Thanks for the offer to place a link and I have
done so. <br><br>It is strange how things often go in
circles. When my wife and I were younger we were part of
the "back to the land" movement and people such as
Euwell Gibbons and Adelle Davis were very much in the
forefront. <br><br>Over the years we all tend to travel many
paths. In my case, I spent a lot of years working as a
business consultant both as an independent and working
directly for some well known large corporations as an
internal consultant. I had the opportunity to see some of
these "health" products from the inside and came to be
an extreme skeptic. <br><br>I also had the
opportunity to see some of the "processed" food industry from
the inside and became very wary of such products. As
I mentioned before, we are more than a little
involved with our dogs. When discussing processed foods
this is pertinent. <br><br>In many breeds of dogs
there is a medical problem referred to as Gastritis.
This is where gas begins to build up in the stomach in
such amounts that it increases faster than it can be
expelled. At some point the dog attempts to retch these
gases out and the strong muscles attached to the
stomach can turn the stomach (laterally) 180 degrees
sealing both the entrance, and exist from the stomach,
converting Gastritis into Gastric Torsion. Unless operated
on within two hours or less, the dog is
dead.<br><br>There is still debate in the medical field as to the
cause of this medical problem. However, there is an
analogous pattern that comes from food. As this problem
grew in numbers in this country, the use of
"processed" dog food also increased. At the same time
processed dog food in Germany was not common and this
medical problem was hardly even known there. <br><br>Is
this some sort of proof? Of course not! However, it is
a strong basis for an interesting hypothesis. In
the dog world this has given rise to the BARF diet
for dogs. It is an entirely raw food (unprocessed and
uncooked) for dogs. <br><br>In the world of humans and
food, the nutritional approach to attacking health
problems is now on the rise. There are segments of our
society that are very supportive of this movement. I
believe that most of us will agree that the
pharmaceutical companies, nor the medical schools they fund, are
supportive of this direction. The reason is simple, there is
a lot of money at stake. <br><br>Recently there was
a news report that highlighted research of the use
of anti-oxygents resulting in the lengthening of
life spans (more healthy life spans) and predicting
future drugs that will be available. Of course these
will be prescribed drugs. That they already exist in
supplements (such as GHT Hydroxygen) is a fact, but these
companies will never recognize that fact and will continue
the current effort to "control" such
products.<br><br>Randy