A four part series examining the United States Government’s relationship with the agricultural industry and how that directly affects your family’s health So far, we have examined the United States governmental hold on our food supply and how subsidized foods are dangerous to our health. Corn, the number one subsidized food in this country, is processed and manipulated into everything from high fructose corn syrup to feed for cattle. The Agricultural Department and the Food and Drug Administration have created an additive, detrimental food supply, contributing to our country’s ill health and obesity. Mass Distribution The Grocery Manufactures of America want to sell cheap processed foods, at higher prices in…
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Does the Government Decide What You Eat – PART 2
A four part series examining the United States Government’s relationship with the agricultural industry and how that directly affects your family’s health In part 1, we discovered CORN is the most heavily processed food in the nation and high-fructose corn syrup is killing us, by making us the most overweight nation in the world. Because the US Government subsidizes farmers to produce more corn, eventually to be processed, but does not compensate farmers to grow fruits and vegetables, we are a nation that is doomed. Government Is Not Concerned Our national “Dietary Guidelines,” are developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with the United States Department…
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Eating Subsidized Foods Can Be Deadly – PART 1
A four part series examining the United States Government’s relationship with the agricultural industry and how that directly affects your family’s health. I recently read The Journal of the American Medical Association has concluded, Americans ingesting calories from subsidized foods such as corn, soy, and hormonal injected meats, are more likely to succumb to diet-related diseases. The United States Government subsidizes the following top food products: Corn is the most processed food in this nation and may eventually prove to be the most deadly. What is “subsidizing food”? In the 1930’s, the US Government began subsidizing food. Congress gave farmers and agricultural businesses, collected tax dollars to grow particular…
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Organic Gardening at the Rodale Institute
If you are a home gardener wanting to educate yourself and strive for organic gardening, you need to read up on the Rodale Institute in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Founded by J.I. Rodale in 1947, the Rodale Institute’s initial mission was to create an example of how organic farming could work. Because of health aliments, Rodale wanted to study the process of organic farming, verses conventional farming and the benefits of going organic. Originally ridiculed for his vision, Rodale is now revered as a pioneer and his grand-daughter and great grand-daughter carry on his legacy, forming the largest multi-media company dedicated to restoring a healthy plant, Rodale Incorporated. History of Rodale When…
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What Foods Can Ulcer Sufferers Eat?
I have a family member suffering from an ulcer. She is trying to control it with her diet and asked me for advice, so of course, I researched this painful, debilitating infection. Discovering much conflicting and contradictory information, I finally found some consistent information. Yes, an ulcer is an infection; however, there are 3 major types of ulcers; peptic gastric duodenal. All are basically born from an infection called Helicobacter Pylori or commonly referred to as H. Pylori. Digestion Digestion is our body’s way of breaking down the food we eat, while using nutrients from food, to sustain the function of our bodies’ organs. Gastric juices in the stomach break…
