Here’s a great video and link to learn about what 200 Calories of food looks like.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm
What you get out of those 200 Calories varies greatly.
Unless you are eating organic, you will also be eating GMOs and pesticides. Here’s a good guide to get you eating healthier
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Posted in Food, Health, Nourishment
Tagged calories, healthier food, nutrition, safer food
Paul Whaley posted this eye-opening news at the Health & Environment blog:
“Parabens … are widely used as preservatives in cosmetics… and have appeared in the news because of concern about their endocrine-disrupting potential, in particular their ability to mimic oestrogen…”
“However, people may be less aware of the use of parabens in foodstuffs, identifiable on labelling as additives E214-219. The most commonly-used parabens in food are methylparaben (food additive E218) and ethylparaben (E214)…”
I had no idea! And I’ve looked into a lot of contamination issues with foods! These are chemicals we wouldn’t normally think we are ingesting orally. Pesticides we now know about, some of us knew about phthalates, but parabens too?
Ok, it turns out some folks already knew, but only so far as those that are listed on labels, (and I haven’t bought much food requiring a label in years) but this new research shows them also appearing in foods that do not require ingredient labels! And these weren’t just the naturally occurring parabens, (as there are some, it turns out) but synthetic parabens were also found!
phthalates and parabens are found in almost all supermarket foods that were tested
I recently wrote about other research that confirmed how commonly phthalates are found in supermarket foods, contamination from fragrance and plastic, but it seems we have more reasons to be careful about the foods and drinks we choose:
From the Abstract: “Parabens are esters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid and are widely used as preservatives in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, including beverages”
We are what we eat…
Do you know where your bacon is coming from?
Posted in Food, GMO, Health, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Public Health
So what does this have to do with personal power?
Or health?
And whose health are we talking about?
Our health? Farmer health? Land health? Industry and economic health?
Are these the same things or are they different?
Sometimes it’s hard to know. There is so much conflicting information out there. Even when we get an idea that what we are eating isn’t the healthiest choice for us, it can be overwhelming to sift through all the information out there to figure out where to start making changes (even without any allergies or sensitivities).
Plus, those packaged foods are so convenient when we are tired…
And that is where we start to lose personal power… even when we read the labels on those packages, there is so much crucial information that does not get put on any labels.
Eating healthy is a lot easier when we know what the issues are, why we need to make changes, and where to start. Not all of us have had good role models in the kitchen, we might be comfortable with the status quo, and changing our habits can seem daunting. So what to do?
Hey, what is wrong with those products anyway?
The good people at Healthy Child Healthy World have put together an amazingly comprehensive booklet, one that introduces the issues with our current food supply, and offers easy to understand tips on what we can do to choose smart, even on a budget. Don’t get turned off if you don’t have children, this book is a valuable resource for everyone!
Posted in Environmental Health, Food, GMO, Health, Nourishment, Public Health
Tagged eating healthy and safe, health, Healthy Child Healthy World, healthy food, pesticide free, video
In my post about GMO labeling, I saw the need for a post dedicated to RoundUp aka Glyphosate, but it’s hard to separate the two (GMOs and glyphosate) since most GMOs are designed to be grown with the use of RoundUp aka Glyphosate.
As I was writing, this post kept growing and growing (unlike anything sprayed with glyphosate) and contains something like 42 external links, just in case anyone wants to go nuts exploring the research… There’s probably enough info here without following any of the links (but please do sign the petitions at least) and you can bookmark the post in case you ever need to go deeper.
I’ve tried to break up some of the links with a few photos and a video, so hopefully it doesn’t look too busy, but it got to the point I really don’t know how to edit it without just saying something like
“GMOs and RoundUp aka glyphosate = REALLY REALLY BAD for everyone
and everything except company profits”
and deleting the rest, but after all the work I did, I just can’t do that. Someone else might be capable of turning this into several posts, but I’m not that someone else. Yet… Who knows who I will be when I regain all my brain functions? Anyway, consider this fair warning!
There is so much evidence of harm (REALLY BIG LONG TERM HARM) caused by eating foods that have RoundUp aka Glyphosate used on them (which would be most processed and packaged foods that are not certified organic), but we are also breathing it in, drinking it, and tracking it into our homes from lawns that it gets sprayed on, pissing it out of our bodies, and making people, pets and farm animals sick (or dead) as well as killing unintended plants with pesticide drift drift drift and more drift, since it easily blows off the property it is applied to, and then affects the plants, critters and people next door too (toxic trespass).
This stuff is designed to KILL, and it isn’t selective. It will kill some things quickly, and some things slowly (and we are composed of some things it can kill slowly).
“Each year in the United States more than 1 billion pounds of synthetic pesticides – insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides and fungicides – are applied in agriculture, homes, schools, parks, playgrounds and daycare centers. The National Toxicology Program has found in animal bioassays that a number of widely used pesticides are carcinogenic. Case-control epidemiologic studies have found consistent, modest associations between pesticide exposures in utero and in early childhood and acute lymphocytic leukemia, childhood brain cancer and childhood non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Rates of childhood leukemia are consistently elevated among children who grow up on farms, among children whose parents used pesticides in the home or garden, and among children of pesticide applicators.” ~ Philip J. Landrigan, MD, chairman of the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine and professor of pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City
This may be one of the most insidious everyday poisons we are exposed to.
Baby Formula Manufacturers Seek To Avoid GMO Labeling With Last-Minute Amendment (Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners)
“The herbicide sprayed on most of the world’s genetically engineered crops—and gets soaked into the food portion—is now linked to “autism … gastrointestinal issues such as inflammatory bowel disease, chronic diarrhea, colitis and Crohn’s disease, obesity, cardiovascular disease, depression, cancer, cachexia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and ALS, among others.”
“This has to be speculative but it cannot be genetic because the period is too short. Whilst there will be some influence of more elderly people, it does not account for the earlier onset; the differences between countries nor the fact that more women have been affected, as their lives have changed more than men’s over the period, all indicates multiple environmental factors.
Considering the changes over the last 30 years – the explosion in electronic devices, rises in background non-ionising radiation- PC’s, micro waves, TV’s, mobile phones; road and air transport up four-fold increasing background petro-chemical pollution; chemical additives to food etc.
There is no one factor rather the likely interaction between all these environmental triggers, reflecting changes in other conditions.
For example, whilst cancer deaths are down substantially, cancer incidence continues to rise; levels of asthma are un-precedented; the fall in male sperm counts – the rise of auto-immune diseases – all point to life-style and environmental influences.
These `statistics’ are about real people and families, and we need to recognise that there is an `epidemic’ that clearly is influenced by environmental and societal changes.”
~ Professor Colin Pritchard
Article: http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=131020&CultureCode=en
Photo: While the article subject is serious, this is the only brain in my photo files, of a knitted beanie that made the rounds on fb…
Research Abstract: http://www.publichealthjrnl.com/article/S0033-3506%2812%2900467-2/abstract
“These results pose a major public health problem, as the epigenetic contribution to these changes, rather than longevity, have serious implications indicating earlier onset of neurological morbidity pressurizing families, health and social care services, with resource implications especially for Australia, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, the UK and the USA.”
Posted in Chemicals, Environmental Health, Food, Health, Pollution, Public Health, Toxic Trespass, Wireless
Tagged brain diseases, cancer, dementia, environment, male sperm, neurological mortality
I see a little poster being shared all over facebook all the time telling people to look for a sticker starting with an 8 to warn us that the produce has been genetically modified.
We do not have laws to label GMO foods in North America, so you won’t see a sticker that starts with an 8 here! Not until we get laws to mandate them!
The original poster gives people such a false sense of reassurance.
Posted in Environment, Environmental Health, Food, GMO, Government, Health, Images
Tagged allergies, Diet, environmental sensitivities, fruits and veggies, GMO labels, health, images, pesticides in produce, science, unhealthy food, video
Having invisible disabilities can present challenges most people don’t think of.
Modified from original image by Eurofin
Indoor air can be too polluted for some of us to safely breathe. Those of us with MCS/ES can develop serious and life-threatening symptoms from breathing in toxic chemicals commonly found in indoor air. Even a mask may not be enough to protect us.
Or we may be having a bad Fibromyalgia flare and just be in too much pain to shop.
So what can we do when we need something?
Posted in Accessibility, Disability, Environmental Sensitivities, Food, Human Rights, Indoor Air Quality, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
Tagged accessibility standards, Accessible Customer Service, CFS/ME, fibromyalgia, Fragrance, fragrance chemicals, IAQ, invisible disabilities, MCS/ES, shopping, toxic chemicals, VOCs
Foods, chemicals, and other substances can cause disturbing, disabling, or even life threatening symptoms.
Something to consider when trying to determine if you have allergies or sensitivities to foods is whether or not they are organic, conventional, or GMOs. Also, as a couple of recent studies revealed, many foods are chemically contaminated with BPA and phthalates (and probably other chemicals that weren’t tested for), so if a person also has chemical “sensitivities”, getting to the bottom of what is causing any number of symptoms can be challenging, especially with the delayed symptoms that are becoming so common these days.
Posted in Environmental Sensitivities, Food, Health
Tagged allergy, Chemicals, environment., Food, sensitivity, symptoms of food allergy
Dr Vandana Shiva
Image from Seed Freedom
Truth-teller, quantum physicist, heroine, wisdom woman, life saver…
Please watch this short (10 minute) video clip of her being interviewed on GritTV, and if you have time, the longer one from Bill Moyers, to learn more about the very important issues surrounding the corporate control of our global food supply. There are many great interviews available online, and it’s hard to choose or remember which might be the “best”. Here are three that I have stumbled across again during the past week as I have been thinking of posting something to honour her and her work. Her book “Stolen Harvest” changed my life’s direction and goals many years ago.
Posted in Environmental Health, Environmental Rights, Food, Human Rights
Tagged environment, GMOs, Vandana Shiva, video
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