False and misleading nutrition information is being sold to the unsuspecting public through convincing TV, radio, magazine and newspaper ads and not to mention brilliantly designed marketing campaigns.
Advertised as the latest and greatest new "healthy" foods, chemically based and unnatural synthetic food additives, such as high fructose corn syrup, are being promoted as safe and "made from food." Due to the fact that millions of Americans are becoming more conscious of healthier food choices, manufacturers have resulted to telling the public that these fake foods with their artificial ingredients are good for them.
The known, yet disregarded fact that the food industry is behind the media displayed nutritional information is the major contributor of the continued production of most of the unhealthy food available in our grocery stores. The food industry does not care about cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or obesity, only the advancement and furthered success of their companies.
An article from NaturalNews.com, a website dedicated to providing healthy living information, discusses the how the food industry promotes high fructose corn syrup. As a television viewer, I have seen countless advertisements concerning high fructose corn syrup and how it has been unfairly given a bad name. "The food industry is advertising how HFCS is made from corn, doesn't have artificial ingredients, has the same calories as sugar and is fine when used in moderation." However, NaturalNews.com warns that the influencing commercials are nothing but propaganda. "They're brainwashing you into believing that highly processed, high fructose corn syrup is just like sugar, is okay to eat and is not going to adversely affect your health."
The website disclaims that the USDA, has found otherwise.
Unfortunately due to the media's mass communication attributes, the USDA's warning has been overlooked by millions of Americans. Resulting in high amounts of health problems, and directly sending these Americans to their health care providers.
It is so upsetting that deceiving, yet wealthy industries have the power to submit such lies to the public. I would definitely appreciate if an advocate or policy-maker would step up to this challenge and fight for the well-being of our nation's people.
For my next entry, I will look into such advocates and policy makers and research the work that they have created.
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