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Image ID: three screenshots of social media posts by @thenutritiontea on facebook.

1st image: "When I think about processed foods I think about how I work with families in public health and many kids have food sensory sensitivities and foods that are processed are their safe foods. I think about how parents are so scared because they read hit pieces about processed foods and think they are wrong for figuring out how to feed their child so their child grows and lives. I also think about how I work with kids and get them to try new fresh foods as well that many of them are scared to try."

2nd image: "True story - a parent was almost in tears today because her child has sensory difficulties and cannot eat fresh fruits and vegetables. We tried giving him a piece of banana and he expelled it right away crying (no he's not allergic).

"I want her to know and to remember that she's doing a great job. She's giving him packaged food in order to feed him and nourish him. This is more than okay because we are all individual and food affects us differently."

For nearly 30 years, folic acid, a key B vitamin, has been required to be added to enriched wheat and white breads, cereals and pastas in the U.S.

Decades of research show the 1998 requirement cut rates of serious defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly by about 30%, preventing about 1,300 cases a year. It is regarded as one of the top public health triumphs of the 20th century.

But corn masa flour, a staple used in Latino diets, was left out of the original fortification requirement — and rates of conditions such as spina bifida and anencephaly in that community have remained stubbornly high.

In 2016, federal regulators allowed, but did not require, folic acid to be added to corn masa products. By 2023, only about 1 in 7 corn masa flour products and no corn tortillas contained folic acid, a review found.

Public health experts cheer the growing momentum.

“The science is clear: Folic acid fortification works,” said Vijaya Kancherla, an Emory University epidemiology professor and director of the Center for Spina Bifida Prevention. “It’s safe. It’s proven. And it’s cost-effective.”

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"now i'm gonna poison myself with something that my body wasn't built to handle, but it's alright because it's tasty and makes me feel good in the moment!"

Today, ultraprocessed foods make up a majority of what we eat — nearly 60 percent of the calories adults consume in the United States, and nearly 70 percent of the calories consumed by children and teens.

I am working thru some a tough week. [Work] I will not be buying most ultra process food for awhile.

I managed to give away a box of bars & random snacks that I seemed to have some issues with. (Which is good.... It had been put up but not given away...which meant I was really saving it for a binge. Is that dumb? Yes. But at least I realized what I was doing...)

Working on continuing to buy smaller packages of everything. Not buying problem food.

Not doing anything extreme, just trying to work within the parameters of less packaging. More veggies, greens, farmers markets.

Gonna try to get my garden going.

I will continue yogurt & turkey/chicken sausage as my processed foods..... moderation.

▲ Hak Ja Han admiring a statue of herself at Cheongpyeong

Hak Ja Han is the co-founder of the UPF

March 25, 2019. Videotaped Deposition of Plaintiff, by HAK JA HAN MOON, taken pursuant to Order, before Rita Persichetty, a Notary Public of the State of New York.

Deposition pp.19-20 Hak Ja Han: “Reverend Moon came as the only begotten son, and he met the only begotten daughter who came for the first time in 6,000 years. In 1960, through the holy wedding, because he met the only begotten daughter he became a True Parent.”

Question: Who is the only begotten daughter that you've been referring to? Hak Ja Han:  “Myself, Han Hak Ja, who was born in 1943, is the only begotten daughter.”

pp.100-101 “When God asked Reverend Moon to go to North Korea, North Korea was still under Communist rule at that time, and this was a position where his life would be at risk or a position where he could only die. This is because upholding Jesus' mission, there was something for Reverend Moon to indemnify …”

“In the process to meet me, until the Reverend Moon met me, we cannot say that he did not have original sin. There was indemnity conditions to be paid.”

Q. Were you born with original sin?

Hak Ja Han:  “Because I was born without the original sin, that's why I am the only begotten daughter. That's why God saved me.”

Q. But I thought Reverend Moon was also the only begotten son.

Hak Ja Han: “Meeting Jesus at age 16, he -- was when he was given the qualifications as the only begotten son. However, since age 16, he still had to walk the path of Jesus Christ for indemnification and -- and redemption. And the place for -- the time and place where -- when he met me was when he became the only begotten son.”

p.110 Hak Ja Han: “Concerning the providence, I cannot view the Reverend Moon as completing the work of providence on earth. He mentioned about the kingdom on earth; however, the one who proclaimed it and opened it was myself.”

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MAY 8, 2023

Ninety percent of prefectural assembly members with ties to the Unification Church were re-elected in the unified local elections in April, but their popularity showed signs of waning, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.

The unified elections were the first collective nationwide vote held since the Unification Church came under fire again for its fund-collection methods following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July last year, apparently over his ties to the religious group.

According to an Asahi Shimbun survey conducted in August and September last year, 292 of the 2,314 responding prefectural assembly members acknowledged their connections with the church, now formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.

The ties included attendance at Unification Church-related meetings or events, and receiving support from the group in election campaigns.

The terms for 251 church-connected assembly members expired in spring. Of them, 228 sought re-election in the April 9 elections held in 41 of Japan’s 47 prefectures, while 23 members did not run due to age or other reasons.

Of these candidates, 206, or 90.4 percent, were re-elected. Twenty-two members, or 9.6 percent, lost their seats.

Among those re-elected, 47, or around 23 percent, ran uncontested.

More than 80 percent of the church-tied prefectural assembly members were from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Among all 1,111 LDP incumbents who ran in the local assembly elections, 98 members, or 8.8 percent, were defeated.

Of all 228 candidates who confirmed their ties to the church, 118 gained fewer votes than in the previous election, while 42 garnered more ballots.

It is not clear if the church ties affected vote counts for 68 of the candidates because they ran uncontested in either of the two latest elections, or won in a by-election held within the past four years.

However, some candidates lost several thousand to 10,000 votes compared to their tallies in the previous election after their connections with the church became known.

Setsuko Sakuraba, 65, an LDP candidate, sought a second term in the Niigata prefectural assembly from the electoral district of Joetsu city.

But she was defeated in the election after gaining 9,536 votes. That was 2,459 votes fewer than her total in the previous election, when she placed fourth and gained one of the five assembly seats for the city.

Sakuraba had attended Unification Church-related events and received support in her campaign from people connected to the group.

These ties were reported in local newspapers and The Asahi Shimbun.

After her election loss, Sakuraba said about her church ties, “It’s hard to say how much, but there must have been a significant impact (on the election results.)”

She said someone had placed stickers with words “Unification Church endorsed candidate” on her campaign posters in Joetsu city.

About 50 to 60 of these stickers were found, she said.

In the Tochigi prefectural assembly election, 82-year-old Kazuyoshi Itabashi of the LDP was elected for a national record 14th straight time.

Itabashi gained 10,411 votes in the election four years ago, but this time he received 7,674 ballots, down by 2,737.

He also received the fewest votes among the five elected candidates representing the Oyama city and Nogi town electoral district.

“I think there was a slight decrease in votes,” he said after the election.

In September last year, reports surfaced that Itabashi was serving as head of the prefectural association of a church-related organization called the Federation for World Peace.

He resigned from the position.

Before the election, a Buddhist organization that had supported Itabashi told him that it would withhold its support because of his connection to the Federation for World Peace.