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With the recent influx of food documentaries and exposés, comes yet another that forces us to take a look at the gritty (and frightening) reality of what is really in our food.
InGREEDients is a new food film that reveals the hidden dangers in many of the foods that we regularly eat, the alarming effects they have on our health, and what little the FDA is doing regarding food inspection.
Dave Burton, the film’s writer, director and editor, interviews numerous authorities on food and health care throughout the film – each giving their startling finds about the damage our food is doing to our bodies. He also interviews people on the street with questions like, “What is hydrogenated oil?,” finding that the majority have no clue what these additives are that can be found in foods we consume on a daily basis.
InGREEDients vows to, “entertain, inspire, educate, and at times frighten [in a good way] audiences of all ages.” Maybe this will be the film that will open your eyes about what you’re putting into your body and quite possibly save your life.
(Read more and view the trailer on the original post.)With the recent influx of food documentaries and exposés, comes yet another... more
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In the documentary film "inGREEDients", registered nurse and filmmaker, David Burton, discovers an alarming connection between diet and illness while investigating trans fats and hydrogenated oils in America's food supply. Do you know what a partially hydrogenated oil is? What does zero grams of trans fat per serving really mean? Find out in this compelling documentary that takes the audience on a time-line journey through the history of human food consumption from prehistoric times to the present, when heart disease is the number one killer of humans and despite recent changes in food labeling laws, pounds of trans fats are consumed everyday. This documentary features interviews with medical doctors, natural health doctors, scientists and researchers, politicians, and the lawyer that successfully stood up against two corporate food giants whose products are household names across America. The film also includes a brief look at heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, the three diseases most directly connected with our consumption of trans fats, chemical food additives, and processed food. With cutting edge animations rarely achieved in low-budget indie filmmaking, CORPORATE inGREEDients will entertain, inspire, and educate all audiences. http://www.ingreedientsmovie.comIn the documentary film "inGREEDients", registered nurse and filmmaker,... more
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Preventable diseases are a major contributor to rising health care costs. Nutrition is a powerful weapon in the fight for your health. Heart disease is the largest killer on the planet. More people die of heart complications each year than any other death. Registered nurse David Burton treats people with heart disease everyday and the number of people suffering is mind numbing. Join David as he tackles one of the food industrial complex's largest profit makers in hydrogenated oils and debunks one of it's biggest myths: The fear of fat. With satire to entertain and information as serious as a heart attack there is something for everyonePreventable diseases are a major contributor to rising health care costs. Nutrition is... more
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Hey parents, ever give your kids Froot Loops? Don't do it anymore. I'll tell you why: Froot Loops have hydrogenated oil in them. Frosted Mini-Wheats don't, and I'm sure many others don't. It sickens me to a slight level when Kelloggs puts hydrogenated oil in a product marketed more towards children. Hydrogenated oil is bad - I don't know how to describe it, because the Wikipedia article is full of chemistry stuff, so if you want to know what the heck it is, I suggest you look it up yourself.
I tend to avoid products with hydrogenated oil, because often, trans fat comes along with it. Hydrogenated oils have a longer shelf-life than regular oils - Crisco is essentially pure hydrogenated oil. It has a sort of thick buttery consistency, which is a product of the hydrogenation process.
Hydrogen gas is forced through oil at high pressure in the hydrogenation process. The oils are chemically altered, and in turn, the fatty acids are transformed into trans-fatty acids, which work, in ways, to reduce good cholesterol, and increase bad cholesterol, and the large-scale consumption of trans fat can cause diabetes (di-uh-bee-tees, not di-uh-bee-tus) and obesity (duh). California will soon ban trans fat, which is good, and trans fat has been banned in Switzerland and Denmark.
Look up the facts about trans fat and hydrogenated oil. Check labels before buying products, especially if you have kids. I hope that the vile practice of using cheap hydrogenated oil ends. What we need first is a government that will stand up to the corporations, but instead, we have a government that chooses to side with the corporations, and no matter who wins in 2008, it will stay the same.Hey parents, ever give your kids Froot Loops? Don't do it anymore. I'll... more
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