Arsenic Rice and Insect Chocolate

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This isnt directly about fasting but it sure

points to why its necessary to detoxify even if

you think you haven't been eating all that bad.

It exposes the mindset of those who sell us food

 

from a recent article :

 

Arsenic Rice

 

A recent study finds American rice has higher levels of arsenic than

rice from Europe, India and Bangladesh. However, U.S. scientists say

they did not see high levels of arsenic in American rice, and that

most Americans do not eat enough rice to be in danger. You would have

to eat about four cups a day.

 

 

Its only a little toxic so whats the problem ? Like cocoa insect

droppings in " pure milk chocolate "

 

The U. S. Department of Health publishes a booklet entitled " The Food

Defect Action Levels " and lists specifications of " current levels for

natural or unavoidable defects in food " for chocolate in the form of

" insect, rodent, and other natural contaminants " allowed by the FDA.

Tolerance levels for chocolate and chocolate liquor used in the

manufacture of such products as Hershey's chocolate, are up to 120

insect fragments per cup (8 oz) or 2 rodent hairs per cup. That means

the Hershey's chocolate bar you eat may contain one rodent hair and 16

insect parts, and yet carry the FDA's blessing.

 

For chocolate powder or pressed cakes used for baking, there must be

no more than 75 insect parts in 3 tablespoons of powder. Up to 4% of

the cacao beans may be infested by insects. Rat droppings or other

animal excreta must not exceed 10 milligrams per pound!

 

At a meeting of the Society for Clinical Ecology, a member related

this experience. In an endeavor to track down the source of allergenic

substances, he visited a South American country to study the cacao

bean. He began at the sight where it was grown and traced it all the

way through the manufacturing process. At one point he went down to

the docks where the beans stood on open wharves awaiting shipment. On

opening one of the crates he found it alive with cockroaches. He

estimates that one-fourth of chocolate consists of dead, ground-up,

melted-down cockroaches, and that is one of the factors that makes it

such a common allergen.

 

Carob powder from the locust pod is a healthful chocolate substitute.

Gram for gram, carob contains three times the calcium that milk does.

It is high in phosphorus and potassium, and contains Vitamin A, B1

(thiamine), B3 (niacin), and iron. Carob is rich in protein and high

in natural carbohydrates. It is 60% lower in calories than chocolate,

and is high in minerals, low in fat, and produces no known allergic

reactions. Carob contains no caffeine or other stimulants, and

requires no fermentation. Best of all, no insect fragments!