Be Informed

Did you know there are thousands of man made chemicals added to our food supply each day?

Our bodies are not designed to process chemicals, additives or preservatives. When we are consuming a diet rich in these, we become sick and can die an early death. It's like ingesting a small dose of poison each day, it may take a while, but soon enough, we are ill or dead.

The Lord created foods to nourish our bodies, the preserving and embalming additives are not part of our natural diet, unless your a mummy ;)

Even though the economy is slowing, I have yet to hear of any fast food chains closing. I have my own theory on the economy, tell a lie long enough and loud enough and the people will believe it...I suppose a post is due on my Thinkerest Thoughts blog :) Back to food...

The food industry is screaming "It's Healthy Come And Get IT" yet they have nothing new to offer. If we look into the fat food industry, it's clear to see they are trying to mislead.

Chick-ah-lay's ingredients contain: sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate [preservatives], natural flavors, polysorbate 80, Yellow #5, blue 1, BHT, TBHQ and MSG, just to name a few. Since when did these ingredients become healthy? Don't be deceived.

Look at the "healthy" alternative, Subway - Ingredients taken from their own website!
I'll list a few:
Enriched flour, HFCS, azodicarbonamide, potassium iodate, Chicken type flavor - what is that? FD&C red 40 lake, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 2 lake, red 40, blue 1 lake, blue 1, blue 2, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, thiamin mononitrate, acetylated tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides, ammonium sulfate, calcium sulfate, sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate, HFCS, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, sodium metabisulfite, sodium benzoate as a preservative, Polysorbate 80, sodium tripolyphosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, thiamin hydrochloride, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate, sodium diacetate, silicon dioxide.
I encourage you to google the above ingredients and see the dangers of them! Healthy? Don't believe it! (spell check was even confused by the ingredients! no suggestions it said)

We are in such a hurry to feed our faces, that we turn a blind eye to what we're consuming, not really wanting to acknowledge the lasting effects this will have on our bodies and our families. I think I will classify that as willingly ignorant. Harsh yes? We have to face the truth of the matter, we have a choice to make!

I love to eat out just like everyone else, it's nice to be waited on, have someone else cook and not have to worry about clean up, but do we really know what we're getting? This should encourage you to investigate whats in the food you consume, whether it be grocery bought or restaurant. Look at their nutrition sheet and ingredient list to help you make the wisest choice.
Treat eating out just like you would shopping for weekly groceries. When in doubt, walk back out!

"...it is helpful to remember that all food is made up of chemicals. " From an FDA site
That is a pretty scary statement!
It's a vicious cycle but one that we don't have to put up with.