Saturday, January 21, 2012

Losing Weight - Is There Anything Left to Eat?

Every few years, a new study comes out with disturbing news about something we shouldn't be eating. It can be very frustrating to figure out what is on the approved list when the "do not eat" list is so long.

English: Barbie vintage booklet about how to l...Image via Wikipedia For example, the vegetarian philosophy may include warnings about how animals are raised, leaving us to eat meat and animal products that are full of chemicals.   ...Not to mention the miserable conditions forced on the animals during growth and then slaughter.

Environmentalists point out how the land is being rendered toxic with yet more chemicals to force crops to grow faster, larger and in greater quantity. It doesn't take long before the land is not capable of supporting a crop, and so more chemicals are brought in. Soon, the vegetables, fruits and other foods grown in it are toxic, too, along with new genetic properties that are not healthy for anyone who eats them.

English: Back cover of Barbie booklet about ho...Image via WikipediaSo what's left? Well, a new study just out says that coffee isn't the villain anymore, and we are even encouraged to drink more of it!

I guess I'll just have my morning coffee for breakfast, and then my lunch coffee, and then coffee for supper. Everything else is poisonous and will only give you cancer, heart trouble, arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and bad skin!


I hope taking vitamins is OK. Oh, wait. There are a lot of warnings about those, too.






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