For whatever reason I have been inundated with news articles this week talking about forever chemicals in items we consume and use, plastic particles in our bottled water and hormone-warping chemicals in our food. Some news articles include:
Startling new report finds hormone-warping chemicals in 99 PERCENT of food sold in American stores
The fast food restaurants with highest levels of hormone-warping chemicals
This isn’t really breaking news as we all know these toxins have been around for many, many years, but now you see within the past year or so, the media bringing these to light. Could it be that people are waking up? Could it be there are no more excuses for the increase in cancers and other health issues? Could the “man behind the curtain” have his identity revealed? Or is this all still a conspiracy?
With reading all this material and living in this world that seems to be so backwards that wrong is now right and right is now wrong, you start to wonder. And if you are Christian and know your Bible you will see that prophecy is coming true and, in my opinion, Big Pharma and anyone connected to Big Pharma (FDA definitely), is all a part of the grand prophecy the Bible predicted thousands of years ago.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 states: But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God — having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
Kind of sounds like the way thing are now, right?
The one topic that comes to mind is Big Pharma and the FDA and how they are not only greedy but purposely harming people; keeping them sick to make more profit. Furthermore, the relationship Big Pharma has with the FDA is downright dangerous as our food supply is inundated with toxins that should be banned, but as long as our food supply keeps us sick then we keep going to doctors for more drugs and, in turn, both agencies profit heavily from our poor health. It angers me to the core!
I have written a few posts about specific toxins that are used in our every day foods and products so feel free to read:
Dry Skin: Time to Rub on Some Chemicals
Red Dye (Die): Don’t Taste The Rainbow
A Possible Victory Over BVO? Finally!
Life In Plastic: Not Fantastic!
Caffeine: To Buzz or Not To Buzz?
Let me hit you with some modern statistics about our average health in America:
- the US spends the most on healthcare but has the highest rate of people with chronic health issues
- 66% of all adults in the US are on some type of prescription
- 133 million Americans (almost half the entire population) suffer from at least one chronic health issue
- 14.7 million children/adolescents in the US are obese
- heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death in the US
- 1 in 5 adults live with a mental illness
- in 2021, 38.4 million Americans had diabetes
- suicides in the US were at an all time high in 2022 with nearly 50,000 people taking their own lives
- men’s testosterone levels declined in last 20 years
Now let’s take a look at a VERY different list of statistics:
- In 2021, the US pharmaceutical industry earned $550 billion in revenue
- In 2022, 4.7 billion prescriptions were dispensed
- The pharmaceutical industry finances 75% of the FDA Drug Division
- the average Primary Care Physician makes $210K/year
- more than 10,000 chemicals are allowed to be in our food
- 6 steroid hormones are approved by the FDA to be used in our food production
- harmful food dyes were found to be in 90% of colored foods
- nearly half of our tap water could contain toxic “forever chemicals”
I made a chart to give a clearer understanding of what really goes on and how our health is really abused for profit:
As you can see it paints a different picture that what is normally understood:
People eat and drink poi$oned food and water
People become $ick
People pay to go to doctor$ and $pecialists and ho$pitals
People take pre$cription drug$ that also has side effects
People take drug$, still consuming poi$oned food and water
People feel worse so more drug$ are prescribed to them
And on and on it goes…..
Now I am not saying all doctors and anyone that works in the medical field are evil. In emergencies we do need help, but my point is if we had the right to clean food and water that nourished our cells and organs and entire body in the way God intended (I doubt the Garden of Eden would have GMO foods), there would be a significant decrease in health issues and a much less need to rely on man-made drugs and their side effects.
Or at least can the medical and holistic fields work together??
But wouldn’t it be wonderful if cancer could be cured? A lot of these toxins in our foods are cancer-causing so wouldn’t it make sense to ban these toxins? Sadly, the ones who are profiting from cancer would never think to do that. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I truly believe there is a cure for cancer out there but is being hidden due to the fact that if cancer is cured a lot of Big Pharma would lose billions of dollars. After all, money outweighs our health, right? Keep the sick sick and all will be profitable.
This reminds me of a Meryl Streep movie called “First Do No Harm”. It’s about a mother whose son suffers from epilepsy and while working with the medical staff, her son becomes increasingly worse. She goes and tries a more holistic approach for treatment but is met with resistance and threats of lawsuits by her son’s medical doctor.
And who hasn’t seen the Harrison Ford movie “The Fugitive”? There was a big coverup regarding a drug that was known to cause harm, but because of the lust for profit, the Big Pharma heads were going to get it passed anyway even if they had to break regulations.
There’s a documentary titled “Crime of the Century” that reveals the tight-knit relationship between Big Pharma and the government.
PBS’ “The Poison Squad” tells the story of Dr. Harvey Wiley who took on powerful food companies to reveal the toxins in our food supply.
I watched a documentary called “Food, Inc.” It tells how the health and safety of people and animals are put at risk by the government who has taken over the farming industry.
So what can you do to not become another cancer statistic or prescription drug addict?
I created a Nutrition Dictionary listing the nourishing, clean foods we need to eat to feed our bodies properly. I will be updating that list as I can and will want to include animal proteins. Chicken, beef, turkey and pork have health benefits as well, but it is important to select the “hormone-free” or grass fed options. I will be discussing meat-eating and vegan lifestyles in an upcoming post so stay tuned!
Also I created a Supplements page listing herbal supplements that are excellent for all sorts of ailments. I highly recommend seeing a holistic/naturopathic doctor and they will be able to tell you what supplements are best for you, but I can tell you that I have taken about 75% of the listed supplements and they have worked!
In closing, I have seen so many people get caught up in the vicious circle of being passed around from doctor to doctor, taking a drug here and a drug there and still not end up any better than where they started. I know….I have been one of those people and it is frustrating and disheartening.
It is encouraging to know that more and more stories are being spread about what is really going on within our food and drug industries. I hope this trend continues and you keep yourself informed so that you may better protect you and your family. You Despite what Big Pharma and the FDA think, you cannot put a price on your health!
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