“Nutrition Facts” Are Inaccurate

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david — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:13:00 GMT

Food grows, runs, swims, flys...comes in it's own skin.

...What is this other man-made 'stuff' you keep refering to here?!

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eauboy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:28:53 GMT

Interesting rift between Jonny_ and KiwiMatt. Seems to be quite the polarization. Why the -16 points for KiwiMatt? There certainly is an abundance of junk science going around...look at the climate change issue. Prominent celebs from David Suzuki to Al Gore promote the idea that man has created global warming. Lots of people (the horses) are sucked into their diatribe, which is based on very limited (on the verg of junk) science. To be fair, the horses don't get much chance to drink from the other stream (real science is rarely and obscurly broadcast by major media). Multitudes of scientists disagree with our esteemed celebs, for real reasons. Read "State of Fear" by Michael Crighton. The bibiography is vast (about 1/4" thick) listing real science resources.

Our formed ideologies force us to accept info from sources with similar views, while rejecting info from opposers. Jonny, you can't know what your "enemy" is doing without reading their information. Some may surprise you (some).

And while skeptisism is good, conspiracies, or agendas certainly are and have been practiced on a regular basis. ie: No, the gov't doesn't train teachers. But most are NEA members, and are coerced into following NEA influenced curricullum . The NEA spends tons of lobby money to politically influence national education policy. So no teachers aren't literally trained by the gov't, but there is a connection.

Yes, corporations were established by government. But KiwiMatts statement is true. Corps. are like individuals...and just as diverse. The majority are very small. Like a guy in your town selling homegrown organic produce. Mightn't he be trustworthy? Corps. actually protect bus. from gov't (IRS) & other preditory litigation. They are not gov't children. If anything, gov't ibenefits from mega-corps that give money and influence to steer politicians.

Our Constutionally Limited Republic is trustable. It's the best gov't humanly formed. It works. If we return to it, we'll see.

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Dr Rik — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:02:38 GMT

I always read the label very carefully when I eat at McDonalds, so I'll know it's healthy! :)

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eauboy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:51:59 GMT

Good work Jonny_. Relying on government is at best a mistake. Remember, lobbiests pay big bucks to agencies like the FDA to make sure their products aren't too well scrutinized...particularly big food processors, big agriculture and pharmaceuticals. What we get labeled as "consumer protection" still leaves a lot to be desired.

What's most important is that people get off their butts and get educated. It's a lot easier with the advent of the internet. I think it's beginning to happen. Look at how processed food companies are beginning to label foods as containing vitamins, or removing trans fats, or claiming only whole grains etc. They would only do that if the public was becoming more concious of nutrients, and demanded better products. Of course we, here, know that most of what processed food companies are claiming are exagerations at best, and really mainly lies...but you see the trend. We need to get the word out faster, but that's about it. We, as a "free" society (at least we're still a LITTLE free), don't need to become food *** for example, to force the issue. Education works best. If people know what's happening and still choose for the worse, that's up to them. Sooner or later it will catch up to them...it's kinda like survival of the fittest. Nature will take its course.

The best thing is to eat healthy yourself. Then, tell (but don't badger) everyone you know about it...point out how much better you feel; let them look at you and see it works; tell them where to get information. Be an example. Then let nature take its course. Slowly you'll see positive results.

Trying to stuff something down someones throat, just makes them gag...repulses them. Maybe not so much from what you are trying to feed them, but from your methods. Isn't that what causes revolutions?

Remember the old adage..."a spoon full of sugar (in this case local raw unfiltered honey) helps the medicine go down". People react positively to help, but negatively to force

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BJ203 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:29:47 GMT

If you click on the link to Australian Survey (underlined in blue above), it refers to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald regarding the inaccuracy of food labelling content in packaged foods on the Australian market. One would assume, that the same problems exist in the USA, Europe and elsewhere. There could be a number of reasons for the conflicting results, but sloppy lab. work or downright deception would be high on my list. I echo some of the community comments about the high cost of commercially available "organic" or whole foods. Obviously, the best solution is to grow your own food, but that's not always practicable. Farmer's markets are probably the next best thing. And avoid buying pre-packaged foods at the supermarket wherever possible.

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GRAYWOLF — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:18:21 GMT

When you ask the government to do your job for you, this is what you get. Get the government out of the nanny business and back under the Constitution, everyone will be better off!

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Mr.AK — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:16:53 GMT

My own personal guideline: If a food comes with a Nutritional Label, avoid it. How many foods packaged in a box, can or bag are really good for you? Not many. I must admit, tho, I had to reassess this when I saw a bag of organic apples labeled as "low-fat, low sodium and low cholesterol."

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DDS_203 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:14:27 GMT

It is nice to know what you are eating and the worst offence on labeling is probably that MSG (or its cousins) is found in almost all processed food but labeled as something else (see www.truthinlabeling.com). And the correlation between MSG and conditions like is migraine headaches, neurological diseases, obesity, ADHD, bi-polar, anxiety or panic attacks, tinnitus, meiniere’s disease, balance problems, asthma symptoms, mitral valve prolapse, atrial fibrillation, rapid heartbeat, angina, joint pain, TMJ, flu-like symptoms, depression, dizziness, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, gastro esophgeal reflux, colitis, seizures, tremors, loss of memory, optic neuritis, numbness or paralysis, Tingling numbness on face, ears, arms, legs, or feet, and glaucoma is staggering.

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Alexis_203 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:47:23 GMT

I didn't know that labels were allowed to lie like that. That sucks, but then again, I'm a raw eater so I don't buy packaged food.

My local farmers use chemicals, pesticides and human *** on their produce. I am not supporting that either, yuck.

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Lotusflower — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:38:01 GMT

In order to properly make decisions regarding anything you eat - takes an enormous amount of time and energy, which is in short supply in most households. Plus, we are constantly confronted with conflicting information. If it says organic juice and it is made from concentrate, then it is not healthy to drink. If you go to a health food supermarket, Wild Oats, for example and spent $7.99 for a expensive, organic fed beef piece of meat - they then have a microwave in the cafeteria area for you to nuke it to warm it up. And why in the world are we importing food from China? My main worry now is if it is grown or made in China.

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cydwatts — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:35:29 GMT

I have converted more people to the consumption of Kosher hotdogs because a non-Kosher hotdog can, by law, be up to 16% whole rat.

In 1994, the Nutrition Facts panel as we now know it was added. It has far less useful information than the previous one. It was changed from something that, theoretically, listed useful and comparatively complete information to something that listed a few items of little significance. After all, it's not so much the quantity of calories, it's the quality.

Of course, if you're eating packaged foods you're really not getting the quality, anyway.

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buttns — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:33:15 GMT

Come on ppls, what does it matter what is on the label, what healthy person buys foods with labels anyway? johnny has the right idea too. Be wary of anything MAN-MADE, PROCESSED, PACKAGED, or endorsed by advertising......

Use your own inner knowledge and trust your gut instinct, it will generally tell you what is good or not.

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ThomasT — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:32:07 GMT

Good Morning America is 60 years out of date stating sat fats are the bad fats. Science is moving fast. Label readers should be concentrating on ZERO sugar, as all sugar is contaminated with asbestos, resulting in the inactivity of white protector blood cells. We have to learn a whole new list of foods, more than ingredients, that MUST be avoided for they contain plant chemicals that degrade the hypothalumus, chlorogenic acid; that degrade the pituatary, phloridzin; and foods that conatin gallic acid, degrading the pancreas. Bits if these three organs fuse to form the cancer nucleus. The Cure and Prevention of All Cancers, 2007, HR Clark PhD ND should make all of us massively revise what is and what is NOT good for us.

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Nebraskamom7 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:07:09 GMT

Sorry for the repeat blogs and the two similar blogs. My computer and I are not always on very good terms and some days I have absolutely no idea what it is trying to tell me or how to respond to it. Cancel doesn't always mean cancel, but delete tends to mean it sure is gone, :-)

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qualitygeek — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:58:34 GMT

Gee, I'm surprised at this news!!!

NOT!!!