FDA Adverse Effects Log

I am sure that there is a lot of interesting information here, Paul, but I am getting a headache & eyestrain trying to figure out how to find anything which might interest me, such as whether there are negative side effects to drinking the occasional can of Slimfast or to eating the Luna Bars I like, things like that. I did find something which suggests that they aren't quite as sure that antioxidant are the miracle nutrients they want us to think they are, which is interesting, & supports some of my own beliefs, namely that it is interesting that most of the very old people interviewed do not state any real "health" foods as among their favorites, my belief that most of longevity is heredity &/or dumb luck, & a suspicion I have that maybe the exact moment, place & circumstance of our death is already decided when we are born. Maybe I will try to read some more when I am less tired.

It's certainly a lot of raw data, and to get information out of it would require... well, a report. But I posted it because I think it's important that this remains out here. I'm also curious as to why it was yanked.

I agree that the information should be out there, Paul, & I have a feeling that it was yanked because it undoubtedly says a lot of things that the people who make a great deal of money off causing us to feel insecure, afraid, anxious & willing to buy "product" do not want generally known. We have become a nation of pulse-takers, running like hamsters on a wheel, trying to do all the "right" things & find a way to live forever, & this quest involves buying people's diets &/or supplements, their gym memberships, & driving ourselves crazy over the conflicting reports on what is right & healthy. We are confronted almost daily with contradictory information or bulletins on some great new health threat we never thought of that, of course, someone has a product to sell us to take care of. It is margarine, no butter, no margarine, no butter again, or olive oil, no canola is better, goes from coconut oil has too much saturated fat to coconut oil being sold as a supplement in a vitamin catalog; we are told that eating lots of fish is healthy, then that we must watch the fish because it causes elevated mercury levels; the cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli & cabbage are supposed to be very healthy, then someone says watch the cabbage, as it leaches minerals from the body. The other day I caught a couple minutes of an infomercials for some gadget to sterilize your toothbrush after every time you use it, because apparently brushing your teeth is a big health risk. Meanwhile, people who live to be over 100 usually say things such as they love Twinkies, KFC, Big Macs, lots of chocolate, &, in some cases, a shot of whiskey with breakfast. They mention little things such as loving their families, working hard, & not worrying much about their health or running to doctors, but figuring that they would live as long as they were supposed to. However, there are a lot of people who stand to lose a lot of money if too many of us know too much truth about too many things, & especially if too many of us stop anxiously taking our pulse & searching for the elixir of eternal life, & genuinely believe that we are good enough as we are & that WE are the experts on our bodies & our health. So I would say that that features largely in why some people don't want this information out there, & why they don't want it to be too easy for the lay person to wade through.

"While addicted to the product shot and killed a store clerk." Ohmygod. This is amazing stuff. Thanks for posting it, Paul.

I haven't done enough research to know what you mean, Jennifer. Addicted to WHAT product, something many of us routinely buy & consume in grocery stores or drugstores or health food stores? BTW, just popping in to comment that I was greeted on aol this morning by article telling us what direction the pendulum is swinging this week. They are letting us eat all the eggs we want again because they apparently don't cause heart disease & are a "good, wholesome source of high quality protein" which is, ironically enough, exactly what my grandmother believed. We can have lean pork & dark meat chicken & turkey, as it is higher in iron than white meat, & peanut butter is good food & the fat is good fat. We should use olive oil today at least, & they are back to favoring soft margarines made without transfats over real butter, which I still love & which still contains the heart-friendly fat stearic acid. I wonder what they will be saying by NEXT Monday. I am off to eat what I damn well please while the "experts" play on their merry-go-round. When I have more time & patience, I will try to learn more about what is in this log.

*cough* Well, I managed to gradually cough myself awake in the last hour. Yep. Went to sleep at 2:20am, coughed myself awake by 6:30. Beautiful. I spared my husband and came downstairs - there's obviusly no hope for my staying asleep, might as...