Ascension of Man, part 5

Food Additives

08/18/2010 02:14 pm

I eat really well. Compared to most people in this country - heck, in the world - I have a pretty enviable diet. My intake of processed foods is lower than the average. Most of my meats are grilled. I usually eat almost an equal amount of veggies to meat.

Even so, when I began research for my next piece in the ascension of man series, I had no idea how bad things are.

First, it's worth noting that my research is not scientific. I do not have any real connections to the food industry. I just know how to research things online. I also know enough to realize that not everything I read online can be trusted. So, I search through *tons* of websites. I look for indicators to give me an idea of how trustworthy a site really is - always knowing that there is a chance that a site is completely wrong.

With that in mind, I spent a much larger amount of time researching for this piece than I normally do. What I found was disturbing on a level I could not have anticipated.

People, you are in danger. Your *children* are in danger. There are some seriously frightening chemicals that are being legally added to our foods and food containers/packaging. There are items that are so disgusting as to make me wonder what kind of F'ed up person would ever think to add them to food!

I'm not going to go into too much detail. If you want to know more, you should do yourself, and your family, a favor and do some research yourself. I can say that I will NEVER again eat any raspberry flavored candy - or anything else raspberry flavored, other than fresh, unadulterated, raspberries.

This is scary stuff, and it's happening with our tacit approval.
~M