Category: Food Terrorism

Brominated oil (BVO) to be removed from Gatorade: What else should we avoid?

Brominated oil (BVO) to be removed from Gatorade: What else should we avoid?

[ 9 ] February 2, 2013 |

It was everywhere in the news a week ago that PepsiCo Inc. is removing a controversial ingredient, brominated vegetable oil (BVO) from its Gatorade sports drink in response to customer complaints. Excellent news, demonstrating remarkable power of Internet in tandem with expressed public concern to force Big Food manufacturer to react in a matter of […]

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Jolly Rancher: Yellow 5 plus Blue 1 equals green apple

Jolly Rancher: Yellow 5 plus Blue 1 equals green apple

[ 9 ] January 23, 2013 |

Soda is a variety of sweetened sparkling fun drinks. But life cannot be just continuous pure fun. Your body is very serious about it: It needs water to function correctly, to keep you healthy, active and productive. Of course, you can have fun of drinking sugary soda once in a while but if you totally […]

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Diet Dr Pepper Cherry: More chemicals in your blood

Diet Dr Pepper Cherry: More chemicals in your blood

[ 11 ] January 20, 2013 |

According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention, about 36% of adult and 17% of young Americans were obese in 2009 – 2010; 53% total. Obesity is expected to reach 65% by 2030 so that obese and overweight people will be more common than normal weigh population (see Why Dr Pepper is not your doctor). […]

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Great Value Cherry Chemical Mix: Why this is not a crime?

Great Value Cherry Chemical Mix: Why this is not a crime?

[ 14 ] January 13, 2013 |

America has been on increasing nutritional deficiency for some four decades. This can be the core reason for present spiraling national health crisis. From one side, you find sugar in every kind of foods, drinks, seasonings, sauces, etc. From another, artificial sweeteners are offered as a false solution for those who are hooked up on […]

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How The American Way Kills American Life

How The American Way Kills American Life

[ 0 ] January 6, 2013 |

Ignorance is what kills. The below are quotations from an excellent educational book “Fast Food Nation. The Dark Side of the All-American Meal” by Eric Schlosser. A praise for the book left by The Daily Telegraph (London) says: “Eric Schlosser’s book on the economy and strategies of the fast food business should be read by anyone […]

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7 Up Diet soda: Chemicals on top of chemicals

7 Up Diet soda: Chemicals on top of chemicals

[ 8 ] December 25, 2012 |

Here is a piece of history from Wikipedia which helps to understand how the drink has been transformed from its original lemon-lime soda to its modern chemical concoction. 7 Up has been reformulated several times since its launch in 1929. In 2006, the version of the product sold in the U.S. was reformulated so that […]

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Sunkist Strawberry soda: Another red swill

Sunkist Strawberry soda: Another red swill

[ 9 ] December 22, 2012 |

Sadly, in the strictly profit-driven economy morality is voluntary. Yes, morality is a free choice which not every manufacturer has to follow. For this reason we see this pathetic bright-red Sunkist Strawberry soda containing no strawberry being sold in the market. So what is in it? Well, there is nothing exciting to say the list. […]

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School shootings: How Can American Food Lead to American Blood

School shootings: How Can American Food Lead to American Blood

[ 1 ] December 15, 2012 |

While America has been painfully recovering from recent fatal shooting in Oregon mall yet another blood spill tragedy has deeply shocked the nation even worse when another kid, Adam Lanza, believed “suffered from a personality disorder,” silently shot 20 little children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Although grief and […]

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Big Shot Fruit Punch: A punch into your health

Big Shot Fruit Punch: A punch into your health

[ 6 ] December 5, 2012 |

When you are shopping for a healthy soft drink, there is useful tip to follow: Skip all kinds of punches, including fruit,  berry,  citrus , etc. It looks as if beverage industry has selected them for experimenting with introduction of the nastiest chemicals into the American diet. Remember, punches usually contain little or no fruit […]

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Wonka Frosty Nerds: Another chemical candy

Wonka Frosty Nerds: Another chemical candy

[ 3 ] December 1, 2012 |

Do you know that according to the Wikipedia, “nerd” is a person, typically described as being overly intellectual, obsessive, or socially impaired? This is one thing. As the second meaning, “nerd” is a form of candy that is essentially small irregularly-shaped bits of sugar crystal which are covered with a thin candy-coating. Yes, coating… This […]

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