Are you eating good foods?

April 5th, 2010 by admin

“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.” ~ Mark Twain

Hope you had a great Easter. Easter was one of my favorite holidays growing up because of two things. First, just before Easter each year I used to get a new suit. The suit was for church on Easter day. We had to look our best. The other thing was the ham for Easter dinner.

My Mother was a single parent with limited resources, so the food on holidays was a real treat. The food was always Delicious and wholesome.

That was many years ago. Have you read the labels on our holiday foods lately. In both our turkeys and hams you will see listed, sodium nitrate and/or nitrite.

As far as I am concerned all that needs to be in turkeys and hams is turkey and ham. Why are there nitrates in them? When they first started using them it was because of the lack of proper refrigeration.These are chemicals which are recognized as carcinogens.

We now have modern refrigeration, so why do they still add them to our meats? The answer is simple, money. It is no longer necessary and you can find meats without them. You may have to look for a specialty store but it is worth it. Besides not having sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite in the meats, they taste better. They taste like meats should taste.

Of course they tell you that there is not enough in them to harm you. But, could this be one of the contributing factors for the appalling state of our society’s health? There has been at least one reported death from sodium nitrate.

Of course, this death was accidental, sodium nitrate looks like salt and was mistaken for salt and put on food which resulted in death. But, this does show the potential hazards.

There are over 3,000 chemicals in our foods. Many are recognized carcinogens. We Are told there is not enough of any one of them present in food to cause us harm. But, what of long term ingestion or combination’s of chemicals. These have not been studied by the government or the industry.

There was a study done some years back by an independent food safety advocate organization that showed when certain of these chemicals were combined the toxicity was increased by over 1000%.

Just because the government says something is alright you should be proactive about what you eat. Take the time to educate yourself about what is in our food and eat accordingly.

There are somethings in our food that has been banned in some European countries. What does that say about us?

This week is devoted to the food we eat.

TODAY’S TIP: Notice what is being talked about with regard to our food chain. Make sure the food you put in your mouth is safe.

Are you poisoning yourself slowly?