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‘Greed’on for Freedom Foods 3 Ancient Grains Muesli

Photo: ‘Greed’on for Freedom Foods 3 Ancient Grains MuesliBlatant ‘Fructose Free’ mislabelling from a company that labels their food as ‘Honest’. This is straight out deception trying to market a product.‘Fructose Free’ and ‘No Fructose Detected’ yet the muesli bar has Sucrose in it which is 50% Fructose.It gets worse. It states on the label:‘Peanuts Not Detected, Hazelnuts Not Detected and Almonds Not Detected’I would expect that as they are not in the ingredients. It’s a bit like advertising there is no alcohol in a glass of milk. Why put it on the label unless you are trying to market something. All this does is confusing the buyer who reads the front packaging and sees the advertising.PS. This ‘Honest and Nutritious‘ food also contains Seed oil.Freedom Foods destined to the sin bin on this one. Shame to criticize an Australian product but there is too much deception out there already.More on reading food labels at:http://www.nofructose.com/food-ideas/looking-at-labels/

Blatant ‘Fructose Free’ mislabelling from a company that labels their food as ‘Honest’. This is straight out deception trying to market a product.

‘Fructose Free’ and ‘No Fructose Detected’ yet the muesli bar has Sucrose in it which is 50% Fructose.

It gets worse. It states on the label:
‘Peanuts Not Detected, Hazelnuts Not Detected and Almonds Not Detected’

I would expect that as they are not in the ingredients. It’s a bit like advertising there is no alcohol in a glass of milk. Why put it on the label unless you are trying to market something. Continue reading →

Dining with the Devil

Photo: ‘Dining with the Devil’This Irish hospital CEO gets his salary bonuses from ‘Mars Bars’ sales. Profits from the sale of junk food in the kiosks are the apparent funding model for this hospitals senior management.The Launceston General Hospital unfortunately ‘Dines with the Devil’ as well. The CEO, John Kirwan has told me that the funds from the sale of Junk Food via the hospital auxiliary buys much needed equipment for the hospital. In particular the funds often go to bed purchases and the latest ‘big’ expense is now the purchase of ‘Bariatric’ beds. These are for those super obese patients.We know that poor food choices account for the majority of obesity related conditions including Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases, Dementia and all the rest.Am I the only one that sees the irony of all of this?Does the end truly justify the means?The trouble with hospitals selling and promoting Junk Food is that somewhere along the line they are ‘profiting’ at the expense of the well-being of the community. I do not for one minute believe this is just a Launceston issue. All I hear is the same all around Australia.I suspect the Devil is enjoying his dining partners.Time to break up the party.http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/david-mcwilliams/david-mcwilliams-linking-hospital-boss-benefits-to-sale-of-mars-bars-makes-me-sick-29768858.html

This Irish hospital CEO gets his salary bonuses from ‘Mars Bars’ sales. Profits from the sale of junk food in the kiosks are the apparent funding model for this hospitals senior management.

The Launceston General Hospital unfortunately ‘Dines with the Devil’ as well. The CEO, John Kirwan has told me that the funds from the sale of Junk Food via the hospital auxiliary buys much needed equipment for the hospital.

In particular the funds often go to bed purchases and the latest ‘big’ expense is now the purchase of ‘Bariatric’ beds. These are for those super obese patients. Continue reading →

Heart Foundation Shoots Itself in the Foot!



Heart Foundation Tick foods may not be suitable for people with a heart condition!!!!!!!

This is from the Tick Criteria page. “The values selected for the various criteria for approval of foods into the Heart Foundation Tick program are not necessarily appropriate for people with heart disease or any other disease.”

Where will the HF embarrassment end? Would someone please help them. They are not helping themselves.

Get on and sign the petition for the Heart Foundations sake.

 

Has the Food Industry made us totally dependent upon them?


South American Acacia trees have made ants dependent on their sap in exchange for protecting the tree. It is a chemical dependence based around sucrose.
Sounds familiar with humans and needing food from the supermarkets.
It is often hard to find your food supply without the sugar, refined carbs and infiltrated with polyunsaturated seed oils.
Trees Make Ants Chemically Dependent, Turn Them Into Indentured Servants

Damage control by the beverage and sugar industry?

Photo: Coca Cola Sweet Symposium: a spotlight on fructose and sugar-sweetened beverage trends Damage control by the beverage and sugar industry?It is on December 2 Sweet Symposium: a spotlight on fructose and sugar-sweetened beverage trends in Sydney – Free and put on by Coca Cola.Be warned - This is the Coca Cola company that is 'Not part of the Obesity problem but wants to be part of the solution.'One can only imagine that the take home message from this meeting will be that Sugar is fine in moderation and that as a population we are ingesting it in moderation.I was challenged to review several of Dr John Sievenpiper's articles earlier this year. He is the fly in expert for this Coca Cola sponsored event.My take on what I have read from his papers.Most of the articles failed to acknowledge the food industry sponsorship.He often looks at fructose metabolism alone and fructose virtually never comes into our diet in isolation. It is generally ingested with glucose in the form of sugar. His experiments are generally not reflective of ‘real life’.The doses he has referred to in the past are low by Australian human consumption averages.Sievenpiper often looks at ‘meta-analyses’ where you put together a whole lot of smaller studies with average results and then expect better results by combining all of them together. Be very careful in interpreting these papers.I don’t know exactly what he will be discussing but it may be useful to understand this prior to attending.I cannot make it to the meeting but will try and watch it on the free webinar. Just a matter of joining it from the link.If the Sydney locals can get along it could be interesting. Let me know how you go.https://engage.vevent.com/index.jsp?eid=3045&seid=12&fb_source=message

Coca Cola Sweet Symposium: a spotlight on fructose and sugar-sweetened beverage trends

Damage control by the beverage and sugar industry?

It is on December 2 Sweet Symposium: a spotlight on fructose and sugar-sweetened beverage trends in Sydney – Free and put on by Coca Cola.

Be warned – This is the Coca Cola company that is ‘Not part of the Obesity problem but wants to be part of the solution.’ Continue reading →

Call to Axe Junk Food in Hospitals – Mercury Newspaper Front Page Today

The Tasmanian Health Minister, Michelle O’Byrne just doesn’t ‘get it’. She is out of touch.

The staff that keep putting junk food up for ‘charitable’ sale on the ward desks in hospital don’t ‘get it’.

The senior bureaucracy of the hospitals does not ‘get it’.

The Hobart Mercury newspaper does ‘get it’. Continue reading →

Bariatric Surgery – Not My Recommendation

I think Lap Banding and Stomach bypass procedures are expensive surgical procedures for an elite few and the procedures have significant risks in the short and long term. Bariatric surgery is not a sustainable option for the wider society. There is a better option by taking control of your diet and lifestyle.

For every success of Bariatric surgery I see a failure. Continue reading →