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According to a new report by the National Center For Health Statistics<\/a>, nearly 40 percent of all U.S. adults are now officially obese. An all-time record high. More than 70 percent of us are now officially overweight.<\/p>\n GIVE THANKS, we live in the “illusion of prosperity”<\/p>\n Now, it’s time to get serious and educated on the matters at hand.<\/p>\n The majority of the population does not even understand what is being done to them. Major food corporations know that eating heavily processed foods is addictive and an edible path to heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other deadly diseases, but they keep pushing those foods on us anyway. Junk food is making them rich and making us sick!<\/p>\n The average American diet is extremely self-destructive, and it is well time for a change. Which is why we at Total Escape decided to focus on the topic of FOOD for this autumn month of Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n On the towns pages<\/a> we link to local farmers markets, health food stores, community co-ops, family farms, organic farms, farm stays and vineyards.<\/p>\n OMG, GMO – soy, corn, sugar<\/strong> High fructose corn syrup, soy lecithin, natural flavors…. If you are concerned with your physical health & well-being, you already know that nutritious, real food is the best for your daily diet. You are what you eat!<\/p>\n Almost half of California voters voted to label genetically engineered foods, way back in 2012. So if you didn’t understand about healthy food choices 5 years ago, you might be willing to look at the food issue more closely these days.<\/p>\n Although the labeling law did not pass, many companies begin putting GMO-free or NON-GMO labels on the front of the food packages anyway. Health food manufacturers, major national brands, and especially food produced inside California – can be found with the non-gmo verified label<\/a>.<\/p>\n FOOD as medicine, in light of recent news:<\/strong> Glyphosate\u00a0is a potent and dangerous chemical found in\u00a0Monsanto’s Roundup\u00a0weed killer, the most commonly used herbicide in history. \u00a0Glyphosate\u00a0has contaminated the planet, and is now found in mother’s milk, our bloodstreams, and in our food and water supply. The World Health Organization announced in 2015<\/a> that glyphosate ‘probably’ causes cancer.<\/p>\n Levels of the herbicide Roundup in human urine have increased dramatically among California residents in the past two decades, a new study reports<\/a>. Roundup is used to protect genetically modified corn and soy crops from weeds; Also sprayed on wheat and oats, during harvest; And blindly used by public and private land owners to control weeds on their property, which ends up in run-off water, as poison to lakes and rivers.<\/p>\n\n
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\nyou may not realize how much GMO is in your food.<\/p>\nWhy Care about Food<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nAmericans are the fattest culture ever; Declining bee population<\/a>, continued environmental pollution, and the link to our epic diseases. Gut disorders, allergies, autism, cancer, diabetes, the list goes on and on.<\/p>\nMost Prevalent Pesticides<\/strong><\/h3>\n
This chemical corporate push in agriculture is a decades-long experiment with our very own ecosystem: Our health and the health of our planet.<\/strong><\/h4>\n