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'Multigrain snacks have proliferated throughout the food industry, but are these products really healthy as what their labels suggest? 7-grain, 12-grain, whole wheat, all-natural multi-grain, whole grain whole wheat....What, what, what? Just take a look at the products on the shelves of your local grocery store. There is a healthy multigrain substitute for everything - be it bread, noodles, biscuits or chips. Most brands are exploiting the multigrain craze that has caught the fancy of people of late. However, are they really healthy as these companies claim?' Read more... |
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Deceptions in the Food Industry: Baked versus Fried
'In this continuing series of Deceptions in the Food Industry, I want to address yet another fallacy the food industry uses to make us think a product they sell is healthy – baked versus fried on labels. I know a lot of people who eat real food would never touch a bag of the above pictured products. But, I still see a lot of people in general eating these foods, and I see them sold in many places.
I frequently see packages of chips, crackers, or other packaged foods that read “baked” or “baked instead of fried” on the label. I also hear people say that when you bake something instead of fry it – even some home-made foods – it’s healthier.'
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The 20 Health Benefits of Real Butter
'Origins of butter go back thousands of years to when our ancestors first started domesticating animals. In fact, the first written reference to butter was found on a 4500- year old limestone tablet illustrating how butter was made.
In India, ghee (clarified butter) has been used as a staple food, and as a symbol of purity, worthy of offering to the gods in religious ceremonies for more than 3000 years.
The Bible has references to butter as the product of milk from the cow, and of Abraham setting butter and milk from a calf before three angels who appeared to him on the plains of Mamre.3
For millennia, people around the globe have prized butter for its health benefits.'
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FDA Approved Gardasil Without Safety Testing: Proof in FDA Document
'Would you willingly use a pharmaceutical product or subject your child to one if it hasn’t been safety tested?
If you’ve had the Gardasil vaccine or have allowed your daughter, and now your son, to be injected, that’s precisely what has happened. The proof has been hidden in plain sight on the FDA’s website since 2006.
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) approval letter went out with statements saying that both short and long term studies were to be done. Approval was immediate, not predicated on the results of those studies.'
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EatingWell Media Promotes Disinformation Piece on Microwaves and High-Fructose Corn Syrup
'Their article tackles controversial topics such as high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and microwave radiation and dismisses their dangers as misinformation.
The contributing editor of EatingWell, Joyce Hendley, who authored the article ironically states "the most persistent nutrition myths are those that contain at least a kernel of truth." We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
Here's a play-by-play on the blatant lies the author promotes as truths.'
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