ACTIVISM WORKS:
- Subway phased out azodicarbonamide from its breads
- A teenager’s petition help remove brominated vegetable oil from PepsiCo’s Gatorade. BVO is used in flame retardants.
- Online petition stopped Starbucks from using cochineal extract, a red dye made from crushed bugs, for its strawberry shakes.
- Kraft Foods says it will change select varieties of its mac and cheese next year to use natural colors instead of the yellow color additive
- General Mills is going non-GMO on the Cheerios Brand.
- Chick-fil-A has been removing artificial dyes and high-fructose corn syrup from dressings and sauces. It is also switching to chicken raised without antibiotics.
- Walmart is planning to introduce Organic produce that is 25% cheaper than its competition.
Hurray to our food activists.
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By training, I am a American Board Certified Pediatrician. But in my younger years I grew up with natural alternatives. As a mom I have tried to incorporate both for my kids and it has worked wonders. And finally, as I am studying natural & alternative medicines, I realize the beauty and wisdom of living closer to earth. Hence in my practice I integrate both...for acute ailments I follow American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation but for simple and/or chronic conditions I prefer natural alternatives.
In western training we were raised to think that "health is the absence of symptoms and problems". But eastern sensibilities has educated me that "Health is state that allows one to use the full capabilities of their body, mind and intellect. Therefore, healthy living is a balanced state of well being: physically, mentally, socially and spiritually." This implies that healing is not a "one-pill-fits-all", but a personalized experience.
