Well I have just been shopping and all the Colgate toothpaste that I looked at comes from Thailand.
It would be great if others posted examples of products and where they come from as I am sure there are plenty of surprises out there.
I know I have plenty more to add 
@am*3 wrote:donna - more than 4 cups of coffee a day - risk of heart disease - I read that on a poster in a hospital.People that have strokes/heart attacks are advised to give up drinking coffee.High cholesterol levels (bad cholesterol) requires reducing the intake of saturated fats.
Yes but hospitals feed people food that is not good for them, look how wrong they have it with diabetes
@wilk1149 wrote:
I'm a diabetic and when in hospital I tick that I'm a diabetic and they give me food and drink I can't consume because they have no idea what a diabetic should actually eat
Exactly
This was covered extensively on catalyst last here, here is the part on diabetes:
Melanie McGrice
I don't believe that everybody with diabetes should automatically be going on to a low carbohydrate diet. People who have medical conditions such as diabetes, really should be going and seeing their accredited practising dietician for that personally tailored advice because people don't just come with diabetes, they come with a whole range of different, other medical conditions. They come from different backgrounds, they have different lifestyles.
NARRATION
Although treatment for diabetes should be tailored for the individual, endocrinologist Professor Katherine Samaras believes restricting carbohydrates and lowering calories is key for diabetics.
Professor Katherine Samaras
In my view, it seems counterintuitive to be asking people who have a deficiency in insulin and inability to produce enough insulin, or require medications to help them make insulin, to be eating so much carbohydrate. A meal that's relatively high in carbohydrate can often produce very high glucose levels and this is a problem.
NARRATION
Professor Samaras has been working with the Federal Government to lower the carbohydrate level of hospital food.
Professor Katherine Samaras
So this is what the average patient with diabetes in hospital today would have had for breakfast. Cereal, one slice of bread, the little bit of jam for that, some fruit and little bit of milk to put on their cereal. But what that amounts to when you actually calculate the carbohydrate content is equivalent to 14 teaspoons of sugar.
Dr Maryanne Demasi
So what changes do you want to see implemented in this kind of diet?
Professor Katherine Samaras
An alternative is to give people two slices of bread and an egg. It only has half the amount of total carbohydrate. So 7 teaspoon equivalents of carbohydrate versus 14. We know that if you have high glucose levels in hospital, you have worse outcomes and higher mortality and longer length of stay. All of these cost the community, they cost the families, they cost the Department of Health. We can simply improve that by just improving glucose control in hospital, and it seems obvious to all of us that changing diet is a fundamental path of improving the outcomes of people with diabetes.
