You may be shocked to know that lots of food and food related things that have been banned in the rest of the world are allowed here in the States.
.livestrong.com/slideshow/1007800-11-banned-food-ingredients-still-allowed-us/#slide=1
Some of these things have some pretty scary implications in animal testing. And they dont have to tell you. I think I am going to start a garden ;D
Been following that subject for some time now. Don't recall where I came upon it, but some major brand packaged foods in the US that are also sold in the UK are packaged differently for use in the UK, as many of the allowed additives in the US are prohibited in the UK.
An odd thing I came across when researching additives in cigarettes. Both RJ Reynolds and Phillip Morris do list on their websites the additives in their cigarettes. On one of their sites, it clearly states that while the additives were approved by FDA to be used in FOOD, they were not approved for cigarettes.
That got me to researching differently. How can additives be safe to ingest in our foods and THAT be safe, yet as much as cigarettes are said to be damaging to our health, they have many of the same additives as our foods?
I don't eat fast food anymore and have pretty much removed all processed foods from my diet and as much as possible eat organic now.
There's plenty of data out there for anyone wanting to know what is really in our food. It's an eye opener for sure. But anyone researching the subject will need to expand research into the studies done in other countries.
As for seeds for your garden, be sure what you use are not GM seeds.
A person doesn't even have to read a lot to know that the processed and fast foods are dangerous. All I know is that since I got married in 1964 and the fast foods places became popular the number of cancer cases in our neighborhood has increased dramatically. Just think about all the chemicals we are ingesting now compared to 20 years ago. It is a travesty. Irish
Quote from: irish on November 24, 2013, 04:24:52 PM
A person doesn't even have to read a lot to know that the processed and fast foods are dangerous. All I know is that since I got married in 1964 and the fast foods places became popular the number of cancer cases in our neighborhood has increased dramatically. Just think about all the chemicals we are ingesting now compared to 20 years ago. It is a travesty. Irish
Completely agree with you on that!!