Food Manufacturers

If asparatame is sprinkled on this naturally sweet fruit, she’s a fool!

NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel and now AminoSweet are table top brand names for asparatame, the artificial sweetener known to “excite brain cells to death.” As an ingredient, aspartame is also found in over 6,000 foods: sodas, chewing gum, diet foods and drinks, cereals, jams, candy, supplements… the list goes on and on.

From headaches, mood changes and even hallucinations, aspartame seriously impacts your nervous system. (That includes your brain.) It mimics and/or contributes to diseases such as MS, Alzheimer’s, ADD, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s, seizures and hythyroidism. This is serious stuff. Plus, when exposed to heat, it turns to formaldyhide and then formic acid which is stored in your fat – not a good thing. Aspartame makes you crave carbohydrates. Instead of losing weight with this “Sugar-Free” artificial sweetener, you tend to gain weight.

When the public gets wind of the questionable properties of a product, it gets rebranded – it is given a new name and package. This is what has happened here. Don’t be fooled by their use of the word “Amino” which may lead you to believe it’s a healthy sweet. It is absolutely the opposite. Please, out smart the producer of asparatame. Do Not buy their song and dance. Keep it away from you kids. Eat pure sugar cane instead, just not too much.

… for the health of families,
ellen

Two processes commonly used to sterilize foods you eat are irradiation and ETO ( ethylene oxidization).  Irradiation is a process that exposes food to ionizing radiation in order to destroy microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, or insects that might be present in the food.  Ethlylene oxide is a colorless gas at room temperature and a colorless liquid below 51ºF (10.7ºC) which smells like ether at toxic levels. It also destroys microorganisms.  Trouble is, neither can discern between the good and bad ones thus potentially damaging nutritious miroorganisms naturally found in foods.  Both are suspected of damaging good cells living in the bodies of the people who eat these foods.  ETO is considered a carcinogenic compound and the use on food is not legal in Europe. 

Irradiation is primarily used on produce and fresh meats.  Because these are not packaged and labelled, the companies do not have to reveal their usage of these gases.  ETO processing does not have to be identified for any foods.  So you have no way of knowing whether you are eating ETOed foods or not.  Chances are, you  have since almost all but organic food brands use these gasing processes.  For instance, herbs and spice are usually ETOed.  We know that the Frontier Natural Coop brand does not use either irradiation or ETO.  Instead, they use a safe and effective steam sterilizing process to take care of those unwanted microorganisms. 

If you are concerned about feeding your family irradiated and ETOd foods, buy organic.  It is so discouraging to learn that the government and food companies are not being transparent in their practices, especially those that are potentially distructive to the health of your family.  This is why we need to eat a lot of immune building foods.  Do the best you can!

… for the health of your family,
ellen

You can download any of our radio shows, dating back to August 2008, and listen to them for FREE using itune. In the www.itunes.com Search box, type in Family Food Experts / Blog Talk Radio Feed. Sorry it is so long but it will get you there. Be sure to include the spaces. Now you can be anywhere and tune in to the subjects which interest you.

… for the health of your family,
ellen

If you are buying chicken that has been swirled around with other chickens in a cold chorinated chicken bath, you are paying extra for this water which contains chemicals and what ever else was on and IN all the chickens. UGH.  How much extra?  Up to 12% for cut up chicken and up to 8% for whole chickens.  Why?   Because that is how much water is absorbed by chickens while it is soaking in this bath for around 45 minutes. Proof: check out the fluids sitting at the bottom of a package of chicken and the “diaper” placed there to soak some of it up.  The rest is still in the chicken.  

One of many reasons why Sally and I are Bell and Evans fans is that they have designed and built an air-chilled system where the chickens are passed through squeaky clean chilled rooms hanging from single layer belts so there is no cross contamination – also means reduced exposure to salmonella. 

You can see, these chickens do not absorb any extra fluids and they maintain their natural juices.  No chance of absorbing taste-robbing chlorine.  The Kid Kritics know the difference – they told us “this (Bell & Evans) chicken has more flavor!”   We concur.

… for the health of your family,

ellen

Having to turn lemons in to lemonade… as you know, today’s radio show was interrupted. If there ever was a show that you did not want to miss a single word, it was this one: Build Your Immune System – Stay Well with Dr. Keri Marshall. So, we scheduled it to run again on Tuesday, Nov. 17th at Noon EST on www.BetterFoodChoicesRadio.com. Tune in and be ready to take notes!

… for the health of your family,
 

Staying Well