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Processed Meat Unsafe For Human Consumption; Cancer Experts Warn of Dietary Dangers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

A woman asked me this question at a recent live event where I was warning the audience about the dangers of chemicals found in popular grocery products. Frankly, I was surprised to hear the question. But I've since learned that many people really don't know the difference between processed meat and non-processed meat ("fresh" meat). Here's the difference: Fresh meat usually has only one ingredient: The meat! Fresh meat is refrigerated and has a very short shelf life (just a few days, usually). It's usually packaged in simple wrappers, with no fancy logos or color printing.

What's in an apple? Buying organic, healthful produce becomes increasingly complicated Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

This is a common conundrum among consumers: How do you decide which grocery products are best for not just your own personal health, but also the health of the planet? It's a more complex decision than it might first seem. For one thing, much of the information necessary to make an informed decision simply isn't available to consumers. There is not determined enforcement of the rule, for example, that foods are accurately labeled with their country of origin.

New "Guess This Meat" video shows processed meats up close Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

New investigative photography projects will be published soon on healing foods, grocery products to avoid and other educational topics. The new "Guess This Meat" video can be viewed on YouTube at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=OI77zi-AKhg (Feel free to post comments and rate the video. You can also forward it to friends to share it with them. Click the YouTube link above to view...

The top ten things food companies don't want you to know Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Most grocery products that make loud health claims on their packaging are, in reality, nutritionally worthless (like meal replacement shakes, instant chocolate milk, etc.). The most nutritious foods are actually those the FDA does not allow to make any health claims whatsoever: fresh produce. See articles on food labeling. 10. Food manufacturers actually "buy" shelf space and position at grocery stores. That's why the most profitable foods (and hence, the ones with the lowest quality ingredients) are the most visible on aisle end caps, checkout lanes and eye-level shelves throughout the store.

The Fair Tax: Why it's good for you and good for America Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

That's because there are taxes on all of the foods and grocery products that you purchase. And this is true across all products, not just groceries: automobiles, recreational products and services, travel, housing, clothing and so on. Every product or service that you purchase has a much higher price than it normally would because the providers of those products and services are also paying payroll taxes for their employees, and their employees are paying additional taxes.

Processed meat consumption results in 67% increase in pancreatic cancer risk, says new research Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

There are certain ingredients found in common grocery products that directly promote cancer, diabetes, heart disease, depression, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis and even behavioral disorders," Adams explains. His Grocery Warning manual covers them all, teaching readers how to prevent and even help reverse chronic diseases by avoiding the foods and food ingredients that cause disease. According to Adams, consumers can help reduce the cancer-causing effects of sodium nitrite by consuming protective antioxidants before meals, such as vitamin C and vitamin E.

Q&A: How to reduce high blood pressure and restore healthy cholesterol levels with natural health Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It is probably one of the single most toxic grocery products you can put in your body. And yet people are out there buying vegetable shortening by the bucket loads and baking cookies with it -- something I find absolutely appalling. By far, the most powerful thing you can do to restore healthy cholesterol levels is to stop eating hydrogenated oils. The next thing that you can do is stop eating trans fat (trans fatty acids) -- that means avoid all fried foods. Fried foods just do not belong in the human diet.

The real reason why processed meats are so dangerous to your health Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Consumers are strongly influenced by the color of grocery products (which is why Florida oranges are often dipped in red dye, by the way), and when meat products look fresh, people will buy them, even if the true color of the months-old meat is putrid gray. There is a way to minimize the damage from sodium nitrite, by the way. You won't hear this from the USDA these days, since the department doesn't really want to discuss sodium nitrite at all. Since the 1970's, the USDA has shifted into protection mode of the very industries it was supposed to regulate...

Health roundup: Herb bashing, black box warnings and Honey Nut Cheerios (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Simultaneously, the really healthy, nutritionally superior grocery products that actually demonstrate solid health improvements are outlawed from explaining their health benefits to consumers. Cherries, in particular, have been under attack by the FDA, which has censored the very reasonable health claims offered by cherry growers, such as the fact that cherries reduce arthritis pain and prevent inflammation of the joints. Today, if you live in the U.S., you live under a system of FDA tyranny that blatantly outlaws the truth about real nutrition.

I regularly notice examples of outrageous (but popular) grocery products deceiving consumers. Slim-Fast meal replacement powder, which is positioned as a weight loss product, has sugar as its top ingredient. So-called "natural" Doritos is made with yeast extract, an ingredient classified as an excitotoxin by Dr. Russell Blaylock, and one that always contains MSG according to a number of health researchers. I once saw a Quik strawberry milk product, made primarily with table sugar, that actually claimed to be good for kids' bones because it contains some calcium.

The top ten things food companies don't want you to know Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Thousands of common grocery products contain one or more of these chemical taste enhancers, including nearly all "vegetarian" foods such as veggie burgers (read labels to check). See Food manufacturers hide dangerous ingredients in everyday foods by using confusing terms on the label. 4. ADHD in children is caused almost entirely by the consumption of processed food ingredients such as artificial colors and refined carbohydrates. Eighty percent of so-called ADHD children who are taken off processed foods are cured of ADHD in two weeks. See articles on ADHD. 5.

Monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is added to thousands of food and grocery products through a dozen different innocent-sounding ingredients, imbalances endocrine system function, disabling normal appetite regulation and causing consumers to keep eating more food. This chemical not only contributes to nationwide obesity, it also helps food companies boost repeat business. See articles on MSG. 3. MSG is routinely hidden in foods in these ingredients: yeast extract, torula yeast, hydrolyzed vegetable protein and autolyzed yeast.

Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

And manufacturers, in turn, must deliver the foods and grocery products that are desired and purchased by consumers. Thus, it is ultimately consumers who decide which products succeed in the marketplace and how grains are processed. When consumers purchase products made with refined white flour, they are in a sense of voting for this production process. The more consumers purchase foods that contain healthy oils, fiber, and whole grains, the more food factories and food manufacturers will retool their processes to meet that consumer demand.

Here's an expanded list of the types of foods and grocery products that contain hydrogenated oils and trans fats: • Shortening • Corn chips • Margarine • Graham crackers, animal crackers, cookie sandwiches • Peanut butter • Granola • Cookies • Tortillas • Crackers • Doughnuts • Fried foods • Pie crusts • Milk • Cinnamon rolls and most pastries • Milk products • Cake mixes, muffin mixes • Salad dressings • Biscuit mixes • Potato chips • All fried foods, whether frozen or not Action Item: Look for "partially-hydrogenated" oils on food labels.

Cleaning out your pantry After reviewing this list of food and grocery products to avoid, you may realize - like most people - that you probably have a few of these products in your refrigerator or pantry right now. What's a person to do? Should you throw out all the food in your pantry and replace it with products from the approved shopping list? My general advice on this question is that no, you shouldn't throw out all of the foods in your pantry just because they contain metabolic disrupters.

Action alert: Stop Congress from taking away your right to know what's in your food Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Organic Consumers Association Comments from the Health Ranger The tyranny of Washington is at work yet again, this time trying to take away the right of cities and states to require warning labels on food and grocery products containing dangerous, cancer-causing and life-threatening chemicals. Big food companies want to keep the population ignorant of what's really in their food. So they want to make it illegal for states to protect their citizens from dangers that are not recognized by Washington. But Washington, of course, has sold out to lobbyists and wealthy corporations.

Ground up beetles found in yogurt -- carmine serves as insect-based food coloring ingredient Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: This is not a joke: there are ground up red beetles being used right now as a food coloring ingredient in yogurt, ice cream, juice drinks and many other grocery products. The ingredient is called "carmine." Carmine is literally made from dried, ground-up red beetles, and its coloring (bright red) is used in yogurt, juice drinks, candies, and a long list of other products, including many "natural" products. It's not that these red beetles are dangerous. Except for a few individuals who suffer severe allergic reactions to the beetles, most people do just fine eating carmine.

The Okinawa Program : How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox, and Makoto Suzuki See book keywords and concepts

They need to cook a bit longer and have a distinctive texture, like tiny pasta. grocery products derived from broken or ground grains may not contain the entire fiber or the nutrient-packed inner part called the germ, but are usually close enough to whole to be healthy. Oval-Shaped Whole Grains • Barley. A staple in the Middle East, it is familiar to most Americans in soup. Its mildly sweet taste makes it a good choice in salads and casseroles. • Kamut (a type of wheat). This is also known as "Egyptian wheat," for it was found sealed in the pyramids.

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