Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Sweet Lies: How the Food Industry is Brainwashing the Public

False and misleading nutrition information is being sold to the unsuspecting public through convincing TV, radio, magazine and newspaper ads and brilliantly designed marketing campaigns.

Chemical concoctions are being advertised as the latest and greatest new "healthy" foods. Synthetic food additives are being promoted as safe and "made from food." Because consumers are becoming more conscious of healthier choices, manufacturers are telling you that these fake foods with their artificial ingredients are good for you.

Stop and think. Don't be fooled. Consider where your health and nutrition information is coming from. When you get your nutrition information from the media, you're getting it from the food industry and companies that stand to benefit from you purchasing their products.

If you believe what you read from food industry ads, especially for processed foods, and from organizations that receive money from the food industry, you may be on your way to cancer, heart disease, diabetes or obesity ... if you're not already there.

Take for instance, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)...

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

MSG Kills Your Brain Cells

MSG is an excitotoxin. It excites your brain cells to death.

If you react to MSG and know it's an MSG reaction, you already know to be on the lookout for it in the foods you eat. But what you may not know that is there are more than a dozen different names of ingredients that are hiding places for MSG. Many of these ingredients sound perfectly natural and harmless, like broth and natural flavors.

In addition, packages may be labeled No MSG or No MSG Added and still contain MSG because of the different names for MSG. Manufacturers do this on purpose because it makes their empty calorie, nutrient deficient, chemicalized fake foods taste good.

Here are some additional common names that are hiding places for MSG:

* autolyzed yeast
* yeast extract
* calcium caseinate
* gelatin
* glutamic acid
* anything with "hydrolyzed" in its name
* protein extract

There are even more.

MSG is addictive and it makes you want to keep eating. It is a common cause of overeating and obesity. It may also cause headaches, slurred speech, itchiness, nausea, diabetes, and a whole host of other symptoms.

MSG is only one of the many dangerous food additives in the processed foods on the market today. Find out how you can protect yourself from food additive harm, and get free food additive tips too.


Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Aspartame, What You Don't Know Can Hurt You!

Aspartame is one of the most toxic food additives on the market today. It's in over 4000 different products. It can mimic a variety of diseases that you may be taking drugs for when you don't even have the disease, but instead you may have aspartame poisoning.

Find out more about the deadly effects of aspartame here. If you use aspartame, even if you don't have any known adverse effects, you still need to read this.

Learn how you can avoid the harmful effects of food additives in the food you eat every day.