1. I love wine ? most people on here (or on my facebook page) know that. But this fact is gross enough to even make me reconsider it! When grapes are harvested by machine for wine making, the machine shakes the grapes off the vine. But this also means that insects, birds and basically anything else in the vine comes off too. Cheap wine makers don?t generally sort the grapes before pressing, so all of that extra stuff goes into the wine. Expensive makers (fortunately?) have sorting tables, and can remove up to 99% of the MOG (material other than grapes). That means that 1% or more of the juice in the wine is probably dead animals. The author of this story has even seen dead mice in the wine press.
2. Speaking of wine, when a vineyard wants to make its wine beautifully clear, they use a process called fining. To do this, certain finings are added to the wine. Typically this is isinglass (collagen from sturgeon?s bladders), gelatin (from animals hooves and bones), clay and ox blood.
3. According to the environmental working group, more than 90% of peaches, apples, nectarines and strawberries tested were found to contain pesticides ? even after washing or peeling.
4. The popular sushi fish, bluefin tuna, contains high amounts of mercury. Consumption of mercury can lead to an increase in the risk of heart disease. You might want to think about that next time you eat sushi. <<< This is pretty common knowledge I would think.
5. 70% of chickens raised for human consumption in the US are given the FDA approved food additive arsenic. The arsenic is used as an antibiotic. Unfortunately, it gets worse. Much of the arsenic ends up in the chicken poop, which is then generally used as fertilizer on fields for growing other foods. Don?t believe me? Check this out. Mind you, we probably shouldn?t be surprised, considering the FDA also approve beaver ass juice, borax, poop, and more.
Read more here http://listverse.com/2011/02/10/15-f...ul-food-facts/
2. Speaking of wine, when a vineyard wants to make its wine beautifully clear, they use a process called fining. To do this, certain finings are added to the wine. Typically this is isinglass (collagen from sturgeon?s bladders), gelatin (from animals hooves and bones), clay and ox blood.
3. According to the environmental working group, more than 90% of peaches, apples, nectarines and strawberries tested were found to contain pesticides ? even after washing or peeling.
4. The popular sushi fish, bluefin tuna, contains high amounts of mercury. Consumption of mercury can lead to an increase in the risk of heart disease. You might want to think about that next time you eat sushi. <<< This is pretty common knowledge I would think.
5. 70% of chickens raised for human consumption in the US are given the FDA approved food additive arsenic. The arsenic is used as an antibiotic. Unfortunately, it gets worse. Much of the arsenic ends up in the chicken poop, which is then generally used as fertilizer on fields for growing other foods. Don?t believe me? Check this out. Mind you, we probably shouldn?t be surprised, considering the FDA also approve beaver ass juice, borax, poop, and more.
Read more here http://listverse.com/2011/02/10/15-f...ul-food-facts/
~TheDoc - ICQ7765825
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