Nutritional Crisis in UK - irradiation to blame.

February 11, 2006

Plummeting mineral levels suggest nutritional crisis in UK 03/02/2006 http://foodproductiondaily.com/news/ng.asp?id=65593 HALF OF ALL HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS HAVE BEEN IRRADIATEDNew study highlights the importance of a safe source for your vitaminsHalf of all health vitamins and supplements contain irradiated ingredients, the UK's Food Standards Agency has announced this week. It's illegal to sell irradiated foods in the UK as the process changes the composition of products - and may present a health risk.Tests on 48 well-known vitamins found that half were wholly or partly irradiated. Irradiation is used to kill bugs and also to extend the shelf life of products, and is allowed only on a few herbs and spices, which have to be clearly labelled.But there was no warning on any of the labels of some big-name brands the FSA tested, including products sold at Superdrug and Boots.An FSA spokesman said that people were being 'duped', as they believed they were buying products that were good for their health.The latest findings come as no surprise to What Doctors Don't Tell You, whose own investigators discovered that the vast majority of health supplements contained little or none of the active

ingredient claimed on the label.As a result, it has launched its own vitamin service, which sources the very best products available at competitive prices. To see the range, log on to: http://www.myhealthbuilder.net The irradiated supplements included ginseng and aloe vera. Siberian ginseng, sold at Holland & Barrett, a product claimed to boost energy and vitality, two Superdrug products, a Boots' brand of garlic, and Solgar's aloe vera tablets were all found to be wholly or partly irradiated.Courtesy : ZEUS INFORMATION SERVICE. "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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