SHARE Magazine January 2016 | Page 14

WORLD IN VIEW “For what we are about to receive we are truly thankful” terrified Saying a blessing over a meal is commonly practiced in many homes by tradition or religiously. Ironically, while the Western World is obese and diseased as a result of greed, the Eastern World is starving. There is no food shortage in real terms. Famine today is a scandalous disgrace! We have the capacity and technology to feed the world several times each day, considering that the planet is not fully populated. However, supply and demand is controlled by an avaricious few ‘good capitalists’, creating so called ‘World Food Zones’ that makes us interdependent on each other for trade. Sadly, we cannot trust our governments or the food conglomerates, what to do? Do we return to God’s Eden eating plan? It was ‘very good’, designed to prolong life, as in organic and inviolate of contaminants but if we can’t practically return to this model we will have to sincerely bless our food and eat by faith. The faith that you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. “But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith, for whatever is not from faith is sin.” Romans 14:22-23 (NIV) There’s wood in my food? The cellulose used in many foods is processed powder or pulp from virgin wood. Since the virgin wood pulps and powders are not toxic, the FDA says it’s okay to use in food. The food industry and FDA Wood-derived ingredients common classify wood cellulose as fiber. The only limit on wood cellulose fillers in processed food is 3.5% in meat. All other foods have no limits for adding wood 14 | SHARE|MAGAZINE January - March 2016 cellulose. Obviously, profit is the food industry’s main focus. Up to 30% savings are realized by using cellulose over other ingredients. After all, food ingredients are rising in cost.. usually cellulose adds to the shelf life. The products using cellulose range from junk food outlets, to supermarket shelf foods, and even one known organic