Extortion, bribery and corporate greed: the true story of how toxic chemicals ended up in our food supply, under the guise of "Vitamin Supplementation".
I am a Brit. We don't do so many supplements here. I was stunned at the supermarket shelf image you shared! I was horrified at the 'fortification' in bread and I remember a friend who spent a year there telling me that they could not eat American bread, because it tasted weird, awful and sweet.
We do have some fortified products but I don't buy them. Old fashioned, me!
I like my meat and two veg as a minimum!
When I was four years old, in 1956, my Mum gave me some supplements called Haliborange. I went orange and itchy! Thankfully the doctor asked the right questions and told my Mum off a strip!
I have been unable to consume virtually all Big P-Harma ever since. An allergic reaction is almost guaranteed if I do.
Sadly, our food is increasingly contaminated (by order of Codex Alimentarius from the UN). I just avoid it as far as possible. The meat we consume is vaccinated, supplemented and contaminated. So is the grain which is desiccated with glyphosate (vile!!).
Thanks a lot for this insight into American food. Needless to say, I won't be visiting.
BTW, decades ago when I had two German Shepherd dogs, I'd sometimes offer them half of my meat sandwich - made on Wonder Bread or similar factory squishy white loaf. The dogs would carefully nose open the sandwich and eat the contents, but refused to scarf down the bread. That's when I started going to the bakery every couple days for REAL bread.
If your dog won't eat it, you probably should not eat it, either.
Methylthioninium chloride, commonly called methylene blue, is a salt used as a dye and as a medication. As a medication, it is mainly used to treat methemoglobinemia by chemically reducing the ferric iron in hemoglobin to ferrous iron.
Ignore if it's in your research as I'm in the middle of reading it, but don;t want to forget this blue...
Amazing article!! Would be incredible to see an article along these lines about women having to work and never having time/energy to cook and how we can simplify and bring cooking back into our schedule. Maybe you can ask your wife for advice since you said she's really into cooking. Is she getting help with other chores? Because many women are not. How is she able to make this happen consistently? Also some women are single/single parents/caregivers of sick family members, often not getting any help with anything. Quitting your job may not be the solution and/or laziness may not be the issue.
A few things that have helped me: information about what's in processed foods. The book Grocery The Buying and Selling of Food in America, equating cooking to sort of a life or death issue. Homemaking channels and especially decluttering channels, saying you should declutter your whole house (and your kitchen obviously), simplify your cleaning routine and whole life pretty much so you have extra mental energy to figure out how to cook consistently. And them saying to order grocery delivery if extra grocery shopping is the issue.
Maybe some day I'll start a blog on all these issues, can't do that right now. But many times cooking blogs etc assume you have a ton of time and are not taking care of anyone. Homemaking channels/bloggers are often not working. I'm sure their content is work but they're not working outside the home.
I just threw out all my vitamin supplements and started to read the ingredients of all my processed and packaged foods.
I am a Brit. We don't do so many supplements here. I was stunned at the supermarket shelf image you shared! I was horrified at the 'fortification' in bread and I remember a friend who spent a year there telling me that they could not eat American bread, because it tasted weird, awful and sweet.
We do have some fortified products but I don't buy them. Old fashioned, me!
I like my meat and two veg as a minimum!
When I was four years old, in 1956, my Mum gave me some supplements called Haliborange. I went orange and itchy! Thankfully the doctor asked the right questions and told my Mum off a strip!
I have been unable to consume virtually all Big P-Harma ever since. An allergic reaction is almost guaranteed if I do.
Sadly, our food is increasingly contaminated (by order of Codex Alimentarius from the UN). I just avoid it as far as possible. The meat we consume is vaccinated, supplemented and contaminated. So is the grain which is desiccated with glyphosate (vile!!).
Thanks a lot for this insight into American food. Needless to say, I won't be visiting.
Your research, reporting, curiosity, humor, and integrity are remarkable. Thus I LOVE YOUR STACK. Just sayin'.
But but but IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN!!!
BTW, decades ago when I had two German Shepherd dogs, I'd sometimes offer them half of my meat sandwich - made on Wonder Bread or similar factory squishy white loaf. The dogs would carefully nose open the sandwich and eat the contents, but refused to scarf down the bread. That's when I started going to the bakery every couple days for REAL bread.
If your dog won't eat it, you probably should not eat it, either.
Methylthioninium chloride, commonly called methylene blue, is a salt used as a dye and as a medication. As a medication, it is mainly used to treat methemoglobinemia by chemically reducing the ferric iron in hemoglobin to ferrous iron.
Ignore if it's in your research as I'm in the middle of reading it, but don;t want to forget this blue...
Unbelievable! I'm sure going to save a lot of money on supplements!
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Amazing article!! Would be incredible to see an article along these lines about women having to work and never having time/energy to cook and how we can simplify and bring cooking back into our schedule. Maybe you can ask your wife for advice since you said she's really into cooking. Is she getting help with other chores? Because many women are not. How is she able to make this happen consistently? Also some women are single/single parents/caregivers of sick family members, often not getting any help with anything. Quitting your job may not be the solution and/or laziness may not be the issue.
A few things that have helped me: information about what's in processed foods. The book Grocery The Buying and Selling of Food in America, equating cooking to sort of a life or death issue. Homemaking channels and especially decluttering channels, saying you should declutter your whole house (and your kitchen obviously), simplify your cleaning routine and whole life pretty much so you have extra mental energy to figure out how to cook consistently. And them saying to order grocery delivery if extra grocery shopping is the issue.
Maybe some day I'll start a blog on all these issues, can't do that right now. But many times cooking blogs etc assume you have a ton of time and are not taking care of anyone. Homemaking channels/bloggers are often not working. I'm sure their content is work but they're not working outside the home.