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One aspect of this was looked at in the last post and much of what is said in other posts are based on programs broadcast by TV companies in the UK. Channel Four, one of our commercial TV companies are the pioneers in bringing what is happening to our food to the notice of the British public. The presenters of these programs are well known for the organic credentials. But now the BBC has decided to get in on the act. There series of programs Grow Your Own Drugs was mentioned in the last post.

Another series aired by the BBC is Professor Regan’s in which she sees if there is any scientific evidence that backs up claims made by manufacturers for the products. The ones that she and others, on her behalf, conducted were extremely rigorous, but tests that should have been conducted and questions asked were not. One of the programs looked at the food children chose such as breakfast cereals. The test conducted was whether breakfast had an effect on their concentration, etc with the findings being that it had, but it didn’t matter what it consisted of. Also tested was how much sugar and salt they contained with the findings being there were acceptable levels of both. But no mention was made of the chemicals such as colorings, flavour enhancers, extended shelf life, etc, which should have been conducted.

In another program we were told that certain people had enough of certain vitamins and minerals in their diet because they were eating food we were told contained them. But this couldn’t have been known because there was no way the soil they were grown in, etc was tested to see if it contained them. And no tested were carried out to see if there was anything in the foods that inhibited the absorbtion of them, either in the foods themselves or the bodies of those eating them.

There are things all of take for granted and do not really question unless we are challenged to do so. We are continually being told that something is scientific and something else is not and that science can provide all the answers and those who call themselves scientists frequently think this way. Science is the Greek word for knowledge and you can only have knowledge of what actually exists now. Science certainly cannot explain why something is moral and something else is not, nor can it explain why we think somethings are beautiful and others are ugly.     Next time you hear someone say that science can answer all questions and is the basis of all reality and applies it to something that is outside any scientific experiment because it happened in the past don’t accept it.