Half of what Americans eat comes from foreign countries not covered by the FDA-enforced measure. This situation leaves the nation vulnerable to bioterrorism via tainted food, according to experts participating in the FBI’s International Symposium on Agroterrorism. A director at a special Homeland Security Food Protection and Defense program admitted more foreign companies are registered with the Food and Drug Administration to sell products in this country than domestic firms. That means federal regulators in the U.S. have little control or say over the fast-growing global food market.

I wondered why the food-additives committee was approving contaminants as additives to food while the contaminants committee was doing the same. Why, I still ask myself, did the Codex Alimentarius Commission divide the original contaminants and food-additives committee into two separate committees several years ago if all they were doing was treating every toxin as a possible food additive?

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What you take into your body determines how your body will function. A functional food or beverage provides our body the phytonutrients, minerals, vitamins, fiber, essential fatty acids, and even protein we need to improve the quality of lives. Antioxidants are supplements to a lifestyle which includes a proper nutritious diet with daily exercise. It takes a joint effort of diet and exercise and the appropriate antioxidants to maximize our health potential.