Today we live in an environment where very little comes from our traditional sources of food, that is, the small farmer or even the humble veggie patch. Traditionally humans have eaten food that grew in the soil or on trees with some meat, meat that was again grown by the small time farmer without the use of antibiotics and other drugs, where the animals were left free to roam around in lush green paddocks.  Then lets not forget about milk. Milk was as it came from the cow, without any processing, there were no additives or chemicals, no added minerals, flavours and even the fat was not removed.

All of that started to change about 100 years ago.  At that time the first food factory was invented. After the second world war food factories really ramped up and our food chain totally changed when the convenience of supermarkets became the norm. That was about the time when the warm it up, TV dinner was invented. When you think about our foods now, the majority of what we eat we pick up of the supermarket shelves, all nicely packaged an labeled. How our food has changed.

Our modern day foods are made from something that grew in paddocks, the produce is taken to a factory, it is stripped into mono nutrients. The food comapnies then put a bunch of mono-nutrients together with a selection of flavours, colours, preservatives and refined everything else that makes up the food. The food is designed and engineered to be irresistible and even addictive. It truly is factory assembled food. It is this type of food which is the root cause of chronic diseases or so called lifestyle diseases.

The question is, if the food is that bad for us how on earth do they get you to buy it and not even think about it? Answer, labels!

The labels on foods are designed to make you think a certain way, they are misleading. We would like to give you just one example. Have you ever thought what farm fresh means? For some reason when we think about farm fresh we think about rolling hills and green pastures. Maybe it is because of the pictures on the label. Now think about a highly concentrated farming operation. An operation where egg laying chickens are locked up and never move because their space is only as big as their body. They lay an egg and guess what, the egg is still farm fresh. The marketing experts that make up the labels go to great extents to ensure that you don’t think about anything negative, they always concentrate on positives, and by doing so they know when you walk down the supermarket isle you will have no problem picking up anything that they are dishing up.

This week we added a very interesting video to our web site. It is a talk by a food marketer who spills the beans on the tricks. She also spells out exactly what their secret weapon is. If you want to understand how you are being hoodwinked, then make sure you click on the video below or follow this link.

If you are sick and tired of struggling through life being unhealthy, why not join our next lifestyle program? It starts on the 23rd of September and is FREE to join. It is a conference call / online program which means that you can attend from the comfort of your own home. This is a 12 session intensive lifestyle change program that will ensure that when you make the change you will make it because it is what you want to do. You will be amazed as to how beautiful the foods taste, you will never look back and your body will thank you.

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This week we added the following items to our web site:

New Video:

• Do you think about what you pick up of the supermarket shelves? Marketers use specific tricks to get you to buy foods! Click on this link to learn what their secret weapon is. You will be stunned.

Testimonial:

• Have you ever wanted a new body? If you have then click here to find out just how Usha Tailor got hers. It is easier than you think!

New Friend:

• The Greenhouse Cafe in Caloundra. Queensland has some stunning non processed food choices. Click this link to access their web site and menu. Pay them a visit and enjoy great healthy food, exceptionally presented and well priced. You will love it! We did!

Info Graphic:

• Sugar is added to our foods under many different names. There are so many that it is mind blowing. Click this link to familiarise yourself with how sugar is snuck into your foods under names that you don’t even know.

Kind Regards

Joanne & Peter Pratt.

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