The Big 8 NO-NO Ingredients NOT Found in True Organic Foods

 
We believe that there is already a fundamental shift in how we’re selecting food and reading labels. With so many GMO products on today’s supermarket shelves that contain little or no nutritional value, many of us are turning our attention to locally grown organic raw foods. This article explores the Big 8 NO-NO ingredients that are usually found in processed and packaged foods. These Big 8 NO-NO ingredients are NOT found in truly organic foods… so memorize them before shopping!

 

By law in both Canada and the United States, organic foods are NOT allowed to contain any of these Big 8 NO-NO ingredients. This is supported by the US Department of Agriculture. Here is the Big 8 that you should be aware of (in no particular order):

1. High Fructose Corn Syrup (or any derivative of high fructose corn syrup)
2. Preservatives (unless organic)
3. Aspartame
4. GMO Ingredients (genetically modified)
5. Artificial Growth Hormones
6. Artificial Coloring and Dyes (including Red 40 and Yellow 5)
7. Pesticides (that exceed a certain specified amount as per food type)
8. Finely Textured Lean Beef Trimmings (this is often referred to as ‘Pink Slime’)

 
These Big 8 NO-NO Ingredients are prevalent in today’s food industry and supply chain, making it extremely difficult for any of us to discern unhealthy foods from nutritious foods. For instance, most packaged foods and products contain some levels of preservatives, aspartame, genetically modified ingredients and artificial coloring. Then you add high fructose corn syrup that is in more than half of todays’ supermarket products. Meats, dairy and seafood are often contaminated with artificial growth hormones and fresh produce usually contains extreme levels of pesticides and heavy metals. One study noted that there are more than 400 chemical pesticides used routinely in conventional farming. Plus, produce and meats are also subjected to numerous growth hormones and antibiotics.
 
In addition, many of today’s packaged foods are processed, heated and filtered, which completely strips away all nutritional value. Western societies also increasingly import processed/packaged foods from developing nations that have fewer food regulations. In many cases, food processors in these developing nations hide the true ingredients or are mislabeled before heading to our supermarket shelves.
 
So what can we do to protect ourselves as consumers? The Big 8 NO-NO Ingredients are a warning. If you see any of these ingredients on labels or if you suspect that the food that you are buying contains contaminants, please do not purchase it! The best way to combat the Big 8 NO-NO ingredients is to purchase locally grown, raw, certified organic foods. This will ensure that you are getting unmodified, clean and safe food. By law, organic foods CANNOT contain any of the Big 8 NO-NOs … so double check!
 

 

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CONSUMER ALERT! 75% of Honey from Supermarkets Are NOT Real Honey!

Experts from the World Health Organization and the Food Safety News have released their latest large scale tests and analysis on US supermarket honey and the figures are scary! According to the latest studies by the Food Safety News, approximately seventy five per cent (yes, that’s 3/4) of ALL HONEY sold at US Supermarkets isn’t real honey after all.

The official definition of ‘real honey’ from the World Health Organization is: real honey MUST contain true microscopic particles of pollen (of course), to be considered real, with an identifiable source. Honey that is void of pollen is therefore, ‘artificial’ or not real honey at all. This artificial honey that is being sold at US grocery stores is watered down and void of most nutrients. According to the Food Safety News study, about 75% of all honey sold in US Supermarkets is ‘artificial’ and is ridiculously over processed, devoid of any nutritional value and sometimes imported and laundered from China and overseas! In many of these cases, the natural and real honey is over heated to high temperatures and high pressure. The real pollen and nutrients are thereby completely forced out of the honey before it is bottled for export to US supermarkets. This technique has been used for decades and is now of great concern. In some cases, the Chinese artificial honey has dangerous amounts of chemicals, antibiotics, preservatives, heavy metals and artificial sweeteners to make it look and taste like honey. However, it’s all artificial honey. If you would like to read more about the Food Safety News study on artificial honey in US grocery stores, please continue reading.

 

 

The Honey Investigation by The Food Safety News

Just Add Good Stuff is alarmed by the findings from The Food Safety news in regards to the artificial honey problem in US Supermarkets. The supply chain of honey has been contaminated forever, and it is up to us to make important and educated decisions on what types of honey are safe, and which are not for our families. The Food Safety News started investigating US grocery stores and ended up buying 60 different containers of honey from 10 US states. In addition, to further enlarge their scope of study, they also bought from a wide range of US supermarket chains. All of the containers of so called ‘natural honey’ were sent to Vaughn Bryant, a professor and melissopalynologist specialist at Texas A&M University.

The scary findings by Vaughn Bryant include these and many more:

Fact #1 > 100% (one hundred per cent) of Winnie the Pooh honey sold at Walmart stores had ALL POLLEN REMOVED. There was no trace of natural, nutrient pollen in this container of honey whatsoever. Be careful and eat at your own risk!

Fact #2 > 77% (seventy seven per cent) of various types of honey bought from Target, Sam’s Club and Costco (often referred to as ‘big box stores’) contained ZERO POLLEN. Again, just like the Walmart Winnie the Pooh honey, this product is ‘artificial’ and contains none of the natural nutrients that honey is known for.

Fact #3 > 100% (one hundred per cent) of McDonald’s and KFC honey packets contain NO POLLEN. Just like the above, these are all artificially manufactured honey, which means that the added chemicals, antibiotics and heavy metals are used to mimic what real honey should taste and look like. It’s not real honey whatsoever.

Fact #4 > 100% (one hundred per cent) of honey purchased from CVS Pharmacy and Walgreen’s (two trusted drug stores in the US) contained ZERO POLLEN yet again. All of the natural pollen had been filtered out and heated at extreme temperatures.

However, there was so glimpse of good news in the Vaughn Bryant/The Food Safety study:

Fact #5 > Local honey from Farmer’s Markets, Co-Ops and even Trader Joes contained the FULL AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL POLLEN. These were healthy, natural and organic honey that contained the full amount of nutritional value.

 

Add fuel to the fire, but we believe that the only reason why natural honey is filtered and heated is to hide where it came from. Both heating and filtering of natural honey costs a lot of money. Plus it diminishes the quality and nutrients of the honey.

Other interesting facts is that the United States as imported over 208 million pounds of honey from overseas in the past 18 months alone. The majority (over 60%) came from Asia… the most of that coming from China. However, the rest of the honey from Asia probably also came through China on its way to our shores and supermarkets. Further studies have shown that many of the imported honey is watered down and contains obscene levels of high fructose corn syrup in addition to lots of other heavy metals, chemicals and illegal sweeteners.

Not only are consumers misinformed about the origins of the artificial honey, but it is also detrimental to your health!

Therefore, in our conclusion, it is of utmost importance that you only purchase locally produced, non-GMO/organic honey. Natural honey in its unaltered, unheated and unfiltered state has many health benefits and is a great option to refined sugars.

 

 

Here are some of the sources for the facts and figures described in this article: The Food Safety News (www.foodsafetynews.com), Mother Earth News (www.motherearthnews.com) and Food Renegade (www.foodrenegade.com). Just Add Good Stuff originally learned about this honey problem through Natural News (www.naturalnews.com).