What's going on with our food these days??

American Foods Chockfull of Ingredients Banned in Other Countries

February 27, 2013

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/02/27/us-food-products.aspx?e_cid=20130227_PRNL_art_1&utm_source=prmrnl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20130227

Story at-a-glance

• More than 3,000 food additives -- preservatives, flavorings, colors and other ingredients -- are added to foods in the United States. Many of these additives are banned in other countries
• Ingredients banned in other countries yet allowed in the US include various food dyes, the fat substitute Olestra, brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate (aka brominanted flour), Azodicarbonamide, BHA, BHT, rBGH, rBST, and arsenic
• Russia has announced a ban on virtually all U.S. meat and meat product imports, effective February 11, due to the feed additive ractopamine in the meats
• In the US, ditching processed foods is your best bet to avoid potentially harmful food additives. If you live in Europe you may have more options, as you may be able to find processed foods that do not contain any synthetic additives at all

Oceana investigation uncovers massive consumer fraud in mislabeled fish

Wednesday, February 27, 2013


Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/039272_Oceana_investigation_fake_tuna.html#ixzz2M9FxUZp6

 

 

(NaturalNews) Just when you thought eating fish was iffy enough due to Fukushima radiation, the gulf oil spill, mercury and other toxins found in fish, one of the largest seafood fraud investigations in the world to date has found that 59 percent of the tuna Americans consume is not really tuna. Worse still, most of the fake tuna was found to actually be a fish known for causing gastrointestinal problems.

The non-profit ocean protection group Oceana collected more than 1,200 samples from 674 retail outlets in 21 states from 2010 to 2012 to determine if they were honestly labeled. DNA testing found that one-third of the 1,215 seafood samples were mislabeled, according to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines...

14 year old girl speaks on 2nd Amendment rights in NH Congress

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Cowboy Byte

Read more: http://cowboybyte.com/18063/14-year-old-girl-speaks-on-2nd-amendment-rights-in-nh-congress/#ixzz2LwaBhUVF

Documentary Video - explains how it all works - from "alternative news"

Money, Banking, and The Federal Reserve System

February 23, 2013

New Documentary on Food - also, Dr. Mercola's article gives a chart on where to find non-healthy food

Documentary: Sustainable Table: What's On Your Plate?

February 23, 2013

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/02/23/sustainable-agriculture-system.aspx?e_cid=20130223_PRNL_art_1&utm_source=prmrnl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20130223

FTC now demanding double-blind testing on nutritional supplements--the same used for drugs--if the FTC gets away with this illegal maneuver, that is the FDA's requirement for drugs, not food which is what dietary supplements are, the FTC will wipe out the dietary supplement industry -- Check out Utah's Rep. Chaffetz's new bill, HR 1364 - it doesn't address the FTC double-blind study, but changes the FDA's regs against peer reviewed science being allowed by dietary supplement industry's marketing

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Threatens Your First Amendment Rights and Attempts to Censor Paleo Blogger
February 19, 2013
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/02/19/attack-against-paleo-blogger.aspx?e_cid=20130219_PRNL_art_2&utm_source=prmrnl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20130219

Story at-a-glance

• An attorney of the Alliance for Natural Health discusses how organizations such as the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), formerly known as American Dietetic Association (ADA), are threatening your freedom of choice about your health and nutrition
• The North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition launched an attack on a blog featuring nutritional principles of the Paleo Diet, accusing the blogger of providing nutritional counseling without a license; in response, he filed a lawsuit against the board for violating his first amendment rights
• The AND seeks to monopolize the market by “eliminating the competition,” using volunteers to quietly pass state legislation that silences anyone daring to go against their nutritional recommendations, which are largely designed to support the junk food and pharmaceutical industries
• FDA works in collusion with AND to limit your access to truthful health information, and the most recent target has been the nutritional supplement industry
• Congressman Chaffetz has introduced H.R. 1364, the Free Speech About Science Act (FSAS), a bill that would alter FDA regulations to enable supplement companies to cite peer reviewed science, making it easier for you to gain access to information important to your health 

You Can Help Fight for Your First Amendment Rights

There are steps you can take to protect free speech and your right to natural health information, including nutritional supplements.

1. Go to the Alliance for Natural Health and click on the "Campaigns" tab to find out what campaigns are currently active. Click on the "Take Action" tab to find out where the AND is active (at the state level) and where you can help. The action steps depend on the particular state. The site will help you contact the appropriate legislative representative so that you can urge them to not support certain bills.
2. Also visit Really Eat Right, which tracks the actions of the AND. The site exposes AND's funding of pharmaceutical and junk food industries, as well as concerns about advice you may get from a registered dietitian.
3. Support H.R. 1364, the Free Speech About Science Act. You can do this by going to this page on the Alliance for Natural Health website, which includes a quick way to send your message to Congress. 

Interesting Write-Up About Drones and How it Ties in with a Power Grab by the FTC, by Dr. Mercola

U.N. Launches Drone Investigation Into Legality Of U.S. Program

February 20, 2013

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/02/20/us-drone-program.aspx?e_cid=20130220_PRNL_art_1&utm_source=prmrnl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20130220

Story at-a-glance

• The “military industrial complex” has become the military industrial government. Other industries seem to have taken over our healthcare, banking, food and agriculture at the federal level as well
• Attacks on your civil liberties will likely eventually affect your right to choose what foods you want to buy, the supplements you want to take, and the healing modalities you want to pursue to stay healthy
• The FTC recently circumvented current law and made new ones, squashing free speech in the process, when it ruled that POM Wonderful had made disease claims on its product, and that “a double-blind random-controlled trial (RCT) is required for any “efficacy” claim, and two double blind RCTs for any claim that might seem to be related to a disease”. Double-blind RCT’s required for making disease claims is actually an FDA labeling standard for drugs—not food. It’s not for the FTC to demand a product provide such evidence
• If the FTC prevails in requiring double-blind RCTs, only pharmaceutical companies will be able to make health claims on their patented and FDA-approved products
• A new bill called the Free Speech about Science Act (FSAS) has been introduced, which would allow natural product companies to cite peer-reviewed science in their advertising. Please take action to support this bill

Monsanto changing strategies from California's Prop 37 to Washington State's own Initiative 522 - How? - With money, lots of money, to buy "friendly" spokepersons - getting caught in the act -- truth always leaks out, no matter how long it takes

Biotech Industry Ups Propaganda Efforts with Undercover Ambassadors?

February 17, 2013

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/02/17/biotech-industry-increases-propaganda-plans.aspx?e_cid=20130217_PRSNL_Art_1&utm_source=prmrsnl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20130217

Story at-a-glance

• The biotech industry, led by Monsanto, is increasing their propaganda efforts to reshape their public image, and sway your opinion against the need to label genetically engineered foods
• Part of this makeover program appears to be the recruitment of seemingly independent “ambassadors” to covertly lobby the GE agenda. The appearance of being an independent voice is imperative for the role to be effective
• One such “covert” agent appears to be Mark Lynas, an environmentalist and writer, who claims to have “converted” to a pro-GE stance after he “discovered science.” His claims of being a mastermind of the anti-GE movement before he changed his mind, has been vehemently rebuffed by veterans in the movement, who don’t recall him being involved in any meaningful way
• The fight for GMO labeling has now moved to the state of Washington, where the people's initiative 522, "The People's Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act," will require food sold in retail outlets to be labeled if it contains genetically engineered ingredients