Is Our Food Killing Us?

I am concerned about the food and drinks that you and I are consuming everyday. I hope you are a little concerned too. Sure we can read the labels and hope that what those words that we can't even pronounce are ok for us to eat or drink, but are they?

I have been keeping a close eye on what I have been eating and drinking for a while now. I thought it was time for me to speak up and bring it to your attention. Maybe you already know that some of the things you are eating and drinking aren't good for you, but you enjoy them, and you only live life once, right. I just feel since I only live it once, I am trying to make it last a little longer and not be sick the last days or years of it.

What I have been reading is not good. I don't like to depress myself by reading and researching bad things, but in order for me to lose weight, keep fit and healthy I am forced to. I also do not enjoy complaining to others about how bad things are, but I feel this is important for you to know.

Science is a necessity, and research and development is important because there are more people in the world everyday. So we need more food to feed us all. So our scientists are doing their jobs by tampering with Mother Nature. They are genetically tampering with seeds to grow bigger crops on less land. They are also adding all sorts of things to our food to make it store longer on the shelves. They are making things taste better by adding sweeteners that aren't made from sugar, so we don't see the high sugar content. I think there intentions are good, but I think a lot of what they are doing is going to come back and get us.

Along with the scientists playing with our food, we have to worry a bit about what we are putting into the air and water. We are polluting it and can't stop. We are now finding things that we have used for years that cause disease. Here is a expert from an article from a study by the EPA, if you want to read the whole article just do a search on Perchlorate. This is primarily used by our military and in rocket fuel.

"Perchlorate interferes with iodide uptake into the thyroid gland. Because iodide is an essential component of thyroid hormones, perchlorate disrupts how the thyroid functions. In adults, the thyroid helps to regulate the metabolism. In children, the thyroid plays a major role in proper development, in addition to metabolism. Impairment of thyroid function in pregnant mothers may impact the fetus and result in such effects as changes in behavior, delayed development and decreased learning capability. Drinking water contaminated with perchlorate is the most likely way that perchlorate can be ingested."

Of coarse this is not the only substance or toxin in our world. We have created others as you well know. Take artificial sweeteners for example. The FDA just said that Fructose is a natural sweetener. What a joke. Sure I guess you could say it is, kinda, but not the way that it is processed and put into our drinks. Trust me; I have articles that say it is not good for you, please avoid consuming it.

How about NutraSweet, Equal, and Aspartame brought to us by your friend and mine, Monsanto. I don't even want to think about the problems that have come from those products. That is very sad what health problems people get from trying to eat and drink things that they are told are better for them and it ends up causing life long illness.

Then I read about how the cattle and pigs have to be medicated long enough for them to be able to stagger through the gates to be trucked off to the slaughter house. The FDA does catch a few of them with high levels of medication still in them at the time of slaughter and fine them, but they can't possibly keep up and catch every infraction.

Then there is the salmonella problem. From what I understand it is mostly caused by the water the product is washed in that has the bacteria in it. They say that once the product is washed with this water and is packaged and sent, that it can not be washed out. You can not re-wash your vegetables and wash away the salmonella. I'm not saying don't bother washing all your fruit and vegetables, please do.

I do not have a solution to our food problems. What I do though is try to buy fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables and cross my fingers when I buy fresh fish, beef, chicken and I just don't even bother with any pork anymore. I usually just eat wild salmon and chicken breasts, and lots of fruit and vegetables. I eat a little grain and nuts. I also recommend a good detox colon cleanse and a good multi-vitamin. I also make a great protein shake every morning, protein powder, low fat yogurt, fresh fruit, and water.