Carcinogenic Weed Killer ‘Roundup’ Found In Breakfast Foods For Kids

CancerSean Adl-Tabatabai – A number of popular breakfast foods and cereals targeting children contain dangerous levels of glyphosate, an ingredient contained in Monsanto’s flagship weed killer Roundup.

According to a study by Environmental Working Group (EWG), the toxic herbicide was detected in thirty-one out of 45 breakfast products; including oats, granolas and snack bars.

Cbsnews.com reports: Recently, some scientists, doctors and activists around the world have worked to keep glyphosate out of crops due to concerns that it is a dangerous carcinogen.

“We’re very concerned that consumers are eating more glyphosate than they know,” said Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs at EWG. He has been working to improve food safety standards for more than a decade. He said he and his team at EWG had a lab test involving “45 samples of products made with conventionally grown oats” and found glyphosate – the active ingredient in the Monsanto weed-killer Roundup – in all but two. Continue reading

A Healthy Breakfast 1940s Style

“. . . it’s almost 11am and the nurse is paying us a visit today. We go through this every year. They come to try and insist we have an injection to stop us getting the flu. We never do, it seems wrong to put bugs into your body when you don’t have to.” – Granny Spear

GlassJarCerealOatFruitI suppose that what I used to feed the children for breakfast was an old-fashioned version of muesli. Oats or wheat berries would form the base of the meal, and added to that would be any summer fruits that we had, chopped cob nuts or even walnuts if we had them. A few slices of apple mixed in, a little honey for sweetness and fresh milk made it a breakfast that would keep them going for hours.

We had a much more physical lifestyle back then, and our diet was more restricted when compared to what’s around today. It was very important to make sure everyone went about their business on a full stomach. I never knew of vitamins and minerals and all that back then, you just kind of knew what was good for a body and that was what you fed your family.

In the winter I would add apples and berries that I had dried above the range when they were plentiful, the nuts of course kept well in their shells so we were rarely without them. We always made sure we had a good supply of oats and wheat berries at the end of harvest time. Dry roasting them very slowly to reduce the moisture in them allowed me to keep them for longer. A couple of the children preferred the flavour of the winter grains to the fresh ones…you never can tell with children can you?

During the last year of the war, the older children benefitted from the luxury of pineapple and bananas given to us by the American soldiers stationed in the field at the top of the lane. We would swap them fresh eggs and suet for fruit and the occasional bar of chocolate if one of the children had a birthday coming up. Mmmm, I remember tasting pineapple for the first time, it was wonderful. They were very generous giving away lemons I recall, we became quite accustomed to lemon marmalade on fresh bread for supper.

Of course, as time went on more products became available, boxed cereal and the like, but we stuck with our grain and fruit mix as everyone enjoyed it and it was cheap and filling.

I did eat the modern muesli for a little while, but the bag was sitting on the table and I was reading the back of the packet…it has sulphur dioxide in it. No I have no idea what sulphur dioxide is, but I know it’s not a grain, berry or nut and I had no desire to have it for breakfast. Now I have a handful of oats and a mix of whatever fruit is in the house, and nuts if we get the pre-shelled ones. Neither Edith or I have the strength to use nutcrackers anymore so pre-shelled it is, the aging process gets us all one way or another.

Edith said that doing it ourselves is better, and it works out no more expensive than the manufactured stuff. One of the grandchildren did the shopping when Edith had the flu last year. Neither of us was sure what it was in our breakfast bowls, but it looked like cat litter and possibly tasted like it as well, horrible stuff.

Well I have to go now, it’s almost 11am and the nurse is paying us a visit today. We go through this every year. They come to try and insist we have an injection to stop us getting the flu. We never do, it seems wrong to put bugs into your body when you don’t have to. We are so rarely ill, and Edith only got the flu because one of the kids came to visit with it, why would you do that? Stay home and keep your germs to yourself I say.

So, it looks like Nurse Joiner is about to be disappointed once again, that won’t please her at all, she can be very insistent can Helen Joiner. I went to school with her grandfather, I can see where she gets her brash ways from.

Alright then, I will write soon, love to you all

Regards,

Maud

Granny Spear was born in a small cottage in Devon, Southern England in 1925. Married to farm labourer Ernest, she raised her family in the heart of the countryside without any of the amenities we rely on today. Using skills passed down from her mother, who had learned those same skills from her mother, she not only survived but positively thrived living a self-sufficient, off grid lifestyle. Outliving her husband, one of her children and two of her grandchildren she stayed in the cottage until 2003 when a serious fall saw her hospitalized. She now lives with her daughter just four miles from her old home. For her 89th birthday her grandchildren and great grandchildren brought her an iPad, which she instantly rejected until they showed her Angry Birds…After much persuasion she has agreed to share some of her knowledge with us about what she calls the ‘old days’

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Ancient Solution To A Modern Wheat Problem? Einkorn May Provide A New Grain Alternative For Those Suffering From Gluten Intolerance

NaturalNews  November 26 2013

Einkorn, (Triticum monococcum)
Einkorn, (Triticum monococcum)

Over the last several years, many who value health are becoming aware of the dangers of gluten, especially when it’s consumed as modern wheat. Severe digestive distress, celiac disease, rheumatoid arthritis, ADHD, multiple sclerosis and even mental illnesses such as schizophrenia are just a few of the maladies linked to the protein in wheat, barley and rye. As reactions continue to escalate at a staggering rate in the United States, both researchers and private organizations are beginning to take a look at ancient cereal grains as a possible solution to our wheat troubles.

Commonly known as einkorn, Triticum monococcum is an intriguing heritage grain that was harvested as early as 16,000 BCE. Cultivation began during the Neolithic Era and early Bronze Age (10,000-4,000 BCE) and continued into the early 20th century, when much of einkorn production was replaced by hybridized, high-yield, pest-resistant strains of what we now recognize as modern wheat.

Einkorn is nutritionally superior to hard red wheat, supplying higher levels of protein, fat, phosphorous, potassium, pyridoxine and beta-carotene. It’s also much lower in problematic gluten. Enthusiasts of einkorn believe it tastes better, lending a “light rich taste which left common bread wheat products tasteless and insipid by comparison,” according to the ASHS publication Progress in New Crops. What’s really garnering attention, however, is that einkorn may be nontoxic to individuals suffering from gluten intolerance.

Safe for celiacs?

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Why You Should Start Eating Cereal Before Bed

DoctorsHealthPress  November 15 2013

CerealMany people enjoy a snack before bed, and this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Sure, many people advise not to eat anything after seven p.m. According to many nutritionists and medical professionals, leaving the stomach empty of food means that your body can concentrate on doing necessary maintenance and repairs, instead of digesting a meal. But the truth is, for many of us, having an empty stomach while we sleep, is, well, uncomfortable. It just feels a little more restful to have something in there when we’re sleeping.

So if you’re going to eat a bedtime snack, is there one food that’s better than another? You certainly don’t want to chow down on some greasy food or snacks that are high in fat. Fat is complex to digest and the effort your body takes to perform this task could keep you semi-awake, instead of sleeping deeply. The same could be said of proteins. Some proteins are easier to digest than others, of course. Red meat before bed wouldn’t be wise, but a little milk in a bowl of cereal should be fine.

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