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When spraying Roundup 2 years ago, the drifting spray killed all my honey bees. In 24 hours i lost all the bees in 12 hives that are stacked 4 high each. I contacted the State EPA, they said it is legal to use Roundup.
It should not surprise anyone that the chemicals in Roundup are in High Fructose Corn Syrup or Mercury or anything the big Agra companies want. despicable
All manufactured food is tainted food, IMHO.
Lean and Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
Bottled drink mixes (Bloody Mary, Margarita, etc.)
almost all Pepperidge Farm breads (including whole grain)
all name brands of ketchup
all Yoplait yogurts that are not reduced calorie
most common bottled salad dressings
Simple explanation: HFCS converts sugar to stored fat in the liver. No coincidence that the ubiquity of HFCS since the 1980s (a cheap and profitable form of sweetener, a boon for Big Ag) correlates to the explosion of obesity.
http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php/200...
Here's a good interview on the subject of Obama and Food
"The Bush White House chef may have served organic meals to the First Family, but many food policy watchers were unhappy with food and farm policy in the U.S. throughout the Bush administration. How will things change under Obama? Leonard talks to Gourmet magazine’s Ruth Reichl and New York Times food writer Kim Severson."
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2009/...
We have to completely opt out of almost all manufactured food products to avoid this conspiracy to turn us into Wall*E "citizens" of the future. (Pollan & Bittman's books are useful guides for how and why we need to do it).
http://www.bullz-eye.com/furci/2006/any_food_in...
The problem is our bodies metabolize HFCS differently than sucrose or fruit leveulose. When we consume sucrose, our bodies convert it into glucose, which raises our blood glucose levels. We then get an insulin spike to shuttle the glucose where it’s needed. When we consume HFCS, unlike natural sugar, it is metabolized in the liver and produces high triglyceride levels which are linked to heart disease. In addition, HFCS does not induce insulin secretion, nor does it boost leptin production, both of which are key signals for decreasing hunger. Hence, the name “fat carb.” Eat it, get fat. Eat more, get fatter.
"fruit levulose" and fructose are chemically the same thing. Neither fruits nor HFCS contain 100% fructose. In both cases, other sugars are present (sucrose and glucose). The important issues is that the fructose found in an apple is the same as that found in HFCS. The problem with the american diet is that we are, in effect, gorging on fruit every day of our lives. Is there an epidemic of diabetes and obesity? yes. We need to eat less sugar, and a smaller percentage of that sugar should come from fructose, including HFCS.
Autism's cause likely linked to environment, study says
Then read this one:
CLEANING UP THE CDC
Oh, and this one:
FDA scientists complain to Obama of 'corruption'
War crimes? These people, who knew about this back in 2005, should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. They've blithely poisoned kids. See this list of mercury products. Chocolate syrup, jelly and COKE ferchrisakes.
They should do an comparative study of people living in the countryside, with drafty, older houses, or in more primitive cultures, at the same time, and see what their rate of autism is.
You are absolutely right about indoor air though. Certain toxins we inhale can be extremely debilitating to some of us too. Imagine what the cumulative effects on the body must be. The crazy thing is people pay good money for and think plastic, perfume, phenol, and other vapors are a good thing. I know John has posted about his own chemical sensitivity issues in the past. We definitely need to get more of a dialogue going on this.
http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2009/01/haagend...
No wonder people are getting sicker every year.
I definitely avoid HFCS like the plague.
As has been stated below, it's amazing how alot of 'generic' or store brand items don't have it but big name brands do. Go figure.
Some mainstream companies are learning though... Heinz for example has it in every ketchup they make, except their Organic ketchup...I found you just have to look at the labels and you'll be able to find something as an alternative to the item that has HFCS.
We need to reform our electoral system so that we can have politicians with the will to reform our agriculture so we can have actual sugar be economically viable so we can stop poisoning our kids with HFCS.
Also, testing food with HCFS as an ingredient and finding mercury doesn't mean the mercury is from the HCFS. Did they check non-HCFS food and not find any? If not, then that really is a terrible study.
1. HFCS *is* sugar. THe only negative health effects associated with it are those associated with unhealthy intake of sugar in general. How can we blame the corn lobby for the crappy eating habits of americans?
2. Mercury is in lots of foods. The only thing reported here is that it was found in HFCS above the detection limit. How exactly is that relevant to anything? What is the detection limit, and how does it relate to the FDA limits for mercury? Good lord, report some science please.
3. To those here blaming this, again, on the corn lobby, how do we know that the mercury came from the corn at all, and was not introduced during production? In any case, if you're worried about mercury, eat less fish.
There are very real, and very correctable, issues to be addressed in the overall health and safety of the average American diet. Hysteria surrounding a few products or a few substances not only does nothing to improve your health, it generates such a miasma of bad science and misinformation that it distracts from the real issues, with the net effect of making us all *less* healthy.
American are FAT. That's the single biggest (excuse the pun) dietary problem we face. And yes, HFCS may be a large contributer to that problem. Hysteria over genetic modification, and trace element contamination does nothing to address this, and encourages people to focus on marginal issues while they literally eat themselves to death.
I've long suspected that New Coke was just a way to move from sugar to HFCS without anyone noticing. As I said, if you taste sugar first then HFCS, it's really noticeable and unpleasant. But if you pull the original off the shelves for awhile then reintroduce it with the new sweetner, you aren't as likely to notice. Perhaps it wasn't a plan on Coca-Cola's part, just a place where the bug became a feature.
And while I'm at it... ethanol from CORN is a zero sum game!!! It uses way too much energy to produce and there are other organic products that work far better. Send that corn to impoverished nations.
and "Roundup" Is Agent Orange !?!? OMG!! I'm moving to France.
Concentration matters, meanwhile detection gets more and more sensitive.
Last year, when detection was less sensitive, they reported no mercury.
This year, with more sensitive equipment they detect ( in some samples) mercury.
Other samples still below the detection limit.
Mote and beam.
Total lack of perspective vortex.
Umm, I don't know if I'm the first to point this out, but mercury would probably make high fructose corn syrup healthier for you.