In a world where few people seem to take personal responsibility, in a world where it appears our government is no longer working in our best interest, in a world where conflict seems to be increasing, we have to change our ways. Each one of us.
The food found in American supermarkets has been full of chemicals for years. Auto-immune diseases have been increasing. Correlation? You betcha.
So increasingly, shoppers have turned to organic foods but not only is it generally more costly, the group that defines what is organic and what is not has been diluting the value of that label. So it is no longer the safety zone we first depended on.
Agent Orange being sprayed over VietNam
Today the news came out that despite Congressional voting and despite a majority of the people in the country arguing against the use of 2,4-D for use as an herbicide, it was approved for use and GMO crops will be resistant. Why fight against it? Well, 2, 4-D is one of the main ingredients in Agent Orange, the chemical that was used extensively to defoliate VietNam during the war. It has caused cancers and other illnesses and deformities in the Vietnamese population for several generations. And now, in order to deal with weeds that have adjusted to the prior chemicals, this will be sprayed on OUR food.
Food you will eat. And so, 2, 4-D will move inside your body. With unknown results….but we only need to look at VietNam to see what it can do.
Generations after the war, birth defects are still happening in VietNam.
The other recent news is not new but has been shared for several years. The increasing use of antibiotics in the normal feed of most meat animals means our own bodies are getting low doses when we eat supermarket meat. Remember the little sticker on your pill bottle of antibiotics? It reminds you to take your entire dose. That is because if the bacteria is not killed, it will only weaken and then it adapts. That end result is that the antibiotic is no longer effective against that bacteria. We are quickly moving out of the magic age of antibiotics and back to a time when an infection can kill you.
The government asked the meat industry to voluntarily reduce the use of antibiotics. Yeah, right. When animals are crowded together in the ways they are in those factories, disease spreads so they feed antibiotics all the time, whether the animals are sick or not.
And you eat that meat. And so, small amounts of antibiotics move inside your body.
FOR YOUR OWN HEALTH IT IS TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE!!
I have often written KNOW YOUR FARMER! What does that really mean? You get to know a farmer in your area who produces food in a way that will not expose you to these chemicals. You do that because it is better to spend a bit more on healthy food now than to pay for medicine and health care later.
If you do not know how to find a farmer go to http://www.localharvest.org/ and put in your zip code. No excuses. There are options to the supermarket near you!!! Value your health. If not, you eat at your own risk.
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October 9, 2014 at 4:32 pm
Beth, you would be very interested, I think, in a new book , Missing Microbes by an infectious disease specialist Dr. Martin Blaser M.D. He discusses how the overuse of antibiotics has led to at least ten chronic diseases that we are seeing now that were not seen much in the past. He also talks about the use of antibiotics in feeding cattle, pigs , poultry, etc. Antibiotics are used mostly to cause them to GAIN WEIGHT not to keep them from getting sick. Experiments in the 1950’s with mice showed a 10 to 15% weight gain in mice fed with low dose antibiotics. It is entirely possible that obesity in people can be traced back to the antibiotics in the meat of these animals. According to his book,eighty percent of the antibiotics produced in this country are given to animals. He lays out his case for the cause of allergies, Cronh’s disease, GERD, colitis and autism being tied to the use of antibiotics. It’s fascinating reading.
October 9, 2014 at 3:12 pm
Thanks for taking to the time to put this post together in a way that’s understandable.
I appreciate your work. We miss you here in WV!
October 9, 2014 at 12:08 pm
Great post, Beth! Mind boggling what our agri-business is doing to us.
October 9, 2014 at 12:12 pm
Mind boggling how people who have been reading this information for years still have not changed their chopping habits.