As an increasing number of UK families are struggling to survive, it
has emerged that British supermarkets are throwing away over 10 billion
pounds worth of food each year.
Charity Oxfam has warned that 13 million Brits do not have enough to live on.
Speaking to Russia Today, Tristram Stuart, author of ‘Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal’ said:
“At the moment we pay supermarkets and other food
businesses to trash the planet, to grow food, and then waste a third of
it. We need to make a demand as consumers that they change their
behavior as well.
“When we go to a supermarket and see that all the carrots are
straight and all the apples look the same we need to say, ‘Hold on a
sec, why do all these fruits and vegetables look the same? What did that
supermarket do with all the wonky ones?’ and demand that actually they
stock all the vegetables as they’re grown.
“I spent many years visiting the skips of supermarkets and literally,
you open up a skip and what you see is an array of perfectly good
vegetables and fruit that have been thrown away. And most people think,
‘Gosh, how disgusting to get food out of a bin.’ It’s true, it is
disgusting. But what’s disgusting is that we’re throwing away
fit-for-consumption food.”
Tom Fletcher from Beggar’s Banquet, an organisation that has
been salvaging surplus food from London’s restaurants and markets, said:
“As a chef I’ve seen food being wasted at every
restaurant and every event I’ve ever done, and on a bigger scale at the
supermarkets and an even larger scale at these big markets.
“The food that we are taking is not good enough to sell, but too good
to throw away…It’s just kind of OK to get someone to throw it in the
bin when there’s people starving. Not just in other countries where the
food came from, but in this country.”
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Original source here:
http://rinf.com/alt-news/latest-news/as-families-starve-supermarkets-throw-away-half-of-food-supplies/31300/
by PF Louis
(NaturalNews) You may think that eating five superfoods every day is
out of reach, not very do-able. There are quite a few superfoods
available, and many articles list up to ten to consume. Some of those
superfoods, however, may not be practical every-day consumable items.
Hopefully, this article will suggest five that you can consume or
nibble each and every day without going out of your way. The one way in
which you must go out of your way is ensuring the common food items
listed are organic.
Why choose organic superfoods?
Besides the obvious reasons for choosing organic, here’s another
reason not so well known: fresh fruit and vegetable crops not chemically
treated contain compounds called sylvestrols that protect them from
fungal attacks. This compound is also able to match with enzymes that
are unique only to cancer cells, dubbed CYP 1B1 by British professor Dan
Burke. When crops are sprayed or treated from the soil with fungicides,
the crop’s sylvestrols become weaker because they’re not needed for
fighting fungal infections. The externally applied fungicides are doing
that for them.
But organic fruits and vegetables still contain these sylvestrols,
and they’re attracted only to the CYP 1B1 in cancer cells, killing them.
Everyone has a few cancer cells floating around. The idea is to control
them and keep them from overwhelming tissue or organ healthy cells.
This is why a strong aspect of any ti-ancancer diet recommends organic
fruits and vegetables. [1]
Five superfoods to consume daily
Apples: The old adage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”
has real merit. According to GreenMedInfo.com founder Sayer Ji, “This
commonly overlooked superfood protects the body from nuclear fallout,
kills a wide range of cancers, and keeps the arteries unclogged — to
name but a few, experimentally confirmed ways in which the apple awakens
your inner physician.” [2]
That’s a lot more health value than most normally expect from an
apple. Contrary to some leaking disinformation, the seeds are also
cancer cell killers. The seeds’ amygdalin, a compound that includes
cyanide, is unlocked only by a particular enzyme in cancer cells. (http://www.naturalnews.com/035554_laetrile_cancer_cure_cyanide.html)
That’s also how apricot seed kernels and laetrile, proven cancer cure
therapies, work against cancer. The amygdalin compound is opened by an
enzyme only in cancer cells, releasing its cynadie into those cells
only.
Chlorella and chlorella growth factor: Chlorella is a
superfood, not just a supplement. Because of it’s high protein content,
it was considered for farming as a solution to food shortages shortly after WW II.
It can be easily consumed daily as small tablets or a tablespoon of
powder mixed in smoothies or strong lemon/lime water. In addition to
containing high amounts of protein, the significant chlorophyll content
provides cellular energy and detoxification. Around 2500 to 5000
milligrams daily is a good baseline dosage.
Chlorella growth factor is part of all chlorella,
but it can be isolated, condensed, and purchased separately in small
green tablets. It’s been recently discovered that chlorella growth
factor rebuilds damaged tissue.
Overall, chlorella helps digestion, supports liver function,
stabilizes blood pressure, and is a prebiotic that nourishes probiotic
growth.
Berries: Goji berries, Acai berries, blueberries,
strawberries, and all other types of berries are easy snack foods that
are high in phytonutrients and antioxidants. There’s no reason why a few
can’t be nibbled every day. [3]
Cacao: Cacao or cocoa nibs can be ground. Mixing a couple of
teaspoons full into coffee, almond milk, yogurt, or smoothies will give
you much more antioxidant power than even berries. The ORAC (oxygen
radical absorption capacity) of cacao is considerably higher than even goji berries on all ORAC charts. [4}
Cacao and even dark unsweetened or semi-sweet chocolate that's at
least 70 percent cacao (or cocoa) supports cardiovascular health to help
prevent heart attacks. It's definitely easy to have a little cacao or
dark chocolate every day. (http://www.naturalnews.com)
Coconut oil: You can cook with it, mix in smoothies, cereals, or take a teaspoonful daily. It should be cold pressed virgin coconut oil. [5]
Coconut oil should be stored in a dark space. If the temperature is
just a little cool, it remains solid or semi-solid up to 75 degrees F or
24 degrees C. Above that it turns to liquid. It turns into too much of a
brick in the fridge, but remains stable cooking at heats up to around
485 F or 252 C.
Memory problems? Coconut oil’s medium length triglycerides are easily
metabolized into ketones that provide energy to brain cells. It has
even been used successfully for reversing Alzheimer’s disease. (http://www.naturalnews.com/030373_coconut_oil_Alzheimers_disease.html)
Extra bonus item: Fish oil, hemp seeds, chia seeds, and flax
seeds (ground just before eating). One animal based omega-3 oil and one
plant based omega-3 seed combined will give you the omega-3 fatty acids
our bodies need but often lack. [5]
Sources for this article include:
[1] Sylvestol – CYP 1B1 explanation begins around 2.00 into video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iAHCYhsyh0I#!
[2} http://www.greenmedinfo.com
[3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com
[4] http://www.lifed.com/10-best-food-sources-of-antioxidants
[5] Item #5 in Mike Adams’ article http://www.naturalnews.com/030481_superfoods_nutrition.html
[6] http://paleohacks.com
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Original article posted at:
Natural News
Mike Adams
Natural News
March 29, 2013
The internet has erupted into a fury over Obama’s signing of the so-called “Monsanto Protection Act,”
a rider to a federal appropriations bill that hands Monsanto the power
to nullify the decisions of federal courts. If the courts decide that a
genetically engineered crop is dangerous to the public or the
environment, it can no longer order Monsanto (or any other company) to
stop planting the crops. Instead, the law mandates the Secretary of
Agriculture to issue permits and deregulation orders that allow the
“continued cultivation, commercialization and other specifically
enumerated activities” even if a crop is deemed to be causing a plague
or unleashing dangerous genetic pollution.
The actual language of the bill is barely-recognizable lawyerspeak,
of course, but it’s not difficult to see how it will be interpreted by a
federal government which routinely conspires with Monsanto and the
biotech industry to sneak GMOs into the food supply. To read the bill
language yourself, visit:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr933enr/pdf/BILLS-113hr933enr….
… and search for “735.” (Thanks to Anthony Gucciardi for finding this link.)
Activism holds politicians accountable
The backlash against the rider melded the efforts of numerous
activist organizations, including Food Democracy Now, the Center for
Food Safety, the Institute for Responsible Technology, the Organic
Consumers Association and many more. It resulted in hundreds of
thousands of petition signatures, protests outside the White House, and
tens of millions of people learning the truth about how Obama has
betrayed his own support base yet again.
That’s the real political impact of this: Obama’s own actions now
prove he will betray progressives and democrats on the issues that
matter to them, too. The GMO issue is a super-hot topic on the political
left. Anyone who conspires with Monsanto is instantly — and justifiably
— branded a “sellout” and a traitor to the People. This is why
companies like Kashi, a cereal manufacturer that uses GMOs but doesn’t
label its products as containing GMO, is feeling tremendous heat from
the GMO labeling boycott efforts. Informed consumers are outright punishing any company, politician or media organization that allies itself with the interests of Monsanto.
That list now clearly includes Obama himself. By signing this into
law, he betrayed America and granted Monsanto and the biotech industry unprecedented power
over federal courts. He essentially took away the power of the
government to halt the continued growing and commercialization of
dangerous genetically engineered crops. And he got caught doing so.
There is no excuse for signing the Monsanto Protection Act into law
In the eyes of the foodies, the raw vegans, the organic consumers and even all the hippies, Obama just committed political suicide.
The trust he once held with millions of people was destroyed at the
stroke of a pen. Trust is difficult to earn and even harder to keep. It
can be lost in an instant by willfully betraying the People.
As an instant example of that, imagine what would happen if Natural
News announced support for Monsanto and the biotech industry. All the
credibility we’ve built up over the last ten years would vanish
overnight. We’d be the laughing stock of the internet and would lose
all the trust and goodwill we’ve been blessed with over the years. Obama
just did essentially that for his own presidency. His own signature
testifies to his real loyalties to the biotech industry and GMOs.
He didn’t know what he was signing? Really?
Apologists, of course, say “Obama didn’t know what he was signing.”
If so, that’s even worse than consciously signing the Monsanto
Protection Act. To sign something into law you haven’t even read is the
worst kind of violation of presidential power. It is a clear dereliction
of duty and arguably grounds for impeachment. If our nation is going to
be bound by laws that presidents ACCIDENTALLY sign, then what kind of
nation are we, anyway?
Another excuse, correctly pointed out by Jon Rappoport at Infowars.com, is that Obama signed the law but doesn’t intend to invoke it.
This is along the same lines as Obama promising he “doesn’t intend” to
murder any Americans using military drones on U.S. soil, although he
reserves the right to do so. He also “doesn’t intend” for Obamacare
health insurance rates to skyrocket, but they did. What people “intend”
versus what really happens are very often not the same.
This excuse that Obama “doesn’t intend” to use the law flies in the
face of the inconvenient fact that Sen. Roy Blunt actually conspired
with Monsanto to write the language of the rider! This bill, in effect,
was “linguistically engineered” in the same way that corn crops are
genetically engineered. In both cases, there’s a hidden poison waiting
inside… coupled with no labeling to disclose the truth to anyone.
Judge Obama on his actions, not his speeches
That brings me back to the success of internet activism in exposing
this rider. I’m not sure who deserves the credit for finding this first,
but the story spread like wildfire and is still raging through the
minds of American voters who are steaming mad about being deceived by
Obama over the issue of GMOs.
But what did they expect? Has Obama ever done anything substantial to
counteract the rise of corporate power and the erosion of individual
liberties in America? At every turn, this is the president who seizes
executive power, eviscerates individual liberties, assaults the Bill of
Rights, tramples on Congress, expands illegal secret prisons and openly
admits to creating “kill lists” naming Americans who should be
assassinated each week. Due process is no longer even part of the
equation because the Obama administration says, “We’re the good guys.”
Trust us to kill who we want without presenting any evidence whatsoever,
nor even charging the targeted people with crimes. Can you imagine the
outcry from the left if Bush had attempted the exact same thing?
Somehow, Obama has gotten away with all this because he’s a
convincing speaker. He’s hypnotic, handsome and sounds believable. He
gets people emotionally riled up, and no matter how bad things look in
the real world, there’s nothing that another emotion-saturated speech
won’t solve, Obama thinks.
But speaking and doing are two different things. Obama is great at
the “speaking” part, but he’s a fascist corporatist dictator on the
“doing” part. He talks a good game on freedom and abundance but delivers
enslavement and poverty. What he says and what he does are polar
opposites, making Obama our first official “bipolar President.”
…or perhaps more accurately, our first President suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder
where each body part functions as if it were a different person.
Obama’s mouth and vocal chords belong to the People, but his legislative
signing hand belongs to Monsanto. His ears belong solely to
deep-pocketed donors, and his heart belongs to Satan. Obama is a
President who personifies contradiction, hypocrisy and betrayal, and for
a great many voters, his signing of the Monsanto Protection Act was one
signature too far.
