Please give @thefoodbabe a follow. This week she testified in the Senate about ingredients in U.S. foods that are considered to be toxic in Europe. When U.S. food manufacturers make the same foods for the European market, they omit those ingredients. 🤔
https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1839613093673943196?t=cIBDZQRmn3BtJa9rwa1v0Q&s=19
You’re on to something. Liability would fix this problem. As it is, the manufacturers can hide behind the FDA. If the FDA deems some food additives to be safe, the manufacturer can use that as a defense against lawsuits. That’s problematic since the FDA is influenced by business.
What I saw with GMOs is when individual states tried to add disclosure statements or warnings, Big-Food lobbyists showed up in DC, then Congress stepped in and banned the states from implementing their own labeling requirements. I was one of the few who voted for states rights.
https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1839615965119578408?t=Y_NVE5S2FmT1kvHKuANUgQ&s=19
I hate regulations too, but I feel strongly that consumers should be given access to information so they can make informed decisions. In that spirit, I support Country of Origin Labeling for food (at the federal level), and freedom for states to require disclosure labels on food.
If we are going to have federal institutions like FDA, USDA, CDC, EPA, then they should be working for Americans not corporations, the regulations should be written by elected officials not bureaucrats, and deference to states should be afforded.
https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1839645531284365719?t=qgiP3dK7hwPl6yrv4Sg35w&s=19
https://x.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1839676167458030059?t=oYVcCeoGB_5eWyv86Blk6A&s=19
Tips to get more protein
The best way to combat a protein deficiency? Work on getting more protein in your meals. Romito offers up the following advice:
Include protein at every meal. Romito doesn’t recommend trying to cram all your protein into one meal. Instead, she says it’s best to split it up throughout the day. “If you get protein at every meal, it makes it easier to hit your total by the end of the day.”
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/protein-deficiency-symptoms
Most people think success is about adding more.
More projects. More contacts. More noise.
In reality, the breakthroughs often come from subtraction.
Removing the one offer that drains you.
Declining the meeting that adds no value.
Letting go of the client who doesn’t respect your work.
If you feel stuck, ask yourself:
What can I remove to make everything else work better?
https://x.com/ValuedMerchants/status/1954223477290090652?t=7_Tb1AY8IoihNGNpCAoeuQ&s=19
In 2007, ‘locavore’ – a person who only eats food grown or produced within a 100-mile (161km) radius – was the Oxford Word of the Year. Now, 15 years later, University of Sydney researchers urge it to trend once more . They have found that 19 percent of global food system greenhouse gas emissions are caused by transportation.
This is up to seven times higher than previously estimated, and far exceeds the transport emissions of other commodities. For example, transport accounts for only seven percent of industry and utilities emissions.