This (link removed - but it pointed to "the truth about food" by the BBC) is what I've been watching recently.

Quite informative. Some of it has turned out to be "common sense" (yeah ok, I know theres no such thing really because what might be "common sense" to me, might not be to you). Some of it has proved very interesting, inasfaras, they've disproved or proved quite a few "urban myth" type things.

Sugar "rush" in kids ? appears to be complete bollocks.

Detox diets ? Again, complete bollocks.

Aphrodisiacs ? Don't work, hence complete bollocks.

Now I haven't checked out the BBC site completely to see if theres a summary of either the complete series or individual programmes, but suffice to say, even though I don't post to this blog very often, it doesn't mean that I've lost interest. I haven't.

It's mainly because I don't have enough time to go through the unbelievably large amount of info that there is on the net and in other media sources. So much of what I'd like to say has already been posted/published elsewhere.

And yes, I do still believe that the so called "food manufacturers" are a bunch of money grabbing poisoning bastards, who will do just about anything to get us to eat the shit that they "produce" (more like excrete if you ask me), and charge us for the privilege.

Now I'm certainly not saying that we all need to become raging veggie nutters, or raw food obsessives. Just that you SHOULD read the label on any packet that you buy.

I'm also not saying that all the "e numbers" that is found on foods produced in the EU are toxins that must be avoided at all costs.

I'm saying that if you're not sure about something, at least look it up (on the net - if you're reading this you've got access to a computer) and see if you can track down what "it" is.

A good example is "Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil". What the fucks that? Well it's vegetable oil thats been treated with hydrogen so that it changes from the good old "runny stuff" to a solid material - not unsimilar looking to lard. Though it seems that thats not the only change it undergoes.

It would seem that somehow the amount of "trans fatty acids" in it increases (I think thats what they're called - it's too late at night for me to go checking my facts). These, apparently, are connected with cholesterol problems.

Theres another "e number" (no I can't remember the actual number), which might, to the completely paranoid, seem rather dicey. It's actually just concentrated lemon juice - made in such a way that it's more convenient to the manufacturing (food and other products) industry. So I'm guessing that it's probably not a problem.

The EU probably have a list somewhere, of all the various "e numbers" and what they actually are, and hopefully, what they do.

If you looked at, say, a tin of baked beans. To start, the actual can they come in. The canning process was developed originally so that foodstuffs could be kept longer (though the lead that was used to seal the tins originally, was toxic - and no, they don't use lead anymore). The beans, if they come from either of the "americas" probably have some sort of genetic modification. The tomatoe sauce ? Ha! just how much of it is actually tomatoe? how many other "flavour enhancers", " stabilisers" and "preservatives" are there in it ??

Exactly! In a product that most of the "western world" has been eating for decades. Much to the delight of various of the major food manufacturing conglomerates. A real "money spinner". Not to mention, a contributor to environmental problems as some of the growers (of the beans) hack down swathes of the amazon every year just to grow more of the beans (soya, haricot and others).

Right, I need a drink and then some sleep. So ttfn!