What's on Your Dinner Plate Tonight? Food Ingredients Banned in Other Parts of the World

Dear Viewers,

This list of "Food Ingredients Banned in Other Parts of the World" provided by Mammavation will have you thinking twice as you prepare dinner tonight.  (That's assuming you haven't already read the labels before you placed the ingredients in your shopping cart.)    Plus, 64 countries label GMO* ingredients in their food/beverages.

Last night's menu: "Organic" store bought pizza dough - left to rise on counter.  Made two: one with cheese and a cheeseless date pizza with chicken and ginger teriyaki sauce - a similar recipe was featured on The SuperMom101 Show and a link to the recipe is below in the caption.   A few sliced New England apples and good to go.

Cheeseless Ginger Teriyaki with Date and Chicken Pizza

*According to GMOFREEUSA.org -  GMO Corn is manufactured in to:

40% Ethanol
37% Animal Feed
12% Industrial Use
11% Kellogg's, Gerber, et al

"Feeding the world with fuel, animal feed, packaging and a bit of junk food." - GMOFREEUSA.org

Best health always,

Supermom-in-training

Please Think Before You Pink

Breast Cancer Action Toolkit

UGH!  (Update to original post):

Was in the bank making a deposit for a friend at a large national chain and was offered a pink ribbon. Oh, and if I opened a credit card they'd make a donation to https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit-cards/products/susan-komen-credit-card.go

I politely told him that I'd had breast cancer and don't support organizations that are making a profit off cancer and searching for a "cure."   I prefer to focus on prevention.   When I got to our car and told our son who was waiting in the car . . .  he went off too.     Made me smile that (hopefully)  #pinkwashing days are numbered at least they have been at our house for over 14 years now.

Best health always,
Supermom-in-training

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Dear Breast Cancer Action,

Thank you!   When I was first diagnosed and treated for breast cancer I had no idea about America's fake food supply, diet of diseases,  and the cancer industry.* (Actually thought I was eating healthy.) Thankfully that was over 14 years ago and at that time also discovered your "Think Before You Pink" campaign.

Just ask our children (early twenties and late teens) what I think about the pink gloves and cleats while we're watching an October NFL game - and this year will be worse - apparently the NFL will "end their tax exempt status" and "the change will mean the NFL's head office, which earned revenues of about $327 million in 2013, will have to pay taxes on its income," according to a Washington Post article.  The NFL home office has been tax exempt?

Of course the players hearts are in the right places and many of the NFL owners too but I've been saying for years now, "all this pink washing always makes me a tad nauseous" and you have provided a remedy.

Thanks again for all your work.

 p.s. I have the utmost respect for the medical industry. *I've been treated by, worked with, and supported by some of the best medical doctors, RNs, oncologists, cardiologists, radiologists etc. at what are considered World Class hospitals and they support my change in diet and journey in to prevention 100%.

Best health always,
Supermom-in-training

Our Right to Know - Label GMO Foods

Proud to be a citizen of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and attend the hearing on GMO labeling - the auditorium was packed with supporters:  from farmers to store owners, scientists and medical doctors to Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream,  Dean's Beans, and the Northeast Organic Farming Association.  So proud that over 75% of our state legislators support GMO labeling and many even testified,  the expert witnesses were astounding and there was a wealth of common sense: 64 countries label GMOs.

Also grateful that our Massachusetts Attorney General filed on behalf of Vermont's right as a state to label GMO - imagine the Federal Government is trying to take away a State's individual rights? Hmmm . . . Any idea when the D.A.R.K. Act hearing in Washington might be? Think I'll be taking a road trip with a few friends. 

To GMO industry: I'd rather the right to choose be confused/misguided* than uninformed  #justlabelit 

p.s. Remember the last time a large organization tried to mess with New England farmers and our citizens. 

Best health always, 
Supermom-in-training

*insert word of the week: fear-mongering/a pseudoscientist/warning labeler/not feeding the world . . . 

Share a Coke with Obesity

Cool idea.

Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning) by Marion Nestle

These cans always make me crazy -
nothing heart healthy here!

Dear Marion,

Fantastic! Am going to buy a copy: Soda Blurbs and discuss on an upcoming episode of our cable show.

A few years ago my husband and I went to a sporting event - cliff diving off a museum in to Boston harbor - very cool. The event was sponsored by Red Bull who every hour would announce that a portion of their day's proceeds would go to a (insert name) diabetic organization/foundation. Our jaws dropped! We couldn't believe what we were hearing. Hey, we know it gives you diabetes so we're gonna make a donation for you so they'll be there to help you when you need it.

p.s. Hope your book sales blow the lid off the industry (poor pun intended.)

Best health always,
Supermom-in-training

Here's the link: Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and winning)

Growth Hormones in Milk: Myth/Fact

Growth hormones in milk: myth/fact

My response to post:

Dear Ms. Smith,

Your article is exactly why I gave up all dairy after breast cancer at age 38 - tumor was hormone receptive*.  Thankfully that was over 14 years ago and had the complete support of my oncologist.   *Artificial or naturally occurring.

See, I had no idea about America's highly processed, growth hormone injected, "naturally occurring", arsenic feed, steroid injected, antibiotic administered, GMO fed, artificially flavored, chemically engineered, GMO crops, artificially dyed and colored,  pesticide laced, manufactured herbicide seeds, high fructose corn syrup, sugar laden, artificially sweetened, factory farmed fake-food until I had cancer and the crazy thing - I thought I was eating healthy.

Why is it America (and her children) have never been fatter or sicker and we're told everything is "scientifically" fine with our food supply?  Respectfully, today, an "organic" apple a day helps keep my doctor away and I don't need a PhD in chemistry or a scientific study in a peer reviewed journal to make that decision.

Best health always,

Supermom-in-training

Growth Hormones in Milk: Myth/Fact

America (and her children) have never been fatter or sicker - guess who it's time to call . . .

What's wrong with this meal?

Any one else notice the big cancer wings on today's hospitals* and the organizations walking the earth for a cure? The only companies not making money off America's poor health are the health insurance companies. They really are our last hope to get this highly-processed, chemically engineered, artificially colored and flavored, arsenic fed, steroid and hormone injected, pesticide laced, fake food off our plates and out of our glasses. 

Seriously, who has the money to reach out to our state and local governments? Washington doesn't seem to care . . . So, I'm begging the health insurance companies to please quietly and deliberately - just like smoking bans - to get the GMO food labeled - just like the rest of the world.  Then quietly and deliberately put financial pressure on government agencies, congress, local and state governments to clean up America's food supply and get rid of the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) ingredients that are wrecking havoc on our health and the health of our children. Come on - you guys did it with smoking and now you can do it with our food supply - it won't be easy but in ten years we will look back and be so darn thankful to you to have our health back and you will have a lot more money in your pockets.

Seriously, the health insurance companies are our last hope because they are the only ones with a financial incentive to keep us healthy and they have very deep pockets! smile emoticon

Best health always,
Supermom-in-training

p.s. Am truly thankful for the medical community - but even your cardiologist will tell you to change your diet when you have a heart attack.

‪#‎dumpthejunk‬