Dear Health Conscious Reader,
I just got word of what sounds like a great new movie. In fact, it could change the way you think about what you eat—forever.
It’s called Food, Inc. You’ve got to see it.
This movie exposes the food industry that has dominated your diet for 30 years. You’ll find out about the dangers behind some of your favorite foods—and what you can do to protect yourself.
For instance, did you know…
- The way we eat has changed more in the past 50 years than in the previous 10,000 years?
- If you took a stroll through the aisles of today’s supermarkets, you could count up to 47,000 products—or more?
- A great many of those products turn out to be artificial byproducts of just one food… corn?
You’ll also learn about the horrible impact the food industry has had on your health, your environment… even your household budget.
It may surprise you to learn that…
- They’ve genetically engineered some of the most important foods in your diet—without telling you.
- They’ve created a food supply system dangerously vulnerable to bacterial contamination—putting you and your family at risk. Thanks to the food industry, 73,000 Americans get sick from deadly E. coli every year.1
- They got permission last year from the FDA to start putting meat from cloned animals on the shelves at your local supermarket—without even labeling them.
- Their farms churn out as many animals and crops as fast as they can. The nutritionally worthless food is virtually guaranteed to make you sick. That means that while they make billions, you’re paying thousands in needless healthcare costs.
Bottom line: you’ve been getting a raw deal when it comes to eating healthy and safely.
The good news is this film also gives you a set of simple, safe ways to protect yourself—and begin to take back control of what you eat.
Food Inc. comes out today, June 12, in a few major cities. Shortly after, it should make it to a theater in your hometown.
In the meantime, you can get my take on how the food industry has gone haywire in a film I helped make called Fat Head.
Fat Head will show you . . .
- Why your cravings for sweet, salty, and fatty foods are actually good for you… and which ones to go for.
- How eating the wrong foods can lead to major depression… and what you should eat to avoid it.
- Cholesterol’s true impact on your heart health… and heart-healthy ways to keep it in your diet.
As you might have guessed from the title, it’s funny, too. That’s because the filmmaker, my good friend Tom Naughton, happens to a comedian as well as a food expert.
It’s something you can watch with the whole family. You’ll not only learn all you need to know about food safety and healthy eating habits—you’ll be laughing out loud.
To Your Good Health,
Al Sears, MD
P.S. [One of the top questions people ask me after seeing Fat Head is where they can get safe, healthy meat and dairy. I tell them to go here.]
- Fr. “E. coli.” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. National Institues of Health. See http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/ecoli/