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We have all heard this saying time and time again, but the reality of the matter is that this is absolutely true.
Food is nothing more than fuel - at times we seem to lose sight of this very basic premise in favour of flavour and personal gratification. The case for returning to the mindset that food is fuel will completely change the way you live your life. One cannot expect to be a picture of glowing healthy living on a diet of highly processed, highly manipulated artificial food products - this is drummed into us time and time again through the media as we watch obesity, cancer and childhood disease rates soar. Yet surrounding all of this media publicity regarding the "obesity epidemic" are televison ads and marketing campaigns for ready to eat snack foods and fastfood multi-national corporations, who at the end of the day are really only interested in their bottom line, not your bottom line!
The holistic lifstyle is one the promotes wholeness and balance. It is one that takes just a little more thought, and as a consequence a little more time as well. But as another old saying goes " a stitch in time saves nine..."
What can be more important than the state of your health? Working to live, to pay the mortgage, to buy more stuff; - all of this does not really matter in the grand scheme of things if your health suffers as a result. There are always options and choices. This is the beauty of the state of our civilisation - we all do have choices!!! Embrace them. Make different choices. Learn about the options for yourself. Some simple changes in choices, like what we choose to eat, can make the world of difference in the long run. Be proactive. Investigate. Read labels. We will begin some of our own investigations into some of the foods that are really helpful and some that are quite harmful. Also check out the "Heal with Food" section - here you can learn some amazing health and healing properties to some everyday items found in the pantry.
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Cancer-causing dioxin found in German meat |
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Monday, 10 January 2011 10:20 |
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Another example of meat contaminated with excessive levels of cancer-causing dioxin has emerged in Germany, with other European countries quickly acting to pull products from the shelves.
The scandal broke after regular random testing revealed excessive dioxin levels in eggs in Western Germany.
Test have shown levels in feed pellets to be at 77 times the accepted legal limit.
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Chemical worry over hard plastic used for baby bottles |
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Friday, 13 November 2009 15:28 |
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The situation over additives in our food does not only apply to the additives that are physically put into our food, but also the materials used to package and contain our food.
The advent of plastic has seen our world change dramatically, but at what overall cost.
Is plastic inherently safe when it comes to our food?
This article looks at the fears being raised with plastic polycarbonate products and in particular their use with baby bottles.
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Call for mandatory country of origin labelling backed by pesticide finds |
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Thursday, 20 August 2009 18:10 |
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This article looks at a contentious issue - how individual countries choose to manage their food industry and what is termed "acceptable exposure" levels when it comes to chemical residues. The importance of "Country of Origin" labelling has huge significance. Some countries literally dip their fruit and vegetables in chemicals that other countries would not dream of doing, but these produce items still make their way to our supermarket shelves.
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Eating raw food |
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Friday, 07 August 2009 16:52 |
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Some think that the raw food diet is the natural way of the past, and also the way of the future. This article takes a good introductory look at the raw food diet.
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Food scientists put steak in the ground |
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Monday, 20 July 2009 18:05 |
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For a lot of people the concern about the environment unfortunately does not also carry over into the foods that they choose to eat. They may think about food miles, but what about the bigger picture of food production. When it comes to global warming, meat is the Hummer of food, scientists say.Choosing to eat meat as a part of your diet comes at a huge cost to global emissions and land use. This article takes a look at the carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of beef.
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