Organic Food: Truth or Fallacy?Written by Margot B
Every food scare - about chemicals, additives, and genetically modified ingredients and mad cow disease, is followed by a rise in organic food sales.In most supermarkets we are able to find organic food; fresh produce, milk, eggs, cereal, frozen food, and even junk food. I prefer organic food, assuming it to be safer, more nutritious. But, notice that label on Organic Cow has changed - now it is "ultrapasterized," - this ensures that milk will stay fresh, allowing it to be shipped all over country. An organic TV dinner in frozen foods section advertises its chicken to be raised without chemicals and allowed "to roam freely in an outdoor yard", rice and vegetables grown without synthetic chemicals. The list of ingredients is extensive; natural chicken flavor, high-oleic safflower oil, guar and xanthan gum, soy lecithin, carrageenan and natural grill flavor - and with assurance that most of these additives are organic, and no doubt are. The organic food industry has become a $7.7 billion business, fastest growing category in supermarket, and has attracted attention of agribusiness corporation, which organic food movement always presented as an alternative. The biggest organic farms are owned and operated by conventional mega-farms. Agribusiness has sought to re-define romantic word 'organic' to make it as broad as possible; to make it easier for big companies to get into organic food business by allowing food additives, ascorbic acid to xanthan gum, and synthetic chemicals to be used in 'organic' food; a cow to feed on pasture; a factory farm to be labeled organic. These modifications will take effect next year.
| | Anti-Repetitive Strain Injuries when working on the computerWritten by js yang
This issue includes..." Way To Make It Easy For You To Prevent Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSIs)When Working On The Computer" It still amazes me how many bright computer owners will spend countless hours working on their web sites and Entering data... Making it EASY for you to Prevent RSIs. In addition, in response to many questions I have received from readers wanting to know about RSIs, you will be learning about benefits of accepting: - Need - Information - Solution As you read this information, think of preventing your RSIs that will be just right "fit" for your computing. So let's begin by looking at... #1 -- NEED Since 90% of all computer users are made by repeated physical movements doing damage to tendons, nerves, muscles, and other soft body tissues, your first priority to prevent RSIs when working on computer should be learned about many types of causes as quickly as possible. Let's face it; entire mentality of computing is "continueous" use to get information, products, and services. If potential computer users don't stop surfing through internet and even more time-consuming... their RSIs will discourage all but most hardy users. For you, understanding RSIs when working on computer: - The rise of computer use and flat, light-touch keyboards that permit high speed typing have resulted in an epidemic of injuries of hands, arms, and shoulders. - Use of pointing devices like mice and trackballs are as much a cause, if not more so.
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