• 9/26 2:08pm   I observed something disturbing, which needs relayed to the public.
    This post comes from watching the many overweight and obese teenagers stopping to catch their breath on the Foxborough stadium ramps and stairs at the Rolling Stones concert last week. It was shocking to see, but gives me a reason to tell you of some of the Hidden Dangers in the Food Supply, many just coming into the mainstream, and that you should watch closely what your children eat, drink and are exposed to if you want them to grow up to be healthy adults.
    Here are some of the Hidden Dangers in Foods:
    1. Foods Containing Nutrasweet. Studies show that using nutrasweet does not result in weight loss - on the contrary, some studies point to a weight gain. Also, and most important, Every Unit (molecule) of Nutrasweet releases a molecule of Formaldehyde - used to preserve lab frogs and is a Cancer causing agent. It also releases amino acids that can cause hyperactivity (aspartic acid and phenylalanine) and other neurological problems, including MS-like symptoms in females. No child should have Nutrasweet sweetened foodstuffs. Some researchers have correlated the rise in incidence of brain tumors since the introduction of Nutrasweet in the early 1980's.
    2. Look out for Yellow #5 in children's food, soda and candy - This food dye (aka tartrazine) is useless and banned in Europe and found in many Soft Drinks, Candy, Fruit Roll Ups and Cereals, among others. Sponge-Bob treats are packed with Yellow #5. Banned in Europe, it causes hyperactivity in children and was the subject of over 400 scientific papers on its deleterious effects-Only 4 papers were from the United States and by a made-up food institute run by a multinational company.
    3. Food is a Legal Drug and is pushed on to you relentlessly. Next time, count the number of food commercials on television and realize that they are triggering complex brain chemistry that lowers your impulse threshold to eating - addictive stimuli that cause you to eat whenever activated; a form of Pavlovian conditioning -- I'm Loving It!
    4. High Fructose Corn Syrup. Dumped onto the national market after the US government subsidized corn growers, during the Reagan administration. The graph below shows consumption in the US by year - a major jump occurred in the early 1980's, leading to the obesity epidemic of the present. In 1980 less than 20 lbs/person were consumed-today over 60lbs/person!
    So here's what you can do. Read the labels on your children's food. No fructose, Yellow #5, trans-fats and artificial sweeteners. Ask your school what they serve for lunch and have them remove Bad Foods listed above from the menu and chips, soda and processed milk products, especially.
    But above all, you need to pull your heads out of the sand, read up on these health issues and ban bad food products. It's your right to be informed, and children do not know any better.
    You will hopefully raise a child that can climb a set of stairs.
    "Commerce without morals is a form of aggression"
    - Gandhi
    - MON

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