I have been running across alot about GMO food lately. GMO=genetically modified food. Monsanto has really been busy.

Things like High fructose corn syrup contains mercury!
Kashi and other natural cereals contain modified corn!
100% orange juice has been filtered, the oxygen removed, and then a natural orange flavoring added so it keeps longer in the fridge. So, my 100% juice isnt 100% juice! its full of orange flavorings, but since its made from orange they dont have to declare it on the label.

Have you heard about "pink slime" its in more than 70% of ground beef around america. Its the skimmings off the carcus and its ground up, then sprayed with ammonia and added to hamburger everywhere! I dont want to eat that!

I work very hard to eat clean, and after some simple research I am finding that even eating clean is harder than it looks. What is on the label, may not be what is in the package. Pink slime doesnt have to be labeled because the FDA considers it to be BEEF, and therefore doesnt need a special label. UGH! Do I have to start grinding my own?

Pasta is being grown with modified corn, rice, and wheat. So, if you do get all natural and then you use a package of speghetti, you just ruined your meal!

MIL was here. She brought some Jello. First ingredient was sugar. She made it and offered me some. I took one bite and spit it out! I checked the label. it has sugar and aspertame, and phelanalaytes in it (meaning they used a bacteria to make the aspertame!) UGH! its just supposed to be Jello! Dont they give out Jello by the truck load in the hospital?

Cellulose is actually a form of wood shavings? Used as a fiber filler??? COME ON!

Why do we need so many chemicals? I just want plain food. Does anyone else worry about where we are headed?

I do.....but it became so hard to do I just decided to do the best I can with what I have.

I got tired of paying for "organic" produce only to find out it really wasn't as organic as it was advertised to be.

I researched the "pink slime" and found a list of grocery stores that allow it and those that don't. But, do they really not allow it? Can I trust them when they say it's free of the stuff?

I hardly eat meat anymore. Once in a while but not very often.

It's just too expensive on my budget to eat the way I'd like to. So, I just try and make the best choices I can.

Don't eat too much ground beef. I use ground turkey instead but I do enjoy a burger every now and again. I might have to invest in a grinder myself. This pink slime scares me. You'd be surprised what's considered all natural. I work for a chemical company and you'd be surprised what customers we have and what they buy.

Well, Gaaaaccccccckkkkkkkk!! Pink slime?

I just ordered some Angus mini burgers from Schwans. I may now, not be able to eat them. Oh what the hey, maybe I'm being simulated by the GMOs and will last longer on the shelf or in the fridge..

With all the 'freakin around' with what we once considered to be healthy and nutritious food, it is hard to know what is ok and what isn't. As much as I try to be healthy in my choices, I just do the best I can with what I know and let nature take care of the rest.

Otherwise it will rule my life - and I will be damned if I will let MS take away my simple pleasures. I refuse to allow it that power.

Lyn

Not sure how the stores will know but Safeway and Kroger are pulling and not allowing ground beef that contains pink slime. Safeway owns 2 chains in IL, Jewel & Dominick's and Kroger owns 1 chain that I know of in the area, Food 4 Less.

I agree whole heartedly, but it's not nature I'm worried about, it's the freaking FDA and food processing plants..