Ah food. Without it we die. And since we are largely restricted from practising the hunter-gathering traditions of our ancestors by our modern-day surrounds and society, we rely on other people to do all that groundwork for us. And that's all cool, it's easier and smoother and saves us our spare time and everybody wins. Provided, of course, that the food we are given access to is legit and good for you and the world we live in. Not too crazy a request, surely. That the food we eat be natural and Good in general. I mean, it's important. Eat well, feel well, live well. It's pretty interesting to see where all our supermarket tucker comes from, not to mention downright scary.
The food industry is a massive business, and believe me their main intersts are sure as hell not always with the health of the consumer or the welfare of the animals it processes. Crops and animals are loaded with all kinds of crazy additives and hormones and chemicals and God-knows-what that appear on the "Ingredients" column on the side of the packet as a list of strange unknown-things. I mean, what the fuck are "maltodextrin" and "dextrose", and why are they in my Fully Loaded can? Everything is geared towards efficiency and profit to the head corporations above all else.
It is important to know what you are eating and where it comes from. There is a really good documentary about all this that has come out recently, called Food, Inc. It's a bit crazier in America than it is here in Australia obviously, but the story still rings true, and we need to make the right choices to ensure that the same doesn't happen here. It's as easy as buying organic and natural goods. Vote with your dollar at the supermarket or wherever it is that you do your shopping. Too easy. Anyways, I highly recommend watching it here, it paints the full picture and tells it how it is. No bullshit.
All these years of work by the World Health Organisation, in the supposed aims of making our food safe and healthy for us, and for what? We are fat,depressed and sick. New diseases seem to be popping up all the time. Good job, WHO
More good news! The WHO is currently pressing new guidelines to "Better" our health. Does the term Codex Alimentarius mean anything to you? No? In essence it is a group of delegates in Europe, sponsored by the WHO and the UN, who are in the business of making regulations in terms of the vitamins, nutrients and supplements we are provided with. In Europe in the last few weeks, a mass ban is being implemented on a huge range of natural remedies, vitamins and dietary supplements. Er.... What? You can't tell me that Echinacea is more harmful than prescribed antidepressants. Get out of my house with your bullshit. It's base is in the Pharmaceutical Industry, and it has some pretty serious implications. Please read and watch This Video, it explains it in proper detail. To get an idea of how this may affect us here in Oz, read a full report Here. Pretty fucking grim, dudes. Brave New World kida shit. This is our HEALTH at stake.
You are what you eat, yo.
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