Carrageenan in Organic Milk and Milk Alternates

Today I learned about carrageenan. This substance is put in organic milk, milk replacements, sour cream, cheese, yogurt, ice creams, fake bacon, even lubricants. This substance is used so the product doesn't separate. Even though we could just stir it up or shake it and enjoy the product with out the harm. Carrageenan is derived from a seaweed ingredient used for better texture or "mouthfeel". Not only when the product is harvested does it ruin coral reefs which is animals habitats but it also creates dangerous inflammation a condition that serves as the backbone of more then 100 human of diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and arteriosclerosis. Inflammation also fuels other life threatening diseases, including cancer! There are many products that have this substance in them like most of the products produced by these brand but please read your labels. 

Sources: http://www.rodale.com/carrageenan.
http://www.cornucopia.org/shopping-guide-to-avoiding-organic-foods-with-carrageenan/. http://www.naturalnews.com/019649_sexually_transmitted_disease_carrageenan.html

Veggie burgers

Kidney Bean and Mushroom Veggie Burger
By Jolinda Hackett, About.com Guide
Make a vegetarian bean burger using kidney beans and mushrooms, with oats to hold it all together. These kidney bean burgers are vegetarian, but do use an egg as a binder, so they're not vegan.
Ingredients:

1 medium carrot
1/3 cup oats
1 14 ounce can kidney beans, drained
1/2 cup mushrooms
1/2 onion
1/2 red or yellow bell pepper, diced small
1 egg
2 tbsp ketchup
1/2 tsp garlic salt
Preparation:

Process carrot in food processor until grated. Add oats and beans and pulse a few times.
Add remaining ingredients and process until well combined but still slightly coarse.

Chill for at least 45 minutes then form int 4 - 6 patties.

Broil for 5-6 minutes on each side. You could also cook these mushroom veggie burgers on the grill, or pan fry in oil.


http://vegetarian.about.com/od/veggieburgerrecipes/r/beanmushrooms.htm

Congresses view of the FDA

They fda believes we are to ignorant to know, care, or understand gmos. Until we all start signing petitions, changing what we eat, and fight for our right of good nutritious food nothing will change


Any email I revived for the eat in at the FDA in college park, MD April 8th


Last year, 55 members of Congress wrote you a similar letter that said:

“The FDA has the opportunity and authority to do right by the American public. When issuing its rule requiring radiated foods to be labeled, FDA stated in broad terms that a decision to require labeling is not just based on the physical changes to the food but also on whether consumers view such information as important, and whether the omission of label information may mislead a consumer. The fact that the FDA has already adopted this broad interpretation of “material” facts demonstrates that [GMO labeling] is a reasonable – and therefore permissible – interpretation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).”

Monsanto and government employees

Monsanto the main company making GMOs

wild rice soup panera copycat vegan style

I made this today and it is so superrrr yummy! Start by making cooking a cup of wild rice. Sauté 2 tablespoons of butter chopped --->2 leaks 2 medium carrots 2 stalks of celery. After 5-10 minutes, added half a carton of chopped mushrooms wait 5 minutes. Add thyme(I did fresh) about a tablespoon. Jut by smell. Tsp of garlic salt and pepper. Add 20 oz give or take vegetable broth. Add rice 1 cup if milk I use (rice milk) mix up 1/2 cup of flour and 1/2 cup of water . spoonful one at a time stirring it in and see how it is. Add a handful of pre cooked and chopped asparagus. Give a few minutes to cool and wa la tasty and vegan!! I put some salt on the soup after putting in my bowl and oh my gosh so fricking amazing! Better then Panera wild rice and chicken! Love it so yummy ����������

Erythritol a sweetener

Sugar alcohols (also known as polyols) like erythritol are regulated as either GRAS or food additives. Despite the name, sugar alcohols are neither sugar nor alcohol.

They vary in sweetness from about half as sweet as sugar to equally as sweet. They’re frequently combined with other low-calorie or artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, acesulfame-K, neotame, saccharin, or as in the case of VitaminWater, crystalline fructose.

The reason sugar alcohols provide fewer calories than sugar is because they are not completely absorbed in your body. However, this fact has certain drawbacks, none of which are good.

High intakes of foods containing sugar alcohols can lead to adverse physical symptoms like abdominal gas and diarrhea. Some polyols are clearly worse than others. Sorbitol or mannitol-containing foods, for example, are so potent they must display a warning on their label stating "excess consumption may have a laxative effect."

But erythritol may offer an explanation to the many reports of ill after-effects from drinking VitaminWater, such as:

Diarrhea
Headache
Stomachache

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/05/26/what-is-erythritol-doing-in-vitamin-water.aspx

SLS the Foaming Agent cancerous?

This morning a post about SLS. I had never heard about it. So when taking a shower I though I would do some label reading. All the top products have SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate)"the definition" it is a caustic detergent (meaning able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action) this product is useful for removing grease (off garages, remove grease off car engines, or shops floors that work on cars) although this substances is commonly used as a foaming agent in personal care items (like the above). SLS and it's close relative Sodium Laureth Sulfate(SLES) are used in many soaps, shampoos, conditioners, body,washes, mouthwash, toothpaste, sun screen, shaving cream, mascara, carpet cleaner, children soaps, dish soaps, bubble baths, moisturizer lotion, stain removers, laundry detergents and thing that we expect to "foam up". There are over 150 different names that companies list them under.In fact, SLES is commonly contaminated with dioxane, a known carcinogen. 

 A concentration of these substances as low as 0.5% can cause irritation and 10-30% concentration cause skin corrosion and severe irritation some of these SLS filled products have 30% concentration which the American College of Toxicology reported "highly irritating and dangerous". 

They use this product because it is so cheap! It has also been found and well documented that SLS & SLES denatures skin proteins, which causes not only irritation, but also allows environmental contaminants easier access to the lower, sensitive layers of skin. 

These products also absorb in your skin and can stay for 5 days after use . they mimic the activity of hormones Oestrogen(female sex hormones) this affects problems like PMS and menopausal symptoms to dropping male fertility and increasing female cancers such as breast cancer where oestrogen levels are know to be involved. better yet known as a carcinogenic (cancer causing) just because something is marked "organic or natural " it doesn't mean its safe. we must read the label. The bottom row is safe of the products and also animal cruelty free   I hope this helps everyone.

Source: http://www.natural-health-information-centre.com/sodium-lauryl-sulfate.html