Another blogger's research on fluoride, Monsanto and aspartame - Jamie Oliver from UK
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Aspartame, Flouride, MSG and 'Monsanto'

Tue 23 Sep 2008
GENERAL BLOG
I am a fit and healthy 29 year old man '6''5 and weighing around 15 and a half stone. I work run and workout regularly, and I am part of the England Karate team. I am very concerned about OUR food. And would like to discuss the following:
recently after reading several articles and doing my own research I would like to ask your views.

I would like people's view and advice on several items that the food industry puts in our food.

1)
Firstly I would like to know views on Aspartame? what the effects really are and why the internet condemn this un-natural sweetener as poison and is aspartame part of the reason why cancer is on the increase?

2)
fluoride? Is it really good for your teeth. Much of the reading I have done states that it was first used by the In Nazi and Soviet-era prison camps, where fluoride was added to water because as it was known to produce confusion and apathy? And in fact it is a toxin waste produced by industry put in our water supply that weakens bones? Please let me know your views on this?

Media Cries Foul When County Stops Fluoridating Water

3) MSG( monosodium glutamate) What the hell is this and why don't we just use salt?

4) If they are pushing GM foods so fast why aren't they being stopped?
Does anybody believe the GM thing (terminator seeds etc etc ) ???

5) What are your views on the company monsanto? please research :
The World According to Monsanto (yahoo.com or dogpile.com) does not come up on google

I thought if anybody can give me truth into some of the information I have been reading it would be people who follow someone like Jamie Oliver (thank-you for attacking the giants with the chicken problem and informing the public)

I am extremly worried and would really like to hear the views of people like myself that know a thing or two about food.

Neil McLaughlin – Natural News September 22, 2008

A recent newscast delivered some great news for natural health advocates while portraying it as a bad thing. On July 19, 2008 Channel 9 News (ABC) in Seminole County, FL reported that "Soon, a natural element will no longer be added to county drinking water, find out how the county tried to avoid telling customers until Channel 9 got involved."

After a commercial break it was revealed that the "natural" element they were referring to was Sodium Fluoride. The idea that the fluoride added to municipal water supplies is "natural" is a common myth. While Calcium Fluoride is the 5th most abundant element in the Earth's crust, it is Sodium Fluoride (Sodium Hexafluorosilicate), a toxic by-product of Aluminum production, that is added to the drinking water of most states in the U.S.

Sodium Fluoride has been shown to cause brain damage, ADD, Alzheimer's disease, various types of cancer, kidney problems, thyroid problems and (ironically) tooth problems. An uninformed man was shown on Channel 9 complaining that his children would no longer have the fluoride that they need for their teeth.

History of Fluoridation

In the 1930's, out of the goodness of their hearts, ALCOA (the leading producer of Aluminum) began performing dental studies. Not surprisingly, the results of their study determined that the cause of a tooth mottling (Colorado brown stain) was due to lack of fluoride, a chemical that until then had to be treated as the toxic waste it is. What a coincidence, they just happened to have lots of sodium fluoride available!

As with most studies, the study funded by the Aluminum Industry found the exact results they were looking for. If it had found any other results, the funding would have been cut and the study would have been canceled. So, to protect children as only the Aluminum industry can, they began pushing for mandatory water fluoridation, which allowed them to start selling fluoride (at 20,000% markup) instead of having to pay for it to be disposed of.