Dangers of CORN in our food supply

As many of you know I continually strive to educate myself about different types of foods and the affects that it can have on your body and in your body.

Well I have found some information about corn that may be a shocker to you as it was for me. I myself have always loved to eat corn. Growing up it was always a staple in our house but I knew there was just not something right about it every time I would use the restroom and see it the toilet!! I'm sorry to get so technical here but that's the truth. To be honest I haven't eaten the actual physical corn for a long time, as I said before it didn't feel right in my stomach but after reading the information about corn it can come from a whole lot of other sources. A lot of people assume it's a vegetable so it must be good for you right? Wrong!!

There are actually a couple of ways that it is bad for you. For one we already know that cattle are designed by nature to eat grass and other forage... their stomachs were not designed to handle eating large amounts of corn.

But because of not so good farming practices which originate solely from the economics of cheap corn and factory farming, the vast majority of our beef comes from factory farmed cattle that were force-fed corn for their entire existance, instead of being allowed to eat their natural food, grass.

Since their stomachs were not designed to properly digest corn, their digestive system essentially gets sick, and this allows dangerous bugs such as E-COLI to proliferate.

When cattle are allowed to eat grass and other forage, E-COLI issues are almost non-existant.

People DIE every year (particularly children and elderly are at most risk) from E-COLI poisoning.  And even when the sicknesses and/or death from E-coli occur from vegetables, this is usually caused by runoff from a factory corn-fed beef farm that contaminated produce at a downstream farm.

Next corn is prevalent in almost all of our processed foods.

1. Corn-fed beef produces lower nutrition levels in beef, lower healthful omega-3 fats, and a 10-20x higher level of inflammatory omega-6 fats. The more corn fed beef you eat, the more you're blasting your body with more inflammation by throwing omega-6 to omega-3 ratios out of whack.

Chronic inflammation leads to eventual heart disease and possible death.

Once again... CORN KILLS.

2. Corn Oil is in a huge quantity of processed foods. Not only is this heavily refined oil unhealthy in many other ways, but once again, it throws that natural balance of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids out of whack inside your body. Once again, chronic inflammation can result.

3. High fructose corn syrup -- this has become a major ingredient in almost ALL processed foods over the last couple decades. It is so prevalent in processed foods, that it's almost impossible to avoid. Even breads, cereals, and ketchup have HFCS now.

Knowing how lethal this "corny" syrup is to our health, I'm amazed it's not illegal... of course, that would never happen because of the economics involved in corn.

Long term use of HFCS can not only cause obesity, but also diabetes, premature aging, and a host of other health issues.

Obesity and diabetes can eventually cause death.

Once again... CORN KILLS.

As I mentioned above this information about corn came as shocker to me especially with respect to corn being the basis of our food supply, but it's about time people start understanding what's in our food supply and how it affects their health and their family's health.

Unfortunately, the majority of people don't value their health until they've lost it. That's a sad fact that will probably always be part of human nature.

What can you do?

The best thing you can do is to CONTINUALLY educate yourself and your family on nutrition. Study everything you can get your hands on about nutrition. Read and understand labels. Choose organic. Choose all unprocessed foods at least 95% of the time.

Hope this has been an eye opener for you and that you can start to really watch what you eat at all times:)