The beta agonist ractopamine, a repartitioning agent that increases protein synthesis, was recruited for livestock use when researchers found the drug, used in asthma, made mice more muscular.
Ractopamine is started as the animal nears slaughter.
How does a drug marked, "Not for use in humans. Individuals with cardiovascular disease should exercise special caution to avoid exposure. Use protective clothing, impervious gloves, protective eye wear, and a NIOSH-approved dust mask" become "safe" in human food? With no washout period?
The drug is banned in Europe, Taiwan and China, and more than 1,700 people have been "poisoned" from eating pigs fed the drug since 1998, but ractopamine is used in 45 percent of U.S. pigs and 30 percent of ration-fed cattle.
Read more at:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/03/06/why-does-fda-allow-banned-drugs-to-be-fed-to-livestock.aspx
WHERE CAN WE FIND XYLITOL? Plums, strawberries, and raspberries
are the rich sources of xylitol which has been demonstrated to have
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The hoax that didn't fool the internet. This hoax was a fear tactic used buy the government and the medical industry that we caught. What about all the others BS we didn't?
(NaturalNews) The great swine flu hoax of 2009 is now falling apart at
the seams as one country after another unloads hundreds of millions of
doses of unused swine flu vaccines. No informed person wants the
injection anymore, and the entire fear-based campaign to promote the
vaccines has now been exposed as outright quackery and propaganda.
Even
doctors are now calling the pandemic a complete hoax. As reported on
FoxNews, Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg, a leading health authority in Europe,
says that drug companies "organized a 'campaign of panic' to put
pressure on the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a pandemic.
He believes it is 'one of the greatest medicine scandals of the
century,' and he has called for an inquiry." (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933...)
Read On --http://www.naturalnews.com/027984_swine_flu_vaccines.html
Teflex is the name given to the non stick sheets which are in fact flexible Teflon or PTFE. According to wise GEEK at http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-ptfe.htm Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic material accidentally invented in the late 1930s while a chemist was endeavoring to develop a new type of perfluorethylene-based refrigerant. Rather than achieving a chlorofluorocarbon, the scientist was surprised to find that the perfluorethylene used in the process reacted with the iron content of its container and polymerized under pressure. Less than a decade later, this new material was being distributed on a commercial scale and was eventually patented under the name Teflon®. However, it would be another 20 years before PTFE would hit the frying and become known as the first non-stick coating for cookware. In fact, this material was used for a variety of other purposes at first.
At http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floride PTFE is often used to coat non-stick frying pans as it is not water-wettable and possesses high heat resistance.
Fluoropolymers such as polytetrafluoroethylene, Teflon®, are used as chemically inert and biocompatible materials for a variety of applications, including as surgical implants such as coronary bypass grafts, and a replacement for soft tissue in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. These compounds are also commonly used as non-stick surfaces in cookware and bakeware, and the fluoropolymer fabric Gore-Tex used in breathable garments for outdoor use.
Given that the only real Red Flag that has been raised in the use of PTFE with food has been with cookware would make one think that high heat would be the cause of any chemical, perfluorochemical (PFC) emissions that may leach into the food.
I’ve seen several post at Dr Mercola on the topic http://www.mercola.com/article/teflon/index.htm and he says without heat it seems to be OK.
He is now recommending a xtrema ceramic cookware. http://cookware.mercola.com/Cookware.aspx
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