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From October 2nd to October 8th, you can watch the full length Food Matters video.  They are accepting donations as well to help support the film and the movement, but it is not necessary.  Be sure to spread this information and get it to everyone you know.

You can view the video on our fellow health crusaders website here.  >Click to Watch FOOD MATTERS<

From the Food Matters website:

As summarized on the Food Matters’ website, by watching this film you will get answers to the following questions, and straight facts on:

• How you can use food as medicine
• Who needs vitamins?
• Is organic really better?
• How safe is your food?
• Foods that fight anxiety and depression
• Natural therapies for cancer
• Which drugs might do more harm than good?
• The best ways to detox, lose weight and keep it off! 

Food Matters really delivers a well-rounded view of the elements required for health, starting with the food supply itself, and the devastating effects modern food manufacturing has had on the quality of our food. Soil depletion is a direct result of modern agricultural practices, and has led to crops containing fewer nutrients. The answer, of course, lies in reverting back to organic and sustainable agriculture. The largest study conducted into organic food confirmed that the idea that organically grown foods are healthier for you is not wishful fantasy. It’s a fact.

That four-year long study discovered that:

• Organic fruit and vegetables contain up to 40 percent more antioxidants
• Organic produce had higher levels of beneficial minerals like iron and zinc
• Milk from organic herds contained up to 90 percent more antioxidants

When evaluating food and nutrition it’s also imperative to understand what happens to the nutrient content of a food when it is processed, and the potential harm that can be caused by added chemicals. Our food stores are filled to the brim with ultra-processed foods that not only contain ingredients grown in depleted, pesticide-laden soils to begin with, but are further depleted of real nutrients through processing; in the end providing very little beyond empty calories.

 

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Have you ever wondered why it is that you crave carbs or sugar and sweets?

Well first off let me start out by saying that your not alone and its actually quite common.

Today we let the fine folks over at Sunwarrior explain the common culprit for this and what you can do about it.

I have had the pleasure of getting to know a guy by the name of Joshua Onysko lately through the beauty that is social media.

Joshua happens to own one of our favorite brands, Pangea Organics.  Just today I saw a post on his blog about the real TRUTH about the cosmetics industry and thought it would be perfect for our TRUTH series.

If you are like a lot of people who are interested in eating better and living a healthier life, you have no doubt seen the vast disparity in cost between good foods and bad ones. It essentially makes it harder for people with lower incomes to maintain a healthy diet because of the way our food system is setup. This is the cycle that we currently find ourselves in, one of obesity, diabeties and record profits from drug and mass food producers.

This is a prime understanding that you must grasp if you want to truly “get” what is happening with health and food in our country and around the world.

The video below does a great job explaining why its much much cheaper to produce a Twinkie than a Carrot.

I just read this article by Ethan Huff about how mothers who don’t get enough sunlight can give birth to babies with multiple sclerosis. It definitely is a little scary. The study out of Australia found that natural sunlight is extremely important to the development of babies. Researchers found that mothers who do not get enough sunlight during the first 90 days of their pregnancy bear children with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis later on in life. A lack of sunlight causes problems with the child’s development of their central nervous system and immune system. Because of this, the child will be more likely to develop MS.

The study evaluated birth records from 1920-1950 connecting low vitamin D levels to MS. Research revealed that the majority of the MS patient were born during November and December in the Southern Hemisphere, which would have meant that the early days of the babies’ development were during the winter months when it is likely that the mother got minimum sunlight exposure. Research also discovered that very few MS patients were born between May and June when their first trimesters would have been during summer months, when it is likely that the mothers were exposed to more sunlight and thus vitamin D.
The studies showed that the risk of MS was approximately 30% higher for patients who were born during the winter months (that’s a lot higher!). Research also found that MS became increasingly more prevalent the further away from the equator. This indicated that sunlight exposure – and vitamin D – is directly linked to MS susceptibility.
Now, we all know that you can’t force the sun to come out. So if natural sunlight is not available, mothers can supplement with natural vitamin D3 in order to help their babies be healthy. Weighing the numbers and the easy solution to the problem, why wouldn’t mothers implement this simple solution? Go out in the sun! If there’s no sun, take some vitamin D – its inexpensive and easy, all you have to do is swallow a little pill to help prevent your child from increased risks of MS.

I was just reading this article about soda. The article, written by David Gutierrez, said that soda has recently been linked to pancreatic cancer. Well, we all knew soda wasn’t the healthiest thing on the market, especially diet soda filled with aspartame, but who knew it was THAT bad for us?!

As a consumer today you no doubt have seen the marketing campaigns and labels that say 0 grams “Trans Fat.” So what is trans fat and what does that really mean. Well good question, because most people don’t really know.

Trans fat is really just another name for an unsaturated fat that contains trans-isomer fatty acids. So to start out, there are two type of fats. Saturated fats which are typically found in processed foods and animal products and unsaturated fats which are typically found in nature and in foods such as nuts, olives and avocados. These unsaturated fats are generally referred to as good fats and can actually help certain aspects of health. Another easy way to distinguish the two fats is a saturated fat is solid at room temperature and an unsaturated fat is liquid at room temperature, which also give you a pretty good picture of what that particular fat is going to do once inside your body.

Now, onto the Trans part, this is where it gets a little more interesting. Trans fat or “trans fatty acids” are not naturally occurring at all although technically classified as an unsaturated fat. It is manufactured in a lab by adding hydrogen to vegetable oils to make them more solid in a process called hydrogenation.