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FTC sues Kevin Trudeau over weight loss claims while ignoring Big Pharma monopoly pricing Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It's the replacement guide for the USDA's food guide pyramid, and it's been downloaded by over 800,000 people. And find a way to get off antidepressant drugs. They imbalance blood sugar metabolism and lead to weight gain (20 pounds in the first year, on average). This is all stuff the FTC, FDA and usda probably haven't bothered to mention because they're too busy chasing down outspoken book authors and discrediting nutritional supplements to actually do anything useful for America. That's Big Government watching out for ya, as usual!

NewsTarget.com releases shocking macrophotography pictures of processed meats: Salami, sausage and hot dogs Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Then again, the usda openly approves the use of chicken poop as cattle feed, so you can't exactly say that usda regulators are really interested in food regulations that most intelligent consumers would agree with. In any case, these photos do not show any evidence whatsoever that Jimmy Dean or Kraft Foods are violating food safety regulations. They merely show these foods at great magnification where visual details are much easier to study. The salami product, in particular, is made with beef hearts!

Hunger Free Forever: The New Science of Appetite Control Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon See book keywords and concepts

As well, making frequent use of Internet resources such as the USDAs National Nutrient Database (www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/food comp/search/) or private nutrition services such as www.calorieking .com/foods or www.nutritiondata.com can help you develop even more calorie awareness. Consulting with a registered dietician can also be an invaluable way to become more intelligent about your food choices for weight loss. Calories Do Count All calories come from fat, protein, or carbohydrate. There is nothing higher in calories than fat.

FDA warns over dangerous products from China while ignoring dangerous products from the U.S. Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

European countries test ALL their cows for mad cow disease. But usda officials in this country believe we should only test something like one cow out of a million, and any time that test comes back positive, do you know what they do? They run a second test, then a third test, then a fourth test until they get the result they want: Negative. I'm not making this up. This is the official unwritten usda policy on mad cow disease.

Legislative effort targets school junk food, aims to upgrade nutritional guidelines Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The Act would take the USDA's current standards of limiting the sale of foods of minimal value, currently applicable only to cafeterias during meal times, and extend it to apply throughout the school day and everywhere on school grounds. The USDA's current standards allow the sale of candy bars, cookies, and sugary fruit-flavored drinks containing very little real fruit juice, while disallowing things like seltzer water and breath mints. Despite increasing rates of obesity in children and teens, the Senate hasn't held a hearing on the sale of junk foods in schools since 2003.

The health care reform legislation that Congress should pass, but won't Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Overhaul national dietary guidelines to benefit consumers, not Big Business As every honest nutritionist will readily admit, the dietary guidelines invented by the usda (that's the U.S. Department of Agriculture) amount to little more than a national marketing campaign for grain processors, junk food companies, dairy farms and meat producers. It's no surprise, of course, since those are the exact same organizations that strong-armed the usda into creating the "My Pyramid" nutritional guidelines in the first place.

Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 Bottom Line Health See book keywords and concepts

To read the complete definition, go to the USDA's Web site at www.ams.usda.gov/nop/NOP/ standards, html. Organic foods, including produce, meat, milk and other dairy products, typically cost more than nonorganic varieties. The FDA has linked pesticides to some types of cancer, and numerous other studies have linked them to Parkinson's disease. There's also strong evidence from the American Medical Association that bacteria are becoming resistant to some antibiotics because they are used in meat production.

Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes Jack Challem See book keywords and concepts

USDA Data on Nutritional Deficiencies You can quickly look up the percentage of people nationally or in individual states who consume the basic recommended amounts of individual nutrients and, conversely, the appalling numbers of Americans who do not. This is the source of the data for the graph on page 208. www.ba.ars.usda.gov/cnrg/services/cnmapfr.html Sources for Quality Nutritional Supplements Thousands of companies sell proprietary brands of vitamins, minerals, and other types of nutritional supplements. We've found the following companies to have high-quality and reliable products.

Legislative effort targets school junk food, aims to upgrade nutritional guidelines Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Jump directly to: conventional view | bottom line What you need to know - Conventional View The Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act calls on the usda to update what CSPI says are "disco-era nutrition standards" for school foods (e.g., vending machines, school stores, and a la carte in the cafeteria). The Act would take the USDA's current standards of limiting the sale of foods of minimal value, currently applicable only to cafeterias during meal times, and extend it to apply throughout the school day and everywhere on school grounds.

Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown David Steinman See book keywords and concepts

The Cornucopia Institute, which represented small organic farm interests, filed a formal complaint in 2005 with the USDA's Office of Compliance asking them to initiate an investigation into alleged violations of the federal organic law by the Horizon dairy in Idaho. Grass is the end all and be all of cows. The complaints asked the usda to investigate whether it was legal to confine cows in an industrial setting, without access to pasture, and still label milk and dairy products organic.

The Cornucopia Institute filed similar complaints with the usda concerning management practices at the Aurora and Vander Eyk dairies. In August 2005, the usda dismissed these complaints. But the situation brings up the real issue: the Wal-Mart effect when pricing pressure dilutes the integrity of what it means to be certified organic.

Consumer groups join forces to reverse pasteurization ruling for raw almonds Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

USDA to suspend these almond pasteurization rules for 180 days. NewsTarget supports this petition and urges all American consumers to support this 180-day suspension of the killing of California almonds by clicking HERE to send an online message to your legislative representatives in Washington. NewsTarget has published a CounterThink cartoon on this subject called The Killing of California Almonds. Feel free to share the cartoon or post it on your website (along with a link back to NewsTarget).

The Allopathia version of the usda (U.S. Department of Agriculture) has announced that foods labeled as "raw" may now be pasteurized (i.e. "cooked" long enough to kill anything living). This is one of the many ways in which the Allopathia universe is twisted and upside-down: Raw is cooked, cooked is raw, genetically modified is safe, and wild foods and herbs are dangerous. Of course, in our own universe, we're not so stupid as to think that cooked = raw, but apparently, in Allopathia, this idea doesn't seem strange at all.

FTC sues Kevin Trudeau over weight loss claims while ignoring Big Pharma monopoly pricing Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

This is all stuff the FTC, FDA and usda probably haven't bothered to mention because they're too busy chasing down outspoken book authors and discrediting nutritional supplements to actually do anything useful for America. That's Big Government watching out for ya, as usual! I'll bet you feel really, really safe now that Trudeau is being investigated for promoting a weight loss book.

Corporate Greed, Intellectual Property Laws and the Destruction of Human Civilization Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Take a look at every single decision the usda, the FDA, and various government departments have made: they benefit big business. It's all about not just protecting business, but helping big business become more profitable. The arrogance of modern man You know what it tells me when humanity tries to take credit and ownership of things from nature? That mankind thinks it's smarter than nature; that men think they are gods who own nature and feel they can exploit nature for any purpose they desire.

What's best? Soy milk, cow's milk, raw milk and fermented milk (kefir) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

They've even managed to so strongly influence the usda that the latest dietary recommendations by this government agency essentially recommend that everyone should drink more milk. And it's no surprise that infant formula manufacturers have, for decades, tried to convince nutritionally ignorant mothers that cow's milk is better for their baby than human breast milk. (An odd idea, isn't it?) Thumbs up: Raw milk Over the last two years, I've become a proponent of raw milk (especially raw fermented milk, see below).

Aurora Organic Dairy Corporation hit by class action lawsuits over "organic" milk labels Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Regardless of how it looks, I have no desire to swallow a liquid product that even the usda openly admits contains pus and blood. The only remaining question in my mind is whether it's organic pus and blood or just conventional pus and blood. Because if consumers are going to drink pus and blood, they have every right to know whether it's organic or not, don't you think? Glass of "organic" milk, anyone? And while you're pondering whether you should be eating animal liquids or flesh as part of your diet, take a look at these horrifying processed meat photos: http://www.newstarget.

NewsTarget launches citizen journalism program, invites writers to contribute articles for publication Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Food safety (which covers food recalls, salmonella, mad cow, the usda, etc.) Diabetes prevention and natural treatments Cancer prevention and natural treatments Prenatal nutrition, infant nutrition and childrens' nutrition Modern health care system, health insurance and health care reform The FDA and FDA reform Dangerous prescription drugs, drug warnings, drug fatalities, advertising, etc. Junk food marketing, sodas, marketing to children, etc.

Aurora Organic Dairy Corporation hit by class action lawsuits over "organic" milk labels Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Still, for consumers who are buying a product labeled as "organic," I agree that such products should be honestly labeled, and if the usda refuses to enforce commonsense organic requirements, then it is up to consumers to be the ultimate judge of a corporation's actions and to punish those corporations that dishonestly label their products. Support the Organic Consumers Association and the Cornucopia Institute! Boycott Aurora's "organic" milk from Wal-Mart, Costco, Safeway, Wild Oats and other retailers.

Playing right into the hands of the $100 million-a-year Aurora Organic Dairy Corporation, the usda -- which has long since abandoned any mission of actually defending the interests of the public -- announced it would not take any action against Aurora and would allow Aurora to continue selling its milk as "organic" even though the company has clearly been found engaging in practices that no reasonable person would consider "organic.

Pester the usda with concerned letters and refuse to be suckered by a wealthy dairy corporation that has now made the Organic Consumers Association its enemy. One final question: If Aurora really cared about being organic, why wouldn't they simply agree to meet the standards described by the OCA? Why does Aurora send in the legal team instead of upgrading its operations in a way that would earn the goodwill of the OCA? There is nothing, in my opinion, being asked by the OCA that isn't reasonable. But it appears that Aurora has no intention of changing its ways.

FDA announces suspension of English language (humor) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Please disregard the word "organic" The usda has joined with the FDA in its effort to suspend the English language and has announced that the word "organic" will no longer mean anything associated with what most people think of when they formerly used the word organic. Instead, it will mean any food product that was manufactured with the intention of selling it to organic consumers, regardless of whether or not the product itself was farmed and harvested using methods previously known as "organic.

This concept was formally known to rational people as "pasteurization," but will now be called "raw" according to usda regulations. If you connect the dots on all this, you come to the startling realization that irradiated, chemically treated nuts grown with pesticides will soon be labeled raw, organic nuts. Why? Because raw = pasteurized and pasteurized = irradiated. Thus, raw = irradiated. Plus, conventionally grown = organic.

Aurora Organic Dairy Corporation hit by class action lawsuits over "organic" milk labels Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It's getting away with it because the usda favors corporate interests over consumer interests and has no real intention to enforce genuine organic standards. I've philosophically supported the OCA for years, and I trust the judgment of Ronnie Cummins, who I know to be a champion of grassroots consumer protection. Ronnie does not carelessly accuse a $100 million corporation of fraud, and he has worked tirelessly over the years to speak out for the interests of consumers.

FDA warns over dangerous products from China while ignoring dangerous products from the U.S. Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

This is the official unwritten usda policy on mad cow disease. It's call the "close your eyes and pretend it doesn't exist" policy, which is, coincidentally, the exact same policy followed by the Bush Administration global warming team. So the next time you hear the FDA warning you about how dangerous and deadly all those Chinese products are, remember what they're NOT telling you: the hazards of American-made food and personal care products, almost all of which are intentionally and knowingly laced with cancer-causing chemicals.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa See book keywords and concepts

Today, only 10 percent of all American adults consume enough healthy foods for their diet to qualify as "good," according to researchers at the usda Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. When you look at recent studies on what Americans do get in their diet, it is pretty grim: U.S.

Cornucopia Institute reveals agribusiness conspiracy to mislead consumers over almonds Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

USDA can be found at www.cornucopia.org/Almond_SampleLetter.doc The Cornucopia Institute (www.Cornucopia.org) is dedicated to the fight for economic justice for the family-scale farming community. Through research, advocacy, and economic development, our goal is to empower farmers both politically and through marketplace initiatives.

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