What is a normal diet?

[Guest guest]

Gosh, Angie. blueberries made with antifreeze really shocked me!

That's the kind of food the uninformed masses eat every single day. People

have no idea what they're really eating. They think it's normal to have

blueberry bagels made with antifreeze. That's one of the ingredients in

blueberry

bagels, and you can find it right there listed on the package. Look for

polypropylene glycol. That's antifreeze. You can find other foods made with car

wax.

There's actually carnauba wax in foods, and people think that's completely

normal. There are petroleum chemicals in foods in the form of artificial colors,

and

people think that's normal too. People accept this as normal because that's

what everybody else is doing, not because it's actually normal for the human

body to process these substances. They think it's all okay because that's what

has been made standard by the marketing and advertising of the food industry.

What is a " normal " diet?

Consumers and food industry pundits have it all backwards

Read full article

http://www.newstarget.com/019417.html

Calorieking.com

[Guest guest]

Thanks Mike for explaing this further. Alice

As far as carnauba wax goes... here is a source you might like

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/healthinfo/carnaubawax.html

From the Whole Foods Market website:

" Carnauba wax is a GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) substance obtained

from the leaves and buds of the Brazilian " Tree of Life " (Copernica

Cerifera), also known as the wax palm. This wax palm grows in the northern

and northeastern parts of Brazil, as well as in areas of South America,

Ceylon, and Equatorial Africa. Due to irregular rainy seasons in other

locations, the Carnauba Palm only produces wax in northern Brazil. The tree

needs very little water to grow, is very prolific, and attains a height

40-50 feet after fifty years. The natives in the surrounding area use the

various products of the tree for many necessities in their lives; hence the

name " Tree of Life. " "

This is a far cry from 'car wax' as described in the posters article.

Mike

[Guest guest]

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> Gosh, Angie. blueberries made with antifreeze really shocked me!

> That's the kind of food the uninformed masses eat every single day. People

> have no idea what they're really eating. They think it's normal to have

> blueberry bagels made with antifreeze. That's one of the ingredients in

> blueberry

> bagels, and you can find it right there listed on the package. Look for

> polypropylene glycol. That's antifreeze.

Ok, I'm not saying you should eat these things.... but this kind of writing

and poor fact finding doesn't lend credibility to an article.

For instance. While polypropylene glycol is a 'type of antifreeze', when

antifreeze is mentioned people think of the stuff that is put in cars.

Conventional antifreeze (i.e., the stuff that is poison and can cause

blindness) is ethylene glycol. Propylene glycol's are used as substitutes

for this because they aren't toxic and break down easily. There are also a

wide range of chemicals that fall into the category of polypropylene

glycols.

If you have ever been in a bar that has smoke machines (the kind that

produce 'fog' not the 'smoke eaters') or have gone to a concert that uses

fog for special effects and to enhance lighting, you are breathing a

propylene glycol based product. Probably breathing a lot more of it than is

contained in the 6 or 8 miniature blueberries in a bagel.

These are also chemically related to sorbitol and all of the other sugar

substitutes that end in 'tol'. Propylene glycol is also used to treat

ketosis

Considering this, and the fact that the products have been approved for food

use by the FDA, and the fact that we live in such a litigious society (and

it doesn't set well for food companies to put harmful chemicals in food...

if for no other reason simply to keep out of court and avoid negative

publicity)... I can't help but read this stuff with a healthy dose of

skeptisim.

As far as carnauba wax goes... here is a source you might like

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/healthinfo/carnaubawax.html

From the Whole Foods Market website:

" Carnauba wax is a GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) substance obtained

from the leaves and buds of the Brazilian " Tree of Life " (Copernica

Cerifera), also known as the wax palm. This wax palm grows in the northern

and northeastern parts of Brazil, as well as in areas of South America,

Ceylon, and Equatorial Africa. Due to irregular rainy seasons in other

locations, the Carnauba Palm only produces wax in northern Brazil. The tree

needs very little water to grow, is very prolific, and attains a height

40-50 feet after fifty years. The natives in the surrounding area use the

various products of the tree for many necessities in their lives; hence the

name " Tree of Life. " "

This is a far cry from 'car wax' as described in the posters article.

Mike

[Guest guest]

Ethylene Glycol is Anti-Freeze, not Poly.

[Guest guest]

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> Ethylene Glycol is Anti-Freeze, not Poly.

Poly is a type of anti-freeze... I believe it's used in de-icing things, and

done where there is run-off as it's not toxic like ethylene glycol is. But

as I said, it's not the normal 'anti-freeze' people think of when it comes

to their cars (the most common connection a person reading the article would

have with anti-freeze, which is also known to be toxic).

As I tried to point out... while aspects of the article are not necessarily

'false' they are written in a manor to have the reader make connections with

similar items, to attempt to mislead and garner hysteria.

Mike