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Mercury Rising
Not only is High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) not good for us – despite how the corn refining companies dress it up, it’s still empty calories that we can do without – it’s found that up to 50% of it contains mercury.
Still, there is perhaps some light at the end of the tunnel. Last month 140 nations got together to develop an international treaty to phase out as much mercury use as possible. Not only that, but the U.S. was one of the leaders in pushing for this internationally binding legislation.
On the domestic front congress could help this by phasing out the use of mercury cell technology in domestic chlorine plants.
The U.S FDA should test HFCS for mercury content AND make those findings public.
We can all help, by cutting down on consumption of products containing HFCS.
New Study Shows Women At Risk From Soda
Researchers at Chicago’s Loyola University have found that women who drink more than one can of sugar-laden soda each day nearly double showing signs of developing kidney disease.
The study involved a national sample of over 9,000 men and women, and one interesting find was that the same signs were not shown in men who drink a similar amount.
It could be the excess of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) found in most sodas, or given that mercury has also been found in HFCS, in other similar studies, this could also be a factor.
Sunny D
Water, High Fructose, Corn Syrup and 2% or Less of Each of the Following: Concentrated Juices (Orange, Tangerine, Apple, Lime, Grapefruit). Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Beta-Carotene, Thiamin Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1), Natural Flavors, Food Starch-Modified, Canola Oil, Cellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Sodium Benzoate To Protect Flavor, Yellow #5, Yellow #6
That’s a chemistry lab in a bottle, but it’s not the imitation fruit juice we’re talking about here, but good ole sunshine.
There has been so much press coverage about the harmful effects of exposure to the sun, that some kids are actually showing suns of rickets – a disease caused by a lack of Vitamin D, which was common in the slums of Victorian England, where there was often no access to outside areas for children to play in.
However, it’s a good idea for children, and adults, to have around a quarter of an hour’s daily exposure to sunshine, as that is the best way fro the body to naturally manufacture its own supply of this vitamin. Natural vitamins are always better than taking supplments, as the body can often assimilate them better than an artificially made product.
When at the beach in the summer, jsut enjoy the sun for 15 minutes before slathering on the sun block.
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