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What are "All Natural
Foods"?
Foods without artificial colors, flavors, or other
petro-chemical additives.
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Why eat "All Natural
Foods"?
Ever look at the ingredients list on the package of
food you are eating? Don't make your body (and immune system)
work overtime metabolizing out petro-chemical food additives.
Typical symptoms manifest themselves in many ways at different
times, but can include headache, dizziness, disorientation,
indigestion, mouth sores, low resistance to disease, and mood
swings. Children may experience these symptoms as well as
hyperactivity, bedwetting, "roadmap tongue", and dark circles under
the eyes.
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What about
other additives?
Not all food
additives are connected with these symptoms. Most
"Non-petroleum" based additives seem to be OK,
such as dextrose, mono/diglycerides, and guar gum.
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| Sharp Rise
Found in Psychiatric Drugs for the Very Young
NY TIMES
— Ritalin use increased twofold to threefold for
children, ages 2 through 4 in a finding that medical
experts called "troubling" and "very
surprising"...
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| Breastfeeding
and Food Allergies
SULLY'S LIVING WITHOUT
— Do you want to improve your
baby's chances of being allergy free? Then choose the
breast over the bottle. Over the last decade, a mountain
of scientific evidence has validated that breast milk is
the best food for babies. Its psychological, immunological,
and nutritional properties are superior to any infant
formula. That's the reason breast milk is strongly
recommended for babies from high-risk, allergic families.
To help prevent allergies, breast milk should be the only
source of nutrition during the first four to six months of
a child's life.
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| USDA Rethinks
"Organic" Food Classification:
Proposal would ban pesticides and prohibit irradiation
WASHINGTON POST, March 4
— As part of an effort to create the nation's first
official definition of "organic," the Clinton
administration has decided to propose a ban on genetically
engineered grains in any food labeled organic, according
to people who have been briefed on the rules.
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