed foods are actually not as healthy as once claimed. In fact, did you know that these same “healthy” organic foods can actually cause you harm? In reality, these highly-processed foods contribute to inflammation and put you at risk for gaining excess fat and chronic disease symptoms. You may want to rethink your purchases if you’ve been buying store-bought almond, coconut, or cashew milk. First of all, most of these nut milks are so watered down that you won’t receive the nutrients you think you’re getting. While big food manufacturers will have you believing you’re getting healthy by opting for their organic fruit juice, you may be surprised to learn that most of these store bought items aren’t really healthy. Did you know that organic hummus is made with soybean and/or canola oil?