Pesticides

Research at Leeds University has carried out extensive tests on a large number of people and found a potent new poison present in the blood of many.

This poison was discovered to be a chemical cocktail mixed from the numerous pesticides sprayed on our fruit and vegetables

Although these pesticides meet safety standards individually, the harm they could do when inadvertently mixed together in the human body has never been taken into account, and the average person has approximately 500 different chemicals in their body!

Considering even the humble lettuce is sprayed around fifteen times before we get to eat it, this state of affairs is hardly surprising.

The drugs don't work

We have become involuntary drug takers, and the effects drugs have on our temperament is well known. One of the main groups of chemicals found in pesticides; called organophosphate's, cause changes in the brain and central nervous system.

Could this be behind the increase in aggressive and violent behaviour in our society? There are many other chemicals whose effects have yet to be studied in detail. What might they be doing to us mentally and physically?

Isn't breast- feeding safe?

The contamination of our bodies starts at an early age. Mothers' milk has been found to contain many dangerous toxins that are transmitted directly to their newborn. That does not mean that we should stop breastfeeding. It is wiser to prepare our bodies three months before conception, with a good detox programme, to eliminate these poisons from our systems.

The dangers of non-organic food are obvious, but as organic food has a higher price on the supermarket shelf it is widely accepted as a commercial rip-off. This is a complete fallacy because our normal non-organic food does not come cheaply either.

Enough food to feed everyone!

Some of the wealthiest farmers are paid to grow amounts of food way beyond our needs, which sits in huge heaps, going to waste in order to stabilise prices. Alternatively they are paid not to grow food, again purely for commercial reasons.

We, the taxpayers, foot the bill for these subsidies, so in effect we have paid for much of the food before we even buy it from the supermarket. Organic farmers are not subsidised, or as easily mass produced, so their food seems more expensive on the shelf.

Genetically Modified Food

Tomatoes have been crossed with genes from North Atlantic Cod, to make the tomatoes more frost resistant and less prone to squashing when stacked for storage.

Brussels sprouts have been genetically modified to make them sweeter and more palatable. Unfortunately, removing the part with the bitter taste gets rid of all the powerful antioxidants stored inside, thereby removing the main reason for eating sprouts in the first place