How the food industry is deceiving you

Check out this YouTube clip- lots of food for thought! What do you eat for a snack nowadays?

Recommended Web Site- Hullabaloo.com.au

For allergy aware baking and additive free cake decorating check out this web site: http://www.hullabaloo.com.au/ . You can buy natural food colours, cake and biscuit mixes, decorating products and even completely white, colour free, hundreds and thousands!

PRODUCT OF THE WEEK

COCONUT OIL, Extra Virgin, Certified Organic:

The addition of coconut oil, which is primarily a saturated fat, helps protect your heart cells from damage, boost your thyroid function, increase your metabolism, and support your immune system. Many studies have demonstrated a close association between consumption of unsaturated oils (vegetable oils like corn and canola) and increased incidence of cancer.  Avoid cooking with unsaturated oils, such as corn and canola, which produce a variety of toxic chemicals when heated and are almost universally genetically modified (GM) G. W. Crile and his wife found the metabolic rate of people in Yucatan, where coconut is a staple food, averaged 25 percent higher than that of Americans. Unsaturated fats suppress your metabolic rate, which can lead to hypopituitarism; coconut oil can actually enhance your thyroid function and help you achieve your optimal weight.

Recommended web site

For those of you who wish to explore the topic of food additives further I highly recommend the following site which has been set up by Dr. Howard Dengate & Sue Dengate. Here is the link- http:www//fedupwithfoodadditives.com.au 

Whilst online why not subscribe to their quarterly newsletter- it is full of helpful information and testimonals from other consumers.

a2Milk

Recently Paul's milk has been advertising on television that their milk does not contain any 'permeate'.
This has prompted me to find out exactly what permeate is??

It's apparently a watery, greenish waste product from the production of cheese - and documents obtained by the Herald reveal that it forms up to 16 per cent of the fresh milk we drink.

 Internal documents from Australia's biggest supplier, National Foods - which makes Pura, Big M, Dairy Farmers and supplies both Woolworths and Coles brand milk - reveal its milk now contains up to 16.43 per cent permeate.
I had already planned to talk about the benefits of drinking a2Milk as it is naturally rich in the A2 type of beta-casein protein.
Beta-casein is a type of protein that makes up one third of the protein in milk. It is a high quality milk protein that is a source of essential amino acids, as well as peptides.
The chief executive of A2 Milk, Peter Nathan, who said none of his milk contained permeate, described the substance as a "lemony-green liquid substance; it's certainly not attractive''. He said consumers were "being led to believe that milk they are drinking is pure milk. It's not".
However, the labels on milk diluted with cheap permeate don’t mention it.
We have a right to know what’s in our food so that we can make informed decisions. If we’re prepared to pay more for whole milk that really is whole milk that should be our choice and if we want to buy the cheaper alternatives we have a right know how much is milk and how much is permeate.

PRODUCT OF THE WEEK

HIMALAYAN PINK ROCK SALT: Your table salt is actually 97.5% sodium chloride and 2.5% chemicals such as moisture absorbents, and iodine. Dried at over 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit, the excessive heat alters the natural chemical structure of the salt.
Containing all of the 84 elements found in your body, the benefits of natural Himalayan Crystal Salt include:

Regulating the water content throughout your body.

Promoting a healthy pH balance in your cells, particularly your brain cells.

Promoting blood sugar health and helping to reduce the signs of aging.

Assisting in the generation of hydroelectric energy in cells in your body.

Absorption of food particles through your intestinal tract.

Supporting respiratory health.

Promoting sinus health.

Prevention of muscle cramps.

Promoting bone strength.

Regulating your sleep -- it naturally promotes sleep.

Supporting your libido.

Promoting vascular health.

In conjunction with water it is actually essential for the regulation of your blood pressure.

NEW Multigrain square thin cakes

I discovered something 'safe' with no msg or excitotoxins in the snack biscuit aisle of the supermarket last Saturday! They are by Sun Rice and are a Multigrain square thin cakes. They are 50%  milled corn, 37% Wholegrain Brown Rice, 4%  Wholegrain Buckwheat, 4% Wholegrain Quinoa, 3% Wholegrain millet and 2% Sesame seed, salt. NO 600 numbers, no colours, and no artificial preservatives. ENJOY!

Ten foods not to eat

Check this Youtube video out- Dr. Ted Broer discusses the main types of foods to eliminate from your diet.

Stevia - the safe alternative to artifical sweeteners

What is the difference between stevia and traditional sweeteners?

Stevia is a great tasting alternative to traditional artificial sweeteners. Sourced directly from plant leaves it is all natural and does not include any added chemicals.
The Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) conducted a comprehensive risk assessment prior to approving the addition of Stevia to the Australian food supply in 2008, and concluded that steviol glycosides are unlikely to have adverse effects on health (blood pressure, blood glucose or other parameters in normal, hypotensive or diabetic subjects) at doses up to 11 mg/kg body weight (bw) per day. They specifically examined any potential adverse risk to children and diabetics and concluded “there are no public health and safety concerns for steviol glycosides when used as a food additive at the maximum levels proposed”.

PRODUCT OF THE WEEK

Massel ULTRACUBE is Gluten and Lactose free and features 'No animal content'. The flavour profile is obtained solely from natural, vegetable ingredients. The stock cubes are gluten, lactose, trans fat and cholesterol  free. Beef and vegetable flavours are also available in your local supermarket.

Aspartame & MSG are poisoning us.

It is interesting to note that the incidence of brain cancer in the U.S, Australia and many other countries has increased sustantially since 1981. This coincides with the introduction of Aspartame.

Check this video out from Youtube

Hydrolysed vegetable protein

Do you know how Hydrolysed vegetable protein is manufactured? It's one of the more common substitutes for pure MSG and is found in a huge range of common foods. Dr. Blaycock provides this explanation of what this healthy sounding ingredient really is.
'HVP is made from junk vegetables selected for their high quantity of excitotoxins; e.g.glutamate.The vegetables are boiled in a vat of sulphuric acid for several hours then the acid is neutralised with caustic soda. The brown sludge is scraped off the top and dried into a powder. The powder contains known carcinogens and dicarboxylic, the safety of which is unknown. MSG is often added to this powder. Finally, the powder is put in our food, including baby food, and we eat it.'