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I am a former Dietary Director of 3 health care facilities, (and now a nurse) but still outspoken about the rapid deterioration of commercial food product standards, through the use of manufactured additives, sodium products, and deceptive labelling. My favorite quotation comes from a former 'fresh' fish vendor (& inlaw) from Brooklyn (born 1936), while I was attempting to discuss the sodium content of the food he was preparing to eat and how it had a direct impact on his personal health concerns. And, he said, "The food processors know what they are doing. They wouldn't add something to our food, if it wasn't good for us." End of discussion. At which time, he proceeded to consume a whole can of 'healthy' cut green beans with a 1/2 cup serving containing 320 mg. sodium (over 1100 mg. sodium, just for his beans), not including his 'home-made' Reuben sandwich with 'fresh' deli-sliced corned beef, some sauerkraut and 2 slices of swiss cheese on 'bakery-fresh' pumpernickel, and a 'healthy' salad with bottled Italian salad dressing, added 'fresh' deli olives, and 'freshly-grated' Parmegiano Reggiano cheese on top. Easily 2-3 times the maximum sodium he needed for the whole day, in just one meal. His breakfast that day had included, 'fresh' eggs, bacon & sausage (w/MSG) and 'bakery-fresh' seed-less rye bread toast. His dinner was 1/2 loaf hot 'bakery fresh' ciabatta bread with a chunk of 'fresh' mozzarella (floating in salt water), and to finish the day, a well-known plain chocolate bar (for the anti-oxidants), at bedtime. He felt he was eating 'fresh' and 'healthy' because he was being told by the manufacturers, that he was. The only thing of real value he almost had, would have been, the seeds in his rye bread, if it hadn't been seed-less. The sodium and HF corn syrup totally eliminated any value from the pumpernickel, as did the sodium in the green beans and sauerkraut. True, the chocolate had some value, but a candy bar every day at bedtime, isn't the solution. No one (else) could understand it when he needed diuretics, and had beginning symptoms of CHF, diabetes and a stroke. Of course, his doctor must have missed something. The same doctor he chose only because of the cost of the office visit, $10.00 in 1972, and $10.00, today. As an aside, when I began in Dietary, in 1975, the customary portion of 1/2 cup commercially processed cut green beans contained 78-87mg sodium. Unfortunately, the food processors/manufacturers DO know what they are doing. The regular consumer has no idea what he is actually putting into his body when he eats processed foods, and his trust is completely misplaced in the food conglomerates and processors. We have unwittingly been manipulated into desiring these products through advertising, like lemmings we march through grocery stores purchasing those products we have been hypnotized into putting into our carts. The high fructose corn syrup keeps us coming back for more, like the addicts we have become. The sodium/MSG calls for a soda (HFCS, wood rosin and artificial flavoring) to quench the thirst it creates. It is a vicious cycle and we are nearly all unknowing participants in the scam to sell us more processed foods, which makes higher profits for the conglomerates and processors. Supply and demand, more aptly called, supply and addiction. High fructose corn syrup and sodium products are our drugs of choice. What happened to corporate responsibility and truth in labelling? Has the FDA become such an intricate part of the corporate community, that it can no longer adequately protect us? Do we really have any options when it comes to our health and well-being? One of the best options, I have found, is to refer to Mercola.com when questions about health and well-being arise. Honest, direct answers and thoughtful discussions--all we have to do is read and follow the directions. copyrighted, may not be duplicated.
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