It is also horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save our health.
I have been listening to the speakers at the Food Revolution Summit (www.foodrevolution.org), which lasts from April 27 to May 5th. It is, as always, extremely interesting. There are three experts speaking per day.
Some of the sound bytes I've picked up are that:
1) Chronic illnesses are food borne. You eat yourself into them, you are going to have to eat yourself out.
2) Being healthy in today's world is a revolutionary act.
3) Big food industry know that their days are numbered. We are at a tipping point. Health care costs are tipping us over the top and educated consumers will make the difference.
There were interesting discussions on GMO and Monsanto and its co-horts. I did not know that 250,000 farmers in India commit suicide every year thanks to Monsanto's strong-arm tactics. This is per Vandana Shiva, PhD, director of the Research Foundation on Science, Technology, and Ecology.
Doesn't it make you angry that Big Food can label GMO food, or make products GMO free, for people in European countries as they require it, but won't do it in the USA? Why are Americans second class citizens? How can GMO foods be released to the public without any independent food-safety research? Get educated, get angry, and act. Vote with your wallet. Money rules where business is involved, and each person's spending contributes, good or bad.
Here is a good blog from Dr. Mark Hyman. He was one of the speakers at the Summit. It is entitled "Fed Up", and discusses food terrorism, food deserts, and cooking our way out of disease and obesity.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/healthy-foods_b_3125098.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living
Well, I'm off of my soap-box for now and am heading out to enjoy the day as snow and cold are coming back tonight and tomorrow.
Get fed up, and eat healthy.
Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.
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