Bio-Medicals Certified Organic Tasteless Coconut Oil: This is cold pressed, gluten free and has no taste or odour of coconut. This oil has all the advantages of Coconut Oil without the dominant taste or odour of Coconut. A few weeks ago a reader was wondering if such an oil exists. So here it is! I purchased my 700mls bottle ($19.95 ) from my local organic butcher (G.J's Organic Meats) here at Parkwood, Gold Coast. The benefits of Coconut Oil are too numerous to name here but the oil may assist you with thyroid function, herpes virus, obesity (increases the metabolic rate), candida, hormone imbalances and improves digestion and absorption of fat soluble vitamins and amino acids. Ketones found in coconut oil may slow Alzheimer's disease and in some people (a teaspoon mixed in food, twice a day) may actually prevent it. Enjoy!
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Today I looked at the ingredient lists of three V8 popper varieties- Vegetable Juice Original, Fruit & Vegetable Juice Tropical & Fruit & Vegetable Orange, Mango & Passion. It was great to see that none contained any artificial colours. The highest vegetable content was in the Original flavour (99%). Both Tropical and Orange, Mango & Passion had only 69% which was disappointing. All were 'reconsitiuted' and, like the other fruit juice poppers all list 'natural flavours' (i.e. a form of MSG). Flavours were listed last at least, except for the Tropical flavour (4th last). I would advise to avoid the Tropical flavour for another reason as well. The last ingredient 'Malic Acid' is regarded as not suitable for children as it's unknown if they can digest it fully. It also may call allergic reactions and /or skin irritations. Best choice of the 3- Vegetable Juice Original.
To date, my analysis of poppers has revealed the following: I found the 'Glo' brand not to be a 'safe' choice- Apple Mango not only has the 2nd ingredient listed as sugar, but also contains 2 colours (110, & 102) which have been linked to hyperactivity & are suspected carcinogens. Glo Apple Raspberry also contains 2 colours (122 & 133) both of which are suspected carcinogens & linked to hyperactivity. Brilliant Blue (133) should also be avoided by asthmatics.
All brands that I studied contain varying amounts of reconstituted juice- the highest being Just Juice (99.9%), Westcliff Apple (99.7% - Aldi), & Select Real Juice (98%). Bear in mind though that all reconstituted juice contains sugar & that all the brands I have mentioned so far list either 'Natural Flavour' or 'Flavour' (i.e.a form of MSG) as an ingredient. At least it is last on the ingredient list but, we must also bear in mind that there is still a 5% loophole here in Australia. This means that manufacturers can get away with not listing additives if they are present in an ingredient that comprises 5% or less of the product.
Lunch box contents (cont): There are an increasing array of fruit juice poppers on our supermarket shelves and what to choose remains a frequent dilemma for many mums, dads & carers. Filtered water in a BPA free bottle is a wise choice but should you wish to include a popper I will discuss my findings to date & follow through with a 2nd post. It's best to stay away from the fruit drinks. They contain minimal juice (max. 40%) and added sugar. Golden Circle Pineapple and Golden Circle Sunshine Punch contain more than 6 tspns (30.5g) of sugar per 250ml. box. Artificial colours sunset yellow( 110), quinoline yellow (104), carmoisine (122), allura red AC (129), tartrazine (102) and ponceau 4R (124) in particular have been cited as additives that children showing signs of hyperactivity should avoid. GLO Orange Mango, Berry Blast, Apple Mango and Orange varieties and POP TOP Orange and Wild Berries varieties each contains one or more of these colours.
It's now mandatory in the European Union for food and drinks containing any of these six colours to be labelled with the warning: "May have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." And the UK's Food Standards Agency actively encourages the food industry to participate in a voluntary ban of these colours in foods.
This You Tube clip is amazing- it does what I would like to do to many of our television advertisements which promote the supposed health benefits of their 'immortal food-like substances'.
The translation is enacted by The Centre for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).
The Coca-Cola ad campaign focuses on the mistaken belief that beating obesity is a matter of counting calories. This theory has been found to be false. All calories are NOT the same, and obesity is the result of consuming too many of the wrong type of calories.Carbohydrates (fructose and grains) affect the hormone insulin and leptin, which are very potent fat regulators. Fats and proteins affect insulin to a far lesser degree.
It's not just the soft drinks with fructose in them that consumers need to avoid. Research published in 2011 found that people who drank two or more diet drinks a day experienced waist size increases that were six times greater than those of people who didn't drink diet drinks!
Before you pack the school lunch box it's imperative that your children eat a nutritious breakfast that will give them the energy to keep going & learning until morning tea ( in some schools this can be as late as 11.00a.m). The reformulated Milo cereal promises alot but, lets see if it delivers: manufacturers claim that it is a 'nutritious energy cereal, now better 4 you, the goodness of wholegrain with 10 essential vitamins and minerals'; 'it contains more fibre' and a 'great balance of carbohydrates to get your kids going'.
The top 3 ingredients are wholegrain cereal 53% ( wheat 36%, corn 17%); sugar(29.5g per 100g), & Milo (10%). Added vitamins, malt extract ( a form of MSG), sunflower oil, soy lecithin, flavours (MSG), & salt (125mg per 100g) are the remaining ingredients. Rosemary Stanton states: "Milo cereal piggy-backs on a national fondness for Milo, but with its high sugar content it cannot claim any superior moral ground for good nutrition even though the pack says it is 'now better 4 you'." Fresh fruit will give your children a much better start to their day. If you would prefer to provide a cereal try Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids (Wholegrain wheat (96%), raw sugar, minerals.)
This is so worth watching - takes only 9.23mins of your time after which you will be up to date with what is going on in the 'seed business'. Two months ago I read a book called,' The World according to Monsanto'. This animated video clip sums the entire book up to a 't'. Could of saved myself alot of reading time! Now I realize it's only been up a couple of days! Enjoy- pass it on.
