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Here’s the List of Companies Opposed to Labeling GMOs and How Much They’ve Donated to Stop It.

Now you know who’s guilty, don’t let their actions go unnoticed. These are the companies and the amounts they have donated thus far to defeat Prop. 37 in California which would require labeling of all foods containing GMO ingredients. Please boycott them, spread the word, and let them hear what you think about their actions!
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These Companies OPPOSE GMO Labeling Wonder Why?

For a full list of brands/products see this list made by Stephanie Ladwig-Cooper of Gaia Creations:https://www.facebook.com/notes/stephanie-ladwig-cooper/corporationsorganizations-and-brandsproducts-funding-the-opposition-of-ca-propos/423852677666066

Fatty Foods Addictive as Cocaine in Growing Body of Science

A great article from Bloomberg Businessweek.

(Bloomberg) — Cupcakes may be addictive, just like cocaine.

A growing body of medical research at leading universities and government laboratories suggests that processed foods and sugary drinks made by the likes of PepsiCo Inc. and Kraft Foods Inc. aren’t simply unhealthy. They can hijack the brain in ways that resemble addictions to cocaine, nicotine and other drugs.

“The data is so overwhelming the field has to accept it,” said Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. “We are finding tremendous overlap between drugs in the brain and food in the brain.”

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-11/fatty-foods-addictive-as-cocaine-in-growing-body-of-science.html

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