"THE FOOD REVOLUTION" offers a free online summit

When it comes to your family's health, do you want to:

• GET INFORMED?
• PRIORITIZE YOUR HEALTH?
• MAKE CHOICES THAT EMPOWER YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR WORLD?
• STOP BEING VICTIMIZED BY JUNK FOOD MANUFACTURERS?
• PUT AN END TO FOOD DECEPTION ON YOUR PLATE?
• TAKE BACK YOUR RIGHT TO HEALTHY FOOD AND TRUTHFUL INFORMATION?

Starting this Saturday, April 27th through May 5th, we all have an unbelievable opportunity learn from 24 of the top experts in the field of nutrition and wellness about how to do just that.  "The Food Revolution" is an online summit that you can log onto and simply listen and learn (for FREE and without having to leave home).

The Food Revolution Summit is for you if...

• You feel concerned about what's happening with our food.
• You want your family to have access to good nutrition.
• You don't want to get cancer, diabetes, or heart disease.
• You like to shop at farmer's markets or to buy locally grown food.
• You're disturbed by factory farms and genetically engineered food.
• You love animals.
• You want to find out how what you eat connects to the health of the planet.
• You want your family and friends to eat better but you don't want to seem like a nag.
• You love food - perhaps you're a bit of a foodie - or you love to cook!
• You want to enjoy food you can trust for a lifetime. 

Did you know that...

• Genetically engineered food is unlabeled, inadequately tested, and you're probably eating it every day.
• Some scientists have linked genetically engineered foods to toxic and allergic reactions in people; to sickness, sterility and fatalities in livestock; and damage to virtually every organ studied in lab animals.
• If you don't count French fries, ketchup or pizza as vegetables, more than half of Americans eat no vegetables at all.
• Thanks to the American diet, a child born today in the U.S. has a one in three chance of developing diabetes.
• Toxic pesticides developed as agents of war and linked to cancer and birth defects are routinely poured on farmland, and traces of them wind up in the food you eat.
• The same food choices that are good for you can be good for the planet, for farm workers, and for your great grandchildren.

Their speakers will share their expertise in areas like:

• Heart disease is the #1 killer, but it can be prevented and even reversed without drugs, surgery or excessive exercise. Find out how.
• Discover the nutrition that can help you prevent (and sometimes even cure) cancer.
• What are the top foods to avoid if you want to protect yourself and your family from GMOs?
• Recent reports say soy is toxic. Is it true? What's the real story?
• Which fats are healthy for you, and which are so hazardous that they should come with warning labels?
• Find out about affordable superfood breakthroughs that can give you health and vitality.
• Most vegetarians thrive. But over the years, some get sick or change course. Are they lacking vital nutrients?
• What are the health benefits and common pitfalls of a plant-strong diet?
• Type 2 diabetes is destroying lives, but it is completely preventable. Get empowered with the blood sugar solution!
• Which micronutrients are the most important for a strong immune system?
• How can you know if you are allergic to certain foods, and what can you do about it if you are?
• Multi-vitamins could be hazardous to your health. Find out why!
• Millions of people are eating raw or mostly raw diets. Is this a nutritional breakthrough, or a dangerous fad?
• Organic foods are increasingly popular. Are they worth the cost?
• Modern factory farms are breeding antibiotic resistant bacteria. This is killing tens of thousands of Americans every year. Find out what you can do about it.
• Use of the herbicide Roundup has increased three-fold since 1997. What doesn't Monsanto want you to know about its real health and environmental impact?
• You can help save the environment with your spoon and fork. You can actually stop big-agribusiness and build a better world by eating right.
• Find out how to be a positive influence on others. Yes, you can get your family to eat healthy like you instead of looking at you like a nut. We'll give you tips.
• Find out how you can stock a healthy pantry without spending a fortune.

To get signed up and attend the event, simply go to their sign up page at:

http://www.foodrevolution.org/summit?orid=127261&opid=18

Why This Summit is So Vital Right Now...

1) Our current food system is a mess and our health is suffering because of it.
Cancer and other diseases are becoming so widespread they seem normal! Large-scale industrialized food production is wreaking havoc on our forests, topsoil, air, water, and climate. Farm animals are being treated with incredible cruelty, and farm workers are often exploited. Genetically engineered (GMO) "Frankenfoods" are being shoved down our throats without knowledge or consent. Meanwhile, people are eating more and more artificial food --and getting fatter and sicker. In fact, more people are chronically ill than at any time in the history of the world.

2) Everyone has an opinion, but that doesn't mean every "expert" is reliable... or truthful. Despite an awesome volume of medical research that has come in over the last 60 years, the average physician receives only 24 hours of nutritional education in all their years of medical school. Advertisements try to sell us nutritional ideas, breakthrough gimmicks and pseudo-scientific diets that have little basis in reality. Many of these supposed "facts" are dangerously misleading, or just plain wrong.

3) People are rising up and making a change, and they are here to help.
Today there's a huge growing demand for natural, organic, sustainable, fair trade, humane, plant-strong, and healthy foods. In cities around the world, we're seeing more and more farmer's markets, and more young people getting back into farming. Grocery stores (even big national chains) are displaying local, natural and organic foods with pride. The global and local movements for healthy food have never been stronger. From the ground to our tables, food should be cruelty-free and fair trade and we want to see that become the new norm.

Join the millions of people who are concerned about the future of food who want reliable, up to date information from a source they can trust.

Again, to get signed up and attend the event, simply go to their sign up page at:

http://www.foodrevolution.org/summit?orid=127261&opid=18

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CONSEQUENCES OF THE MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT PASSING

 

Just recently, the "Monsanto Protection Act" was passed into law, effectively putting Monsanto above the law.  I wanted to outline who Monsanto is, what the law is, how it was passed, and what it means to you and I and our loved ones' collective health if we continue to eat the GMO's (Genetically Modified Organisms) that they are responsible for.

First, let's take a look at Monsanto.  They are one of the world's largest Biotech companies at over $42 Billion in market cap per year.  Their enormous growth can be attributed to very effectively cornering the market on much of the world's genetically modified seed supply used to grow crops, and the poisonous pesticides used to fertilize them.  Here's a link to a great breakdown of some of the wonderful contributions that Monsanto has supplied us over the years:

http://gmo-awareness.com/2011/05/12/monsanto-dirty-dozen/

This link also goes into their introduction of GMO's (genetically modified organisms) to our food supply beginning in the 1990's.  Today, over 85% of the corn and 90% of the soybeans that go into the food supply in our nation are genetically modified, which translates to about 80% of the processed foods you'll find in your grocery store having GMO's in them.  Nearly all fast (fake) food carries GMO's as well.  What are GMO's, how do they effect us, and what can we do to avoid them?  Here's a brief explanation from the foremost expert on the adverse effects of GMO's, Jeffrey Smith, followed by a parody on GMO's:

The animated film does a great job (in a humorous and somewhat scary way) of outlining exactly how Biotech's like Monsanto are treating the population at large like guinea pigs with their pesticides and GMO crops.  Their goal is nothing short of squashing all organic farming worldwide and cornering the food market with their GMO farming methods.

How do we stop this?  With our wallets!  As was mentioned, you can go to http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/ to find foods that do not have GMO's.  You can also download the "Shop Non GMO" app to your IPhone, or the "Fooducate" app to your android phone.  Both of these apps allow you to scan the barcodes in your grocery store to determine if the foods carry GMO's.  I also look for the "Non GMO Verified" label on products that I buy, and the "Certified Organic" seal on products which do not carry GMO's.

My family has removed GMO's from our house by focusing on eating only whole foods, organic produce, and by removing all processed foods.  It took a while for me to understand how to navigate the GMO landmine that is our local grocery store, but with the Fooducate app, I was able to figure it out pretty quickly. 

Why are GMO's allowed into our food supply in the first place?  Unfortunately, money talks in America and our politicians have long been a part of the problem.  Take a look at John Stewart's explanation of how the Monsanto Protection Act was sneaked past us by our elected officials including President Obama.  This despite over 200,000 people including myself signing a petition against its passage:

So essentially, even if someone were to bring a successful lawsuit against Monsanto that proves the harmful side effects of their seed, farmers would be guaranteed to harvest and profit from these crops and they would still be able to find their way into our food supply as a result of this passing.

Unfortunately, our country has been woefully ignorant about GMO's and all of the negative health issues that they cause when compared with the rest of the world.  Europe has imposed mandatory GMO labeling as has Australia, Japan, and most other industrialized nations.  The main problem stems from the FDA only requiring safety studies from the Biotech companies themselves before approving the product for consumption by the public.  This is worse than having the fox guard the chicken coop!

We recently had a chance to finally pass meaningful legislation for mandatory GMO labeling with Prop 37 in California last November and it was defeated with 53% of the vote.  How can this take place when polls show that over 90% would like to see mandatory GMO labeling?  Monsanto and a number of our largest food suppliers contributed over $40 million to a smear campaign against it on TV to defeat it.  Unfortunately, it worked.   Here's a link to a list of the biggest contributors to defeat Prop 37 with the most to lose if it had passed:

http://www.carighttoknow.org/tags/syngenta

Take a look at the outcry of anger about GMO's in other countries across the world:

It's time our county joins the fight, and tells our politicians that they shouldn't sell out our health for lobbying $$$ from big biotech's like Monsanto.  What are the consequences if we ignore this?  How many people do you know that are contracting life threatening diseases lately without getting answers as to the true cause?  

I know that my wife recently contracting cancer at her age was a wake up call for our family, and my new purpose in life is to help as many people as possible to live a healthy life through healthy eating. For more detailed information on the specific health impacts of GMO's in your diet, you can visit the following link:

http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-risks/ 

The father of medicine, Hippocrates, said it best when he stated, "Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food."  We have the ability to positively impact our health and the health of our loved ones by following this simple plan:

• Avoid GMO's in our diet whenever possible using the tools provided in this post.
• Boycott the companies that contributed to defeat mandatory GMO labeling.
• Insist that our elected officials support mandatory GMO labeling and vote for it when it comes up!  Support the cause.
• Help to inform everyone that you care for about this topic.

That starts with sharing this post with everyone that you know via all types of social media.  Your decision to do so may have an impact on someone's health and well being!  Thanks!

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