Unfortunately, the codes do not prove that a product does (or does not) originate in a particular country. This is because products can be made, or grown, in one country and then processed in another, where the bar code is actually assigned.
If food grown in China, or other tainted products made there, are shipped to other countries for final packaging before coming to the U.S., the bar code will show the final country, not the country of origin. So in the case of, for example, Chinese apple juice that’s shipped here and then packaged and sold by U.S. companies, those packages are going to have a U.S. code, not a Chinese code.
So relying on the bar code will not keep people safe from Chinese (or other foreign) products that are toxic or otherwise unsafe. The best way to find out where something came from is still to look for the “Made in [Country XYZ]” label on the packaging.
Here is the link for anyone who wants to read further about it:
(Contributed by L.G. Lundy, California, USA, by G-Mail!)
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ALWAYS READ THE LABELS ON THE FOODS YOU BUY–
NO MATTER WHAT THE FRONT OF THE BOX OR
PACKAGE SAYS, TURN IT OVER AND
READ THE BACK—CAREFULLY!
With all the food and pet products now coming from China,
it is best to make sure you read label at the grocery store and
especially Walmart when buying food products.
Many products no longer show where they were made, only give
where the distributor is located.
It is important to read the bar code to track it’s origin.
How to read Bar Codes …. interesting!
This may be useful to know when grocery shopping, if it’s a concern to you.
GREATWAY TO“BUY USA & CANADA “ AND NOT FROMCHINA!!
The whole world is concerned about China-made “black hearted goods”.
Can you differentiate which one is made in Taiwan or China? If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690691 or 692, the product is
MADE IN CHINA. 471 is Made in Taiwan .
This is our right to know, but the government and related departments
never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves. Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer
products “MADE IN CHINA “, so they don’t show from which country it
is made.
However, you may now refer to the barcode – remember if the first 3 digits are:
690-692 … then it is MADE IN CHINA
00 – 09 … USA & CANADA
30 – 37 FRANCE 40 – 44 GERMANY 471 … Taiwan
49 … JAPAN 50 … UK
BUY USA & CANADIAN MADE by watching for“0” at the beginning of the number.
We need every boost we can get! Pass this on to everybody on your E-Mail Contact List!!
If the government won’t help us, we MUST help ourselves.
(Reprinted from www.life123.com, without compensation, on the basis of Essential Nutritional Information under the
He Needs Some GINGER, and WATER!!
U.S. Copyright Laws)
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By: Laura Evans
Anti-inflammatory foods may help you reduce inflammation. The symptoms of inflammation include swelling, redness and pain.
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
An anti-inflammatory diet focuses on foods that help your body create the right kind of prostaglandins, or hormones that help the body regulate inflammation. In part, you want to eat foods that have the right types of fat so that your body will make anti-inflammatory prostaglandins and avoid the foods that have fat that leads to the production of inflammatory prostaglandins.
Good Anti-Inflammatory Foods
You will want to eat foods that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, an acid that is important to your health that your body is incapable of manufacturing. Not only can foods that have omega-3 fatty acids help reduce inflammation, these foods may help reduce the risks of developing heart disease, osteoporosis and high blood pressure. Foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids include:
Salmon
Trout
Albacore tuna
Walnuts
Brazil nuts
Almonds
Wild fish tends to have more omega-3 fatty acids than do farm raised fish.
In addition, look for foods that have high levels of vitamins A, C and E. There are many foods that are good sources of these vitamins, including:
Garbanzo beans
Brown rice
Lentils
Broccoli
Cantaloupe
Tomatoes
Spinach
Sweet potatoes
Carrots
Peaches
Strawberries
Where would foods be without spices? Anti-inflammatory spices can add “zing” to your meals. Experiment with spices including:
Cinnamon
Rosemary
Mint
Basil
Cloves
Ginger
Turmeric
Parsley
Oregano
If you use oils, focus on extra virgin olive oil.
Try to avoid eating processed foods as much as possible as processed foods contain polyunsaturated and partly hydrogenated fats, a big no-no as far as inflammation and your health overall.
An anti-inflammatory diet is basically a healthy, low fat diet. Not only might you feel fewer aches and pains if you include more of these foods in your meals, you may also lose weight
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Article by
Tony Isaacs
Thanks to mass fluoridation of our municipal water supplies and inclusion of man-made fluoride in toothpastes and other dental and consumer products, most of us regularly consume dangerous amounts of unnatural fluoride compounds. Despite claims of dental health improvement, such fluoride actually leads to worse dental health as well as a host of other very serious health consequences. Though it may be next to impossible to avoid fluoride entirely, there are many steps one can take to avoid much of the fluoride we consume as well as eliminate existing fluoride in our bodies. (more…)
There’s no denying. We live in a stressful world, and this can unfortunately affect a lot more than just our mood. As I write in the Save Our Bones Program, stress actually hurts our bones because,
“Stress is an acidifying process because of cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal glands. The secretion of cortisol has the same effect on the alkaline/acid balance as when you eat highly acidifying foods” (more…)
Having Worked at Unilevers Premier Margarine Factory in the UK for 1 Year, as a Management Trainee, and then in Sri Lanka Managing Margarine Manufacture, I can safely admit that what you are about to read is true !!
Pass The Butter …. Please.
This is interesting . … .
Margarine was originallymanufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back.
It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow colouring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavourings…. DO YOU KNOW.. The difference between margarine and butter? Read on to the end…gets very interesting! Both have the same amount of calories.
Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams; compared to 5 grams for margarine. Eating margarinecan increaseheart diseasein women by 53%over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.
Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.
Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few and only because they are added! Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavours of other foods. Butter has been around for centuries where margarinehas been around for less than 100 years.
And now, for Margarine.. Very High in Trans fatty acids. Triples risk of coronary heart disease …
Increases total cholesteroland LDL(this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol) Increases the risk of cancers up to five times.. Lowers quality of breast milk Decreases immune response Decreases insulin response. And here’s the most disturbing fact… HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING! Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC… And shares 27 ingredients with PAINT
These facts alone were enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).
Open a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will notice a couple of things:
* no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)
* it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?
Share This With Your Friends…..(If you want to butter them up’)!
Chinese Proverb:
When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.
They say that abs are made in the kitchen. If you’re working hard toward a six-pack, why not start stocking up on these foods today?
1. Plain or Greek yogurt: We all know that yogurt is good for us, but did you know it’s also good for maintaining your flat abs? For a nice mid-section, nutritionist and owner of Essential Nutrition For You Rania Batayneh says to reach for the kind that’s plain flavored or Greek. “The probiotic bacteria in most yogurts help keep your digestive system healthy, which translates into a lower incidence of gas, bloating, and constipation, which can keep your tummy looking flat.” (more…)
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Celery is more than just a low calorie snack you eat when dieting, it can also help you lower blood pressure.
Celery contains apigenin, a substance know to help lower high blood pressure. One studies found a reduced blood pressure in 14 out of 16 individuals that were given celery.
Here are some options to take advantage of the benefits of celery:
Eat 4 celery stalks each day.
Consume 8 teaspoons of celery juice 3 times a day.
Take 1000 mg of celery seed extract twice a day.
Take ½ to 1 teaspoon of celery oil 3 times a day in tincture form.
The above recommendations come from Dr. Mark Houston. Discuss all supplements with your MD!
By Jessie Price, Deputy Food Editor for EatingWell Magazine and Cassidy Tawse-Garcia
One telling sign that a career in food was a good fit for me was that I’ve always loved grocery shopping. I can happily spend hours browsing the aisles just to see if I might discover something I haven’t noticed before. Lucky for me, I’m the food editor of EatingWell Magazine and I get to talk with our team of cooks in the EatingWellTest Kitchen about their daily supermarket shopping trips and the new things they’ve noticed during their trips up and down the aisles.
All that shopping and talking helped us come up with this list of trendy foods for 2012. Whether a food has become ubiquitous in the stores, something that’s generating media coverage or simply something that our readers and fans are buzzing about, each of the foods on our list of the top 15 trendy, healthy foods is having a moment. (more…)
Pimpinella anisum, endearingly called Aniseed or Anise (Chotti Saunf), is a native of the Mediterranean area. Mostly found in fragrances and cosmetics, Anise is a sweet aromatic flowering plant of the Apiaxeae family. The herbs is recognized as one due to its medicinal properties with a variety of elements like calcium, vitamin B, iron, potassium, chlorine and magnesium.
Anise benefits
A cure for cold symptoms: coughs, asthma, pneumonia and excessive mucus. It is a good expectorant.
Treats indigestion, nausea, gas and bloating. A good appetite enhancer, Anise, also helps the digestive system.
An aid to lactation. The herb takes up the estrogenic effect to produce breast milk in women.
Topical application helps in the treatment of scabies and lice. It is a wonderful antiseptic.
Aniseed oil is used as a natural aphrodisiac with its testosterone effect and was used eons ago to increase libido. The smell of the oil resembles that of black licorice. It is an aromatherapy oil used to relax, relieve pain and to cure minor abrasions.
Experts remark that the herb can also vitalize major organs and glands like lungs, brain, heart and liver.
Uses of Anise:
Anise tea can be made by boiling the crushed seeds in water for 20 minutes. Drinking this helps in gastric problems. This can be taken after a large meal.
Warm anise tea with honey can help cold related symptoms. Add some ginger and tulsi for the perfect herbal tea.
If you like the aniseed flavor add some powder in to your sweets. It can also be used with cinnamon for a unique flavour.
Sucking the seeds are said to give an aphrodisiac effect!
A glass of warm milk with a few seeds can cure insomnia.
Chewing anise can freshen up your mouth.
Always buy fresh green colored anise. You may store them as they are or powder them and store in an airtight container. Refrigerating is a good idea. However, excess usage should be avoided.
Sometimes, especially when I’m running late (and my stomach’s growling), I can’t help but pick up a gooey muffin or buttery bagel from the nearest coffee chain on my way to work. So, in an attempt to clean up my breakfast routine, I bought a few extra large, combo packs of Quaker instant oatmeal a few months ago.
Packed with soluble fibre and whole grains, oats can help prevent heart disease and lower cholesterol. And you’ll be proud to know that my oatmeal kick is still going strong! But as anyone that eats plain oatmeal for breakfast, day in and day out, can attest: it can get pretty boring.
That’s why I’ve been brainstorming new ways to take it from ho-hum to heavenly. Here are 3 ways to spice up your oatmeal (and stay fueled until lunch):
1. A teaspoon of peanut butter is my latest discovery. It will seriously transform your oatmeal in just a spoonful.
2. With a drizzle of maple syrup or honey, you can give your morning a super sweet start.
3. The possibilities are endless when adding in dried or fresh fruit and chopped nuts. There are so many options to play with, from dried cranberries and walnuts to freshly chopped strawberries, that you can create a new mix each time.
A sacred oil from India is found as one of a little known herbalarthritis remedies and has been shown to treat osteoarthritis and alleviate joint pain as effectively as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)?
Indian frankincense (Boswellia serrata) has been used in the Middle East for religious rituals and healing for thousands of years. The herb is a powerful anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, and analgesic.
Recently, European and American medical professionals have begun to confirm the tremendous health benefits of frankincense, and are increasingly incorporating it into clinical practice. (more…)
This is perfect for those of us with just one or two in the house. Hate to make a huge cake, (cause I tend to eat it all). This way you can make 1,2,3, or as many as you need.
3, 2, 1 CAKE
These individual little cakes are amazingand ready to eat in one minute! They are perfect for whenever you feel like a treat without all the fatand calories that cake can have. (more…)
Greek yogurt
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