It is difficult enough to form healthy habits within a social environment that encourages unhealthy eating.
The junk food aisle of WalMart, Kmart and Super Targets are often larger and placed in high profile position right as you either walk in or check out.
But have you ever read the label on the popular "Protein Shakes" for healthier living???
There are many different brands from Ensure to Kellogg's Special K....there are many more....
Today we purchased a package of Kellogg's Special K Protein Chocolate Mocha Flavor.
In the store we read only a portion of the label, the parts that are always critical for us...salt content and sugar content in ratio with the protein potassium content.
We saw that the number of grams of sugar: 18 G was the same as others available for purchase this evening but the salt content was less than others so we purchased them.
Once home however and my husband being the one whose health is challenged and needs them to try to maintain his weight...was drinking one and noticed: "Naturally and Artificially Flavored."
A respected established company such as Kellogg's has no reason to use artificial ingredients.
No food producer whether Kraft, Post, Kellogg's, General Mills...Sara Lee....Keebler, Betty Crocker,...
I believe that all food products available for sale in our country can healthier than it is and the cost of production is actually less...they have been adding stuff such as salt and sugar to increase their products shelf life. But since all people want to eat fresh foods...
There exists no reason to add such preservatives in any concentration.
It is not needed because makers of unsalted butter manage to get their product to market and sell it.
Not that anyone should be consuming butter.
There exists no reason any food producer should or needs to use artificial flavors or artificial anything in their products.
My William also recently purchased a jar of Planters Peanuts and we were in shock as we finished eating the contents to read that it contained "HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP"!
When we purchase peanuts and even pay higher price for name brand...we expect to have only peanuts with no additives.
We citizens of the United States must band together and demand our Federal Government's Food and Drug Administration to pass as law and enforce more strict requirements on food producers that the entire population of our great country will be healthier and medical health care costs will then decrease too.
I encourage all my readers to take the time to write complaints to both the manufacturers of the products they purchase and tell them that you want them to use whole grain in all bread, cereal, bakery or flour products. Tell them you want artificial ingredients deleted...permanently eradicated from their raw ingredients supply in their factories.
And while you are at it, write your Senator and Congressmen and Congresswomen....tell them also!
For eliminating harmful food and drinks from our grocery market shelves while replacing them with healthier all natural products will reduce the over all expenses of each American Family in health care...the healthier folks are, the less time missed from employment and from school.
And write our President in the White House and director of the Food and Drug Administration too.
When citizens mobilize in high numbers then and only then can we see change.
Write Food & Drug Commissioner Dr Margret Hamburg at: margret.hamburg@fda.gov
And you will be Esthers & Jacobs too making your voice heard at the FDA.
Mr & Mrs William Gustavson
PO BOX 1175
Madisonville, LA 70447
USA
