Recently, I read a copy of Nexus Magazine, which originates from Australia and has some very interesting articles. I happen to subscribe to this magazine, as it is bi-monthly and I cannot afford much more.

There is a website but you usually have to pay/subscribe to it to get some of the latest articles. But there are some older articles which they do allow you to see.

In the most recent edition, there was an article about the The Codex Alimentarius. I admit I have never heard of this so just learning that such a thing existed was interesting in itself.

This is the global standards for food which practically all countries adhere to. There are several sites regarding this topic, but none give the slant that this article does.

The article claims that the big pharmaceutical companies are using these standards to change the perception of food in the mind of governments/business/customers alike. Up to now I have been unable to verify the author's claims, but I don't dismiss just because no-one has confirmed the ideas.

The author suggests that in future vitamens and minerals will be deemed "toxic" to the human body! That certain other ingredients which have been considered toxic in the past will be reintroduced and accepted instead.

Like it or not, there could be some sort of truth in this, although it could equally just be misinformation.

I am relating to the way certain ingredients in food have been slowly removed from our diet, under the auspices that there is too much in the processed foods in our diet which is dangerous. Whilst this can also be true, I feel that someone somewhere has been messing about with the truth somewhat.

There was an article in a paper recently whereby a woman journalist admitted that she had unwittingly been denying her children food which they needed. Salt and Fat have become untouchable ingredients in some people's minds, and she had removed ALL salt and fat from her children's diet. It may be possible for some adults to limit this intake substantially but growing children need these things, and apparently she realised when she saw her children grabbing blocks of fat from the supermarket shelves and trying to eat them, and also grabbing handfuls of salt from a cafe table and swallowing them. She decided to do more research and realised she had been unknowlingly depriving her children of vital ingredients for their well being and growth. She now has returned these things, modestly, into their diet and they are now feeling a lot better. I think this story shows how easy it is to be manipulated and brainwashed into believing some things.

I know that processed food is not as good as it used to be. In the UK unpasteurised milk is impossible to buy, yet it is said to be helpful towards relieving the symptoms of asthma and other health problems. Once milk is pasteurised it loses much of its goodness.

Whether the idea that the Nexus article's author holds is right or wrong, we should always be aware that such a thing is possible, and if you wanted to rid a large number of people from this planet just remove many of the ingredients from food/drink that are vital to a human's health and substitute them with toxic chemicals that kill. The question is, are the big pharmaceuticals capable and willing to do such a thing? I leave you to work out the answer.