If there is only one thing you do for your health — and your weight — it should be this: Give up partially hydrogenated oils, and boycott any products that contain them — not only for yourself, but for the positive impact it will have on everyone’s health and weight problems.
What’s Wrong with the FDA?
The FDA does a terrific job, within the scope that their charter allows. The problem is, they’re not allowed to do the things that really need to be done to preserve your health.
How to Carry Out An EFFECTIVE Consumer Boycott
It’s one thing not to buy a product. That’s good for you. It’s even better to boycott the product in a way that it makes it less likely that others will buy it.
What’s Wrong with Trans Fat Labels?
The current law is better than nothing — but the problem is that products that contain partially hydrogenated oils can claim zero percent (0 %) trans fats, while at the same time have as much as 2.2 grams of trans fat per “standard serving”. The labeling system is just too weak to keep partially hydrogenated oils (and the trans fats they contain) out of the American diet.
What’s Wrong with Partially Hydrogenated Oils?
In a word: metabolic poisons. Consuming partially hydrogenated oils is like inhaling cigarette smoke. They will kill you — slowly, over time, but as surely as you breathe. And in the meantime, they will make you fat!
How to SHARE an Article
Sharing an article with others is huge. It’s how information becomes rapidly transmitted. One way to do that is with the “social sharing” links that accompany each article (Twitter or Facebook, for example.) Another way is to publish something to your own website. If you do, it’s very important to summarize the main points of the article and post a link to it, rather than copying an article in its entirety. This story explains why.
Killing for Profit – Who’s Worse, Tobacco Companies or Food Producers?
Tobacco is credited with causing cancer, but a deeper cause for lung cancer and many other diseases of industrial civilization may lie in modern commercial processing and refining of foods. Tobacco lawsuits have established the principle that those who profit from harmful products are responsible for the damage they cause. This article explores the possibility of performing “social judo”, by getting the tobacco industry to spearhead a revolution in the food processing industry.
Why You WANT Socialized Medicine
The fact is that many things are responsible for your health. Chief among them is corporate behavior. Socialized medicine puts the costs where they belong, and that’s why some of the largest corporations fight it so vigorously.
Our Toxic Food Environment
What’s wrong with our food supply, and the major toxins you need to avoid. Think of them as deadly nutritional landmines, and learn to sidestep their potential harm.
End the Carpool Madness – A Plea for Sanity
Despite their laudable their goals, carpool lanes must be recognized as a failure, and other options considered.