(0:00 - 1:53) Hello and welcome to another episode of Truth Rx, an IronWire Production. Today we're going to talk about yet another food additive. If you are aware of the current proceedings in the US where finally somebody looked at all the FDA approved food additives that have been added in the last decades to our food chain, we are facing at the moment over 1000 different food additives that are commonly to be found in the American kitchen and thus in your mouth. But did you know that hardly any of them have actually full approval in the true scientific term? And today, well, we'll talk about another one that's being added for quite a while now, but many people are not aware of what's being offered on the plate. We're talking about a peel. It's a new coating, well, relatively new. It has been on the market for over five years now and it's on fruit and vegetable approved even for organic use. And as you can see here on the website of Apeel, you can see an avocado after 31 days. That's one on the right treated with Apeel and you can see the ugly state of the ordinary avocado that has been grown and not even only organically but in so-called traditional farming methods of our time. (1:53 - 7:35) Well, we all know the fact to get a good avocado that's really ripe and really delicious is an art in itself and actually the only real good way is to have an avocado tree in your back garden. So why are we talking about this topic today? Because you will see these little stickers once you are alerted to the topic of Apeel in your local supermarket, in many, many products or just on the shelf. Just go out next time you go shopping, take the time and look at all those wonderful stickers in use on the shelves because we have to ask ourselves, is that the last remaining healthy food? And we're talking about organic vegetables and fruit that are at risk. Why at risk? What are we talking about here? Well, the Apeel website, as you can see, I'll quote here from it. It sounds very, very appealing indeed. I think they did a wonderful job in order to find the term. Apeel is just wonderful. Congratulations to the team. Apeel adds a little extra peel on produce to slow the rate of water loss and oxidation. Sounds very nice. That extra peel is completely edible, tasteless and safe to eat. Well, we'll talk about that later. A variety of plant feedstocks can be used to create oil formulations. And luckily, these ingredients exist in the peel, seeds and pulp of all fruit and vegetables. Well, we'll see how natural, even if it's claimed here on the website, these products actually are. We think of these materials as building blocks, restructuring them in a way that allows us to iterate on what nature created, making our solution into a coating that can be applied to produce. So while nature is our foundation and inspiration, innovation and technology, how we apply these ingredients. Well, nature might have been the foundation of many thoughts and inspiration, but the innovation and technology are how they applied these ingredients is actually very interesting. After we look a little bit into the topic, it's quite bizarre how you can say that they are just natural building blocks put together in order to create something natural again. And here we go. It seems to be a sign of our time that, well, Harari actually quoted it, the time of the organic god is over. It's humans that take over evolution. If you think I'm not saying something like it, well, actually you can just click on YouTube. For some reason, many of the information that we presented this show are not visible on YouTube anymore. But these voices that to me are actually much more a conspiracy than anything we're talking about here, actually claim that we need humans on top of the evolution because the good old god has done his job, but now it's time for a change. So what do they say? What are the claimed advantages that they're talking about? Well, thanks to the coating, the amount of packaging waste can be reduced. Sounds good. Sounds good to me. Food waste can be reduced if fruits and vegetables have a longer shelf life. Well, we'll talk about that. If it were possible to transport exotic fruits by the ship instead of by air in the future, it would save a large amount of greenhouse gases. So here we are again. It's good for the environment. It's good for the climate. But is it? Well, the first thing that nowadays should alert us to a more sinister plan behind anything that the majority of people on this planet are forced to be exposed to because if it's up to people that actually do inquire what we find in the air in terms of electromagnetic radiation, in terms of chemicals, in what we find in our food. Well, in medicine there used to be something like the informed consent. I want informed consent about what I'm actually putting into my mouth, what I'm breathing via the air at the time I'm using every day. And I want to have informed consent about what I'm actually eating. And as you will see, it's getting more and more difficult to do that. So if we look at the Apeel Science founder, James Rogers, well, there we go, a WEF Young Global Leader again. Well, you might, some of the views might say, well, that's a good accreditation. He has been thoroughly trained by Mr. Schwab and the World Economic Forum, but others, the majority of viewers on this channel will have a red alert coming up when hearing where the training of the so-called expert has been taking place. So as we at the beginning already said, it's out since 2020. It has been approved in many, many countries very quickly. And yeah, it is to be found in Canada and the U.S. in Walmart, Costco, Kroger's, Trader Joe's, Harpsfood, and many others. (7:35 - 8:09) And yeah, there's one country after the next one being on the list almost everywhere in Europe, in Africa, and in Japan, and in the EU and the United Kingdom. That was until last year. I will have to look it up whether that changed. That it actually was limited to fruit with peels that are not to be eaten. So avocados, citrus fruit, papaya, mangoes, banana, pomegranate, melons. That's interesting because in the U.S. it just was immediately approved to be eaten. (8:10 - 11:16) And well, the Europeans are in some ways a little bit more cautious. So peel it. Because why? We'll come to that soon. Because actually you can't actually erase it like a normal herbicide and pesticide that's being sprayed and wash it off. Well, a peel attaches to the membranes of the outer cells and thus can't be removed at all. So what happened with the approval? Approval science has conducted extensive Apeel Science. That's the company behind the scientific background of appeal has conducted extensive research to support the safety and efficiency of its edible coating. But many of the detailed toxicological, microbiological, and environmental studies are proprietary and not published in peer-reviewed journals. Well, what does that mean? It means that they say, oh yeah, we did all these studies and we probably had some peer reviewing on these studies. But actually because they're company secret, we can't show you. And yeah, I looked today again just before the presentation and indeed there's nothing to be found. And if you look at the website, what's in appeals coating, you can not find anything that's being written or researched about it. And that's all you can see there. It's the ingredients in the organic version and in the non-organic version. But we come back to the mono and diglycerides because are they that organic or are they not? It sounds very nice. That has been added only in the last two years to give consumers a little bit more trusted. Don't worry. Even if all of a sudden an organic avocado can stay on the kitchen sink for a month and nothing changes, it's still organic. Well, if we look at appeal on the website, it says that it's impossible to wash off and it's already applied to fresh fruit and vegetables in 65 countries. So the impossible to wash off should give us the information that basically whenever eating something with Apeel, you indigested. And of course, like with any food additives that we add to our food chain, I personally would like to know not only how it affects the cells of my body, but we know about the importance of the microbiome, how it affects the microbiome. And yeah, they say that the FDA approval, watch this. But on the other hand, it says that the ingredients in it are antimicrobial. So that's a little bit strange. (11:16 - 13:11) So yeah, it says that no fungus and other bacteria can attach to the coating because it's antibacterial and antifungal. But well, in our microbiome, we're full of bacteria and there are some fungus, there are some viruses, there's some yeast in there as well. Unfortunately, these are the non-disclosed studies that we just talked about. So I personally, in order to get informed consent, I'd like to know. So Invisapeel, that's the first stage of Apeel. This product can actually be applied by the farmers to the crops in the field. And the Edipeel, that's the other version of it, can be applied after the harvest. So it goes through the manufacturing process. And they say that it's full of preservatives to keep the external appearance of the fruit and vegetable fresh. But preservatives, again, yeah, if something is a preservative, it actually is antimicrobial. And if this is so, yeah, it will, of course, have an on the bacteria in our gut. But I haven't found anything on PubMed or anything else because apparently it's all confidential information. And of course, it will have some pesticides to create a physical barrier to pests. They say that's it. Because of the physical barrier, they don't meet much more. But look at this. Well, there, as I was just talking about, there are some important funguses as well in our microbiome to prevent the antherinosis fungus from causing avocado to thrivel, for example. They have some fungicides in their patent. (13:11 - 34:29) So the actual list is not to be found anywhere. So it says that avocados, lemons, mandarins, oranges, organic apples, grapefruits and mangoes have it. And I'll just read it out what's written on the website. When it comes to ingredients, Edipeel is composed entirely of a blend of food grade glycerol lipids derived from edible vegetable oils, specifically the food additives mono and diglycerides of fatty acids that meet the specifications of the Food Chemical Codex FCC, the joint FAO, WHO expert committee and food additives and the European Union. And the directions for use this product is intended for custom and requires specific mixing and application procedures. It should be applied by Apeel Sciences and by applied by persons trained by Apeel Sciences. Well, if it's that natural and you actually have to train people how to put it on, that makes me personally a little bit suspicious. But anyway, coming to the next ingredient that they are actually talking about, that's monoglyceride. So mono and diglycerides contain trans fats, which promote inflammation in the body and has been associated with heart disease, diabetes, stroke and obesity. In 2006, the US Food and Drug Administration actually finally recognized the dangers of trans fat and began requiring manufacturers to list trans fat on food labels. And in many incidences, they actually prohibited it. But of course, if you look at the website of appeal, you will not find the word trans fat. Instead, you will find monoglyceride. So the primary ingredient of appeal is something called E-471. And that's an interesting one because the European Food Safety Authority review on monoacylglycerides E-471 notes that the potential exposure to toxic elements resulting from the consumption of E-471 could be substantial. So another review warns of the possible presence of carcinogen glycidol in E-471. So coming back to all those natural ingredients, if you look at the names, mono and diglycerides, look at the name, I won't read it out here for you, but it's quite a long phrase of fatty acids being created in a lab and not just being peeled of a normal fruit and vegetable in order to land on your table. And in the patent, and that's an interesting one because I finally got hold of the patent after looking for a month. It was well hidden in a dark corner. In another, I'll read it out here for you, in another aspect of the presence disclosure, a method of forming a protective coating includes A, providing a solution, compromising a solution dissolved in a solvent, the solute compromising a compound of compounds selected from the group. Now listen to this, considering you have one monoacylglycerides, fatty acids, esters, amides, amines, thiols, carboxylic acids, others, alphatic waxes, alcohol salts, organic and inorganic, and compound of formula one. Exemplary alkanyl groups include ethanol, propanol, n-butanol, and iputanol, A, C, 2, coalkanyl group, and an alkalinity group containing between 2 and 6 carbon atoms. As defined here in the term, alkanyl can include both E and Z or both cis and trans double bonds, which again tells you that we're dealing with trans fats as part of the mixture. But if you look at glycerol lipids, basically what we're talking about here, it's discussed that alteration in the glycerol lipids, FFA cycle, fatty acid cycle, are involved in the development of killer diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. What are they talking about in the study? Well, they're talking about that basically all cell membranes are of a fatty nature. So any fat that comes into your body will prove at its end stage the use or the danger for the metabolism by entering the barrier of a cell membrane. So I would try to find any study that actually describes an encounter with a cell membrane, maybe an integration into a cell membrane. But what this study here already says is that alterations in the cycles are involved in the development of killer diseases. So this should make us alert that this is not just an organic fat that's being circulated via natural methods. It involves a lot of chemical processes and any alteration of fatty acids will have different effects in the body. And I personally, coming back to informed consent, I actually want to know what this particular fatty acid causes in my body. So there is something interesting as well. This is a new international fresh produce association which was founded in 2021. And I found this by chance, and I'm still a little bit confused about this, what this association is actually all about. But if you look at the directors representing industry expertise, you will find people from the Resonance Food Group, Robinson's Fresh, Value Chain Insight, Interoperability. You will find Abbott-Peyer, Bright Farms. You will find for sustainability, Nikki Cossio, CEO of Measures to Improve, LLC. And there again, you find when it comes to technology, James Rogers, the one that we just talked about of appeal sciences. So a year after founding the company, they're already on this board of this very peculiar association. And just a personal note here before I proceed, if you want to keep yourself updated with urgent health topics, I have set up a sub stack and I'm also writing for the sub stack of the World Council for Health. And I also have recently just been opening an X account. So feel free to subscribe and thus be informed about matters of health for humans, for animals, for the environment and the planet. So with all these food additives that all of a sudden appear, and I personally have a company for self-made nutrients that we developed ourselves, I know how difficult it is to get anything on the market. And I personally find it absolutely amazing how after a year of bringing something on the market, the founder actually is on the head of some international food organization, but it's immediately being put everywhere in the supermarkets. So in order to do this, you have to have a lot of money. And guess what? We've talked in a few shows already about some face that's appearing in almost all those solutions for our planet. And there you have it. It's again, Mr. Gates. The Apeel Sciences were founded by a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. So I don't know how it was with you, but each time that name pops up, I am a little bit cautious about what's actually behind that project. And in 2015, three years after the Gates Foundation launched Apeel Sciences with that grant, there was another $958,000 to Apeel Technology, and later 10 times as much, and not Apeel Sciences to develop a crop protein. So you were safe by putting it into Apeel Sciences, because that won't appear on the website. And the most concerning thing that we already mentioned at the beginning is that we are facing the fact that this obviously non-organic compound has been granted the right to be sprayed on organic produce. And Rogers himself stated that his company would transition to using synthetic biology rather than extracting its ingredients from real food. Coming back to what we said at the beginning, that the evolution now is in the hands of humans. And so this appeal is powerful, it says on the website of Apeel. If you actually look at the toxic residues that you should find in there, because in part 3 of the 2019 grass notice, under the maximum limit of residues, we find that the grape seed oil used in Apeel that makes up the basis of this product contains residues, we are not quite sure how much it is because it doesn't say it, ethyl acetate, heptane, palladium, and many, many others, which are processing aids, as well as the heavy metal arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury. Yes, you're right. You're hearing right. All these things have been found in the product. But again, we're being told that it's all safe and effective. Yeah, how many times have we all heard that in the last few years? So one thing that we need to know about toxicology is that no matter what agent you're looking at individually will have a synergistic effect with other toxins out there in the environment. And it's very well known that metals can enhance their toxicity a hundredfold if they're found in combination. And I personally don't want any lead, any arsenic, or mercury, palladium, or any of the other chemicals on my food table. I try to eat as organic as possible. And this is the food I'm also offering to my kids. So if you want to support a moratorium, because we obviously need a lot more testing in order to get it in the environment, here is one of the petitions that has been created. But there are many, many more. Just type in and check in your local country, wherever you're watching this show, in order to see whether we'll have some local activists that are creating some opposition, as if all the other herbicide, pesticides that we have been using in the last decades were that safe. We know they're not. And especially in the concentrations that we find them in nowadays, because people, farmers, have to spray more and more because of all the resistance that the crops have developed to all those chemicals. And this is just one part of the environmental contamination. We're talking about hundreds of thousands of different chemicals that have been released in the environment, and we're being exposed to on a daily basis. So what can we say? This coating, which cannot be washed off, likely contains toxic contaminants, including heavy metals and carcinogens, as well as trans fats and potentially harmful linoleic acid, and is regulated to be on the organic market. Again, how did they ever achieve that? That's a major question we have to ask ourselves. So if you get all these points together, here are some questions that I wrote together, that I started distributing to supermarkets and the regulatory bodies. I never got a response, but feel free to do that as well. Ask them which glycol lipids are used and how are they modified. Yeah, we were talking about the fats and the trans fats in there. Ask them and try to get an answer, because as we said, it's a very peculiar thing if the regulatory body bans trans fats and then they're being reintroduced on something that with fruit and vegetable shouldn't even contain any of those fats at all. So what chemicals? We heard about a few, and if you look up the toxicology of them, it doesn't sound nice. Which other chemicals does the company use to extract the lipids and glycerol lipids from plant residues? Yeah, so we want a list of the entire chain from anything that has been put on the fields, because here we have to add in conventional, so-called conventional, because I consider the organic the actual conventional food production. So what has been added and what about the synergistic effects of all those toxins and where are the safety levels and which of all of those ingredients are actually tested before it gets to your plate? So where does the company source the leftover already processed plant material it uses and what is the quality of these plant materials? So that contains a few questions because they claim that they've done environmental studies and I can only tell you that after having looked at it, I don't know how many approvals of food additives the environmental action has actually never been considered. Hardly ever has it been looked at to see what it does to the microbiome and our guts, but what about all those other microbes that are out there? What about all the other animals that come and eat what we have left from our picnic or what is going to happen to the worms that eat all of the nice compost that we have created? Do we know? No, we don't. But again, if it contains antifungal and antibacterial properties, it surely will have an effect, not even an indirect one, but even an indirect one to all the microbiomes of all the animals out there using it for their own survival. So what chemicals may have already been used in the plant materials themselves that are then included in the Apeel organic food solutions? Again, that comes to the point, what has been already used apart from all the processing of Apeel? And what is the solidification process like? Because, well, if it's just been sprayed on it like any fat, just take a little bit of coconut oil, put it around a nice apple, and you will see that shiny gloss. And each time you touch that apple, you will get some of the fatty acids back onto your hands. So why is it solidifying? How is this being done? And can that process happen in our bodies? Do we know? No, we don't. So do the materials always come from the same source? And that's an interesting one, because if you look at a worldwide rollout of a product, of course, it's not just produced in one factory. So what about the production methods, the production safety in all those different companies all over the planet that are already using it? Or do the starting materials change over time? So that's another one. If it's being created, how stable is it? How long is it actually in the companies before it's sprayed on our food? So if glycolipids are essential for us and are involved in the development of many diseases, how do modifications of them affect us? And that's probably the most crucial question we should ask. What are the follow-up studies? And for especially one trick of the trade has been only to look for about three months or a similar period of time to lab animals and then draw conclusions that, no, after three months there has been no cancer, no, after three months there has been no modification of the microbiome. Usually there are lots of tricks how you can manipulate these studies in order to make them appear safe. But we want to know, are the glycolipids integrating into our cell membranes, into what are they doing in the cell metabolism of our fats in our bodies? And of course, the main question is why, if we are dealing with trans fats, why are they not labeled as trans fats on the website? And the second thing, why are they allowed in the first place when since 2006 the U.S. has been quite strict not to integrate them into our food chain? So many, many questions that we need to get answers for before basically releasing something like it into the wild, because it's not just into the supermarket, we're talking about an integration into the food chain and that includes the entire environment. So if you want to be now alert, I hope we could raise some questions in your minds with that, is that safe to eat? Please go out and make up your own mind, just research the topic and contact the supplier using Apeel, Edipeel, Organipeel and others and tell them to stop. And contact grocery stores selling Apeel-coated produce and tell them we won't buy it. And contact suppliers and stores not currently selling Apeel-coated produce to encourage them to avoid it proactively and share this story and these action steps with others. Remember, the revolution, the change will never come from above, it can only come from below, it can only come from you and me and us, because as you know, there is a better way. So yeah, all the best and I hope these slides were able to raise some questions in you as well, because I think we should demand answers. So all the best and all the best for a better way.