Education & ResourcesIt can sometimes be tough to keep up with all the different changes and new opinions when it comes to heath and fitness. Just when one Doctor says something is good for you another one says just the opposite. When it comes to the food that you are putting into your body, there have been some eye-opening discoveries over the past several years. These changes are only getting more and more publicity as the public's eyes are opened to what the food industry has been feeding us for so long. This section is dedicated to bring you up to date news, articles, and videos that pertain to the food you are eating and how it affects your health. If you run across any content that you think we should post, please send us an e-mail with the link so we can review it. Topics: Fresh Vegetables vs Frozen Food, Inc., is a movie about the food industry that exposes the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here. Here is the trailer from the movie: |