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My blog posts:

• Why Aspartame laden diet drinks should be in the Alcohol Aisle of the Supermarkets... HERE
• Zero Calorie Psychology - HERE
• Migraines? It's not the chocolate, chocolate fans - HERE
• Clean Label Propaganda - HERE

A fifteen minute video of the original 'History of  Aspartame' comic that outlines the fraudulent approval of Aspartame; with testimonies from doctors and information about how it affects the body.

Can also be viewed at Brighteon | Support Your Freedom to Speak: HERE

A tragedy occurs when Dr Ralph Walton conducts a double blind study...

Can also be viewed at Brighteon | Support Your Freedom to Speak: HERE

Dietary Methanol and Autism. Dr Ralph Walton and Dr Woodrow C. Monte 

conduct a study of pregnant women consuming Aspartame while pregnant.

Can also be viewed at Brighteon | Support Your Freedom to Speak: HERE

Dr Roberts explains the dangers of sugar-free chewing gum

Can also be viewed at Brighteon | Support Your Freedom to Speak: HERE

Pilot & Doctor Testimonies | Injury, flying while consuming Aspartame

Can also be viewed at Brighteon | Support Your Freedom to Speak: HERE

Monosodium Glutamate - Part One & Two

Can also be viewed at Brighteon | Support Your Freedom to Speak: 

Part One HERE Part Two HERE

Learn about the history and dangers of GM and GMO food since 1994

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Clean Label Propaganda

It's official, food manufacturers are embarrassed by the bad publicity given by the food additives on their labels such as Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) and other forms of L-Glutamate, Aspartame and other harmful artificial sweeteners. But it's not really about hiding their heads in shame because they put such junk in the world's food chain, it's whether it's still profitable to continue to do so. Oh, come on, you didn't really fall for the idea that ultra high processed food manufacturers really care for the health of its consumers, did you?

This from Transparency Market Research, March 2020 HERE

"Clean label is referred to food additives or ingredients that are fruits, vegetable, colors, flavors, flours, starch, sweeteners, malt, and others that fulfil any or all of the primary factors (such as less product ingredients with no chemical name, easy to understand, no artificial additives) and minimum one secondary factors (that include natural, organic and non-GMO products). An increase in clean label product is because of the growth in consumer preference towards clean label food products that indirectly drive intake of clean label ingredients another reason is the health issues that are linked to the consumption of artificial food additives of which people are becoming health alert and cautious for food safety." 

The trouble is, these companies can't help themselves. Food manufacturers have been lying for so long, like the snake oil merchants of old and they're really good at it - and we're too damned busy most of the time to say - what does 'natural flavouring' really mean in a product? Natural flavouring is where there's potential to hide MSG under a different name - depending on the percentage of MSG in the product, manufacturers are not required by law to label it as MSG...

They hope we won't notice... 

They try and deceive us with words like 'natural' hoping we'll swoon in ecstasy - which most of the time we do...

We're saved - they say it's natural!! It's OK, I'm not such a bad mother after all, giving you this poisonous junk masquerading as something natural in your lunchbox! 

Didn't the nice lady 'Mrs. Funmi Ogunjobi, a nutritionist and mother of three' tell me it was safe?

“My children’s school bags are never complete without a pack of their favourite Capri-Sun because they know what they want. I know what is best for them, and that is why I always ensure to give them Capri-Sun daily,” she added.

"Chi Limited, manufacturers of various fruit drinks, has harped on the health benefits of Capri-Sun fruit drink, describing it as a having a ‘Clean Recipe’ that gives it edge over many brands in the market. The company pointed out that while there are several brands in the fruit drink category targeted at children and currently competing for leadership through various offerings, a ‘Clean Recipe’ is Capri-Sun." HERE

It gets worse... they continue with:

"Capri-Sun is a leading brand in this category because it contains natural ingredients that can contribute to the growth and development of children."

Growth and Development of Children? Oh, please! 

extract from the MSG comic - Part Two

Further amplification from the 'food industry' with yet more statistics from another piece of news about Capri-Sun:

“...It is important for parents to know that when their kids consume these unwholesome fruit drinks, they not only miss out on all the benefits of taking fruit drinks made from premium natural ingredients, but they also leave their children’s health vulnerable to the long term implications from the ingredients within these products,” it added.
Furthermore, it pointed out that concerns have been raised on the possible link between food additives and neurological development deficiencies, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children.

A number of recent studies have been performed worldwide to explore the possible relationship between food colourings and ADHD in children. A 2012 analysis of studies co-authored by Joel Nigg, professor of psychiatry, pediatrics and behavioral neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University showed that studies support the link between additives and hyperactivity..."

Oh, you mean the same 'natural flavouring' that's potentially hiding the toxic chemicals that's ubiquitous in highly processed food? Yet it's still included in our food? What sort of double-speak is this?

Unfortunately, most people won't listen even when you tell them... the misinformation by food manufacturers is so persuasive; people watch the TV or read posts online with glazed eyes... many people are also poisoned and dumbed down by their own consumption of dangerous food additives - this has been going on for decades!

Tropicana sued over presence of malic acid in 'natural juices' - HERE

Children's fruit drinks need clearer labels, study finds - HERE

...One problem with food labeling today is that terms such as "pure" and "natural" have no official definition and therefore their meanings are open to interpretation. According to CBS News, there were approximately 300 lawsuits involving use of the term "natural" on food products from 2015 to 2018.

Some legal challenges have had results. General Mills quit using the term "100% natural" on its Nature Valley granola bars following settlement of a 2016 lawsuit filed by three consumer groups that the product contained trace amounts of the weed-killing chemical glyphosate.

While the FDA has asked for public comments on the term "natural," it hasn't yet come up with a new definition or guidance for industry using it on product labeling. Until it does, manufacturers are likely to continue using the term since it appeals to consumers, and shoppers will probably continue looking for it on store shelves. Should what they find not correspond with their sense of the meaning, though, they may decide to take the issue to court...

Read what is really going on from an expert in the field, become informed, save a life!

Dr. Russell Blaylock, a retired neurosurgeon talks about the food manufacturers deception in his book: 'Excitotoxins - The Taste that Kills'.

"Another way the FDA works with the Glutamate Association is by yielding to their lobbying efforts to change the labeling laws so that the words “monosodium glutamate” are not required on food labels unless it contains 100% pure MSG. Also MSG need not even be mentioned by any name if one product containing pure MSG is only used as an ingredient in another food. For example, if broth is used to make a soup, and the broth contains pure MSG, MSG does not have to be listed as an ingredient. But if the broth is sold alone, it must appear on the label.

As Dr. Schwartz has shown, substances labeled as “spices,” “natural flavoring” and “flavoring” may contain anywhere from 30% to 60% MSG. But you as a consumer are denied this vital information. Your only recourse is to avoid all foods with these hidden label names. And as you will quickly discover, most manufactured foods contain one or more of these excitotoxin “taste enhancers.”

So what should the FDA do? First, it should guarantee the consumer nutritional information by requiring the manufacturer to list all additives containing MSG and hydrolyzed vegetable protein and do so under these names and not disguised names. Second, it should conduct open hearings on the safety of these additives with scientific testimony from those not connected to the food manufacturing industry or to the manufacturers of MSG, NutraSweet®, or hydrolyzed vegetable protein, or their representatives."

Read my MSG comics to find out about the corrupt activities of the food manufacturers and how the governing bodies have their hands tied because of the corporate interests of the Glutamate Industry.

Oh, here's the chaser...

"...The Global Clean Label Ingredients Market is expected to reach USD 57.05 billion by 2025, from USD 34.22 billion in 2017 growing at a CAGR of 6.6% during the forecast period of 2018 to 2025."

Profiting from the clean label ingredients?

Migraines? It's not the chocolate, chocolate fans

Plain, milk, with nuts, fruit, 70% dark, extra brute, white - most of us find chocolate an enjoyable food stuff yet for so many it's a migraine trigger. But is it really? Here's the low-down:

Chocolate Lover? Review Finds No Definitive Proof It Triggers Your Migraines by Gianna Melillo- HERE

Although it is the most commonly cited food-based trigger for migraines, there is insufficient evidence to prove chocolate is a migraine trigger, according to a review of 25 studies published in Nutrients.

“All provocative studies have failed to confirm that chocolate can trigger migraine attacks,” researchers said. “Many possible mechanisms through which chocolate can influence migraines exist, and more are beneficial than unfavorable.”

... In fact, it's well known that dark chocolate - at least 75% cacao - is a very beneficial antioxidant...  

Has anyone really checked the ingredients of your favourite chocolate? My migraines used to be triggered by chocolate during the early phase of my perimenopausal state. I noticed I could only eat dark chocolate Toblerone, not the milk chocolate Toblerone. I checked the ingredients list and the one thing the milk choccie version of Toblerone had that the dark version didn't, was the inclusion of  the word: 'flavouring'.

Why is this significant?

Only 10 companies control most of the world's ultra processed food chain - this is a massive food industry, and since the 1940's they've been adding flavouring to make low quality food more palatable. They're still doing it now, only they've taken to hiding their toxic flavour enhancers under secret names.

Depending on the percentage of monosodium glutamate; which is the artificial flavouring in a product, it doesn't have to declare it on the label. Sneaky little larks! Here's some of the names where the food manufacturers can hide their toxic chemicals:

Flavouring, flavourings or natural flavouring, hydrolysed milk protein, barley malt extract and soya lecithin.

Topic bar - spot the hidden MSG

Aero Milk Chocolate

Why am I making such a big thing about this?

Because MSG is a known migraine/headache trigger! In fact, it's one of the top reported side effects of consuming MSG!

And soya lecithin, unless certified as organic, is always made from GM soya beans; could this also be a contributing factor to side effects? Oh, and anything with 'hydrolysed' on its label is definitely hiding MSG.

OK, you still think I'm talking a load of baloney? (and anyway, all this chocolate talk is making you crave a chocolate break right now).

Well, let's take a look at some big brand names of chocolate and see if they all have some of the hidden names I mentioned. 

Milk Chocolate Toblerone: Flavouring

White Chocolate Toblerone: Flavouring

Coconut Toblerone: Flavouring

Fruit and nut Toblerone: Flavouring

Dark Toblerone - no flavouring, soya lecithin

Cadbury creme egg - Flavourings

Cadbury Dairy Milk - Flavourings
Cadbury Double Decker Chocolate Bar - Flavourings

Cadbury flake - Flavourings
Cadbury Wispa Chocolate Bar - Flavourings

Cadbury Aero - Flavourings

Cadbury Crunchie Chocolate Bar - Flavourings

Cadbury Fudge - Flavourings

Cadbury Chocolate Eclairs - Flavourings

Cadbury Timeout Wafer Bars - Flavourings

Cadbury Twirl - Flavourings

OK, so I think we can say that Cadbury include 'flavourings' in most of their popular milk chocolate bars...

Well, would you look at that! Cadbury Bournville Dark Chocolate Bar - no flavourings, just soya lecithin.

Bourneville

Bounty bar - soya lecithin E471
Fry's Turkish Delight -  modified maize starch, flavourings
Galaxy - soya lecithin
Galaxy Minstrels Chocolate - soya lecithinHershey's Milk Chocolate Bar - soya lecithin*
*Produced from Genetically Modified Sugar Beets and Soya Beans)
Kitkat - soya lecithin, yeast, natural flavourings
Lindt Selection Chocolate Box - milk proteins, barley malt extract, flavouring, Vanillin* 
*vanillin is a known GM source of flavouring
Mars - barley malt extract, soya lecithin, hydrolysed milk protein

M&M's - flavouring

Milky Way Chocolate - barley malt extract
Nestle Milky Bar - natural flavouring
Revels - flavourings
Snickers - soya lecithin, milk protein (is that hydrolysed milk protein?)

Tesco Classic 74% Dark Chocolate 100G - flavouring

Tesco Milk Chocolate Bar 200G - flavouring

Tesco Dark Chocolate Bar 200G - flavouring

Topic - hydrolysed milk protein, barley malt extract
Twix - soya lecithin
Yorkie Bar - no flavouring (Interesting... it also states: No artificial colours, flavours or preservatives)

I thought I'd take a quick look at the more expensive bars of chocolate - you notice that none of them contain the nebulous 'flavouring' tag. We also have to remember that soya lecithin, unless labelled as organic will contain GM soya, so even some of the more expensive brands are not without the problematic 'bad boys' on the ingredients label!

Green and Blacks Organic Milk Chocolate - soya lecithin (certified organic)

Green and Black's Organic Cocoa Powder - no flavourings or lecithin

Green & Black's Dark Orange and Almond Chocolate Bar - blood orange oil and  vanilla bean powder (no lecithin).

GREEN & BLACK'S Organic Dark Bar 85% Cocoa Solids - vanilla extract

Green & Black's Organic White Chocolate Bar - soya lecithin (certified organic)
Venchi Venezuela Milk Chocolate - soya lecithin

Lindt Excellence Intense Dark 90% Cacao Chocolate Bar - vanilla

Lindt Excellence Milk 65%, 55%, 45%, Cocoa Chocolate Bar - soya lecithin

Lindt Excellence Milk 70% Cocoa Chocolate Bar - natural bourbon vanilla beans
Belcolade Dark Couverture Chocolate (buttons) all grades - natural vanilla flavouring

Callebaut Select 811 Dark Chocolate Callets all grades - soya lecithin and natural vanilla flavouring

Ingredients Heaven - Finest Belgian 70.5% Dark Chocolate Couverture - soya lecithin and natural vanilla flavouring

Chocolat Madagascar 100% Cocoa - Single Origin Fine Dark Chocolate Bar 85g - 100% cacao
The HealthyTree Company Organic Raw Cacao Powder - just cacao
Cacao Barry - Extra Brute Amber Cocoa Powder - just cacao

Now it's worth noting that 'natural vanilla flavouring' can also hide chemicals, because again it doesn't state EXACTLY where the flavouring comes from; whereas in the Lindt Excellence Milk 70% the vanilla comes from natural bourbon vanilla beans...

It seems the more common, cheaper chocolates, the ones that are often advertised in multi packs in UK supermarkets for the bargain price of £1 for 4 bars all have the ubiquitous 'flavouring'.

The Glutamate Association relies upon the fact that most people are too busy when shopping to check every single label and sometimes the ingredients list on a chocolate bar is hidden under the flap, especially if it's not a large bar.

The word 'Flavouring' doesn't sound so innocuous now does it?

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention; MSG is addictive, it disrupts the endocrine system in the body which in turn screws up our ability to control our appetite... are you addicted to chocolate?

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Here's some important info from Dr. Russell Blaylock, a retired neurosurgeon in his book: 'Excitotoxins - The Taste that Kills'.

"...Another way the FDA works with the Glutamate Association is by yielding to their lobbying efforts to change the labeling laws so that the words “monosodium glutamate” are not required on food labels unless it contains 100% pure MSG. Also MSG need not even be mentioned by any name if one product containing pure MSG is only used as an ingredient in another food. For example, if broth is used to make a soup, and the broth contains pure MSG, MSG does not have to be listed as an ingredient. But if the broth is sold alone, it must appear on the label.

As Dr. Schwartz has shown, substances labeled as “spices,” “natural flavoring” and “flavoring” may contain anywhere from 30% to 60% MSG. But you as a consumer are denied this vital information. Your only recourse is to avoid all foods with these hidden label names. And as you will quickly discover, most manufactured foods contain one or more of these excitotoxin “taste enhancers.”

So what should the FDA do? First, it should guarantee the consumer nutritional information by requiring the manufacturer to list all additives containing MSG and hydrolyzed vegetable protein and do so under these names and not disguised names. Second, it should conduct open hearings on the safety of these additives with scientific testimony from those not connected to the food manufacturing industry or to the manufacturers of MSG, NutraSweet®, or hydrolyzed vegetable protein, or their representatives."

Read my MSG comics to find out more; including industry tactics to keep these additives in the food chain and the disastrous side effects of consuming it.