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secret chemicals in our food exposed,could it be a part cause to diabetes?

spirits

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this may help you, and it may give you an idea how food is reacting with your body, i was wondering if these chemicals in our foods that food industries do not want us to know about is causing us all kinds of health problems, how is the best way to tacle it, does it mean being extra cautious what we buy, or do you go for fresh home grown foods as a safer option, it is scary to know what you can be eating, it goes in your body and the impact it can have on your health, this link is to a video dr oz posted up for today, please take a look see what you think.
What the Food Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know About Pesticides, Pt 1
Dr. Oz is blowing the whistle on toxic chemicals in your food that can harm your family’s health! Correspondent Elisabeth Leamy reports on the rise of pesticides on your plate. Get the shopper’s guide to the “dirty dozen” foods to avoid.
http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/what-food-industry-doesnt-want-you-know#cmpid=em062414
http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/new-dangers-artificial-sweeteners?video_id=3323259386001 diabetes
 
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I think these concerns are only going to grow. I feel a lot safer since switching to a real food diet without processed or packaged foods - but with GMO's creeping into the food supply and the ever-increasing amounts of fertilizers and insecticides being used, eating organic seems like the safest option - but unfortunately it's not always available and also often very expensive, so makes it difficult for people on a budget.
 
hi indy51 i agree with you, there are so many harmful chemicals in food, and eating healthy natural food is the best, growing your own veg and fruit is the best option of all or organic buy and yes it is expensive to buy, i think for the genetic modified food it will be hard to detect even from seed you can buy to grow your own veg and fruit will those seeds be safe or modified, if people already have seeds that are not modified, they are more likely to get the good health from there own grown produce, artificial and processed foods are killing people off slowly and why the governments allow this to happen is wrong there should be some way to challenge this and be able to get the food we want that is safe.hope you are succeeding with your healthy diet hugs xx
 
Many moons ago, people lived off the land. They sowed, they used good old manure, and didn't know anything about pesticides and chemicals. The world has got greedy. Greedy for foods that 'look nice', and last a long time. We want everything easy, everything convenient and the food industry has obliged. There was no transparency in how they fulfilled our wishes though.

Bring back meat and two veg! My grandma didn't have a microwave! If she had jam or pickle, she made it herself. The only way it's all going to change now is if the cry is loud enough from consumers and it's not going to happen. 75% love it the way it is, whilst they are tucking into their second pizza and drinking their can of coke.....that is until it catches up with them....if it does.

Diabetes, like other chronic diseases brings a hunger for awareness in many people but I reckon for every single one of us on here or who takes diet seriously, there are hundreds , maybe thousands who couldn't care less.

The best way is to grow your own veg, keep some cattle and poultry, and boycott the supermarkets. So who's first in the queue to do this?
 

just getting a small plot, plan to grow stuff, can't fit in the cows though unless i get those from japan that live in with you get massages and kept stress free for perfect meat.
was only talking with my husband about how many illnesses are because of the food, i think it odd that if we go low carb the body can have trouble when we eat it again ( read this, can't remember where sorry) but never heard of vegetarians having problems eating meat again, not sure what to think really, still get confused.
Jill
 
We weren't meant to eat chemicals. It's the same with medications sometimes. Sometimes you need to see a doctor because of how the medication has made you feel!
 
Grow my own pretty much. Always wanted chickens for the eggs, but decided against the commitment it takes. See our neigbours regularly having to strip their 3 chicken runs n houses dur to diseases, so decided against the hassle.

Definitely changed my supermarket shopping. Rarely for the two of us do we go to a supermarket (only for the cheaper red wine!) and 90% of fruit n veg now from our own garden. Not bad as 2 years ago when we bought place it was all sold clay grass....

Just trying to get salmon and fish locally is not easy..always end up each month going to Lidl or Waitrose...


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have a look on line i've seen fish delivered to the door, done it with meat, it comes in a cold box packed with ice, should work the same.
well done with the veg growing Jill
 


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have a look at this east hen house, i kept bantams as a small child, don't remember any problems, just scoop the poop every morning, and the one above is easy to move around.

can i ask how did you improve your soil, we have heavy clay, i read it takes years of double digging, and putting top soil turns it into a mud bath, was thinking of raised vegetable troughs. Jill
 
I dug in wood chips and sand to break up clay soil and for a few years, dug it over every year. They say that growing potatoes in clay soil also helps to break it up. Well rotted horse manure is also good

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Forgot to add.... I also bought a few bags of peat but could have saved some dosh using top soil. I now have lovely bushes growing....rhododendrons azaleas

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Forgot to add.... I also bought a few bags of peat but could have saved some dosh using top soil. I now have lovely bushes growing....rhododendrons azaleas

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thanks for that info, not sure i have the patience to wait a few years, i'll have to see how it looks when cleared, i'm getting some one in with a digger to make it all one level
 
Jill the tt said:
can i ask how did you improve your soil, we have heavy clay, i read it takes years of double digging, and putting top soil turns it into a mud bath, was thinking of raised vegetable troughs. Jill
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Looked at eglu's , friend has one with 2 chickens in. Still pondering..have always wanted them...

I cheated... I have raised beds... Purely made from pallet wood...3 pallets long, 1 pallet wide.x4 of them.
Our neighbour has a source of loose topsoil by the tonne and drops off on drive and we've barrowed it in. We also had quie a bit of normal solid clay that went into the bases from digging out pond and to get an orchard of mixed fruit trees I dug their solid clay out and repaced with good topsoil. Only 2nd year for the fruit trees n all have plums, cherrys, pears and apples on.
I also bought a 25kg bag of calcified seaweed to spread in to the hard clay soil before the topsoil went in.

For my runner beans and broad beans and peas, I dug that ground over first for the weeding and laid an old piece of carpet over last year with the calcified seaweed dug in and sharp sand. Had beans n peas in big pots last and emptied the pots in to the ground and rotovated it all after a very small amount of weeding that the carpet didn't cover. Seeds went in this year and fantastic crops so far.

Inbetween the raised borders, i got cheap thick 15 year guaranteed roof felt from an auction. Cut it up so I could lay it on the old grass. Didn't leave enough room for a lawnmower as I wanted as many raised beds as poss. Being on 1pallet wide means I have access in to middle for ease.

These raised bed are pallets 3 pieces of wood high. Previous garden was higher, but the 6 tonne of topsoil was too much when it got wet and heavy and I had to reinforce them...





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thanks, I'm glad you cheated, don't feel so bad about planning to cheat myself, sounds like a nice setup with you. chickens are nice, my Nan had a big walk in hen house, always loved collecting the eggs, she had about 30 hens and always kept a pig for meat, all animals bring extra work though even if it's a small amount. thats was a great help though, keep well Jill
 
I don't have a problem with microwaves. It is the **** we cook in them.
 
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