First things first though. Paraben, or any variation thereof, such as MethyParaben, is simply MSG in disguise. Phenylalanine, while it is a natural product, when it's listed on your packaged foods, it rarely is natural. It is a chemical.
That chemical is NutraSweet, a very toxic drug used as an artificial sweetener. Aspartame is simply another name for NutraSweet. Check it out by going to this site.
Ok...for the Natural Flavor issue. The following was not written by me, but by Dr Gabe Mirkin. Read carefully. This is only the tip of the proverbial iceburg, when it comes to discovering what your packaged foods are really made of.
Smart consumers know that "All Natural" on a food label doesn't mean it's nutritious or healthful. Tobacco, cocaine, vodka, marijuana and opium are All Natural, but you wouldn't want to feed them to your six-year-old.
The list of ingredients on just about any processed food is likely to include either "natural flavors", "artificial flavors", or both. Many manufacturers try to use only "natural flavors" because they know critical consumers believe they are healthier. But the distinction between natural and artificial flavors is arbitrary and absurd. It's based more on how the flavor is made than on what it contains.
For example, banana flavor comes from the chemical amyl acetate. If you use amyl acetate that has been distilled from bananas with a solvent, it is a Natural Flavor. If you get it by mixing vinegar with amyl alcohol, it's an Artificial Flavor. Since they are chemically identical, taste and smell the same, it's unreasonable to think that the natural flavor is healthier than the artificial one.
If you think apples don't taste the way they used to, it may be because your taste buds are now accustomed to food that tastes more like apples than apples themselves, thanks to the chemical wizards in New Jersey who create the "flavors" of chain restaurant foods and most of the foods you buy in a box or a bag.
Flavoring formulae are top secret, and manufacturers are not required to list the contents on food labels. The strawberry flavor used in a fast-food milkshake has 47 ingredients.
I'm not saying either natural or artificial flavors are bad for you; all of the ingredients are on the "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS) list, and anyway, the amounts used are incredibly small. One drop of the chemical that provides the flavor of green pepper is enough to flavor five swimming pools full of water.
But if you want food that's close to nature, use your eyes: look for fruits, leaves, flowers, stems or seeds. If someone has to print the word "natural" on a box to persuade you, it's probably not.
When you see something on the label that you cannot pronounce, you are far better off finding some product with a label where you know what the items actually are. If you can't pronounce it, it is almost guaranteed to be a chemical. Chemicals cause disease.
One last tidbit for today......if a food manufacturer lists 8 items on the label, and they all sound very natural, one might think this is a good thing yes? Maybe. "There's always a twist somewhere isn't there?"
You see, the FDA requirements are that a food manufacturer can list whatever ingredients they want that are actually in the product, provided they list less than eleven of them. Anymore than this, and they must list all ingredients. If they do not list more than eleven, and everything looks ok, it may be. Or it may not be.
They may be hiding scores of chemicals from your eyes. The drug companies do this every single day. When I asked the FDA why they allowed the Breathe Right nasal strips to be marketed as "drug free", when in fact they are loaded with drugs(9 of them), their response was that it was not in fact something taken internally, so it was not classified a drug.
Are not nicotene patches considered a drug? Check this link to see an article on nicotene patches.
And yet.....the FDA got very upset with a company promoting an Ozone machine because the company called it natural health aid. And it is natural. Ozone is one of the most powerful real health aids we have available to us. Care must be taken with it though, because just like food grade hydrogen peroxide, undiluted it will burn almost instantly.
Dave Kazda
Health Educator/Healer
Aromatologist
Herbalist
Quantum Touch Therapist
Member: "http://www.selfgrowth.com"
knowledge_quest2002@yahoo.com
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