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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.mercola.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Food Makers Will Acknowledge Bug-Based Additives</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2009/01/09/Food-Makers-Will-Acknowledge-Bug-Based-Additives.aspx</link><description>After a decade of pressure from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), the U.S. FDA will require the food industry to disclose a little known fact -- the red food dye called carmine, among other names, is made from the crushed bodies of</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>re: Food Makers Will Acknowledge Bug-Based Additives</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2009/01/09/Food-Makers-Will-Acknowledge-Bug-Based-Additives.aspx#131091</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:39:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:131091</guid><dc:creator>Honey65</dc:creator><description>&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"&gt;Let Us Help Make Health Freedom An Actual Reality &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"&gt;Very Important We Take A Collective Stand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color=#000000&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"&gt;Please Help With Your Vote &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"&gt;January 5 through 15, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;font color=#000000&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"&gt;I urge Everyone to review this information and make Our Voices Heard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;JOIN IN&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"&gt; ASSURING WHAT SHOULD BE OUR HEALTH FREEDOMS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;font color=#000000&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just Before Inauguration Day, &lt;br /&gt;Winners Will Be Presented To The Obama Administration&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=#000000&gt;&lt;u&gt;Forming The Basis Of A Nationwide Advocacy Campaign &lt;br /&gt;To Turn Each Idea Into Actual Policy&lt;br /&gt;This is a Great Time As The US and The World Should Be Watching&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Health Freedom IS Our First Freedom"&lt;br /&gt;. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.change.org/ideas/view/health_freedom" target=_new rel=nofollow&gt;&lt;fontcolor=#800080&gt;http://www.change.org/ideas/view/health_freedom&lt;/fontcolor=#800080&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=131091" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Food Makers Will Acknowledge Bug-Based Additives</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2009/01/09/Food-Makers-Will-Acknowledge-Bug-Based-Additives.aspx#131090</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:20:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:131090</guid><dc:creator>WellnessMom</dc:creator><description>When you think about it, there are many civilizations that live on eating different varieties of bugs, etc. They are some of the healthiest people in the world. Even though it seems gross to think about eating bugs,&amp;nbsp;all we have managed to do by eating man-made foods is to set ourselves up for&amp;nbsp;bad health, chronic illnesses and possibly a shortened life span.&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=131090" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Food Makers Will Acknowledge Bug-Based Additives</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2009/01/09/Food-Makers-Will-Acknowledge-Bug-Based-Additives.aspx#131089</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:00:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:131089</guid><dc:creator>rablpn</dc:creator><description>Better from insects than from coal-tar. Although being from natural sources isn't always better. Do you remember Red Dye #4? It was from the amaranth plant and it was banned in the '70's. Probably the best thing is no added color at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=131089" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Food Makers Will Acknowledge Bug-Based Additives</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2009/01/09/Food-Makers-Will-Acknowledge-Bug-Based-Additives.aspx#131088</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:57:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:131088</guid><dc:creator>Miss Bliss</dc:creator><description>Bottom Line: Advertisers will do anything to make consumers think that the processed foods and drinks are"natural" because they supposedly came from an 'organic' source...its a labelling deception....&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;...however having said that...most people who are food sensitive, or who have children who are food sensitive are already wise to this and will take the proper precautions to avoid anything with a label or package...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;...hmmm....makes me think about my 'natural' yogurt grocery incident not to long ago when the saleperson told me it was 'all natural' which I discovered shortly thereafter as labeled to contain sucralose poison...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=131088" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Food Makers Will Acknowledge Bug-Based Additives</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2009/01/09/Food-Makers-Will-Acknowledge-Bug-Based-Additives.aspx#131087</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:12:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:131087</guid><dc:creator>Health Man</dc:creator><description>Honey is essentially bee regurgitate (vomit), so which is worse?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I personally love raw honey and don't care where it comes from.&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=131087" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Food Makers Will Acknowledge Bug-Based Additives</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2009/01/09/Food-Makers-Will-Acknowledge-Bug-Based-Additives.aspx#131086</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:131086</guid><dc:creator>Alaskadood</dc:creator><description>I'd rather eat bugs than many of the other nasty things that are added to our food...&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=131086" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Food Makers Will Acknowledge Bug-Based Additives</title><link>http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2009/01/09/Food-Makers-Will-Acknowledge-Bug-Based-Additives.aspx#131085</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:01:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:131085</guid><dc:creator>samurai</dc:creator><description>Makeup is &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; made from bugs.&amp;nbsp; The "blue" color in many eyeshadows is made from a bug in South America.&lt;img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=131085" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>