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Beaver Butt Natural Flavoring

(NaturalNews) Yes, it's true.

Millions of people across the globe are eating "beaver butt" and don't even know that they're consuming such a substance.

It's called "castoreum," and it's emitted from the castor sacs within the animal's anus. For a beaver, this slimy brown substance is used to mark its territory, but for us humans, it's used as an additive that is often labeled as "natural flavoring" in the foods we eat - vanilla, strawberry and raspberry probably being the most common.

Why is castoreum used? The most notable characteristic (after being processed) has to be the smell of castoreum. Instead of smelling horrible, like most people would expect from an anally produced secretion, it has a pleasant scent, which supposedly makes it a perfect candidate for food flavoring and other products.

The question that many people put forth would have to be "who in their right mind actually made this odd discovery?"

Another industry that utilizes castoreum is the fragrance world. For decades, perfume manufactures have been using it to make various types of fragrances. These anal secretions are said to contain around 24 different molecules, many of which act as natural pheromones. From perfumes to air fresheners, castor sacs are quite versatile within the fragrance industry.

Is it natural?

Sure it's natural, but does "being natural" make it right to use or consume?

Many disgusting substances are considered "natural," yet eating them may not be the best idea.

The act of labeling something so vulgar and disgusting as "natural flavoring," should be illegal in many people's eyes, but the FDA views it all in a different light.

Having the anal secretions from a beaver take the place of a strawberry in something like strawberry ice cream hardly seems like an efficient process. Why go through the process of harvesting "anal secretions" when a strawberry is much easier to pick?

It hardly seems like a better option...

The food industry is a tricky business to figure out, and it will continue to boggle the minds of many on issues exactly like this. Much like with other additives that have raised concern over the years (aspartame, high fructose corn syrup and food colorings), castoreum is proving to be just as questionable.

It's the deceptive labeling that seems to be the root of the problem. Instead of stating what castoreum truly is, the FDA has allowed it to be labeled as something that sounds pleasant and healthy.

As with many questionable additives in today's food market, the power lies within the people. Read your labels thoroughly if you wish to subtract these types of ingredients from your diet.

In all honesty, castoreum is probably safe to consume, being that is derived from an animal, but who really wants to eat a beaver's anus?

For further information on castoreum, be sure to check out the sources section below.

Sources for this article include:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

http://beauty.about.com

http://www.encyclopedia.com

About the author:
Joey Cardillo has been heavily involved in the online health community for over three years. When his company Versatile Health LLC (www.versatilehealth.com) was launched in 2010, he began his journey into the online world of health blogging. Since then, he has published #1 best selling books on Amazon, and has been able to help people from all over the world gain better health with simple lifestyle reformations. Joey studied journalism in college and received his BA in Mass Communications in 2010. A year later in 2011, he decided to become a certified FDN (Functional Diagnostic Nutritionist). His FDN training allows him to correct common ailments with his clients by utilizing natural protocols. 

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Addition- Dr. Morris: 

In this doctors many years as a health practitioner, and as patient, even though food, nutrition, is the very essence of health, I have never known those involved in western medicine to even ask the question about my food intake. I would talk to my patients about what they ate and they were surprised.

I am convinced, as I am in breathing, that all fast foods are addictive. The addictive additives to food are as addictive to the human body as cocaine. America spends more money than ever on healthcare and more people are sick.

Do you not notice the obesity of people, even children? Their parents do not understand that big pharma, big medicine, big food producers do not care if they are addictive or not. When I was in school, diabetes and cancer were rare diseases, now, it is almost as if these diseases are an epidemic. Who cares, a terrible disease such as ebola gets started in Africa and little is done to prevent its spread around the world, a disease with no known cause or cure.

Several years ago, this scientist dropped his membership in A.A.A.S. (American Association for the Advancement of Science). Those who should be concerned with the present-day plight of patients fighting disease... physicians, medical and ancillary schools, medical foundations, taxing government agencies, just going through the motions giving more regard for their bottom line than for cures. Today, everything is treatable, few diseases cured. Today, life from the cradle to the grave punctuated by "visits to the doctor" AND, most pathetic even people on medicare can afford to pay for what they want, not what they need, prefer to go to a clinic which flatters them, a place with all the bells and whistles, technology. Oh for the day the nurse or doctor paid attention to your body, actually touched it. Applied their decade of medical school for a change. Today's doctor diagnoses-treats from the lab results and his fingers on the computer. Already, in nations where healthcare has become a national responsibility (Obamacare), such as England and her national health service, robots are giving the care. For the Christian, my greatest comfort to you, the great physician is near, still in the healing business. Be assured that if you are not healed on this side, you will be on the other. "Jesus paid it all."