Posted in Food Additives on Aug 19th, 2008
Facts about Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
Fact from Wikipedia and various sources were used for this article: Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
What is Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)?
Monosodium glutamate, also known as sodium glutamate and MSG, is a sodium salt of the non-essential amino acid glutamic acid. It is used as a food additive and is commonly marketed as a flavour [...]
Posted in Food Additives on Aug 14th, 2008
Hidden Dangers in Food – Buyer Beware
Linda Hegstrand, MD, PhD
Official site: Complete Wellness Center
The evidence is compelling and conclusive that at least two specific food additives are poisons. Russell Blaylock, MD, a neurosurgeon, has dedicated his life to educating the public on the dangers of food additives. His book “Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills” is [...]
Posted in Aspartame on Aug 11th, 2008
Note: After researching and finding tons of articles, photos and documents related to Aspartame, we, the Think Slim team, are suspending in our site part of the official safety information concerning Aspartame and stamp it as
“suspicious” (strike though)
at best!
Aspartame is a low-calorie sweetener which is approximately 200 times sweeter than sucrose. The rapid rise in [...]
Posted in Aspartame on Aug 11th, 2008
Note: After researching and finding tons of articles, photos and documents related to Aspartame, we, the Think Slim team, are suspending in our site the official safety information concerning Aspartame and stamp it as
“suspicious” (strike though)
at best!
The overwhelming body of scientific [...]
Posted in Aspartame on Aug 11th, 2008
Note: After researching and finding tons of articles, photos and documents related to Aspartame, we, the Think Slim team, are suspending in our site the official safety concerning Aspartame information and stamp it as
“suspicious” (strike though)
at best!
Aspartame, used by more than 100 million people around the world, is found in more than 6,000 products. This [...]
Posted in General information on Aug 4th, 2008
Caffeine is a naturally occurring stimulant found in the leaves, seeds, or fruit of over sixty plants around the world. Caffeine exists in the coffee bean in Arabia, the tea leaf in China, the kola nut in West Africa, and the cocoa bean in Mexico. Because of its use throughout all societies, caffeine is the [...]
Posted in Minerals on Jun 2nd, 2008
The following chart shows the recommended minimum daily intake levels and the recommended “not to exceed” daily maximums (tolerable upper intake levels) for minerals—as recommended for healthy adults by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy’s Institute of [...]
Posted in Vitamins on Jun 1st, 2008
Vitamin K
Vitamin K helps make four of the 13 proteins needed for blood clotting. Its role in maintaining the clotting cascade is so important that people who take anticoagulants such as warfarin (Coumadin) must be careful to keep their vitamin K intake stable.
Lately, researchers have demonstrated that vitamin K is also involved [...]
Posted in Vitamins on Jun 1st, 2008
Vitamin E
For a time, vitamin E supplements looked like an easy way to prevent heart disease. Promising observational studies, including the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study, suggested 20 to 40 percent reductions in coronary heart disease risk among individuals who took vitamin E supplements (usually containing 400 IU or [...]
Posted in Vitamins on Jun 1st, 2008
Vitamin D
Getting vitamin D from the sun: Correctly applied sunscreen reduces our ability to absorb vitamin D by as much as 90 percent; sunscreen takes a few minutes to have this vitamin D-dampening effect, however, so if you put it on just before you go outside, you will be able to get enough [...]
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